A pack of cigarettes (thanks qinyan723 for the diamond gift)
I pinched the hard object in my pocket again, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lian Shou quietly pull out his knife from behind the wall, preparing to deliver a fatal blow. Just as we were about to make our move, the long-haired monster suddenly sprang up into the air, sticking to the mountain wall like a spider, moving quickly and horizontally towards the inside. It was hard to imagine that such a large body could be so agile, disappearing instantly into the darkness.
This sudden change left both Lian and I staring at each other in confusion, unable to understand why this thing had suddenly turned tail and fled. To be honest, even if we could successfully launch a surprise attack here, it's not like we'd definitely be able to kill it - it has more than enough room to counterattack and fight us to the death. And the consequences would be that it might not die, but we definitely would get into trouble, because even if we weren't bitten to death, it would still attract those people from outside.
What's even stranger is that the long-haired monster's eyes would emit a green glow in the dark, but after it hid inside, the green light disappeared. Did it turn its back? The wise choice at this time was to return along the original route to the entrance and wait for an opportunity to escape into the sea of flowers. But both I and Lu Xun deviated from reason, and when he moved forward fiercely, I also followed closely behind him.
There's only one thought, go after it!
A pungent smell wafted up, not from inside the house, but from ahead. As the sound of footsteps echoed beneath our feet, he stiffened, leaned against the mountain wall and pulled me into his arms, then lowered his voice to whisper in my ear: "Xiao Jiu, why don't you wait outside? I'll go in alone to take a look." I didn't respond, and when he thought I had agreed and took another step forward, I still followed closely behind him.
"Xiao Jiu, you..."
She slightly raised her head and silently looked at his profile. Finally, he lowered his voice and whispered, "Be careful with your feet."
When I also stepped on the hard and brittle objects, combined with the pungent smell in the air, I could already guess what they were. If I didn't guess wrong, they were all animal remains and skeletons, probably eaten by that long-haired monster. As we walked further in, we found that the space inside was a bit larger, no longer a narrow slit. The pungent smell was so strong that it made people want to vomit.
But we didn't recklessly risk our lives; instead, we confirmed the conjectures in our hearts.
Behind the house, there is a narrow gap that becomes wider at the end and has an opening on the deepest part of the mountain wall. The long-haired monster disappears before entering the darkness not because it can play magic tricks, but because it enters the cave.
The entrance was about half a person's height, about one and a half meters from the ground, just enough for someone to crawl in. Since we knew that the long-haired monster had gone in, but couldn't see inside by shining a flashlight from outside, we should have stopped here. However, when the light of the flashlight shone on the corner of the entrance, not only was I stunned, but even I was slightly startled, it was...
A pack of cigarettes.
It was supposed to be an inconspicuous thing, but it left a deep impression on me. It's because just two days ago, we had some discussions about this cigarette issue, which originated from Liang Ge. Yes, it was the same brand of cigarettes that Liang Ge smokes. The one he tossed at me as a joke is still lying in his cigarette case, and according to them, it's very irritating to smoke.
Looking at the straight eyes, I hypothesized in a low voice: "Maybe it's not Liang Ge's." But he immediately denied me: "No, it's his. This kind of cigarette is not sold on the market at all, and he got it through a special channel. Liang Ge...” paused, despairingly and affirmatively, “went in.”
