Although they didn't know what the strange face that appeared on the stone statue was, seeing it fleeing, everyone hurriedly raised their guns to aim, but this thing was very fast, and the light of the flashlight couldn't catch up with it at all. So there's no way to aim and shoot. However, Wenmo seemed to be able to grasp its position, and flipped two steel needles in a row, but all of them failed.

The strange face on the stone statue's head disappeared into the air, and when I looked at the stone man again, everything was back to normal.

I just wanted to ask Wen Mo what it was, but Wen Mo said, "Everyone be careful of that smell, stay away from here!" ”

Hearing him say this, I quickly covered my mouth and nose and stepped back. We retreated to the back of the fire before Wenmo motioned for everyone to stop, "It's okay here, the temperature of the flames and the charcoal ash that floats can resist the smell." ”

Lantern Xiao asked curiously, "Boss, what happened to that just now?" ”

Wenmo replied, "That thing is called the Smiling Ghost Bat, and it is a bat species that can only be seen in extremely deep dark caves. They are larger, about the size of a human face. There is a pattern on the wings that resembles a person's smiling face. They feed on carrion, but they like to suck blood, making them real vampire bats. ”

Yuan An said on the side: "I have also heard of this kind of thing, people thought that they were extinct in ancient times, but I didn't expect that there were still here." ”

The glasses looked nervously and asked, "An Ye, do they really suck human blood?" ”

Yuan An nodded, "It's not just human blood, it should be the blood of all warm-blooded animals that has a lot of attraction to them." This probably has something to do with the environment in which they live. ”

Lantern Xiao snorted, "If I knew it was such a thing, I should have stepped forward and given it two shots!" It's just a big swallow tiger, no matter how much it can suck blood, I can slap it to death! ”

Wen Mo shook his head, "It's not that easy, this smiling ghost bat is able to release a gas that can paralyze other animals' whole body. You were lucky just now, you were a little farther away, and the time was very short, if you had a little more stalemate, you would have been put down nine times out of ten! ”

When Lantern Xiao heard Wen Mo's words, she couldn't help but be stunned, and then frowned, "Don't say it yet, I'm really a little dizzy now, and I'm tired!" "Being reminded of the Lantern Festival, I immediately felt a little uncomfortable. This kind of thing is really powerful! If you really get hit and have no backup, then the situation is really dangerous!

Lan Xiao leaned limply on the equipment bag and said, "Fortunately, you will come quickly, otherwise, we would have been sucked dry by now!" ”

Wen Mo shook his head, "That's not it, the smiling ghost bat just now can't suck the blood of the two of you adults dry, but because it eats carrion all year round, a large number of viruses and bacteria will be parasitic in its mouth and saliva, the smiling ghost bat is born with antibodies, but humans can't, once bitten by them, it will cause serious infection, especially in such a place, there is no time to get effective treatment, this is the most deadly!" ”

Wen Mo's words made me and Lantern Xiao break out in a cold sweat. Seeing the situation of the two of us, the second uncle took two bottles of water and handed them to us, "Fortunately, we found the seepage of groundwater, you drink more and metabolize the toxins in your body as soon as possible." You don't absorb much, and you'll be fine soon after a while of soaking and peeing. ”

I nodded, and while drinking the kettle, I asked the second uncle, "Where did you go just now, second uncle?" Did you go into a hole in the ground? ”

The second uncle shook his head, "That's not true, but the diameter of this hole is much larger than we imagined, we just turned around along the extension of the huge hole in the hole, and at the same time, on the stone wall on the outer edge of one side, we found the water seeping out of the mountain." Fortunately, it wasn't too far away, and I didn't expect such a situation to happen. Didn't you arrange for someone to be on guard, didn't you notice when this smiling ghost bat first appeared? ”

Speaking of this, I was a little helpless, "The person on guard is Lantern Festival, and he slept more soundly than me at that time!" ”

The second uncle shook his head with a wry smile, "This Lantern Festival, although it is very moral, but sometimes it is really unreliable!" ”

After that, we took a break here again, and soon I felt that my discomfort was much less. After Yuan An discussed it with the second uncle, he said: "Let's get ready to go, after entering the cave for a while, there may be a chance to encounter a smiling ghost bat, everyone must be careful!" ”

Bats are mostly social creatures, so if they do inhabit this burrow, it will be a big threat to us, and it was a big mistake that we didn't bring gas masks with us this time.

I stood up with my gear on my back, the feeling of dizziness just now was almost gone, it seemed that the gas released by the smiling ghost bat did not last long, but it was enough for them to take a few bites.

We walked around the offering table and the stone statue and down the stone steps that hovered over the inner wall of the cave.

I noticed that there were many circular holes on the outside of the stone steps, and it was clear that there were some protective measures such as railings in the first place, and from some of the remains left inside, it was clear that these railings were originally made of wood. But over the millennia, these wooden railings have broken and brittle, disappeared, and perhaps fallen underneath.

However, this has caused us problems. Due to the existence of wooden railings, the stone steps here were not designed to be wide when they were built, and they were even narrower than the stone steps on the stone wall just now. This time, I could only stick to the stone wall on one side, and the feeling of dizziness and fear came back again, and I hated it!

As I walked, the second uncle in front of me turned his head and instructed me: "Attention, don't always stare at your feet, the stone steps here are spiraling downward, always rotating in one direction, and you will get dizzy and lose your center of gravity." ”

I nodded, then looked up to look ahead to ease the vertigo.

However, there is also a good aspect here, which is that when we walked about a circle up the spiraling stone steps, we suddenly saw a wider platform in front of us. So that we can relieve the tense nerves on it. It's really a super user-friendly design for us.

As soon as I got to the platform, I sat down on the ground and took a deep breath. When I calmed down, I got up and looked around, only to realize that standing on this platform was just as terrifying, because the platform was suspended except for one side that was connected to the stone wall. My mind unconsciously made up the scene of the platform suddenly breaking and falling into the darkness, and I wondered if I was suffering from persecution paranoia.

I shook my head vigorously, forcing myself not to think too much, but I still stood close to the stone wall.

At this time, the second uncle found you a few big characters on the top of the stone wall, although they are old, and these characters still look a little weird, but they exude a simple and solemn atmosphere.

Lantern Xiao shone a flashlight upward, and then asked, "What are these words?" ”

After the second uncle communicated with Yuan An, he even said that they didn't know each other. Lantern Xiao nodded, "I didn't expect that I didn't even know you, it seems that this underworld culture has indeed been buried by history long ago." ”

I looked around and suddenly found that Wenmo was standing at the junction of the platform and the stone steps below. My heart moved, so I walked over and asked softly, "Hey, boss, did you find anything?" ”

Wen Mo said lightly, "The real meaning here may have something to do with the things on the stone wall below." ”

"Something on the stone wall?" I frowned and looked down, but even in the light of the flashlight, I couldn't see anything. I asked Wenmo, "What's on the stone wall?" How I didn't find out. ”

Wen Mo reached out and took out a cold firework from his bag, and when it was bright, he threw it down the stone steps, and the cold fireworks danced on the stone steps, rolling down the arc of the cave wall, illuminating one area after another.

At first, I didn't notice anything, but after a few seconds, I suddenly noticed that the stone wall next to the stone steps was inlaid with inverted triangle shapes, but at this time I still didn't see what they were, but I soon found that these inverted triangle shaped things actually looked like corpses. And the strangest thing is that they take on the shape of an inverted triangle because they are not the usual cross-legged sitting in a hole in the stone wall, but are inlaid with their heads down.

Not only me, but everyone gathered around saw this unbelievable scene. Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.

Lantern Xiao muttered to herself: "I'll go, all of them will be buried here with their heads down, is this TM the cemetery of the Ancient Acrobatic Troupe?!" ”

I myself was confused, and turned my head to look at the second uncle, always thinking in my heart that maybe he knew the reason.

When the second uncle saw me looking at him, he said to me, "Do you remember the last mural in the temple?" ”

When I remembered it for a moment, I was immediately amazed, and the figure in the center of the mural I remember was supported by a large number of seated people. Could it be that these people are what the mural is meant to represent? However, it's not right, why do these people have their heads down, will they ...... Halfway through my thoughts, I suddenly woke up and secretly scolded myself for being stupid, this place is obviously still in the mutual transformation of heaven and earth! So below is the sky.

When you think about it, it's exactly the same as what is described in the mural. I couldn't help but think of the strangest piece of nothingness in the mural, and I didn't know what it represented.