Chapter 18: The Cave
After eating the third Snickers, he dug into his bag again—empty.
So he licked his lips and stood up. It's not so weak, but if you want to fly like before, it's impossible. It's going to be hard now...... At the moment, I have to slowly walk in the direction of memory, hoping to find a village or town after dawn, have a good meal, and then take the bus.
As soon as I thought of this, I suddenly heard a whistling sound in the sky. He looked up - it seemed that three fighter formations had flown past. Wow...... You can't fly here for what you just did, right? Luckily, I can't fly...... Otherwise, if you don't do it, you will be discovered.
It's better to hurry up. It's quite far away from the place where the accident happened just now, and it is estimated that even if anyone wants to chase it, it will not be able to catch up.
Thinking so, he moved. Who knew that after walking for a short while, another fighter formation flew over. Li Zhen was stunned, feeling that the matter seemed to be a bit serious......
However, it should not be chasing yourself. It must have been to catch the one who had escaped.
No matter what you go...... Don't stay here for long!
So he took advantage of the moon and stumbled down the mountain. On the way, I encountered some wild berries or something, and I ate them all.
About half an hour passed like this.
He didn't know which hill he had walked to. The area of the mountain is quite large, and a small road winds up the mountain, and the barren grass on the side of the road is unusually lush, which is obviously a barren mountain that people do not often visit. To the left was a large field of wood, which must have been some years old, and its foliage was so dense that it obscured the moonlight, and it looked terrifying.
To his right was a low forest, and closest to him were a few small maple trees, their leaves swaying gently in the breeze, and the shadows cast on the ground like banshees with teeth and claws. The road branched off in front of it, one leading diagonally to another hill and one to the top.
Li Zhen stood there for a moment, then bent down lightly and picked up a wrist-thick branch from the side of the road.
Because something is wrong.
Along the way, you can always hear something in your ears. For example, the low chirping of small insects, the cooing of owls, and the sound of small animals fluttering in the grass.
The background of these sounds is the rustle of barren grass and dead leaves as they are blown by the breeze.
But now, the rustle is gone.
An entire area of the neighborhood seems to have been thrown into a silent movie. The shadows of the trees swayed slightly, the cool breeze blew in the ears, and everything was silent.
Suddenly, my heart jumped.
Strange yet familiar sensations take over the entire body.
All the cells in the body jumped up in unison, opened their small mouths, stretched out their little hands, and shouted to Li Zhen-
Hungry!
There was a buzzing in the head, and the heart was beating violently. The scene in his vision became blurry with the increasingly violent heartbeat, and finally it was as if a magnifying glass had been added to his eyes—everything around him became foggy, except for the very center, and there seemed to be something in the center, which made him unconsciously take a step and stagger.
The branch in his hand fell to the ground silently.
Once the heart beats, the sight in the eyes trembles once. He leaned over as if he had been bent over by some mountain ghost, his mouth open, drooling from the corners of his mouth, and he walked along the path in a daze, as if sleepwalking.
Walk all the way to a depression in front of you that is recessed into the mountain.
On the mountain wall, a swarthy hole looked at him silently, as if it was going to swallow him in one fell swoop.
However, the cells all over the body cheered. Say to him.
This is it! This is it!
Hungry!!
His eyes widened until the whites of his eyes were almost completely exposed, and the corners of his eyes were open and blood was pouring out. Then he took a step and walked in.
It turns out that the depths of the cave are not pitch black. Faint glows emanated from the depths, guiding him as he staggered. Keep walking until ......
The thing came into view.
It was a huge pale green skelet. Perched high on a rock, he looked down coldly at him with empty eyes, carrying endless majesty. The hideous bone spurs and giant horns, emitting a cold phosphorescence, reflected its cheeks uncertainly.
The breath of deep cold and death enveloped it, as if it were a fierce beast from a bloody battlefield for thousands of years, looking at the prey that came to it to seek death.
Li Zhen looked at it directly. There was chaos in the mind, and the body dominated the consciousness.
That's it!
Hungry!
Eat!
Billions of cells are shouting, cheering, and longing. The sound from his body made him moan hoarse from his throat like a suffocation, and then he reached out and trembled to caress a bone spur poking out of the skeleton's knee.
Then there was endless fear and despair. It was as if the malice and greed from the primeval desolation had all rushed into his body, and the heat and vitality on his body all condensed into ice, and then blasted towards the bone spur like a sea of mountains!
The original desires, shouts, and joys seemed to be frightened by this malice at this time, and they all disappeared in an instant.
Hungrier, more hungry, and yet more afraid to utter a word!
Just as Li Zhen's hand made contact with the bone spur, the muscles of the bronze sè began to take shape. Stripped by thread, one by one, it was like a metal snake swimming along the bone spurs. Swim to the coarser bones, to the huge joints, to the pale skull.
The dark green eyeballs gradually took shape in the hollow sockets. First a mass of black silk tangled and tumbled, and then gathered into a ball. Then a little light appeared like a spark, and finally lit up the whole pair of eyes!
His eyes rolled, as if adjusting his gaze. Then after a slight pause, his eyes stayed on Li Zhen and opened his mouth. A white sè cold air erupted, like a huge steam engine making a dull sound.
It was this sound that completely restored consciousness to the little human in front of it. Li Zhen's eyes trembled rapidly, and then he saw the terrifying scene in front of him clearly, and suddenly his palm instinctively clenched, not only leaving the bone spur, but also breaking off its sharp horns and piercing the palm.
"Ahh He let out a short exclamation, and as his legs went limp, he sat down on the ground, unable to lift any more strength from his body.
I just watched as the skeletal skull slowly turned, glancing toward my left knee.
Immediately, a black mist covered his eyes, and the light dimmed. Gradually, it shrunk into a little bit, and then disappeared.
And the metal-like strands of flesh that swam on the surface of the body were also submerged into the bones.
And so it still stood aloof and stared coldly.
This is...... What is it?! Li Zhen gasped, feeling that his bones could not even bear the weight of his body, and he was so weak that he just wanted to lie flat on the ground.
However, at this moment, a voice came in from outside the cave—
"It should be here."
=============================== thanks to the prodigal son for the reward, ookkoo1, and the evaluation votes of the wine riyuechang~
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