Chapter 395 Dead Man’s Finger
Want to extend your survival time in the cave.
The most important thing is food, followed by enough firewood. The big spider yesterday was enough to eat for two days, but the dry firewood brought back yesterday has run out, and everyone will be plunged into darkness in two hours.
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 crazy. Gong Xiujuan had just entered the cave and was not familiar with the situation. Xia Caoqing wanted to follow her, but was forcefully refused by her husband Huang Debiao.
Therefore, the final people to explore were Wu Xian, Huang Debiao, and Xiong Gang.
certainly.
There must be Fat Tiger, but except for Wu Xian, others are not sure whether Fat Tiger will take the initiative to follow.
The three of them each brought three torches, spider silk ropes, and a spider-leg thorn as weapons.
During the march, make sure that two torches are lit at all times. Once you find enough supplies, return them to the cave first. Try to explore as many times as possible to bring back more dry firewood.
The three of them entered the cave that Wu Xian had explored yesterday, and Fat Hu followed them as a matter of course. This made Xiong Gang and Huang Debiao feel a little uncomfortable, but they also felt that without Fat Hu following them, they would be even more unsafe.
The torches were much brighter this time, the visibility was much higher, and some details on the walls could be seen clearly.
The reason why I chose this path was firstly for safety, and secondly to avoid doing some useless work.
But just ten meters into the cave entrance, Wu Xian, who was walking at the front, stopped.
Huang Debiao asked in a trembling voice: "What, what''s wrong?"
Wu Xian pointed to the cave on the left where the cold wind was blowing and said coldly: "The road is different. There was no fork in the road here yesterday."
Xiong Gang, who was walking at the back, said in surprise: "You mean the route of this cave will change?"
"Then why explore? Let''s go back to the cave first. Maybe we won''t go far and the way we came from will be blocked. Then we won''t be able to go back at all." Huang Debiao suddenly retreated.
Wu Xian shook his head: "Let''s continue. There is not much dry firewood left in the cave, and we have no room to retreat. During my entire exploration yesterday, the forks were fixed, so the conditions for changing the cave path should be once a day, or It’s one light and one change.”
The change of path made Wu Xian a little distressed. All the routes he recorded yesterday were useless.
But he didn''t feel too surprised, because as early as before going to bed yesterday, Wu Xian noticed that this underground cave was alive.
If the path of the cave is fixed, a simple map can be drawn over time, even at the cost of human life.
The three of them moved forward for some distance and came to a road with many rock gaps.
Just as he entered the intersection, Wu Xian stopped, his scalp numbing slightly.
I saw countless human fingers sticking out from the rock gaps on this road. The fingers were in groups of five or four. They were all black and gray in color. Some were holding the rock wall, and some seemed to be grabbing. What.
Are there evil spirits hiding in the crevices of these rocks?
Or are there many people who are crushed to death by the rocks here, with only their fingers exposed?
Wu Xian took a second look and decided to change his way.
But Xiong Gang smiled, walked over, pulled out two fingers, and waved them in front of the two of them.
"It''s the dead man''s finger, it''s a mushroom, it just looks scary."
Wu Xian felt relieved and pulled out one. It felt soft and tender, but it broke into pieces with a little force. It was indeed just a mushroom.
Huang Debiao asked Xiong Gang expectantly: "Can you eat it?"
If these mushrooms are edible, there will be an additional food source in the cave.
Xiong Gang looked troubled.
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 risk trying the taste of this mushroom.
If you are not a professional, the simplest and crudest logic for ordinary people to tell whether mushrooms are edible is that the mushrooms on the supermarket shelves are edible, but the mushrooms you pick up yourself cannot be eaten.
Although they were sure it was a mushroom, the three of them were still very careful when passing by. They walked cautiously for more than ten meters before crossing this ''mushroom field''. Then.
They saw a small cabin.
This wooden house was built directly from cut logs and was built in the depression of the cave. Although it was a little small, it was fully functional, with doors, windows, and a chimney.
There was warm light in the windows, the chimney was smoking, and something seemed to be cooking inside.
Huang Debiao carefully walked to the window, took a look inside, and then asked others to go over and have a look. Xiong Gang came over without thinking much.
Wu Xian looked at the backs of the two people, his eyes gradually becoming deeper.
This time out exploring.
In fact, obtaining supplies was secondary. His real purpose was to verify his conjecture about this blessed land.
He wanted to see the survivors of these caves.
Is it a human being or an evil spirit?
Wu Xian has never fully trusted his teammates who survived together in the cave.
The object of his initial suspicion was Xiong Gang.
The ultimatum says that ‘strange words can stir up ghosts’, and if you want to light the palace lantern, you need to tell scary stories.
So Wu Xian''s first guess was: ''Telling a scary story will summon or create the evil spirit in the story. ’
Xiong Gang happened to appear after Xia Caoqing finished telling the story. The evil spirit in the story happens to be a bear that can 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 cease to be coincidences.
Therefore, during the first exploration, Wu Xian refused to explore with Xiong Gang. He did not want to be backstabbed by his teammates in an unsafe place.
This time.
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, other people cannot be disguised bodies of the original evil spirits.
After Wu Xian returned to the cave and killed the big spider, Wu Xian''s attitude changed somewhat. He felt that Xiong Gang was not the only evil spirit hiding in the cave.
Because Xiong Gang''s abnormality is too straight, he even dares to hug the big spider directly and does not shy away from exposing his strength in front of others.
Then if he had the ability to kill the big spider instantly, he wouldn''t be hiding.
And under those conditions, the only people who had close contact with the big spider were Wu Xian, Xiong Gang and Xia Caoqing!
So Wu Xian suspected that he was in love with Xia Caoqing.
The spider legs of the big spider are very sharp and can even be used to make weapons. However, Xia Caoqing was crushed under the big spider for so long and was frightened to the point of becoming mentally weak, but there was not even a big scratch on her body.
Is this normal?
Not normal!
In addition, in Huang Debiao''s story, after he met Xia Caoqing, the ghosts who wanted to buy the ghost house stopped looking for 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 visible!
therefore.
Wu Xian had a second guess.
‘Those who tell stories to the palace lantern will become the evil spirit in the story! ’
Looking at the backs of the two people, Wu Xian took a deep breath.
"So, which one is it?"
(End of chapter)