"There's actually … another nest here." Ian stared blankly at the oval-shaped white eggs that stood silently around him.
Ruby gulped down a mouthful of saliva and said, "This wouldn't be the Silencers' ovaries, right? Are these … the eggs of the wind listeners that haven't hatched yet? "
Luna and Rosemary's eyes lit up as soon as they heard his words. There was a hint of greed in their eyes. If these were the eggs of the Silencers, then it meant that they were the offspring of rare monsters. As long as they hatched and entered the growth stage, they would be able to kill them and take out their Parasitic Soul Worms. Looking at the number of eggs around them, there were at least dozens of them. This was simply a windfall!
Boom!
Suddenly, a violent rumbling sound came from the cave above them, pulling everyone's thoughts back to reality. Before anyone could react, they heard a furious roar, loud and clear to the extreme, like a thunderclap exploding out.
Amidst this roar, the entire lair trembled slightly, and the black substance on the rock walls began to fall off.
Ian and others' faces turned pale as they looked up. They saw a lot of dust falling from the hole they had dug. It seemed that the cave would collapse at any time.
"Quick, find an exit." Ian said quickly.
Dean shook his head: "It's useless. There is no way out. It's closed."
Ruby, Luna and others were startled. They looked at him in puzzlement. There was a trace of fear in their eyes. It seemed that they were afraid of what Dean had said.
Dean wryly smiled: "There is no wind around. Captain, didn't you feel that the temperature here is very high? It's much higher than the surface. If I'm not wrong then the environment here is constructed according to the environment of the ovaries. To incubate these eggs requires a higher temperature. Therefore the wind listeners have completely sealed this place. Even if there is a passage, it will be closed. It will need to be dug and the passage will only connect to the cave above."
Everyone reacted after hearing his words. The abnormal temperature and the stuffy air were indeed as Dudian said. There was no breeze.
Luna couldn't help but ask: "Then, what should we do? Are we just going to wait for death here? That thing will enter the cave soon and find this place. Won't we be walking right into a trap? "
Ian's expression changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "Now that things have come to this, we can only fight with our lives on the line. Immediately set up the traps and prepare for battle. If we find an opportunity, we will rush out. Ruby and Eugene, you two look for the exit first. Maybe there are other exits."
Ruby and Eugene nodded. They held their torches high and walked along the gap between the white eggs. After a while, the two returned to the front of the team. Ruby said bitterly, "There's really no exit. There are rock walls everywhere."
Hearing this, the expressions of Yi En and the others who held onto their last trace of hope dimmed, and they were slightly disappointed. However, they were prepared beforehand, so they weren't too disappointed.
Ian and Martin quickly composed themselves and continued to prepare the traps in their hands. There were poison nets made of special materials, hidden arrow cartridges, and other trap materials that were easy to carry with them. They were placed in the shadows below the hole.
A moment later, the trap was completed.
Ian took a deep breath and took a few steps back. He hid near a white egg and whispered, "Prepare to ambush."
Everyone held their breath and waited.
After a few minutes, Martin suddenly said in a low voice: "There seems to be no movement from above for a long time."
Ian was startled for a moment. He suddenly remembered that since the previous roar, the movement from above had gradually stopped. Did that thing give up on chasing them?
Luna who was hiding behind another white egg whispered: "Is it because its body is too big that it is stuck in the cave and can't get in?"
"It's possible." Ian's eyes slightly flashed as he recalled the previous roar. He shook his head: "It should still be in the cave. It hasn't left yet."
Everyone naturally knew this. If it had left, the loud footsteps would have gradually faded away, but in reality, it did not. Instead, it had stopped. Obviously, after that thing couldn't squeeze into the cave anymore, it seemed to be preparing to wait for a hare.
After squatting for a while, Eugene was the first to stand up. He gasped and said: "It's too hot here. Since it can't come in, should we go up and wait?"
Ian frowned and immediately said: "Keep your voice down. Don't disturb it. This kind of thing has a big appetite and generally doesn't have much patience. It will leave soon. Don't act rashly."
Eugene shrugged his shoulders but didn't say anything.
Gradually, everyone came out of their hiding places. They looked as if they had just been fished out of the water. Their messy hair drooped over their hard skulls. Only Ian was not sweating at all, and his body temperature was normal.
"Are we going to wait like this?" Ruby asked.
Ian nodded: "Wait until it leaves."
Seeing that there was no other way, everyone didn't say anything. They just looked for a clean place to sit down and rest. However, there was not a single clean spot in the lair. The ground was covered in a sticky substance that looked like feces, but also like the mucus secreted by monsters. Some of them looked like molted soft skin that hung together and emitted a thick stench like mud.
In the hot and sultry temperature, the stench spread to the extreme.
Luna covered her nose. Her face was pale. Her body was soft as if she would faint at any time.
Ian, Martin and others were worried as they saw that her situation was not good. Ian fanned Luna and said: "Drink some water. Calm down."
Luna weakly nodded. She took out some water from her backpack and drank some. Her face was slightly better. But it didn't take long for her body to sweat. Her face was very pale as she sat on the ground.
Martin frowned and said, "We can't go on like this. The smell here is too strong. Let's let Luna go up first. Let her stay here."
Ian looked at Luna who would faint at any time. He hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Everyone worked together to send Luna out of the hole.
Luna was lying on the top of the hole, gasping for the "fresh" air outside. She felt a little better now.
Dean was secretly glad as he saw Luna's appearance. Fortunately, he had replaced the magic marks of the 'Defiler' in time. An overly sensitive sense of smell was good at times but its weakness was very obvious. Although Luna wasn't a noble lady and could tolerate some unpleasant smells, but it wasn't a matter of tolerance. It was a physiological reaction of the body.
Just like some people would vomit when they smelled certain smells.
Among the five senses of the human body, smell was the one that stimulated the nerves the most. Excessive stimulation of the nerves would lead to the body being unable to bear it. It was normal for the body to faint.
"Let's spread out. Don't stick together." Ian said to the rest.
Everyone sat in a slightly spaced position and waited in silence.
The nest was completely silent. Only the white eggs that were bouncing gently could be heard.
One hour, two hours … … More than ten hours passed in the blink of an eye. There was still no movement from the top of the cave. It made people suspect that the thing had left.
But they still didn't dare to act rashly because it was very likely that the thing was sleeping there.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the nest, everyone's expressions were ugly. Although they had already gotten used to this stuffy and oddly smelly environment after five days, they didn't expect that the thing that had caused such a huge commotion would actually wait outside for so long!
According to Ian's initial deduction, the thing should have left in less than a day.
But now, five days had passed, and there was still no movement outside.
"The temperature here is too high. Our food is going to spoil." Rosemary took out water and drank a little. She only wet her lips and put it away. She said to Ian: "We will starve to death here if we continue like this."
Although they didn't consume any physical strength during the wait, but the basic needs were still very high. Although their food was sealed and waterproof, but it couldn't withstand the high temperature.
Ian's face was gloomy, but he didn't say a word.
Rosemary saw that he didn't have a plan. She sighed and turned to look at Ruby. Ruby had thrown away the bag of food before entering the cave. Now they could only rely on the food in their backpacks to survive. The food was only enough for them to live frugally for half a month. Although they wouldn't starve to death after half a month, but in the state of empty stomach, all aspects of the body would naturally decline, including reaction.
"I don't think it's a good idea to continue to wait," Dean glanced at the people sitting around the cave. Dean glanced at the people sitting around the cave. When he saw that the time was almost right, his eyes flashed and he whispered: "If that thing falls asleep, it will sleep for half a month. We won't be able to hold on for so long."
"What do you think we should do?" Martin squinted at Dudian. Although Dudian's previous performance was good, he was a little irritated after staying here for five days in a row.
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