As soon as I ran towards the tunnel, the nine flying-headed monsters behind me immediately chased me.
They are suspended in the air, and the spines and ribs dragging under their heads are like dancing octopus tentacles, which looks extremely weird.
The tunnel is not too narrow and I can run forward normally without lowering my head.
At the same time, he continued to communicate spiritually with Madoka.
"Stupid bird, I was forced to have no choice but to run into the tunnel to the east."
"Ah?! Mr. Wu, why did you go in alone? It might be dangerous."
Madoka's somewhat surprised voice sounded in my mind.
I was speechless for a while.
"What can I do? Nine flying-headed monsters that are as ferocious as zombies are besieging me. If I don't enter the tunnel, I will die. Why not go in and see what's going on, at least it can delay it for a while. After you and Lao Cao come, hurry up and Come into the tunnel and find me.”
Fortunately, I have the ability to mentally connect with Madoka and talk to her through the air. As long as they are not distracted in the middle of a fierce battle, they can know the opponent's situation at any time.
Huh, uh, uh...
The flying-headed monster chased me behind me while making a sound like a living person taking a deep breath.
After they no longer deliberately hide their traces, the sound is quite loud. And nine of them mixed together, it was like a huge snoring sound.
In the dark and silent underground space, it seemed strange and harsh.
Because no matter whether it is the light of the flashlight or my "night vision" ability to cover my eyes with Qi, I can only see a certain distance in front of me, and cannot directly see through the entire passage.
In order to avoid bumping into something dangerous suddenly, I didn’t dare to use the Qinggong steps of [Eight Steps to Catch a Cicada], I just ran at a normal speed.
This also made it impossible to completely get rid of these ghosts. They kept following me about three to five meters away, chasing after me.
"Holy crap! Are these flying-headed monsters too stubborn? I haven't done anything since I broke in here. They only need to chase me for a certain distance, so why are they still chasing me?"
I'm a little depressed.
I was shocked and worried at the same time.
What is shocking is that there is such a long underground passage inside the mountain behind the school! It winds forward in the mountain, I don’t know how long it is, and I don’t know where it leads.
What I'm worried about is that if this tunnel ends with a wall or a dead end, then I still won't be able to escape the ending of a head-on confrontation with these nine flying-headed monsters.
"How are you, Mr. Wu?"
"Still running in the tunnel! This tunnel is very long, and it probably extends deep into the mountain behind. The flying-headed monster is still chasing after me."
"Hold on! I've already flown into the school and will come to support you right away! Old Man Cao is a little late by two or three minutes."
At the critical moment, Madoka is quite reliable.
Because it is a bird, it flies in a straight line. It only takes more than a minute to get from the school gate to my place.
After chatting for a few words, I suddenly felt a slight pain in my head. It felt like there were needles pricking the sides of his temples, and little stars appeared in front of his eyes.
"what happened?"
I have some doubts.
Although communicating mentally with Madoka actually consumes my mental energy. But the consumption is minimal! Even if I communicate with it remotely for an hour, I won't necessarily feel dizzy.
We just chatted for a few words!
unless……
I was mentally attacked!
Looking back in horror.
Sure enough, the flying-headed monsters that were chasing me a few meters behind me were in a different state. Their eyes were bleeding red, and their mouths were wide open. Because there was no obstruction of the lower jaw when they were alive, their mouths were completely opened like snakes. Same class.
Faint gray vortices loomed in their mouths, seeming to be making an inhaling motion towards me.
Seeing this scene, I suddenly understood.
"These flying-headed monsters can actually attack people's souls directly? They can even suck people's souls directly out of their bodies through the air! Is this how Wang Xinren died?"
I have already guessed the truth behind his death!
It was probably last night. I don't know what happened - maybe it was an accident, maybe it was a reason I still don't know. A flying-headed monster ran out of the stone wall under the barren grave and sucked away the student dormitory not far away from the air. Wang Xinren’s soul.
After all, he is just an ordinary person. Faced with an evil thing like a flying-headed monster that absorbs souls, he is naturally powerless to resist.
So he probably died on the spot - the human soul was sucked away and swallowed by the flying-headed monster, so he was naturally dead.
If I had to say the only consolation, perhaps it was that he died without pain.
As a Taoist practitioner with a high level of cultivation, I also learned the secret method of strengthening the soul from my master. In addition, the internal martial arts itself also has the effect of strengthening the soul and calming the mind. With multiple phases superimposed, it is naturally impossible for these flying-headed monsters to suck my soul away from the air so easily!
But after all, there are nine of them, which is a lot. Smoking them all together will still give me a headache and dizziness!
"Damn! These ghosts are really evil. Not only do they have hard and sharp spines that can be used as whips, spears and other weapons, but they can also directly suck people's souls? That's outrageous!"
I can only activate the Dantian Qi flow and distribute some to protect my head. This offset the soul-sucking methods of these flying-headed monsters.
At this moment, I suddenly felt a faint light appearing in front of me...
A blue glimmer came towards me.
And it's getting brighter and brighter.
I also smelled a flowing moist air in my nose and felt the breeze on my face.
Um?
My heart skipped a beat.
"Is this the end of the tunnel? There is a large amount of light, and there is a breeze, indicating that the air is flowing... At least it is not a dead end like a stone wall or a mountain. It should be an open underground space, right? That's okay, at least We have time to wait for Xiao Yuan and Lao Cao to come."
Thinking of this, my five toes suddenly tightened their grip on the ground. Tighten the calf and thigh muscles, adjust your breathing, and enter the Qinggong pace state of [Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada].
Whoosh whoosh!
My whole body's speed suddenly increased, and I rushed forward, slightly increasing the distance between me and the flying monster behind me.
Then he rushed into an underground cave space in front of the tunnel.
Suddenly, I seemed to have entered a world shrouded in blue halo!
"It's amazing! There is actually a natural light source in the cave deep underground in this mountain?"
I was surprised.
But he didn't bother to look carefully because the flying-headed monster behind him...
Uh, wait!
Why don't I seem to hear that weird sound like someone taking a deep breath at close range?
In the process of escaping just now, the sound like a reminder continued behind me.
Out of curiosity, I took the opportunity to look back without slowing down my pace.
All those flying-headed monsters were seen suspended at the tunnel exit, huddled together, and the spinal bones dragged under the heads were dancing like tentacles.
He actually stopped flying forward and did not enter this blue-lighting cave!
"Eh? What's going on? These flying-headed monsters won't chase me anymore?"
But soon, I realized immediately - maybe they didn't dare to enter this cave!
Of course, it is also possible that the evil cultivator who created them gave an order not to enter this blue-lighting cave. Therefore, from the underground space of the barren tomb just entered to this tunnel that runs through the mountain, this is the range of activities of these flying-headed monsters.
"I hope it's the latter possibility, right? Otherwise, so many flying-headed monsters won't dare to come in. Then I just walked out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth again!"
I felt a little helpless.
At this time, Madoka's voice sounded in his mind.
"Boy Wu, are you not dead yet? Say no more. Brother, I have already reached the top of the broken tomb. Come in immediately!"
"You stupid bird, can you wish me something better?"
I complained jokingly and then told it.
"Big Fat Bird, I've reached the end of the tunnel. There is a larger underground cave out here. Those flying-headed monsters don't seem to dare to come in. They are all blocking the tunnel exit. Don't come here alone and force your way in!" Let’s wait for Lao Cao under the grave first.”
Madoka was a little surprised and said that she understood. Let me also not act rashly and be careful in everything.
At this moment, I finally had time to carefully observe this huge underground cave...
At first glance, the area is at least as big as the auditorium where our school holds cultural performances. It's equivalent to a dozen classrooms put together.
The height of the cave is about seven or eight meters, which is not very high, so there is an overall feeling of oppression.
Some stalactites hang down from the ceiling of the cave, and some stalagmites rise from the ground and grow upward. They present a kind of intertwined feeling to each other.
Obviously, this should be a natural underground cave!
This surprised me even more. There are actually caves under the mountain behind the school? !
"I have learned in geography class that caves are one of the topographic features of karst landforms. But logically speaking, there should be no karst landforms in this area of eastern Sichuan and western Chongqing."
I thought to myself.
But maybe there are some small-scale underground caves in local areas?
After all, geology is a broad macro-discipline.
And as I carefully observed the surrounding walls and roof of the underground cave, I discovered the source of the blue halo shrouding the place - a strange blue fluorescent plant growing on the cave wall!
The plants look a bit like moss growing together, but the surface is smooth and has an almost plastic texture. And the whole body exudes a faint blue light...
Although a clump of such mosses doesn't emit much light, they are everywhere on the stone walls and ceiling of the cave. So together, the light is enough to make the cave vaguely visible.
"Since it is a cave, there is a high probability that there is an underground water system nearby, right? So it is quite humid here, and you can smell a faint smell of water vapor."
I thought as I carefully walked around the cave.
really!
An underground river was discovered in the northeast corner of the cave.
The section visible to the naked eye is about one foot wide and twenty meters long. It flows out from under a wet rock on the west side of the cave, goes straight forward, and enters under the mountain on the right.
Because the flow rate is slow, there is almost no sound. Otherwise, I should have discovered it immediately when I entered the cave just now, without actively looking for it.
When I shined a flashlight on this underground river, I could see that the water was very clear, but it was bottomless! In this underground world, there is a strange atmosphere.
"From a geographical point of view, this underground river should be formed by the accumulation of springs in the underground rock formations in the mountains, and then flow to the northeast in the gaps in the rock formations, and should eventually merge into the Chuanjiang River from underground. middle."
"But if you look at it from a Feng Shui perspective..."
I pinched my chin, frowned and thought for a while.
"That should be extremely rare...the water dragon vein!"
