Those eyes were still watching us.
Although I did not know whether they belonged to that middle-aged man, the feeling made me very uncomfortable.
Ying Gou did not need my answer. He already knew.
He looked behind us as well.
Yet even he could not find the owner of those eyes, nor did he know where they were hiding.
There was light inside the cave.
It turned out that some sort of glowing substance had been embedded in the stone walls. I could not tell what it was. It looked somewhat like a plant, but I had never seen it before.
I asked Ade, "What is that glowing thing?"
"I don't know what it's called either. It was a plant from ancient times, but it has already gone extinct. Its fossils can emit light, and the glow lasts for a very long time. Of course, that is an exaggeration. This stuff will weaken eventually too. Look carefully. Aren't some of the lights brighter and some dimmer? The dim ones are already fading. In the end, they will go out as well."
A plant from ancient times.
No wonder I did not recognize it. I had never even seen one before.
The lights guided us all the way toward the bottom of the cave.
Ade said they had been arranged by saints and prophets of the Snow Tribe long ago.
"This cave can't have gone undiscovered, can it? It isn't exactly hidden. Someone should have found it long ago. There must have been curious people who came here to investigate," I said.
Ade said, "Don't forget, this place is an uninhabited area. Even if there were curious people, they would not be able to find the entrance."
I frowned. The cave entrance had not been difficult to find. We spotted it