After listening to what happened, Ran Ran asked directly: "So do you think we should go to Dingjun Mountain now, or wait here for him to come back?"Shen Dinghai didn't think for too long. "Let's go find him. Cousin, you have told us the key points to avoid danger. Just act like a normal person and do this. We can find Dingjun Mountain while ensuring safety." Yangguang originally wanted to hear Xiaonu's opinion, but she didn't say anything. After thinking for a while, he agreed to take the initiative to look for her. "He was injured while trying to save us. He stepped forward to protect us in a dangerous moment. Now of course we have to repay this help." Xiaonu kept her lips tightly pursed until Ranran asked for her opinion. "…I don't have any opinion, I'll just listen to you…" Ranran raised her eyebrows, surprised at Xiaonu's understanding. She didn't know whether Xiaonu had changed her mind or was planning to escape in another way. She thought of many possibilities in her mind, but she never thought that Xiaonu was frightened by her and was too scared to raise any objections. So the four of them simply made up a story about a group of good friends traveling together. They passed by this place by chance, but their friend was inexplicably lost, so they were looking for him. After hearing Ran Ran's words, Shen Dinghai was fearless and just shouted at the top of his voice. "Dingjun Mountain! Please respond if you hear me!"
"Please respond when you hear me!" After shouting a few times, there was no response from Dingjun Mountain. Instead, a family on the street opened the door and a furry little head popped out, the tender face full of confusion. "Excuse me, are you looking for someone?" Ranran frowned instantly, feeling something was wrong. A human being who takes the initiative and is a resident of the cave appears in the horror cave? If the monsters that Ranran and his friends had encountered in the cafe and clothing store were ordinary NPCs that would only passively react to the explorers' actions, then this little boy in front of them... There is no doubt that this is a special NPC that issues quests, unique from the others. It was difficult for Ranran not to associate such an existence with the existence and disappearance of the horror cave. Because if the entire horror cave was filled with ordinary NPCs like before, even someone with a sharp mind like Ranran wouldn't be able to figure out a way to crack it. There is no way to start! If you behave abnormally, you will die, and the definition of normal behavior is actually in the hands of the explorer, which means that you can create your own character at will as long as it is reasonable. That way the story can be developed infinitely, and the explorers can always be in a safe state, but they can never get out, and there is no way they can crack the horror cave and make it disappear. But it’s different when special NPCs appear. This shows that the Terror Cave provides a way to the end, and humans are not without a way out in it. It even deliberately creates a pattern to lead humans to that path. It’s just that this model is not necessarily understood by most people. Ranran felt that her understanding of the horror cave had deepened. It is something that is completely beyond human cognition, but once you really enter it, you will find that what is inside is something familiar to humans. A combination of the known and the unknown. This leads to two possibilities: 1. There is no need for the horror cave itself to be integrated with what is known to humans, it is just that the horror cave they entered happened to look like this. 2. Horror holes can only be combined with what is known to humans. Ran Ran had watched a few of the videos sent by Zhang Wei. Judging from the terrifying cave scene that Qin Yan's father had experienced, the latter was more likely.
If it's the latter, then... After all, the horror hole is still a kind of matter, just a matter beyond human understanding. And it must exist dependent on something. A dark light flashed in Ran Ran's eyes. Could she understand that as long as she mastered this thing, she would have mastered the key to the horror cave? Then her current task was to find this key, and the way to the key was obviously, most likely with this child. Ran Ran sorted out his thoughts and walked straight towards the little boy regardless of everyone's surprise. "Hello, we are indeed looking for our friend. He is tall and strong, with dark skin. Have you seen him?" Looking at Ranran's back, Xiaonu swallowed the words she wanted to stop him. Isn't it good like this? I don't have to suffer anymore... The little boy was very cute, and looked a little younger than Ranran. His eyes were twinkling, and even reflected by the blood-red moon in the sky, they looked clear and moving. "I don't think I saw it." After he answered, Ranran maintained his character and lowered his head with some disappointment. The little boy immediately said, "Don't be sad, I'll ask your dad for you. Dad just came back from outside, maybe he has seen your friend." After he finished speaking, he ran back into the house, leaving the door open. Logically, Ranran and the others should be able to see the inside of the house from the open part, but there was only darkness inside... They can't see anything. The little boy seemed to run into the darkness. After waiting for a long time, the little boy still didn't come back. The longer Shen Dinghai and the others waited, the more frightened they felt. "Cousin, why don't we look for it a little bit more? This family may not know where Dingjun Mountain is." "It's indeed been a while..." Ran Ran looked at the darkness inside the door and actually stepped onto the stairs, "Let's go in and find him directly." Upon hearing this, Shen Dinghai followed in fear. Xiaonu had a complicated expression but also followed, leaving Yangguang alone outside, who was shocked. "That's really brave! I've learned a lot!" After saying that, he shivered in the cold wind blowing from both sides of the lonely street, and goose bumps appeared all over his body. "Brother Shanhai is right. We are now in a horror movie. If we don't fight as a team, we will die quickly!" Yangguang quickly caught up. Just as Ranran reached the door, a person suddenly emerged from the dark shadows. He is tall, with a dignified face and a straight mouth, which makes one know at a glance that he is a serious person. "You are really well-educated! You just barge into other people's houses so casually!" Ranran stopped immediately, so as not to bump into the man. She tried her best to show her acting skills and said embarrassedly. "We waited for a long time but didn't see the little brother come out. We were just a little worried." The man sneered, "Why would you strangers need to worry about him going back to his own home?" Ran Ran had no choice but to apologize, and kept saying that everyone was just too worried.
"Our friend is already a very capable adult, but he still gets lost on this street, and his little brother is still so young, so..." The man snorted in dissatisfaction, but he didn't get angry like those humanoid monsters in the coffee shop and clothing store. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this wave should have passed. A head quietly popped out from the shadow behind the man again. It was not the little boy from before, but a cute girl with skin as white as snow. She snuggled up behind the man, her eyes wide open, and said expressionlessly. “I’ve met their friends.” "Their friend was covered in blood." (End of chapter)