Li Qing's first impression of the cave was that it was very small. Mane walked ahead to explore the way. It was walking a little too fast, and if it wasn't careful, it would bump its head against the wall. The path here was also often uneven, which gave Li Qing a feeling that this thing might be walking on the path that the Titanoboa had once lived on.
Before long, the two had walked a considerable distance from the cave entrance. To Li Qing's slight relief, the cool breeze was still there, which usually meant that no matter what, there was definitely an exit ahead, and they wouldn't end up in a dead end, wasting their time.
In places where it's pitch black, to ensure they don't lose contact with their companions, the two will talk to each other from time to time or make their footsteps louder to confirm each other's location.
This method is extremely dangerous, but it is a last resort.
"I wonder how things are going on the tribe's side now."
Li Qing thought to himself.
He suddenly felt a ticklish sensation in the palm of his hand, which had been supporting him against the wall.
It felt like tiny insects were crawling in my palm.
He rubbed his palms against the wall several times until the sensation disappeared, then he stopped.
"There seem to be bugs here too."
Li Qing whispered.
"Yeah, I felt it too, lots of little bugs crawling around on my palm," Xiong Ga said. "Hopefully they're not poisonous."
“These little bugs are nothing to worry about; what’s scary is the big guy living inside,” Li Qing said worriedly.
Xiong Ga sighed: "But it's too dark here. Even if there is something here, we can't know it right away."
Li Qing comforted him, "Let's walk a little further. At least it's not a dead end ahead."
Xiong Ga gave a soft "hmm".
The two fell silent again.
They have no concept of time.
Walking in such an environment is a form of mental torture for a person.
They didn't know how long they had walked, or whether it was still light outside or already dark.
The vision is gone.
It's as if I've become blind.
The sudden loss of vision is an extremely painful torment for people who were born without visual impairment.
Especially in a place like this.
They can only perceive the things around them through their own bodies and their own ears.
It was very quiet here; all you could hear were the footsteps of people hurrying along and the panting of the two of them.
This kind of "safety" can sometimes make a person even more nervous.
It's like a classic trope often used in horror movies: one second the female protagonist is lying on her bed in the bedroom looking at her phone, and the next second a hand reaches out from the phone and strangles her to death; or the bedroom lights suddenly go out, and the tightly closed door is suddenly blown open by a gust of wind from who knows where.
No one knows if a shock will happen in the next second.
However, this torturous feeling did not last long, as Li Qing suddenly felt a slight tremor from the ground.
At first, Li Qing thought it was an earthquake.
But Li Qing soon realized he was wrong.
Because this "vibration" was clearly the feeling of something wriggling under his feet!
"Could it be that I guessed right?" Li Qing's face turned green. He could sense that the thing below him was definitely not small. "Is it really a Titanoboa?"
"Glug."
Xiong Ga swallowed hard and suddenly said, "Zong Mao, calm down."
Then, he turned to Li Qing and said, "Zongmao is getting more and more tense. Danger may be just ahead. We must be very careful."
Li Qing said with a wry smile, "But we don't even know who the other side is. There might be a snake lurking near the back of our heads, ready to deliver a fatal blow."
Xiong Ga: "No, if there really was a snake at this close range, its mane would still be able to smell its scent."
Li Qing: "..."
Dude, you're a conversation killer!
“Okay, let’s not talk about that. Didn’t you just say that this guy is around here?” Li Qing said. “Let’s have Mane sniff around again and see if it can sniff out what kind of guy it is.”
"etc!"
Xiong Ga suddenly whispered.
"The visibility ahead is a bit better."
Xiong Ga pointed ahead and saw that it was a little brighter. Although the visibility was still not very good, at least he could see things within a meter around him. It was no longer the pitch-black area he had just been in.
"We're almost at the exit!" Xiong Ga exclaimed. "If we hurry, we can definitely get out of here before that thing attacks us!"
Li Qing responded. The difference in light gave him some hope, knowing that they would be out soon, which eased his fatigue somewhat. The two quickened their pace, with the mane still leading the way, and headed towards the light.
Unbeknownst to them, a strange, long thing emerged from the path they had come from as they disappeared at the end of the "light source."
...
"These tiny white bugs are so annoying!"
Finally able to see some things clearly, Li Qing raised his hand and looked at his palm.
He estimated that he had killed at least a dozen insects by rubbing against them, and when he saw the white "paste" in his palm, he almost vomited from disgust.
This is absolutely disgusting!
Li Qing felt a wave of acid reflux. Although this thing wasn't poisonous, it was one of the top ten pests in modern times—whiteflies!
He couldn't help but recall that every summer when he was in elementary school, the various plants in the school would be covered with those little white insects, turning the plants into a white mess. This left a significant shadow on Li Qing's childhood, to the point that even now, Li Qing still dislikes insects so much that he wishes all the insects in the world could disappear overnight.
"Damn it! Look at your palms, aren't they covered in whiteflies too!" Li Qing cursed inwardly. Whiteflies love to gnaw on plants and love sunlight, how could they live in such a godforsaken place, and to make matters worse, his group ran into them. They were incredibly unlucky!
Xiong Ga stared at Li Qing's palm, cursed in fright, took a few steps back, and then looked at his own palm.
"I have some on my palms too, it's disgusting!"
Xiong Ga cursed.
As he cursed, he rubbed his palms against the wall several times.
"This is disgusting! How come there are these things everywhere here!"
While mimicking Xiong Ga's movements, Li Qing cursed helplessly, "How the hell would I know?"
"...Wait, look!"
"What's wrong?"
Li Qing pointed to the top of his head.
Xiong Ga then looked up.
"Ah, there are some up there too. Could it be that the area we just walked through was covered in these things overhead too?!"
This really sends chills down my spine!
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