Chapter 395 Dead Man's Fingers
Want to prolong the survival time in the cave.

The most important thing is food, and the second is enough firewood. The big spider yesterday is enough to feed us for two days, but the dry firewood we brought back yesterday is almost gone. In two hours, everyone will be plunged into darkness.

Therefore, the most important thing for this exploration is to find dry firewood, so the more people who can carry supplies, the better.

The crazy woman seemed mad and insane. Gong Xiujuan had just entered the cave and was not familiar with the situation. Xia Caoqing wanted to follow her, but was firmly rejected by her husband Huang Debiao.

Therefore, the three people who finally explored the matter were Wu Xian, Huang Debiao, and Xiong Gang.

of course.

There must be Fat Tiger, but except Wu Xian, no one else can be sure whether Fat Tiger will take the initiative to follow.

Each of the three carried three torches, spider silk ropes, and a handful of spider thorns as weapons.

During the journey, always make sure that two torches are lit. After finding enough supplies, send them back to the cave first, and try to explore multiple times and bring back more firewood.

The three of them entered the cave that Wu Xian had explored yesterday, and Fat Tiger followed behind as a matter of course. This made Xiong Gang and Huang Debiao feel a little uncomfortable, but they also felt that without Fat Tiger following behind them, they would be even less safe.

This time the torches were much brighter, visibility was much higher, and some details on the wall could be seen clearly.

The reason for choosing this route is, firstly, for safety, and secondly, to avoid doing useless work.

But just after everyone entered the cave for about ten meters, Wu Xian, who was walking in the front, stopped.

Huang Debiao asked in a trembling voice: "Why, what happened?"

Wu Xian pointed to the cave on the left where the cold wind was blowing and said in a cold voice: "The road is different now. There was no fork in the road here yesterday."

Xiong Gang, who was walking at the back, was surprised and asked, "Are you saying that the route of this cave will change?"

"Then why bother exploring? Let's go back to the cave first. The way we came might be blocked before we go far, and then we won't be able to go back at all." Huang Debiao immediately backed out.

Wu Xian shook his head: "Let's continue. There is not much dry firewood left in the cave. We have no room to retreat. During my entire exploration yesterday, the fork in the road was fixed, so the conditions for changing the cave path should be changed once a day, or once a lamp is lit."

The change in route made Wu Xian a little distressed, as all the routes he had memorized yesterday were no longer useful.

But he did not feel too surprised, because as soon as he woke up, Wu Xian realized that this underground cave was alive.

If the path of the cave is fixed, a simple map can be drawn over the years, even at the cost of human lives.

The three of them walked forward for a distance and came to a road with many rock crevices.

As soon as he entered the intersection, Wu Xian stopped and his scalp felt slightly tingling.

I saw countless human fingers sticking out from the cracks in the rocks on this road. The fingers were in groups of five or four, all black or gray in color. Some were holding onto the rock wall, and some seemed to be trying to grab something.

Is there something evil hiding in the cracks of these rocks?

Or are there many people who were crushed to death by the rocks here, with only their fingers sticking out?

Wu Xian took a closer look and decided to change the route.

But Xiong Gang smiled, walked over, pulled out two fingers, and shook them in front of the two men.

"This is a dead man's finger. It's a kind of mushroom. It just looks scary."

Wu Xian felt relieved and pulled one out. It felt soft and tender, and broke into pieces with a little force. It was indeed just a mushroom.

Huang Debiao asked Xiong Gang expectantly, "Can I eat it?"

If these mushrooms are edible, there will be an additional source of food in the cave.

Xiong Gang looked embarrassed.

Wu Xian threw away the mushroom in his hand with some regret. He now missed his elder sister Jian Lingyu who was knowledgeable about all kinds of herbs.

"Keep exploring."

He didn't want to take the risk of trying the taste of this mushroom.

If you are not a professional, the most common logic for ordinary people to determine whether mushrooms are edible is that the mushrooms on supermarket shelves are edible, but the ones you pick yourself are not edible.

Although they were sure it was mushrooms, the three of them were still very careful when passing by here, and walked tremblingly for more than ten meters before passing through this "mushroom field". Then.

They saw a small wooden house.

This wooden house was built directly with cut logs and was built in the depression of the cave. Although it was a bit small, it had all the necessary facilities, including a door, windows and a chimney.

There was a warm light coming through the windows and smoke coming out of the chimney, as if something was cooking inside.

Huang Debiao walked carefully to the window, looked inside, and called on others to go over and take a look. Xiong Gang went over without thinking much.

Wu Xian looked at the backs of the two people, his eyes gradually becoming deep.

This time out exploring.

In fact, obtaining supplies is secondary. His real purpose is to verify his conjecture about this blessed land.

He wanted to see the survivors of these caves.

Is it a human or an evil spirit?
Wu Xian has never fully trusted his teammates who survived together in the cave.

His initial suspicion was Xiong Gang.

The certificate of ordination says that "strange words and speeches can stir up ghosts", and in order to light the palace lanterns, one needs to tell horror stories.

So Wu Xian's first guess was: "Telling a horror story will summon or create an evil spirit in the story."

Xiong Gang appeared right after Xia Caoqing finished telling the story. The evil spirit in the story happened to be a bear that could disguise itself as a human.

Xiong Gang's name, appearance, unreasonable strength, and vague suspicion of murder all deepened Wu Xian's suspicion of him.

Too many coincidences are no longer coincidences.

Therefore, during the first exploration, Wu Xian refused to explore with Xiong Gang. He didn't want to be in an unsafe place and be backstabbed by his teammates.

At this moment.

Wu Xian felt that Xiong Gang was the only evil spirit in the cave.

Because all the original evil spirits in the cave are afraid of light, it is impossible for the other people to be disguised forms of the original evil spirits.

After Wu Xian returned to the cave and killed the giant spider, his attitude changed a little. He felt that there were more than just Xiong Gang hiding in the cave.

Because Xiong Gang was so straightforward, he even dared to hug the big spider directly, not shying away from exposing his strength in front of others.

If he had the ability to kill the giant spider instantly, he wouldn't have to hide.

Under such conditions, the only people who had close contact with the giant spider were Wu Xian, Xiong Gang and Xia Caoqing!
So Wu Xian began to suspect Xia Caoqing.

The giant spider's legs are very sharp and can even be used to make weapons. Xia Caoqing was held under the giant spider for so long that he was only frightened to the point of being mentally exhausted, without even a single major scratch on his body.

Is this normal?

unusual!
In addition, in Huang Debiao's story, after he met Xia Caoqing, the ghosts who wanted to buy the Yin house no longer came to him...

Therefore Wu Xian guessed.

The one who killed the big spider was actually Xia Caoqing, who was under the spider, closest to the spider, and whose movements were least likely to be seen!

therefore.

Wu Xian had a second guess.

'Anyone who tells a story to a palace lantern will become the evil spirit in the story!'

Looking at the backs of the two people, Wu Xian took a deep breath.

"Which one, then?"

(End of this chapter)