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The smell was not good.
There was a thick layer of bat feces on the ground. Some of them looked like they had been here for a long time, while some were still fresh. It meant that there were bats here every day, but they were not here yet. Maybe they would come back at night.
There were many big cracks on the inner wall of the pit, which were about one to eight or nine meters wide. Some sounds came from the cracks, which were the bats' cries that Mai and the others had heard before. Some of the bats' cries could be heard by everyone, while some were beyond the hearing ability of junior totem warriors. Only Mai and the other intermediate totem warriors could hear them. Or maybe, there were some sounds that even Mai and the others could not hear.
The sound of the rapid airflow was there all the time, and it sounded every once in a while. It was very rhythmic, but only Shao Xuan could hear it.
Although the sounds of bats could be heard coming from the wide cracks, they sounded a little far away. Because of this, Mai and the others allowed the people above the pit to come down. However, they also reminded them to be careful and not to make too much noise.
There were claw marks around the cracks, which were similar to the ones found on the rocks at the water point. Those big bats' hook-like claws could cling to the cracks of the rocks and move around flexibly.
"Cheng!" Cha said in a low voice.
Cha found a stone knife on the ground around the cracks, which belonged to the missing warriors.
"It seems that they were indeed caught and brought here. They went in from here." Cheng looked at the huge cracks that were several meters wide, and his eyes were vicious. He wanted to kill all those things. However, it was not a good time now. They brought too few people here, while the enemies were too many.
There were cracks around the inner wall of the pit, which reminded Cha of the caves they found in the mountains when they were tracking those things. Maybe, those caves were connected to the cracks here.
They did not know how long the cracks were, and where they extended to. They could only guess. But, those things' abnormal behaviors were similar, so their guess was more than half true.
Shao Xuan kept staring at the ground under his feet, and at the same time, he felt the direction of the totem flame in his mind.
It was different from when they were outside the pit just now. At this moment, the flames on the totem did not face any direction. They only rolled and rolled very violently.
The others more or less felt it, but it was not as obvious as Shao Xuan. They only thought that it was because they were too nervous in this place, and were on guard against possible dangers. They did not think that it was because of the totem.
Shao Xuan lifted his feet and walked slowly.
Shao Xuan did not walk very fast. Every step he took was very careful. The others thought that Shao Xuan was trying not to make any noise, but other than that, Shao Xuan was still feeling the changes that came with every step.
Something had affected the totem. According to the totem's reaction, it was very similar to the item mentioned in the animal skin scroll that the shaman showed him. It could be on the inner wall of the pit, or it could be under his feet, or it could be in more than one place.
However, this sinkhole was too big, and they still had to be on guard against the dangers that could appear at any time. It was impossible for them to carefully check every place. They could only roughly sense and see if they could determine the approximate location.
One step … two steps … ten steps …
Suddenly, Shao Xuan paused.
It was here!
Shao Xuan squatted down and used his stone knife to scrape away some of the bat feces on the surface, revealing the ground at the bottom of the pit.
The ground below was very hard, much harder than ordinary stones. It was no wonder that there were so few plants. In the surrounding area, there were only a few scattered blades of grass. To be able to grow in such a place, the vitality of the grass was quite tenacious.
The rocky ground was very hard. Shao Xuan tested the hardness of the ground a little. His teeth knife could dig out a piece of the stone surface.
Shao Xuan did not care about the dirt. He put his hand on the ground and felt the source of the totem in his mind.
It was not far. It was under his hand. He could dig it out easily. But that would cause a lot of noise.
At this time, Shao Xuan heard Caesar growling from above.
"Uncle Mai! Something is coming from the sky! "Shao Xuan said.
After warning Shao Xuan, Caesar quickly jumped under a leaf of the vines to hide. In this way, the thing flying from the sky would not easily find him.
"Hide!"
Mai and Chengdu ordered their warriors to quickly find a place to hide.
The others did not need to say much. They all reacted quickly and found vines or other plants to hide.
The thirty people quickly hid. From the outside, it was very difficult to find them.
After a while, a sound came from the sky.
Shao Xuan looked through the gaps between the leaves. There were a few brown and black bats flying down from the sky. They were very big. The smallest one had a wingspan of more than five meters.
There were two of them together, catching the giant-antlered deer. It seemed that they had attacked a herd of giant-antlered deer.
Previously, they had heard that the giant-antlered deer herd had migrated from this place. But they did not know whether these bats had attacked another herd of giant-antlered deer or had directly chased and killed the one that had migrated.
After flying down from above, they came to a wide stone gap. The bats flew in with their prey. One by one, they disappeared into the dark stone gap. However, during the whole process, a dark brown bat with much thicker fur stopped outside the stone gap and looked into the pit.
Compared to their vision, their sense of smell and hearing were actually more powerful. It did not see anything unusual, but it smelled something different.
It opened its mouth, revealing sharp blade-like teeth. Its specialised nose moved, making sounds that most people could not hear. Then it suddenly used its strength to push off the stone wall, spread its wings, and flew like a gust of wind.
Among the people who came over, the one who was hiding closest to it was there!
They had been discovered!
The people hiding there had to pick up their spears to defend themselves. This also meant that they could no longer hide here. They had to leave as soon as possible. The number of bats here was much greater than theirs.
"Go!" Cheng shouted in a low voice, indicating that everyone should leave quickly. Once these bats found people, they would call for other partners. Soon, more bats would fly over. Now that they were few in number, they had to leave quickly.
Shao Xuan ran to the place where he had just dug. His arms gathered strength, and he waved his stone knife. The knife flashed, and in a short moment, he had slashed several times.
Bang! Bang!
Stone chips flew everywhere.
The thing below was also dug out.
Holding it tightly in his hand, Shao Xuan did not care about anything else. He quickly stepped on the ground and retreated. He did not care about how much bat feces was on his trousers. He ran to the side of the vines and climbed up along the vines like an agile monkey.
Just now, when Shao Xuan was digging, Mai heard the sound and looked over. What he saw made him so angry that smoke almost came out of his head.
What the hell was wrong with Xuan?! Even if it was a rare herb, it was more important than his life? Instead of running for his life, he was digging!!
Fortunately, Shao Xuan's movements were fast. From digging to escaping along the vines, it took less than a breath's time. He did not fall behind the others.
After getting out of the pit, Cheng led the others and ran towards the cave of the first stronghold.
"Get out of here!"
A sharp cry came from the giant pit. Everyone heard it. When they looked back, they could not help but feel numb.
In the sky above the giant pit, large bats were flapping their wings, and more were flying out. They were densely packed.
They sped up and began to run for their lives.
This time, they did not go up the mountain. There were not many trees on the mountain, so they might as well go down the mountain. There, they could lure some ferocious beasts to block the bats. Compared to the bats, they felt that the ferocious beasts in the forest were much more adorable.
Of course, the species of ferocious beasts also depended on the species. If the ferocious beasts were the kind that would not cause trouble for the bats, but would hinder their escape, then they would be courting death.
The bats chased them for a while. The hunting group was hiding and attracting the ferocious beasts to cause trouble. So they gave up and did not continue the chase.
Even if they did not see the bats chasing after them, they did not stop until they reached the hunting area that they were familiar with. Then they slowed down.
Here, they needed to slow down and make sure that there were no bats following them. Otherwise, if the bats followed them to the cave of the first stronghold, then they would be in trouble.
"How is it?" Mai looked at Cheng, Cha and the others who were carefully observing the surroundings.
"They did not follow us." Cheng answered.
Then he looked at Caesar. Judging from the wolf's reaction, he did not seem to be in big trouble.
Only then did everyone take a long breath.
After counting the number of people and making sure no one was missing, Mai felt a little relieved. However, when he saw Shao Xuan, his anger was ignited again.
Mai strode over and grabbed Shao Xuan's animal skin coat, and said angrily, "Do you want to die?! What are you digging for?! Do you know you were almost caught and eaten by them?! I should have let you stay outside! "
It was rare for Mai to be so angry. He treated Shao Xuan as his own junior. When Shao Xuan had an accident last year, he regretted not paying more attention to him. Fortunately, Shao Xuan was safe and sound. But today, Shao Xuan, who had been behaving well and obeying orders, actually did something like that. Under such an emergency situation, what was worth taking such a risk?
Cha sat on the ground and panted. He shook his head and thought, "Luckily he is not from my team, or I would definitely beat him up."
Shao Xuan, who was lifted up by Mai's coat, was also stunned. He had never seen Mai so angry since the first day he joined the hunting group. However, Mai was doing this for his own good. He was not scolding him, but just caring about him.
Lang Ga wanted to say something to comfort Mai, but as soon as he took a step forward, he was stared at by Mai. He smiled embarrassedly and did not dare to move forward.
"What are you doing this for?! What did you dig up? Take it out! "If it were not for the situation, Mai would have roared out loud.
"Sorry, I was too impulsive." Shao Xuan also knew that he was too impulsive. He had to calm down next time.
As he said that, Shao Xuan reached out his fist, palm up, and slowly opened his fingers in front of Mai, revealing the thing in his palm.
"It's just a …" Seeing the thing in Shao Xuan's palm, Mai suddenly thought of something. Before he could finish his sentence, he was stuck there, as if someone was choking his neck. His face turned red, and for a moment, he almost stopped breathing, as if he could not believe what he saw.
Cha stood up and wanted to take a closer look. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, he was pushed aside by Cheng, who walked quickly to him.
Pushing aside the debris in front of him, Cheng stared at the red crystal in Shao Xuan's hand. His eyes were red like Mai's, but no one knew whether it was because he was too excited, or because of the light refracted by the small crystal.
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