The first sound that came was the rustling of footsteps.
It seemed that they did not try to hide it. The dense sound of the soles of the shoes hitting the stone wall came from the empty distance. Before they saw the human figure, the mermaids on the players' backs had already stretched their tails straight, struggling as if they were extremely scared, but the strength seemed very weak, as if they had been frightened and paralyzed - this was a kind of suppression and threat that came from the depths of their blood, instinctively.
Even the "mother" on Yuan Yuxue's back, which had a thinking ability far beyond that of other humans, was sweating profusely, and liquid seeped out of its fish-scale-shaped body. She began to tremble almost uncontrollably, and her palm sank deeper into Yuan Yuxue's shoulders.
Yuan Yuxue: “…”
He raised his head silently, his fine eyelashes drooped slightly. In the dark cave, his face seemed to be extremely pale, with a strange coldness that was different from other humans.
Although he had lost his ability to speak, at that moment, he seemed to be holding the "matrix" with a little more force, and said calmly -
"Don't be afraid."
As the "mother", she certainly did not hear Yuan Yuxue's voice.
But when she felt a little bit of cool temperature coming from beneath her body, she seemed to force herself to calm down. She raised her sweaty face and looked at the dark hole with great determination.
“Here I come.”
This sentence was said by the suit.
He shook his sleeves noiselessly, and some small weapon fell into his palm.
Now that it has come to this, a falling out with the villagers is only to be expected... although the extent of the falling out now seems to be more sudden and desperate than they expected.
The figures of the people gradually appeared. They were holding lanterns, and the flickering light from the lanterns illuminated their faces.
Whether it was the paper lanterns, or their clothes and expressions, they all gave people a strong sense of familiarity - that night, when Lao Li's daughter was buried, the villagers who came to eat tofu rice and carry the coffin were also holding a lantern that reflected a pale light, wearing plain linen that looked more like paper clothes against the white light, with numbness and stiffness on their faces like puppets, as they walked on the road carrying the coffin to the funeral.
Of course, at this time, even many of the candidates had not changed, and they were still the familiar villagers they met that day.
The person taking the lead is still Lao Li.
His gaze seemed to be murderous as he swept over Yuan Yuxue and the others gloomily.
"It's you." He said, not as if he was talking to Yuan Yuxue and the others, but more like he was talking to himself. His voice was rough and carried a strong sense of resentment. "I knew it was you. You ruined our festival and stole the sacrifices. Now you want to steal all our sacrifices! You ungrateful outsiders, damn thieves, always do these things of repaying kindness with enmity..."
"Allow me to interrupt you for a moment." The man in the suit said politely, "What do you mean by repaying kindness with enmity? Are you okay?"
Although he was cursing, the man in the suit's tone seemed like a polite inquiry, which almost immediately made Lao Li's eyes widen, revealing a very ferocious look. The light in his hand shook violently and then raised it quickly, as if it would be blown out by the wind flowing in the cave.