Chapter 12: This Man Is Too Cautious

Listen to the code words.

  Several people were speechless for a moment.

  Odd changes, even stays the same, symbols look at the quadrant, five years of college entrance exams, three years of simulations, and you can use this as a code word?

  Elon followed the system's lead.

  Several people followed Elon carefully, not daring to take a step away.

  The village faded away as it followed a path up a hill.

  Walking into the mountains, a few people immediately felt the air here become much colder.

  "The backcountry is so big, how are we going to find the cave?"

  TONY asked uneasily, "Are we going to get lost?"

  "Just follow me." Elon said, "If you get lost, look up at the sky and yell for help."

  With the system guiding you, there's no worry about getting lost.

  Elon led them up the mountain for over half an hour.

  "I can't."

  Lvan couldn't walk anymore, her little face was white and she kept gasping for air, she was about to fall to her knees.

  She has the worst physique.

  Couldn't even beat the old hen at the entrance of the village.

  Elon glanced at the others, none of them were doing much better, all panting.

  "Ugh."

  He sighed and said, "Young people these days."

  A few people were a little embarrassed by Elon's comment.

  But the heart also envies Elon.

  After climbing the mountain for so long, he was surprised that he was walking as if he were walking on the ground, and now, not to mention gasping for breath, there wasn't even a single drop of sweat.

  "Rest here for a while." Elon said.

  Hearing this, TONY immediately laid down on the floor, not caring how dirty and messy the floor was.

  "So thirsty." He said with difficulty.

  "Thirsty?"

  Elon said, "Bear with me."

  "When we've rested enough, we'll find water together."

  If he left now, it was expected that the men would be attacked in an instant.

  In such a wild and unfamiliar place, dispersing people is the most foolish thing to do.

  Elon has seen this routine too many times.

  TONY closes her mouth.

  Lay down for ten minutes or so and continue on your way.

  After walking for half a day, the seven people froze without ever separating.

  Scarecrow, who had been peering in the shadows, ready to find an opportunity to strike, couldn't help himself.

  What's with these guys? They won't separate?

  Siamese twins, aren't they?

  It jumped straight out from inside the forest and lunged towards lvan.

  But Elon is faster.

  One grabbed its feet, then slammed it hard to the ground and crushed its head with another foot.

  Then in three tries, he tore him apart and tossed him aside casually.

  It was only at this time that Lvan and the others came back to their senses.

  Because everything that just happened was so fast.

  "I told you guys."

  Elon said, "If you were separated, you'd already be dead."

  Several people looked at the rub of straw with palpitating hearts.

  People in the live stream also exclaimed, "This man is too cautious."

  "He's obviously super strong, yet he's so cautious!"

  "All of this, is it all in his calculations? It's too terrifying."

  "I predicted your prediction!"

  TONY swallowed hard, then said, "Brother Elon, I will never leave you again."

  "Even if you have to take a shower or go to the bathroom, I'm going to follow you."

  "I won't budge an inch from you."

  The others nodded their heads in agreement, saying they would do the same.

  "Crawl."

  Elon said outright, "It's not like you guys are beauty queens."

  TONY thought for a moment and said, "I think I could be."

  Elon ignored him and turned away.

  Several other people have moved away from TONY.

  A little over half an hour later, Elon stopped in front of a dark cave with a few men.

  "Here it is." Elon said.

  TONY surveyed the cave and asked, "Is this the cave the village chief was talking about?"

  "Yes." Elon nodded.

  "The cave where the legend says the mountain god lives, and this is what's been found?" TONY felt a bit unrealistic.

  Last night, the Mayor spoke with such seriousness.

  Thought how hard it was to find.

  As it turns out, just this?

  "It's not hard to find at all." TONY said, sticking her head in the sand.

  lvan said mercilessly next to him, "You wouldn't have found it in a day if you didn't have big brother Elon to lead the way."

  The smugness on TONY's face instantly collapses.

  Elon didn't say anything because the system's quest guidelines changed as he found the cave.

  "Current mission: investigate the cave."

  With a wave of his hand, he said, "Inside."

  Saying that, he was the first to walk in, and TONY and lvan were both a little scared at the back of their minds.

  But seeing Elon walk in, he rushed to follow.

  Just walked into the cave and couldn't see anything.

  But after waiting for a while, my eyes adjusted and I could see clearly within ten meters or so around me.

  They find Elon and follow nervously.

  "Hold hands and don't spread out." TONY was in a hurry.

  Finally lvan nervously grabbed one of Elon's coats as Elon dragged them deeper into the cave.

  The cave wasn't much more spacious.

  It was also just over three meters wide and five meters high, with one path to the end.

  After walking forward for several minutes, the crowd suddenly saw a long blue glow emanating from the front.

  Why is there light in the cave?

  Not only TONY and the others, but even the people in front of the live broadcast room, all tensed up.

  Elon was calm, though, striding forward.

  It's getting closer.

  A blue crystal that gradually appeared in their eyes.

  Come to the end of the line!

  It was colder and more humid than outside, and there was even a musty smell wafting through the air.

  Elon surveyed the blue crystal in front of him.

  The crystal was over a meter tall, and as thick as a bucket.

  If you bring it back, you can probably sell it for a lot of money.

  "Ah!"

  Lvan suddenly shrieked.

  "What's wrong what's wrong?" TONY, next to him, was startled.

  "Corpses!"

  lvan let go of Elon and reached out to point to a corner.

  Elon looked toward the corner and saw a desiccated body.

  He walked quickly to the body and looked at it closely, realizing that the dead man was a male and had no skin.

  "His human skin was peeled off." Elon said.

  "My day!"

  TONY is shivering with fear.

  The skin was peeled off?

  What a guy to do.

  That's too scary.

  Even the people who were watching the live broadcast had turned away from the screen, not daring to look at the miserably dead body.

  "Don't look if you're scared."

  Elon said, still watching.

  Who is this body?

  Why is he here?

  And who killed him?

  Who took his human skin?

  There are so many questions.

  He looked around again and found nothing else.

  This man died here, and not only was his skin gone, but even his clothes were gone.

  There is nothing that identifies this person.

  Elon narrowed his eyes, there was no doubt that this man was from the village.

  But now, he's been replaced.

  A monster, in his human skin, becomes him and enters the village.

  "Who is he?" TONY asked uneasily.

  He couldn't even breathe now, maybe the stench of this corpse was in the air.

  "You asked me?"

  Elon said, "Why don't you ask him?"

  TONY glanced at the body and hastily averted her gaze, forgetting to look away.

  Elon's attention fell on the crystal.

  Why is there such a big piece of crystal here?

  Reach out and knock.

  It's solid.

  Looking more closely, inside the crystal, there was a short sword.