Chapter Forty-Six: Into the Cave
"Little brother, are you going down too?"
Mu Yu turned around and glanced at the two. The sixth man trembled all over his body and turned pale. The leader was a sturdy man, and although he tried his best to restrain his trembling body, there was still horror in his eyes.
"The snakes are no longer a threat to you, so get out of here as soon as possible."
The man at the head looked at the surroundings full of the remnants of the golden snake, his heart palpitated, and he was still a little uneasy, and just wanted to say something more, only to see that Mu Yu had also jumped down.
"Big... Big brother, what do we do then? ”
"What else can I do, follow them safely. His grandmother's, the second child doesn't know where he died, and he hasn't come back yet! ”
I put away my crimson sword, took out a glowing ore, and looked around in the faint light.
The cave was gloomy and silent, pitch black, the cool breeze was swishing, and it was cold to the bone. The sound of "whooshing" water echoed in the cave.
It's not a naturally formed hole, it looks like some kind of large underground creature has carved out, and there are still paw prints on the walls of the cave. I looked ahead, and the light of the ore was faint, and I couldn't see where the hole leads, but I could feel that the whole hole was winding and twisting, as if there was no end.
"Bang Dang"
Mu Yu slipped from the hole above and fell to the ground, rolled around and stopped, and took off his raincoat full of muddy water. The long arrow in his hand was already on the string, and he looked around vigilantly.
"Do you want to keep going?"
"Hmm!"
I put the glowing ore in my hand in front of me, clenched the crimson sword in my hand, and walked forward cautiously, making a "click" sound from time to time under my feet.
Mu Yu glanced at the white bones scattered under his feet, and his expression was grim. The stench of rotting flesh permeated the entire passage, and the smell intensified the further you went.
"Ah~poof"
Suddenly there was a heavy sound of landing behind me, and I hurriedly turned to look, and in the faint light, two figures were lying straight on the ground.
"His grandmother's, you kid dare to take me to the bottom"
"Big... Big brother, I didn't mean to."
"Then don't get out of me, his grandmother's"
"Good~Good!"
The leader got up and said to us: "Two little brothers, it's too dangerous up there, think about it, it's better to follow you safely, rest assured, if this is really a mirage cave, all the treasures found are yours."
I glanced at the man at the head, a face full of smiling flesh, and his bare arms covered in muddy water, interspersed with residual blood. I didn't care, and continued to grope my way forward.
The further we went, the more dead silence became, the eerie aura enveloped us, and the sound of "plopping" heartbeats could be heard very clearly. I walked cautiously ahead, feeling the passage spreading deep underground.
"Two little brothers, if it doesn't work, let's quit"
The leader followed him, and the further he went, the more terrified he felt.
"Yes, yes, let's not go forward, find an exit and get out quickly"
The sixth man only felt the shade behind him, which made him feel furious in his heart and tremble all over his body. Hurriedly echoed.
"Just now let you go down the mountain as soon as possible, you have to follow, if you are afraid, you can find your own way to exit!"
Mu Yu looked back at the two of them, five big and three rough people, they were so scared, they couldn't help but feel a burst of disdain, and said in a cold tone.
"Don't talk!"
I hurriedly turned around and shouted. Hurriedly put the glowing ore into his arms, and then crouched down against the cave wall, and the surroundings were suddenly plunged into darkness.
Mu Yu held his breath and stared ahead, pulling the bowstring, and the long arrow pointed straight at the place where the sound was made.
Something in the darkness seemed to sense our arrival and stopped moving, and there was a dead silence around us.
After a long time, there was no sound, and the leader was half-squatting, walked forward lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Two little brothers, what's the situation?" ”
"Ahead, there's something!"
I clenched the crimson sword in my hand, pressed against the cave wall, and slowly moved towards the place where the sound had just been made.
"Jiji ~ Jiji"
Suddenly, a shout rang out, and with a "bang", a spherical thing broke through the ground and slammed into us.
"Whoosh~"
Before I could react, the long arrow in Mu Yu's hand flew past my ears at great speed, and the arrow shot straight at the figure in the dark, and with a "bang", the figure was nailed to the cave wall.
I took the glowing ore out of my bosom and saw the thing in front of me in the faint light.
I saw that this thing was about forty centimeters, resembling a mole, short and fat, with black and brown fur and a pointed mouth. The forelimbs are well developed, the soles of the feet are turned outward, and they have sharp claws. The hind limbs are small and drag a long tail. The round eyes are small and hidden in the hair.
When I saw a few of us, "Jiji" kept screaming, struggling with his body.
"His grandmother's, just this little thing, scared Lao Tzu to death"
The leader of the man scolded, grabbed the thing's fat body, took out the dagger from his waist, and said that he was about to disembowel it.
"Wait!"
I pushed away the dagger from the leader's hand, frowned slightly, and carefully examined the dark brown thing in front of me.
"Little brother, slaughtering this guy is just right to replenish your physical strength"
I ignored it, reaching out and grasping the thing's forelimbs, only to see a small glow in its claws, presumably some ore debris.
I turned around and walked to the hole that the thing had punched, and looked inside holding up the glowing ore, which was going down vertically, and I could faintly hear the sound of the wind coming from the cave, and I took a deep breath and smelled a slight fragrance and the smell of green vine branches.
"What, did you find anything?"
Mu Yu saw my solemn expression and couldn't help asking.
"Further down, there are signs of plant growth"
"Plants? Little brother, this is underground, how can there be plants?"
I didn't answer, I stretched out my hand and pulled out the arrow, looked down at the thing that was struggling in my hand, and then put it on the ground, and with a few "Gigi", the thing sped off into the distance, and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
"If you want to follow, keep going, and if you want to go out, you can go back the way you came."
"Don't, you see that the two of us have followed here, how can we go back again, whatever you say is what you say, I promise not to ask more"
I put away my crimson sword and looked down at my arm, blood seeping through the gauze and slowly dripping down my fingers.
Mu Yu seemed to notice my abnormality, and just wanted to ask, but I stopped him.
I knew very well what I was in, my weak body was close to the limit, and there were shadows in my eyes from time to time, but I couldn't stop, I could only try to keep my mind clear.
The road ahead was getting narrower and narrower, barely passing one person. I looked up and saw that there were many holes crisscrossed by unknown creatures.
"His grandmother's, it's really uncomfortable, little brother, how far is it to get to the place you said?"
I looked back, and the man at the head was bent over and walking with difficulty in the cave.
"Yes, it's almost there..."