Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse-Chapter 744 - 475: The Special Feeling is Gone? (5,100 words)_3
But...
Once the winter quarter is over, I fear there might be developments here.
"Let’s take another look around since we’re already here." Xu Xin patted the little head of Keke, who was dozing off again on his shoulder. "Don’t sleep, you just woke up and already want to nap again."
"Purr!" Keke protested with a sound, rubbing its eyes with its little paws to refresh itself somewhat.
The group continued on into the depths.
After walking another two kilometers, suddenly, Keke called out: "Purr!"
Then it immediately leaped off Xu Xin’s shoulder and ran ahead in a diagonal direction.
Xu Xin’s eyes lit up: "Follow Keke!"
"Huh? Oh, oh!" Zeng Tao immediately grabbed her knife and chased after.
Xu Xin followed closely.
Soon, he saw a...
Cave.
A very large cave.
The mountain wasn’t tall, only less than ten meters high, just barely taller than the surrounding trees.
If it were the lush season, this small mountain might have been buried in the canopy, making it hard to discover.
But the cave was big.
The mountain was only ten meters, and the cave took up eight meters of it!
The width was close to ten meters too!
A gigantic cave!
The mountain’s cliff face seemed like the doorway of this cave.
"This is..." Zeng Tao stood at the entrance, looking inside, "a cave? No... a ground hole?"
Xu Xin also walked to the entrance.
Inside the cave, a cold wind blew outward, accompanied by...
a faint fragrance.
"This scent..." Xu Xin squinted slightly.
"Isn’t this the smell of the Red Mist? Just a bit lighter." Zeng Tao sniffed and spoke.
He looked into the cave.
Although the mountain was small, the cave was deep and sloped downward.
Leading directly underground.
The cave was very dark, Xu Xin ate a red berry and continued to peer inside.
The cave looked shallow at first glance, only about forty to fifty meters deep, but...
With his enhanced vision, he could clearly see everything inside the cave.
The seeming end of the cave wasn’t the end, rather...
From there, the cave suddenly started sloping down!
"Are we going in?" Zeng Tao slightly raised her large knife, then dropped it with a "thump", "I’m ready anytime!"
She seemed a bit excited.
"Purr!" Keke made a sound, climbed into Xu Xin’s arms, and pushed him with its little paws.
The meaning was clear: dangerous inside, don’t enter.
Dangerous...
Honestly, after experiencing the underground world, his wariness towards the above-ground world was more than slightly diminished.
He always felt that above ground, especially near his tree house, shouldn’t have anything too dangerous.
Of course, except for the Lake Giant Python.
"Since we’re here, naturally we should take a look inside." Xu Xin nodded.
"Alright!"
"Purr!"
Zeng Tao and Keke reacted with completely different attitudes.
"Purr, purr, purr!" Keke pushed again with its little paws.
At this moment, Mimi emerged from the barren forest behind them and sauntered to the cave entrance as well.
Xu Xin glanced at Mimi Silver King and Afu, activating his mind-reading ability.
"What a curious cave." This was Mimi’s voice in his mind.
"Is the master going to look inside?" This was Silver King’s voice.
"The cave’s so big, it must be comfortable to live in." Now it was Afu’s thoughts.
The three beasts hadn’t sensed any danger inside the cave.
Only Keke could sense it?
"Keke, what exactly is dangerous inside?"
"Purr...?" Keke tilted its little head, then shook it, indicating it didn’t know, yet still stretched its paws out, pushing Xu Xin’s chest, "Purr!"
Not letting him go in.
"Is it really dangerous inside?" Zeng Tao instinctively took a step forward, showing a puzzled expression, "Why do I feel this cave... has a strange attraction?"
However, she quickly regained herself, her eyes widened, and she stepped back cautiously, saying: "It can influence my perception! Could this be some trap!"
This little girl, seems to not only have determination but also brains.
Yet... a strange attraction?
"...I should be fine taking a little stroll inside." Xu Xin asked while rubbing Keke’s little head.
Being here, having found a peculiar cave, and clearly having a familiar scent emanating, he’d feel unsatisfied not going in. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
He has to know what’s inside this cave, right?
"Purr! Purr, purr, purr!" Keke vigorously shook its head.
Going in just a little bit isn’t okay?
This cave...
Now Mimi approached his side.
Right, there’s also Mimi.
"Mimi, take a look inside, and if it’s dangerous, rush out immediately."
Mimi’s current speed isn’t ordinary. A mere fifty meters distance is basically...
a swift leap for her.
Upon hearing, Mimi didn’t even hesitate, and with a "whoosh", she dashed inside, instantly reaching the depths of the cave.
Afu clung to her as she came over, getting instantly carried inside.
"Wow, so fast!" Zeng Tao immediately exclaimed, "Faster than Lou Fei’Er!"
Xu Xin activated the mind-reading ability again.
"This cave... is deep."
"Can’t see what’s inside."
"But... there’s such a desire to look further."
"Forget it."
These were Mimi’s thoughts.
"It seems like there’s something... some sound?"
"So faint, can’t hear it clearly."
These were Afu’s thoughts.
Sound?
Afu, being a bat, has exceptionally good hearing, so it’s normal for him to hear sounds that Mimi might miss.
Xu Xin squinted slightly and immediately checked his watch, selecting the day’s history amplification.
Hearing enhancement.
Suddenly, his hearing increased exponentially, capturing all the movements of the wind and grass around him.
Along with those, an... odd sound entered his ears.
"This is..."
Xu Xin’s expression slightly changed.
"Whoosh... whoosh..."
A steady sound emanated from the cave.
The sound seemed distant, yet felt so close.
Isn’t this... the sound of breathing!
Inside this cave, there’s a sound of breathing coming out!
The breathing was singular, very steady, with no fluctuations.
It’s almost certain that deep inside the cave, the being emitting this breathing sound is currently in a state of slumber.
Moreover, judging by the frequency of the breathing...
This creature’s size...
Is probably immense!
Inside the cave is a...
slumbering giant beast?
Or something else entirely?
