Chapter Thirty-Five: Reunion

  My face turned darker than pig liver, and I thought that if there was a landing point on flat ground, I could escape and avoid disaster. But isn't this cliff going to take my life? Although Oil Water Belly had said that these dead shells didn't know what reason they were avoiding me for, but Oil Water Belly's thoughts were incredibly many. At the time, I was surrounded by dead shells, and when I woke up with a start, I found that there was no trace of them left. I don't know if he was hiding something from me at the time, or if it was for some other reason, or if there really was something on my body that these things were avoiding?

  Lè Lè apparently didn't notice the large swarm of black, dead shells hovering above our heads, and she continued to climb down in silence, her teeth clenched. At this time, I saw that two or three dead shells had already fallen onto the back of her clothes, flapping their black wings, and it was uncertain when they would bite her! But because it was winter, she was wearing thick clothes, so she didn't notice at first, and my heart secretly cried out in alarm! These dead shells are poisonous, I have personally experienced it before, wherever they crawl to, it's as if they've been anesthetized, stiffening to the point of being unable to move! Now, recalling the scene of being attacked by dead shells when we entered the cave, my hair is still standing on end!

  "Watch out behind you, there are two more!" I shouted loudly.

  Lole's hand shook and nearly dropped the bronze chain when he heard my words, luckily the gecko claws were genuine and their suction power was not exaggerated. Lole's hand, which was wearing the gecko claw, stuck to the bronze chain and swayed back and forth, almost falling off but fortunately didn't drop.

  I felt relieved in my heart

  "Grab onto the iron chain, I'll blow away the dead shell on your body!"

  After finishing, Lele's other hand grasped the bronze chain and his body stabilized, stopping its swaying. I used the old method of blowing air with my mouth to blow away the corpse shells, holding my breath and stretching my head to blow fiercely behind Lele's back. However, this time it didn't work, and my face turned blue from blowing, but these two corpse shells remained stable on Lele's back, flapping their wings and showing off in front of me. I took a look and realized that this method wouldn't work; if I continued blowing, I'd probably end up with a punctured lung! Suddenly, I remembered the military dagger hidden in my sleeve - using it to pick off these things would do the trick! Easier said than done, I flipped my hand over, and a cold light flashed as I grasped the dagger. In an instant, the two corpse shells were picked off by me with the dagger, leaving behind four matchstick-thin legs on Lele's clothes.

  I put away the dagger and said to Lele, "Let's go quickly, there are more of these things on our heads. One or two are already troublesome, if a large piece comes down from above, I won't be able to withstand it!"

  Lele's conditioned reflex of lifting her head, she was stunned for a moment. Because she was wearing a gas mask, I didn't see the change in her expression, but I think her expression at this moment must have been extremely ugly.

  She stuttered to me, "Th-th-this... how can there be so many things here? Lu Dage, brother, where can we run to?"

  I cast a glance downwards and saw that about 20 meters below us on the stone wall, there was a deep cave, and another one 5 meters above. When I encounter danger, my mind always turns quickly. Going up would definitely be death! If we go down quickly, maybe there's still a chance of survival. I pointed to the lower cave and said to Lele:

  "Look down, there's a hole below. Don't mind what's inside the hole for now. If we hurry up and get there, then light a fire, these things are afraid of fire, they'll run away as soon as they see it!"

  I don't actually know if this thing is afraid of fire or not, but in order to avoid causing Lele panic, I try to speak as tactfully as possible.

  Lelai nodded at me, and we exchanged a glance before making a dash for the deep pit not far below. The corpse shells saw that we were trying to escape and must have thought that cooked ducks couldn't fly away. In an instant, the dark mass of corpse shells above our heads fell down like raindrops "patter patter". Before long, Lelai's and my bodies were crawling with corpse shells. But because of the thick winter clothes, they couldn't bite into us right away and instead searched for the weakest spot on our bodies like headless flies. For a while, they couldn't do anything to us.

  Ke Le has never experienced such a scene, "ah... ah" and she let out a continuous scream, the sound really made my ears numb, but fortunately, she was not yet frightened to the point of losing her mind, and she continued to climb down desperately.

  We both used our hands and feet, and with about one or two meters of distance, we reached the entrance of the cave. Just now, the distance was too far, I didn't notice that there was a fire in the cave, but now as my field of vision drew near, I saw flames flashing out from inside the cave, and the color of the fire was fiery red. The fact that there was fire meant that there were people, and it definitely wasn't ghosts who could start fires. Thinking this way, I also didn't feel any fear in my heart, and with a relaxed hand, I jumped into the cave, and as I landed on the ground, I did a somersault, crushing all the corpse shells that had crawled onto me. Only then did I cautiously stand up, and after carefully observing my surroundings, my eyes suddenly lit up, and I saw someone holding a knife against my nose. I reacted quickly, and this wasn't Oil Barrel, was it? How could he be here? And where was his usual majestic demeanor? Before I had time to think carefully about it, I heard a sharp cry piercing my eardrums, followed by the sound of something crashing into the cave. When I looked up, I saw that the person who had fallen down was Lele, and at this moment, there were still many corpse shells crawling on her body. I gestured to her with my hand, and she shook off the corpse shells from her clothes. She also rolled around on the ground a couple of times, crushing the corpse shells on her body before standing up. Before we could even catch our breath, I heard the buzzing sound of the corpse shells flapping their wings, and many insects had already surged into the cave. My face changed color, and I pushed away Oil Barrel's knife that was against my nose, saying: "Outside is full of corpse shells, let's think of a solution first!"

  My oily face is also green, and I don't have time to say anything else. A wet towel on the ground that's still dripping with water was handed to me.

  "Rub this towel on your body, the corpse is afraid of this thing!" Oil Water Belly's tone was very serious and didn't seem to be joking.

  I took the wet and slightly warm towel and rubbed it on my clothes without saying a word, then threw it back to Lele, indicating that she should also apply it. As expected, as soon as the corpse-like thing smelled the scent on us, it seemed to have met its nemesis and frantically retreated backwards, disappearing into who-knows-where in an instant.

  The three of us let out a sigh of relief, and I found it strange that the oil drum was alone here. Where did Da Fu and Da Gui go? I asked curiously, "How are you alone here? What about Da Fu and Da Gui?"

  He let out a sigh and patted his belly

  "Brother, don't even mention it, great fortune and wealth were all pushed down into this deep pit by an old man, who knows if he's dead or alive!"

  Old man! I was startled and asked the oil vendor to tell me more details

  They had been fighting for over a decade, and their courage was not to be underestimated. As soon as they arrived at this place, Da Fu and Da Gui were nowhere to be found. When he looked up, he saw that his head was covered with corpses, which also made him feel extremely fearful. However, after shaking his legs for two or three times, he recovered. Just as he calmed down, a woman's crying voice came from above his head, the sound was very mournful, and it scared You Shui Du so much that he broke out in a cold sweat again. He looked up and saw that there was no woman around him, only corpses, and that strange, eerie cry suddenly disappeared without a trace. You Shui Du thought it was his own illusion and didn't pay attention to it anymore. He lowered his head and wondered if Da Fu and Da Gui had fallen into the deep pit. Just as he was thinking about this, the woman's mournful cry reached You Shui Du's ears again. This time, You Shui Du heard it clearly and definitely wouldn't mishear it. So, in the southeastern corner of the tomb chamber, a white candle was lit, and when the candle was ignited, You Shui Du saw the green light emitted by the candle and was so scared that his face turned green. When he looked up again, he found that there was a woman's pale face hanging upside down on his head! This face had no body and was extremely large, like a washbasin. The mouth, eyes, and nose were all bleeding profusely, with an extremely eerie and terrifying expression.

  Oil Barrel was so scared that he let out a loud cry and fell to the ground, then he crawled backwards to retreat from the tunnel. He thought to himself, "I've seen many dead bodies before, but this headless soft dumpling is something I've never encountered before, it's too eerie!" As he retreated more than 30 meters away from the tunnel, he looked back and saw that the ghostly face hadn't followed him, so he secretly let out a sigh of relief. Just then, a hand suddenly landed on Oil Barrel's shoulder, oh no! He was so scared that tears came to his eyes, his whole body shaking like a sieve, he was too afraid to turn around. In folklore, when a ghost puts its hand on your shoulder, it means the ghost is trying to capture your soul, and if you turn around, your yang energy will leak out and you'll definitely be done for! Oil Barrel remained frozen in place, his eyes fixed on the hand, for about a minute, until he heard a hoarse but powerful voice coming from behind him, which was completely different from the usual gentle and auspicious tone.

  "Do you plan on playing this game forever?"