Chapter 108 Exploring the Cave

"Oh my god, am I seeing things? How can there be such a huge cave down there?"

The villagers stared at the underground cave on the screen in amazement. "Have we been living above this underground space for over a month?"

The live broadcast room was also boiling.

[Wow, I didn't expect there's a hidden map!?]

If the earthquake hadn't created a crack, the villagers might not have discovered such a secret hidden underground until they left.

[This looks much larger than the cave! I wonder if there are any resources inside.]

Lu Xuan was also surprised.

He controlled the drone to fly around and estimated that the underground space was at least twice the size of the big cave. There were many passages of different sizes in front, behind, left and right. It seemed to be interconnected, and the actual area might be much larger than what the drone saw.

Li Tie looked at Lu Xuan nervously, "Ah Xuan, look at this cave..."

Lu Xuan saw that someone on the barrage was already shouting for him to go down and explore. After a moment of thought, he said, "Make the gap a little bigger. I'll take some people down to explore."

A quarter of an hour later.

Wu Cheng and his son, Lei Yan, Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao, Ge Yuan and more than a dozen other young and strong men took their weapons and the high-intensity flashlights, pine cone lamps and other lighting tools they were given, and under the leadership of Lu Xuan, jumped down from the gap that was expanded to accommodate an adult.

The drone was handed over to Li Tie for control, and the camera followed Lu Xuan and his group to ensure that the villagers who stayed in the cave could keep track of their movements and safety at any time.

As soon as they entered the underground space, Lu Xuan took the lead in placing pine cone lamps on the protrusions of the stone walls on both sides. Most of the dim space was illuminated, and the hunting team members following behind could not help but gasp several times.

The place where they were standing was at the top, and if they walked down along the edge, they would find that the ground was at least ten meters deep.

The unusually large cave is full of strange rocks and some crystals. Seven or eight tall stone pillars stand around the cave as supports. There are countless sharp, inverted cone-shaped stalactites on the top of the cave.

Under the yellowish light of the pine cone lamp, the above landscape presented an extremely spectacular and magnificent scene in front of everyone, making those who saw it for the first time a little dazed.

Lu Xuan had seen many more wonders and strange sights in modern times, so he didn't react too much to this.

Noticing the significantly higher humidity in the cave, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully. He heard a faint sound of dripping water in the distance, and guessed that there must be an underground river of considerable capacity here.

Lu Xuan led the others along a not very wide natural path close to the stone wall all the way to the bottom of the cave.

After making sure that there were no other creatures here except them, everyone walked around the area, especially to several passages that could lead to other places.

Lei Yan asked, "What should we do next? Should we split up into teams?"

Wu Cheng frowned and said, "I'm not sure what the threat is here. It's too dangerous to detach the team."

Lu Xuan did not say anything, but instead gave birth to a number of blood-sucking vines equal to the number of channels, which rushed into the channel.

He shared the perception of the vampire vine and found that except for one passage that was found to be a dead end halfway, no dangerous creatures were found in the other passages.

After a moment, Lu Xuan pointed to a passage in front of him with a diameter of about three meters and said, "Let's explore this road together first. This should lead to an underground water source."

Everyone else trusted Lu Xuan's judgment, and soon they followed him into the passage with water.

The passage is not straight, but winding. Some places are spacious, while some places require you to bend down to pass through.

After walking about a hundred meters, the group discovered a stream less than half a meter wide flowing on the ground. They walked forward along the stream for a while, and the view suddenly became clear again. A silent underground river at least ten meters wide appeared in front of them.

The villagers watching through the drone above and the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but exclaim.

So much water!

Lu Xuan first used a high-intensity flashlight to roughly illuminate the surroundings. After not seeing any suspicious creatures, he installed two pine cone lamps nearby for lighting as usual.

During this time, everyone else gathered at the underground river.

Zhang Chengming tentatively put his hand in the water and hissed, "It's so cold!"

Wu Yang shone his flashlight into the river. "There are fish in the river, and they're silver... There seem to be catfish as well, but they don't seem to have eyes."

"No eyes? How could that be?" After hearing this, the others came over.

Lu Xuan said calmly, "There's no light here, so the fish in the river won't be able to use their eyes, so they'll naturally degenerate. It's not surprising."

Lu Xuan said, "Alright, let's all go check nearby to see if there are any signs of animal activity, or if there are any useful resources we can collect."

Everyone nodded, and began to explore the surroundings in groups of three or four, and soon they found something.

For example, there are salamanders that can occasionally be found on the stone walls, strange mushrooms that emit green light growing in some corners, and so on.

Salamanders are amphibians that contain tetrodotoxin. If eaten by mistake, they can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In severe cases, they may be life-threatening. Anyone found will be killed.

As for the glowing mushrooms, Lu Xuan tested their toxicity.

Most of it is poisonous, but a small amount is edible, but it has little nutritional value. If I have to say what it is useful for, it can probably be used as a natural light source. Using it as a night light is quite romantic.

After taking a look around and finding no danger, everyone relaxed.

Zhang Chengming looked at the underground river eagerly and said, "I think the biggest resource here is the fish in the river. Let's catch some fish and see what the fish in this underground river taste like."

The others thought there was no problem, so when they saw that Lu Xuan had no objection, they took out the electric fishing net and threw it into the river. They also took out the animal intestines that were specially reserved for making bait and threw them in as well.

Not long after the fishing net and bait were thrown in, the vampire vines that were originally hanging quietly on the strange rock suddenly flew up on their own, slapping the bank of the underground river and even the water surface.

The audience in the live broadcast room perked up. What happened? What happened?

Lu Xuan's expression turned stern, and he shouted to the others, "Come back!"

Realizing that something was wrong, the hunting team members quickly gathered around Lu Xuan, and the villagers above were worried.

Almost at the same time, ripples began to form on the originally calm river bank, and the water surface began to bulge from the middle, as if something was about to break out of the water.

"...Is it a fish?" someone whispered uncertainly.

Lu Xuan frowned, "No."

His perception ability was not as good as that of a psychic, but at such a close distance he could still roughly feel that the thing in the water was definitely not a fish.

"There's a big guy coming out."

Just as he finished speaking, with the sound of splashing water, a huge monster suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

When everyone saw the appearance of the creature in front of them, the villagers and the audience were stunned.

Holy crap! What a huge python!!!

The giant python that suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes was at least half a meter in diameter, and the length exposed above the water was over five meters. Its huge head was raised high, and its bloody mouth was wide open, spitting out its tongue at them. Its pair of deep red vertical pupils stared straight at them, and its cold gaze was creepy.

The hunting team members felt a strong sense of crisis, their bodies instinctively straightened, their lips pressed into a straight line, and they looked at the giant python vigilantly.

The atmosphere was tense.

The villagers above were pale, and the women who stayed behind couldn't help but shout their men's names in panic.

Lu Qing and Lu Chen, brother and sister, were also very worried about Lei Yan and Lu Xuan, but Lu Qing noticed that Lu Xuan looked very calm, and she felt a little relieved.

My brother didn't panic, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

The audience in the live broadcast room were not afraid at all from the beginning, they were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves.

[I was regretting not having the chance to see the streamer demonstrate his true abilities in the forums before, but now the chance has arrived!]

"A python this big can easily swallow a human in one gulp. Host, protect our villagers! Kill him!"

[Level 7 Psychic vs. Underground River Python, Hurry! Get excited!]

As the audience was getting excited, the giant python's tail leaped out of the water, whipping away the still dancing vampire vines while hammering hard on the shore, causing the rocks on the ground to crack and debris to fly everywhere.

The members of the hunting team dodged and instinctively raised their bows and crossbows to fire.

The alloy arrows that were invincible against the wild boars and wolves only scratched the python's skin. Not only did they not cause much damage, but they also angered the python, causing it to swing its tail more frequently.

"Get out of the way!"

The hunting team fled in a panic.

The audience thought that they would soon be able to see the exciting show of "Anchor vs. Python" brought to them by Lu Xuan, but... it didn't happen.

The vampire vine that was pulled away was also angered by the giant python. More vines split from the main branches and rushed towards the giant python frantically, wrapping it tightly before the giant python could dodge.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xuan raised one hand, condensed a huge wind blade in his palm, and swung it at the giant python's head that was shaking left and right.

With the sound of a wind blade cutting through flesh, the giant python, which was entangled by the blood-sucking vines and had a ferocious expression, was split into two on the spot. The head and huge body hovered in the air for two seconds, and then with a loud bang, it fell into the river with a large splash of water.

The hunters who were fleeing in panic: "..."

The villagers above were so nervous that they couldn't help but hold their breath: !!!

The live broadcast audience is full of anticipation: ???

That’s it?

That’s it! ? ?

Is this the end???

Lu Xuan: What else?

It's not a mutant, just an ordinary beast that looks bigger. How difficult can it be? It's just a matter of a knife.

The audience gradually came to their senses:!!!

However, this is not the battle scene they expected!

This one-sided crushing game is not worth watching at all!

Bad review!!!

Lu Xuan waited for several minutes to make sure that the giant python was dead before letting the vampire vine take the giant python's body out of his hands and throw it onto the shore.

It was only at this time that the others realized that the giant python was actually ten meters long. Xiong Mao rubbed his hands and tentatively stepped forward to try to pick up part of it, but his face turned red and he still couldn't lift it up.

"It's so heavy! Such a big python must weigh at least 1,800 kilograms."

The others came to the head of the giant python that had been thrown up alone. The dead python's mouth was still wide open. When they got close, they could smell the strong fishy odor inside. "It stinks!"

"Ah Xuan, what's the use of this end?"

Lu Xuan said: "The fangs and venom sacs can be removed. In addition, the snake gallbladder and snake skin are also valuable."

In addition, the most important item is of course python meat.

Lu Xuan cut a small piece of meat from the python and put it on the animal component detector that he drew after the plant component detector.

Soon, the green indicator light came on and the ingredient report was displayed.

It is non-toxic and edible, rich in protein, amino acids, multiple vitamins, calcium, iron, zinc and other essential elements for the human body. It is a very nutritious meat.

Lu Xuan looked at the giant pythons piled up in front of him like a small mountain and smiled with satisfaction.

Even if there is no other harvest in the underground cave, just such a large edible python is enough to make a fortune.