Seeing Ling Mo’s expression change, Skinny Monkey hurriedly waved his hands to explain, “Captain, it’s… it’s like this! I… I tried to talk him out of it, but Yuwen… Anyway, let me explain slowly…”
Xu Shuhan couldn’t help but gesture for him to be quiet.
Unexpectedly, this human was even worse at speaking than she, a Zombie… However, Skinny Monkey’s awkwardness surprisingly eased Xu Shuhan’s tension around others. It wasn’t until she lowered her hand that she realized this, which startled her.
“Where is he?” Ling Mo asked while looking past Skinny Monkey.
There was a small, inconspicuous door nearby, likely where Skinny Monkey had emerged from. But what caught Ling Mo’s attention was Skinny Monkey’s behavior. He was nervously shuffling a couple of steps to block the door in a rather clumsy manner.
“He… he…” Skinny Monkey looked troubled, internally screaming, “What do I do now!” After mumbling a few words, he suddenly realized and quickly wiped his sweat, asking, “Captain, are you… are you okay? Those two people…”
“Dead.”
Hearing Ling Mo’s answer, Skinny Monkey sighed in relief, “That’s good…”
He spoke slowly and with a stutter, combined with his sharp-featured appearance, it was easy to lose patience with him. Ling Mo was fine, but Xu Shuhan was already breathing heavily beside him.
“But it’s still not safe here, and we don’t have much time… Did Yuwen Xuan ask you to keep watch?” Ling Mo brought the topic back.
Xu Shuhan anxiously twisted her fingers. At a time like this, why waste words with him! Just pull him aside! But despite her urgency, she didn’t dare approach… What if she lost control and actually did something? Judging by her breathing, she was already on the verge of losing it…
“Well…” Skinny Monkey immediately showed a sense of unease after being exposed. He desperately tugged at his Hair, saying, “Captain, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you, but Yuwen said no one should disturb him… But if I tell you, you’ll definitely want to go in.”
“I see…” Ling Mo understood a bit, no wonder Skinny Monkey was acting so sneaky when he first appeared… This “no disturbance” likely included if enemies attacked. For someone as timid as Skinny Monkey, the fact that he dared to come out and check was already commendable courage… His current nervousness also showed he took Yuwen Xuan’s instructions seriously.
For Skinny Monkey, the captain’s words were to be followed, and Yuwen Xuan’s instructions were to be carried out. But now, the person in front of him was the captain, so in Skinny Monkey’s mind, things were a complete mess…
Xu Shuhan also showed a hint of surprise, who would have thought, despite his sleazy appearance, he was quite loyal… She then glanced at Ling Mo with some surprise, thinking that Ling Mo was treating this person so kindly because he had a certain trust in his Team Members… But…
This guy is too stubborn!
“Did you find something in there?” she suddenly interjected.
Skinny Monkey was startled, “How did you know!”
“That’s bad… Move aside, we can’t let that person mess around!” Xu Shuhan shouted.
“Mess around…”
Skinny Monkey was taken aback by Xu Shuhan’s urgency. By the time he came to his senses, Ling Mo and Xu Shuhan had already rushed to the door.
“He said not to disturb…”
“Don’t trust a madman,” Ling Mo replied without looking back, and directly opened the door.
“What the…”
As the door opened, Ling Mo was stunned.
Meanwhile, Skinny Monkey mumbled behind him, “Let me finish…”
At the same time, Ling Mo’s Zombie Puppet had entered a new passage…
This “branch” clearly led to another building, and judging by the increasing traces of mucus, they were gradually approaching another group of underground monsters’ lair. 𝘳₳ΝО𐌱ÈŚ
“Wait…” The Zombie Puppet had just lifted a foot from the silt when it suddenly stopped.
Li Yalin, following behind, curiously looked over, “What’s wrong?”
“We need to speed up…” The Zombie Puppet said gravely.
Xia Na didn’t look back but had already started running silently.
“By the way… do you think the figure that led us in could be the Progenitor of these Centipede Men?” The Zombie Puppet asked as it followed.
“What’s up?” Xia Na responded.
“Because… there might be another one.”
…
Behind the door was another room, and from Ling Mo’s angle, he could see the edge of a large hole in the ground.
“You dug this?!” Ling Mo asked, dumbfounded.
“No…” Skinny Monkey was also quite frightened. He quickly ran over, looked around, and then pointed to a red carpet in the corner, “There was a carpet here before! We… we came here looking for you, and then I heard noises coming from below. Yuwen Xuan came to check and then sent me to keep watch outside. He said he’d do something in the room, and if you showed up from outside, you’d be furious… Oh, now I get it.”
He nodded in sudden realization, “Yuwen Xuan thought you might have gone down there, but if not, then he’s in trouble…”
“You didn’t see what he was doing?”
The tunnel entrance was pitch black, and Yuwen Xuan was nowhere to be seen in the room. That madman had gone down…
“I didn’t dare look…” Skinny Monkey answered honestly, “I just heard him moving things…”
Xu Shuhan grabbed a handful of dust at the edge, sniffed it, and said to Ling Mo, “This was probably filled in hastily by them… Digging it open wouldn’t be hard, at least not for Yuwen Xuan.”
Ling Mo nodded somewhat gloomily, then suddenly turned and asked, “What kind of sound did you hear?”
“How to say… like someone knocking… no, no… like knocking on pipes… At first, I thought someone was calling for help…”
Skinny Monkey racked his brain for words, while Ling Mo’s expression had already darkened…
This sound, he and Senior Sister had heard it too… From finding the entrance to finally entering the underground, it was all guided by this sound.
Now even Yuwen Xuan had been lured down… The trouble is, just from the entrance’s position, it’s impossible to tell where it leads once inside…
“I have to go down,” Ling Mo said, taking a deep breath.