Chapter 33: The Voice Follower
The dark mine road is deep and tortuous, and there are many forks in the road, some of which are marked with numbers on the intersections, and some of them do not even have a sign, and the turtle dove follows the insect to the depths of the mine, and the more he walks, the more he feels panicked.
It's too dark in here, too.
Not only is it dark, but as you advance to the depths of the mine, the temperature in the mine is gradually rising, but fortunately, the deep mine is not as narrow as it was when you first entered, otherwise in the hot, narrow and dark environment, the turtledove will not be able to stay for a moment.
"I said, let's go back in about it.
The turtledove didn't remember how many times he had said such a thing to the worm, and he repeated it when he had the opportunity along the way, but the worm was fine, as if he hadn't heard, his left ear went in and his right ear went out, and he ignored the turtledove's proposal.
As he walked, just as the turtle dove was about to nag the little worm again, the little worm suddenly turned around and said to the turtledove who was following behind him, "Don't you feel strange? ”
"What's weird?"
The turtledove was full of mist and didn't know what the insect was asking.
"Why didn't they find Curt's body, what exactly was the 'strange sound' recorded in the diary, did Zach come back, and where did the rest of the camp go...... With so many questions, don't you feel strange? ”
The worm said a series of questions, and the turtledove was not uncurious, but he was more afraid of the darkness than he was of good novelty.
But he couldn't just tell the worm that he was afraid of the dark, so he shook his head and said:
"Not strange."
"Coward."
The worm grimaced at the turtledove and ignored him.
……
"Shh
The two of them walked forward for a few more minutes, and the little insect in front of them suddenly turned out the flashlight, and with her silent gesture, the turtledove also hurriedly turned off her flashlight, held her breath, and leaned into the little worm's ear and whispered:
"What's wrong?"
"Shh
Still silent, she motioned for the turtledove not to move, and then walked slowly to one side of the wall in the dark, her ears pressed against the wall, and the insect seemed to be listening to the movement on the other side of the wall.
The turtledove does not have the "eagle eyes" of the worm, he can't see anything in the dark, stretching out his hands and groping in front, the turtledove finally follows the worm's side, and he also follows the worm's example and sticks his ears to the wall.
But they heard nothing.
"You ......"
The turtledove was about to say, "What kind of nerves are you doing", but the little worm had already covered the turtledove's mouth with one hand, and she kept this movement, her ears were still listening carefully, and after a while, she pulled the turtledove's head in front of her with her hand, and said to the turtledove with her lips:
"There's someone behind the wall."
The turtledove swallowed violently, his nerves were already tense to the limit in the dark environment, and if he tensed a little more, his nerves might be severed.
The worm made a "follow me" gesture, and along the wall on the side of the mine, the two of them moved one after the other, and before they could take a few steps, a dark fork in the road appeared in front of them.
The turtledove reached out and grabbed the little worm that was going to go in, and shook his head desperately, the little worm didn't care so much about him, and knocked off the turtledove's hand, and bent down into the fork in the road, the turtledove was worried that she would have an accident, and was afraid that she would be alone, so she had to continue to follow the little worm.
There are really people behind the wall.
Entering the fork in the road, the turtledove instantly clearly heard the sound of footsteps coming from the depths, very light and light, but very easy to distinguish, there was a person walking slowly, and occasionally the gravel on the ground would be kicked by the feet, making more trivial movements.
Closer, closer, nearer.
The worm was already hiding on the edge of a corner, and was poking its head inside, when the turtledove came behind her and poked its head out.
The footsteps grew clearer and clearer, and the turtledove could even faintly see a swaying figure scurrying in the darkness ahead, with his back to this side, swaying deeper into the fork in the road, unaware of the turtledoves and insects behind him.
Are there really any living people here?
The turtledove was very suspicious of this, knowing that the group of homeless people had lived here for nearly two years, and it could be seen from the camp at the entrance that the place had been uninhabited for a long time, and it was dilapidated, and it looked like there were still people living there.
Going back a few years on the townspeople of Grey Ridge, could it be that there were miners who survived the fire and have survived to this day?
The turtledove didn't believe it, he didn't believe it at all.
Don't......
An answer faintly appeared in the turtledove's heart, and his expression gradually became cautious, but as soon as he moved his body to pat the insect on the shoulder, his right foot touched a small stone, making a slight movement.
The little pebble seemed to have been thrown into the calm lake, and although it didn't make much movement, it still caused ripples on the surface of the lake.
The footsteps in the depths of the fork in the road stopped.
The little insect glanced back at the turtledove in disgust, and the turtledove himself was very self-blaming, he kept gesturing to the little worm, asking what to do next, the little worm put his finger to his lips and told him to be quiet, now he could only hope that the other party would notice the ripples.
Taking advantage of the insect's turn, the turtledove took advantage of the maneuver to move his upper and lower lips, and asked without saying a word:
"Do you see what it is?"
The worm said word by word with his lips:
"Follower."
Turtledove swallowed again, this time even more violently than the last time, almost flushing his Adam's apple into his stomach.
……
In the ruins of the city lives a pale-skinned humanoid monster that used to be human, but there are many creatures in the wilderness that have been mutated by radiation, such as the Bug and the turtledove that had only been photographed in Poplar Town a while ago, the monster called the "Wanderer".
The Wanderer is about the same size as a humanoid monster, similar to a human, except that the Wanderer is larger, can grow to a height of four or five meters, has skin that is stronger than steel, and has a long tail with bone spurs, which is full of monster appearance.
In addition, wanderers are not as afraid of sunlight as humanoid monsters, and can only go out at night to forage for food. Wanderers have a very keen eye, which is why they are able to roam the wilderness and attack human settlements in groups.
In addition to the wanderer, there is also a humanoid monster called the "Voice Follower", compared to the first two, the sound follower is very rare, they are not only afraid of the sun, they are basically "dead at the sight of the light", the turtledove has never met the sound follower before, only heard people talk about it.
So, how can there be a follower in this mine?