I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 253 - 249 Spying in the Tunnel

Chapter 253: Chapter 249: Spying in the Tunnel Chapter 253 -249: Spying in the Tunnel Fang Xiaocao put on her headlamp and followed the rope into the cave, it took several minutes before she was caught by Taotie at the bottom of the pit, safely landing.

Fang Xiaocao untied the rope from her body, wanting Tom and Hummingbird to follow the rope down, but she saw a dark shadow leap from above, startling her. Before she could react, the Taotie behind her quickly embraced her by the waist and placed her behind himself.

With a “thud,” the shadow landed.

Fang Xiaocao looked closely and it was actually Tom.

Before Fang Xiaocao could speak, Tom did a forward roll to the feet of Taotie and stood up with a smile at Fang Xiaocao.

The next second!

Another dark shadow flashed above their heads.

Hummingbird also leaped down from the hole, gracefully landing on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xiaocao was stupefied.

“Good, good, good…”

“So I’m the only useless one, right?”

Fang Xiaocao murmured to herself in her heart.

Being teammates with such a group of top assassins in the industry, not to mention a newbie like Fang Xiaocao, even industry insiders like Tom would feel inferior.

“Here’s a headlamp for you!”

Tom threw a headlamp to Taotie.

Taotie caught the headlamp and, familiar with the process, put it on.

“Go ahead, scout the way!”

“Be careful not to get killed by a trap.”

Seeing Taotie still standing in place, Tom said with a chuckle.

Taotie gave Tom a look and mumbled as he walked towards the unknown darkness, carrying the Mountain Splitter Dagger.

“Should we follow?”

Fang Xiaocao looked towards Tom.

“No rush!”

Tom said, smiling as he shook his head.

“Princess Your Highness, I need to borrow some Steel Nails.”

Tom said to Fang Xiaocao.

Fang Xiaocao was startled, not knowing what Tom was planning to do, she reached into the box fashioned at her waist and pulled out a dozen glittering Steel Nails.

Tom took the Steel Nails and said with a smile, “Don’t forget, it’s not just us in these woods, there might be people from Ragnarok too, and possibly even those from Blacklist and Goddess of Vengeance’s faction. If we don’t prepare for them and they sneak up on us while we’re deep inside, what then?”

While talking, Tom started his setup.

He placed the Steel Nails tip-up and secured them in the ground, then covered them with a layer of sand.

The position of the Steel Nails was directly beneath the opening of the hole; whoever came down from above, whether jumping or following the rope, would step on the nails.

If they jumped down, the Steel Nails could even go through the soles of their feet.

After setting up the Steel Nail trap, Tom stood up and glanced at his watch; Taotie had been advancing into the tunnel for ten minutes already.

“Princess Your Highness, you and Hummingbird go ahead.”

“Don’t venture too far, and keep an eye for the marks Taotie left along the way,” Tom told Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird.

“Okay!”

Fang Xiaocao nodded and walked further inside with Hummingbird, as Taotie continued to set up traps.

Tom pulled out a black Dagger from his waist.

He leapt three meters high.

As he reached the peak and began to fall,

Tom, quick as ever, swung his black Dagger, stabbing it fiercely into the ground, hanging himself mid-air. Holding the Dagger in one hand, he pulled out a disk-like bomb from his pocket with the other hand.

Tom held the bomb, pulled a steel wire out of it with his mouth, secured it to the wall, and tied the wire to the rope. This wire was the detonation device; anyone daring to follow the climbing rope he left behind would trigger the explosion.

Tom sneered, slowly climbed down using the Dagger, avoiding his own Steel Nail trap, and landed on the ground.

After setting everything up, Tom followed the tunnel inward, chasing after Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird.

Taotie continued walking forward through the tunnel.

The tunnel was very damp, with puddles in some places, and snakes of various sizes occasionally slithered at their feet, which was quite disgusting.

Fortunately, among these snakes, there were no venomous ones.

And there were no particularly large snakes either.

So they posed no threat to Fang Xiaocao and her companions.

Therefore, Taotie didn’t bother dealing with them.

But along the way, Taotie always had a feeling.

It seemed as if something was secretly watching every move he made, the gaze filled with murderous intent, so sinister and terrifying, seemingly wanting to swallow him whole.

Taotie secretly clenched the Mountain Splitter Dagger in his hand, cautiously on guard, expecting the hidden observer to suddenly launch a surprise attack.

Taotie faintly sensed that the creature spying on him might be related to that huge snake.

Perhaps it was the snake’s offspring, or possibly…

The mate of the snake, no less!

In any case, it should be very dangerous.

Thinking this, Taotie immediately took out a device to warn Fang Xiaocao and the others.

Upon receiving Taotie’s warning, Fang Xiaocao was momentarily startled.

Slightly frightened, she leaned closer to Hummingbird.

That huge snake was extremely terrifying.

It could swallow her in just one bite.

“Hummingbird, I’m scared,”

Fang Xiaocao clutched Hummingbird’s hand, speaking nervously.

“Don’t be afraid!”

Hummingbird’s face stiffened as he offered a word of comfort.

With a “clang,” he drew the katana from his back.

Fang Xiaocao made a face, “This Hummingbird, could he be a robot? He doesn’t even know how to comfort someone.”

“Fear not, Princess Your Highness, your knight has come,”

Tom emerged from the darkness with a cheerful smile.

Seeing Tom, Fang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief.

Tom was reliable after all!

With Tom around, she could feel at ease.

“Princess Your Highness, let’s go support Taotie,”

“If it really is the snake’s mate, Taotie won’t be able to handle it alone,” Tom said, smiling.

Seeing Tom’s smile, Fang Xiaocao felt even more reassured and nodded, “Okay, let’s hurry.”

Tom led the way, with Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird following, quickly heading toward where Taotie was.

“Hiss hiss hiss hiss–”

A series of hissing sounds entered their ears.

Taotie’s scalp tingled, and he stopped in his tracks.

Clutching the Mountain Splitter Dagger, he looked around.

Suddenly!

A dark figure sprang out of the shadows.

Taotie’s eyes widened as he swung his Mountain Splitter Dagger fiercely.

With a “spurt,” blood splashed.

A two-meter-long snake was cleaved into two by Taotie’s blade.

The vitality of the snake was incredibly tenacious.

Even though Taotie had chopped it in half, its head was still alive, trying to bite him.

Taotie sneered and stomped the snake’s head into a pulp.

Having dealt with this snake, Taotie did not lower his guard because that feeling of being watched still lingered and even intensified.

“Damn it, playing ghosts and tricks!”

Taotie spat, cursing under his breath.

The next second!

The surrounding hissing noises became increasingly dense.

The sound of “shasha shasha” rustling was incessant.

Taotie frowned deeply, gripping his daggers with both hands.

He retreated while staying alert.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh–”

A series of whooshing noises sounded.

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Numerous shadows of varying lengths shot towards Taotie from all directions.