Chapter 61: Counted Again
Ye Xiaolu sighed, didn't answer, although she couldn't see the slightest fear on her face, but the worry on her face was overflowing, in order to take action, I held a strong flashlight in one hand and a sapper shovel in the other, and I was also thinking about why I didn't let Xiaoyu make a head-mounted spotlight in the first place, so that I could free up my hands.
Before the two of them went into the dark, the flashlight passed, and they startled the bats inhabiting inside, and suddenly flew out a batch, hitting the two of us and hurting, and finally carried it over, I remembered the saber-toothed lizard I had encountered before and asked Ye Xiaolu if I could still touch it.
Ye Xiaolu said: "This is not good, the lizard is a poison, I think if there is no miasma in front, there should be none, but don't worry too much about this, everything has its own natural enemies, just like the frog chirping last night, didn't it also scare them away." β
I said, "Yes, you didn't mention it, I forgot it, we didn't meet that giant frog that night, anyway, it saved our lives." β
As soon as the words fell, Ye Xiaolu stopped, 'shhh β
As soon as she said this, I immediately stopped, carefully discerned, except for the dripping water, flowing water, and insect chirping in the cave, there was nothing strange, so I turned on the flashlight and swept it around, it didn't matter, the top of the cave and the other side of the river were densely crawled with all kinds of snakes, and it seemed that there were no less than 10,000 of them.
When the light hit, I realized that they hadn't moved, as if they had grown there, but I could confirm that they were alive, because the strange sound was the 'hiss... 'Hiss...' sound.
Seeing this scene, my flashlight was so frightened that it fell to the ground, the whole person seemed to be shocked, how can I not use my strength, I know that this is definitely not as simple as dense phobia, I am afraid of countless things, but if you want to say a number, snakes can definitely occupy the first place.
Because of other things, no matter what it is, I can have the ability to resist, but when I see this thing, it is completely wasted, at this time, seeing such a large group, I feel that my consciousness is almost blurred, and Ye Xiaolu is not the same, because listening to her trembling voice, I can completely judge: "This group of snakes, they must have found us as soon as we entered the hole, they have been following us, but why didn't they attack, what are they waiting for?" β
I didn't speak, I couldn't speak, this sense of fear from the toenails to the hair strands had already made me feel that my body was now separating from my soul, and after a while, Ye Xiaolu said: "I know, it's the snake repellent powder on our bodies, they are afraid of this thing." β
At this point, I clearly felt the puff of green smoke floating out of my body come back, so I stood up trembling, took out snake repellent powder from her bag and pounced on both of us, and sure enough, when I moved again, I could clearly feel that they were also crawling gently.
These snakes seem to have a spiritual nature, we walk and they go, we stop and they stop, and they don't take the initiative to attack, I don't know what the idea is, but at this time it is not only this group of snakes that is afraid, but ten minutes have passed, we have not seen the light, according to the width of this mountain, it is absolutely impossible not to see, that is, we are likely to be lost in the cave.
I immediately asked, "Little Nizi, we didn't turn a corner or take any fork in the road." β
Ye Xiaolu was obviously still vigilant about the snakes around her, and said, "I didn't pay attention, what's wrong." β
I said, "We may have gone around the inside, and we haven't seen the light from the exit for half a day, and the sun is so big today, it shouldn't be." β
Ye Xiaolu said: "Is it possible that the two of us are going up or down?" β
I said, "No, I noticed when I looked down from the mountain, this underground river is connected to the outside, and the water can't flow up, absolutely impossible." β
Ye Xiaolu said: "When you say this, it seems that the surrounding scene has not changed for a long time, are we standing still?" β
As soon as I said that I was standing still, I suddenly remembered that I had been in Golmud with a lost soul, could it be that I had fallen into some hallucination again?
Just as I was about to talk to Ye Xiaolu about my thoughts, the group of snakes that were originally surrounding us in the light of the lamp suddenly dispersed, and then a faint voice came: "Who are you, how did you come here." β
How could anyone? Why not show up? Where is he? What is he going to do?
Surprise came out with a series of questions, but Ye Xiaolu was clever, and immediately replied: "Hello, the two of us are travelers who came to explore nearby, but I didn't expect to get lost here, can you take the two of us out?" β
The man's tone still didn't show any emotion: "You two can get out as long as you go back the way you came, and I promise you're both okay." β
Ye Xiaolu said again: "We want to go to the back of the camel peak to pick a medicinal herb called Mai Donghua, if you can bring us over, the price is negotiable." β
The man sneered: "Do you think I am a pig, I have lived in this camel peak for decades and have never heard of this plant, you say it is an expedition, how can you live through that miasma swamp, I am giving you a chance, go back the same way, I guarantee you two are okay." β
Ye Xiaolu said angrily: "Why are you so unreasonable, we are just passing by here, and it won't have any impact on you, can't this huge Qinling Mountains even pick a single herb?" β
The man said lightly: "Offended." β
Immediately afterwards, a faint tune echoed in this hole, I could hear that this is Xun, a very ancient musical instrument, it is said to be traced back to 6,000 years ago, people in ancient times would use it as a soundtrack for any major event, and there was an officer of the art troupe who played a song during the army's theatrical performance, which was particularly moving, but at this time it sounded so fluctuating.
Could it be that this song is the same as the blue sea tide song of the old evil one, which can make people lose their minds, and it is not impossible to look at the environment here, I immediately gave myself a slap to make myself sober up a lot, but the severity is far more terrible than this.
The snakes that had been scattered around crawled back one after another, and I immediately stomped my foot and scolded, "Damn, this sound is not confusing the mind, but confusing the animal." β
Immediately pulled up Ye Xiaolu and began to run forward, but the moment my hand touched her, a snake had already bitten at my faΓ§ade, and I was just about to go limp, when I saw Ye Xiaolu stretch out two fingers and pinch the snake's seven inches with lightning speed, and threw it out without saying a word, and the two began to run immediately.
The voice came again: "Go inside, look for death." β
Then I felt a gust of wind behind me, and before I could turn back, the two of them received a strong impact and flew forward directly, but the strange thing is that when the two of us were running, it was obviously the road in front of us, but why was it falling down when we were impacted.
Damn, I don't have to guess, I didn't faint when I flew out, I opened my eyes in a daze, shook my head like a dog, and sobered myself up, Ye Xiaolu in my sight sat on the side and chewed chocolate, looking here, in the huge and empty underground cave, a turbulent river accompanied by the chirping of insects looked very weird.
Well! Isn't this still in place!
Ye Xiaolu saw me wake up and said to me: "You are awake." β
Awake? Damn, I'm not sleeping, is it that everything just now was a dream, immediately asked her what happened, she shook her head and said, "You are not asleep, and we are not in the same place, don't believe it, look over there." β
Following the direction of her finger, an old lady in tattered clothes was sitting next to a stone and dozing, and she was a little happy to see this, as long as she was not an old man, no one in the average middle-aged and elderly woman could resist me.
In fact, the darkness around me would tell that I wasn't dreaming, because if I were dreaming, we would be at the mouth of the cave, and I could clearly feel the pain in my body as I walked towards the old lady again.
This old lady doesn't know what to do, in short, ordinary people will never sit here, I squatted in front of her and looked carefully, it doesn't matter, good guy, the scars on his face, some like knives, some like beasts, actually scared me.
At this time, the old lady seemed to sense my presence, raised her head and smiled at me, showing a few yellow teeth left, and said, "You are here, just waiting for you, let's go!" β
I was so frightened by this appearance that I sat on the ground, and then I felt that it was very rude, so I seduced her with a male color, and then arranged my hairstyle and said, "What do you mean to wait for me to come, beauty, where are we going, do you want to take us out?" β
The old lady smiled, and didn't know if my beautiful man's plan had any effect, and said, "Whether you can go out or not depends on your ability, come over first." β
Seeing that Ye Xiaolu also ran to my side, shrugged his shoulders at me, and expressed helplessness, since people can send us here, there must be a very sure that we can't get out, and there is no better way at the moment, so we have to follow behind this old lady.
The old lady led the way in front, and she was not afraid of the darkness and walked straight forward, of course, the two of us turned on the flashlight in the process, and kept an eye on the changes around us, where our situation was.
I don't know how long it took, I don't know how far I walked, the old lady didn't get tired, her speed didn't slow down, she didn't say a word, she just walked so stupidly.
She is not in a hurry, but I am different, at this time Ye Xiaolu and I are so passive, as soon as I think of the start of participating in that bullshit meeting, all my every move is under the control of others, this feeling is extremely bad, those planners must be behind their backs while holding their feet and saying with a smile: I just like you to see me unhappy, and I look helpless.
And my mental state has been on the verge of a nervous breakdown, thinking of this I guess I have to explode now, so I quickly lit a cigarette to calm myself down.
Where is this old lady going to take us, is it to lead us to open that bronze gate so that we can see the end of the world?