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  I stared at the man with his face half-covered by the mirror, and I was stunned for a moment. Pedestrian A... damn it, you really have a problem. After finishing the gesture, he found that I didn't move, so he bent down and pointed to the snowy ground outside the cave.

  I was on guard, carefully moving to the entrance of the cave, following his gaze, but outside it was pitch black, what could be seen? Just as I was about to speak, my mouth hadn't even opened when he covered it. I sensed that the eyes hidden behind the mirror seemed to glare at me fiercely, making me feel very uncomfortable. I struggled a bit, unable to break free. Passerby A impatiently twisted my arm, causing me so much pain that I curled up, yet no sound could be made.

  I was so angry I wanted to hit someone, but then I saw passerby A's face still staring out of the hole, as if looking at something. I couldn't help but look outside again, it was still pitch black, but after a while, I gradually got used to the darkness and suddenly realized that in the far distance, there seemed to be something moving.

  It seemed like a reptile crawling forward slowly in the snow, and gradually I could make out its shape. Damn it, it was actually a human figure!

  I quickly turned around and counted the people in the cave, including myself and passerby A, nine people, not one more or one less. Then... that thing in the snowy ground, was it a person or an animal?

  Is there such a strange animal?

  That thing was still crawling, and in an instant I recalled the scene at the Germline Sanatorium, those people crawling on the ground, that face identical to mine. The next moment, the goosebumps on my arm almost all stood up.

  I and passerby A were staring at the crawling shadow in the darkness, after a while, the shadow gradually disappeared from view. I had just let out a breath when passerby A suddenly crouched down and walked into the snowy area. I was taken aback and quickly followed him, whispering: "What are you doing?"

  He turned around and looked at me, the corner of his mouth and chin didn't have a hint of a curve, I don't know what expression he had on his face, but just by looking at me for a moment, he crouched down and headed towards where the figure disappeared, damn it, he doesn't put anyone in his eyes, I thought being cold to people was already enough, didn't expect this passerby to be so ungrateful.

  Thinking so in her heart, she couldn't help but feel curious, and involuntarily followed the pedestrian A from behind. The wind and snow were still very strong in the dark, and the snowflakes could not be seen clearly, only feeling that something cold was constantly falling on her face, and it would melt into water in a moment, and her body also became cold.

  Passerby A's footsteps were very light, and he moved with great agility and speed, much faster than me. Due to the darkness of the night, I could only see his vague back silhouette.

  I followed behind him, narrowing my eyes to gaze into the darkness ahead, wondering about the figure I had just seen. If it was a person, why would they appear here? I wasn't carrying any equipment on my back, only two cold smoke bombs in my pocket, and Xiaohua's gear this time wasn't simple either - it was military-grade cold smoke bombs. But seeing how cautious Roadside A was being, I didn't take them out, and instead followed him as he felt his way through the darkness.

  Just then, the pedestrian who had been walking in front of me suddenly disappeared. A black shadow vanished into the darkness, and I was stunned. I blinked several times, opened my eyes again, and found that the front was still dark, but the figure of the pedestrian had disappeared.

  I subconsciously gripped the dagger at my waist, ready to pull out the cold steel to take a closer look. But just as I did, something suddenly pulled at my feet, and I slid downwards in an instant. It was only then that I realized I had been standing on a slope.

  My first reaction was that it was a passerby who grabbed my foot, but soon I realized that something was wrong. The thing that grabbed my ankle was very thin and had a great force, and it kept pulling me down. I rolled all over the snowy slope, being pulled by that force, rolling and tumbling, my head spinning, but I knew something was wrong. I drew out the dagger from my waist and stabbed at my ankle, but at this time, I was rolling and tumbling, with no accuracy at all, and I missed several times. Just then, my head suddenly hurt, and I only heard a loud crash in my ear, as if I had hit a rock.

  Right after that, my whole body started falling down, to be exact, it was being pulled down by a huge force, and the space was very narrow. The thick down jacket on me was rubbed off during the friction, leaving only my undergarment. Then I felt all sorts of sharp objects scratching my skin, that feeling was just like being dragged and rolled over gravel.

  As I opened my eyes in a daze, everything before me was yellow. It wasn't the artificial yellow color, but rather the color of rocks and soil. Accompanied by the intense pain from the friction on my body, the yellow before my eyes rapidly fell downwards. Sharp rocks occasionally flashed before my eyes. When I finally landed, my entire body had already gone numb from the pain.

  The thing wrapped around my foot suddenly loosened, I didn't have time to cry out in pain, and immediately grabbed the dagger in my hand and swung it wildly. I don't know where I am now, but I understand that I must have been dragged into its lair by something, and its lair is underground.

  I waved it a few times, and I found that the surroundings were very quiet, as if there was nothing. At this time, I gradually calmed down, and I realized that the current silence was just an illusion. The thing that pulled me down must still be lurking around, waiting for an opportunity to move.

  I immediately pulled out the cold smoke bomb from my chest, and a greenish-blue light suddenly lit up in the darkness. This military-grade cold smoke bomb was better than the ones I used to fight against before, with a wider range of illumination and longer duration. I don't know what connections Xiao Hua had to get this.

  In the moment when the light flashed on, I saw passerby A, he was facing away from me, his hand straightly inserted into a strange object.

  That thing looks very strange, if it must be described, then it's like an octopus. The upper body is a fluffy ball, and below are two leg-like things that are thin and slender. From the protruding joints, you can see that there are many joints. Behind the fluffy ball, there are countless thin tentacles, all of which have lost their vitality and are limp on the ground.

  Passerby A's hand was inserted into the fluffy ball, and a dark red blood stain flowed out from that place. Afterwards, his hand exited from the fluffy ball's body, and his pair of hands somehow had put on those gloves again. The withdrawn hand was covered in fresh blood.

  My eyes twitched, this...this bloody claw probing the heart, I've only seen this move in TV dramas, didn't expect to see it today. I thought I'd seen my fair share of disgusting things, but watching that blood-soaked hand come out still makes me feel like I'm salivating nonstop. If that hand was aimed at me, wouldn't my chest be pierced in an instant, and then my heart would be ripped out just like that?

  I was staring in shock, when passerby A turned around, his bloody claws swiped a few times on the furball's body, revealing the metallic texture of his gloves. He then raised his chin and said, "Hold it higher, let me take a look at the top."

  My head is completely dizzy at this moment, and my eyes are wandering between the plush ball and his hand. After a long time, I subconsciously asked: "What animal is that?"

  Passerby A didn't respond to my words, seeing that I didn't react, he walked over and with the hand stained with blood, snatched the cold cigarette from my hand. Unconsciously, I looked up and saw that above our heads was a height of nearly three meters, and on top of it, there was another narrow slit, only one person wide. The length of the slit couldn't be seen clearly.

  It seems that we were just dragged down from that crack earlier, and I thought to myself how my body was able to come out of such a small crack. Suddenly, my skin felt even more painful. When I looked down, my underclothes were torn apart, and the exposed areas were all scratched with blood marks. Looking at passerby A, his situation was similar to mine, his down jacket was gone, and he was only wearing a black vest, which was also tattered.

  He raised his head to observe the crack, and it was very quiet around him. The sound of wind and snow outside was blocked out. I also observed the crack with him and said, "It's too small, we can't get out." When we came down, we were pulled straight down and got hurt all over our bodies. If we want to go up, we need to move our hands and feet while climbing, but this crack is too narrow, and it's impossible to climb up. Unfortunately, neither of us has anything with us right now.

  Passerby A seemed to understand as well, putting down the cigarette butt and starting to look around at the bad surroundings. It was only then that I realized we were actually in a tunnel. The left and right sides were connected, obviously, the place we came down wasn't the real entrance.

  I pulled out another cold cigarette, observing the surrounding stone walls, and couldn't see any signs of human craftsmanship. It seemed to be a naturally formed underground cavity. This kind of cavity is either segmented or labyrinthine. If it's the former, we'll be trapped to death, because that crevice can't be exited.

  If it's the latter... we may still be trapped to death because it's easy to get lost.