Chapter 7: Into the Nest of Corpses
Three feet?
Of the three feet, two are right and one is left, the one on the left foot is wearing shoes, and the other two right feet are barefoot, and they are one large and one small.
I couldn't help but go through what a three-legged monster would look like in my head, damn, this hungry boy's aesthetic is too inconsistent.
I walked along the winding cave for about 100 meters, during which I encountered two forks in the road, I followed Cai Yi's footprints, chased all the way, and reached the third fork in the road.
"Hmmm! Why are there two more pairs of footprints!? ”
I squatted down and studied it by the light of the flashlight, these two pairs of footprints, one big and one small, the big footprint looked a little familiar!
I slapped my head, yes! Isn't this the footprint of King Kong! He's the same shoe I wear, but he's a lot bigger than mine, so it's no wonder they look familiar.
I found that there were some slightly shiny powders near the footprints, thinking that they were the ones that Gu Wei sprinkled in his hands before, I thought about it, and I still endured the nausea and pinched a little with my fingers, put it on my fingertips and kneaded it, this feeling is definitely not flour, it is a crystal that is a little similar to salt, but smaller than the particles of salt.
In the mink's disgusted eyes, I brought my fingers to the tip of my nose......
Ahh Stinks to death!
This smell has an extra smell that makes people want to vomit in addition to the strange and pungent smell of the original slime.
But the smell seems to be a bit ...... Familiar......
I'm pretty sure I have such a taste in my gustatory memory, crystals, smell......
That's right! Phosphorus!
I recall a passage I had read in the book.
Many people know that the content of phosphorus in the human body is second only to calcium, the sixth largest element in the body, human teeth and bones contain a large amount of phosphorus, and the ignition point of white phosphorus in the air is 40 degrees Celsius, so many people see ghost fires near the cemetery, the scientific explanation is the spontaneous combustion of phosphorus powder.
In fact, the scientific statement only explains part of the cause of ghost fire, according to records, many people have also seen ghost fire in winter, which excludes the possibility of spontaneous combustion of phosphorus powder, so how did the ghost fire in winter come about?
It has been mentioned in "Jiuchen Miscellaneous" that phosphorus ignites when it encounters a little ghost gas, which is the origin of the ghost fire in winter, so if you really see a ghost fire near the cemetery, it is likely that there are really ghosts there, or don't believe too much in the spontaneous combustion phenomenon that science says, and try to stay away.
This property of phosphorus also makes phosphorus sprinkling a very effective way to track ghosts.
I looked at the cave on the right, and there was a faint sound of wind coming from that direction, it seemed that it was a small ravine leading to the crooked neck of the old locust tree before, Gu Wei They should have sprinkled phosphorus to track the whereabouts of this hungry boy, and they chased it all the way here.
Thinking about this, I continued to chase in the direction pointed by the footprints on the left-hand side, and the cave behind me did not see any forks for more than 400 meters, and the cave gradually became more and more wide, and there was a faint sound of water in front of me.
I noticed that from here on, not only had the claw marks on the cave walls decreased, but even the slime was gone, and the surrounding soil had gradually darkened from the newly mined to some moss-like plants.
Obviously, the back half of the road is connected to a natural underground cave, and walked less than a hundred meters, the field of vision is empty, I took a flashlight and shook it around, and found that this is a huge underground cave, the whole cave is in the shape of a gourd, the length is about nearly a thousand meters, the height is about two hundred meters, in some other directions, there are also many black cave entrances, I don't know where to lead.
From my position, to go down to the bottom of the cave, there is still a height of more than 20 meters, I looked left and right, the road is cut off when I reach here, and if I want to continue to move forward, I can only go down with the help of some vines and plants climbing on the cave wall.
I swept around with a flashlight to find the most suitable position to climb, and I saw a metallic object stuck on a vine not far from me, and when I got closer, it was the slinger that King Kong had lent to Cai Yi before!
The stick was stuck between the vines and the cave wall, and I stepped forward and pulled it out with all my might......
"Click......
Looking at the slinger stick in my hand, I couldn't help but let out an "ah", and my heart sank.
The original positive energy on this stick throwing magic weapon was lost, and now only the handle part remains, and the front half of the stick is empty, and judging from the fracture, it was broken by the huge force.
This magic weapon slinger was processed by King Kong with the good goods brought out by the army, and it is impossible to break such a ******** by human strength alone, so to speak...... Cai Yi, this kid should have met the thing that was on Uncle Li's head.
As for this thing, whether it is a corpse puppet or the body of a hungry child, I can't tell just by this slingering stick.
I put the half-stick into my bag, found a relatively gentle position, climbed the vines, and went down to the bottom of the cave, and not far away, I found another half-stick and a broken flashlight, which was the one Cai Yi was holding before.
I calculated the time in my heart again, if the corpse puppet took Cai Yi away, then catch up now, maybe I can save this kid, the mink jumped off my shoulder, sniffed the stick, and took me in the other direction of the cave.
On the other side of the cave, that is, the location of the mouth of the gourd, there is an underground river, and along the direction of the underground river, there is a huge cave, and I chased the mink into the cave when I heard a faint cry for help from ahead.
Listening to this voice, it is clearly Cai Yi!
I quickened my pace, ran more than 200 meters in the direction of the sound, turned a corner, hurriedly stopped my steps, under the illumination of the flashlight, there was a big pit in front of me, more than 200 square meters wide, about three meters deep, the bottom of the pit was full of mucus, and there were seven or eight figures soaked in the mucus, one of them was Cai Yi, and several other people except him were all face down, soaked in slime, and they seemed to be corpses.
Cai Yi was covered with mucus at this time, climbing the pit wall on the side, and when he saw a light, he hurriedly shouted for help.
"You wait for me here, I'll go find something to pull you up."
Seeing that there was no place to climb nearby, I shouted, turned around, and prepared to go back to find some vines.
"Up...... Topmost! ”
As soon as I turned my head, I heard Cai Yi shouting, and at the same time, I felt something dripping on my shoulder, and I took the flashlight and shone it upward, almost sitting on the ground in fright.
"Holy!"
I used to only look at the bottom of the pit, but at this time, under the illumination of the flashlight, I was horrified to see that the top of the pit was full of huge "cocoons" that were shining, and through the mucus "silk" outside, I could clearly see the strange-shaped "monsters" wrapped inside, and there were seventeen or eighteen after a rough count.
Some of these monsters have three heads, some have four hands and no feet, and there are even people who are cobbled together with animal limbs, the lower body of a cow, and the upper body of a human......
And the "cocoon" directly above my head squirmed a few times, and the monster with two heads, one hand, and three legs hanging on one shoulder turned its head in the "cocoon", and all four eyes opened at the same time, looking at me gloomily.