Chapter 46: Arrival
The cave was very stuffy and dry, and after a while, I felt that I couldn't breathe, I was sweating all over, and the rain and sweat were intertwined, and it was sticky.
Junko walked to the entrance of the cave and breathed in the fresh air, took a puddle of water with both hands and sprinkled it into the cave, and said to us, "I don't know when this rain is going to fall, it's getting dark, you guys also come and get some water, the rain is very cool, and it can be cooler if sprinkled on the ground." ”
Dabao and Xiaobao also went to fetch water, and I watched their repeated actions straight, not feeling stuffy at all, on the contrary, getting colder and colder, and for a moment, I suspected that I was cold.
For the first time, I noticed that I was overly sensitive, as if I had a bad premonition about anything, and I didn't expect this to be a turning point in my life.
Junzi seemed to notice my abnormality, walked up to me and asked, "Twelve, are you okay, I found out that something was wrong with you just now, why don't you say a word, hurry, take off your clothes, otherwise you will really catch a cold." ”
I let out an "oh" and lifted my shirt above my head, and I finally understood the anomaly in the cave, and I cried out "ah".
They were frightened by my cry and looked at me in horror.
"Twelve, don't scare me, the barren mountains and mountains can't stand your shout."
"Didn't you notice, it's so dark outside, and there's no open fire inside the cave, why do we still see so clearly?" I quickly explained.
A few of us looked at each other, and it dawned on us that the strange atmosphere in the cave made us cool from the soles of our feet to the top of our heads.
Because it was broad daylight and the rainstorm came so suddenly, in the panic, I naturally thought that the open cave could penetrate the light, but soon the outside was cloudy and black like the bottom of the pot, but the light inside the cave was as bright as usual, which was definitely abnormal. Moreover, we did not have time to make a fire, and not only could we see each other in the conditions of insufficient light, but I had been observing for a week after entering the cave, and I could see every place clearly, so there must have been some kind of unknown detail that caused us to have blind spots in our vision.
After I said this, they unconsciously squeezed towards the entrance of the cave, and their eyes widened to catch a qiē in the cave, for fear that a terrifying monster would suddenly appear.
"No...... It can't be a ghost, right? Dabao finally squeezed out a few words from his throat, so frightened that Xiaobao hid behind him, and one foot had already stepped out of the hole.
"Don't panic, everyone, it's definitely not a ghost, but there are details that we ignored before that we haven't found, and we will definitely gain something from looking carefully." I steadied myself and looked at the cave again.
The inside of the cave was still just as sultry, and the "whirring" wind was raging outside. It may be that after staying for a long time, my eyes began to slowly adjust, and I found that there was one or several streams of cyan cold light that came and went, as if it was emitted from one place, and it seemed to be emitted from several places at the same time, almost illuminating the entire cave, but in the final analysis, it is necessary to find out where the light source is, which can explain the root cause. I don't want to hide in such a frightening place.
At this moment, Junko seemed to notice something strange and shouted to us, "Look, this stone moves......"
Junko was crouching beside a half-black, half-green rock, covered with moss, and he was about to touch it with his hand, but I quickly stopped him.
Junko quickly retracted her hand, stood up and retreated to my side, staring at the stone with a nervous expression, as if time had frozen. "You see, the stones are moving." Dabao, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, exclaimed. Junko and I turned around instantly, and sure enough, the restless stones joined together, as if the entire cave came alive. "Hiss...... hiss...... "Following the sound, I saw a small blue head peeking out of the crack between the two stones next to my feet, snake? My scalp tingled, and I held back my fear and told myself to be calm. My first impression was indeed a snake, but I had never seen a snake that could emit light, could it be the light source caused by this monster, it was incredible, there were such animals in nature. My upper body leaned back, catching Junko's attention, and he looked down from my eyes, uncontrollably, and cried out "wow". Later, Dabao and Xiaobao also found the head of the "snake", they skillfully took out the slingshot and pointed it at the target, stared at it for a while, and then slowly put it down, probably finding that it was not aggressive. None of us dared to act rashly. At this time, something unexpected happened, the animal actually had limbs, and the blue light all over its body was like a lamp tube. It sniffed at my feet, bounced off as if it was afraid of me, and crawled towards Junko, but unresponsive, and finally crawled out of the cave, leaving its footprints of blue light. Junko whispered in my ear, "A glowing four-legged snake?" I nodded, and now there was only that explanation. Immediately afterward, four-legged snakes came out of the cracks in the rocks, crawled silently from our feet to the entrance of the cave, and did not attack us, some only sniffed at the feet, and finally crawled out of the cave as if nothing happened. The cave was so brightly lit that we couldn't open our eyes at all, so we scrambled out of the cave. While we were still amazed by the glowing four-legged snakes, the torrential rain had quietly stopped. The air outside was very fresh, and the sun seemed to be stronger, which lifted our spirits, and the four-legged snakes were long gone. "Obediently, I was scared to death, I thought it was a snake!" Runko had palpitations. Dabao smiled: "It turned out to be a four-legged snake, but it's a pity, I forgot to catch one, and I didn't need to light the lamp at night." Xiaobao then said: "You want this kind of strange thing, I have goosebumps." Dabao said unconvinced: "It's in a bottle, what are you afraid of, you don't have to catch fireflies in the future." ”…… A thrilling cave encounter was spent in everyone's laughter and scolding. As they walked back to the right path, I looked back at the cave that had gradually disappeared from my eyes, and I couldn't help but sigh. In addition to the silent bones on the back mountain, I don't know how many things have not been discovered. About half an hour later, we arrived at Grandpa Asako's wooden house. In front of the wooden house, there were several rusty iron cages, and a few stone piers covered with mud, and the rain-soaked branches and dead leaves covered the ground in front of the door, and the squeak sound made when stepped on. The scene that I hadn't visited for a long time reminded me of the ranger's makeshift resting place, and I admired his courage to be able to live in such a place for a long time. "Knock knock knock......" Runko knocked on the wooden door, at the same time, there was a muffled sound inside, as if someone was hitting something, after waiting for a while, no one answered, Runzi knocked a few more times, suddenly, a miserable cry came from the house, we realized that it was not good, and joined the ranks of knocking on the door.