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"Let's go together, I want to see what the f * ck those fireballs are." Jiang Bufan called Yue Peng and Hong Kun over.

Shen Hong was also going to follow him, but was blocked by Meng Xiaodie. The situation in the cave was unclear, so he could only bring a few of his best men in to investigate.

Shen Hong agreed. Before she left, she gave Meng Xiaodie a bottle of medicine. She said that if she was bitten by a poisonous insect or something, it could be used to detoxify the poison.

Meng Xiaodie was at the front, followed by Yue Peng and Hong Kun. Each of them was holding a torch, and Shen Hong's men had three of them, all strong men with profound skills.

The torches lit up the cave, and after only a few dozen steps, the sound of flowing water could be heard, and the water on the ground became moist and dewy. Soon, more and more water began to flood over their boots, and as they moved forward, the water level became even deeper, and they could clearly feel the flow of water around their legs, and they were getting closer and closer to the fireballs.

He held the black sword in his hand and walked up to the fireball. Only then did he see that it was some long shaped flying insects that were shaped like wasps, but two or three times bigger than wasps. One of them was shaped like a ball, and it was shining with a dazzling red light.

"What kind of worms are these?" Hong Kun shook the torch. He wanted to burn the nearest flying bug. However, the flying insects did not dodge. Instead, they directly passed through the torch and flew towards Hong Kun. Hong Kun was startled and quickly took a step back. Meng Xiaodie reacted quickly and swung her sword. The insect was cut into two and fell into the water. With a sizzling sound, the fireball was extinguished. However, more and more bugs began to fly over. The entire cave was covered with red stars, and when Yue Peng was bitten, he cried out in pain. Two of Shen Hong's men were also bitten. Although a lot of the flying bugs had been shot down, there were still a bunch of fireballs floating towards them.

Meng Xiaodie knew that she couldn't go on like this. Looking at the flowing water below, she thought of an idea to avoid the flying insects.

Seeing the flying insects gathering over them and circling above their heads to attack, the red fireballs bombarded them like gunpowder bullets, Meng Xiaodie thought, this thing is not afraid of fire, it must be afraid of water. She shouted, "All of you go into the water." He bowed deeply into the water.

They did not dare to light up their torches, afraid that they would attract those flying bugs again, so they headed towards the dark side of the waterway. After turning a corner, Meng Xiaodie told Hong Kun to light up his torches, to check on Yue Peng and the other two. Those flying bugs were indeed powerful, Yue Peng's wound was like a knife that had been cut open, and the two's wounds were also grey and black.

"That thing is poisonous." Jiang Xian sucked in a breath of cold air.

Meng Xiaodie took out the bottle of medicine that Shen Hong had given him from her pocket and applied some medicine to their wounds. She tied them up with a cloth. When they were done, they continued to walk forward. Suddenly, not far ahead of them, they heard a sound. It sounded like someone was walking. At the same time, it sounded like someone was patting something. They all stopped and looked at each other, then stared at Meng Xiaodie, waiting for him to speak.

Meng Xiaodie thought to herself, I have already come this far, it is not possible to go back. No matter what it is, I have to go through with it.

He made a gesture, slowing the pace, trying not to make too much noise.

After about forty to fifty steps, the thumping sound was getting louder and closer. Everyone was moving more slowly, step by step, little by little, afraid of alerting the thing in front of them.

They held their swords tightly, ready to fight at any moment. When they got to the front, they were all dumbfounded. What was that thing? It was a drop of water from the tribe at the top of the cave.

Seeing such a situation, everyone looked at each other and laughed. They had only walked a few more steps, yet there was actually no way out. It seemed like they had already dug their way here. Hong Kun stepped forward and began to beat on Chu Feng's chest.

It had to be an entity, and it looked like the excavation had come to a sudden halt, for some reason or other, or something had happened that had forced them to stop digging.

Jiang Bufan said with admiration, "Meng Xiaodie, your guess is exactly the same."

Since this was a dead end, they had no choice but to return. Near the area where the fireballs were flying bugs, they did the same thing and dived into the water to swim past. I had experience on the way back, so it went very well.

When Shen Hong saw them coming out from the cave, she was completely drenched and looked to be in an extremely sorry state. She hurriedly asked them about the situation inside. She admired Meng Xiaodie from the bottom of her heart. She thought to herself, no wonder the Mayor spent so much effort to trick him to come here. If it was someone else, it would be really difficult to deal with the complicated situation here.

After experiencing this ordeal, those who entered the cave were exhausted. They laid on the ground in disorder, not wanting to move at all.

At the mention of fireballs and flying insects, the few people who entered the cave all felt a lingering fear. Meng Xiaodie said that it was all thanks to Shen Hong's antidote. Speaking of the antidote, Yue Peng stood up and thanked Shen Hong. Hearing that the fireball insect was poisonous, Shen Hong quickly opened the wound and looked at it carefully. The wound had already healed and the poison gas had dissipated, revealing the original color of the skin.

After resting for three to eight hours, Meng Xiaodie estimated that if the sky was on the ground, it would be close to dusk. Because in the dark underground, without the sun as a reference, it would be hard to grasp the exact time. Shen Hong told his men to start a fire and cook in the corner of the stone house. After everyone had eaten and had recovered most of their strength, Meng Xiaodie decided to explore the cave on the right side again.

Yue Peng and the two injured people stayed back, and replaced the three capable men. The group of them lit their torches, and entered the cave on the right side.

The cave was about ten meters deep and the ground was dry. However, the walls were cracked and the ground was full of gaping holes. It was like a dried up field. The rock was uneven, and the surface was dark red, as if it were rusted. Suddenly, he felt something crawling on the ground. He lit it with a torch and saw a black centipede crawling rapidly. This centipede was almost a foot long, its trunk was covered with furry little claws, its eyes were protruding out like two black grapes, and under its eyes, there was a mouth like a pair of pincers.