Chapter 402: Walking in the Dark
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After following Jin Hui into the secret passage, stepping on the stone ladder under his feet, Zhou Xiaolong silently calculated in his heart, almost, they had already walked down more than a hundred meters away, why hadn't they reached the bottom yet?!
The distance was much longer than Zhou Xiaolong had imagined, and if you calculated the height, it was already very deep underground.
Such a long stone staircase, such a deep tunnel, the manpower and material resources consumed are unimaginable, and it is not a one-time completion, it must be a long-term and huge project.
On the deep and quiet stone staircase, only the footsteps of three people echoed at this moment.
I have to say that such a scene is full of tests for people's mental endurance, and any timid person, even if he does not collapse, he will not have the courage to continue walking.
"I'll go, this stone staircase is too long, isn't it?" Ouyang Lei finally couldn't hold back the depression in his heart, he muttered helplessly, breaking the silence, "Is it possible, the people in this village are all full of food and have nothing to do, and they dig holes all day long to come up with such a long stone ladder?!" β
"How far is it?!!?" Zhou Xiaolong couldn't help but ask Jin Hui.
"Don't worry, I'm also groping forward based on memory," Jin Hui paused subconsciously, "There should be some distance, I will definitely be able to get out!" β
"Old Kim, can I ask you a question?" After walking for a while, Zhou Xiaolong asked.
"Just ask." Jin Hui nodded in the darkness.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Zhou Xiaolong asked.
"Hehe, Brother Xiaolong, we came here to find something," Jin Hui deliberately smiled bitterly, "Actually, I was also hired by others, and I can only say so much, if you want to ask me what I am looking for, to be honest, even I can't tell myself......"
"Hey, Lao Jin, it seems that you are deliberately prevaricating us?!" Ouyang Lei asked unhappily.
"There are rules and regulations, and the boss pays for it, so I have to listen to the boss, and you two don't have to worry, just find something, and you will never do anything harmful?" Jin Hui patted his chest and said.
Jin Hui is also really weird, the last time he went to the bottomless pit, Jin Hui told Zhou Xiaolong that he went there to find something.
At that time, I didn't know if I could find it, because Gu Lili was injured and unconscious, so the group came back in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, Jin Hui came here again today, and said that he was looking for something.
Zhou Xiaolong couldn't guess whether this Jin Hui was looking for the same thing, or something different?!
However, this is all what Zhou Xiaolong thinks in his heart, he understands Jin Hui's temper, if he doesn't want to say it, no matter how he asks him, he won't say it.
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After walking in the dark for more than half an hour, a glimmer of light appeared in front of me.
For Zhou Xiaolong, his psychology was too depressed, and he had to guard against unknown dangers that might arise, so Zhou Xiaolong's nerves were tense all the time when he walked this stone ladder.
The three of them quickened their pace towards the light, a bend in the bend, and the light was the light emitted by a bead on the rock wall at the bend.
"It's fluorite." Jin Hui explained.
Fluorite is a crystalline ore with a multi-diamond surface, and its own minerals combine to give off some light.
From the bend, a grain of fluorite appears on the rock wall every ten meters or so on the stone staircase, perhaps as a marker.
There are markers, and the speed of walking is much faster, and after the three of them have walked through more than a dozen fluorites, they finally finished the entire stone staircase.
Jin Hui took Zhou Xiaolong to a flat cave-like place.
"Professor Cui and Gu Lili are inside......" Jin Hui said to Zhou Xiaolong.
Zhou Xiaolong and Ouyang Lei followed Jin Hui into the cave, and sure enough, by a bonfire, they saw a dozen people in black mountaineering clothes sitting around.
The black-clothed men formed a circle, and in the center sat two dejected people, none other than Professor Cui and Gu Lili.
"Lili, Professor Cui, you ......"
As soon as they heard Zhou Xiaolong's voice, Gu Lili and Professor Cui immediately raised their heads with surprise on their faces.
However, the black-clothed people around them did not get up, as if the two of them were trapped inside, and they lost their freedom.
When Zhou Xiaolong saw this scene, he stared at Jin Hui angrily and asked, "Old Jin, what do you mean by this?!" β
Ouyang Lei also said viciously: "Yes, Lao Jin, you still trapped our people?!" β
"No, no, they are also in ...... for safety reasons," Jin Hui said to one of the men in black, "Black Fox, everyone is here, there is no need for your people to be so cautious......"
Listening to Jin Hui's tone, it seems that among those people in black, he is not the head, but the person in black sitting on the edge is the leader.
The man's name seems to be called Black Fox, and when it sounds, it is definitely not his real name, but probably just a nickname.
The man nicknamed Black Fox is about the same age as Jin Hui, around forty-five years old, this age is the age when a man's experience and spirit are at his most vigorous.
After a little look, Zhou Xiaolong could see that this person must be a practitioner.
Why?
I saw that the black fox, the flesh on the cheeks and temples were bulging, and the tendons and flesh on the body were also very much, a ball of spirit, similar to the temperament of the ninth uncle, at a glance, it was the leader of these dozen people in black.
The black fox waved his hand towards his subordinates, and several people spread out a gap, Gu Lili was the first to run out, hugging Zhou Xiaolong, Professor Cui was slow, and he also walked to Zhou Xiaolong's side.
Zhou Xiaolong was very embarrassed by Gu Lili's warm hug, and hurriedly pushed Gu Lili away and said, "What the hell is going on?!" β
Professor Cui just opened his mouth and didn't speak, but Jin Hui came over and said directly to Zhou Xiaolong: "Brother Xiaolong, it's all a misunderstanding, it was because of the compass in Professor Cui's hand that he was misunderstood by the black fox's brother, thinking that Professor Cui was a spy sent from the other side, so they took matters into their own hands and controlled them first, however, Professor Cui and Gu Lili were definitely not bullied, if you don't believe it, you can ask them now......
Judging from the clothes on Gu Lili and Professor Cui, there was no trace of passivity, and Zhou Xiaolong breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Lili said to Zhou Xiaolong: "Those men in black didn't do anything to us, they just didn't let us go back to you, and brought us here. β
Professor Cui sighed and asked Zhou Xiaolong, "Are you all right, what about the two of you, Brother Dai Xiong?!" β
Ouyang Lei replied: "Brother Da Xiong has already gone home, and he didn't come with us." β
Professor Cui nodded and said, "Oh, that's good, I'll rest assured, otherwise, I'll go back and explain to Dai Laohan like this!" β
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