Chapter 494: Breaking Through (27)
The cave is not narrow, about two meters high, wide enough to accommodate two people walking side by side, although the wall and the top are rugged, but the width and narrowness, height and height are basically unchanged, the whole is the same, as if it was dug out by hand.
Turning the first corner, the front suddenly became longer, even the torches could not shine to the end, there was a faint sour smell in the air, it was very dry, the temperature was the same as outside the cave, or even a little hotter, this was very abnormal, the temperature in the cave should be colder.
Sun An did not continue to walk forward, but turned back, returned to that corner, and looked outside.
He saw the torches, he saw the hunters, he saw the villagers, and it meant that he could still go back outside, at least there was nothing unusual about the way to the entrance.
"I'm just trying to see if I can come out, and it seems to be fine. Sun An shouted and waved his hand at everyone.
At that moment, there was a strange sound in the depths of the cave, a series of dense "quacks", like the cries of animals, but he couldn't be sure, because he had never heard such a sound before.
The people outside the cave also heard it, and collectively took two steps back, but did not run away, apparently not knowing what it was, but instinctively afraid.
Sun An checked his weapon—the throwing knife he had snatched from Xu Haohan—and continued to walk, this time he wasn't going to turn back, at least to figure out what the scream was coming from.
After walking for about three minutes, he finally saw the corner again, passing through several small gaps in the wall on the way, the size of which was only for cats and dogs to pass through, some were close to the ground, some were in the middle, and some were close to the ceiling, there seemed to be something in the hole, but Sun An didn't plan to put his hand in and touch it, just stuck to the wall on the other side and walked around.
It stands to reason that there should be a lot of bugs and rats living in such a hole, but not a single one can be seen, not even the most common cockroaches.
The firelight swayed, illuminating the cave particularly frighteningly, the cry only sounded once, but now it still echoed in Sun An's mind, and the gaps on both sides seemed to be like hands would reach out to grab him at any time, his heart was bottomless, and the more he walked, the more scared he became, he glanced above from time to time, and what he saw was not the top of the cave, but the sound of the sky.
That guy was lazy, he hadn't spoken for too long, as if he was asleep, if he suddenly yelled at this time, he could scare Sun An, and Sun An didn't dare to scold him, lest he attract another weird roar.
Turning this corner safely and soundly, standing in a short and straight insight, Sun An glanced back again.
There was nothing abnormal where the fire could reach, nothing that could cause him physical or mental harm, and he realized that all the corners of this place were ninety degrees, and that the natural insights would never be so neat, and that the marks of human excavation were heavier, but why didn't the man who drilled the hole dig a straighter hole? It was all the same rock, and it was much easier to chisel a straight line than a ninety degree turn, so there was no point in going around.
Is it building a labyrinth? But the maze should have a fork in the road, like this road to the dark, who can be confused?
With these questions, Sun An continued to walk forward, and after taking two steps, he stepped on something hard, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a burned-out torch stick, still hot, which should have been brought in by the hunter's old friend.
It's also a shame that she's gone for so long.
He continued to move forward, and soon saw the woman in the corner in front of him, but unfortunately he couldn't tell if it was a woman or not, lying in the corner was a pitch-black humanoid object, and the surface of his body had become like carbon, as if it had been baked, and it smelled terrible.
It was burned like this, because the sour smell here was stronger, and there were traces of burning on the ground next to the woman, squatting down to take a look, Sun An poked his head out and glanced at the aisle.
He saw two pairs of eyes, like cat's eyes, reflecting a bright cold light, only not green, but yellow, and the eyes almost touched the top of the cave, and the two animals seemed to be tall, but not large, otherwise they could not have been crowded in the aisle.
Both eyes were looking at him at the same time.
It was a series of rattling sounds, it turned out to be made by these two animals, Sun An hurriedly retracted into the corner, and heard a few "pop" sounds in front of him, and then a "swish" sound, as if someone was frying poached eggs.
Sun An took two more steps back, raised the torch and looked at the sound, he saw the corpse and the wall around the corner with some green liquid, both the wall and the corpse began to smoke, the air became a little hotter, and the sour smell was even stronger.
He hurriedly stepped back and retreated to the back corner, staring warily ahead.
If you guessed correctly, those green liquids with a strong corrosive effect are the saliva of the two animals, that is, the weapons they use to hunt or defend against predators, and they spit out such a big pile that there is probably no way to avoid it.
It is definitely not possible to quit, and finally there is a clue to leave the illusion, no matter how vicious the two animals are, Sun An will not retreat, and he began to think about ways to deal with them.
After waiting for a while, the two pairs of reflective eyes did not appear in the front corner, indicating that they did not catch up, Sun An mustered up the courage to walk forward, came to the corner, and took another look, and saw that the two animals were still in that place, as if they were guarding something.
Sun An shrank back, the animals spitting, the corpses and the walls around the corner smoking, sizzling, sour......
At least you have to see what they are.
Sun An picked up the burned torch stick on the ground, tore off the edge of his cloak and wrapped it around the torch and tied it tightly, and then took out the kerosene brought from the hunter's house and poured it on the coarse strip of cloth, so that another torch was made, but the handle of this torch was too short, and if you took it away, the tiger's mouth would be roasted, and it could only be used for lighting.
He turned the corner, took up the grenade throwing position, lit the short torch with his own torch, and threw it with all his might.
The animal screamed, and the torch bounced off the ground, slammed into the wall around that corner, and bounced back, illuminating the whole corner with the light of the fire.
It's two winged lizards, not big, just lying upside down at the top of the view, which gives people a high illusion, and there are a few egg-like things in the corner of the top, which should be their guardian target.
The cry was louder and louder than before, and the two animals, scorched by the rising flames, hurried out of the way, and opened their mouths to spit out the torch, which soon extinguished the flames, and burned the ground and the torch sticks to the ground.
"It turned out that the parents were watching the children. Sun An retracted around the corner, and quickly figured out how to deal with them.
Since they will be burned, then the flame is a good thing to deal with them.
He took off his cloak, soaked it with kerosene thoroughly, held it in his hand and hesitated for a moment, then walked over to the corpse.
If the cloak is crumpled into a ball, he can throw it over, but it is too small to be easily doused, and if it is not crumpled into a ball, he can't throw it over, he must use something heavy enough.
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