Chapter 212: Front-and-back strikes
I looked up with trepidation and saw that the passage was completely gone, and the rocks looked the same as I had seen all the way, and if it had been the first time I had stood here, I would not have imagined that there would be a crawling human skin figurine overhead.
I tried to walk a few steps, and the bones all over my body felt like they were falling apart, and it took me a while to move and get back to normal, and I definitely had bruises and bruises all over the place, but as long as I could move, it wasn't a big deal.
I put my gear back on my back and peeked out into the darkness ahead, I didn't dare stay here, maybe when the rock shrank, the figurine would fall, and I never wanted to see it again in my life.
The rapid drum beat continued, and the "bang" beat in my heart made people panic, I saw that there were many gaps around this cave, each of which was not narrow enough for me to pass easily, but I did not know where to go, the road here changed from time to time, and I had better stop in one place and wait for them to find it, but I did not dare to stay.
I looked up again, and it seemed that the maze would not change for a while, and I hesitated but sat down, but my eyes remained above my head.
After a long time, the neck is sore, the maze has entered the active period again, the surrounding rocks are moving violently, I was startled, where there is a little sound and quickly turned my head to see, fortunately, the space in this cave is larger, although it is violent, but it does not mean to crush the whole cave to death.
It's too humid here, I've gone deep into the floating island, the place where the jade is placed must be in the very center of the floating island, the movement of the maze makes me very uneasy, I can't stay here all the time, it doesn't know when something will happen, only keep moving to be safe.
I was so apprehensive that I looked at the approaching rock and tried to escape into a crevice several times, and then stopped, and I waited here for at least twenty minutes, and still no one came looking for me.
I couldn't wait any longer, the rocks were moving more and more violently, they seemed to be attracted to me, and they kept squeezing towards me, and I became more and more convinced that this maze was rigged.
I stood up and looked into the crevices around me with my flashlight, looking for the safest way to enter, but it didn't matter, I was almost scared out of the sky, only to see that the crevices were full of human figures, almost every single one, all alive, walking towards me on their legs!
These figurines were originally hidden deep in the crevices of the rock, and they were attracted to me and kept approaching me, and if I hadn't looked at them, I was afraid that it would not be long before I would be completely surrounded by them!
I couldn't figure out why, why they suddenly came to life! What happens if you get close to them?!
I felt the muscles on my calves twitch slightly, and in the dim light, I suddenly saw a group of living human skins walking towards you, the shadows were like ghosts, even the most daring people would be frightened into the six gods, I panicked, and randomly found a crevice in the rock with no human figure and drilled in.
As if noticing my panic, their movements suddenly accelerated, and the sound of their footsteps was exceptionally clear, leaning towards me with a slight sound of liquid flowing, I turned around and knocked on the rock at the entrance, the rock was stimulated, suddenly shrank, and quickly crushed towards me, the entrance gradually closed, through the gap of palm width, I saw that they had gathered into the cave from all directions, and chased after me with solid steps!
I turned and ran, the crevices in the rocks were still gathering, the road that could have accommodated one and a half people shrunk to only one person, I quickened my speed, for fear of being squeezed to death here, there was a narrow bend in front of me, we squeezed through, but our feet were empty, and the whole person fell into the deep water.
Fortunately, I have already experienced countless sudden falls into the water, thanks to Achuan's devil training, I was just taken aback, did not lose the ability to move, I quickly waved my hands and feet to the surface of the water, but I felt that there were fine aquatic plants under my feet entangled, with a crisp * itchy touch.
I turned on the searchlight above my head and looked underwater, only to see three human figurines under the water with their heads raised in unison, their hair floating up with the water, scratching my legs and feet, and three miserable faces staring at me with strange smiles!
I subconsciously wanted to scream, but I forgot that it was in the water, and I poured a big mouthful of seawater, salty and bitter, the same seawater, I always felt that it had a strange taste, I didn't dare to open my mouth again, like a frightened fish, I couldn't jump out of the water directly, I slammed a big step up, but the strange touch under my feet did not disappear, I saw a human figurine's hair tightly wrapped around my ankles, floating up with my movements!
"Get out of here!"
I screamed and swam to the shore, the crevice in the rock that I fell in kept closing, I could only swim to the opposite side, the human skin figurines were still pulling me, it was still laughing, I felt something grab the other foot, I looked down and saw it raise its hand and hold me tightly!
They lived, not only on the ground, but also in the water! Through the dim light, I saw the other two floating straight up and swimming towards me!
I kicked my foot desperately like crazy, not only did it not let go, but it grabbed it tighter, and even the other hand lifted up and grabbed my calf, it was grabbing me a little bit up!
The human skin figurines are not heavy, but at least there are dozens of pounds, the feeling of falling under my feet is getting heavier and heavier, I swim very hard, my legs and feet are also pulled to the death, it has climbed to my knees, and the two behind are about to touch me!
I jerked my leg and kicked it in the face with all my might, its face deflated, its twisted features with a smile, it looked even more terrifying, but it only returned to its original state for a moment, and I couldn't hurt it at all!
I couldn't draw my dagger and couldn't cut it, I knew it was better to take a long one, I didn't have time to regret it, the two behind me also chased after me, their hair spread like snakes on my ankles, and then both hands grabbed me, my body fell, and I re-entered the water, they were too heavy, I had to carry so much equipment and struggled, and now I couldn't swim if I wanted to.
I held my breath, and I didn't panic so much when I got into the water, I wasn't the same person I used to be, and now if I want to drag me to death, it's impossible not to pay the price, I bent my body and slashed at the nearest human skin figurine with a short sword, its face was cut in half by me, but it was still pulling me dead!
Clusters of white flowers floated out of the body of the human skin figurines, and I subconsciously ducked to the side, and found that they were strange cattail-like things, and they had not let go, and they were pulling my legs and feet tightly one by one, as if they were going to drag me into hell!
I couldn't help but feel hopeless, but now I haven't really reached the end, I hold my breath for a lot longer, these few meters can ignore the effect of water pressure, I no longer struggle, let them drag me to the bottom of the water, my feet touch the uneven rocks under the water, they seem to think I'm dead, holding my hand is gradually relaxing, I know this is an opportunity, when they are completely released, they swoop upward, like * straight to the surface of the water.
I didn't expect that I would be able to fool the ghosts one day, I surfaced and took a deep breath, the shore was not far away, I swam desperately, and turned my head to see them rushing towards me like crazy, they were enraged, much faster, but it was too late, I was faster, as long as I didn't get entangled by them, I had hope to get rid of.
I touched the rocks on the shore, rolled up to the shore with both hands, and when I looked back, the water was full of chaotic ripples, and three human figurines floated up one by one, and they were approaching the shore, and I ran forward for a while, and saw that they were completely out of the water, and were chasing after me!
It turns out that they not only walk, but also run!
I saw that the human skin figurine whose face I had scratched was completely shriveled down, and its body showed a strange gray-black columnar, and the mercury was still under its feet, only the lower leg was still bulging, and the rest of the place was shriveled and stuck to the pillars in the body, no longer looking like a living person, but becoming a real human skin.
They didn't live because of the human skin, but because of the pillars in the body, and I wasn't so afraid, they were just robots in human skin, and I was afraid of nothing more than the skin.
I turned around and ran, and behind me there was the sound of chaotic footsteps with liquid splashing, although I was not so afraid, but the fear could not be completely removed, this was a complex labyrinth of darkness, I didn't know what they would do to me on land, I was exposed to mercury underwater, and I didn't know what effect it would have on my body.
There are gas masks in the backpack, but they are useless for mercury, as long as they come into contact with the skin, they are inevitably poisoned, they are not as fast as me, I hesitated and took out the gas mask and put it on, I can prevent a little is a little, I still want to survive.
When the crevices came to an end, there were six or seven new crevices in front of me, and I took a flashlight around them, and there was only one of them without human skin.
I had no choice but to get into this one, this rock crack was very long, I ran zigzag for dozens of meters, the gap became narrower and narrower, the maze was still in a violent period, I heard footsteps behind me, they hadn't even given up.
I didn't dare to delay, I ran for a while, my feet stagnated, I felt that the blood in my whole body was cold, and I saw that the road ahead was densely packed with four human skin figurines!
The footsteps behind me were still approaching, and there were four more in front of me, and I swallowed my saliva, and the four human figurines in the rock crevice noticed me, and slowly turned around, without any expression on their numb faces.
I was really at a dead end, there was nowhere to run from the front and back, and the footsteps behind me gradually slowed down, and they realized that I couldn't escape, so they didn't hurry.
The four figurines in front of me began to walk slowly towards me, I wanted to repeat the old trick, screaming and smashing the rock wall around me, but this time it didn't work, there were no gaps in the rocks next to me, they would only press on me, and it was impossible to open a path.