Chapter 10: The Strange Man in the Cave
The red light on the door turns on, and the elevator stops.
While the elevator door slowly opened, Chen Xian and Huo Fatzi couldn't help but take a step back, because this place was different from the twenty floors in front, and the difference was weird.
It's a cave.
Except for the elevator, which descends vertically, the rest of the place is full of rocks and dirt, with no traces of artificiality in sight, and the area is not large, almost the size of a basketball court.
There is a hole in the front left, and it is dark inside, and there is no light to see.
"Be careful, follow me." Chen Xian said in a low voice.
Huo Fatzi only dared to nod, hurriedly snuffed out the cigarette in his mouth, and pulled out his pistol to prepare to meet the enemy.
The atmosphere inside the cave is oppressive, perhaps due to the smell.
The rancid smell of human limbs on the top twenty floors seemed to spread down the elevator shaft, filling the strange confined space underground, where the oxygen content of the air was already very low, and now it was even more difficult to breathe.
"Xiao Chen, are there any unclean things here?" Huo Fatzi couldn't help but ask, his heart was beating so fast that his face turned red, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
"Spirits?" Chen Xian asked.
Huo Fatzi snorted and said, "There are so many people who have died, it's not strange that there are one or two, right?" ”
Chen Xian was silent, carefully observed the surroundings, and quickly gave Huo Fatzi a positive answer.
"There are no spirits, but the smell of blood here is strong, and there may be something else."
When he first heard the words "no spirit body", Huo Fatzi was still extremely excited, and the nervous expression on his face became a lot more relaxed, but when he heard the words behind...... Something else??
"There was a sound of breathing."
As Chen Xian said this, he turned his head slightly, listening carefully to the sound coming from the corner of the cave.
From this position, he couldn't see anything, but Chen Xian did hear an extremely faint sound of breathing.
"Breathing?" Huo Fatzi was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction that Chen Xian was looking, with a very puzzled expression, "There's nothing there, and I didn't hear the sound of breathing, did you hear it wrong......?"
Huo Fatzi's voice stopped abruptly, because he found that Chen Xian raised his head, as if he saw something, his expression became extremely surprised, this was the first time he had seen such an expression on Chen Xian's face.
Following Chen Xian's gaze, Huo Fatzi also looked over cautiously.
On the top of the cave, in that dark corner hidden by shadows, there was a faint man lying on his stomach.
"It doesn't seem to be a spirit, it's an entity." Chen Xian said, took a step back quietly, dragged Huo Fatzi back, and stared at the person lying on the ceiling.
The source of the smell of blood in the air is this man.
Of course, the word "human" is not accurate to describe it.
If you follow the description of the system in Huo Fatzi's department, it should be like this.
The target is roughly humanoid, about 230 cm in length, unable to determine gender, severely missing skin tissue, abnormal changes in both legs, avian biometrics from thigh to ankle curve, only four toes on the soles of the feet, and about twice the length of the feet of a normal adult male.
From the base form, it can be determined that the target is an anomalous life.
"Can you deal with it?" Huo Fatzi aimed the muzzle of the gun at the monster, put his finger on the trigger, but he didn't dare to fire at will, just asked anxiously.
In Huo Fatzi's eyes, although Chen Xian is an alien, his ability seems to be only able to deal with those spirits.
Spirits are only a large branch of the concept of anomalous life, and in addition to spirits, the concept of "anomalous life" contains many strange things, and the monster they have encountered is an example.
"It's hard to say."
Chen Xian raised his head and looked at the monster lying on the top of the cave, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.
The danger of abnormal life can be judged by the energy carried in their bodies, and the higher the content of yin and yang particles, the greater its ability, but as far as the current situation is concerned...... Chen Xian couldn't sense the energy of this monster yet.
This monster is like a ball of breathing air, and it doesn't emit any energy, if it doesn't make a breathing sound, Chen Xian will even find it difficult to find it, after all, its position is too remote, and it is easy to ignore it at a glance.
The monster was wearing a tattered garment, soaked in blood so that it was impossible to see its original color, but judging by the curvilinear structure of the neckline and shoulders...... This dress looks familiar.
Chen Xian felt as if he had seen it somewhere.
At this time, the monster also realized that it had been discovered by Chen Xian, and the rough breathing gradually became louder, and a pair of bloodshot eyes slowly opened, staring closely at the two people below.
"Get out of the way!"
The moment Chen Xian shouted his voice, he quickly dragged Huo Fatzi to the side and took a step.
In just an instant, there was an extra hole in the position where Huo Fatzi was standing before.
The hole in the ground was the size of an adult's fist, with irregular and rough edges, as if it had been slammed by some blunt object, and it smelled of fishy and pungent odor.
"What??" Huo Fatzi was a little panicked, and asked with a pale face, "What fell just now??" ”
Chen Xian stared at the monster with his head tilted, and replied in a calm voice, "Tongue." ”
Before the monster made a move, Chen Xian clearly saw that it had an action of opening its upper and lower jaws, and when it instinctively dragged Huo Fat Man to dodge, a blood-colored strip came out of its mouth, which looked like a tongue from the shape.
With a muffled thud, the monster fell from the roof of the cave.
Huo Fatzi held a strong flashlight in one hand, and held a pistol tightly in the other, his fat body trembled slightly because of tension, and fine beads of sweat continued to slide down his forehead, and the whole person was in a state of mental tension.
"Don't be afraid." Chen Xian said softly, "If there is danger, I will stand in front of you, after all, this is my job, and you can't die if I don't die." ”
"Why do you sound so panicked when you say this......" Huo Fatzi trembled, and forced a smile that was uglier than crying from his fat face.
Chen Xian glanced at Huo Fatzi and couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the nervousness on his face.
According to common sense, the Detection Department should be the department that deals with these abnormal beings the most, but looking at Huo Fatzi's appearance, why does he seem a little afraid?
"Don't look at me, look at that thing!" Huo Fatzi noticed Chen Xian's gaze, his expression was a little uncomfortable, and his tone of voice became a little aggrieved, "I'm not a fighter who often goes to the front line, even if I go to the front line, I'm also responsible for long-distance sniper targets, and I haven't fought them in close quarters......"
Chen Xian couldn't help but laugh and took a step forward quietly.
After the monster landed, it did not rush to attack Chen Xian and them, but turned its deformed eyeballs and kept looking at them, as if it was observing something.
"Are you accurate marksmanship?" Chen Xian asked suddenly.
Huo Fatzi nodded instinctively: "It's okay." ”
Chen Xian stood in front of Huo Fatzi and said without looking back.
"It's aimed at you."
"It's me?" Huo Fatzi was stunned, "Why! I didn't attack it! The trigger has never been pulled! ”
"It doesn't have much to do with guns, probably because it thinks you're weaker than me." Chen Xian's face was calm, and the tone in which he said this was not like a joke, but as if he was seriously analyzing something, "Persimmon picks and pinches, this is the biological nature that cannot be violated." ”
Anomalous life forms have the same characteristics as normal lifeforms, and when dealing with enemies or prey, they have an instinct that borders on that of a beast.
When faced with multiple targets, they usually pick the weakest target to attack.
Their method of judging the strength of a target is the same as that of an alien like Chen Xian to judge the strength of an enemy, which is to judge by observing the opponent's "qi", in other words, the amount of energy particles diffused in the opponent's body.
Whether it is yin or yang, the more energy of particles that can be perceived by people, the greater the ability.
So in the eyes of that monster, Huo Fatzi was the weak side, and Chen Xian was an extremely dangerous target, because it felt a strange aura from this thin and weak human being.
This breath makes it feel dangerous.
"Bang!"
With this strange muffled sound, a thick and pus-covered tongue catapulted out of the monster's mouth, like a frog preying on insects, and the tip of the tongue shot straight towards Huo Fat's head.
And at this moment, Chen Xian also moved,
Without waiting for the monster to react, Chen Xian brazenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed the tongue, like a tug-of-war, and began to drag it back with all his strength.
"I'll hold it back, and you can shoot it in the eye."
"Understood!"