Surviving in adversity thanks to Luo Feicai for gifting diamonds

  Human leg!

  Suddenly, I thought of my previous inference about the long-haired monster's "cannibalism", and uncontrollably thought in a bad direction. It was obvious that what tripped me up just now was this human leg. With trembling hands, I picked up the flashlight leaning against the leg, and slowly moved the light upwards inch by inch. If it didn't have any pants on, I estimated that I would be scared to death. Fortunately, within the range of the light, I saw a person's waist, and as I shone the light further up, more than half of the body appeared. But when I shone the light on that face, I couldn't help but exclaim: "Liang Ge!"

  I hastily approached, staring at this tightly closed-eyed face to identify it carefully, and it was indeed Liang Ge. Even the corners of his mouth with a hint of evil still had some micro-arched, really didn't expect that we searched for him for half a day, but he was actually here. I checked his breath, there was still air, but his complexion seemed to be somewhat darkened.

  He shifted the flashlight to his body again, and it was certain that he had been injured somewhere. Sure enough, the fabric on his left shoulder was torn, and there were several deep blood holes. It should have been bitten by a long-haired monster. Further down to the ankle of another leg, I finally found the reason why his face turned black. A small blood hole, the bleeding was all dark in color, he had been bitten by a black snake, poisoned by the venom!

  But strangely, the snake venom seemed to have not spread throughout his body, only making the skin around the bite black. I wondered if the long-haired monster had helped him stop the poison? But soon dismissed it, the long-haired monster and the black-skinned snake were on the same side, Liang Ge was clearly attacked by it and driven to be bitten by the snake, how could it possibly help him stop the poison again?

  Just as I was hesitating, I suddenly felt something coming from behind me, and my conditioned reflex made me dodge to the side. It seemed like a sandbag had been thrown to the ground, followed by a familiar muffled grunt - it was Lusou. The next moment, the long-haired monster also rushed in, blocking the entrance with its body.

  A strange idiom suddenly popped into my mind: "Shut the door and beat the dog!"

  My forehead immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Although it's not elegant to describe myself as a dog, the situation at this moment is indeed somewhat similar. Except for San Fuzi, Lu Xun and Liang Ge are all here, so we can say that everyone has basically arrived. It's clear that Liang Ge was one step ahead of us and fell into the Long Mao Guai's trap, being caught and brought here. Afterwards, the Long Mao Guai used the items on Liang Ge's body to lure us in, probably planning for us to also fall into its trap like Liang Ge did, but I don't know why it changed its mind later.

  Being content with whatever I encounter is the only reaction I can have now, so I sat down on the ground. When I was about to get up and pounce again, I grabbed his hand and led him to see Liang Ge behind me. He didn't react slowly either, immediately sensing something unusual, and after seeing clearly that it was Liang Ge, he didn't make a sound.

  In the darkness, two loud "pops" sounded, and a fire lit up in front of the cave entrance. The flame was led to the side, and as it flickered, an oil lamp lit up, illuminating the space that was no longer pitch black. As my eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, I could vaguely see the blurry outlines around me. This was a cave with an area of about ten square meters, and its height was estimated to be just below my standing height. The ground was covered with soft materials like rugs, and even in the corners, there were objects that looked like tattered quilts. I couldn't help but wonder if this might be the lair of that long-haired monster?

  It's not the same thing, after all, to break out of the mouth, or rather, I'll communicate: "Alright, now that we've all been brought here by you, say your purpose." It was silent for several seconds, and when I thought it wouldn't react, it suddenly emitted a single note.

  It wasn't howling, but I couldn't make out what sound it was making. It paused for a few seconds, then made another sound, and after a few more seconds, another one. By this time, I had pretty much figured out that it wouldn't speak, only imitate human vocal patterns, so all that came out were single sounds.

  I thought I'd wait until it made more sounds and organize them to identify what it meant, but after making three sounds, it stopped making noise.

  I was completely bewildered, so I pulled him and asked if he had understood anything, but when I turned to look at him, his face was written all over with a confused expression, clearly asking again would be superfluous. Had no choice but to ask again: "What did you just say? Can you repeat it?"

  Luchu approached, lowering his voice to ask: "Xiaojiu, are you sure it's speaking human language?" His heart sank, and just as he thought something was off, the long-haired monster let out a shrill cry and pounced towards Luchu with lightning speed. Luchu barely managed to roll away to the side, creating some distance between us. The long-haired monster didn't give chase, instead turning around and picking me up by the waist, heading towards the entrance of the cave. As I was about to rush forward, I hastily shouted: "Luchu, don't act rashly! It won't harm me."

  As we spoke, the long-haired monster had already carried me back to the entrance of the cave and put me down. It then blocked the exit with its body again. Suddenly, I realized that the three monosyllabic words it had just spoken were: You - pass - come. It seemed that it really didn't want to hurt me, but was extremely fierce towards Lu Xun, yet gentle towards me, only that it couldn't control its strength, so it would inevitably pinch me painfully.

  Finally, I gradually figured out the situation and stopped acting rashly. I sat down beside Liang Ge, my eyes fixed intently on this side. His long knife was either put away or knocked off by the long-haired monster outside the cave, in any case, he had empty hands now. In fact, the current situation is clearly unfavorable to us. Luchu has already clashed with it twice and suffered greatly, the wound on his shoulder from being bitten still hasn't healed. Our only hope, Liang Ge, was currently unconscious. I thought that even if we joined forces, we might not be able to take down this highly intelligent long-haired monster, let alone the fact that it could also control the black snake.

  The long-haired monster, after picking me up and placing me beside it, didn't make any other movements, simply sitting there with its head slightly lowered, not even looking at me. But as soon as I made a slight movement, it leaned forward, stretching out its hand to grasp my wrist, preventing me from struggling free. As it drew closer under the dim yellow light, I saw that its long hair covered its face, hiding green eyes, and I felt a slight tremble of fear. It seemed to sense my trembling and immediately withdrew its hand, shrinking back into itself.

  What happened next left me stunned, it suddenly lowered its head and pulled the long hair on its face with great force, one handful at a time. Wait, one handful at a time? My god, the hair on its face was stuck on! After being pulled out, that area became exposed.

  I looked at it in a daze as its true face was revealed more and more, until the last hair was pulled out, I could be sure that it was indeed human. The face had red marks left from pulling out the hair with force, strictly speaking, he wasn't ugly. Yes, should change the way to refer to him, can't use "it" anymore, from his appearance and the single sound he made just now, he should be a male.

  His gaze swept to his arm, where the hair was not as long as on his face and head, but rather a fine downy fluff. He wondered if it was also sticky. Just then, he saw him hide both arms behind his back, instantly understanding that the downy fluff on his arms must be real. This point is different from humans, and even people with body hair wouldn't grow to have full-body downy fluff like this.

  My mind was preoccupied with these thoughts, and I didn't pay much attention to the movements around me. Suddenly, a low cry came from Lian's side, and I felt a black shadow flash before my eyes. The cave entrance was now exposed. If I were to seize this opportunity and jump out, I should have a chance. But I couldn't do that. Not only were Lian and Liang still here, but also because it would be foolish to take such a risk while the long-haired monster was still calm towards me.

  Even if I escaped from the cave now, outside there is such a long passage, with my speed and the long-haired monster's, no need to think more.

  In the blink of an eye, the dark shadow returned and continued to sit at the entrance of the cave. But what caught my attention was that he was holding a grayish piece of clothing in his hand. My first reaction was to turn my head to look at Luchu, seeing him dressed neatly, staring suspiciously in this direction. Then I looked down at Liang Ge on the ground and found that it was indeed his clothes that had been stripped off. When I turned my head back, I saw that the long-haired monster had already put on Liang Ge's jacket. His gaze swept towards me, then he lowered his head to look at his own furry legs, before turning his head sideways, his green eyes glancing in Luchu's direction.

  When I wanted to warn Luchu, it was already too late. His figure had swiftly passed by, and this time Luchu was prepared, standing up straight to meet him. The two silhouettes rolled onto the ground, wrestling with each other. I couldn't help but shout: "Luchu, he just wanted a pair of pants to wear!"

  "A low curse came out of Lu Xun's mouth, 'Can a man take off his pants casually in front of a woman?'"

  I was speechless for a moment, and soon a shrill cry came from afar. The long-haired monster finally turned back, with an angry look on its face. When I looked at Lu Xun again, he was even more disheveled. His two pant legs were torn open from the thigh, and the fabric hung to the ground. This pair of pants was ruined. Being looked at by me like this, he felt extremely embarrassed, and retreated some distance, hiding in a dark place, muttering angrily: "Were you born as a bandit? You don't have any clothes or pants to wear, yet you're stealing from others."

  This remark was naturally not addressed to me, but seeing the long-haired monster having heard it afterwards bared his teeth and let out a low growl, as if to intimidate.

  The dispute over the pants came to an end. I've seen Liang Ge's pants, and the pant legs below the knees were all worn out, so it's possible that they weren't within the Long Mao Guai's consideration range. After his own pants were torn apart one after another, he gave up on the idea of snatching pants. In the end, he picked up an old quilt from a corner and covered his legs with it. When the quilt was shaken open, a strong musty smell came out, and I don't know when he had stored it there.

  Actually, the appearance of these things in his den means that he is learning about normal human life. Just now I noticed his feet, wearing a pair of straw sandals, and the shape of the straw sandals is very similar to the "wild man" footprints we saw before.

  I quietly opened my line of sight and squinted my eyes, asking softly: "What's your name?"

  He seemed stunned, looked over in confusion, and I repeated the question again. He stuttered out two monosyllabic words, which I carefully pondered before suddenly asking, "Do they all call you that?" He hesitated for a moment before nodding, and I fell into a brief silence.

  Monster! He's right about these two words.