Xiaolan coughed up some more water and went out, but couldn't help but laugh. She started to look around the cave.
The smile gradually solidified.
Just now, I might have been too optimistic.
This is really just an underwater cave.
The cave was damp and empty, and the water dripping in from outside the cave couldn't help but hit Xiaolan's head. She stood up, covered the wound on her arm, and walked deeper into the cave.
The space here is not small. If you take a few steps, you can see dots of green light appearing on the smooth rocks. Although the light is weak, you can barely see the scene inside the cave clearly.
To Xiaolan's left hand side is the cave wall. The cave wall is towering and the thick moss dissuades Xiaolan from climbing up. He doesn't know where the sunlight and nutrients come from, but considering that this is only in the game
scene, it is understandable even if an apple tree grows.
Xiaolan stretched out her hand to touch the green moss. After thinking about it, she retracted her hand and turned around to walk to the other end.
There was no end in sight at a glance. After taking a few steps, the radius of the cave began to shrink. For the first time, Xiaolan was grateful that she was short and could keep walking upright in this increasingly cramped environment.
Xiaolan's pattering footsteps echoed here, and the echoes circulated in waves, making Xiaolan always feel that there seemed to be another footsteps that were mixed with her own.
Xiaolan was walking, then suddenly stopped, and the cold hairs on her body stood up.
Then, he slowly turned his head.
It was dark and empty behind him.
Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, turned back with a frown, and then walked forward.
Is there really an exit from here?
Xiaolan walked forward while paying attention to the cave wall, and finally saw some changes in the cave wall.
From here on, the moss on the cave walls becomes less thick.
Xiaolan leaned towards the cave wall and observed the scratches that occasionally appeared on the moss.
Like nails from some kind of animal.
The scratches dug deep into the rock, leaving sharp marks.
Are there other animals here?
Xiaolan suddenly became alert.
She pricked up her ears and listened carefully, but she didn't hear anything strange.
Are you overthinking it?
Xiaolan slowed down, widened her eyes, and moved forward little by little.
Those scratches appear to be deep or shallow, some have been partially covered by new moss, and some obviously appeared only a short time ago.
It means that something was still alive here until not long ago, and it is even possible that it is still alive now.
"Think of the bright side," Xiaolan comforted herself, "This at least means you can survive here."
Xiaolan has begun to seek courage through talking to herself.
"If someone... or something else can survive here, then I can... too!"
Xiaolan was moving forward cautiously, but her injured leg suddenly stepped on an extremely smooth stone. Xiaolan's soles were unstable and she fell directly to the ground.
She rubbed the sore spot and looked curiously at the stone where she had slipped.
Somewhat weird.
Xiaolan moved her legs, and a green stone between the rocks reflected the appearance of the thing.
That's a human face.
"Ah!" After seeing its appearance clearly, Xiao Lan sat up suddenly, his eyes almost staring straight.
Her screams began to echo.
Then, the human face moved.
Xiaolan suddenly covered her mouth.
But it's no longer useful.
The human face moved on the ground, and then quickly moved towards Xiaolan.
Fortunately, Xiaolan had not yet lost her ability to react. At the same time that the man's face was leaning towards her, she ran forward regardless of her injuries and the harsh environment.
The moving human face made a rustling sound and pressed closer.
"Don't come over here!" Xiaolan yelled in vain as his scalp went numb.
She used her maximum speed to shuttle through the cave.
The white fluorescent human face was still behind her feet.
Run and run.
Run and run.
When Xiaolan didn't even know how long she had been running or how far she had run, the front changed again. This time, there was a fork in the road ahead.
Want to choose?
There was something strange in front of him, and there were pursuers behind him. Xiaolan didn't even hesitate, he chose the one on his right and immersed himself in it.
Bang!
"Ugh!"
Xiaolan bumped into something.
Through the faint light, Xiaolan could only vaguely make out that it was a dark hill-like thing.
After that, Xiaolan was knocked unsteady, fell straight back, and sat on the man's face.
"Ya!" That little mountain-like thing actually made a vague sound.
Sounds...a bit like a human voice?
The face began to move again, and Xiaolan rolled aside in embarrassment. He saw the face moving towards the mountain behind him, and then began to climb up the mountain.
this……
Xiaolan calmed down her racing heart, took a few deep breaths, and moved forward.
This face, this mountain bag...
"Are you human?" Shan Bao said again.
This time Xiaolan was extremely sure that this thing was spoken in human language.
Xiaolan closed her mouth and stared hard at the mountain.
"Ha..." Shan Bao chuckled and started to move again, "You should be... from the village, right? Are you the Lang clan this year? Or the Mai clan?"
A dry, weak thing that looked like a finger appeared under the dark hill. Those fingers grabbed a piece of the top of the hill and lifted it up.
Xiaolan held her breath.
That's a person.
Under the dark cloak and hood, there was a rickety old man with chapped skin and crisscrossed ravines.
Xiaolan was stunned and speechless, she just stared blankly at the old man.
"Haha..." A hoarse laugh came from the old man's throat. She stretched out her fingers to grab the face on her shoulder and handed it to Xiaolan, "Don't be afraid, this is just a little spider."
Xiaolan stopped breathing.
Little spider?
Small?
Xiaolan stared at the human face and finally discovered the black outline behind the white fluorescent human face - sure enough, it was a human-faced spider.
His eyes followed the spider.
This is a real human face.
This human face scared Xiaolan so much that she gasped.
In addition to being old and chapped, this man's face, where his eyes should have been, turned into a bloated mass of sarcoma.
"My eyes scare you," the man said with a dry smile.
"You...who are you?" Xiaolan sat up stiffly.
"Speaking of which, you might not believe it," the man smiled, stroking the spider on his shoulder like a pet, "I am also from Moon Village. Maybe we have met before."
"Moon Village?"
The man grinned, "You are also... the girl who was sent away, right?"
Too?
This is a girl who was sacrificed!
This...but her age.
"Why are you here?" Xiaolan asked.
"It's like you came here," the girl spread her hands, "you can't get out once you're here... Hahaha, no kidding, the reason why I'm here, the reason why I'm still alive, is because,