Chapter 438

Wu Xian's gaze narrowed slightly.

"Found it!"

That man waving the shovel was emotionally agitated, his eyes splitting, wanting to save his coworker, not retreating a step even when facing the eerie ghosts.

This kind of sincere emotion was very moving.

But in Wu Xian's view, his persistence in having to save people was just an abnormal impulse influenced by malevolent entities.

Because his external performance was exactly the same as Xiong Gang's before.

That indescribable monster would amplify people's emotions, making the prey have the idea that they must save people, thereby guiding the prey into the abyss of death.

It's just.

What was the origin of these white-cloth malevolent entities? Around the work-clothed man.

Figures that seemed to be draped in white bed sheets were floating; these figures emitted a faint fluorescence, six of them floating together, providing weak lighting.

They were frolicking around the work-clothed man.

A closer look revealed.

At the head position of each white-cloth figure, there were two circular holes; the position of the human head was very clear, and when the white cloth moved a little faster, one could even see the expressions on the faces and the outlines of the bodies.

They sometimes floated straight in front of the man, and only after being slapped by the shovel would they move aside.

Sometimes they would quietly float behind the man, tap lightly on his shoulder, and then retreat.

It didn't look like an attack.

It was more like playing, taking pleasure in tormenting the man's spirit.

Only one white-cloth malevolent entity was different; the white cloth on this one was larger, like a large bed sheet, and there was only one torso in the white cloth, but seven or eight head bulges could be seen.

Regardless.

Judging from the direction the man was moving, that monster was hiding in the tunnel ahead; if they wanted to see that monster, they first had to break through the blockade of these white-cloth malevolent entities.

So Wu Xian began to observe the abilities of these white-cloth malevolent entities.

The work-clothed man's shovel slashed at them, but these white cloths didn't suffer any damage, which meant they didn't fear direct strikes.

Being able to prop up the white cloth meant they possessed a physical form.

There was nothing under the white cloth, which meant they could turn invisible.

Enemies that could turn invisible but didn't fear strike-type attacks could be called invincible, but if so, why did they prop up the white cloth? Wasn't this creating a weakness for themselves?

This made Wu Xian feel puzzled.

Just when Wu Xian was puzzled.

Suddenly, a white-cloth malevolent entity floated in front of everyone; this white cloth figure was elusive, and the chest was slightly protruding, which meant that there might be a woman under the white cloth.

On the head of the white-cloth malevolent entity, the action of opening the mouth was reflected, but the sound she emitted was just hee-hee laughter; then the white cloths on both sides floated up, as if waving arms, but everyone still couldn't see what she wanted to express.

After a moment like this.

This white-cloth malevolent entity left from in front of everyone.

Fatty twitched its nose; it seemed to have smelled something, but it couldn't say it out loud.

Xiong Gang frowned; for some reason, he felt a touch of sadness on that piece of white cloth, but he had never had the ability to perceive others' emotions.

After the white-cloth malevolent entity left, all the white cloths swarmed onto the work-clothed man.

A few seconds later, they dispersed.

The work-clothed man had already fallen to the ground.

Then all the white cloths stopped, turned their heads to look in the direction of Wu Xian and the others, and through the pitch-black holes on the white cloths, no emotion could be seen.

This hollow gaze put great pressure on everyone.

Fu Liang Liang Jian gripped his weapon tightly: "It's over, their next target should be us!"

Xiong Gang's expression was solemn: "These things don't look like they can be knocked down by fists; I might have a hard time dealing with them."

Hearing this, Gong Xiujuan had a flash of inspiration and said to Wu Xian: "Set a fire! Since they don't fear strikes, you set a fire to burn them, and that way you can easily solve them!"

"No, my ability is limited and cannot be used rashly!"

Wu Xian refused flatly.

"And I want to keep them for the time being!" Fu Liang Liang Jian was stunned: "Why keep them?"

"To be precise, I want to keep the piece of cloth on them!"

All the white-cloth malevolent entities had a white bed sheet on them.

That was clean cloth!

Resources in the large cavern were not just scarce; there were no resources at all, especially cloth, which was extremely rare.

Making torches, bandaging wounds, sewing clothes for warmth.

These white cloth materials were simply the most scarce resources they currently had!

"I observed just now that these things can turn invisible and don't fear strikes; the white bed sheet is a completely negative effect for them."

"So I guess they might be some kind of amorphous existence; if they want to maintain stability, they must attach themselves to something, and that white cloth is their attachment."

"If that's the case, we only need to tear the white cloth off them to eliminate them."

Wu Xian set the battle plan.

He was preparing to take the three people and one tiger to strip these malevolent entities clean.

These white-cloth malevolent entities suddenly floated together, floated to one side of the cavern, and stuck to the wall, as if they had cleared the way for everyone.

Wu Xian was stunned.

He stared at the female white cloth that had just appeared and the large white-cloth ghost for a while.

"Let's go, let's go see that man."

Gong Xiujuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Not dealing with these white cloths anymore?"

"Yeah, ignore them for now."

The four people and one tiger came to the fallen work-clothed man and found that this man had just fainted, and his breathing was still steady, which meant that those white-cloth malevolent entities hadn't killed him.

This man was wearing a hard hat with a headlamp on it, but the headlamp's battery was exhausted; he might have relied on the miner's lamp to persist until now.

Wu Xian let Xiong Gang carry the man on his back.

Everyone continued to move forward.

Those white-cloth malevolent entities didn't take the opportunity to attack them, but they never let them go either, always floating elusively behind them, making everyone feel uneasy.

Walking and walking.

Everyone heard shrill cries.

"Little Zhou, don't go, I'm scared!"

"Brother Xiong, come save me quickly!"

"Why don't you come save me? Didn't you say you wouldn't watch a child die?"

Men, women, mature, childish—all kinds of cries for help came from the corner of the cavern, making people unable to help but want to rush over and save the people in danger.

An impulse arose in Wu Xian's heart, but he slapped himself hard, and his eyes became fierce.

Fu Liang Liang Jian and Gong Xiujuan subconsciously took a step forward.

"Roar!"

Xiong Gang suddenly let out a roar; the bear roar made the cries for help behind the corner pause, and the two were also shocked into sobriety.

"Everyone, don't be deceived; this is the monster I encountered before!"

His attitude was even more resolute than Wu Xian's.

Perhaps because he had experienced it once, he had antibodies to that sound.

After a moment of silence.

An eerie figure crawled out from behind the corner; this terrifying appearance made Fu and Gong's scalps tingle, and even Wu Xian took a deep breath; it was his first time seeing this kind of thing.

That thing roared with an eerie composite voice.

"Come save me quickly!"

"Why don't you save me!"

(End of chapter)