Chapter 223: Sand Cave

The figurines don't move, this is an absolutely quiet field, not even the sound of drums can be heard, in fact, if you want to find the end, the figurines are the best signpost, they can't be placed all over the maze in the first place, they must be attracted by people.

I thought, and I felt that something was wrong, that I remembered the human skin figurines kneeling in the hole, they wouldn't bend their bodies into that position even if they lived, they had been placed there in the first place.

How big is this place? There are labyrinths of pathways everywhere, but what kind of people made these figurines thousands of years ago and placed them everywhere? On top of that, I couldn't see what they were trying to do, and if they were trying to scare off the intruders, they just had to chase after them to the beat of the drums.

The more incomprehensible things are, the more terrifying they are, I can't understand the purpose of this floating island, even if it is a burial, it doesn't need to spend so much thought, it seems that it itself was born for killing, and the real hell doesn't need a reason.

We seemed to be walking in the long dark night, all the sweat on my body accumulated in the wetsuit and couldn't get out, it was sticky and uncomfortable, but the air was wet and cold, as if I had been immersed in cold water, and now I was moving slowly, and my body was getting colder and colder.

I kept rubbing my hands so as not to freeze, and it was only March, and it was far from warm yet, especially in this humid environment, which seemed to get moldy as I walked.

Silence, dead silence, despair, we walk in the dark, as if we can never get out, silence does not reassure, but frightens me, I can't time it patiently, despite the lack of interference around.

I was irritable, like when I walked in the Endless Graveyard, but I could hear my heartbeat and breathing, and I felt alive, and now I always wonder if I'm dead.

I couldn't control myself from looking back, and Nineteen didn't stop me, and he would occasionally say something to me, deliberately exaggerating his mouth, but I still didn't understand, as long as I knew they were there, it would be fine.

The air became more and more humid, and we began to encounter puddles of water, which eventually became puddles one after another, and we could no longer walk on the land, and there was no more land between the crevices, and we were half immersed in water, and we could only hold on to the rock wall and grope forward.

It is getting harder and harder to walk, the water is very buoyant, it is difficult to step on the light and fluttering, and the feet are full of smooth stones, mixed with all kinds of marine life.

From time to time, something "slipped" past my feet, and every time I was so scared that I didn't dare to move, especially when I couldn't hear any sound, we could only look down again and again, stop and go, and waste a lot of time.

Always worried, I became extremely sensitive, even if there is nothing, I will hallucinate, I am very tired to walk like this, even Brother Shen showed a little impatience, but there is no place to rest here, we rested twice, both took advantage of the infrequent activity of the maze to lean on the rock wall for a while, I drank a lot of water, but I couldn't eat anything.

If you continue like this, I am afraid that I will really go crazy, and Brother Shen will walk slower and slower, until he finally stops at a fork in the road.

He turned to Nineteen and said something, and pointed to two different forks in the road, I couldn't understand his mouth, I saw that Nineteen was hesitating, and Brother Shen didn't seem to know where to go.

He couldn't feel the jade, and Ah Qing didn't place a fly in his body, I didn't know what he was moving on, and it would be very reassuring to follow him in the past, but this time I was suspicious.

I was nervous, and leaned aside to rest my legs while they were gesticulating, and the crevices in the rocks were full of mud and bugs, and I didn't care.

They quickly made a decision, and changed to Nineteen to lead the way, and he led us to the left, and I couldn't help but look at the other fork in the road that Brother Shen pointed to, and it was dark and secluded, and I didn't know where it led.

I feel like we've walked around the island dozens of times, and it's all connected, except for the burial pits I saw earlier, and it's like there's an infinite number of folded spaces, much bigger than it seems.

I don't know how long I walked, there was a large cave in front of me, there was still water in the cave, waist-deep, nineteen flashlights were lowered into the water, I saw that the bottom of the cave was a flat sandy area, and I could not see the outline of the rock.

We've walked through so many places, and we've never seen such a large area of sand other than marine life, and the sand looks so fine that it doesn't fit in with the whole island.

Everyone was vigilant, and Nineteen stirred the water, rippling layer by layer, and there was nothing abnormal in the hole, and a large handful of messy shellfish suddenly flew out behind him and smashed on the water.

I was startled, and when I looked back, I saw that Brother Shen was lowering his hand, and the shellfish were sinking gently to the bottom with the current, landing on the sand, and there was still nothing.

Nineteen tentatively stepped on it, leaving a shallow foot socket, and the sand seemed to be pressed so tightly by the water that I thought Nineteen would sink suddenly.

We were just scaring ourselves, the slight ups and downs of the floating island were still there, if something should have been provoked, the whole person stepped on it, the soft sand did not cover half of his instep, there was not a trace of movement around, there was really nothing here.

We followed him in, Nineteen was still worried, and walked very fast, and he walked straight to a crevice in the rock to the right on the opposite side, and we were getting closer and closer to the center of the cave, accustomed to the jagged hard rocks, and unexpectedly comfortable walking on the soft sand.

If the water was a little shallower, we could have sat down and rested, I thought to myself, and the nerves that had been tense all the way relaxed instead, and we walked smoothly without incident.

Sure enough, I thought too much, there are many dangers here, and caution is not a bad thing, I saw that there was still a cave behind the rock crevice in front of me, which was bigger than the one we passed by, and the bottom of the cave was also fine sand.

Nineteen hesitated, but walked in, this kind of road was much more convenient and comfortable, if only the whole island was like this.

It seems to have seen through my mind, the road ahead is still like this, Nineteen stopped, he and Brother Shen looked at the surrounding rock crevices, shook their heads relative to each other, I also raised my flashlight to look, only to see that there were caves covered with fine sand in all directions, and the entrance was only a narrow rock crevice, very much like a separate room, but unfortunately they were distributed irregularly, and the shape and size were also different.

This kind of strange place should be of some use, I'm a little dazed, but there's nothing here, Nineteen and Brother Shen walked back, and I saw Brother Shen say two words, but I couldn't understand it.

Nineteen nodded at him, took my hand, and gestured two words in my palm - water temperature.

I was startled, subconsciously looked around, I finally noticed the biggest difference between here and outside, the water here is very warm, and the cold and biting outside, no wonder I feel very comfortable, it turns out that the water temperature is the biggest influence, I was worried all the way, only thinking about the danger, and I ignored such an obvious feeling.

Why is the water temperature on the high side? I put down my hand and dialed it in the water, I kept holding the flashlight, my palm was very warm, I didn't feel very cold when I touched the water, the water temperature here was at least above 20 degrees, and the maximum outside was 13 or 4 degrees.

I would love to go back to where I first entered, to see if there was a transition or a sudden change in the water temperature, but I had forgotten about it when I had just walked by, and my brain would subconsciously be lazy in some areas that were not noticed.

Everyone stopped, Nineteen hesitated, and I took the opportunity to rest against the rock wall, in fact, I would rather be completely submerged in the water, and it would be better if I could sit down.

I saw Nineteen talking to Brother Shen, and if it weren't for the slow pace of their talk, I would have thought they could hear it, but I could feel that they weren't having a pleasant discussion, and the atmosphere around them was depressing.

Brother Shen suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at me, and said something quickly, he was very serious, and I was even more confused, only to see that Nineteen's momentum was rapidly declining, and his body relaxed and made a compromise.

I suddenly felt that the scene in front of me was very strange, because I couldn't hear the sound, but it gave me the opportunity to practice my observation of words and feelings, I had never noticed that Nineteen and Brother Shen had so many emotional changes, and their subtle movements seemed to be magnified countless times in my eyes.

Brother Shen said something again, Eleven, who was originally standing quietly on the side, suddenly straightened up, he had been watching, and he could understand it, the atmosphere was different again, I didn't have the mind to observe, I always felt that they had made a very important decision.

Brother Shen unloaded his equipment, took only a long sword and turned around and walked towards a rock crevice, I raised my foot to follow, but Nineteen grabbed me, I turned around in surprise, only to see him gently shaking his head at me.

"Why? Where is Brother God going? ”

I blurted out what they were discussing, obviously Nineteen had made a gesture of compromise, why did Brother Shen still leave.

"What's going on? Where is he going?! ”

Seeing Brother Shen enter the rock crevice, I was even more anxious, and I shook off Nineteen's hand, but Eleven grabbed it again, and his hand clamped my wrist tightly, pinching it so much that it hurt me.

"Let go! What do you mean? ”

Nineteen grabbed me again and wrote the word "wait" in the palm of my hand, and the figure of Brother Shen had disappeared, and I turned my head to look at him, but his eyes were like a pool of deep water.

Again, Brother Shen acted alone again, every time he went on an expedition with him, I thought that this time there would be no more such a situation, but he left in front of me.

I found it impossible to make sense of them, they knew how dangerous it was, and now that the labyrinth had entered a period of stagnation, it was still moving slowly, and even if Brother Shen could sense us, he would probably never come back, and I didn't understand what it was for him to face it himself.