Chapter Seventy-Six: There Is No Cave
I'm sorry, he wanted to buy this book so badly. Liu Qing arched his hand and smiled apologetically at the young man.
The young man shook his head, sat down again, cocked Erlang's legs, and picked up his nail clippers.
Bai Letian's mood was extremely depressed, as if he had fallen into an abyss, and he had no direction for a while.
There are a few chairs near the window for customers to rest.
The two sat in their chairs, looking at each other with blank eyes.
Could it be that you're in the wrong place? Or maybe the note was just a joke. Bai Lotian was puzzled.
At this time, a man with gray hair and a beard came over and patted Liu Qing on the shoulder, "Do you really need Lu Xun's "Morning Flowers and Sunset"?"
"Uh-huh. Liu Qing nodded vigorously and replied softly.
"Come with me. ”
The two looked at each other for a moment, confirmed their eyes, and tried it anyway, so they didn't dare to hesitate, followed the old man, and walked to the back of the bookstore.
They were light on their feet and did not attract anyone's attention.
Walk through the rows of bookshelves and into a long corridor with pine floors and walls covered with promotional materials of various books, and the lights on the top of the gallery are dim.
At the end of the corridor, there are many discarded bookshelves, covered with cobwebs and dust.
The old man looked back and saw that no one was paying attention in the corridor, and he waved his hand to brush away the cobwebs as he pushed away several bookshelves.
The two of them stepped forward to help, but the old man waved his hand to stop him, and he quickly made a path leading inside, and the flying dust made him cough.
About three meters inside, on the wall on the right, there is an iron security door, the gray paint on it has peeled off, rust, and the doorknob is full of dust.
The old man stepped forward, turned the handle, opened the door, and then, taking two steps back, motioned for the two to enter.
Bai Lotian saw the old man flashing aside, only letting them in, he chuckled in his heart, his steps were a little hesitant, he always felt that something was wrong, maybe it was too easy to believe this stranger.
Seeing Liu Qing walking in, Bai Lotian had no choice but to follow him, full of suspicion and trembling.
As soon as the two of them walked inside, they heard the security door "click" shut, followed by the footsteps of the old man walking away.
Inside was an enclosed space, like a large wooden box, pitch black.
"It's over, we're fooled. He must have gone to report to the police. Bai Lotian shouted.
"We don't have a choice, we have to fight to live or die. ”
"Turns out, you're not sure, cut. You're responsible for the accident. ”
"Complain about the ball, turn on the flashlight on your phone and see what's going on. Liu Qing punched him and shouted.
The two mobile phones emitted two apertures, and the two of them took the mobile phones, and took pictures up and down, left and right, and found that the two were trapped in this small space, and if they couldn't find a way out, it would be a dead end.
"Old man, open the door quickly!" Bai Lotian desperately slapped the security door, "At first glance, this old guy is not a good person, we shouldn't believe him,"
Quiet, dead silence outside.
Liu Qing lowered his head and carefully observed the corners inside.
Bai Lotian roared like a lion.
"How can this be?" Liu Qing couldn't stand it anymore and kicked against the wall.
With a click, a glittering panel popped up on the wall, as if he had touched a mechanism.
A rectangular panel, shimmering with numbers and letters, appeared in front of the two men.
Bai Lotian screamed and jumped up, thinking it was a hidden weapon.
"Don't be surprised, be calm. Liu Qing shouted, "This is a test for us, look at me!"
Bai Lotian saw Liu Qing's slightly blue face, facing the panel, showing a hint of a smile.
Liu Qing stretched out his finger and pressed a few numbers, which were the passwords on the slip of paper.
The wooden box-like thing sank in an instant, and the two people leaned together, and they could hear each other's heartbeats.
It turned out to be an elevator, which had been carefully transformed, but the two of them were too nervous to find out.
After the elevator descended about ten meters or so, it stopped, and the elevator doors opened automatically, and it was still pitch black outside.
"What the hell is this place?" Bai Lotian stepped out of the elevator.
"I don't know, turn on your phone flashlight and continue the adventure. ”
"I'm not in the same good mood as you, I'm hungry. Bai Lotian patted his stomach and said.
The two of them held mobile phones in their hands, and moved forward with the light of the flashlight, cautiously, for fear of making a movement.
On one wall, Bai Lotian found the light switch, and with the press of his finger, the two incandescent lights on the roof turned on, and the light was dim, and he could barely see the scene in front of him.
Bai Lotian rubbed his eyes and looked at everything in front of him curiously.
This seems to be a huge underground warehouse, the walls have been blackened, gray fluff, covered with water stains, exuding a musty smell, about thirty meters wide, there is no end in sight for the time being, there are black porcelain jars, a sour and salty smell rushes into the nostrils, it turns out that a large number of pickles are stored here, it must be the underground warehouse of a Chinese restaurant.
The two slowed down and continued to lean forward, observing everything around them as they went.
After walking more than fifty meters, the space inside suddenly became larger, the lights were still dim, a large number of discarded machine parts were piled up here, and there were countless dilapidated bookshelves, on which rows of old cardboard boxes were rested, all empty, and they would fall down when you touched them.
Further on, there's a wall, and it's over.
"What kind of place is this, should we hide here for a few days?" Bai Lotian muttered to himself.
"yes, there's nothing special here. Liu Qing walked to the wall, stretched out his hand to push, knocked a few times, and didn't find any difference, this is an ordinary wall.
Bai Letian kicked the old bookshelf next to him.
The bookshelf fell down like dominoes, and knocked down the bookshelves next to it with a bang.
"Be careful, don't hurt you!" Liu Qing grabbed Bai Lotian and pushed him to the middle of the road.
There was still a lot of space behind the bookshelf, and the two stepped on the fallen bookshelf and walked to the wall behind the bookshelf.
"Look, look. Bai Lotian pointed to the wall and shouted.
"What?"
"It's like a hidden door. ”
Liu Qing looked up at the place of Bai Letian's finger, stretched out his hand and gently pushed, "squeak", and the door opened.
The two of them didn't know why, so they jumped away in fright.