Chapter 414: Legworms and Vines

The teacher once talked about this in art class.

The mystery of "Mona Lisa's Smile" lies in the fact that no matter from which angle you look at it, you will feel that the person in the portrait is looking at you.

Later, Wu Xian discovered that this was not mysterious at all; the photos of older sisters in cosmetics advertisements on the street all had the same effect.

But the old lady’s portrait is different.

No matter from which angle Wu Xian looked at it, the eyes in the photo kept spinning around. This portrait was alive, and the old lady was spying on everyone through the photo.

Wu Xian felt a little annoyed.

If the body had been thrown farther away, there would have been no such trouble.

Now this old lady has already regarded the charred corpse as a grave, and throwing away Huang Debiao's body is equivalent to forcibly demolishing it...

"Grandma, come out and talk?"

"Aunt?"

"elder sister?"

Wu Xian tried several different names, but the old lady showed no intention of communicating with him.

He still had a lot of things to do and couldn't spend all of them with the old lady, so he had to give up communicating with her temporarily.

The red-lipped female ghost didn't do anything wrong last night, and the old lady just wants a home. The evil spirits summoned so far have no intention of hurting anyone, so letting the old lady stay in the cave may not be a bad thing.

He suppressed his nausea and ate the spider meat. He asked others to watch the old lady and went into the cave again with the arm torch to explore.

……

In a dark cave.

Wu Xian walked with brisk steps.

Compared with the previous times, Wu Xian felt much more relaxed, even with a traveling mentality. Many of the curious monsters made him feel as happy as if he were seeing toys.

The change in mentality comes from the change in strength.

The equipment Wu Xian carried was a major upgrade.

He brought six torches, all of which he made himself. Although his craftsmanship was not as exquisite as that of Huang Debiao and his wife, Wu Xian had higher quality kerosene, so the brightness and burning time of the torches were better than before.

In addition to the torches, the 'Fox Fire Lamp Technique' also gave Wu Xian confidence, so that he would not fall into darkness even if the torch was lost.

More importantly is Fat Tiger.

After Fat Tiger was strengthened by Suanni Yuhu, his strength and intelligence increased slightly. Now he is not as stupid as before and can obey some simple instructions from Wu Xian. He no longer needs to rely on luck to make him cooperate like before.

The direction Wu Xian was heading was the small cave where Xiong Gang was.

Yesterday, Xiong Gang refused to come because he was worried about being rejected by others, but this problem has been solved by Wu Xian, so there is no need to keep Xiong Gang outside.

The strong Xiong Gang is a very valuable fighting force. With him, Wu Xian's exploration will be much easier.

He brought six arm torches, three of which were prepared for Xiong Gang.

The road in the cave has become different compared to yesterday, but Xiong Gang said that the location of the small cave will not change, so as long as Wu Xian follows the direction, he should be able to find Xiong Gang.

pat, pat...

After walking for a distance, Wu Xian heard footsteps.

The footsteps were accompanied by heavy breathing. This combination of sounds made Wu Xian's heart palpitate subconsciously and cold sweat broke out on his back.

When he first arrived at this blessed land, he was chased by the thing that made this sound, which left him with a small psychological trauma.

Wu Xian stood where he was.

Waiting for the monster to come.

As long as he kills this thing, he can dispel this psychological shadow.

The voice became more and more impatient, the breathing became tighter, and Wu Xian was under increasing pressure, but he waited for a long time and saw nothing attacking him. Wu Xian's expression gradually became strange.

He stood where he was, carefully identified the sound, then raised the torch and looked upwards.

As a result, they discovered that there were several human feet above the cave!
These feet have no ankles, only soles and toes. Some tiny claws come out from the soles of the feet, controlling the soles to constantly hit the rock wall, imitating sounds similar to footsteps.

Where the ankle should have been, there was an insect's mouth, and every time the sole of the foot hit the rock wall, the mouth made a sound similar to breathing.

The corners of Wu Xian's mouth twitched.

Thinking back now, during the entire process of his escape, he was not attacked by the monster, nor did he see the monster. He only saw a fleeting shadow when he looked back at the last moment.

That shadow might just be the movement of the foot retracting.

What scared him at that time was not the monster, but the unknown in the darkness.

Wu Xian raised the torch and used the flame to burn the feet above the cave. These feet fell down one by one. Some looked like those of a rough man, while others were white with a hint of red.

Fat Tiger ate them one by one, chewing them until they were crunchy and green juice oozing out of his mouth.

"These feet, let's call them foot worms, should be part of the ecology of this underground cave."

Wu Xian looked at Fat Tiger with disdain, sincerely hoping that these foot bugs didn't have athlete's foot.

Solved the foot bug.

Wu Xian encountered a bunch of strange plants on the road.

This pile of plants looks like ordinary vines, crawling on the only way forward. There are vines all over the ground and rock walls. There are also many vines hanging above the cave. The white bones in the vines show that these plants are not simple. It is possible that the vines contain neurotoxins that can kill people.

Wu Xian thought about it and pushed the torch into the vines.

Wow!
Fire explodes!

The vines twisted in the flames, and in less than five minutes, all of them were burned clean.

In fact, under normal circumstances, these vines are very troublesome. Living plants are not so easy to ignite. This patch of vines can be regarded as a high-level danger in the cave.

But in the cave environment, Wu Xian set fire to a large amount of flammable materials. With the blessing of the "Fire Star Lord", he only lit a fire and burned all the plants.

This can only be considered bad luck for these plants.

Wu Xian got a statue of the God of Fire and two incense sticks.

He thought about it and let Fat Tiger carry all the things, planning to wait until they got back to the cave to worship together. This would save time and allow them to better coordinate their abilities.

Then he crossed the crack, jumped down the short slope, and finally came to the small cave where Xiong Gang was.

But what surprised Wu Xian was.

Xiong Gang was not in the small cave.

There have been a lot of changes here compared to yesterday. The candle was half burned, and the ashes left by the campfire on the ground were still warm to the touch. It was obvious that the bear had just left not long ago.

There were also traces of blood and fighting, which disappeared at the entrance of a cave.

"Xiong Gang was alone, there was no need to light a campfire. He must have met other survivors."

"The two of them were attacked by a monster. After a fight, the monster kidnapped the other person, and Xiong Gang escaped... No, looking at this trace, it seems that Xiong Gang chased in this direction."

"We should follow the traces... this could be a trap."

Just as Wu Xian was hesitating, he suddenly heard a man's scream coming from a distance.

"Ahhh!"

The direction of the scream was consistent with the traces, but it was not Xiong Gang's voice.

Wu Xian patted the tiger's head.

"Let's go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)