It was the first time in my life that I was in a bath with women, three of them at that. Listening to the sound of the water running beside me and flowing over my skin, I was really embarrassed.

Fortunately, we came out of the bathing pool not long after. Before the white dew came out, we pulled out the stone that blocked the flow of spring water so as not to affect the normal flow of the spring stream. After coming out of the water, everyone changed their clothes. Perhaps I couldn't bear it, but I still caught a glimpse of the shadow on the cliff. The three girls were wiping their bodies with the cloth they were not wearing, and then handed it to me.

After finishing all this, everyone washed themselves clean and went back to the cave. On the way back, everyone was stunned. There was another creaking sound coming from near the top of the mountain, the same sound I heard in the mountain wall before, as if something was about to break out of the ground.

If the entrance of the cave is at the junction of the Solitary Peak and the City Wall Mountain, then it is on the right side of the Solitary Peak. One has to walk down stone steps from the Solitary Peak to the City Wall Mountain. If the slope is not counted, the distance is roughly the length of the stone corridor in the cave. By this calculation, the bottom of the mountain is facing the huge abyss in the cave below.

In other words, the entire mountain is basically hollow, but if that's the case, why are there so many creaking noises? I can understand that there are creaking noises near the mountain wall, but it's a bit unreasonable to hear such noises even near the top of the mountain? What on earth is this!

This thing is so weird that it makes people feel cold, and wild beasts will run away when they hear it. Even the Gu Diao can't listen to a few words and would rather let go of me, its prey.

I suddenly remembered that I was not there that day, but I accidentally heard Song Bailu and Yunwen say that word outside the door.

White devil!

Could it be that there really is some terrifying demon hiding in this mountain wall?

Today I noticed that Bai Lu was acting a little abnormal. She did not go to the underground river but took a long way to come to the top of the mountain to wash. I thought she must have seen some terrible information in the document I gave her, and now she has become alert. And that information is most likely about this white devil.

"Let's go, Zhou Bo, don't stay any longer." Song Bailu said to me.

I woke up from my daze and immediately asked, "Why are you so scared?"

She shook her head and said, "It's not that I'm scared, we're all cold. Besides, it's just some groundhogs or moles making noises. Why do you have to listen so carefully? Let's go back quickly."

"The Bigfoot's nest on the top of the mountain is facing the abyss. If there are moles, aren't they afraid of digging a dirt tunnel on the top of the mountain, falling into the abyss and dying?" I asked.

Bai Lu couldn't answer for a moment, and her face became a little flustered when she talked about the creaking sound.

"Oh, I'm almost freezing to death. Go back quickly. Who cares what the noise is? Does it have anything to do with us? You made me catch a cold, and I will hold you, Zhou Bo, responsible for it." Song Yingchun said.

What they said made sense. The evening wind was cold and it was easy to catch a cold if you were blown for too long. Some questions could be asked slowly when you return to the cave.

I sighed, held up the candlestick, and led the girls along the stone steps back to the city wall mountain. After passing the stone statues holding weapons, we walked back to the cave.

But I didn't intend to let Song Bailu go. They were sitting around the burning firewood, waiting for me to arrange the next vigil. I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.

"Tonight, I'm on the first shift, Bailu is on the second shift, Yunwen is on the third shift, and Yingchun is on the fourth shift." I said.

Song Bailu held her face with her hands, looking very distressed, and muttered: "I knew you couldn't let me go."

Although the sound was very small, it could not escape my ears, so I just turned a blind eye to it.

So I was on duty for the first shift, while the other girls went to sleep on the wooden bed that Yingchun had modified. Since the wooden board was still very hard, a lot of straw and hay were spread under the animal skin, so the sleeping feeling was not much different from the bed in a rural house.

It is said that starch will promote sleepiness. Besides, after eating a big meal of steamed buns and taking a bath, they were so comfortable and relaxed that they felt sleepy. After just a few minutes, they could be heard snoring and fell into a deep sleep.

I was actually quite sleepy, but I kept thinking about the creaking sound hidden in the soil of the mountain wall, and my sleepiness was dispelled. If I were asked to hunt the Gu Diao, it's not that I don't have a way. I can set traps and find its weaknesses. No creature is perfect, they are only relatively powerful. In other words, as long as I'm willing to spend time, killing it is just a matter of time.

But the chilling sound hidden in the mountain wall is what I fear the most. That means I am encountering an unknown enemy, a hidden god of death. This leaves me with no idea where to start and I can only guess.

So tonight, I must ask about the white demons, but what? What do they mean? Are they a group of demons?

So, I sat there drinking ginseng tea to refresh myself, while waiting for Song Bailu to wake up and take over so that I could ask her about her condition.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at her, but saw that she was sleeping in the edge area, with Yingchun in the middle, and Yunwen on the other side. I rarely saw her sleeping so unsteadily, as if she had a nightmare and kept tossing and turning.

"No, don't come over here! Get away, stay away from me, don't fly over here!! Go back to your abyss... Go away!" Song Bailu was heard sweating profusely, gasping loudly, and his body heaving violently.

I thought this would wake up the other girls, so I hurried over to wake her up. The first time she opened her eyes and saw me, her pupils widened and she slapped me!

My face was burning. I didn't think she would hit me, otherwise I would have reacted.

"Sorry! It's you. I thought it was those things." Song Bailu sat up from the bed, panting. She immediately held my face with her hands and said apologetically.

"It's okay. I have thick skin and a slap is nothing. The 'things' you mentioned are the white demons you mentioned before, right? Now that you are awake, please tell us the answer. What kind of creature did you see in your dream? I can guarantee you with my previous career that it is definitely better for you to tell us now than to hide it. Just tell us." I said.

She slowly withdrew her hands from my face, swallowed, and was very nervous. Then she found her glasses, took them off, and took my hand outside.

At this moment, the stars are shining outside and the moonlight is hazy, which is a beautiful night scene.

"If you can tell me where we can live after we leave such a nice place, I will tell you everything and will not hide a single thing. How about it? We can't live on the top of the mountain. Every year from the plum rain season to the rainy autumn season, even Bigfoot will hide in other places and will only come back here in winter. And if you want to take us away, you can't consider these mountains and the areas around the city walls." Song Bailu said.

"I haven't thought about this. If we leave this mountain, there are Gu Diao and wolves below. We can only continue to search in the dangerous areas of the island. But this process will inevitably cause us heavy losses, so I don't have a relocation plan." I said.

"That's it, so I can only tell you now that the thing is lurking in the dark and will not show up easily. They may just sleep forever underground, under the abyss, and it will be fine. It's better to know some superficial things than to know the truth. I don't want us to be eaten by the Gu Diao or wolves, or more terrifying beasts, so stay still and pretend you don't know. Don't ask any more questions." Song Bailu said with pleading eyes.