Lulunaka did not spend too much time picking the Head Twister Grass. After a while, she and Marina returned to the team.
While the two of them went to pick the deadly weeds, Ike stood beside them and waited. Hatchet and Chris walked together and seemed to be discussing something.
When Lulunaka returned, she was holding a bunch of Head Twister Grass that had been folded into a circle. The Head Twister Grass was wrapped in cloth and looked no different from ordinary Head Twister Grass.
"Thank you for waiting for me." Lulunaka said.
"Just keep that thing away from us." Short Axe said.
"It has already lost its vitality." Lulunaka said, "As long as it does not come into contact with liquid, it will not come back to life."
"Why do you want to pick such a dangerous thing?" Ike asked.
Lulunaka looked at Ike, "It can also be used to help my poor uncle … Although it is not necessary, at least it can be used, and it can save a lot of money."
Lulunaka was really the style of a poor child. In order to save some money, she was even willing to take risks.
Marina sighed in her heart, but if Lulunaka did not have such a character, she probably would not have gone to the sewers alone.
Lulunaka wrapped the Head Twister Grass tightly with cloth, and after confirming that there was no exposed place, she put it in her bosom. This made Marina a little worried that she was taking too much of a risk.
The team continued to move forward. In this large passage, only the sound of their footsteps and the sound of water dripping on the ground could be heard.
On the ground, there was nothing but pebbles and weeds. In the dark and damp places, besides the Head Twister Grass, there were also some disgusting fungi.
These fungi looked like they had already rotted. Their surface was chapped and cracked, and an unknown liquid flowed out. The liquid was of various colors, depending on the color of the mushroom's appearance.
In addition to the immobile plants, there were also some small things that could move around.
Rats, snakes, insects … Although they were not overwhelming, the group could still hear the movements of these small things at their feet.
If it was a mouse, it would be fine, but if a snake appeared at their feet, it would not make them feel at ease.
Along the way, Chris had trampled several small snakes to death, so that the people behind him didn't have to worry about whether something would jump up and bite them.
But this kind of thing could not be exterminated by stepping on them. At least, Short Axe did not think so. He had just kicked a mouse away, and the mouse squeaked and disappeared into the distance.
"There are more and more rats and insects in this wretched place," Short Axe said. "It's the last sign of activity before winter."
"Hibernation?" Marina asked.
"If it's a snake, it will hibernate, but the mice below won't appear just because it's cold."
Short Axe said, "And when winter comes, the underground will be completely different. By then, no matter how much money you give me, I won't go deeper into the sewers."
"Why?"
Just as Short Axe was about to answer, a commotion came from the front.
The noise was chaotic. There were sounds of metal clashing, human voices, and cursing … It sounded like a battle.
Chris stopped in front, turned around and shouted to the people behind him, "Stop first, I'll go check out the situation." After that, Chris walked forward and disappeared before everyone's eyes.
"What's going on in front?" Marina asked.
Short Axe touched his chin and answered, "It sounds like someone is working."
"Working?"
"You know, there are a lot of strange things in the sewers, especially when you go deeper," Short Axe said.
"It's safe near the surface, but as you can see, the environment gets worse and more dangerous as you go further away from the surface.
It's not just the plants that are dangerous. "
After a while, Chris returned to the front of the team and said to them, "We can go now. It's over there.
You can talk to them. "
Chris's words were still so brief, so concise that it made people worry if he had left out something, or if he had missed out on something important.
However, Short Axe did not have too many doubts about his companion. After all, he had worked with him for a long time. "Then let's go. It looks like we're in luck. At least there's less danger around here."
Marina and the others followed behind Chris. After walking for a while, they arrived at the place where Chris had said "it's over."
There was a hole here. The hole was so big that even a horse carriage could pass through it.
It was right at the edge of the passageway, giving this straight passageway, which had no forks in the road, an additional path to other places.
Compared to the quiet road they had walked on before, this place was obviously much more lively. Many people had gathered together, divided into several circles, and scattered everywhere. Some people were making loud noises, while others were whispering in low voices. There were also people who cast a glance at the newcomers, and then looked away, as if they were not interested.
Everyone wrapped themselves up tightly and put on protective equipment on the outside. Some wore leather armor, some wore iron armor, and some wore a mix of leather and iron armor. It looked very strange.
If it was just a group of people standing here, it would not be anything special. However, if it was a battlefield, then it was very different.
The living could still stand, but the dead could only lie on the ground.
Not only was it noisy, but there was also the smell of gunpowder. Some places were burning, probably because someone had used bombs and Molotov cocktails filled with oil. Perhaps there were also traces of magic.
The injured were either squatting or sitting, treating their own wounds. Those who were seriously injured could only wait for others to help them.
There were not many human corpses, and they were all dragged away and placed in relatively clean places. It was unknown how these poor people would be dealt with next.
Most of the corpses lying on the ground were small and shriveled.
These corpses had no clothes on, only tattered pieces of cloth to cover their bodies. They had blue skin.
These were not children. Furthermore, it was impossible for so many children to appear underground and be subjected to such a massacre.
When looking at the faces of these corpses, no one would treat these creatures as children.
They had small eyes, no nostrils, and a large mouth with sharp teeth. There were also two teeth that were especially long and stretched out of the mouth. They looked extremely ferocious and terrifying.
When they walked towards these people and walked towards the entrance of the cave, there were several corpses of these little creatures under their feet.
Chris and Short Axe seemed to be used to it. Even if they stepped on these corpses, they did not react. Ike and Marina carefully avoided these corpses that were emitting a strange stench.
It was not the stench of corpses, but the stench that these little creatures carried, like the smell of rancid milk.
"Don't get too close to the cave over there," Short Axe reminded the people in front of him, "Even if it is underground, there is a division."
When they got closer, Marina could see the appearance of the cave clearly.
This cave definitely did not exist in the first place. This was the appearance of the tunnel after it had been chiseled. Looking inside, they could see that this was a tunnel that had been dug open. There was mud and gravel everywhere, and there was even mud falling from above.
Their team didn't get any closer to the entrance of the cave. Someone had already walked up to them.
This was a man who was also wrapped up tightly. He wore a black mask, revealing only a pair of eyes.
"Don't get close to the cave entrance, but you can pass through the other paths on your own."
The man said, nodding his head towards the other end of the tunnel, "We don't charge you a toll, so don't worry. We have no interest in small fries. You can die wherever you want, but don't die near us. Our competitors will slander us as bandits."
The man's words sounded like he did not care about Short Axe and the others, but there was no malice in his words. It was as if he was doing business, but there was also his personal feelings in it.
To put it simply, the man meant one thing: You can do whatever you want, but don't come near and disturb them.
The man's words caused Ike to have some unpleasant feelings.
He was not a hot-tempered person, but the man's words did carry the meaning of looking down on them. The tone was too obvious, so obvious that it was impossible to ignore it.
But just as he was about to explode, Marina pressed his shoulder.
He turned around and saw Marina shaking her head with a smile on her face. This made his anger dissipate a lot.
"We'll be right there."
Short Axe approached the man with a smile on his face and stuffed a few silver coins into the man's hand, "Thank you for making this area safe."
Short Axe's behavior surprised Marina and Ike. Short Axe was not a generous person, but he took out money and stuffed it into the man's hand.
The man did not react to Short Axe's behavior and directly stuffed the coins into his pocket, "Your safety is worth this little money … I advise you not to go too deep. The small fangs nearby are active again. This cave entrance was originally sealed, but now it will have to be sealed again."
The man walked towards the cave entrance, as if he did not want to deal with Marina and the others who were passing by.
But in the end, he turned around and shouted to Short Axe, "Some of the small fangs have escaped. I think you can still handle it.
If these small fangs can kill you, we won't drag your bodies up. "