Chapter 385: Desperate Journey
Damp caves, dim lights, and misshapen statues.

Xia Caoqing knelt in front of the statue, and in this eerie atmosphere, he told in a gentle voice the horror story that he had personally experienced.

"The first half of the trip was perfect. The six of us went up the mountain together. The scenery was great, the air was fresh, and I was able to photograph many creatures that are hard to see in the city."

"The colorful birds standing on the branches of tall pines and cypresses, the turtles hiding in the cracks of rocks in the clear streams, the mushrooms that have not yet opened under the humus of leaves..."

"Maybe because I was the only girl in the group, the five people I traveled with took good care of me, which made my travel experience quite good."

Huang Debiao felt a little jealous when he heard this, because Xia Caoqing had never told him about these things.

"You don't need to explain the details so clearly. Just tell us where the ghost is."

The crazy woman scolded Huang Debiao: "Don't listen to him. The more detailed you explain, the greater the chance of relighting the palace lanterns."

Xia Caoqing nodded.

"Towards dusk, we found a place with a good view, set up our tent, lit a campfire, had a simple but meaningful dinner, and then chatted and played cards under the campfire... In short, it was a very fulfilling life."

"But the only drawback is that there is a man named He Can in the team who always looks at me with a lewd look, speaks frivolously, and often leans close to me."

Hearing this, Huang Debiao's face turned red.

Xia Caoqing shook his head and sighed.

"He probably thought that I was going out to have fun before marriage to experience some forbidden carnival, but I really just liked this kind of travel, so I rejected him many times."

"This made him a little unhappy, so before everyone went into the tent to rest, he told us in a threatening tone that there were rumors that bears were active in the mountains at night, and asked us to be vigilant when we sleep."

Xia Caoqing swallowed and his voice began to tremble.

"At that time, I thought He Can just wanted me to be scared, but I didn't expect that I would hear footsteps outside just after I fell asleep for more than an hour."

"Through the tent, I can see a huge creature walking on all fours outside, wandering around the tent. It should be a bear!"

"I was almost scared to death. I hid in the tent, holding the pepper spray, and prayed in my heart that the bear would not come to me..."

"A few minutes later, I suddenly heard a man screaming. It sounded like someone was dragged out of the tent. The screaming lasted for a long, long time."

“The man who was dragged out kept shouting.”

"Help me, help me quickly!"

Wu Xian raised his hand to interrupt: "I have a question, who is the man who was dragged out?"

Xia Caoqing was stunned for a moment, as if Wu Xian had asked her a very scary question. Her teeth were chattering as she answered, "I don't know. I was extremely scared at the time, and he screamed so miserably that I could only tell that he was a man, but I couldn't tell who he was."

Seeing this, Huang Debiao hurriedly hugged his wife, which calmed Xia Caoqing down a little.

"I heard that when a bear attacks a person, it will not kill the person, but will eat the person piece by piece while the person is still alive. I guess the person was being eaten by the bear when he asked for help."

"The chewing sound that made my scalp tingle continued for a long time before it quieted down."

"It's all over. My friend was eaten alive by a bear. There was only a piece of cloth between us. But I didn't feel sad for my friend at all. Instead, I felt lucky that it wasn't me who was attacked by the bear!"

Xia Caoqing stopped, looking sad, as if he was blaming himself.

The crazy woman looked a little disappointed. Being attacked by a wild beast was indeed an unforgettable experience and could be called horrific, but such a story probably could not satisfy the statue.

What the statue wanted to hear was an even stranger story.

She was just about to ask Xia Caoqing to push him away and let someone else tell the story, but Xia Caoqing spoke again.

The story is not over yet.

"It was quiet outside for a long time. I thought it was safe, so I wanted to open a gap a little to see what was happening outside. Suddenly, I heard a sound that made me shudder." Xia Caoqing said word by word.

“Save…save…me, save…save me!”

"The sound was a bit like the roar of an animal, or the voice of the person who just died. It was very strange and unpleasant, like a leak in the throat. I could even hear the weird puffing sound when the air passed through the broken trachea."

"This cry for help continued for several hours, and it became more and more like a human voice, as if it was some kind of imitation training!"

"I spent the entire night in terror. I peed myself several times out of fright, and I didn't dare to make even the slightest sound..."

"Wait until morning, and my companions will call me out."

"I climbed out of the tent carefully and saw a pool of blood in the middle of the tent. All the parts that could be chewed had been eaten, leaving only broken bones and some flesh and tendons."

"Everyone was pale and trembling. They didn't say a word. It seemed like they didn't want to discuss anything. They just packed up and wanted to go down the mountain."

"I find it very strange. Even if they are not like me, secretly happy about escaping death, they should not be unwilling to say a word."

"I looked one by one, wanting to know who died last night, but I found that there were still six of us, not one more or one less."

"The bear is hiding among those five people!"

"So I didn't dare to say anything. I just followed them and packed up my things. We fled from the mountain in a panic and went home. I didn't dare to contact them again."

Xia Caoqing let out a sigh of relief.

The story is finally over.

She buried her head in Huang Debiao's arms and didn't dare to look up for a long time. It can be seen how much psychological trauma the things she just said had brought to her.

Wu Xian felt a little emotional.

This female writer is so bold. After what she just experienced, she dared to travel into the mountains with her husband again. Isn’t she afraid of encountering a bear?
But it doesn't matter what the female writer thinks.

What matters is the light.

Wu Xian looked up at the palace lantern, but found that it did not brighten immediately as expected.

Then Wu Xian smelled a strange smell coming from the temple. Wu Xian was very familiar with this smell, it was the smell of burning incense.

But there was no one in this temple. Who lit the incense?
In doubt.

The light above my head suddenly went out, and the entire cave fell into darkness.

The crazy woman laughed heartily.

Huang Debiao and his wife hugged each other and screamed, and the scene was a little out of control for a while.

Wu Xian's eyes rolled around and his brain was thinking quickly.

He got goose bumps all over his body, his heart skipped a beat, and his scalp felt a little tight. This was a reaction he would only have when encountering a powerful evil spirit that didn't conceal its aura.

This means there's something bad lurking around!
"Can't wait any longer!"

Wu Xian did not hesitate and activated the magical power of "Suan Ni Yu Hu".

then……

The light came on.

(End of this chapter)