Chapter 307, The Strange Man in the Cave
The walls of the tunnel are stacked with large rough ashlars, which do not look like modern things, and it is estimated that this tunnel has been here for a long time. The stairs are not very long, and there is a T-junction not far after going down. The footsteps ran to the right, and I chased to the right.
In front of me was a long and narrow corridor with torches fixed to the walls for illumination, and from the depths of the corridor there was some faint yin energy, but it was very faint, and you can see something similar in many catacombs and other places, so it doesn't say much.
However, for the sake of safety, I still let the candle dragon and the white tiger appear, and follow behind me, in case of an emergency, these two guys can also help me deal with it as soon as possible, whether the emergency is caused by a human or a ghost.
This underground passage is not straight, and it takes a turn almost every dozen meters or so. And there are forks in the road at every turn.
I still remember that Lao Wu said that you must make some marks in the forest, and this sentence is also applicable in this underground secret passage. I've marked every turn, and once I've been led to a dead end, I'll at least be able to follow the markers back to the entrance, but then my pursuit speed will be somewhat affected.
The footsteps were pulled farther and farther away, and I needed to carefully identify the direction of the footsteps every time I arrived at an intersection, but fortunately, the deeper I went, the fewer forks in the road, and there was only a straight passage left, and it seemed that I did not get lost in the pursuit.
I continued to chase for a while, and the footsteps disappeared completely. It seems that the fake ghost has stopped somewhere.
At the end of the passage was a large black iron door, which was not closed tightly, and Yin Qi continued to seep out from the crack in the door. This yin qi is still very thin, not like a haunted appearance.
I cautiously walked over and gently pushed the iron door open, and the moment it opened, a foul smell of mold came to my face.
I subconsciously ducked back, then fanned my hand to drive the stench away from the precursor, and only after my nose had gotten used to it a little before I stepped in again.
It was pitch black behind the door, and there was no light source. I shone around with a flashlight, and behind the door was a huge cavern with rough and irregular stone walls, and it didn't look like it was a man-made hole, but a natural one.
In the cave near the cave wall, there was a lot of dirty linoleum cloth, and there was a lot of withered yellow hay next to it, which looked like a simple bed. However, there were no people lying on these "beds", all of them were empty.
"Is anyone there?" I yelled.
The echo echoed and amplified in the cavern, but there was no response other than the echo, and the fake ghost that had been running away just now did not appear.
I walked over to one of the linoleum cloths and touched it with my hand, it was still warm, and it seemed that someone had been lying here just now, but it was now gone.
In addition to the door I entered, there were two other exits that connected to the cavern. But those two exits weren't like the labyrinthine corridors I had just passed, they looked very natural, like natural caves. I don't know where these holes lead, and it's obviously not a good idea to venture into them.
The white tiger and the candle dragon followed me, I simply asked these two guys to go to the cave to explore the way, and waited for five minutes, the two guys came back one after the other, I couldn't understand what the tiger master said, but the candle dragon could translate for me.
The candle dragon told me that the cave it was going into was leading to a very, very smelly ditch, and it felt like a manure tank, and there were a lot of bones floating in it, both animal and human. Judging by it, the bones didn't look like they were the result of a complete decomposition of the corpse, but more like they had been shaved off by a knife or something, as some of the bones clearly showed signs of knife cuts, and even some fresh meat scraps hung on them.
Compared to the candle dragon's side, what the tiger master saw made me pay more attention, the cave it entered led to another huge cave that extended downward, in that cave it saw a lot of people, those people had no clothes on their bodies, and they felt like primitive cavemen hiding in the cave, the number was about 20.
White Tiger's description of the 20 cavemen is a little vague, after all, it is not very good at expressing this, and can only explain to me a rough idea, if you want to know what the people inside are like, whether it is the followers of the Death Assistant playing some new tricks, or if there are some isolated man-eating monsters hidden in it, then I must go in and see for myself.
However, according to the tiger master, those cavemen seem to be quite honest, they are all curled up near the cave wall, and some are even sleeping, and I should not have too much trouble if I drill directly into the cave.
So I didn't think much about it, and went straight into the hole that the tiger master had just explored.
The cave was spacious for the first few meters, but as I went deeper, the hole became narrower and narrower, and at last I couldn't even bend down and could only crawl inside.
There was no light on the other side of the cave, and the only light source was my flashlight, which I always pointed towards the front of the cave, and then climbed forward little by little.
Suddenly, I heard a strange "rattle" sound, and it felt as if something was clenching my teeth quickly, and it was so fast that it was definitely not something that a human could do. I quickly stopped crawling, then held my breath to make sure the sound was coming from.
Quack Quack ...... Quack Quack ......
The sound was intermittent, coming from the other end of the hole, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer to me!
Are cavemen crawling towards me?
With that in mind, I quickly drew my dagger and rune paper, and fixed my eyes on the front - while it may not be a ghost who threatens me, the two weapons I have in my hand should be equally effective against them.
Quack Quack ......
The voice came again, and this time I saw what made the sound!
I do prefer to use the word "thing" to describe the guy that comes out of front of me, crawling from the other end of the hole with its face raised to my side. It has a distinct indentation in the middle of its head, as if its entire face has been split from the middle, it has no hair or eyebrows, its eyes are as small as soybeans and tightly closed, and its skin is pale and even somewhat translucent, which clearly indicates that this thing has lived underground for too long, and its body structure has changed dramatically to adapt to underground life.
This thing can't be called a human at all!
Quack Quack ......
The creepy crawled over and snapped its teeth together a few times, making a series of noises, its teeth were frighteningly large, especially the two front teeth, which felt like the giant front teeth of a mouse. It grinded its teeth and sniffed at the same time, as if it was looking for something, and I thought it was looking for me.
Suddenly, the thing opened its mouth and let out a roar, and then it slammed into my frenzy.
I was shocked, my whole body seemed to be drenched from head to foot by ice water, and I had no room to think at all, so I could only throw my hand into the rune paper, and then shouted a trick of flowing fire.
The flames exploded in the thing's face, and the thing let out a shrill scream, then fell backwards.
Instead of running away, I continued to climb quickly, and it didn't take long for me to see the exit at the other end of the cave. But instead of climbing out immediately, I let the candle dragon go out first to clear the way for me.
After the candle dragon rushed out, all kinds of miserable shouts immediately came from the cave, and the firelight flashed in bursts. Taking advantage of the gap in the cave where the candle dragon was tossing, I also quickly got out of the narrow hole, and then quickly shone my flashlight around to see what was going on in the cave.
Just like the candle dragon told me before, there are indeed a lot of monsters in this cave, they don't have any clothes on their bodies, and the skin on their whole bodies is pink and white, and there seems to be a slimy film on the surface! These strange things are very afraid of fire, and they don't seem to be able to see the candle dragon, so they can't launch any attack, so they can only hide one by one to avoid being burned by the fire.
I saw that the candle dragon was in control, so I ordered it to stop.
There were piles of fire on the ground, and the light of the fire, and the light of my flashlight, was enough to light up the entire cavern. The cave-dwelling monsters were still terrified, and they seemed to be more afraid of me than I was shocked when I saw them.
I tentatively walked over to one of the strange creatures, and they sensed my approach, and immediately ran away. I walked to the other, and it reacted by fleeing rather than attacking me.
After making sure I was safe, I began to observe the entire cavern. The floor of the cave has a layer of soft soil, especially near the cave wall, the soil is also thicker, and according to the white tiger's investigation, these strange things are resting against the cave wall.
Obviously, the soil was not naturally formed, but was brought in from outside the cave and spread here, presumably so that these strange things could live here more comfortably.
But what about all that linoleum cloth and dead grass out there?
If these weirdos only sleep on this dirt, who are the beds outside? -#~Wonderful Pen Pavilion?++
What role did the fake ghost who just ran back play?
"Hehehe...... Interesting? "A great master's plan.
Just as I was thinking about these questions, suddenly a string of eerie laughter came from behind me, followed by an inexplicable question.
I quickly turned and shone my flashlight in the direction of the sound, revealing a face at the hole I had climbed out of, and I couldn't see the man's features, because half of his face was covered by long hair stuck together, and only one eye was visible through the gap in the hair.
It was a man's eye, and he could speak, which proved that he wasn't the same as the monster in the cave, and that he was the one who brought me here!
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Who am I? I can't even say this question myself, but if I had to give you an answer, I'm a breeder. The dirty, long-haired fake ghost replied in a weird voice.
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