Chapter 394

What happened after that.

Huang Debiao didn't remember very clearly.

He only remembered that he was scared to the point of mental disorder, escaping from his home in a sorry state, just like a stray dog that could only shrink in a damp corner and tremble because of the sound of firecrackers on New Year's Eve.

After that, Huang Debiao's days were very difficult. No matter where he lived, he could receive a house transaction contract at midnight.

I don't know how long this kind of day lasted.

Slowly, the contract stopped appearing. Huang Debiao gradually got rid of the haze and met a literary girl who attracted him. The two were in love and finally walked together.

The reason why Huang Debiao agreed to go traveling with Xia Caoqing just after getting married was also because he had a sense of fear about the contract in his heart, so he wanted to take this opportunity to escape from that city for a while.

Xia Caoqing listened to the whole story.

She didn't look very surprised either. She just held Huang Debiao's hand and said gently.

"If we can survive in this dark cave, after we go back, let's find a way to take the house back."

Wu Xian rolled his eyes.

Take back a ghost. Don't make trouble. This kind of talk is not allowed. This is a standard flag! Others also had reactions to this story.

The Mad Woman listened very carefully, frowning from time to time, as if trying to analyze information from the story. This performance made Wu Xian very concerned.

Gong Xiujuan was scared and shivering.

Xiong Gang scratched his ears with his thick fingers, his eyes a bit confused. He didn't understand where this story was terrifying at all.

A short while later.

The palace lantern held by the big-eared statue lit up, and the warm yellow light illuminated the entire cave again.

The sudden change in light was like instantly bringing everyone from the dark night to the day, and a sense of security instantly rose in their hearts. The negative emotions accumulated due to the darkness were also slightly relieved.

Clatter, clatter...

Everyone could hear dense footsteps. There were many things in the darkness, and they were retreating from the cave entrance. It seems their previous movements attracted many things in the cave.

That big spider was just an outpost.

If everyone hadn't been able to handle that spider at the beginning, there might have been more things attacking.

"Tomorrow's bonfire, let's increase the brightness a little bit, otherwise it's really too dangerous."

Speaking of the bonfire.

The moment the palace lantern lit up, the Mad Woman started to extinguish the fire. The lamp was already lit, and continuing to burn it would be too wasteful of resources.

Wu Xian used the light of the palace lantern to look at the surrounding environment and found that the cavern was different from the last time the light was lit in three obvious places.

One place is the temple.

The curtain in front of the temple door was slightly open. Without approaching, one could vaguely see that the statue inside was black and wearing a crown on its head.

The second place is a corner of the cavern.

There was an extra wood carving there. This wood carving looked somewhat similar to the 'Southern Three Qi Fire Virtue Star Lord' that Wu Xian had just worshipped, but the statue looked like it was only half-carved.

A flash of surprise flashed in Wu Xian's eyes.

"It seems that the statue production of this Fudi is indeed related to burning. As long as enough wood is burned, statues will appear. Burning buildings outside will directly produce statues at high speed. Bonfire lighting in the cavern will slowly accumulate the progress bar of the statue."

"Looking at it this way, there shouldn't be a shortage of statues here, so we should hunt more monsters to get Suixiang."

The third difference is the traces on the ground.

In order to divide those two corpses, many bloodstains were left on the ground, including green and red ones, as well as some filth in the stomach, and grease spilled accidentally when boiling oil.

These stains should be very difficult to clean according to common sense.

The bonfire light was relatively dark before and not easy to observe. Now that the palace lantern is lit, Wu Xian found that the bloodstains on the ground were pitifully few, as if they had been swallowed within a few short hours.

Wu Xian suddenly felt cold all over.

"This dark cave is alive!" If this cave is alive, then perhaps many traces have been swallowed, and Wu Xian cannot judge at all how many people died in this cave before the Mad Woman.

Thinking for a moment.

Wu Xian stopped thinking.

Thinking is important, but now is a rare relatively safe time, and he must seize the time to rest.

After hesitating for two seconds, Wu Xian came to the fat tiger's side, curled himself up next to the fat tiger's belly, pillowing on the fat tiger's knees and closed his eyes.

Sleeping in Fudi is something that should be guarded by someone. The other five people don't understand, and Wu Xian has no reason not to understand.

But.

First, everyone is very tired now, and no one wants to miss the precious rest time.

Second, Wu Xian doesn't trust anyone in the team now.

Yes.

He doesn't trust anyone! After entering this Fudi, there are many mysteries, and Wu Xian already has a few guesses in his heart, which need to be tested bit by bit in the future.

As for now.

Let's rely on the fat tiger.

In this environment, wild beasts are much more reliable than people.

After Wu Xian closed his eyes.

Within a few minutes, he fell into a deep sleep. The fat tiger opened its eyes to scan the surroundings whenever there was any disturbance. It looked very lazy, but it actually kept the unique vigilance of a wild beast.

A few hours later.

Whoosh! Huang Debiao sat up, staring blankly at the temple, his expression very complicated, somewhat confused, and somewhat surprised.

Until he was pulled by Xia Caoqing, he trembled, then lay down again and hugged Xia Caoqing to sleep soundly.

For a time, the entire cavern only had snoring sounds.

In the darkness of a cave around the cavern, an old man's palm covered with wrinkles slowly reached out toward everyone, grabbing at them, but after being illuminated by the light, it slowly retracted its fingers as if it had been scalded.

Eight hours passed in a flash.

Wu Xian opened his eyes.

He found that the palace lantern had started to turn yellow.

Sleeping in the tiger's arms was very comfortable, very warm, and the place close to the tiger skin was even a bit hot, and it was also very secure.

The only flaw was that the tiger's fur was a bit hard and had a bit of a foul smell, not like a little kitten that was fragrant and soft.

"Speaking of which, He Mama has always wanted to raise a cat."

"In these years, pets all want to raise pets."

Wu Xian yawned and climbed up from the fat tiger, first walked to Huang Debiao, looked at the time, then woke everyone up while timing, and relit the bonfire.

A few minutes after the bonfire lit up.

Pop! The palace lantern went out.

Only the flickering firelight remained in the cavern, but this time the firelight was much brighter than before. Increasing the brightness is not only safer but also increases the speed at which statues appear.

After getting up, everyone peed, boiled water, and tried their best to make themselves energetic.

Wu Xian noticed that except for himself, everyone's mental outlook was much better than a few hours ago, and mental pressure was relieved in the light and sleep.

Everyone rubbed their hands and packed their equipment.

Long before sleeping, everyone planned that once the palace lantern went out, they would start exploring! (End of chapter)