Chapter 9: Fear is Near
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"Extinguish the torch!" I say.
When the torches were extinguished, the surroundings were plunged into complete darkness. The darkness was so terrifying that it was like suddenly becoming blind, and you couldn't see it even if you put your hand in front of you. Fat Bao and Hotaru were on either side of me, and I held their hands tightly to ward off the fear in my heart. Although you can't see with your eyes, your sense of touch is still there, and as long as you feel that there are people and companions around, you will feel much more at ease.
I heard the rapid crawling sound stop, probably in the middle of the passage, probably where we saw the body. I heard the sparse sound of dragging weights, followed by the gnawing of bones!
"That monster looks like it's eating!" Hotaru whispered.
The thought of them gnawing on the carcasses of blood bats, and possibly even the heads of those dead, sent chills through my whole body. My hands were unconsciously breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Don't make any noise, we'll go out when he's full and gone!" I say.
We waited quietly, and my heart skipped a beat every time something over there sounded. Human fear comes from the unknown, and now that we are in complete darkness, we don't know what kind of monster that moving thing is, and that fear is beyond words.
After a while, there was no sound from there. It is estimated that it is full at rest. We waited quietly, which was more irritating and frightening, but we had to keep waiting. We can't alarm it, there is only one now, but according to the diary, they attacked the archaeological team in droves. It is estimated that the number of mountain ghosts is very large. If it had called its companions, we would have died a terrible death.
After we crouched behind the stalactites for ten minutes, the monster began to move. From the sound of crawling, the monster didn't go back the way it came, but crawled straight towards us. The sound is getting closer and closer, and I am getting more and more scared!
"Did the monster find us?" Fat Bao whispered.
"Wait a minute, no matter what happens, don't make a sound!" I also whispered, "Fat Baby, take out your fighting saber!" "I also took out my saber from my waist.
The crawling sound was close, and the monster stopped abruptly as it approached us. It smelled of blood, and I could hear its steady breathing. I felt like my heart was going to explode, my heart was going to jump out of my socket.
I felt Hotaru's hands tremble. I gently stroked the back of her hand with my thumb and signaled her not to be too nervous!
When the monster stopped, I felt as if it was looking around, as I heard it walking in place from time to time. I guess I turned around and looked around. Does it perceive us?
In such a dark place, the sense of hearing, smell and touch will be significantly improved after the visual degradation, so it is very likely to detect us.
The way I'm going to figure out now is how to keep the monster from discovering us.
Only to hear the footsteps start moving again, this time slowing down. It should sense something is wrong nearby, but it probably hasn't noticed us yet.
I held Hotaru tightly in my right hand and a fighting saber in my left hand. And I have a mixed flashlight right in front of me, and if the monster finds us, we'll have to pounce on it before it does, or we won't win. In the dark, we suffer from the lack of light, so I was determined to turn on the mixing flashlight at any time and fight the monster.
The monster came slowly. I felt it had gone in front of the stalactite. We're just a stone's throw away from it. The monster stopped in front of the stalactites. I heard it looking for something in front of the stalactites.
It must have been aware of our presence, and we would certainly be discovered if it continued like this. I could feel it jumping on the stalactite, it was right above us. But it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
Something suddenly occurred to me, and I immediately bit the fighting saber in my mouth and held my breath. I then covered the mouths and noses of Fat Treasure and Hotaru with both hands, and motioned for them not to breathe. My slight movements seemed to be noticed by the monster.
At this point I felt the monster poke its head out. The monster was very close to me, estimated to be only a dozen centimeters. The breath it breathed was enough to spray on my cheeks, but luckily I was holding my breath, otherwise I would have been dizzy from the smell of blood. My heart was beating wildly. I believe that if I turn on the mixing flashlight now, a hideous face will be in front of my eyes. My whole body seemed to freeze, I didn't dare to make any movements, I just held my breath.
Then the monster twisted its head away, and I felt it climb down the stalactites and slowly walk to the end of the road. I heard a "click", a trigger, and I heard the wall at the end being opened, and the monster walked out, followed by the sound of the wall closing.
That's when I dared to breathe. We all gulped down.
"That monster seems to be right above your head just now!" Hotaru said to me.
"It seems to be!" I said and wiped the sweat from my forehead, and I noticed that not only my forehead was sweating, but my entire face and body were sweating. At this time, I could completely feel what it means to sweat like rain.
"Ke Shao, why did you cover our mouths and noses just now and prevent us from breathing?" Fei Bao asked.
"But it seems to work!" Hotaru said, "We were almost discovered by that monster, but luckily Brother Jinke covered us and didn't let us breathe!" ”
"It occurred to me that maybe it was because the monster sensed our breath, that is, the breath, that it stopped near us!" I said, "We humans may not be able to detect breath, but the average animal with high vigilance can detect the breath of living beings!" ”
"That's amazing!" Fei Bao said.
"Of course!" I said, "These monsters can turn on and off the traps on their own, and it seems that my reasoning is correct, they are indeed intelligent, and they have no low IQ!" ”
Fat Bao lit the torch in his hand, and at the same time, the torch in the hands of Hotaru and me was ignited, and the surroundings suddenly became bright. Although this small piece of fire may seem insignificant in the endless darkness, it represents our insignificant hope, and we must cling to this seemingly small, but potentially infinite hope.
"Is there a monster with an IQ?" Fei Bao said.
"It reminds me of an instant!"
"Which instant?"
"Baiyun Mountain attacked Brother Jinke's scaly monster!" Hotaru said.
"That's right! I almost forgot its name! Fei Bao said.
"Instant is also a monster with an IQ, and it also used a serial meter when it fought with Xiao Li at that time, and its IQ is not ordinarily high!" I say.
"Do you mean the mountain ghosts have something to do with scaly monsters?" Fei Bao said.
"I don't know, but none of the things involved in the secret of the Nine Palaces Prison Cow are fuel-efficient lamps!" I said, "Let's go out first, if there are other mountain ghosts coming in, we might not be so lucky!" ”
I was about to stand up, but because I had been squatting for too long, my feet were weak and I couldn't get up. I was able to stand up with the help of Fat Bao, and the moment I stood up, I felt my eyes black and I felt like I was shaky. But that feeling soon faded. I thought to myself: Is it really as Fat Bao said, my blood is insufficient, and I will faint if I squat for too long? I shook my head hard and loosened my feet.
"Ke Shao, you are really useless, you are scared by that mountain ghost and even your feet are weak!" Fei Bao said.
"How can I have soft feet!" I said dissatisfied, even if my feet are really soft, I can't admit it in front of Hotaru, that's so shameless, "I've just been squatting for a long time, and my feet are numb!" ”
"Feet are soft, feet are soft, and they are still pretending!"
Hotaru also had a hard time standing up. I went over to help her. We had just been squatting for twenty or thirty minutes in a state of high mental stress. At that time, I had completely forgotten that I was tired, and now when I relax, my feet are weak. As for whether you are scared and weak, I will not discuss this issue here, and it will be off topic if I continue to discuss it! (Huh)