"Hey, yes, yes, that's it, that's it, that's it! That big pit is right here! ”

Liu Laohan rushed over from behind the crowd, and stepped down the grass path next to the dead tree trunk three times and two times.

"That's the thing, I almost put the old man in the pit at the beginning! Let's go, that pit is in front of this tree pole! ”

Liu Laohan bent down and broke a branch from the ground, took it in his hand and inserted it forward to open the way, and after a few insertions, Liu Laohan stumbled, and saw that the dead branch in his hand was submerged in most of the grass.

"This is it! This is on its edge, don't go any further, it will fall, this pit is very deep! ”

Found the mouth of the pit, everyone also came to the spirit, tossing an afternoon finally had a little eyebrows, the first person took a folding shovel to quickly clean up the surrounding weeds, and soon, the faint pit in front of it was revealed.

It's a pit, but it's a big diagonal hole. The diameter of the hole is not as exaggerated as Liu Laohan said, the diameter is only more than two meters, and it is covered by half-human-tall weeds, and it is not visible from a distance.

Most of the rhizomes of the dead tree next to it were exposed, and the original soil layer must have had a large collapse, and the soil rolled down the collapsed side, forming a small steep slope with weeds, and it seemed that it might have been a straight hole.

Now that the sun had completely set, everyone was turning on their wolf's tooth flashlights. The strong light of the flashlight shines through the hole, and you can see that after the hole goes down for two or three meters, it extends diagonally down to the depths, and the inside is pitch black and bottomless.

"Okay, okay, Lu I have already brought you miles, I don't care if you want to go down, anyway, I don't want to go down to death! It's a big deal, I don't want that money! Liu Laohan hid at the back of the crowd and smoked a dry cigarette and said.

"Shhh...... Ay? Uncle Liu, why don't you dare to go down? When you first came here, did you go down? What happened after going down? Chen Tao turned to Liu Laohan, rubbing his chin with one hand and squinting at him.

Hearing Chen Tao's words, everyone was also shocked, and then they all looked at Liu Laohan.

"That's right, this old man refuses to go down, he must have gone down before, and he encountered something in it, and then he was so bold that he didn't dare to go down again!" The mountain ghost patted his head and said.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Liu Laohan couldn't help but take a few steps back and said, "What are you going to do!" What are you going to do! Your boy's eyes are very poisonous! How do you know I'm going to go? You haven't seen me go down, don't talk nonsense! ”

Looking at the nervous appearance of the old man Liu, Chen Tao knew that he had guessed eight or nine, and this old man must have gone down, so he smiled and said: "Do you still use your eyes to see this thing, and you can come up with something with a little brain." ”

Uncle Long first glanced at Chen Tao, patted him on the shoulder a few times with a smile, and then looked at Liu Laohan and said, "Hey, uncle, if you really go down, tell us about it, so that we can prepare in advance!" ”

"You know the relationship from the beginning, right?" Seeing Uncle Long's expression, Chen Tao couldn't help muttering in his heart, Uncle Long, this old guy is afraid that he has long seen that Liu Laohan is tired.

"Oh, okay, okay, I say, I say!" Liu Laohan waved his hand, knocked the cigarette gun on the soles of his feet a few times, stepped on the cigarette ash, took out a cloth bag from his waist and pressed the tobacco to fill it, and took a few puffs and said:

"Oh, in fact, there is nothing to do, that day I was herding sheep, and when I was about to leave, I found that there was one missing, so I looked everywhere, and I found and found this place, and then you also know that I was mixed with the big tree pole and rolled directly into this big pit."

"I rolled in it several times before I stopped, and when I got up, my eyes were glazed. I didn't have a lamp, and I couldn't see anything clearly in the dark inside, but I could hear that my sheep was barking inside, so I grabbed the sheep shovel as a crutch, and walked in little by little, and the more I went, the darker it became, and then I couldn't see anything! ”

"Walking and walking, my sheep shovel seems to have poked into something, stuck, and I can't see it, so I have to squat down and touch it with my hands, this touch can scare me to death!" Liu Laohan said with a changed face.

"What did you touch?" Boss Zhang asked.

"Bones! Bones! I touched it with my hand, and at first I didn't think it was anything, until I touched a row of thin and long ribs, and I knew that I had touched a dead man! I'm scared to death! That's not the scariest mile, it's even more terrifying! ”

"What happened next?" Chen Tao also became a little nervous.

"As soon as I stood up, I heard my sheep crying desperately in the dark cave, and the cry was even more terrible than when I killed the sheep during the New Year! After screaming a few times, I stopped screaming, I had goosebumps, and I heard the sound of hula hula, as if something was coming to me, and I was so scared that I hurriedly rushed out with crawling and running! ”

"And then!"

"Fortunately, I didn't go very deep, and I didn't run far before I saw the hole outside! I hurriedly stepped on the roots of the tree, and ran directly out of the forest, not daring to look behind me! Liu Laohan said with a frightened expression.

"Since then, I have never dared to go deep into this forest, and if it weren't for the large number of you today, I wouldn't have come here to kill me. Okay, okay, I don't have much to say, anyway, the road has been brought, and the matter has been explained to you, give me the salary, I want to go back! ”

"It's dark this day, we've walked so far, you're going back alone, aren't you afraid?" Haozi can see it, this Liu Laohan is a little timid, and he can't help asking.

"I ......" Liu Laohan looked around, it was pitch black, except for a few lonely stars in the sky, there was not even a moon.

"It's okay uncle, let's camp here tonight, eat something, and it's not too late to get up and go back tomorrow!" Uncle Long stepped forward and beckoned everyone to clean up the ground and make room for tents.

Packed up, took a smokeless stove from his backpack, boiled some hot water, and the group gathered around to eat instant noodles. The instant noodles were bought before departure to take care of the business of the commissary proprietor, and some of the big bags brought by Chen Tao himself. It's still the second half of summer, the weather is cold or hot, everyone has headlamps and flashlights, and there is no need to light a fire.

There are many local legends and stories in this mountain forest, most of which are man-eating ghosts and the like. There are more people, so I don't feel anything to be afraid of.

The group had a full meal and listened to Liu Laohan tell some local anecdotes. Chen Tao, Uncle Long, Haozi and others all listened to it with relish, Uncle Wang and Yang Lixuan should also be able to understand Liu Laohan's Mandarin with a strong accent, and the mountain ghost has been following Uncle Long for a long time, so naturally he also understands it and half understands.

As for Boss Zhang's people, Chen Tao didn't know, anyway, Boss Zhang definitely didn't understand, watching everyone listen heheheha, but he didn't know what they were talking about, he couldn't help but feel bored, and he didn't know what to do when he went back to the tent.

Ah Cheng and the big soldier brothers were sitting on the side, and the red-haired young man named Yan hadn't said a word to him until now. Although he was also in the crowd, he was taking care of himself with headphones plugged in and not talking. Chen Tao thought in his heart, should I go and say a few words to him, after all, they are all together and don't say a word, wouldn't it be a little too embarrassing, but after thinking about it,

"Taking the initiative to find him so much, doesn't it seem that I am shameless? Forget it, there will be opportunities in the future anyway. ”

The night was getting darker, and a thin moon quietly climbed up the branches without knowing when. This is the first time Chen Tao has spent the night outside the house, and he feels very excited and stimulated. Breathing in the air of the jungle mixed with the scent of earthy flowers and plants, and listening to the chirping of insects around him, Chen Tao felt that his heart was quiet.

Tomorrow is the day to say goodbye to the ground and the sun, and it is a different kind of enjoyment to have such a quiet and peaceful night before departure.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, after Uncle Long gave Liu Laohan two red banknotes, Liu Laohan went down the mountain alone humming a little song. To be honest, Uncle Long is still relatively kind in his heart, this Liu Laohan has never married a daughter-in-law in his life, and he is alone, and he didn't leave a queen, so he simply gave him more.

After a brief rest, the tent and the rest of the equipment were packed, all the traces left by the previous night were cleaned up, and some simple disguise was made around the entrance of the cave, and everyone followed the roots of the dead trees into the bottomless hole.

The soil on the slope is very empty, and people will sink down when they step on it, but fortunately, there is such a dead tree's rhizome as a natural wooden ladder below, which is also convenient. But even if you don't have it, with the current height and the softness of the soil, you won't be able to jump straight into it.

After entering the hole, a smell of dampness and decay came to my face. The cave is open, so there is no need to worry about oxygen, but for safety, everyone still wears gas masks. In case there is that bloodthirsty black worm that burrows into your nostrils and ears, it is more terrible than poison gas.

The cave is diagonally downward. It's spacious enough for three people to walk side by side. If this was a mine, it would be enough for three or four people to dig in it.

The walls of the cave were earthy, somewhat damp, and the rhizomes of many plants were entwined with them, some of which had fallen down. In such an environment, the rhizomes of these plants can reinforce the surrounding cave walls.

Beneath your feet was soft dirt and rotting leaves, and the hole must have been around for a long time, anyway. At present, under such a structure, the water seepage in the cave is very serious, and the deeper you go, the more moist the soil at the foot of the surrounding cave wall becomes, and perhaps there will be a certain amount of water accumulation at the bottom.

The glare of the flashlight flickered around, and everyone used shovels to remove the drooping rhizomes above their heads while keeping an eye on the road under their feet.

"Watch your feet and the top of your head, watch out for bugs." Uncle Long and Yang Lixuan took the lead, followed by Chen Taohaozi and the rest of the people.

Because they knew that there were bloodthirsty black worms, everyone applied potions in advance, and wore clothes and pants with long sleeves and long legs to prevent insects from penetrating.

After walking for about ten meters, the rotten leaves and dirt on the ground gradually decreased, revealing the remaining sleepers and railroad tracks underground.

"This is indeed the legendary mine!" Uncle Wang shines a flashlight on the iron track.

Looking at the railroad tracks under their feet, everyone couldn't help but feel happy, so that they could reach the cannibal valley as quickly as possible along this mine.

The rails were badly rusted, and the sleepers underneath were a little rotten, and the hole was so damp that the original color of the wood was no longer visible, but it was still strong when stepped on.

Stepping on the sleepers, it was much easier to walk than the previous mud and leaves, and as the people went deeper and deeper, the diameter of the cave became narrower and narrower. At the beginning, several people could walk side by side, but now they can only follow one after the other.

As we went deeper, there were fewer and fewer rhizomes on the walls of the caves, and only dirt and gravel remained. Chen Tao looked at everything around him, the excitement and excitement at the beginning had passed, but the strange feeling of being in the ground still made him feel very excited, and he couldn't help but look at it curiously.

The cave is diagonally downward, and from the entrance of the cave, everyone has been walking for nearly half an hour, about 20 meters deep from the ground.

"Huh? Why do you think something is wrong? Uncle Long said suddenly, and everyone couldn't help but slow down.

"The slope under our feet has changed, and we are going up." Yang Lixuan listened, and said with a flashlight shining on the railroad tracks under his feet:

"If I'm not mistaken, the mine is supposed to be straight down, but every other section there is a gentle upward slope, and the whole tunnel is in a very gentle folded line."

"Well, this design should be to prevent water seepage or collapse in the ground, so that the soil and water flow will not go straight down from above." Uncle Long held up the flashlight and shone it back and forth,

"Everyone keep up, the trick is bright, pay attention to your step."

Everyone went all the way down the railroad tracks, and it really met the previous guesses of Yang Lixuan and Uncle Long, the mine cave was folded.

"Huh? When did the surrounding area become a stone wall? Boss Zhang's voice came from behind. Everyone raised their hands and touched the walls of the cave around them, and sure enough, I don't know when, there was no dirt and rhizomes anymore.

"It seems that we have reached the interior of the mountain, how did those people dig in the first place! I don't know how deep I dug it. Uncle Wang said.

Chen Tao shone a flashlight on the stone wall next to him, the stone was black, and he didn't know what kind of stone it was, it was wet and cold to the touch.

"It's really strange, why is the color of the stone here black?"

No one could answer his question. Everyone walked all the way, and after walking a few meters, the surroundings became spacious, and an intersection appeared in front of the mine road, and two mine holes of similar size and diameter appeared in front of everyone.

"This ......"

Faced with this sudden scene, everyone had to stop.