Li Xinchen exhaled softly, and bowed his hand respectfully to the women, children, old and weak in the village one after another in the dark: "Fellow villagers, Xun Chen doesn't know life and death here, I hope you take care!" Also, please take care of my sister. ”

"Li Jialang, don't worry!" An old woman nodded.

"Yes, as long as we're still here, I'll definitely help you take care of Li'er!"

"Give us a way to live!"

Li Xinchen bowed solemnly again, and then turned his head: "Let's go!" ”

Seinfeld and Li Qiu glanced at each other, and they both gritted their teeth to keep up with Li Xinchen's figure. And Xiao Shilian also waved his hand, and the two soldiers hurriedly followed him. The figures of the six men disappeared into the darkness in an instant, and only the light of the torches still danced in the endless cavern, indicating that there were still people in the light.

But soon the light disappeared, and it was obvious that Li Xinchen and the others had gone deeper into the cave, and the zigzag cave blocked the light.

"Let's go too, Xun Chen is right, this is not a place to stay for a long time." Old Man Zheng said in a deep voice.

The surrounding women, children, old and weak slowly got up and staggered towards the depths of the cave with mutual support.

The soldiers guarding the entrance of the cave also slowly followed behind the team, and when one person after another passed by Li Cheng's corpse in the dark, these soldiers of different ages saluted the old man who was lying here peacefully and looked inconspicuous.

The blood splattered on the old man's white robe was enough to win their respect.

It's a pity that you can't even bury the old man in the ground.

"Wait!" Thinking of something, the old soldier after the break walked straight to Li Cheng's body, carefully tidied up his somewhat messy clothes, and then turned around and followed the team into the darkness without looking back.

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The road in the cave is getting narrower and narrower, after all, this is not a cave drilled by hand, and naturally it is impossible to rely on people everywhere. And the light of the torches is getting weaker and weaker, and it is obvious that it is almost impossible to support it.

"It's dry here, light the extra torches here." Xiao Shilian stopped and looked around and said, because of the echo, his voice sounded buzzing at this time.

Li Xinchen nodded, since they set off, they estimated that they had walked a distance of two miles, and according to the size of the mountain outside, they should be almost at the end. After all, no matter how tortuous this cave is, it can't really be much longer than the whole mountain.

This should be regarded as a qualified stalactite cave, it was not very obvious at the entrance of the cave before, but the more you go inside, there are more and more stalactites of all kinds, and such caves exist very widely in the land of China, especially in the Central Plains, so there is nothing to be shocked.

The stalactite cave, that is, the karst cave, its biggest advantage is that the cave is generally very wet, and there are many pores, although it has not yet reached the point of letting people pass, but there are many gaps connected to the outside, but there is no need to worry about suffocation. But looking at the scale of this cave, the exit at the other end of it is probably very secret, and it may not even be at all, otherwise Li Cheng and they would not have found anything for so many years.

Li Xinchen is not a geologist after all, and at such a critical juncture, even a geologist is probably not in the mood to study it. Waiting for Xiao Shilian and them to light the torch with great effort, Li Xinchen immediately took one and walked forward with difficulty among the potholes.

Stalactites of different shapes constantly appeared in the firelight, and all kinds of caves were scattered all over the stone walls on both sides, and the water droplets that kept dripping from the top made everyone's hearts tremble.

Although Li Xinchen visited many karst caves in another life, after all, they were all developed, with steps, lights, and even boats. It was the first time that the trek had been made in the faint light of the torches.

The eerie and terrifying side of the cave was revealed in front of Li Xinchen at this time, if it wasn't for the early preparation, ropes, torches, etc., all kinds of things, plus shouldering the responsibility of finding a way out for two hundred people, I'm afraid Li Xinchen really didn't know how far he could go.

Li Cheng and the others were able to come to the end at that time, which is also very remarkable.

"Listen, it's the sound of water." Li Qiu said in a low voice.

"There's no sound of water anywhere here." Seinfeld couldn't help but pout. The droplets that could fall on their heads at any moment filled the cave with the sound of "ticking" water.

Li Xinchen waved his hand and turned to look at the few people behind him: "That's right, you listen." ”

Xiao Shilian, Song Fei and others all subconsciously held their breath. In the darkness, in addition to the sound of water droplets, there was also the sound of a trickle, which was not loud, but it was indeed clearly discernible.

There is running water!

Seinfeld and the others all showed joy on their faces, and Seinfeld couldn't help but pat Li Qiu's shoulder at first: "You kid can, this ear is smart enough!" ”

There is flowing water in this cave, maybe there is an exit to the outside, not to mention that the old man Zheng also said that the deepest part of this cave is a pool of water, and this flowing water is likely to converge into the pool, and the pool has not overflowed for so many years, which shows that there should be an outlet near the pool, which can drain the water.

"Let's go!" Li Xinchen said in a low voice.

As we continued inside, the cave grew smaller and smaller, but fortunately, the fork in the road disappeared, leaving only one main road, which zigzagged and continued to move forward. A trickle of water converges from the stone wall to your feet, and if you don't know that you are in this cave, you may think that you are stepping on the river.

The water flow is getting bigger and bigger, and the road is becoming more and more slippery, so Li Xinchen can only unfold the rope he brought, wrap it around everyone's waist, and then try his best to grab the protrusions on the stone walls on both sides with his hands, and go down little by little. The cold wind whistled out of the cavern, stirring head-on, and I don't know whether it was too wet or because of the wind, but after a few torches barely swayed for a while, they were finally extinguished.

In the darkness, everyone held their breath and tried their best to widen their eyes to find the figure of their companion in front of them, and at this time, I am afraid that only their companion can give them a sense of security.

"Here we are." At this time, Li Xinchen let out a low sigh.

The sound of the water was getting louder and louder, and there was a faint sound of thunder.

As the footsteps continued, the path that was so narrow that it had to be walked by squatting suddenly opened up, and the sound of the water was as loud as thunder, and the water flowing under his feet flowed into the natural ditch on one side, and disappeared into the darkness.

Obviously, the waterhole that Old Man Zheng said was not far away.

The howling wind also became much less.

"It's a blessed place." Xiao Shilian couldn't help but sigh.