Xue Dongfeng shook his head and said, "No, now is the time for those hairy monsters to eat. They value food very much, so they will not appear here at this time. But we have to enter the second floor of the dungeon as soon as possible and find Huang Bin quickly, otherwise we will be easily discovered by those hairy monsters."
I think Xue Dongfeng is right.
I asked again: "There are so many paths here, do you know which one leads to the second level of the crypt?"
Xue Dongfeng shook his head again and said, "The paths in this cave are very complicated. Even I don't know which one leads to the second floor. I'm afraid we need to find it ourselves."
"Also, the paths here are basically connected, and no one knows where they lead to. It's also possible that we didn't find the path to the second floor, but directly found the path to the third floor. It's hard to say."
I looked at my watch and it showed that it was a little after two in the afternoon.
This dungeon is quite complicated and I thought to myself that I should find the path to the second floor before dark.
I looked at the paths and found the one in the middle. I waved my hand at the three people and said, "You can see that the hairy monsters here have the most hair, which means they pass through this path the most times. Let's go in from this side first. We'll see what's going on inside after we go in."
The three of them had no objection and nodded.
Then I took the lead and walked ahead and entered the cave.
The cave was very damp, and just like the cave, there were a lot of gray woodlice in the soil. The woodlice were not alone, but crawling densely on the soil of the cave. If someone with trypophobia saw that scene, they would definitely be scared.
But now we have no choice but to move through the hole by chance.
The good thing is that the path of the earth cave has become larger, so it is no problem for two people to walk side by side.
The beam of the flashlight illuminated the front inside the cave, and we passed through it carefully.
Because we were afraid of being discovered by the hairy monster, we didn't communicate and just kept moving forward.
It was just as Xue Dongfeng said, there were many paths in the earth cave. We had just walked a few hundred meters away when I saw at least three or four other earth cave passages. But we did not separate, but kept going forward.
The terrain is constantly moving downward, and we can feel it.
After walking in the cave for more than 40 minutes, we were already exhausted. But we still didn't find the first, second or third floor that Xue Dongfeng mentioned. We were already lost.
I let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "Let's take a rest first. Don't go in yet. We are already very tired. Let's drink some water first."
After that, we leaned against the wall of the cave and rested for a while.
In order not to attract attention during the break, I turned off the flashlight in my hand.
In the dark earth cave, we could only hear our own breathing, which was extremely strange. In addition, thinking about those hairy monsters that eat human flesh, I felt a little uneasy.
Fatty Li leaned against the soil and complained, "This is not a place for people to come. If we had known it would be so complicated, we shouldn't have come in. Look at us now. We haven't even reached the first floor of the crypt. I don't know if we can find it."
Zhao Xilan comforted Fatty Li and said, "Brother Li, don't worry. After all, this is the place where the hairy monsters live. If they can pass through here, then so can we. I believe it won't be long before we can find the second floor."
Xue Dongfeng and I
Leaning against each other, Xue Dongfeng asked me, "Brother Yang, do you have any cigarettes? I want to smoke one!"
I didn't expect Xue Dongfeng to ask me for a cigarette.
Then I took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, took out two, gave him one and kept one for myself. Fatty Li didn't smoke, so I didn't give him any.
As I smoked, my mood slowly calmed down.
Xue Dongfeng smacked his lips and said, "I haven't smoked for a long time, five years already. I really miss the smell."
I talked to Xue Dongfeng and asked him, "Brother Xue, I heard you say there were six of you who came to explore Soul Burial Valley, and you said four of them were dead. That means there are only two left. You are one of them, so where is the other one?"
When I mentioned another person, Xue Dongfeng suddenly fell silent.
I couldn't see his face in the darkness.
After a silence of about ten seconds, Xue Dongfeng finally spoke: "The other person is Su Xiaoshan, a woman. She is still alive, but she has become the ** of that madman, the woman of that madman."
What? The one who survived became the madman's woman!
This is really a bit unbelievable.
I didn't say anything. Xue Dongfeng took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "You may not know, but Su Xiaoshan is actually my girlfriend."
At this point, Xue Dongfeng added with resentment in his voice: "I didn't expect that she would be willing to be the mistress of that old man just to survive. It's really ridiculous. At first, we planned to get married after we finished the expedition to the Soul Burial Valley. Unexpectedly, we didn't get out of the Soul Burial Valley, and Su Xiaoshan became someone else's woman."
"It's really funny. It seems that I have been fooled by my feelings too!"
With a sigh, Xue Dongfeng put out the cigarette in his hand at his feet.
I couldn't see Xue Dongfeng's appearance clearly, but I knew that at this moment, Xue Dongfeng was probably filled with more resentment in his heart.
After resting for a few minutes, we were back on the road.
However, just after we walked in the cave for more than ten minutes, we suddenly heard a noisy sound behind us.
The noises were noisy and chaotic, with some "thump thump" sounds.
I couldn't help but frown and asked subconsciously, "What's that sound?"
Zhao Xilan and Fatty Li naturally didn’t know.
Xue Dongfeng exclaimed: "That's the sound of the hairy monsters running! Those hairy monsters must have entered the cave. Their eyes can see at night. If we don't move quickly, they will easily find us."
"No! Brother Yang, we can't stay here any longer. We have to find a safe place as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will be caught."
The "flutter flutter" sound of the hairy monster running continued.
Judging from the sounds, they seem to be not far from us.
Damn it, I thought to myself, those hairy monsters reacted really quickly and discovered that we had entered the burrow so quickly.
Without further ado, the four of us stopped walking in a straight line.
Afterwards, inside the crypt, we encountered a dirt hole and started to move through it.
In this way, we walked for nearly half an hour.
At this time, the sound behind us had weakened a lot.
We were planning to stop and rest for a while, but Zhao Xilan suddenly reminded us, "Listen, there seems to be a sound. It doesn't seem to be the sound of the hairy monster running, but some other sound."
We all listened with our ears perked up.
Sure enough, there seemed to be a sound deep in our path.
So, I lowered my voice and said to the three people, "We seem to have found a soil layer in the cave. Don't worry, let's slowly move over and see which layer it is."
Then we slowed down.
, walking towards the depths of the earth cave path.
After walking for about seven or eight minutes, I noticed that the sound was getting louder on the right side of our cave.
So we moved forward more cautiously. At the same time, I turned off the flashlight in my hand.
Soon we arrived at the right side of the cave.
There was a path over there, and there was a voice of "Ula Ula" in it. But I didn't hear what it was saying. But I was sure that this was where the hairy monsters lived.
There are a lot of hairy monsters here! That means this is not the third floor underground, it is probably the first or second floor. Because the third floor is a corpse breeding ground, there can't be so many noises.
And when I got closer to the path, I also found a number of firepits surrounded by stones.
There were wood burning in those fires, and the flames were very strong.
"How is it? Brother Tianyi, is it the second floor?" Zhao Xilan asked me in a low voice.
I turned my head, looked at her, and said, "I don't know. I'm not sure which floor it is yet."
Zhao Xilan didn't say anything, and the four of us stopped for a while.
The sounds continued, with no sign of stopping. There seemed to be a smacking sound as well.
Could it be that the hairy monsters were eating? Xue Dongfeng also mentioned this just now. He said that the hairy monsters were eating at this time.
But no matter what the situation is, we still have to go and take a look.
Because there is only one path here, we have to go through it. But it is too risky for four people to go through it. If we run into those hairy monsters, we will be in trouble.
I lowered my voice and said to the three of them, "Wait a minute, I'll go over there alone to see what's going on. You all protect yourselves, stay here, hide, and don't make any noise."
Zhao Xilan said with some concern: "Brother Tianyi, I will go with you."
Fatty Li saw Zhao Xilan was going, so he also said, "I want to go too."
I curled my lips and said to them, "Now is not the time to be competitive. I have an invisibility charm on me, so I'll be fine if I go over and take a look. You don't have to worry about me. Just take care of yourself."
The three of them didn't say anything else.
"Okay, you guys stay here first, I'll go over and take a look, if everything is ok, I'll come and call you."
After saying that, I took out the invisibility talisman on my body and activated it directly.
Soon my body disappeared.
In the dim light, Xue Dongfeng showed a surprised expression on his face when he saw me disappear.
"What's going on? Why is Brother Yang missing?"
I didn't have time to explain, so I simply said, "Brother Xue, didn't I tell you before that I'm a Taoist priest who catches ghosts? This is one of my tricks."
Xue Dongfeng listened to what I said and didn't ask any more questions.
I then slowly walked along the path towards the place where the sound came from.
After walking for about two minutes, I was almost there.
There was plenty of light over there, all from the fire, and one could even hear the sound of the wood exploding in the fire.
At this time, I was less than ten meters away from there.
Just when I was about to go over to see why there were so many noises, several hairy monsters suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave on my side.
Those hairy monsters were running towards me very fast.
Their eyes glowed green in the dim firelight, making them look like ghosts.
I quickly stepped back using the Seven Star Steps, fearing that I would run into them.
Behind me, there are many small earth holes separated by spaces, similar to rooms.
Seeing this, I found a nearby hole and crawled into it.
(to be continued)
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