Chapter 428: Flying Cornices and Walking Walls
After listening to what Wuchenzi said, we understood why when we were besieged by the owl monster before, the demon would suddenly call the horn to withdraw the troops, it turned out that they were relying on the solid city wall, and there were heavy weapons to defend it, and they decided that we could not attack it, so they called the owl monster besieging us back, intending to wait for work, but it is estimated that they would never have thought that we could actually contact the slaves, and also encouraged the slaves to rise up against them.
Without further ado, we decided to act immediately, and under the guidance of Wuchenzi, we headed towards the mouth of the cave that the old aconitum had spoken.
The group shuttled through the intricate karst cave without dust, because on the one hand, the night vision device could not effectively detect the monitor lizard that did not emit much heat, and on the other hand, due to the narrow space of the cave and the fact that the background was almost the same stone, the effect of using the night vision device was very poor. We had no choice but to turn on the searchlight overhead. In order to avoid too much irritation to the eyes of the old aconitum and others, we turned down the brightness of the searchlights a lot, and let them follow behind us to avoid direct exposure to them.
In fact, they occasionally use torches, and during the construction, they will also rely on a kind of luminite stone mined from the ground for lighting, but the brightness of the luminite is very low, even much lower than the brightness of the torch, the lighting effect is not obvious, the reason why the torch is not used, is because of the fear of digging the hot biogas that is easy to burn during the construction, which will cause an explosion accident. Such accidents have occurred in the past, killing hundreds of slaves and killing them, and since then, the use of fire has been strictly prohibited during construction.
We used the searchlights as we went, still bumping into giant rats and monitor lizards from time to time, but before we could get closer, the things scattered in all directions. At first we were all surprised, but then I realized that the giant rats and monitor lizards were not afraid of us, but of Wuchen. Wuchenzi is the body of a ghost, and he has inhaled two groups of demon souls, and has an incomparably powerful yin and evil aura, and those species living in the dark environment can sense the evil qi he emits, so they stay away.
Without the obstruction of giant rats and monitor lizards, we traveled a lot faster, but I found out that Xie Yunfei and the others were not wearing shoes, all of them were barefoot, I couldn't help but be a little surprised, you must know that in the depths of the earth, the temperature is quite low, it is estimated that it is only a few degrees at most, but they are walking barefoot on the cold stones. However, looking at their appearance, it seems that there is no discomfort at all, and they must have adapted to it.
After walking through the intricate caves for more than three hours, our group stopped at Wuchenzi, who was leading the way, and said to us: "Turn another corner to reach the mouth of the cave, and I advise you to turn off the lights so as not to be discovered." ”
Wen Qingshan immediately echoed: "Senior Wuchenzi is right, there is darkness everywhere outside the cave, and even the slightest light may attract attention. ”
So we all turned off the searchlights on our helmets and turned our night vision devices back on.
Wuchenzi led us to continue forward, and after turning a corner, we saw that there was a cave mouth with a diameter of about three or four meters in front of us, and outside the cave, there was an endless underground lake.
We walked slowly to the entrance of the cave, looked out of the cave, and found that about seven or eight meters away from the entrance of the cave where we were, there was a "small island" close to the cliff.
Long Yi checked the environment outside the cave, pointed to the small island and whispered to the old aconite, "Are you going there?" ”
The old aconitum nodded.
Long Yi immediately turned to Chen Biao and said, "Captain Chen, inflate the raft and take them over." ”
When Xie Yunfei heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "No!" Absolutely not to go into the water!? ”
Long Yi was slightly stunned and asked puzzledly, "Why can't you go into the water?" ”
"You don't know, there are man-eating monsters underwater, and once they get into the water, they will drag people to the bottom of the water, and there will be no chance of survival."
"There are water monsters in this lake? Could it be that the three demon dragons? Long Yi hurriedly asked.
Who knew that Xie Yunfei didn't know anything about the three demon dragons, and he asked with a blank face, "What are the three demon dragons?" ”
I explained, "The Three Dragons are a huge beast with three heads, and when its body emerges from the water, it looks like an island. ”
Xie Yunfei shook his head and said, "We have never seen this kind of monster. ”
I was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "When we came in before, we heard a deafening roar, accompanied by a shock, wasn't it caused by the three demon dragons?" ”
"It turns out that you mean that voice, but we don't know what that loud roar is all about, because it's been more than half a year that we hear that loud roar from time to time, but we're worried about being discovered, so we haven't come to the lake to check it."
"So, the water monster you're talking about isn't the three demon dragons, so what else is in this lake?" As he spoke, he stared down at the surface of the lake and took a closer look, but the lake looked unusually calm, and it was hard to imagine that there were terrifying man-eating monsters hiding underwater.
Xie Yunfei said: "It is said that there is a human-like monster in the water, and its strength is extremely great. ”
Hearing him say this, I immediately thought of the water monkey I encountered in the Shenjian Bay of the Luxi River, and said, "I have encountered this kind of thing with Boss Wen before!" ”
"You've encountered any other monsters like this?" Long Yi was a little surprised.
I nodded and said, "It is a humanoid amphibian, commonly known as water monkeys, and it is said that in foreign countries, it is also called lizard people." We saw it when we were in Longhu Mountain. ”
Long Yi frowned and said, "I've heard about water monkeys, but I've never seen them with my own eyes, so I didn't expect there to be such a thing in this lake." Speaking of this, he turned his head and asked Xie Yunfei and the others, "Have any of you seen it with your own eyes?" ”
The old aconitum nodded with certainty: "I've seen it!" Sometimes they climb up from gentle terrain. ”
Xie Yunfei continued: "We are by no means alarmist, so we must not go into the water. ”
"But if you don't go into the water, how are you going to get there?" Ryuichi asked.
Xie Yunfei poked his head out and looked at it, and said, "There are protruding stones on this cliff wall, and we can climb over the cliff wall." ”
Hearing him say this, I stared at the cliff wall and took a closer look, but because I was wearing a night vision device, I couldn't see the details on the cliff, so in my opinion, the cliff was extremely steep.
I didn't know how they managed to climb over it, but I was a little surprised and said, "This cliff is probably too steep, how are you going to climb it?" What's more, it's pitch black outside, and you can't see clearly! ”
Xie Yunfei smiled and said, "Don't worry, in this dark ghost place, even a doll of a few years old can climb, I have been here for so many years, and I have learned to climb without learning anything else." As for the dark environment, then you don't have to worry, the people in this place have all trained a pair of night vision eyes. ”
Wen Qingshan said worriedly: "But this cliff is inevitably too steep, in case you miss......
Before he could finish his sentence, the old aconitum interrupted him and said, "How could you miss it!" It's nothing, I'll do it first! As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately put his hand out of the cave and grabbed a rock on the cliff wall that protruded slightly, and before we could react to what was going on, he quickly jumped out of the cave.
He climbed along the cliff wall towards the earth and rock field seven or eight meters away, and we were a little worried at first, but when we saw his climbing ability, we were shocked and speechless.
His speed is really not ordinarily fast, seven or eight meters away, just look at him on the cliff wall a few times and then pass, his skills are as strong as a monkey.
The old aconitum quickly climbed over, and he turned and beckoned to us, and his companions immediately understood, and they all leaped along the cliff in turn, and the two Russians, perhaps because of their size, moved a little slower, but they could also be said to have climbed the cliff with ease.
In a few moments, all of them went up to the island-like earth and rock field, and immediately walked to the cliff next to the earth and rock field, and climbed up the cliff wall.
The old aconitum said before that after the slaves brought the slag and gravel, they fell directly down from the cliff more than 20 meters high, so they had to climb up, and then find a hidden place to hide, and when the slave team carrying the slag and gravel came, they would sneak into the team.
Although I have seen their extraordinary climbing ability, but to climb up from the almost vertical cliff wall more than 20 meters high, it feels terrible to think about, we all tilted our heads, watching them climb up along the cliff, I feel as if my heart is hanging to my throat, "poof" jumping wildly, for fear that any of them will accidentally fall down.
It wasn't until I saw all of them climb the cliff unharmed that I breathed a sigh of relief, and the others came back to their senses, and they all felt incredible about their climbing ability, and even the old ghost couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect these guys to have this ability, I'm afraid they can compete with Spider-Man." ”
Wen Qingshan said: "They work on the cliff all year round, and over time, they naturally have developed such a skill. ”
"But can they blend in with the slaves who carry stones? What if the guards find out? Li Guo said worriedly.