Chapter Twenty-Nine: Termite Nest

The torture knew that the opportunity was rare, maybe there was only such a chance to come here once in this life, and there must be other way out of it, because it was impossible for them to climb back and climb back along the original snow cave snow path, and besides, without other exits, it was impossible for Shin Dongjun to leave alive.

Now it seems that the only person who left this place alive was Shin Dongjun himself.

The torture technique took pictures around, hoping to take the photos back to find relevant experts to study, and just as he was taking pictures, he heard He Chenxue shouting in front of him: "Look! It's a first-line tun! ”

As soon as He Chenxue said this, the others immediately quickened their pace and walked towards the mountain pass, and when they reached the mountain pass, they looked out, and sure enough, they saw a village in the woods of the opposite plain that seemed to be flattened by the sky.

The torture technique walked to He Chenxue's side, picked up the binoculars and looked at them carefully, and Yan Gang also raised the binoculars on the side to observe.

Tian Lianfeng said on the side: "Could it be a mirage?" ”

"It looks like, because there are no flat villages, it's definitely an optical illusion." Yan Gang shook his head, "But this kind of scene is very rare in the Northeast. ”

Xingshu nodded: "In 2011, there was a mirage in Yanji City, Jilin Province, but it was in summer, not winter, in 2013, there was also a mirage in Xingang, Huludao, Liaoning, but the time was very short, it only lasted less than a minute, in Heilongjiang, in recent years, I have not heard of any mirage at all." ”

He Chenxue remained silent, not saying a word, but she didn't move forward, just hesitated there.

Torture Shu stood there and watched blankly, Tian Lianfeng leaned in and asked, "Shu, do you want to go over?" ”

The torture technique didn't speak, and he was a little distracted, Tian Lianfeng asked several times before he waved his hand and said, "Don't speak, let me think about it." ”

At this time, he wanted to sort out the timeline and all the characters on this timeline, and at this moment, he had a feeling that the Qimen he was about to find might not actually have a connection with the Khu Khanate he was looking for. The reason is very simple, the secret of Qimen is hidden in Xing Renju's body, and Xing Renju has long since died, even if the secret is really passed on to Tian Yunhao, and Tian Yunhao may have sought the help of his wife's mother's family, that is, his master Zheng Cangqiong's master, because the strange painting hidden in the wall has already illustrated this.

Moreover, the most important point is that if Qimen was really here, the later Shin Dongjun would no longer go to great lengths to find Xing Renju from prison and ask him to tell Qimen's secrets.

Also, who is the pair of eyes that He Chenxue is looking for? Does this person have a relationship with Qimen, or does he have something to do with the Khan Khanate that he is looking for at the moment?

Who is the person behind He Chenxue? Who deceived and held Tian Ke hostage? Who was the killer last night? And who is the one who saves himself?

Countless questions kept spinning in the mind of the torturer, and there were question marks everywhere.

"Boss Criminal, it's time for us to go." He Chenxue suddenly said such a sentence, and her expression was a little abnormal.

Xingshu nodded silently and walked forward, Tian Lianfeng felt that the atmosphere at this time was a little weird, and it was not easy to say anything, so he had to walk behind Xingshu, and Yan Gang stopped at this time and kept looking at the rear, maybe it was an intuition that he had trained after many years of being a soldier, he felt that someone was staring at him in the distance.

Yan Gang didn't feel wrong, in the snow cave on the cliff, the white shadow wearing windproof goggles was staring at them, the white shadow was wearing gloves with barbs on both hands, and spiked boots on his feet, obviously he was prepared, and after the torture and others had gone away, Bai Ying slowly climbed out of the snow cave and gradually climbed down from the cliff.

At the same time, at the collapsed house, Bai Zhongzheng was standing there, looking at the mouth of the ruins that had been dug up, looking at the snow cave under the mouth, half an hour ago, he was hiding, and he saw with his own eyes that the white shadow who had covered himself tightly dug up the ruins and jumped in with his equipment.

"Zhongzheng!" Guo Hongkui's voice appeared behind Bai Zhongzheng.

Bai Zhongzheng turned his head and looked at Guo Hongkui and Guo Shiji, who were gradually approaching with their hands behind their backs, both of them were wearing winter winter clothing, like Bai Zhongzheng, they could be worn inside and outside, one side was black and the other side was white, and the white side was exposed when walking in the snow during the day, but Bai Zhongzheng felt that it was very troublesome, and he liked black.

Guo Shiqi stood around the ruins and watched, and snorted coldly: "I didn't expect that in this place, there is a natural feng shui array. ”

Bai Zhongzheng nodded slightly: "Yes, natural, very rare, if I didn't follow them in, I'm afraid I would have lost my way." ”

Guo Hongkui looked around and said: "This kind of place is commonly known as termite nest, it seems to be ordinary, but in fact it extends in all directions, and termite cave is the same, there is a circle of labyrinth around the periphery, if you can't find the right way, you can only go around in the periphery, and you will have the illusion that you have entered the center, you must have the right walking direction to walk in, when I came in before, I also thought about it for a long time, and then I thought of the way that I didn't use for a long time." ”

Bai Zhongzheng said: "Is it a 'way back'?" ”

"Yes." Guo Hongkui nodded, "It's just to go back, many of the so-called maze settings are like this, the real maze doesn't look like a maze at all, just like here, if you want to walk in, you have to walk in the right direction, it looks like it's going back, but it's actually going towards the center of the maze." ”

Guo Shizhen squatted at the mouth of the snow cave and asked, "Kui Ye, this kind of place can be regarded as a burial place, right?" ”

"Yes, but very few people are buried in such places." Guo Hongkui stepped on the snow under his feet, "The so-called termite nest is not an ordinary front dragon, back dragon, and water mouth, there are hundreds of places that can be buried, and there is no burial of people, this acupuncture point is just a maze at best, and it will not have any effect." ”

"What do you mean?" Guo Shiji frowned and asked.

Guo Hongkui observed the snow cave, and said without raising his head: "Zhongzheng, you explain it to Shiji." ”

Guo Shizheng looked a little unhappy, Bai Zhongzheng looked at the direction of the jungle and said: "Feng Shui acupuncture points, usually buried before the person, basically singular number is better, because a single point and a single vein, one vein transmits several lives, just like a radish and a pit, but the radish has roots." But this termite nest has hundreds of acupuncture points, each acupuncture point must bury people, and the buried people must have blood relations, otherwise this acupuncture point will not play any role, so this termite nest, also known as the waste hole, even if it is found, at best it is only made into a feng shui maze, how can someone be crazy enough to bury hundreds of their relatives in one breath, that is simply a murderer. ”

Guo Shiqi just said "um" after listening, at this time Guo Hongkui got up and said: "There is also the most critical problem, we are located in the outer acupuncture point of the termite nest, and the location of the main cave is underground, because the termite nest, as the name suggests, has a drop like the termite nest, so the real acupuncture point should be under this snow cave, if I am not wrong, under this snow cave, there should be an open field, along the open land to a few kilometers around, it is considered the range of the termite nest, which is also the most weird and complicated place." ”

"I see." Bai Zhongzheng nodded, "Then Kui Ye, is it possible for Qimen to be here?" ”

"I don't think it's likely." Guo Hongkui frowned and shook his head, "I always thought that Qimen should not be outside the gate, but in fact, even if it is our Guo family, we don't know the exact location of Qimen, so I studied Feng Shui and Qimen Dunjia hard, hoping to find the location as soon as possible through these mysterious techniques, and I don't have to let us run around for the rest of our lives." ”

Guo Shiji said impatiently beside him: "Kui Ye, are we going down or not?" ”

"Down!" Guo Hongkui nodded, "You have to go down, everything has a chance." Also, Jung-jeong, the killer you were talking about, haven't you figured out what the way it is? ”

Bai Zhongzheng shook his head: "I don't know where I came from, my skills are very agile, I deliberately let the killer go down first." ”

"Did you let him go down first? Is your brain watering? Guo Shiji said angrily.

Guo Hongkui glared at Guo Shiqi and said, "Zhong Zheng is right to do that!" The so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches, what we want to do is yellow finches, not praying mantises! Torture is in front of them, the killer is close behind, we follow last, it is the safest, if we are caught in the middle, we are in a dilemma! ”

Guo Shiji's face was a little ugly, and he didn't speak, just stood aside.

"Kui Ye, then I'll go down first." Bai Zhongzheng didn't want to make the scene even more embarrassing, so he simply jumped into the snow cave first.

After Bai Zhongzheng left, Guo Hongkui looked at Guo Shizheng and said: "Shiji, I brought you out this time just to let you understand that what our clan needs most is to use your brains, not your hands and feet, and besides, your fists and feet are not as good as Zhongzheng, I don't want the Guo family to be ruined in the hands of your generation!" ”

Guo Shiqi didn't dare to disobey Guo Hongkui, just nodded, answered "yes" in a low voice, and then followed Guo Hongkui down the snow cave.

Besides, they had already walked out of the col and walked to the torture and others who had seen the location of the first-line tun before, and found that there was nothing in the jungle except for the thick snow, and the so-called first-line tun was really just a mirage.

"It's really a mirage, and the clues are all broken." Yan Gang shook his head.

Torture looked around: "But where is there a place where the same mirage keeps appearing?" There's always a reason, right? ”

Tian Lianfeng couldn't hold back at this time, walked directly to He Chenxue, and asked, "Miss He, the matter has come to this, don't hide it anymore, just tell us everything you know?" I know you've got something to hide! ”

He Chenxue shook her head slightly: "I really don't know so much, until now, I'm just taking one step at a time." ”

"You ......" Tian Lianfeng raised his hand and pointed at He Chenxue, and was stretched out by the torture technique.

The torture technique said to He Chenxue in a calmer tone: "Miss He, you carefully recall your grandmother's words, and you also have to think about it, I wonder if all this will have something to do with your grandmother's Tianyan Sect back then?" She is considered an intellectual, how could she form a cult? Isn't that abnormal? ”

Tian Lianfeng was very angry, walking around, he wanted to go home, but now, if he wants to get out of here, he can only walk through this jungle.

Yan Gang surveyed the terrain around, because he found that this grove was full of poplars, or big poplars, but the big poplars should be very tall, but the big poplars here were only half as tall as ordinary poplars, which was very strange.

He Chenxue still shook her head and didn't speak.

The torture technique can almost determine that He Chenxue is lying, because she hesitated, hesitated for two seconds, and two seconds of hesitation was enough to explain the problem, but he couldn't punish He Chenxue, right?

"Torture, it's weird." Yan Gang, who was not far away, shouted.

Xingshu immediately walked up to Yan Gang and found Yan Gang squatting in front of a tree, he had already used a folding shovel to shovel all the snow around the tree, and after digging it out, he saw that there was not mud under the snow, but a layer of ice, and there was something vaguely under the ice.

Tian Lianfeng and He Chenxue also came over to watch, Tian Lianfeng looked at it for a while, and immediately grabbed his shovel to get the snow under a tree next to him, and found that there was also ice underneath, and then dug around.

Yan Gang understood at this time: "No wonder the big poplars here are so short, it's not that they're short, it's that we haven't stepped on the ground at all, the ground is under the ice, so maybe only nearly a quarter of the snow surface is exposed." ”

"Is this also a lake?" The torture technique knocked on the ice, and it always felt like there was something underneath.

Tian Lianfeng looked at the ice for a long time, and began to beat with an ice axe, Yan Gang also helped to chisel, and the two of them worked for more than half an hour, digging a pit of nearly twenty centimeters on the ice.

"The ice is very thick, and it looks like it's really a lake down there." Yan Gang was about to give up.

"That's not right." He Chenxue said, "If the big poplar had been soaked in water, it would have died a long time ago, you cut the trunk with a knife to see if the tree withered?" ”

Yan Gang took out a dagger and cut the trunk of the tree, and found that it was not a dead tree at all, and then turned his head to look at the torture technique.

Xingshu looked at the ice pit that had been cut open and said, "Miss He is right, we have to keep digging down, the secret is below." ”

Tian Lianfeng rubbed his hands, took the ice axe and continued to dig, because there was no such thing as a pickaxe, so it was very difficult to dig, just when the three of them took turns to dig, the sharp-eyed Tian Lianfeng was suddenly stunned, pointed to the bottom of the ice and said, "There are people below!" I saw a figure wander by, look, it's another one! ”

The other three immediately looked at the position pointed by Tian Lianfeng, He Chenxue couldn't see too far, and his eyes were not like ordinary people, so what he saw was only a blur, but Xingshu and Yan Gang clearly saw that there was indeed a figure shaking underneath, plus what Tian Lianfeng saw, there were at least four or five people.

The three of them immediately started to continue digging, and after digging for another half an hour, they finally dug up the ice, but the moment they dug up, the ice was also cracked, and the torture technique immediately waved their hands to let everyone disperse, and they were left alone, carefully using an ice axe to expand the hole in the ice, just a few knocks, the ice began to collapse, and then an ice cave with a diameter of about two meters appeared in front of the four people, and at the same time, there were gusts of hot wind in the ice cave.

The torture technique lay there and watched, and saw that there was indeed a hole below, and if you looked at it obliquely, you could clearly see the trunk of the large poplar in it, and the dirt that was clearly visible at the bottom.

"It's amazing!" Tian Lianfeng sighed, "How could this kind of ice be formed? ”

"Wait, I'll go down and see, and if there's any danger, drag me up with a rope." Torture said, carefully tumbling down the hole before falling onto the dirt below.

Falling down, stepping on the soft soil, the torture technique also felt that the temperature below was maintained at least minus eleven or twelve degrees Celsius, which was completely different from the temperature above the ice layer of more than minus twenty degrees Celsius, and from the ground to the ice layer above the head that was nearly one meter thick, the average height was about two and a half meters, so it can be said that it was winter above the ice, and the cave under the ice was equivalent to spring.

"The cave is very big, and it seems that this cave is as big as the plain is." The torture technique shouted below, "I can't see the head, but Lian Feng didn't see the dazzle before, and there were people before, I saw footprints, and cigarette butts." ”

Torture squatted down and measured the footprints on the ground with his hands, judging from the footprints, the group below were wearing the same boots, but the size was different, and there were at least three people, one of whom smoked a cigarette, and smoked a camel, which seemed to be very addictive.

Then, Yan Gang jumped down, and with the help of Tian Lianfeng, he hugged He Chenxue, who was slowly sliding down.

After the last Tian Lianfeng jumped down, the torture technique pointed ahead and said: "Everyone should be careful, since there are other people here, it means that we are not the only ones who came to find the Khanate, in addition, the killer and the person who saved us last night must also come, I don't know if it is them, the one who came is not good, but it is certain that these people who walked under the ice before definitely did not follow us, but came in from another entrance." ”

Yan Gang clenched the dagger, clasped it in his hand, squatted down and looked at the footprints, looked around and said: "They came from the front, and then went back, they seemed to be looking for something, as if they were lost, there should be three people on the other side, and they were all wearing military boots, wearing the cold belt boots of the US army, judging from the lines, they are not imitations, they should be 100% military products, because there are small gear lines on the edges of the lines, and irregular military suppliers cannot make such fine ones." ”

The torturer was shocked: "You mean, there are three soldiers here?" And a foreign soldier? ”

"I don't know, it's possible that they are also retired like me, looking at the depth of the footprints, the weight of these people is also very heavy, more important than me, and the shoe size is also large, the height is at least one meter eighty-five or more, and the weight is about one hundred and eighty pounds." Yan Gang looked at the ground and analyzed, "It's so heavy because you have to count the clothes they are wearing and the equipment they carry, but I believe they shouldn't be carrying guns, after all, this is in China, and it's too difficult to get weapons in." ”

"How can this be ......" He Chenxue muttered to herself on the side, frowning.

yes, how so? He didn't understand the torture either, he originally thought that only a few people knew about the affairs of the Khanate, but he didn't expect that now in addition to them, there are so many people pouring in, and there are also foreign veterans who have also come to this place, and things are getting more and more troublesome.