Early the next morning, Yang Che woke up first, moved his sour body, and looked around the cave in a daze.

Well?

Something seems to be wrong.

Yang Che rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked at the man lying next to Ah Huang again.

Who?!

Next to Ah Huang was a girl in a long skirt.

"Alley?" Yang Che exclaimed in disbelief.

"Hmm......" The girl in the long skirt responded in a hazy sleep, and raised her head on the stage blankly.

It's really Ali!

"Why are you a woman?!" Yang Che blurted out in surprise.

"Ah......" Ali seemed to understand what was going on, and looked at the skirt on her body in embarrassment.

Due to Yang Che's exclamation, Lu Zhaoling was also woken up.

"What's going on?" She jerked herself awake from her sleep and asked nervously.

But without waiting for anyone to tell her, she quickly discovered something unusual.

"Alley?" Lu Zhaoling looked at the girl who had just gotten up from Ah Huang's side with some confusion.

"It's me, what's all the fuss." Ali said awkwardly and a little embarrassed.

Lu Zhaoling didn't speak, and glanced at Yang Che, and the two looked at each other.

At this time, several people in the cave woke up, and Shen Fengjiu also opened his eyes indifferently.

"When will you go down?" Shen Fengjiu asked Ah Li.

"Why aren't you surprised that she's become a woman?" Yang Che asked Shen Fengjiu strangely.

"I know." Shen Fengjiu said lightly.

"When did you find out?" Yang Che asked again.

Ali remembered the reason why she had changed her pants last night, and felt ashamed for a while.

As a result, Shen Fengjiu replied with a sentence that no one expected: "Initially." ”

"Huh? You knew she was a woman from the beginning? Yang Che was surprised, "How do you know?" ”

"The breath is different." Shen Fengjiu said.

Although he didn't quite understand this principle, it seemed quite reasonable that Shen Fengjiu could see through this kind of thing......

Yang Che scratched his head.

Ali's eyes were also full of surprise, but he couldn't help but say nothing.

"And when are we going to go down?" Lu Guiling asked and pulled the topic back.

"Today evening, the people of Yantu Town will come up the mountain." Ali replied.

"Why today? Earlier, the people in the town also said that we should come up the mountain in three days, and that is today. Lu Zhaoling pondered the connection.

"Today is ...... Once a month, the day when 'that thing' forages for food. Ah Li took a deep breath and said slowly, "It usually only haunts at night, but today is a special day, it will appear in the mountains and forests before noon, start to hunt the mountain creatures, and will not leave until it is close to dusk, and then it will go to hibernate somewhere." ”

"So the people of Yantu Town sent outsiders to the mountains on this day as sacrifices?" Lu Zhaoling frowned.

"Hmm." Ali nodded, "But in the past, there were people who survived this day, and at dusk, the people of Yantu Town would come up the mountain to bring the people who were still alive back to the town. ”

"And then?" Lu Zhaoling had a hunch that something would happen after that.

“…… Those who brought it back were tied to the altar and continued to complete the ceremony. ”

Really.

Lu Zhaoling had a look that he had already expected.

"During the day, we will continue to hide in the cave, and when dusk comes, the people of Yantu Town will go up the mountain......" Ali said, looking at the other three hesitantly.

"Do you want to kill it?" Yang Che asked Lu Zhaoling.

Lu Zhaoling pondered for a moment: "Although there is a purpose, after all, they helped us when we were cornered." If we could, we would have quietly followed the group down the hill and not had a head-on confrontation. ”

Yang Che nodded, and Ah Li also seemed relieved.

"However, after coming down from here, it should be almost night. Do you know where the nearest town is in the vicinity except for the smoke road? Lu Zhaoling asked Ah Li.

"There should be a village to the northwest, but it's at least two days away." Ali said sadly.

"Then we're on our way tonight, and neither this mountain nor the vicinity of Yantu Town is suitable for a long stay." Lu Zhaoling said decisively.

"Okay." Ali nodded obediently.

Then they discussed some details, decided on their plans for tonight, and continued to rest to recharge for the later action.

The day passed quickly and quietly.

Silently......

Lu Zhaoling fell asleep in a daze halfway, and when he woke up, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.

It's not that the monster in the mountain will hunt today, why don't you feel like you haven't heard any movement at all?

"You're awake." Yang Che saw Lu Zhaoling wake up and greeted her.

"Hmm." Lu Zhaoling nodded.

Forget it, it's going down soon, don't worry so much.

Lu Zhaoling put aside a trace of doubt in Fang Cai, stood up and moved his body.

"The time should be almost up." Ali said.

"We've been hiding in the cave, will we miss it with the people of Yantu Town, or will they break into the cave and find out?" Lu Zhaoling was a little worried.

"The monster should be gone by now, and we can get out." Alido.

Lu Zhaoling habitually glanced at Shen Fengjiu, and Shen Fengjiu nodded at her.

Ah Li watched the movements of the two and did not speak.

"Let's go, then." Lu Zhaoling stood up.

"I'll lead the way." Ah Li rushed ahead first, and Ah Huang also followed behind her.

"You're going to take Ah Huang down the mountain?" Lu Zhaoling asked in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Ah Li didn't care, "You can bring Xiaohua, can't I bring Ah Huang?" ”

Lu Zhaoling glanced down, and Xiaohua, the cat mentioned by Ah Li, was lying on Ah Huang's back leisurely at this moment.

"It's different, isn't it...... It is easy to be discovered by others with a tiger, and if you want to enter the village in the future......" Lu Zhaoling looked a little embarrassed.

"Ah Huang won't be discovered! It's very light and sensitive! It's no problem to enter the village, Ah Huang will never attack others casually! Unless I order it, or to save me. Ali patted his chest and reassured.

Ah Huang also raised his head pitifully at Lu Zhaoling, as if begging her.

"This ......" Lu Zhaoling looked at Ah Huang who looked like a docile big cat in front of him, and couldn't give up, "Okay, okay, you just take care of it." ”

"Hee-hee." Ah Li laughed happily and ran out of the cave with Ah Huang in a cigarette.

Lu Zhaoling and the three of them followed behind her, and together they walked in the direction where the wooden house was located.

According to Ah Li, every time the people of Yantu Town go up the mountain, when they go back, they go in the direction where Lu Zhaoling and them came, but she doesn't know which way those people are going and why they can go down the mountain smoothly.