The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 415 - 316: He Can See the Shadows
The Two-headed Wolves made them think they wouldn’t come out during the day, so Gu would explore during the day and hide in the stone house at night.
Before we entered the city, Gu and another injured person felt their injuries had almost healed, so they decided to venture further.
During the days they camped in the stone house, they only dared to go as far as the city walls, as this area was the closest to the walls and was part of the city’s outskirts.
With no other choice, since they couldn’t find any flaws in the city walls, they decided to explore further into the city.
Their team brought explosives, but they weren’t left with any; the mysterious team took all of it.
So, their idea of blowing up the city wall was somewhat unrealistic. If they relied solely on shovels to dig through, they would likely starve before digging through the thick stone walls.
When Gu and his companion went out, they encountered a Werewolf, and this Werewolf was one of their missing teammates.
The Werewolf claimed it would give them true power, a power that transcends human physical limits.
As soon as they heard this, they knew it wasn’t good and immediately ran, but ended up getting separated.
I thought, with only the two of them, how did they get separated? Couldn’t they have held hands?
Gu said their teammate was grabbed by the Werewolf and got injured on the shoulder, so they asked if we had seen anyone with shoulder injuries.
Doctor Du directly stated that they had, and he too had turned into a Werewolf and was let go by them.
Gu’s expression became serious upon hearing this. He said that even if Werewolves retain their memories and some aspects of humanity, they are still Werewolves, and the brutal, bloodthirsty nature within them would drive them insane, treating humans as enemies or food, like beasts.
He regretfully said that we shouldn’t have let it go, as it would only pose a future threat.
I glanced at Mike, who still wore a disagreeing expression, saying, "We shouldn’t give up on anyone."
Qinghan asked Gu to continue, wanting to know what happened after he and his teammate got separated.
Gu took the water handed over by Doctor Du, took a couple of sips, and continued, "I discovered a secret passage. At the time, I hid in a building. I didn’t know what that place was, but there was no danger inside. I didn’t dare to go outside, so I roamed around inside the house and then discovered a door in the basement, which didn’t lead outside but went deep underground."
"Did you go down?" Qinghan asked.
"I thought it was a tunnel leading out of the city because... because there were signs indicating that before this Ancient City sunk underground, it was sealed off, and there were quite a number of living people inside."
So, he regarded the secret passage as an escape tunnel dug by the ancients, thinking he was heading out of the city, but the reality was that he was going in the opposite direction.
When he realized this, he was baffled. Why were the residents, trapped in the city and exerting effort to dig a tunnel, not escaping the city but going to the city center? What was the situation?
He stopped in the tunnel to think thoroughly, concluding there were two possibilities: first, that there was no way out of the city or no possibility of getting out; second, that there was hope of survival in the city center.
Later, he guessed the second possibility because outsiders like them could open the city gates with just four people, so there’s no reason the city residents couldn’t open them.
The strength to dig a tunnel wouldn’t be lacking to open a door, Gu asked us if we knew the oddities of this city.
He talked to us for quite a while, only knowing that we were a search and rescue team sent by Kangaroo Country. However, he seemed to trust us a lot and didn’t doubt the authenticity of our identities.
"You mean the mutation of plants and animals?" Qinghan mentioned two obvious changes.
"No, it’s... it’s those ghostly shadows." Gu lowered his voice when he said it, as if afraid of being overheard.
"What ghostly shadows?" Wang Le asked with interest.
"The shadows in the walls!" Gu spoke while glancing at the walls of the stone house, seeming less afraid of the walls in this house, and his gaze showed reassurance.
"Are they human?" Mike asked hastily as if he remembered something.
"No, they’re not, just shadows, human-shaped shadows." As Gu said this, Qinghan glanced at me.
I received his look, believing we might be thinking the same—that the ghostly shadows Gu mentioned were likely the human-shaped shadows I saw.
Qinghan asked Gu to continue explaining what was terrifying about these shadows.
Gu shook his head, saying the ghostly shadows posed no substantial threat. However, they are omnipresent, and while they don’t take any action, they just stare at you, making you feel constantly monitored.
