When Bai Zhongzheng said wait, he then said: "My sole is wrong, do you smell it?" ”

The torture technique smelled a strange smell, like something had been burned, mixed with a strange sour smell. Bai Zhongzheng immediately stepped back, cocked the soles of his shoes, lit a lighter and watched, and then the three of them found that the worm on the right side of his shoe had been killed earlier, and the part stained with the white worm pulp had melted together, and the strange smell came from there.

The reason why Bai Zhongzheng's soles are not completely melted is because the shoes are specially made, and there is a layer of iron ring at the bottom, and there are hidden nails in the iron ring, as long as you flip a lock on the side of the shoe, the hidden nails will stick out and become spiked boots, which are very useful on the ice and when climbing.

Bai Zhongzheng looked down and said: "It seems that after the body of this insect is stepped on, a liquid will be produced, and this liquid will become corrosive when it comes into contact with the air, that is to say, if we step on it rashly, even if those insects will not take the initiative to attack us, if we step on their bodies, the shoes will be corroded, there must be some distance ahead, maybe we haven't walked out of this cave yet, and our feet will be rotten." ”

Xingshu thought for a moment and asked He Chenxue, "Where did you find that circle trace before?" ”

He Chenxue pointed to the ground next to him: "Lie down and take a closer look, because the light is not strong, it is not easy to find." ”

The torture technique lay down and looked at it, and there were indeed dense circle traces on the ground, each circle was about 2.5 centimeters, and I didn't know what caused it, but no matter what it was, it must have been left by the group of people in front.

The torture technique extinguished the lighter, sat there and thought, thought for a long time, and clapped his hands: "I know! Stilt! ”

As soon as the torture technique said this, Bai Zhongzheng and He Chenxue also immediately realized that the group of people in front of them had stepped on stilts, and they were specially made on stilts, which were specially customized for this place, so they would leave traces of that kind of circle.

Xingshu looked around: "It's metal, even if that corrosive liquid will have an effect on the metal, it won't melt in a short time, it can be seen from Bai Zhongzheng's shoes that the surrounding iron ring has no effect, only the skin next to it has melted a little." ”

Bai Zhongzheng sighed: "We don't have that kind of thing. ”

Torture pointed to the way he came: "There is wood in the room under the lantern. ”

He Chenxue said: "How many years has the wood here been?" It would have broken at the touch of it, and if it weren't for that, you wouldn't have been able to smash the door open in that room so easily. ”

Xingshu thought for a while and said, "Maybe there's a way, follow me." ”

The three of them returned to the room again, and the torture technique asked Bai Zhongzheng and He Chenxue to collect the wood, as strong as possible, as long as it was not the kind that would shatter if touched, and then tied the collected wood together.

Xingshu looked at Bai Zhongzheng, who was slowly cutting the spare rope on the side, and said: "Tie the wood you found together, and the diameter of a bundle should reach at least thirteen centimeters, and the height should be forty centimeters, the remaining wood here is basically longer than or equal to 40 centimeters, if it is not enough, use a dagger to cut it out, and step on the foot with a height of forty centimeters, plus a diameter of thirteen centimeters, people will not fall down so easily, and walk relatively smoothly." ”

Bai Zhongzheng worried: "What if the corrosion is stronger than we imagined? ”

"No, it won't." Xingshu shook his head, "Judging from your shoes before, after the bug is crushed, it will take a while to turn into a corrosive liquid, and the height of forty centimeters, even if it corrodes, it will not be so fast, if it can be melted instantly, this kind of bug will produce something like aqua regia, if so, the previous group of people will not be able to walk through even if they have metal stilts." ”

He Chenxue looked at the two, Bai Zhongzheng began to tie the wood with ropes, and said at the same time: "After you get it done, I'll try it first, I'll walk a distance to feel it, if there is no problem, you can go again." ”

"No, no, no!" Torture shook his head, "It's not that simple, we have to go together, and before we go, we have to light the fire first." Light a fire not far from the swarm of insects in the cave, the bigger the better, to light the way ahead of us, and to attract the light-loving insects. ”

Bai Zhongzheng raised his eyes and looked at the torture technique: "I hope you are right, because your judgment has always been right before." ”

Torture smiled, "I hope it's right, too." ”

The three of them then tied six bundles of wood, and then got all the wood that was easy to carry to the cave close to the swarm, and then tied the shoes with torn underwear to the wood below, and after stepping on it, the torturer took the lighter and the simple torch in his hand: "Bai Zhongzheng walks in the front, Chenxue walks in the middle, after I break, Chenxue's sense of balance is slightly worse, if you feel that you are going to fall, try to fall backwards, I will support you in the back, don't fall to the left and right, in that case, you will die." ”

He Chenxue nodded: "Okay." ”

Xingshu looked at Bai Zhongzheng, Bai Zhongzheng nodded to indicate that he was ready, and then Xingshu lit the torch with a lighter, held it high and waved it there, and after the insects in the distance saw the firelight, they immediately squirmed and rushed towards this side.

Just as the insect tide was about to rush to them, the torture technique threw the torch into the pile of wood, and because he had poured wine on the wood earlier, the pile of wood was immediately ignited, and the flames rose into the air, and the huge flames also made those white worms appear extremely excited, speeding up the speed of wriggling.

"Let's go-" The torture technique shouted, Bai Zhongzheng in front immediately stepped on the wood and walked forward, He Chenxue also followed, spreading his arms to maintain balance, and the torture technique in the rear in order to master his own balance and reduce He Chenxue's burden at the same time, carried He Chenxue's backpack on his chest and his backpack behind him, so that the contents of the two backpacks were almost the same weight.

As the three of them walked forward, they clearly felt that the wood below was slippery because they had stepped on the body of the insects, and soon, the strange stench came from below, but fortunately, the insects did not turn back to chase them, but just gathered around the fire, circle after circle, overlapping one after another, as if primitive people had discovered the wonder of fire for the first time and were worshipping there.

After walking forward for more than ten meters, they could still see their surroundings clearly through the light from the huge fire behind them, and there were dense worms everywhere, still heading in the direction of the fire. At the same time, the torture technique saw that the walls on the left and right sides were full of small holes, and those worms were drilled out of the small holes, like a natural mechanism.

Bai Zhongzheng, who was walking in front, looked down at the ground, and said at the same time: "There are still many insect corpses on the ground, they should have been trampled to death when they first walked over, but those corrosive liquids had no effect on the insects that surged up later." ”

"Maybe the corrosiveness of that liquid can only last for a while, but even if it is short, if it comes into contact with human skin, we will die, let alone say it! Let's go! As soon as he finished speaking, He Chenxue in front of him suddenly stopped moving, and he immediately stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Bai Zhongzheng in front also stopped and looked sideways slightly.

He Chenxue stood there, pointed to his right leg and said, "The wood under my right foot seems to be about to fall apart." ”

Xingshu immediately lowered his head and looked down, but because it was too far away from the bonfire, the light was already very weak, and he couldn't see it clearly, so he had to reluctantly squat down, light the lighter and take a look, just one look, he immediately turned off the lighter, swallowed his saliva, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Chenxue, listen carefully to me, the rope that binds the wood under your right foot, the bottom circle melts." ”

He Chenxue nodded: "Then what should I do?" ”

"Bai Zhongzheng, you take a step back, about fifty centimeters, and then stand still, don't move." After the torture was finished, he grabbed one of He Chenxue's arms, "Chenxue, which foot do you think is usually more stable, that is, if you stand up on one leg, which foot can bear weight more and at the same time master good balance?" ”

He Chenxue thought there for a long time, the fingers of her left and right hands moved slightly, and then said, "Left foot." ”

"Good!" Torture nodded, "I'll go forward and stand parallel to you now, stand on your right side, and then you hold me up, go down and untie the strip of cloth, and then stand still, still standing on top of your original wood, and then I will untie the strip of cloth on my left foot, and move my left foot slightly to the right to make room for your right foot, and then you put it over again, and then tie our two feet together with the strip of cloth, and tie it to the wood on my left side, I said it very clearly, do you understand?" ”

He Chenxue nodded, already sweating profusely: "I understand, you mean to play two people and three legs, right?" ”

Torture smiled, sweat slid down his forehead and seeped into his eyes, he immediately wiped the sweat with his hands, nodded and said, "Yes, just treat it as a game, play two people and three legs." ”

"Good! I understand! He Chenxue gritted her teeth and did what the torture technique required, and the rest of the things went smoothly, just when the last step was carried out, that is, when He Chenxue's right foot and the left foot of the torture technique were tied to the bundle of wood, Bai Zhongzheng in front of him suddenly took out his lighter and lit it.

The moment the lighter was lit, He Chenxue, who was standing face to face with the torture technique, leaning over and tying up, gasped, and was about to reproach Bai Zhongzheng for using the lighter's torture technique, but he was also shocked, because they saw that a lot of insects had crawled towards the bundle of wood under their feet, and one of them had climbed to Bai Zhongzheng's ankle, Bai Zhongzheng felt it, so he used the lighter to light it to confirm.

"Torture, I'll try to pick this worm down with a dagger, you go ahead, leave me alone." After Bai Zhongzheng finished speaking, he pulled out the dagger, slowly stuffed it between the insect's body and his ankle, then turned off the lighter, and then picked the bug down.

He Chenxue in the rear was also in a hurry to tie it, and after tying it quickly, He Chenxue grabbed the hand of the torture technique and said, "It's okay." ”

"Good! I'm shouting the password now, one-two, one-two, I say one, your right foot and my left foot move together, say two, your left foot and my right foot face forward together! Do you understand? "The torture technique was soaked with sweat.

In the dark, He Chenxue answered, and then heard that Bai Zhongzheng in front of him had already moved, and the torture technique began to shout the password in a low voice.

The two of them walked forward according to the predetermined rhythm, and by this time the torturer had already felt the insect crawling to his ankle, but he knew that he couldn't stop, and he also prayed that this insect would not have any other attack ability other than the corrosive liquid that would be produced when stepped on, such as squirting the liquid from his mouth.

Finally, the three of them saw the bright light in front of them, and it was very strong, like daylight, Bai Zhongzheng took the lead in speeding up his pace, and at the same time saw that the insects around him had decreased, and then looked forward, there was a ditch below the position where there was light in front, and the ditch was only one meter long at most, and there was no such bug on the opposite side of the ditch, that is, it was safe to cross the ditch.

"You see?" Bai Zhongzheng said in front, "I'll go first, after I jump over, you jump again, only less than a meter away, even if you fall straight over, I can help you on the other side!" ”

"Know! You go first! The torture technique looked down by the light in front of him, and saw that there were already several insects crawling on his waist, and then looked in the direction of He Chenxue, He Chenxue's back was densely covered with at least a dozen worms, he shivered, and didn't dare to tell her, but fortunately, He Chenxue's clothes were thick, she couldn't feel it, if she could feel it, she would probably have jumped up and screamed.

Finally, when he arrived in front of the ditch, Bai Zhongzheng squatted down, cut the strip of cloth with a dagger, and then jumped directly in one breath, and then turned to look at the two, and when he was about to speak, he saw the dense insects in front of the two of them, and trembled, but he immediately saw the torture technique shaking his head at him slightly, and signaled him not to tell He Chenxue.

At this time, He Chenxue was staring ahead intently, if she looked down, she would immediately see the worms that had climbed to her waist and were crawling to her chest......

"Okay, now let's slowly approach the ditch and rush over directly, Bai Zhongzheng on the opposite side will catch us, no problem, right? We have to fall forward at the same time. Torture squeezed out a smile and said.

He Chenxue nodded and asked strangely, "Why don't we cut the rope and jump over like him?" Probably can, right? Only one meter. ”

He Chenxue said that she wanted to look down, the torture was terrible, and she wanted to stop He Chenxue from looking, but it was too late, He Chenxue had already lowered her head, because of her eyes, she saw a worm that was about to crawl to her chest very clearly, and then He Chenxue burst out with a scream, and then raised her hand to drop the worm!

The torture technique grabbed He Chenxue's hand and fell directly towards the opposite side, and said at the same time: "Don't move!" ”

Bai Zhongzheng, who was opposite, took a lunge, raised his hands, and supported the chests of the two of them at the same time with his left and right hands near the lower side of his throat, because if he went too down, he would hold down those insects, and then all three of them would suffer!

He Chenxue was already frightened, just stunned and looked at the ground, trembling all over.

The body of the torture technique was supported by Bai Zhongzheng, and he slowly turned his head and said, "Don't touch it with your hands, in case the body of the insect is cracked, it will be over." ”

He Chenxue sobbed "um", and then Bai Zhongzheng took a breath, took a step forward, leaned the two of them on his shoulders, and then dragged the two of them abruptly, and then slowly helped the two of them up, leaning towards the cave wall next to them, and when the two of them kept their balance, he waved a dagger to cut off the strips of cloth on the feet of the two.

The torture technique jumped down first, Bai Zhongzheng helped He Chenxue down, and then carefully picked off the insects on the two of them one by one with a dagger and threw them into the ditch.

When the bug falls into the ditch, it begins to boil like quicklime in water, and then disappears.

It took more than ten minutes for Bai Zhongzheng to pick out all the insects, and then everyone checked each other, and after making sure that there were no insects, they all collapsed directly on the cave wall, closing their eyes and panting.

"Damn it!" Torturer scolded, "Who designed this natural mechanism, it's terrifying." ”

Bai Zhongzheng shook his head and looked at the way they came: "It's actually not terrible, really, this kind of mechanism is relatively easier than the one we used to enter the lantern before, but the person who designed the mechanism understands people's psychology very well, and everything they do is to give people double pressure, physiology and psychology." ”

He Chenxue, who was sitting on one side, stared at the ditch with straight eyes.

Torture knew that she still needed time to recover, so he stood up and looked at the entrance of the cave with the arch, the light was coming from the arch, and when he walked in, he raised his eyes and saw that the top of the cave was full of night pearls, densely arranged, and some mirrored crystals around him, which reflected such a bright white light. At the same time, the torture also found that there were trees in the cave, and when he got closer, he found that those trees were made of jade and stone, and with the color of the jade itself, it looked lifelike, just like the real thing.

And behind those jade trees, there is a fenced waterhole, five meters wide, ten meters long, the waterhole is facing the side of the woods and there is a staircase, the stairs go deep into the waterhole, and most importantly, at the top of the stairs, there are some clothes neatly stacked, as well as backpacks, tools and other things, obviously the things of the previous group of people, which also indicate that they have gone into the water.

Torture was sitting there looking through the things left by those people when he heard a hoarse voice coming from the stone forest next to him: "It's very rude to mess with other people's things. ”

The torturer was startled, and when he turned around, he saw the person wearing a white winter suit, windproof goggles, and a ski mask, but he couldn't tell whether this person was the killer or the person who hired him, because Bai Zhongzheng said that both of them used voice changers and couldn't hear it.

"It's also rude to hide and prepare to attack someone's house." Bai Zhongzheng's voice came from the other side, and the man turned his head and watched Bai Zhongzheng aim at him with a crossbow in his hand, "Of course, I'm not polite. ”

He Chenxue trembled and followed behind Bai Zhongzheng, moving towards the position of the torture technique.

And the white shadow stood there, letting out a weird laugh: "Don't be nervous, I'm not staying to plot against you, I have a deal, I want to talk to you alone, it's definitely a deal, a deal that is beneficial to both you and me, as long as it's negotiated, we will be friends." ”

Torture shook his head: "I won't be friends with someone who almost killed us. ”

"That's what my employer asks me to do, so I've got to make a show." Bai Ying smiled, "Because I know that this Mr. Bai Zhongzheng Bai has been following you and protecting you, so I made a appearance, otherwise, I can't explain it to my employer, you should understand me, of course, no matter what, please listen to my next words." ”

The torture technique glanced at Bai Zhongzheng, Bai Zhongzheng nodded slightly, saying that he could let Bai Ying continue, anyway, it is impossible for the other party to play any tricks now, if he wants to plot the torture technique, he has already started before.