Chapter 119 The Bride in the Cave (6)
The Lord God was once the God of War in the divine realm.
The reason I use "once" is because he hasn't fought in a long time. However, any god with a little experience should remember his heroic deeds in the past.
The most famous one is the battle in which heavenly fire was sent down to subdue the evil dragon in the South China Sea. Su Yue happened to witness that battle when he first ascended to godhood, and the memory of it was very deep.
The only one in the entire divine realm who can fight the Lord God on equal terms should be Su Yue. Although Su Yue is also a strong player, he is a skill-based player in front of the Lord God.
They had never actually fought each other, but if you ask the gods in the divine realm, nine out of ten would agree that "the Lord God and the Supreme God Su Yue are equally powerful." The remaining ones would either be cynics of the Lord God or Su Yue, sneering, "Oh, the Supreme God/Lord God is nothing."
By this calculation, the meteorite-like rock pit on the rock wall in front of us is indeed just a small matter.
At least it didn't collapse the cave directly, right?
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Su Yue and Cang Zhi continued to stand side by side in silence, staring at the stone pit in front of them.
There is also a small pond with no ripples at all.
After a while.
Cang Zhi: "I'm sorry."
Su Yue was stunned: "What?"
"I was too harsh and chased it away," said Cang Zhi.
Although this was true to some extent, as a work partner, Su Yue was always very generous. He didn't think Cang Zhi had done anything wrong.
"That multi-legged slug is a coward. It will run away no matter how you hit it." Su Yue said.
Cang Zhi was stunned for a moment: "...Hmm."
It seemed like he didn't expect Su Yue to speak up for him.
What a joke, breaking up is breaking up, work is work, and the God Su Yue has a clear distinction in this regard.
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There was no trace of demonic energy around them anymore. Cangzhi's stone had knocked the cave god into oblivion.
The cave spirit disappeared from the water. Su Yue wanted to go down to investigate, but they didn't dare use their divine powers for now, fearing the spirit would discover them. Without professional diving equipment and divine powers, the dangers of entering such waters were too high, so they had to give up for now.
They walked along the shore into the depths of the cave, but found that the crevice behind the cave was connected to the place of death at the fork in the road outside. Moreover, the crevice was very narrow, only a dozen centimeters wide, and humans could not pass through it at all. Only mollusks could barely squeeze through it.
Su Yue sighed.
Cang Zhi comforted him, "It's okay if we're blocked for a while. Come back tomorrow with all your equipment."
"That's not it." Su Yue said, "Human legends say the cave god looks like a handsome man, but it turns out he's a big slug. I'm very disappointed."
Cang Zhi: “…”
Cang Zhi: “Oh.”
Cang Zhi said seriously: "No matter if he is a handsome guy or not, he is a vicious monster, and he had evil intentions towards you before."
Su Yue was stunned: "I know."
Why are you teaching suddenly?
Since the cave god had no intention of coming out again, there was no point in staying in the cave. Su Yue and Cang Zhi turned outside so that they could use flashlights openly when leaving. At the fork in the road, Su Yue saw the silver hairpin that almost tripped him, and he picked it up.
One can tell at a glance that the hairpin is finely crafted. The silver body is covered with twisted patterns, and the head is inlaid with red and turquoise. However, because it has been on the wet ground for a long time, a thin layer of rust has formed on the hairpin.
When they walked out of the cave, they found that it was already afternoon. They stayed in the cave longer than they thought. They returned along the same route. Su Chen and the other girl were waiting by the tree stump where the horses were tied at the foot of the mountain.
The girl seemed very anxious, fearing that something might happen to Su Yue and Cang Zhi on the mountain. Su Chen knew the boss's strength very well and was not worried at all. He crossed his legs and stuffed grass into the donkey's mouth.
However, when Su Yue and Cang Zhi appeared on the mountain road, she was the first to notice their traces.
"Boss...Brother!" Su Chen changed his tone at the last minute and waved his hands vigorously, "Any progress?"
"I had a face-to-face encounter with that thing, and accidentally hit it too hard, so I beat it back. I have to find a way to trick it out tomorrow." Su Yue said.
Su Chen accepted this ending well, but the other girl was stunned.
This is the legendary cave god. Did he hit too hard? Did he hit back? These two "feng shui masters" don't look like they can fight much either.
Su Yue took out the silver hairpin again and handed it to the girl.
He didn't even have the time to ask "Do you know her?" The girl exclaimed, took the silver hairpin, took a look at it, and tears fell.
"This is Fengfeng's thing." The girl wiped her tears and sobbed, "I recognize this hairpin."
Fengfeng is the nickname of the missing girl. Since her hairpin appeared in the cave, it means that the giant octopus is indeed the culprit of all the tragedies, and it also means that Su Yue and the others were not wrong.
Just from this point of view, girls are more likely to be in danger.
The four of them discussed it and decided to hand the hairpin over to her family after dealing with the cave god, because the girl only had an elderly grandmother left in her family. Even though the old lady had almost accepted the reality in the past few days, it would still be too cruel to take the hairpin away.
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On the way back to the village, Su Chen had already talked to the village chief on the phone. When he passed through the winding path, he saw the village chief standing at the entrance of the village, looking forward to it.
As soon as they met, the village chief anxiously asked the "masters" what the situation was. After Su Yue told the village chief about his discovery, he turned around and asked the village chief for information.
"We saw a plaque called 'Shuiyuedongtian' outside the cave, and also saw a half-built plank road. Has anyone been to this place before?" Su Yue asked.
"Shuiyue Cave?" The village chief was stunned for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh. "Is that the problem with the cave?"
Su Yue asked, "Is there any explanation for this?"
"The karst cave named 'Shuiyuedongtian' was originally a tourist attraction we planned to develop here. About ten years ago, the provincial tourism bureau sent people to take a look. They said that the karst cave had a good geographical location, spacious space and beautiful scenery, and had great development potential. After reporting it to the higher authorities, the project was quickly approved and construction began. What you see are the traces of the construction at that time." said the village chief.
"Then why wasn't it built at the back?" Su Yue asked.
"Because someone's missing, two in a row," the village chief said. "No one's found alive, and no one's found dead."
Logically speaking, these caves that carry tourists are not developed very deeply, only the first few dozen to a hundred meters into the cave. What's behind is not actually within the scope of safety considerations, because if you look deeper, no cave is safe.
However, when the professionals were sent to inspect "Shuiyuedongtian" at that time, no problems were found. However, an accident occurred when the construction really started.
"On the first day, when the construction team came out for roll call, they discovered that the youngest worker on the team hadn't come out. They went back to look for him, but couldn't find him. We weren't allowed into the cave at that time. But we heard that they had discovered a pool of water deep in the cave and a worker's shoe by the pool. They suspected that the worker had fallen into the water."
"At this point it was just a safety incident, but the next day another worker went missing, and when they went back to look for him, they found another worker's shoes by the pond."
At this point, it was definitely not an accident. The weirdness of the matter scared the entire construction team.
The workers refused to return to the cave no matter what, and the Tourism Bureau would not allow such a project with supernatural phenomena to continue construction, so Shuiyue Cave was abandoned.
The four girls also knew the story of Shuiyue Cave and would not go there on their own initiative.
But no one thought that by going up the mountain along another road and crossing two ravines, they would actually run into the murderous cave.
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Since there is such a story, it means that the cave god must have been living in the cave for a long time, but has never come out to look for food.
This time, for some unknown reason, he kidnapped the girl who was traveling in the mountains.
It seems that the Cave God is more vicious than before, which is what Qi Wujiu calls "alienation".
Although the specific extent of the alienation this time is unknown, but when a monster lurks silently and then suddenly starts to hurt people, generally speaking, it will not let things go easily and will not stop until it has sucked all the blood nearby.
So it must be resolved as soon as possible.
However, the cave god has retreated into the cave this time, so they must find a way to lure it out. Otherwise, the terrain inside the cave is complicated. If they attack directly with divine power and are discovered by the cave god, it will be impossible for it to fight back, but it will not be difficult to escape. If that happens, Su Yue and Cang Zhi will probably have to go through a lot of trouble.
As several people were discussing countermeasures, the sky suddenly darkened quickly, dark clouds quickly gathered in the sky, and within two minutes, raindrops as big as beans fell.
Rainfall in mountainous areas is a very dangerous thing, which may easily cause natural disasters such as flash floods and landslides. Even if these are not taken into consideration, the rain in the mountains is often heavier than outside. The valley can shelter from the wind but cannot block it, so the wind is even stronger. When the village chief saw the rain, his face became very cautious, and he pulled Su Yue, Cang Zhi and others to talk in a nearby room.
The sky was eerily dark, and outside, dark clouds rolled like waves. Raindrops as big as beans fell with a crackling sound, and I could barely hear the voices of the people around me.
Su Yue made a list for the village chief and asked him to send someone to buy them as soon as possible. They included diving equipment, flashlights, shovels and other tools.
The village chief naturally agreed to Su Yue's request.
But he also asked curiously: "Master, don't you need any weapons?"
"No need." Su Yue said, "The magical... magic is our strongest fighting force."
The smile on the village chief's face was awkward for a moment, probably because he sensed the strong sense of middle school student in Su Yue's forced words, but he quickly switched to a friendly attitude, "Master, don't worry, I will prepare it for you as soon as possible!"
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The rain came quickly and went away quickly. The sound of the downpour outside ended in just a few minutes. Soon only the intermittent sound of raindrops falling was left, and soon even that sound disappeared. Looking out the window, Niaozui Village was silent after the rain.
But soon someone broke the silence.
Click, click, click... the sound of hurried footsteps mixed with heavy breathing.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Soon, a young man pushed open the door of the village chief's house. Without even knocking, he shouted in extreme fear: "Village, village chief! Something big has happened!"
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An embroidered shoe lay on the ground at the entrance of the village.
The same shoes as before, with extremely bright red satin and intricate and lifelike embroidery, but this time the things placed next to the shoes were money.
The large copper coins neatly arranged together looked like they were fished out of the water. They were so rusty that even the words on them were blurred.
It seems that the cave god has sent another letter.
When the village chief saw the copper coins, his face turned pale. He stammered for a long time before saying tremblingly, "This... this is an urgent job offer."
Urgent betrothal is also a local marriage custom. The man puts embroidered shoes and money together and places them at the door of the woman's house, which means that he will come to marry her tomorrow. If the woman agrees, then they will be happy tomorrow. If she disagrees, the man will come to grab the bride.
This actually has a bit of unfriendly connotations, because putting up that little money and forcibly taking the woman away makes both sides look very unbecoming.
Basically, this is done only when there is a dispute.
"We usually don't bother with urgent hires here because it's disrespectful," said the village chief. "The problem is... with the cave god acting this way, who knows how he'll come and snatch you away!"
After a heavy rain, there will be an extra betrothal gift at the entrance of the village. So after the next heavy rain, will a girl be lost in the village?
The village chief opened the window in annoyance, and the smell of extremely damp earth from the recent rain forcefully penetrated into the house.
Su Yue asked, "How do you guys deal with the emergency marriage proposal? I mean, how do you tell him whether he's willing to marry or not?"
The customs of the small village are warm yet shy. Men and women exchange glances but don't say it directly. They often use tokens of affection. So Su Yue believes that this custom of proposing marriage can also be responded to with tokens of affection.
"We could just place a flower picked by the woman herself at the door," the village chief said. "But even if we did respond, where would we find a bride for the cave god? Wouldn't the cave god be even more angry if he discovered there was no bride?"
"Yes." Su Yue pointed at herself, "I can just pretend to be his bride."
Su Yue had this idea since she saw the embroidered shoes. She wanted to dress up as a bride and go deep behind enemy lines, otherwise they would not be able to capture the cave god.
After being beaten by Cang Zhi, the Cave God completely retreated into seclusion. If it weren't for the bride, he might not have appeared at all.
What an old pervert.
"Let me play the role." said Cang Zhi.
Su Yue was stunned, "What?"
He had never seen Cang Zhi interested in such fancy tricks.
Cang Zhi stopped talking.
Su Chen, who was watching nearby, quickly turned her head away and smiled. From her expression, one sentence was completely expressed:
Yo yo yo, Brother Cang is jealous~
Su Yue: "..."
Go to hell.
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