"this……"

Wu Liang subconsciously shrank his body back.

If this shadow is really a "water ghost", and that "water ghost" has a group of accomplices in it... his situation will undoubtedly become more dangerous.

When he was excavating the bronze gate at "Diamond Diamond", Wu Liang inspected the surrounding situation.

We have reached the end of the cave and there is no other way around.

In other words, he has been trapped here.

If the "water ghost" comes here with a group of accomplices, even if he hides behind the rocks, he will be found soon. By then, he will have no way to go to heaven and no door to the earth, and he doesn't know what his fate will be.

Wu Liang silently took out the copper dagger from his waist.

Then he took out the "Lost Soul Incense" and "Returning Soul Incense" that he carried with him, applied the "Returning Soul Incense" under his nose, opened the stopper of the "Lost Soul Incense", and allowed the fragrance to spread in the air.

There is almost no wind in the cave.

That is to say, it is almost impossible for him to find an upwind outlet and use the air flow to quickly diffuse the "Lost Soul Fragrance", but he can use the natural diffusion of the "Lost Soul Fragrance" to create an "aroma barrier".

He was also not sure whether the "Lost Soul Incense" was effective against things like "water ghosts".

But he had already tried the "Mysterious Snare Drum" and "Tai Gong Seal" before, and now the only thing he could think of that might be able to deal with this situation was the "Lost Soul Incense".

What if it works?

Anyway, it is absolutely impossible for him to sit still and wait for death.

After doing this, Wu Liang looked at the light coming from the corner of the path.

The shadow of the "water ghost" was dragged longer, reflected on the slippery rocky ground and the calm underground river water, making it look more and more ferocious and terrifying.

But Wu Liang only saw the shadow of the "water ghost".

There can't be only one "water ghost". Wu Liang can still hear the relatively messy footsteps. Although the sound is very light, there is definitely not only one person.

Based on this analysis, the "water ghost" should walk in front of the torch.

The remaining accomplices walked behind the torch, so the shadow of the "water ghost" would be projected forward, while the shadows of those accomplices should be projected toward the rear, so Wu Liangcai could not see it.

unless……

There is no trace of the remaining accomplices at all!

"Gulu!"

Wu Liang couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

But then he felt that something was not reasonable.

In later generations, there has been a legend among the people that ghosts have no shadows. If this is the case, "water ghosts", as a kind of thing transformed from an innocent soul in the water, should not have a shadow.

There is no reason why the "Water Ghost" has a shadow, but its accomplices have no shadow.

so.

Wu Liang immediately wondered whether he was overthinking or whether his initial guess was the most reasonable.

But what is a "water ghost"?

Why does it have a shadow? Is there something wrong with it itself, or is there something wrong with the sayings spread among the people in later generations?

In this tense atmosphere.

Wu Liang's mind was spinning very fast, but like most ordinary people, he was worried about gains and losses and fell into a whirlpool of doubt and self-doubt...

In this process.

Wu Liang could clearly see that the rickety shadow of the "Water Ghost" was constantly moving forward.

After a few more steps, it will come out from behind the corner of the path.

"call"

Wu Liang took a deep breath and tried to slow down his breathing rhythm to reduce the possibility of being discovered.

Close!

It's getting closer!

Wu Liang opened his eyes wide and stared at the corner of the path without blinking.

There is about fifty meters between that corner and Wu Liang's position. Even the light of Suihou Zhu cannot reach such a distance, but Wu Liang, who is in the darkness, can clearly see the distance.

See what's going on in the light.

The enemy is in the light, I am in the dark!

finally.

A rickety figure staggered out from behind the corner of the path.

The figure's hair was very long and disheveled, covering most of his face. The exposed eye was obviously not normal...

"Water Ghost"!

It is indeed a "water ghost"!

Wu Liang's heart twitched.

But it was obviously not the "water ghost" he met before!

Although this water ghost's hair is also relatively long, it is not pure black, but black and white, and it may be an elderly "water ghost".

In addition, he also wore a relatively loose robe, covering most of his body.

Through the messy hair, Wu Liang could vaguely see its face, which was even more ferocious than the "water ghost" he encountered before.

The skin on that face was dark brown, the shape of the mouth was very weird, and there were traces of stitching on the face...

etc!

Wu Liang was stunned.

Isn't this... what he's talking about is the gas mask I specially made for our army?

at this time.

"Can't be wrong."

A soft female voice, deliberately suppressed, came from behind the corner of the path, "I just heard some noises. The noises were right in front. They shouldn't be too far away. If I remember correctly, they should be 'Diamond Diamonds' chewing things."

If the voice and 'Diamond Diamond' are still there, Wu Youcai must not be dead yet. He has long said that bad guys like him will not die so easily..."

It’s Bai Jingjing’s voice!

Although Bai Jingjing had lowered her voice as much as possible, in such an empty cave, any sound would spread far away, so it was not easy to hide it.

"Why is Bai Jingjing here?"

Wu Liang was slightly startled.

He had some doubts about whether he had accidentally been possessed by an evil spirit again. It was said in later generations that the best ability of "water ghosts" was to confuse people's hearts, use the weaknesses of human nature to create illusions, and trick people into doing something unknowingly.

Horrible behavior against one's own will.

For example: trick him into appearing from the darkness.

But it seems that is not the case.

If the "Water Ghost" could bewitch him, he must know where he is, and where would he need to use such a method?

And that "old water ghost"...

The more Wu Liang looked at him, the more familiar he seemed.

His clothes seemed... like Sun Ye, the successor of "Gongshu Jing" who brought them here?

But before that, Sun Ye had always tied up his hair and did not let it down like now. As for the eye, Sun Ye did have a prosthetic eye that was completely different from the human eye.

The most important thing is that gas mask.

Wu Liang did give him a gas mask to prevent his tuberculosis from becoming contagious and infecting everyone in the Huang family and the Hu army. This disease was not easy to cure in this era.

It's just that Wu Liang couldn't understand it.

Before he came in, he clearly told Dian Wei and Yang Wanli that if he didn't go out in half an hour, just let Yang Wanli come down to search.

But based on what has been discovered now, it seems that Sun Ye and Bai Jingjing have all come down, and there should be others listening to the footsteps. It feels like everyone has come down.

Dian Wei is different from others.

With his execution ability, it should be impossible for him to disobey his orders.

so……

Wu Liang did not act rashly, he still hid in the darkness and observed quietly, at least to understand the situation first before making a decision.

…

After a while.

A group of people finally walked out of the corner of the path.
To be continued...