Looking at the large bats hanging upside down above the passage, Xu Xin's teeth began to chatter.
At this time, the distance between him and the bat was not far.
Fortunately, the burning candlesticks on both sides did not wake up the bats. They still hung upside down in groups above the passage, motionless.
Each of these bats has a faint blood-red pattern on its body. The pattern is very light, lighter than the toad that led Xu Xin before, but it cannot withstand the large number.
This number, even if they were not mutant bats, Xu Xin could not bear it. Not to mention that the blood-marked creatures all had a strong desire to attack.
Now Xu Xin had two choices: sneak past without alerting the bats, or put on armor and rush forward. Maybe he could kill a few bats to get some points and materials.
After just a moment's thought, Xu Xin chose the former. Whether his armor could withstand the attack was another matter. If the bats kept chasing him, there was a high possibility of accidents in this wet and slippery passage. The little guy had no defense ability. Although Coco had not been actively targeted so far, who knew if he would be attacked this time? Even if not, it was inevitable that there would be accidental injuries from so many bats.
Moreover, if a bat could bite him, it wouldn't hurt him too much, just a slight bite, and the virus from the bat...
We must not wake up these bats.
Fortunately, Xu Xin was wearing a blue-level leather armor set, so he was quite confident in his concealment ability.
In order to reduce the possibility of being discovered, Xu Xin lifted Keke onto his shoulders and whispered, "Keke, don't make a sound. Let's sneak over there."
"嘤." Coco also imitated Xu Xin, called out in a low voice, and then obediently lay on his shoulder.
Xu Xin slowed down his breathing, and walked down step by step with light hands and feet. The surroundings were very quiet, with only the occasional dripping sound of water drops.
After going down dozens of steps, Xu Xin was already right below the group of upside-down bats, only a few meters away from the bats above his head.
These large blood-marked bats looked even more terrifying when viewed up close. Their sharp claws dug into the cracks in the rocks above. Each one had its body wrapped in its wings, leaving only its furry head exposed with its eyes tightly closed.
Xu Xin no longer breathed through his nose, but instead used his mouth, trying to minimize the sound of his breathing, and then moved forward gently, step by step.
There are so many bats that at least a hundred meters of passages are filled with bats.
As the only flying mammals, bats carry a large number of viruses and bacteria that can cause harm to humans, including Ebola and rabies viruses with extremely high mortality rates, various coronaviruses with relatively low mortality rates but highly contagious, and even some ancient viruses that have never been discovered by humans.
These viruses will not affect the bats themselves, but will bring extremely serious disasters to other mammals. Xu Xin does not want to be bitten by such a poisonous creature. If he is infected with some virus, he will only wait for death in this barren jungle.
Turning sideways, Xu Xin went down the stairs and tried to choose a place without water accumulation so that his leather armor would not make any noise.
Soon, Xu Xin walked to the center of the entire group of bats.
Looking up slightly, I saw a bunch of bats hanging upside down above my head, which gave me a very oppressive feeling.
Coco on my shoulder had buried her head in fear.
Suddenly, a bat above his head moved, and its claws scraped against the stone wall, making a slight sound.
Xu Xin clenched his teeth and dared not breathe.
Fortunately, the bat just moved its wings and continued to hang upside down motionless.
With a sigh of relief, Xu Xin continued to walk down cautiously.
He was too nervous to pay attention just now, but now he could actually see the exit of the staircase.
The exit of the passage was less than a hundred meters in front of him. It was a door that was the same as the entrance to the dungeon. At this moment, the door was tightly closed, as if waiting for someone to push it open.
Xu Xin's breathing quickened for a moment, but he immediately controlled it. Now he was in the middle of all the bats, and if he startled the bats at this time, he would be wrapped into a bat ball.
Continuing to move forward slowly and softly, Xu Xin was getting closer and closer to the door, and his position was also reaching the outskirts of the bat group.
You will soon be free from the sea of suffering!
Xu Xin couldn't help but speed up his pace slightly.
Just as he quickened his pace and walked forward, suddenly, he heard a "click" sound under his feet.
Xu Xin's body froze and he stopped where he was. He felt as if his right foot had moved the step down a few centimeters.
"Did... I stepped on some kind of trap?" Xu Xin froze in place. He had a feeling that when he lifted his right foot, something bad would happen.
Coco on Xu Xin's shoulder suddenly raised his little head and looked up at the bats hanging upside down. He didn't dare to make a sound, but just pulled Xu Xin's clothes and pointed upwards with his little claws.
Coco means that danger is about to come from above
Xu Xin glanced at the exit which was only a hundred meters away from him, then looked back at the group of upside-down bats spreading all the way, took a deep breath, and suddenly rushed forward.
The moment Xu Xin's right foot left the step, the step made a "click" sound and returned to its original position. At the same time, the entire passage began to shake violently.
The bat colony was alarmed by such a huge noise. Countless bats behind him spread their wings and made sounds like mice. The sounds were sharp and piercing, perhaps because of the ultrasonic waves mixed in, which made Xu Xin's head feel a little swollen.
Run! Run!
It doesn’t matter if I slide, I have to get out of this passage immediately!
Before the bats could react and come down from the cave wall, Xu Xin had already rushed out of the bat group. At this time, he used his own gravity to run at a high speed.
The bats behind him were calling in a chaotic manner, and Xu Xin heard the sound of flapping wings.
Turning his head slightly and glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw that countless bats had spread their wings. The blood patterns inside the wings were very clear, like blood vessels.
They are flying towards Xu Xin!
They swooped down in droves!
Xu Xin ran down the stairs at an extremely fast speed. At this time, he could no longer stop with his own strength!
Human ears cannot hear ultrasound, but not being able to hear it does not mean that it is not affected. Xu Xin now has a splitting headache and feels like his head is going to explode!
He took out the mutant rabbit meat that he had cut into small portions from his backpack and threw it back without looking back, trying to attract the mutant bat's attention.
This piece of meat did attract the attention of some bats, but because it was too small, a group of bats swarmed over it and the meat disappeared in an instant. It only slowed down the speed of the group of bats slightly, but made the group of bats even crazier.
The mutant bats won’t die after eating this meat!
"Fuck!" Xu Xin threw another piece of meat backwards to attract the attention of the bats and ran madly.
The candlelight in the staircase became flickering due to the airflow generated by the flying bats. During the vibration, not only did water droplets fall from above, but some small stones also hit Xu Xin's face, leaving a few bloody marks. However, Xu Xin didn't care at all and still rushed towards the half-open door.
Just as the rat-like bat-like cry behind him was getting very close to him, Xu Xin slammed hard into the closed door!
With his current powerful strength as a buffer, he did not suffer any harm. Instead, Xu Xin knocked the door open, leaving a gap big enough for one person to pass through.
The sounds of bats chirping and flapping their wings behind him were almost close to him. Xu Xin pushed off his feet and went straight into the door which had a crack opened.
Countless bats crashed into the door, making dull "bang bang" sounds and shrill screams of bats.
Xu Xin pushed the door hard at the entrance. After three bats came out from the crack in the door, he finally closed the door. A few bats were even squeezed to death in the crack, and traces of blood flowed out from the crack.
There were still sounds of banging on the door and bats screaming outside, but Xu Xin no longer cared.
He gasped for breath, endured the headache, took out a crossbow from his backpack, and shot at a bat trapped on this side of the door.
The crossbow arrow pierced the bat's head, killing it instantly.
Kill the mutant bat and get points: 10 points.
The remaining two bats saw their companion being killed and rushed forward screaming. Their sharp screams made Xu Xin's headache even worse.
Xu Xin swung the iron sword in his hand fiercely at the bats rushing towards him, and the two bats were chopped into four pieces in an instant.
Kill 2 mutant bats and get 20 points.
After dealing with the three fish that had escaped the net, Xu Xin leaned against the door that was still being hit, covered his head with a splitting headache and slowly sat down.