Chapter 1: The Enemy in the Dark
It had been almost 3 hours since Liu Zhen and the three of them entered the Silent Grotto, and although they each had a torch, they had not gone far. The ground in the grotto www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion is worse than they imagined, either a pit or a bag, it is easy to get to the foot if you are not careful, and the lighting of the torch is not enough, and the progress is very slow.
The three of them slowly advanced for almost another hour, and found that the cave in front of them had divided into two directions and there was a fork in the road.
"Why is this still a fork in the road?" Liu Zhen frowned and said dissatisfied.
Xu Heshun came to the middle of the fork in the road, looked in two directions, and carefully searched the cave wall, but unfortunately did not find any useful clues.
Sun Weiwei found a fairly smooth rock and sat down at this time, picked off the animal skin bag she was carrying behind her back, and took out some fruits to distribute to Liu Zhen and Xu Heshun.
This animal skin bag was given by the red elves before entering the Silent Grotto, one for each person, Liu Zhen and Xu Heshun carried most of the spare torches and water, and the rest of the fruits and herbs and other miscellaneous items were handed over to Sun Weiwei to carry.
At this time, everyone hurried overnight, and the hunger and thirst were unbearable, so they took advantage of the effort to identify the direction and hurry to replenish the water.
"Where are we going?" everyone has an idea!" Liu Zhen asked as he gnawed on the fruit.
"Before coming in, the red elves didn't give any hints, I think we can just choose one, after all, time is too tight. Xu Heshun said what he thought.
The three of them could only do this after discussion, so they didn't delay any longer, and chose the fork in the road on the right and walked over.
Shortly after the three of them left, two figures, one tall and one short, walked out of the fork in the road on the left.
"Fortunately, I hid in time, and I was almost seen by a few of them. The short figure muttered dissatisfiedly, then turned to the tall figure and asked, "We haven't finished talking just now! You said that there was a surprise operation in the wild grassland, why didn't you tell me in advance last time?"
"This is an ad hoc arrangement based on the actual situation, and we didn't have this plan when we last saw you. ”
"That's your explanation, I've been marking you since you entered the savage steppe, and you've been following behind, and you won't have a chance to look for me at night, even if it's during the day?" the short voice was angry.
"We've tried a few times, but you've got more than one sentry every night, and there's no chance at all. The tall tone is not wavering.
"Okay! Even if you can't tell me in advance, but when the Phantom Beasts scatter and run away, you can always leave me alone!
"Because, except for a few black elves, no one knows that you are our own. The shorter man was about to speak, but the taller man continued, "Besides, it will be a better way to disguise your identity! ”
"Hmph, you black elves are insidious!" The short man was not angry, but he had to accept it in his heart, who told him to trade with the black elves! Thinking of this, the short man softened his tone, "If we can solve all the other illusory beasts in this silent grotto, will you be able to help me fulfill my wish?"
A smile hung up on the tall man's face hidden in the darkness, "You can't get rid of them by light, you still need to wait until the Great Elder Haintu is freed from the seal!"
The short man was silent when he heard this. The tall figure saw that he was a little hesitant again, so he said again, "We black elves have always kept our promises, and we will never forget the friends who helped us! As long as Great Elder Haintu controls the entire elven world, we can continue to expand the gap between the two worlds, and when the time comes, you will all get power, fame, and status! Have you forgotten that little stone?"
When the short man heard the word stone, his eyes lit up with a hint of excitement! Indeed, when he woke up in the third unit and found that he was holding a small stone in the elf world in his hand, he really made up his mind to work for the black elves!
Not for anything else, just because that stone is worthless in the elven world, but it is an expensive diamond in the human world! He has specially asked someone to identify it, and the clarity and color of the diamond are all top-notch, and just such a small piece of diamond is worth a lot of money! Money is everything, it has always been his motto! He blamed his failure to get ahead in society quickly on the lack of money!
Now, there is such an opportunity that is close at hand, how can he not grasp it? Kill his companions? These people are just the wronged leaders who have been tricked into the elven world, and they have no friendship with each other, they are just for themselves, not to mention cheating! What's more, whoever is the boss in this elf world has a half-dime relationship with him! They are just using each other, and the diamonds are in their hands!
"As long as you remember your promise," the short one reminded again, and then continued, "What should I do next?
"Not this time. I've told them what you look like, and you're not in danger. It's just that the red elves came to the entrance of the cave earlier than I expected, and we only had time to get in for six. Now they are all ambushed on these forks in the road, and further down is the middle of the cave where the blue-winged bats live. And deeper, the man I sent to explore the path a few days ago has not returned, and I am afraid that something more dangerous will be there. ”
The short man frowned, "Do you know any shortcuts to the red lion statue?" He really didn't want to risk his life through the cave.
"Unless you go out of the cave now, climb up the hill to that big gap, and descend from there. ”
"I don't need to say that! I mean some other shortcut! By the way, what kind of blue-winged bats you just mentioned, where did they come out of their burrows to hunt?"
Gao Man smiled slightly, "I advise you to die and take shortcuts! There are many small gaps in the cave wall where the blue-winged bats live, and you can pass outside, where do you want to go through?"
The short man wanted to say something more, but found a faint light coming from the direction of the cave entrance, and it seemed that another illusory beast had entered the grotto. "Remember to give me one of those rocks this time!" said the short one, then turned and ran lightly towards the hole on the left.
The tall man smiled slightly contemptuously, turned his head and ran into the right fork in the road chosen by Liu Zhen and the others.
At this time, Liu Zhen and the three of them were moving forward cautiously, for fear that they would lose time because they went in the wrong direction. However, I was afraid of something, and I hadn't gone far before a fork in the road came out in front of me, and this time it was a fork in the road.
After Liu Zhen entered this silent grotto, his sense of direction was completely lost, and now he couldn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, and stared at the two wolf eyes and made a fool!
Xu Heshun searched around the various forks again, but there were still no clues to be found.
"Why don't we continue to choose the one on the right?" Sun Weiwei said. However, it was vetoed by Liu Zhen, Liu Zhen felt that there was always a feeling of going around in circles when he kept walking to the right, and it was more appropriate to choose the middle road. And Xu Heshun thought that this time he should choose the hole on the left, because he smelled a different smell there, and it was likely to be the direction of going out.
Three people with three opinions, they can't act separately! Dispersing forces in this grotto where the situation is unknown is tantamount to looking for death. In the end, the three of them decided to use the most scientific way to solve the problem!
"Rock-scissors-paper!"
"Hehe, I'll win!Keep listening to me, keep moving to the right!"
Liu Zhen and Xu Heshun glanced at the "cloth" stretched out by the other party, looked at each other and smiled, and did not be verbose, and walked into the fork on the right with Sun Weiwei, who was still smiling.
Liu Zhen and the three of them walked along the cave without knowing how far, and the cave that could not be seen above their heads gradually became low, and Liu Zhen could only open the way with a torch in front of him!
"I said Weiwei, your choice won't be a dead end!" Liu Zhen walked in front, not forgetting to tease Sun Weiwei who was following him.
"Stupid! What a dead end! Don't you notice? There's a feeling of wind blowing in front of you! It must be an exit!"
Hearing Sun Weiwei say this, Liu Zhen hurriedly calmed down and felt it, there was really that feeling of air flowing!
Knowing that it might be an exit not far ahead, the three of them unconsciously quickened their pace. However, as they advanced deeper, the cave became narrower, and there was a feeling of gradually diagonally upward, Liu Zhen could only move forward in a half-squat, and later simply changed to crawling!
Liu Zhen was crawling with his head down, not paying attention, and suddenly lost support under his hands. It turned out that they had crawled out. It's just that the entrance to the cave is on the wall of a huge cave, but fortunately, Liu Zhen reacted quickly and hurriedly grabbed the wall of the cave, so as to avoid the end of falling. But the torch he was holding before tumbled and fell to the ground.
Liu Zhen looked at the torches that fell to the ground, still burning, and estimated that the distance from the ground should be less than 10 meters, with their current illusory beast body, if they jumped down with a little cushioning, there would be no problem. As for the rest of the situation in this large cave, it is not known for the time being due to the dim light.
Liu Zhen turned his head and told Sun Weiwei and Xu Heshun, who were unknown behind him, about the situation in front of him. He then used his sharp claws as a cushion and slid down the wall to the ground.
After Sun Weiwei and Xu Heshun both slid down, the three of them faced a difficult choice again, that is, which direction to go.
Liu Zhen and the others, who were on this side of the cave wall, could not see the surrounding situation clearly except for the irradiation range of the torches, and their eyes were all pitch black.
Touching the wall and walking? Who knows if they will go back to the same place in a big circle? Just as the three of them were trying to figure out a way, Liu Zhen's two fluffy wolf ears twitched, "Hey! Did you two hear anything?"