Chapter 5: Strange Tastes

We are now in a narrow cave. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThere was only one road ahead, all the way into the darkness. On both sides and overhead are uneven stalactites, and the ground is not dirt, but a thick layer of rock. I used a hybrid flashlight to shine ahead, but I couldn't see the end of the road.

"What's wrong here?" Fei Bao asked.

"There's a strange smell here!" I said, "The smell is a little light, so I can't smell anything, but this smell is a bit pungent, and I guess it's not a good thing!" ā€

"That's right! You don't say it and you don't pay attention! Fei Bao said, "The taste is too light, and now I can only smell it when I pay attention to it!" ā€

"What could this smell come from?" Hotaru said, "It's a little smelly and a little fragrant, it's weird!" ā€

"One more question!" I shined a flashlight on the roof of the cave, which was three or four meters high, and like the outside, it was full of uneven stalactites, "The stalactites on the top of my head are relatively smooth!" "I saw that the stalactites on the roof of the cave were not as rough as the ones outside, but smooth enough to reflect the light of the flashlight.

"What's wrong with smoothing?" Fei Bao asked.

"The stalactites on the roof of the cave are smoothed, and I think of two possibilities!" I said, "First, it could be that the roof of the cave is seeping water, and the water that has accumulated over time has washed the roof of the cave into the hole. Second, there are often things walking on it, so the roof of the cave is slippery. But it's drier here, so the first one isn't very likely! ā€

"So you mean there's a lot of stuff walking over the top of the cave? What could it be? ā€

"Is it a blood bat?" Hotaru-chan's face became ugly, and it seemed that the blood bats had left too much of a shadow on her. It's no wonder, after all, Hotaru almost died in the mouth of a blood bat.

"It's possible! But it could also be a mountain ghost! I stared at Hotaru tightly.

I saw Hotaru gasp.

"Do you really believe that the mountain ghost is coming?" Fei Bao said.

"The mountain ghost in my mouth is not a real ghost! It's a reference to an unknown creature that may exist here! I said very seriously.

"Then it's safer for us to go back outside!" Fei Bao said.

"Fat Bao, you finally said a human word!" I say.

"What human words? Your boss's, where is it again? ā€

"It's not necessarily too safe outside. There are a lot of traps outside. And this kind of suddenly flipped mechanism usually can't be opened from the inside after entering! I have experience in this! "I think back to what happened to Baiyun Mountain, when I followed the black cloak into a big house, I was cornered by zombies, and finally saved my life because the wall rotated. But my experience has taught me that there is no way to open it from the inside.

I've just checked the wall behind me, and as I thought, I couldn't find an open mechanism. The walls are too thick to open with brute force.

"We can only move forward!" I say.

"Are you really leaving? Is there a chance of encountering a blood bat ahead? Fei Bao said.

"Do you have any other way?" I say.

"This ......"

"It's okay, we still have torches! It is estimated that they dare not approach! You hold the fighting saber in your hand. ā€

Luckily, Hotaru and I had lost our hands when we knocked them down, but the torches fell next door to us, so they went into the cave with us. And Fat Bao's torch has always been in his hand. We lit three torches anew. But sadly, my phone was left behind. Damn, I don't have a phone again. This time, I asked Hotaru to turn on the compass function on her phone to be alert to possible dangers around her. Fat Bao and I held the fighting saber in hand, and then cautiously moved forward

As you slowly enter, the strange smell gets stronger and stronger. I felt more and more that the smell was weird, a little fragrant, but the smell was a little disgusting, and it made my stomach roll a little, which was hard to describe.

I found that the ground had changed from hard rocks to relatively soft soil. The soil is a little softer than the ground outside, so we have to walk slowly because the soles of our feet may slip if we walk fast.

I thought to myself: on this kind of soft ground, we can't run fast at all when we encounter any danger. If we encounter the blood bat again, we will have to fight hard. Although we have torches, they may not dare to approach easily. But what about the pitfalls? This kind of ground can't be used, which greatly reduces our flexibility. If you encounter a trap, it's hard to run fast.

I'm struggling with how to deal with sudden danger in this geological formation. Suddenly, I stopped.

When Fat Treasure and Hotaru saw me stop, they also stopped.

"Ke Shao, what's wrong?" Fei Bao asked.

"Go away!" I pushed away the fat treasure in front of me and pressed the torch down to the ground, "I have a bad premonition!" ā€

"What's the matter?" Hotaru asked.

I pointed to the ground and said, "There are footprints on the ground!" ā€

Fat Bao also leaned over to look at it and said in surprise: "Huh? Aren't these human footprints? Does that prove that there really is someone else here besides us? Maybe someone from that archaeological team from seventeen years ago really survived! What a good thing! Those people are so godly in the diary, at least we can have reliable companions! ā€

"It's good to have company!" I said, "But do you see clearly, are these really the footprints of normal people?" The footprints in front are similar to those of ordinary people, but look at the footprints nearby! ā€

Both Fat Treasure and Hotaru lowered the torches in their hands and searched the nearby road.

"There are a lot of footprints here, and a lot of them are intertwined. But if you look closely, you can still discern it. There are so many different footprints on the ground! And there are also handprints. I said, "Some of the footprints are at least twice as long as the average person, and some of the footprints are extremely distorted." Some of the footprints seem to have been cut in the middle by something, and only half of them are seen, but not the other half. Some of the mudras are missing fingers and do not resemble human hands. Some of the footprints and handprints apparently did not land in pairs. Most of the footprints and handprints here don't look like they were left by normal people. ā€

"That'...... So what do you think this is going to be left behind? Fei Bao said. I saw that a cold sweat was already breaking out on Fat Bao's forehead.

"These footprints should have been left by a lot of different creatures! There should be someone among them. I said.

We all looked at what seemed to be the end ahead. There was a chill in front of me, and I couldn't help but shiver. My heart was beating so fast that I didn't dare to keep looking, for fear that some horrible and disgusting monster would pounce on me.

"Could it be that the unknown creatures you call mountain ghosts were left behind?" Fei Bao said.

"I hope not!" I said bitterly, "With our combat strength and the terrain we are in now, there is no way to retreat with our whole body!" ā€

All three of us knew that there was no way back. No matter what lies ahead, you can only bite the bullet and move on.

We slowed down, we had to be able to see the movement around us every step we took, to see that there was nothing following us overhead, to know that there was nothing behind the stalactites on both sides to spy on us, so that we dared to take the second step. I always had a feeling that something terrible was waiting for us ahead.

As we went deeper, the weird smell intensified. The smell made my stomach very uncomfortable.

We hadn't been walking long before the front suddenly became open. The disgusting smell was so disgusting that I couldn't breathe. Hotaru took out a pack of perfume tissues from her backpack, and we covered our mouths and noses with tissues to feel more comfortable breathing.

Because of the open terrain, our torches could no longer shine on the walls on either side. To be on the safe side, I immediately took out a mixing flashlight to check if it was safe around.

The moment I turned on the mixing flashlight, my stomach churned and I almost threw up. I saw the corpse of a blood bat in front of me, the internal organs were dug up, and a lot of flesh was missing from the body, and the flesh was blurred, but the head was relatively intact and there was almost no damage. I immediately covered Hotaru's eyes, I was afraid that she would vomit when she saw it.

"Brother Jinke, why are you covering my eyes, what's in front of you?" Hotaru asked.

"The corpse of the blood bat, it's disgusting, don't look at it! I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep at night! ā€

"It turns out that the disgusting smell is the smell of blood emitted by this blood bat!" Fei Bao said.

"No, there's a faint scent mixed in with the smell of blood, so we can't smell anything at first!" I took a mixed flashlight and looked around.

When I hit the right corner, the mixing flashlight in my hand almost fell to the ground. My feet were shaking unconsciously. I found a ragged man sitting in a corner staring at us closely.