Chapter Thirty-Four Downward Cave

  I don't know how long it took, but when I was almost falling asleep sitting on the ground, Lele's eyelids, who had been unconscious on the ground, moved slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes from the ground. Her expression was dull, and she sat motionless on the ground, staring blankly at Professor Gu's corpse and the others' corpses hanging from the top of the cave. I don't know what she was thinking about, but her expression changed from dullness to resentment, her fingers constantly scratching the ground, and soon a hand full of blood appeared, with dust from the ground still on it. I didn't know how to comfort women, nor had I ever thought that I would have to comfort women. I turned my head to one side, just observing her every move with the corner of my eye, in case she suddenly lost her mind again and wanted to take her own life!

  "I have no relatives left in the world, I have no home, and living in this world has lost all its meaning." She said to me in a low voice, her eyes fixed on the ground without moving.

  Seeing the corpse of a loved one hanging in a place where I couldn't even reach, anyone would be furious and frantic. I didn't know what to say to her, and for a long time, not a word was spoken.

  "Why did you save me? I'm just a burden, and I don't bring any benefit to you at all!" She turned her head towards me.

  I couldn't avoid her gaze, looking at her lightly

  "Because you're still human!" I replied calmly.

  She turned around, slowly got up, and slowly walked to the front of the deep pit. I thought she was going to take her own life again, so I stood up and followed behind her.

  She felt I was following her and said without turning back, "Don't worry, I won't jump to my death, I've thought it through, I want to live on, for the sake of avenging my grandfather!" Her tone was full of anger. After that, she added another sentence: "You are different from those people, you are a good person."

  I've never heard anyone say I'm a good person, with an expression of surprise on their face, slightly blushing.

  "It's eerie here, there's nothing binding these corpses at all, they're just floating upside down above our heads." I said.

  Lole is an archaeologist and doesn't mind these corpses. He looked up at these things, thought for a moment, and said to me: "This should be a corpse array, that is, using corpses as an array method. Specifically, what it's used for, I still can't think of it temporarily, but it shouldn't be dangerous."

  This might be a zombie array, I believe, but saying there's no danger is something I don't believe. These corpses are too eerie, countless pairs of resentful and poisonous green eyes staring at us, as if observing our every move. The back of my neck feels a chill, to say there's no danger, I truly dare not believe it. But Lele's current situation, I'm not sure if it's really as calm as the surface suggests, perhaps her heart is still secretly surging with emotions. I didn't refute her, nodding in agreement instead.

  At this moment, the white candle on my right side that was emitting green flames suddenly went out with a "whoosh" due to an unknown gust of wind. In an instant, I saw Lele's expression slowly become tense as he asked me: "Lu Da Ge, do you know Mo Jin Xiao Wei"?

  I listened and felt very familiar, as if I had heard someone say this word somewhere before. My brain carefully recalled it, and suddenly I remembered that You Shengshui often said he was Mo Jin School Lieutenant?

  "Hmm"! I responded. Said: "You Shui Gu is Mo Jin School Lieutenant, but I don't understand what this title specifically means"!

  She pointed with her finger at a candle which had been blown out by something unknown.

  "Mo Jin school lieutenant Ming head is indeed good to hear, but in fact it's just a reversal. There are many sayings about the specific creation of this sect, but at least it has existed for over 2,000 years, and it's said to be a long-standing tradition. When they encounter something that can't be detected with the naked eye, they will light a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb. If the flame is red, then there's nothing wrong. If it emits a green flame, it means there's something unclean here. And if the candle is blown out, it means... we're going to die!" Her tone became more serious at the end.

  I don't know if it's because of her tone or the eerie atmosphere here, but I always feel a chill on the back of my neck, as if something is constantly blowing air on my head, making me feel very uncomfortable!

  "Never mind whether this is true or false, I deduce that the Oil Barrel and Old Liu's groups must have gone down here. We need to hurry up and follow them, otherwise we'll really have to go see King Yan if something dirty happens!" I said.

  Lele's brain is missing a thread and can't figure out what's most important now. After I reminded her, she came to her senses.

  "It's so high, how can we get down?" Lele said.

  I took out the canteen of oil and water from the equipment bag that the gecko claw had given me earlier, and tossed it to Lele, indicating for him to put it on.

  "This is called a gecko's claw, for climbing mountains. With it on, going down the bronze iron chain shouldn't be any trouble." I said calmly.

  Lè Lè handed me back the gloves and put them on again. Then, seeing that I wasn't wearing any gloves, he suddenly thought of something and asked me, "Then...then what will you do?"

  "I'm a hunter, it doesn't matter to me." Although I said this with my mouth, my heart didn't think so. This thing has a depth of three or four hundred meters, and even if you have good psychological quality, you'll still be trembling with fear when grabbing the bronze iron chain that's been broken for thousands of years with your bare hands.

  At this time, Lele threw me a glove from his left hand.

  "Alright, just in case, one each, otherwise if something happens to you, I won't be able to get out of here either." Lele said it very tactfully, without any intention of slapping me in the face. I hesitated for a moment, took the gecko claw from Lele and skillfully put it on my left palm.

  Although there is some light coming down to us here, it's very dim and the visibility is only about 10 meters or so. I don't know what other unexpected things will happen below, thinking that I'll put my flashlight on my head, lest I bump into a corpse and be scared half to death by my own imagination!

  After getting ready, I took out two compressed biscuits from the equipment bag. Hele and I each ate some. Going down the mountain is more tiring than climbing up, it's a physically demanding task. If we don't replenish our energy, I'll be fine, but Hele might get weak in the hands and feet, and his eyes will get dizzy! If he slips and falls, that would be a big problem for me to deal with.

  The two of us finished eating the compressed biscuits and began to make our way down, using the bronze iron chains for support. The stone wall was rugged and uneven, with sharp rocks jutting out and deep holes that made it difficult to find footing. We had to jump down a few steps at a time, and although we had anticipated it would be tough, we didn't expect it to be this arduous. Lele, who was on my right, was already sweating profusely after climbing down about 50-60 meters, panting heavily but still silent, gritting his teeth as he continued to climb down.

  The further down, the hotter the air became. I could already see beads of sweat evaporating from my clothes. At this moment, I vaguely heard Lele softly calling out "What's that?"

  I turned my head to look, and couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart. On its snow-white neck, I saw a purple thumb-sized shell crawling around, flapping its wings and showing off. It was so itchy that it was unbearable. My hand was about to reach out to touch her neck when I suddenly stopped myself and hastily opened my mouth to stop her: "Stop, don't touch, that thing is poisonous!"

  Lulu's hand stiffened, staring at me blankly, unsure of what I meant. I didn't have time to explain, my right hand grabbed the bronze iron chain on Lulu's belly, holding back a mouthful of air as I leaned in close to her neck and blew a strong gust against the corpse shell on top. Luckily, my lung capacity was decent, and with one blow, the corpse shell fell off Lulu's neck. She spread open the wings on her back with a "whoosh" sound and flew away. Lulu looked at me with a red face and slightly dazed eyes, still unclear about what had just happened.

  I was looked at by Lele, and I explained with a bit of embarrassment: "Don't misunderstand, there's a poisonous shell on your neck, that thing is highly toxic. If you accidentally touch it with your palm, and it releases even a little poison, which sticks to your hand, then you're done for!"

  After listening to my explanation, Lele responded with an "oh" and continued climbing down with a red face. The atmosphere between us became a bit awkward, neither of us spoke, and we just kept climbing down along the bronze iron chain. Suddenly, I thought of something in my head, wondering how there could be so many shells here? Where did they come from? As I thought about it, I suddenly remembered the corpses on top of our heads, and the shells on their bodies. Conditioned reflexively, I looked up, and in an instant, I was scared to death, seeing a large cluster of shells gathering above us, about five or six meters high, swirling around as if they wanted to devour us for food, emitting a terrifying buzzing sound like bees!