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"Brother Asheng."

The calling sound was very weak, and there were a lot of noises during the period. It was obvious that the owner of the sound was in a very bad state.

I turned my head and saw that Candolo was slowly approaching me with the support of Arslan, stumbling on his feet, as if he might fall at any time.Under the light of the flashlight, his face looked extremely pale, almost like a dead body.The bandage wrapped around the abdomen was also bright red, exuding a strong bloody smell.There was a bowl-sized hole there, which was injured in the last battle to save Arslan.When I dragged him back from the crowd of skeletons, a large portion of his intestines escaped from the big hole, almost hanging to the ground. It took Yan Daojie and I a long time to stuff it back for him. , I don't know if the battle just now made his intestines flow out again.

Thinking of this, I hurried over to check his wound, and was relieved when I saw that it hadn't become more serious, and then asked him how he felt about himself.Kandoro gave me a forced smile, shook his head, and said, "Brother Asheng, don't worry, I think I can survive for a few more hours, hehehe."

The slight laughter caused the pain in the wound, which made him grin his teeth for a while, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.Seeing this, Arslan hurriedly supported him to sit down, and after panting for a while, Kandoro, who finally recovered a little, said weakly, "Brother Asheng, I have something to say to you, it's very important."

Seeing me nodding, he said again: "I've been recalling the inspection records I've seen. Just now, when I was in a trance, I suddenly remembered that one or two of the earliest records seemed to mention a very small A small clearing, but there is no record of it since."

"Oh?" I raised my eyebrows, smelling something unusual.

"This kind of situation is actually not a big problem. The wind and sand here are very fierce. Maybe the open space existed. But it may have just caught up with the rock being destroyed by the wind and sand to a certain extent. It collapsed and was buried, so it was It's gone." Kandoro took a few breaths, and then said: "However, I think there may be a hope. Although it is no longer mentioned in the inspection records later, it means that there is no access there. However, for decades In the past, maybe those rocks will change again. As long as there is a small space, we may be able to drill out. In addition, since it was originally called an open space, it must be open air, although I don’t know what it is now situation, but we might also have a chance to fire the flare. Maybe..."

Kandoro paused at this point, then shook his head with a wry smile.Thinking about it, he also knew in his heart that even if we fired the signal flare, we probably wouldn't be able to hold on until the people of the Ilias tribe came to the rescue.Their flares are specially made to emit a special smell in addition to their normal pyrotechnic effects.The smell can stay in the air for a long time and travel far, according to Candoro.Propagation to their station is no problem.This scent can be identified by their people, as well as by the falcons they keep.In fact, as long as the smell can spread to the vicinity of their security circle, their clansmen will be able to find out.However, it is a few hours away from their nearest warning site, and they wait until their people receive this smell signal, and then organize people to rush here.I don't think there's anything else we can do except collect our bodies.

In fact, not getting the flare out the first time was the biggest mistake we made.However, making such a mistake is, strictly speaking, helpless.When we first encountered the group of skeletons, we were surrounded without even having time to react.At that time, everyone was thinking about breaking out, and no one thought about firing a signal flare and waiting for rescue. Besides, we couldn't wait for the situation at that time.After finally breaking through the swarm of skeletons and rushing into the cave, everyone naturally wanted to rush out from the exit of the cave.After all, there are quite a few exits here. Although I was worried that there would be ambushes at the exits, I never would have imagined that there would be every exit, and each one would be difficult to break through.By the time we realized that rescue was needed, the team had been beaten to a half, and the passage back to Xiaosha Valley was blocked by skeletons.We tried to attack a few times, but failed, and lost a lot of manpower instead.In desperation, we had no choice but to continue fleeing in the cave.

"Brother Asheng, we..." Kandoro looked up at me.

"Let's try!" I nodded and said firmly, "No matter how small the opportunity is, we have to try, even if we are left alone in the end, no matter who it is, we can't give up hope until we close our eyes completely. "

Candoro gave a heavy hum when he heard the words, and then stood up with the help of Arslan.I called Yan Daojie over, explained the situation in the simplest language, and then assigned tasks to the few remaining people.Including Kandoro, there are only three fighters left in the Ilias tribe, but among these three people, there are two people with the title of "Naruta".Thanks to this, our team with only a few people left was able to survive under the siege and interception of the skeleton group. After all, although the small number of people caused insufficient firepower and could not fight recklessly, it was more flexible to escape. kind of lucky.

After simply confirming the responsibilities of each person, we carefully set off on the road under the leadership of Candolo, heading towards the small open space in his memory.For this location, Candolo's memory is not deep, but he only knows the direction roughly, and the specific road needs to be explored on the way.In addition, we have to avoid the pursuit of the skeleton group at any time on the way. We have to stop every time we walk, and sometimes we even have to take a detour to avoid the enemy, and then go back when we are safe.In this way, our forward speed is naturally not fast, and it took a few hours, but we only walked more than half of the distance.Fortunately, we were safe and sound during this journey, and did not have a head-on confrontation with the skeleton group. It can be said that it has been the most peaceful few hours since the battle began.

I looked at my watch and found that the pointer was already pointing to the number representing dusk.It would be dark in a few hours, and if we hadn't found the little clearing by then, the odds would be against us, almost a death sentence.After all, no one knows whether we have a chance of surviving until tomorrow morning.

I hurried to catch up with Kandoro, and briefly talked to him about the worries in my heart.Unexpectedly, Kandoro laughed when he heard the words.Said to me was about to tell me a big good news.It turned out that the two of them "naruta" got together to confirm it just now, and found that the disgusting smell of the skeleton group could hardly be smelled on the road ahead, which meant that the pile of disgusting monsters probably didn't know where to go. There is almost no danger in the passage between us and the small open space, and the speed of advancement can naturally be accelerated immediately.It will not take long to reach the destination.

I couldn't help being overjoyed when I heard the words, but I was also a little worried.After repeated confirmation with them, I still decided to only increase the speed appropriately, not to rush for quick success, so as not to be surrounded again.After all, according to Candoro's memory, the small open space is not far away, and now there are still a few hours before the sun disappears completely, so there should be time.It is safer for us to take less risk.

The plan was decided, and we hastened to speed up and rush forward.Not long after walking, Kandoro waved his hand and stopped, standing where he was and carefully feeling his surroundings.The expression on his face was very complicated, both joyful and confused.I was very puzzled when I saw this, so I asked him about it.

Candoro replied that the small clearing should be not far ahead.If you turn this passage, you can probably see the sun, of course.The premise is that there is not too much collapse.However, he also said that he seemed to smell the smell of the group of skeletons, but after careful identification, he found it wrong, and another "naruta" felt the same as him, which made them have to be careful.

I thought about it, then gritted my teeth and decided to ignore it.Use the fastest speed to rush over to have a look.Now that it has reached this point, even if it is a little risky, I have to give it a try.Finding hope as soon as possible is extremely important to us now, and how long we can last actually depends on this.

Everyone put more effort under their feet, and they turned around the passage under their feet without going far.Just stepped through the turn.I saw a glimmer of light at the end of the passage.The light was white and dazzling, obviously the light from the sun.In an instant, a burst of extreme joy rushed to my heart, just like a cruise ship lost in the vast sea seeing a lighthouse.I hastened to speed up my pace, and ran towards the light with everyone full of joy.Unfortunately, our joy did not last long.When we arrived at the entrance of the cave, what we saw in front of us made everyone feel an extreme feeling between hell and heaven.

The outside of the cave is indeed an open space, which is very small, probably slightly larger than the area of ​​a basketball court.On one side of the open space, there is a pile of rocks piled up randomly, which looks like the exit after the collapse, which is basically in line with Candolo's guess.These chaotic rocks are very large, but there are some gaps between them, and the sand outside can be faintly seen.I haven't been able to observe those gaps carefully, but I guess we can find a space for us to drill out.To be honest, this is the first time since we encountered the skeleton group, we are so close to the hope of escaping here, so close that it is almost within reach.

However, the gate of heaven is hell, a hell where demons roam.At the same time as this small open space came into our sight, there was a group of skeletons that were too numerous to count.This group of skeletons is dominated by the mutated blood-colored skeletons, and there are fewer ordinary white skeletons.As if they were looking for something, they walked slowly back and forth in this open space, and some even climbed on the surrounding rock walls, almost filling up the entire open space and filling our eyes. The way out is completely blocked.

When we first saw this group of skeletons, we almost subconsciously raised our weapons and prepared for battle.But the strange thing is that this group of skeletons is uncharacteristically, and has no reaction to us appearing at the entrance of the cave.Everyone was on guard for a long time nervously, but this group of skeletons still wandered around on their own. Even the skeletons that came near us didn't seem to notice us, and they still kept their own speed and walked past us slowly. It seems that the group of skeletons in front of us are completely different from those we have encountered before.

The weird situation made everyone a little bit at a loss, hesitating and not knowing whether to advance or retreat.However, the opportunity at hand is full of fatal temptation after all, the ordinary soldier of Elias couldn't stand this kind of torture, so no matter what the danger was, he jumped out of the cave like a signal flare from the sky.

There was a crisp sound of "bang", and a group of faint blue fireworks shot up into the sky with white smoke.At the same time, all the skeletons wandering in the clearing swooped towards him as if they saw a bloody shark, as if his coming out of the cave was a signal to attack.Seeing this, everyone hurriedly rushed out, fighting with the skeleton group with all their strength.However, we didn't dare to fight, and after trying our best to disperse the skeletons around us, we hurriedly turned back and retreated, intending to escape into the cave for our lives.Strange things happened at this moment.As soon as we ran into the cave, the skeletons that were attacking fiercely stopped suddenly, stood there for a while as if they had lost their target, and then continued to wander slowly, as if we entered the cave from their perception. as if disappeared.

Everyone was puzzled by this, but they didn't go into it.In the face of great joy, the reasons for this situation are not important to us.We are undoubtedly extremely lucky, and the current situation can be said to be the vitality given to us by God.The signal flare has been sent out, and those skeletons will not run into the hole. As long as we stay here honestly, we have a great chance to wait for the rescue of the Ilias tribe.As long as there are no pursuers in the cave behind.

"Shusha, shashasha..."

As soon as the smile climbed onto his face, he stiffened, and a slight sound suddenly came into his ears from the depths of the cave, getting louder and louder, obviously approaching us.This voice was extremely familiar, so familiar that it made everyone gnash their teeth, but they were deeply terrified.Its appearance at this moment is undoubtedly the rope that drags us from heaven to hell for us.Everyone looked at each other silently, then hugged heavily, picked up their weapons and rushed towards the open space outside the cave.

At this second, we decided to go all out.

In the next second, my eyes were completely filled with dazzling red.There are skeletons in the clearing, and maybe, something else.

Is it the sunset at dusk?Or... (to be continued...)