Chapter 26: Going Crazy

  I remained conscious as I fell, but the wolf-eye flashlight on my head was knocked off during the fall and I couldn't see anything except darkness. The freefall lasted for five or six seconds before I heavily crashed onto the hard, damp ground, instantly feeling dizzy. At the same time, the petrified person who had fallen with me was still pressing down on me, the weight of which made my throat sweet, causing me to cough up blood and almost squeezing out my intestines.

  Just when I was half dead, the sound of Yu Shui's voice suddenly came from above me, "Boom, boom, boom" three loud noises, in the darkness I heard Yu Shui and others crying out in pain.

  I still have a spare scope in my backpack, hopefully it wasn't crushed! I pushed away the "person" that was pressing on me, and slowly got up with one hand supporting myself on the ground. I took off my backpack from behind me and rummaged through it like a blind man feeling for fish, searching for a while until my hands touched a cylindrical object with an icy cold metal shell. My heart leapt with joy as I quickly pulled it out and pressed the switch.

  At this time, I saw the situation in front of me clearly. This should be a passageway, an artificially created tunnel, about three meters wide and four meters high, with an elliptical shape, also going upwards. My eyes were pitch black, and even wolf eyes couldn't see its end. The walls and floor were covered with moss, which was very strange in color, green with a hint of dark red, and not growing in patches but in clusters. The air was filled with a musty smell, similar to the smell of moldy biscuits, fortunately I had already gotten used to it a bit, so I didn't feel like vomiting.

  I continued to shine my flashlight at the several people around me, within a range of just one meter. Nothing big happened, and they all stood up when I shone my light over, their eyes darting around in confusion. But it was actually Oil Barrel Belly who looked like he had been constipated for over ten years, his face twisted in discomfort as he let out a pained moan.

  "Brother, come quickly and help Fat Brother up! That 'little devil' of a Yao Wang almost destroyed my perfect, flawless, and tight little chrysanthemum! Ah, brother, please help!" Oil Water Belly said. "How did Big Fortune and Great Wealth become partners? They don't even know how to show concern for the boss." I walked over and pulled Oil Water Belly up. "Ah... brothers who have been through thick and thin are different, unlike those two dog things, Big Fortune and Great Wealth." Oil Water Belly stood up and muttered... "Right, 'Lu Brother, why haven't you seen Black Old Sister'?"

  Right! How come I didn't see Hei Zi? No, wait, I saw Hei Zi die in the Man-Eating Blood Vine. But why did You Shui Tou's tone make me feel like Hei Zi is still alive? I couldn't help but have doubts in my heart.

  "Didn't you say Hei Zi was dead? It seems like you're still hiding something from me, your so-called good brother!" I said.

  Oil and water don't mix

  "Hey, brother, you've got it all wrong! Hei Zi is really dead, but just now he called out to you in a voice that was really his, so I'm very curious. This might be another one of those Xi Bi corpses' tricks!" You Shui Tou explained.

  "Do you think Xue Bi will save us?" I said.

  "This...this"...the oily water belly was tongue-tied, clearly having nothing more to say. I didn't want to listen to the oily water belly's eloquent but empty words, rather than letting him continue to deceive me, I'd better find some useful clues. Turning my head to look at the petrified woman behind me, I asked Da Fu: "When will she come back to life? You said that as long as he leaves that ghostly place, he'll wake up."

  Dafu glanced down at the ground with a dull expression and said in an old and tired tone, "I should ask Dagu, it's simpler that way."

  His arrogant expression is very punchable, I dare say that on my turf, no one dares to make this kind of face at me, unless he wants to risk his life to show off, I forced myself to calm down.

  "When will she come back to life?" I asked Da Gui.

  "She now has a hint of life, her hands are gradually regaining their elasticity and vitality, I estimate she'll wake up within 5 hours." said Da Gui.

  It's still going to take five more hours, I took out my old screen and it's still displaying abnormally, and I don't know how long I've been here. But judging from the situation, I dare say that it's daytime now. Along the way, I've been tortured to the point of exhaustion, so why not take this opportunity to rest well!

  I made up my mind and told Youshui Du

  The oil-water belly quickly responded, but in fact he was also extremely sleepy, and he kept yawning at me. The oil-water belly rummaged through the equipment bag on Da Fu's back to find something, and after a while, he took out a red packet. I glanced over with wolf-like eyes, it was red cinnabar. He smiled at me twice, then began to sprinkle the red cinnabar in a semicircle within our sleeping area. Cinnabar is usually used to ward off evil spirits, and this place wasn't an ordinary house, but a thousand-year-old ancient tomb with a deep and strange aura. I suppose this was also some sort of rule from his ancestors.

  "It seems that brother has already guessed a few points, this is indeed the rule set by our Mó Jīn Pai ancestors. The ancient tomb is full of changes and often has zombies and evil spirits coming to life, so the ancestor had a saying 'huà hóng shā, zài zuò jiā', which means this." said Yóu Shuǐ Dù.

  Divided clearly, the oil lamp is given to Da Fu and Da Gui for each person to keep watch for two and a half hours, while I rest with the oil lamp. Since the clockwork mechanism here has failed, they can only rely on their feelings to judge the length of time. To be honest, it's not as easy as not understanding time at all. Although that's the case, when sleeping in this haunted place, one must be even more careful and vigilant than when awake.

  The first shift was Da Fu, but we didn't hear any movement, the surroundings were extremely quiet, only the sound of the oil drum rumbling like thunder. In the second half of the night, I vaguely heard Da Gui calling me, I thought something had happened and immediately became alert, opening my eyes to listen, only to hear Da Fu say: "That woman has woken up, but she's been in a daze for too long, her mind is already a bit unclear, she's gone mad, it seems like she won't be waking up anytime soon."

  This woman is either truly crazy or too clever, pretending to be mad and deceiving us. I sat up, rubbed my eyes and took a look around, and indeed in the corner right in front of us on the left side, I saw a disheveled woman with her hair loose, hugging her knees and shivering, muttering: "You've already chosen... you've already chosen"!

  At this time, in the fantasy world, my uncle said to me before he died, and this woman is also saying this sentence! I was shocked and lost color, tiptoed, and slowly walked towards her with Da Gui, stretching out my hand to lightly touch her arm.

  "Ah... they... they're coming... ah"... The woman screamed. She looked at me with a face of utter shock and bewilderment, her eyes darting back and forth between being unfocused and staring blankly ahead, her pupils dilated to the maximum limit humanly possible, her mouth agape as wide as it could go, no longer having the innocent, sweet look she once had.

  A scream like Godzilla's stimulated the eardrums of Oil Barrel and Big Fortune, instantly waking them up.

  "Brother is really a hero who can't get past the beautiful pass, now he's getting it on with his sister, this is really not right, actually making that woman scream so loudly, looks like brother is not an ordinary person either". He said, turning on his flashlight and slowly walking towards me.

  I've gradually gotten used to it. Pointing at the woman, I said to You Shui faintly, "That woman is crazy."

  "Huh? The oily water belly nose hummed, walked to my front, slowly took off pants, exposed his own underwear in front of that woman, and calmly slowly took off that woman's clothes. "What do you want to do?" I asked."

  He stopped his lewd movements and turned around to look at me.

  "Since that woman has already gone mad, she's no longer of any value. Brother, we don't need to waste our food on her. Judging from her appearance, she should still be a virgin. Let Fat Brother have his fun first, then you can have yours." Oil Barrel Belly sneered with an evil grin as he drooled at the woman.

  You're a ruthless and cunning person, I knew that, but I didn't think you'd be so depraved. However, what Oil Barrel said is right, although we currently have no food problems, who can guarantee how long we'll stay here? The more people there are, the more burdensome it becomes, like when I lifted a rock and hit my own foot earlier, almost killing myself in the process. Do I really need to do this?

  My eyes couldn't help but glance at the oil drum, and I saw that woman staring blankly at me, motionless with her body pressed under the oil drum, only a pair of underwear covering the exposed spring scenery, his pig-like mouth ravaging her face, disgusting saliva flowing all over the ground. Da Fu was sensible and quietly turned his back to the oil drum, not daring to look back.

  I really can't stand it anymore, quickly pulling forward and shouting: "Stop, there's a situation ahead!"