24. Ghosts
This fright is really not human, I was weak, I almost sat down on the ground uncertainly, my legs trembled non-stop, and silently even subconsciously covered my mouth and screamed. At the critical time, it is a super strong psychological element, the big head has become the backbone of everyone, after a flash of frightened expression, it was replaced by a fierce face, leaning over to pick up a stone, a few steps to the front, the flashlight shines straight to the depths where the voice came from, a series of actions in one go, and roared viciously: "Who the fuck scares Lao Tzu, get out!" ”
As the saying goes, if you see a ghost and a wicked person, you have to hide for three points, the voice of the big head, there is no sound in front of you, everyone's fear is slightly reduced, and the heart is still beating wildly, Gao Tong trembled his lips and said in a trembling voice: "Don't panic, this must be someone deliberately making trouble." ”
I can't be so sure in my heart, it sounds like a legendary ghost howl just now, I really can't believe that this is the sound of someone forcing his throat to laugh, and I can't explain what motive someone deliberately scared us, I cringe and cheer up, holding the stone wall and pulling silently behind me, I want to tell her that I don't have to be afraid of being there, how can I be cheeky and can't open my mouth, my heart said that my brother himself is also difficult to protect, and he will pee his pants again, at most he can only be scared to death with you, It is true that you don't have that strength to protect you.
The five of them paused for a minute, and the big head took the lead in stepping away, followed by a few of us, little by little closer to the direction from which the sound came, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, I seemed to be able to hear my own pounding heartbeat, but suddenly I heard the big head shouting in a shocking voice, "What person!" The stone in his hand was thrown out fiercely, and he smashed into the air with a "click", and I was not afraid of the moment, but when the light flickered, I saw that five or six meters away, a miserable white face was raised horizontally, and the back that was almost lying on the ground was raised at a ninety degree angle, and the neck was raised high, and it turned mechanically, and the terrible cold eyes glanced at us like a soul.
What happened next made me wonder if I was in the middle of a nightmare. The humanoid or humanoid creature used an awkward posture that was almost beyond the limits of the human body, with its forelimbs spread out, its hands facing each other left and right, slowly supporting its upper body like push-ups, and slowly lifting the two legs behind it to maintain a half-bent and half-kneeling body, like a spider with only four legs, supporting its torso flat.
At this time, the horror in my heart has been indescribable in words, my eyes seem to be just a recorder, passively recording this mysterious and strange image, but my brain can't react to analyze what I should do, and I look at it blankly. The "man" held a strange position for a few seconds, then slowly took a few steps backwards, then turned around and began to crawl rapidly, almost as fast as a normal person running, clattering on the gravel under him, and disappeared into the dark depths of the cave with great speed.
My hand was diagonally propped against the cave wall, my body was trembling violently and I couldn't speak, my mind was blank like lack of oxygen, and the silence behind me grabbed my arm with one hand, and the other hand tightly pulled the clothes behind my back, trembling and shaking, I was about to sit down. Even if this kind of scene is as fierce as a big head, it is a stiff look in the direction where the person disappeared and does not dare to move a little, except for the heavy gasping sound in the cave, it suddenly fell silent.
Time stood still for more than ten seconds, and Professor Zhang just gasped for breath when he screamed sharply: "That 'person' just now...... It seems to be Chen Xu! ”
My heartbeat seemed to stop in an instant with Professor Zhang's terrifying tone, my hands and feet were weak for a while, and with the silence that grabbed me, the two of them sat on the ground at the same time. Gao Tong's face turned pale and asked everyone to sit on the spot first, and only when everyone's feelings calmed down a little before he said weakly: "I didn't see his appearance clearly just now, but now that I think about it, it may really be Chen Xu." ”
The big head also nodded on the side, "That's right, it's Chen Xu, I'm close and can see it clearly." But the expression is not very similar, and it has completely changed a person. ”
I couldn't think normally in a mess of the brain, what they continued to say I couldn't hear at all, the kind of crawling action that was almost like a spider and the indifferent eyes like a dead fish that I had never seen before replayed in my mind over and over again, how could it be a person, even a monster shouldn't be so terrifying, could it be that Chen Xu became a ghost after his disappearance?
When I was sure that they were going to go forward, I even wanted to beg them to leave me to starve to death, but I couldn't accept that there would be such a person waiting in front of me, and finally she didn't pull me hard because of silence, but I knew that if I insisted on sitting on the ground, I could imagine her contemptuous eyes...... Then I might as well be scared to death.
Walking in the middle of the line, I tried my best to support Professor Zhang, on the one hand, he needed to be taken care of, and on the other hand, there was some sense of security in being next to someone, but I really couldn't believe that Professor Zhang would be thrown in front of me as a shield when the monster pounced on me, I knew it was shameful...... Well, I try not to be so shameful.
Everyone took every step forward, but fortunately, there was no change in the next part of the road, and the stiff nerves were slightly relaxed, and I secretly guessed that maybe "Chen Xu" was scared away by us, anyway, I am always willing to think about unrealistic benefits in case of trouble, I don't know whether it is blind optimism out of nature or instinctive escapism.
"Wait......" The big head made a gesture to stop and shone his flashlight on a corner in front of him, and approached lightly, and then I clearly saw his whole body tremble, and muttered, "Come and see ......"
A series of unbelievable encounters had made me almost collapse, and I stood up to give myself the courage to go around the side of the big head, and when I looked down again, a skeleton was lying flat on the ground, white and dazzling under the light, completely dried and shrunk into a dry bone with a thin layer of skin, I don't know how many years I had been dead, the shape of the neck bone was twisted to the point of almost breaking, and the deep hole of the eye socket was facing us.
The big head shone back and forth, and then used a flashlight to pull the skeleton's head, and when he touched it lightly, the head was crooked to the side, Gao Tong suddenly shouted softly, "Look here," said and pointed to the back of the skull's head with his hand, "What is that?" ”
If you look closely, although they are all white bones, the back of the skeleton's head is obviously raised high and half a palm-sized piece, as if there is an extra bulging patch, which is extremely uncomfortable to look at, and I feel that my scalp is a little numb. The big head picked up a slightly thinner stone chip on the spot and gently inserted it, and an extra bone attached to the back of the head fell off. Big Head was muttering softly, "What is this?" Professor Zhang and Mo Mo said "ah" at the same time.