Chapter 30: Footprints

Although I couldn't see with my eyes and walked a little stumbling, with the help of Liu Rumei, I walked relatively smoothly. Along the way, the fat man barely spoke much, and he should have been walking in front of the voice. Liu Rumei tugged at my cuffs and reminded me of the situation under my feet and around me from time to time.

I don't want the fat man to know that he is blind, mainly because of his character. Now, we're stuck in a cave, and we don't know where to go next, and if we let the fat man know, he'll be screaming to take me out to the doctor. In doing so, it could make the current situation worse. Also, the situation I am encountering at present, at least in my common sense, is unscientific, people can be blind, or they can have a narrow field of vision due to retinopathy, but I have never heard of anyone whose field of vision will gradually narrow from far to near. It's barely understandable if it's just a narrowing of the field of vision, but I can see the bugs in the darkness in the distance, and even the outlines of other things in the dark, which is counterintuitive and almost magical. I've thought about why this happened all of a sudden, but I think it's very unlikely that it was because of the speed with which the symptoms occurred. Or it was caused by inhaling something, but considering that I have been staying with Liu Rumei, but I am the only one who has this condition, it is basically ruled out. Then there is the suspicion of those small bugs, but I have not been bitten myself, and there are fat people who have been bitten and have not shown symptoms, which can basically be ruled out.

Speaking of those little flying bugs, I don't know what they are. Maybe these bugs are just like grass ticks, just sucking blood. For some reason, I suddenly thought of the black worm I had seen earlier, maybe there was some connection between the two.

"Here we are." Liu Rumei's voice interrupted my thoughts. I subconsciously looked up and found that the flying bugs were gone, and it was pitch black all around.

"Can you still see bugs?" Liu Rumei asked.

I shook my head, but to be on the safe side, I said to them, "You two turn off the flashlight first, and I'll take a look." ”

"Hmm."

"Hmm."

The fat man rarely didn't lift the bar, and didn't ask why, so he happily turned off the flashlight.

After a while, I felt that the outlines of the surroundings had begun to emerge, and the walls of the caves, the piles of wood, and the clay jars were gradually becoming clear. The whole picture in front of me was something like a night vision device, with some fluorescence in the black, white and gray tones, but everything was gradually becoming clearer.

I looked at the fat man and Liu Rumei next to me, and found that their expressions were a little nervous. So, I first pulled my cuffs, motioned for her to let go, patted the fat man's shoulder, and then said, "Fatty, you and Xiaoliu stay here, I'll go out and have a look first." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll give you the flashlight." As the fat man spoke, he turned on the flashlight. I stepped forward and pressed his hand and said, "I don't need a flashlight, you can turn on the light when I'm far away." ”

"What? Don't you bring a flashlight? The fat man probably felt a little strange, and muttered again: "Mysterious ......"

"Mysterious yarn, I'm just going out to see if there's any of that kind of bug." I say.

"It's pitch black, you don't bring a flashlight, and I'm not afraid of knocking you to death......" The fat man complained.

"Hey! Bother your old man. I patted the fat man on the shoulder again and said, "Brother has added a new skill now, do you understand night vision?" ”

"Get out of here......" The fat man thought I was joking, and said as he removed my hand on the shoulder, "Still night vision?" Why don't you fly? ”

"Rub, I won't tell you......" I turned to Liu Rumei and said, "Xiaoliu, you and the fat man are waiting here, and I'll be back in a while." ”

"Can you do it alone?" Liu Rumei asked.

"No problem." I replied.

"But...... Your eyes ......" Liu Rumei is still not at ease.

"I can see it." As I spoke, I reached out and tapped her on the shoulder, signaling that I could see her.

She should have understood, but she hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "If there is a situation, remember to call us." ”

"Okay." I turned to leave.

I'm also quite curious about this kind of night-vision situation. I heard that some animals have the ability to see at night, such as cats, but it is said that if you put a cat in a completely dark space, it will not be able to see. And I feel more like I'm only sensitive to a certain substance, maybe fluorescence, or other fluorescence-like substances, in short, my situation is not the same as a cat's night vision.

Out of the hole was a pile of wood, and when I looked down at the road, I found something that shocked me even more. I saw a few stray footprints on the ground that glowed faintly, and upon closer inspection, I realized that they were the ones the three of us had left when we had just fled.

"Have I learned how to track......" I couldn't help but complain to myself. It's about that I encountered too many strange things, and I gradually became numb, and I just complained a little, and then I stopped dwelling on it. I think the most important thing at the moment is to find Wen Xianbao first, figure out what he wants to do, and then think about how to get out. Originally, I thought it was a bit tricky to do, but now it's much easier, and I think I'll be able to find him soon, as long as I follow the footprints.

I followed the footprints over the pile of wood, and soon came to the vicinity of the clay pot. There are footprints of me and Liu Rumei on the ground, and further away are Wen Xianbao's. I followed the footprints until they were suddenly gone. I found that the footprints were not gone, but appeared on the edge of the clay jar, and it was here that Wen Xianbao should have jumped on it. I took a closer look at a few clay jars around me, and found nothing out of the ordinary, so I got up and stepped on the rim of the clay jar. It was probably because of the unknown black and gray balls in the pots, and when I stepped on them, I found that these pots were far more stable than I thought, so I relaxed and followed the footprints. I hadn't taken a few steps before I was stunned by what I saw.

The clay jar beneath my feet was densely covered with points of light, which lit up quietly, and it looked like the jar was filled with glowing jewels. Leaning down to take a closer look, I saw that these points of light were the bugs, but at the moment they seemed to be asleep, silently attached to the tank and did not move.

It was probably Wen Xianbao who stirred these bugs to make them fly before, and I don't want to alarm them again. When I thought that these insects would suck blood, I couldn't help but think of what method Wen Xianbao estimated he had used to avoid insect bites. I don't have a way to prevent insects, so if I alarm the insects under my feet, I guess they will be sucked dry. So, I moved cautiously over the rim of the tank, for fear of waking up the blood-sucking insects. In order to find out why Wen Xianbao stirred these clay jars, I decided to follow the footprints and continue to follow.

As a result, I didn't go far before I made a new discovery, the inside of the previous clay jar was basically full, and the inside of the one in front of me was almost empty, only the bottom of the jar flashed with some fluorescence. Looking at the clay jars in front of you, they are all gray inside, and I think those should not have been disturbed by Wen Xianbao. I looked down at the empty jar under my feet again, and I couldn't find anything else inside, I thought that there might be something in it that had been taken by Wen Xianbao, of course, this is also my guess, maybe this is what this place is supposed to be.

I didn't make any new discoveries, so I could only start anew, search for Wen Xianbao's footprints and continue to track. After a while, I returned to the ground, looked down and checked Wen Xianbao's footprints, and found that his footprints were walking in the direction of the cave wall. I didn't think much of it and continued to follow the footsteps.

"Waste, what's going on inside?" The fat man's voice came from afar.

"I haven't seen Wen Xianbao yet." I responded.

"Can we turn on the lights now?" The fat man shouted.

"You can go." As I spoke, the man had already followed Wen Xianbao's footprints to the cave wall. On the wall of this cave, another one-person-high hole appeared, and a series of footprints on the ground indicated that Wen Xianbao had entered it. I didn't think much about it, I just turned around and shouted: "Fatty, don't touch the clay jar in the middle, I'll go find Wen Xianbao now......"

"Waste, where are you ......" The fat man's shout was heard again in the distance.

Wen Xianbao didn't know what he was doing, I didn't want the fat people to follow the adventure, I thought it would be better to let them continue to wait, so he just shouted: "I'm fine, wait for me with peace of mind." ”

Then, I followed the footsteps left by Wen Xianbao and walked all the way to the depths of the cave. The cave seems to have been dug entirely by hand, and there are traces of chiseling everywhere on the cave walls, which look strange and feel a little messy. As I walked, I soon came to a stone room, I thought that Wen Xianbao would be here, and deliberately slowed down, but after I looked around carefully, I found that the stone room was empty, and there was no one in it. I lowered my head to confirm Wen Xianbao's footprints again, and then continued to follow the footprints.

"Huh......" I noticed that the footprints on the ground suddenly stopped, and the ground around me was empty. What's going on, and looking at the cave walls around the stone chamber, there are no other exits, I can't help but wonder, can Wen Xianbao still disappear out of thin air?

"Crunch......" A low sound came from above my head, sounding more like chewing on a hard object. At this moment, an inexplicable fear rose from my heart, and I couldn't help but look up, there was a huge black shadow on the top of the stone room, and the burst of "crunching" sound came from that direction.

I felt my scalp tingle, and I secretly cursed in my heart, could it be that Wen Xianbao had been eaten by some monster.