In the past three days after the start of school, I didn't have much energy to study, and these buddies in the dormitory thought I was suffering from vacation syndrome and didn't adjust, but only I understood what was going on.

I sat at my computer desk, looking out the window in the distance, wondering if the evening would go smoothly.

"Alas! What are you thinking, are you stunned? Dongyang patted me on the shoulder and handed me a bottle of coffee.

I looked into his eyes, and I felt an indescribable feeling in my heart, and I felt guilty for hiding it from him as a very good friend.

"Dongyang, I..." When it came to my throat, I swallowed it back, what should I say? I said I'm sorry for you, I didn't discuss this matter with you? I'm afraid he'll only worry more about me if he finds out, and if I can get back tonight, I'll tell him everything that happened.

"What's wrong? You see how you say half of it, what's the matter? He seemed to sense my unusual look as well.

I smiled and replied, "It's nothing, I'm just going downstairs to buy something to eat at the store in a moment, do you need me to bring something up?" ”

"Oh, that's right, no, I don't have anything to bring."

Buddha Bao and Qiming also returned to the dormitory after washing, and I put on a black coat and prepared to go out. Standing behind the door of the dormitory, there was their chatter and laughter, I didn't dare to look back at them, but said calmly: "I may not come back at night, I asked a few buddies to go to the Internet café to stay overnight, you don't have to leave the door for me." ”

quickly escaped from the dormitory, only to hear Dongyang's roar behind his ears: "Where are you going to run in the middle of the night?" Zhang Yao! You're back! ――”

At 9 p.m., it was already our agreed time, and I was standing at the door of the basketball hall, and two figures were faintly walking towards me on the pitch-black playground.

One tall and one short, looking at the walking posture, it should be Pan Zhen and Lianying. Lian Ying wears a full black night suit, and a black hat hides his silver hair. Pan Zhen was dressed more casually, still in the suit he wore during the day.

Walking up to my side, Pan Zhen glanced around: "That woman hasn't come yet?" ”

I shook my head, "Wait, she's walking slowly." ”

In the darkness, Pan Zhen lit a cigarette.

"Hey! Hurry up and snuff out your cigarettes, and we'll be in trouble when someone sees us. ”

Pan Zhen took a sip unhurriedly and said disapprehantly, "What are you afraid of?" I'm the teacher, and someone can control us! ”

I've been messing around with this guy for a long time, and I've almost forgotten his identity when I see him not acting properly.

After chatting for a while, Xu Xiaoli came over with a large suitcase in the distance. I ran up to the handle and asked, "What are you doing here?" with a puzzled face. Why do you still bring so many things! ”

She didn't answer my question, just walked between the three of us and looked at everyone before putting the box down and pulling out four backpacks from inside.

"These things are what we want to use when we go down, don't lose them, you may not know the danger of this matter, so I'll talk about it first, whoever wants to quit can quit at any time."

I crouched down and opened one of the backpacks, which contained a lot of things like a tool bag, rope, flashlight, a pickaxe, a water cup, and something I couldn't name.

"Why are you doing so many things, it's amazing."

Lian Ying and Pan Zhen were not as curious as me, Pan Zhen walked up to Xu Xiaoli with an unfriendly expression: "The equipment is quite professional, but is it enough to live in your state?" As he spoke, he looked down at her legs.

Hearing him say this, I hurriedly stood up: "Pan Zhen! What are you talking about? Isn't she looking for her father, aren't you considerate and considerate of others? ”

He gave me a blank look and said nothing, and Lian Ying picked up two bags and carried them on his shoulders. The four of us took advantage of the moonlight to walk all the way to the front of the building of Block E of the women's dormitory.

Xu Xiaoli walked ahead, and the three of us followed her, and she stopped in front of a small iron gate in the corner of the first floor.

"It's one basement down here." As she spoke, she opened the iron door with the key.

I followed her inside, muttering to myself, "I didn't hear that this women's dormitory has a negative floor?" ”

Pan Zhen patted me on the head later: "There is no common sense, there will be an extra elevator shaft under the house with an elevator." ”

Oh~~ I nodded understandingly.

When I entered the interior of the building, it was pitch black, and Xu Xiaoli took out a strong flashlight in her backpack, and I also learned from her. After walking a short distance, there are stairs leading to the bottom, and the ground is covered with dust, so it seems that very few people usually come here.

"Be careful with the soles of your feet." Xu Xiaoli's voice was very soft.

I shook my flashlight around, thinking that there were a lot of people, and that I would be scared if I were the only one here, because there was all the rags around me, and there were occasionally a few large rats passing by on the ground.

We walked cautiously all the way, and then passed not far from the elevator shaft, Xu Xiaoli stopped in an empty field. I watched as she pulled a crowbar out of her backpack and pinned it to a gap in the stone slab on the floor.

"I'll do it." Watching her struggle, I was ready to step forward to help. Lian Ying stretched out his hand to block me: "I'd better go." ”

With his help, the slate was quickly pried out, and I leaned closer to see that there was a hole under the board, not very wide, and it would fit a man's body. But the hole was dug very deep, and I shone it with a flashlight, and it was more than 20 meters long.

"Down here?" I pointed to the entrance of the cave to Xu Xiaoli.

"Well, this is just a secret passage that my father dug back then, and it hasn't reached a really dangerous place yet, are you sure you want to go? It's too late to turn back. ”

"It's all here, what's going on, hurry up, I don't know what's going on inside." Seeing that I had made up her mind, she said no more, and took out a rope and tied it to the pillar of the building.

Lian Ying tugged on the rope to make sure it was tied strongly, and he slid down first, followed by Xiaoli, then me, and finally Pan Zhen.

When I got to the bottom, I realized that there was a horizontal tunnel on the side of the hole, and the height was about 1.5 meters, and we all had to hunch down and go inside.

Because it was a confined space and there was no reference, I lost my sense of direction completely.

After walking in the tunnel for about 10 minutes, just when I felt that my waist was hurting and I couldn't support it, Xiaoli's figure in front of me flashed and suddenly disappeared. I raised the flashlight and shook it forward a few times, and saw Lian Ying standing at the entrance of the tunnel and reaching out to me, stepping up, grabbing his hand and rushing out.

"Oh my God! Who studied this? Can you die if you dig higher? "I pinched my waist with my hands and shook it a few times. Xu Xiaoli sat on the ground and took out a water cup from her backpack and drank a few sips, it seemed that she was also tired.

Lian Ying finally dragged Pan Zhen out and found a place to sit down.

"It's a pity that I have such good clothes, I knew that the road was so difficult to walk, so I would find someone to repair it in advance." Pan Zhen slapped the dust on his body with a complaining face.

"Alright, that's it, don't fix those useless." I walked over to a broken stone slab and took a closer look at it by the light of a flashlight.

The slate is very thick, and if it weren't for the vandalism, it is estimated that no one would ever discover the secret inside. It was originally engraved with some words and pictures, judging from the broken parts, I have never seen the words at all, what about the pictures? There is also only one corner left, which seems to be the base of a Buddha statue.

"If this big stone is not broken, it should be worth a lot of money, you look at the soil on it, it is estimated that the years will not be short." I pinched my chin and commented thoughtfully.

Hearing my words, Lian Ying also got up and came over to take a look, and he gently swept the soil from the slate text with his hand. I saw him frown, and wondered if he could read the words?

"Huh?? Lianying: Do you recognize these words? I asked him curiously.

He didn't answer me, walked straight to Pan Zhen and whispered in his ear.

"Hey! The four of us are grasshoppers on a rope, what do you have to say, what does it mean to be so mysterious! ”

Pan Zhen listened to Lian Ying's words, his expression changed, and after thinking for a while, he said in a low voice: "Zhang Yao, I think it's better not to enter here." ”

As soon as he said this, Xu Xiaoli couldn't sit still: "Why? ”

I also wondered why: "It's okay not to go in, but you'll have to give us a reasonable explanation." ”

Pan Zhen looked at Lian Ying helplessly and motioned for him to speak.

"Tell them all?" Lian Ying looked at him in surprise.

"It's okay, let them be prepared."

Lian Ying looked at me and Xu Xiaoli, and cleared his throat: "The stone slab you see now is not the entrance to an ancient tomb, this is a very ancient place of national sacrifice. ”

"Oh, what's wrong with that?"

Lian Ying looked at me and continued: "The key is that this race is not an ordinary nation, they will use a lot of long-lost abilities, in your opinion, they are all supernatural powers, so I don't recommend that you continue to walk, as for Xu Xiaoli's father, there should be no possibility of living." ”

After listening to Lian Ying's words, Xu Xiaoli didn't show much excitement, she just said very calmly: "I know what you mean, in fact, I understand it in my heart, but no matter what, I hope to bring his bones back." The so-called entering the soil for peace, this is the only thing I can do for him as a daughter. ”

Hey~~What a filial child~~ It seems that such a girl appeared for the first time in my life. should have enjoyed a good life at an age like a flower, but he has suffered too much from the impact of fate.

I didn't know what I could do for her, I just felt that I couldn't stand idly by.

"Do you have to go in?" Lian Ying tried to persuade me one last time.

Without hesitation, I nodded at him.

He looked at Pan Zhen who was standing aside: "Okay, in that case, I'm at the front, you must listen to my command, don't touch anything." ”

The four of us are finally about to step into this mysterious cave, and we don't know what twists and turns we will encounter on the road ahead, but we only hope that we can all return safely.