C41 (2/2)

Zhou Yang could imagine that near the Flower Snake Village, there must be many other caves like this, the lair that the Toad Man had dug and used to hide. No wonder all the villagers disappeared in such a short period of time. They actually dug holes in the ground and hid in them!

But why have these burrows never been discovered? A new question surfaced in Zhou Yang's mind.

Zhou Yang looked up and saw the bus and a bunch of weeds. That's right, the answer was obvious. Not only did the Toad Man dig a hole in the ground, he also found various ways to cover up the hole, protecting himself in all aspects. The bus had purposely shifted its position to hide the entrance to the hole that appeared so out of place in the grass.

Zhou Yang immediately told Zheng Huili his conjecture, causing Zheng Huili to be extremely surprised.

”Yeah, the Toad Man can crawl out of the cave, but we can't.” Zheng Huili said helplessly.

Zheng Huili's words reminded Zhou Yang, causing him to feel even more despair.

Zhou Yang thought, before, when they were hiding in the bus, at least they had some hope, but now that they had reached the Toad Man's lair, it was impossible for them to leave, and they had lost all their protection. On the contrary, Toad Man was free to enter and leave. The moment they discover that they were in the cave, they would die without a doubt.

”You're right, we have nothing else to do but wait for our deaths.” Zhou Yang laughed bitterly.

Just like that, the two of them sat side by side in the darkness, accepting their fate.

After an unknown amount of time, the sky outside had already turned completely dark, and Zhou Yang gradually felt that something wasn't right.

At this moment, Zheng Huili was in a daze, her head resting on Zhou Yang's shoulder.

”Lili, wake up. Listen to me.”

Hearing Zhou Yang talking to her again, Zheng Huili slowly opened her eyes.

”What?” Zheng Huili asked weakly.

”Why didn't any of the Toad Man come back?”

”I don't know.” Maybe they don't live in holes in the ground at night. ”

”It probably isn't that simple.”

With that, Zhou Yang stood up again. Facing the pitch black darkness of the cave, he thought to himself: Since death is at hand, why not inspect this cave thoroughly?

He vaguely felt that there seemed to be some kind of power preventing the Toad Man from entering the cave.

He told Zheng Huili that Zheng Huili was willing to follow him.

”Alright, follow behind me. We'll take a look around.” Zhou Yang said.

After taking a few steps forward, Zhou Yang realized that the underground cave was even wider than he had imagined, and he even had a strange feeling that a lot of eyes were watching them from the darkness.

The two of them were like blind people as they slowly walked forward. Because it was too dark, they could not tell the way back. All they knew was that they seemed to have walked into a long passageway that seemed endless, allowing them to walk forever.

Zhou Yang's strange feeling became more intense, and some light sounds were even entering his ears. He was sure that there was something strange inside the cave, not the Toad Man nor the cadaver.

The two of them walked for a while. First, they smelt a terrible stench, and then, Zhou Yang's knee bumped lightly into a soft spot. He made Zheng Huili stop, and after touching it for a moment, he suddenly took a few steps back in fear.

”What is it?” Zheng Huili asked.

”Don't... ”Don't move …” Zhou Yang steadied Zheng Huili, gathered his courage, and once again stretched out his hand, probing forward. This time, he forcefully endured his fear, and finally found the answer.

”A corpse!” Zhou Yang said loudly, ”There is a dead body in front of us, I can feel his face, wait... ”No, no, no. There are quite a few corpses!”

In the darkness, Zhou Yang touched many other faces, including his hands, clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry and other items. He felt that there were a lot of bodies, and that they should be stacked together.

Zheng Huili touched all the corpses, and was so scared that her whole body started to tremble.

Just then, Zhou Yang found something in a dead body's pocket. He immediately took it out and realised it was a lighter.

The long awaited fire ignited in Zhou Yang's hands, but at the moment Zhou Yang ignited the lighter, the corpses also appeared in front of them. There were at least 10 of them, all of them laid out in a mess, each of their corpses had already seriously rotted away, and the state of their deaths was a sight to behold.

However, the most unusual thing about these corpses was that they were covered with needle-like wounds. Every corpse was present, and there were countless of them.

Zheng Huili felt a strong wave of disgust, and retched a few times. If she did not have an empty stomach, she could spit out everything she ate that day.

Zhou Yang tried his best to stay calm, finding a few branches from the place and tearing some clothes from the corpse to wrap them up, preparing to make a fire. After the torch was made, the originally dark area instantly became bright. Zhou Yang then saw that they were in a circular stone room, with stone walls on both sides. The corpse in front of them was piled up like a mountain, and many corpses were piled up high. As for the strange needle-like wound on the corpse, he had no idea what kind of weapon it was made of.

He looked at the pile of corpses and suddenly thought of the bus above, and an answer came to him.

”Lili, do you think these people are the passengers of the bus?”

Zheng Huili thought for a few seconds, then nodded and said: ”It's possible, definitely possible!”

”Yeah, there are a total of 20 people missing from the bus. I think the number of people here is pretty close.” Zhou Yang said.

”Un, but why are they here? Furthermore, based on their degree of decay, they should have been dead for a long time, right? Who do you think did it? ”

”I guess it's those Toad Man s outside, or maybe... ”Something else.”

When Zhou Yang mentioned something else, Zheng Huili was not only stunned, she was just about to ask, but Zhou Yang turned and said: ”Let's go, they temporarily have nothing to do with us, now that we have the torch, we can think of a way to get out of here.”

He followed the two as they walked out of the stone room. It was also because of the torch, that Zhou Yang felt that the route inside the cave was not complicated, there was only a wide path, and should be leading directly to the cave entrance.

Just as they were about to approach the cave entrance and saw the glimmer of light, Zhou Yang was extremely uneasy in his heart. He was certain that something was moving above their heads, and he had also heard some noise.

”What is that sound?” Zheng Huili also sensed it and stopped in her tracks.

Zhou Yang hurriedly used the torch to shine on them, but this light caused their hair to stand on end. Countless eyes appeared above the ceiling of the cave, staring at them menacingly. In an instant, the crowd of eyes began to move and blocked their path.

Zhou Yang quickly saw through them and realised that they were not some eyes but many round, bulbous-looking, strange insects. Furthermore, on each of these strange insects, there was a thin black thorn, which looked like a sharp blade. Zhou Yang immediately thought of the corpses that were covered with pinhole like wounds, and there was no doubt that the wounds were caused by these strange insects!

The two of them stood in their original positions in panic, while the Eyeball Monster took the chance to slowly surround them. Zhou Yang immediately felt that something was wrong and quickly pulled on Zheng Huili's hand and shouted, ”Let's go!”