Chapter 408: The Altar
The stone platform is more than a foot high, although the stone stairs are spiraling upward, but it only took a while, the black fox was the first to reach the top of the stone platform, Jin Hui followed, and the two of them looked towards the middle.
Zhou Xiaolong saw clearly from behind, the black fox and Jin Hui didn't know what they saw, their bodies shook and shook.
Seeing that the expressions of the two were not quite right, Zhou Xiaolong hurriedly rushed over with an arrow step, grabbed the two people, and dragged them back a few steps, Jin Hui and the black fox, but they did not react at all, they looked very numb.
"Hey, are you alright!?" Zhou Xiaolong called softly.
Jin Hui sighed deeply, his eyes went from dull to confused, and finally returned to normal.
"I ...... I'm fine......" Jin Hui glanced at Zhou Xiaolong and said.
Although Jin Hui spoke, the black fox was still in numbness, Zhou Xiaolong breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked a few steps forward, looking up at the middle of the stone platform.
There was something on the stone platform, which seemed to look like a small wooden box, about the size of a regular shoebox.
However, the lid was open, and there was nothing inside, just an empty box.
The contents of the box have obviously been taken first, no wonder Jin Hui and Black Fox saw this scene, and the two of them suddenly lost their temper!!
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!
The black fox couldn't calm the disappointment in his heart, and he was still angry, so he smashed the strong light in his hand to the ground, only to hear a "snap", and the strong light was shattered.
"Black Fox, what are you doing? Be calm!! Jin Hui reprimanded him angrily.
"It's so calm, I finally found a clue and got here, but the result was ......" The black fox was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"So far, it's useless for you to be angry, forget it, let's go back and tell the boss the truth!" Jin Hui stepped forward and patted the black fox on the shoulder.
Zhou Xiaolong stood behind the two of them, and he didn't say anything, but he was carefully observing the situation around him.
On such a high stone platform, there is a small wooden box, and there must be something very powerful in the wooden box.
It's a pity that Jin Hui and the black fox came late, the stone box had been opened in advance, and the contents were gone.
Therefore, Black Fox and Jin Hui came here with a lot of effort, and it can be said that they were busy in vain and had nothing.
No wonder the black fox is so angry, no one can stand this blow on whoever puts it on it.
However, Zhou Xiaolong immediately thought about it, could the contents of this stone box be related to the corpse bones at the entrance just now?
However, the man in black had already searched the bones, and there was nothing useful except for a small work permit.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaolong suddenly recalled the scene when he first met Mr. Chen Xueping.
At that time, Zhou Xiaolong accidentally rescued Chen Xueping by the river, and then was invited back to his house by Chen Xueping, Chen Xueping's wife fried a few side dishes, and Zhou Xiaolong and Chen Xueping chatted while eating.
Before leaving, Chen Xueping also gave Zhou Xiaolong a gift, that is, a silver ring that had been worn on Zhou Xiaolong's left thumb.
Moreover, at that time, Chen Xueping told Zhou Xiaolong about the origin of the silver ring.
Chen Xueping said that the ring was found when he was young, during a field exploration, lost contact with the troops, and entered an underground cave......
If the deceased at the entrance of the cave was Chen Xueping, then what Jin Hui and the Black Fox had been looking for couldn't be the silver ring, right?!
It would be absurd to really connect all of this together......
Unconsciously, Zhou Xiaolong had already put the hand wearing the ring behind his back quietly, perhaps, this was just a subconscious action.
Just when Jin Hui and the Black Fox were immersed in the emotions of loss, suddenly, in this quiet space, there seemed to be some rustling sounds.
The voice seemed to be getting louder and louder from far and nearer.
Zhou Xiaolong could also faintly hear some rustling sounds, as if something was crawling.
"Did you hear anything?!"
"What sound?!"
"It seems to be a sound from below?!"
"Maybe there will be some secret passages here?!"
"Don't panic, let's go down and have a look first?!"
The five people walked down the stone platform, and no one noticed that at the bottom of the river after the water was drained, there were wriggling little green snakes.
The small animals were not very large, but they were surprisingly numerous, and in a short time the entire bottom of the river was covered with a layer.
Moreover, there are many more small snakes, which keep coming out of nowhere.
"Oh my God, how could there be such a snake?!"
"That's where that voice came from just now, so much, what should we do?!"
"Oops, the bottom of the river is full of snakes, if you want to go back the way you came, I'm afraid it won't work?!"
This place is called Python Mountain, but along the way, Zhou Xiaolong has never seen any snakes, this time, he really saw it, and he saw so much, it was simply countless.
This small green snake seems to be a social creature and likes to live in cold, damp places, such as the bottom of rivers.
One of the men in black picked up a bright light and shone it into the whole river, and the faces of the crowd turned pale.
The mypedes were climbing up from the bottom of the river, and the scalps of the densely watched people were numb, and when the strong light shone on them, the swarm of insects was in a commotion, and they were rushing towards it like a tide.
If a person with a severe phobia of dense is afraid that he will go into shock on the spot when he sees such a situation.
"Oh my God, what kind of snake is this, why are there so many?!" A man in black exclaimed, and hurriedly pulled out a bottle of flamethrower from his backpack.
"This snake looks poisonous, if it contains venom in its body, we will all be poisoned by this burn, so let's get out of here quickly and jump back to the other side ......of the river," Zhou Xiaolong said to the four people in a panic.
After speaking, Zhou Xiaolong took the lead and ran towards the river, and the black fox and Jin Hui also turned their heads and ran, leaving the two black-clothed men behind.
Zhou Xiaolong glanced back and could see that there were already many small snakes climbing up on the stone platform where he was standing just now, and the last man in black was almost chased by the little snake.
"Why are these snakes so fast?!"
"How do we cross the river, I'm afraid we can't jump over the width of this river?!"
"If you don't get over, I'm afraid those snakes will rush over, what should I do?!"
"yes, think of a way?!"
The two men in black came down for a wage, and they didn't want to give their lives to this hellish place.
Zhou Xiaolong couldn't see death without help, as soon as he turned around, his eyes saw clearly that a small snake had crawled on the ankle of a man in black.
Zhou Xiaolong hurriedly kicked the little snake with his foot and kicked it away, which saved the man's life.
Perhaps, the corpse in front of him was a small snake that got into his trouser leg, and he didn't find it, so he died......
(End of chapter)