"The road to the northeast has already been walked by other teams a while ago, and I guess they haven't come out yet, or have found another road. However, I am not optimistic about this, and it is more likely that I will die below. "It's not a bad idea to pick up the dead man's stuff, at least we know there's danger in that direction, and we're always on alert...... But the risks remain. ”

After Chris pointed out what roads there are, as the short axe that leads the team, it is time to think and analyze as a captain which path should be chosen. As for why he said it, it was because he was the one who was hired, and he always had to let the employer choose, and of course, he also had the right to veto or leave.

"Where does it lead?" asked Marina.

"Another rat path leads to the entrance to the sewers. "Of course, it will be a long and dangerous journey, most of the time people don't do it for the rat path to get between different areas, there is a surface road to walk, why go specifically to this kind of place?"

"Is this path dangerous?" asked Eko.

Hatchet smiled, "As I said, there's been a team that has been down this path lately, and then it seems to have disappeared - whether it's because they've been attacked by something deep underground, or because of something strange. They really don't have any news, and that's the key. This means that the path can be dangerous, and will only lead to another rat path, as well as other underground areas that have already been explored, and which are dangerous, but in a sense, very safe places for criminals because they are far from underground. Do you think the tavern we just stayed in is disturbing? I declare up front that those places have become almost all sorts of underground strongholds, and there is no value in exploring, and you will only see people peddling fake things to you. ”

"Then we won't be on this path. "And that's not the direction I want to take." She finished speaking and looked into another pipe, "So where does this lead from here?"

"Another, much larger underground space, also has a variety of pipes and rat passages that connect the large and small spaces. "This is also a place where adventurers and scavengers of our Rat Path here frequent, because it hasn't been explored yet, at least as far as most people know, it probably hasn't been explored, and God knows what secret space hasn't been discovered yet." ”

"It's dangerous, isn't it?" said Ekou.

The short axe sneered at this, "Of course it's dangerous, young master, there is no safe place in the absolute sense of the word, it's different from you on the ground." If you are going to turn back, I will have no problem with that, and I will return to you half of the mercenary money you gave me. ”

As long as Ikeo wasn't a fool, he could hear that the short axe was a mockery, and he had no intention of hiding it at all, so he called him "young master". Being called a young master in this kind of place is not flattery, it is just ridicule. Ek's face was displeased, and he was about to approach the axe when Marina grabbed his hand.

"He's right, there's probably no safe place underground. Marina said to him, "Since even the rumored rat passage is so chaotic, I think you, the local, know better than I do about the sewers beneath the rat passage." ”

At Marina's words, Eko suddenly lost most of his impulse to the Hatchet Theory - perhaps with the argument and fist theory - for him, Marina's words worked more than anything else.

"I don't think Mr. Hatchet meant to mock you. Marina continued, "For the mercenaries who have taken on the task of escort and guide, safety is more important than anything else. Is that right, Mr. Shortaxe?" Marina turned to look at Shortaxe. Hatchet held the torch in one hand and patted his pants with the other, looking unconcerned, not looking at Marina and Ekou, "I really hope that you rookies can get out of the sewers, especially after taking this kind of job and bringing a completely useless little girl." ”

"You can be honest, but you're different, Mr. Glastar. Marina said, seemingly not offended. "I think it's better for us to put aside these pointless arguments and focus on the things at hand. The meaning of Marina's words was also very clear, no matter what the dagget said, she and Eko still had to continue to walk deeper into the sewers, and as for Lulunaka, the burden of dragging her legs, she had to take it with her. "I already know where these two roads lead before us, but there is another path, which is under our feet. She pointed to the hole in the ground, "Where does it lead?" ”

"I don't know. Shortaxe said. His answer stunned both Marina and Eko for a moment, as if they hadn't reacted. "You say you don't know?" Marina frowned, "Is this hole a recent one?

"No, it's been around for a long time. "But few people go down this third way." There are many ways to think of going deeper underground, whether it is this road or which way, you can step by step and find a way to go deeper underground, but it will take more time, but it will be relatively safer. Axe's gaze turned to the two roads leading to the northeast and southeast, and then his gaze returned to the entrance of the cave, "But this one is different. If there's a shortcut to hell, it's this hole in front of you, you don't have to do anything, you don't even need to bribe the ferryman of the River Styx with money, you just have to jump down, and it will be dark in front of you, and in a few tens of seconds, maybe a few minutes, you will be in hell - because you die below, or you see hell below. ”

"But you know it's dangerous down there. Marina said. Shortaxe laughed a few times, "That's because some of the unlucky ones survived, though they were either crazy or crippled, and everyone was delirious and couldn't describe what it was like down there." There was once a man who came back to the light and said a sentence before he died: there is water everywhere. After saying that, he died, and his whole body turned dark blue, as if his veins were covered with water, and it was so disgusting that I looked at it from afar, and my throat felt like something was going to gush out. ”

"There's water everywhere......" Marina walked to the edge of the cave and looked down. The entrance to the cave was pitch black, and there was nothing but darkness.

"No matter how good your eyes are, you can't see what's down there. "If you throw a rock down, you won't even hear it hit the ground or fall into the water." This vertical passage is so deep that the sound from below cannot be heard. There may be water down there that floods the entire space, so those who climb up alive will say that there is water everywhere. ”

"Can I throw a rock down?" Lulunaka, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, suddenly said to Shortaxe, looking cautious and worried about annoying Shortaxe.

Seeing Lulunaka's wincing face, Shortaxe just sighed and shook her head, "I'm glad you heard what I said at the beginning and reported back to me before you wanted to do anything. Throw it away if you want. Anyway, there were already a lot of people throwing things into the hole, not just rocks, but also corpses. ”

Lulunaka threw the pebble she was already holding in her hand into the hole. As the dagget said, there was no sound, and the stone seemed to fall into a bottomless pit. Lulunaka stood at the edge of the hole, poking her head slightly above the hole, then retracting. "There really wasn't any sound at all...... How deep is this. ”

"It's so deep that it can be used to destroy corpses. Chris, who had not spoken, suddenly interjected, startling Lulunaka and hiding behind Marina. "I don't think there's much to talk about, it's just a choice. ”

As Mr. Little Cloak said, there are three paths in front of their team, but in fact, there is only one choice.

"Yes, if we want to go down, we can only choose the southeast road. Marina said, then looked at Eko, "Is that okay?"

Eko nodded, "I'll follow you wherever you want to go." ”

It sounds like a man's promise, and it's easy to get a good impression of...... If it weren't for this kind of thing, not for an object like Marina.

Marina just smiled and shook Ekou's hand, "Thank you for being with me, you didn't have to do this." ”

Judging by the attitudes of the two, the two of them probably didn't just know each other, but their relationship wasn't too advanced - or Eko hadn't come to fruition yet.

"Since it's just one road, let's go. "Time is precious, the more time we waste, the less supplies we have, the dimmer the fire, and if there is no fire, those things in the darkness may appear." ”

The five-man squad continued to maintain the same formation and advanced towards the southeasterly passage. And in the underground cavern behind them, until the end, no sound came.