Bursts of thunder could be heard above the passage, indicating that the exit was not far away.

It is really hard to imagine how much effort it took to dig out such a long secret passage.

The power of the working people should not be underestimated. Many buildings in the past were difficult to build even with the current level of scientific advancement.

Liu Xiaojiao and I, with the help of the faint light of the lighter flashlight, continued to move forward.

Soon after, we noticed that sewage was seeping down the top of the channel and there was standing water under the channel.

When we arrived, the temperature became colder, and it became even more uncomfortable for us to be unclothed.

Fortunately, the water under our feet is not deep, only to our knees, of course, some of the depressions are much deeper, if you are unlucky, you can step on it, and you can drown the top of your head.

On top of that, in addition to the stagnant water, there is also a thick sediment of silt underneath.

Unfortunately, I was the one who was unlucky.

If it weren't for Liu Xiaojiao beside me, she would have pulled me up from under the pit, and I guess I would have to drink at least a few mouthfuls of sewage with my own strength.

Once here, the entire passage is no longer inclined upwards, but extends in parallel.

We had to be careful when we walked through stagnant water.

Because in addition to the pits, we also have to prevent the reappearance of the centipedes we saw before, and this humid place, which is the favorite habitat of snakes.

I'm not afraid, because the body is resistant to toxins, and if I get bitten by a centipede, I don't think I will die of poison.

But Liu Xiaojiao is different, she has no resistance to poison, if she is bitten, where will she find an antidote in this barren mountain range?

The water was bitterly cold, our teeth were so cold that our teeth were fighting, and the temperature was no lower on the mountain than under the mountain.

After walking about 100 meters or so through the stagnant water, a cold wind suddenly blew from the passage ahead, which made us shiver.

The wind is mixed with the smell of grass and leaves, and there is no need to think about it, the exit is almost here.

Sure enough, we soon saw a bright light in the passage ahead.

The two of them quickened their pace, and when they came closer, they realized that this was not really an exit, but that the passage had collapsed, and a large hole like a wellhead had broken above it, which was connected to the outside.

There are many fallen leaves and dead branches floating in the stagnant water near the passage below the wellhead, and it has been a long time since this hole appeared.

Looking out through the well, I found that the sky outside had brightened, but it was very gloomy, and rain poured in.

I estimated the height, and the hole had to be seven or eight meters high, and it would be difficult for us to climb it even with the help of tree roots that extended from the surface.

After a little discussion, the two decided to move on, without trying to climb through the hole.

There are three reasons for this: the hole is too high to go up; The second is that we haven't found Satsuki yet to figure out what is wrong with her; The third is that the murderer who killed the village chief may still be in front of the passage.

Liu Xiaojiao carefully inspected the bottom of the hole, and there was no trace of anyone climbing up from here.

So even if the cold and damp inside the cave is unbearable, we all have to keep walking.

However, as we continued to move forward, there was an accident, an accident that we had no choice but to do.

The passage ahead was completely blocked by the collapsed earth, and judging by the freshness of the soil, it had collapsed not long ago.

We had no choice but to turn back and find a way out of the hole we had broken before.

"Officer Liu, you go up first, and I'll help you down there."

Because the injuries on my body had not healed, after consideration, I asked Liu Xiaojiao to lie on my stomach, and then went to the nearby to find vines hanging down for me to climb.

Liu Xiaojiao glanced at me, and snorted dissatisfied: "What Officer Liu, it's not that you don't know my name." ”

Even though she said this, she grabbed the rhizome and began to climb up to the hole exit, but the exit was wet with rain and the rhizome was slippery, and there was no way to lie on it for a while.

I leaned down, patted myself on the shoulder and said to Liu Xiaojiao: "Come up, you're welcome!" ”

Liu Xiaojiao glanced at me, but she was not polite, and stepped on my shoulder directly.

I only felt that my body sank, and secretly said to my obedient, this little girl looks slender, why is it so heavy, and her old waist was almost broken by her.

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you stand up quickly?" Liu Xiaojiao stood on my shoulder to stabilize her body and urged.

"Please, Miss Liu, can you usually eat less, it's as heavy as a pig, how can I hold you up?"

After I finished speaking, I took a deep breath, held on to the slippery mud wall, gritted my teeth and lifted Liu Xiaojiao up, it was like holding a mountain.

"Hurry up...... I can't hold on......" I held my breath and shouted to Liu Xiaojiao above my head.

"Got it!"

Liu Xiaojiao responded, and the next moment she suddenly stepped on my shoulder, and suddenly my legs weakened, and the whole person fell on my back in the water.

After falling, I immediately turned over and hid aside, afraid that Liu Xiaojiao above would fall down and break my bones.

After waiting for a few seconds, I didn't see her fall, only the dead leaves of the dirt fell, and then I breathed a sigh of relief, struggled to get up from the stagnant water, and looked up.

I saw that above my head, Liu Xiaojiao had climbed to the exit of the hole along the rhizomes of the trees, and was struggling to turn over at this time.

However, at this moment, I glanced at the cave and suddenly saw a man suddenly appear above the roof of the cave, staring at us condescendingly.

It was a little girl who was wet all over her body and had a pale and bloodless face, and it was Xiao Yue who had left suddenly before.

Her appearance at this time looked strangely separated, and it was a little weird.

The little face was as pale as a dead man's, his eyes were full of resentment and viciousness, and there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Such an expression should never be on the face of a little girl!

When I looked at Xiao Yue, the latter suddenly bent down and reached out to pinch the back of the neck of Liu Xiaojiao, who was climbing up and didn't know anything.

"You dare!"

"Xiaojiao, be careful! Jump down! I exclaimed.

Hearing my exclamation, Liu Xiaojiao, who was about to climb up, didn't think about it, and jumped down suddenly.

Poof!

She jumped down from a height of seven or eight meters, and when she landed in the stagnant water, she suddenly splashed a big ball of water and mud.

I reflexively closed my eyes, opened them after a while, wiped away the mud splashing on my face, and saw Liu Xiaojiao half on the ground, holding a pistol in her hand, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

"What's wrong?" Liu Xiaojiao looked at me, frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"Exit above!"

I pointed to the top of the hole and said in a deep voice, "I saw Xiaoyue just now, she looked abnormal and wanted to attack you, so I asked you to jump down." ”

"Satsuki?"

When Liu Xiaojiao heard this, she immediately looked up vigilantly and looked up, and half a minute later, her arm holding the gun fell, and she immediately turned around and glared at me fiercely, and said angrily: "Where is there anyone up there?" Did you just deliberately make me jump off? It's a shame that my mother believes in you so much, you're actually playing tricks on me. ”

The more Liu Xiaojiao spoke, the more angry she became, struggling to get up, but her body was weak and she fell to the ground.

Even though she was a well-trained police officer, she fell from a height of seven or eight meters without preparation, and she was still injured, and it was difficult for her to recover for a while.

Seeing this, I hurriedly went over to help her and explained: "I didn't lie to you, maybe I may not be very reliable in my usual life, but this kind of thing, I can never joke, I really saw Xiaoyue just now, like a ghost, it is particularly terrifying." ”

"Really?"

Liu Xiaojiao was helped by me to struggle to get up, glanced at the hole above, and looked at me again, and said with some resentment: "You are really, even if it is really Xiaoyue, you shouldn't have asked me to jump down." I finally climbed to the top, and I was about to go out, and now I have fallen short, what do you say? ”

"I was sloppy, but I don't care about your safety......"

I smiled bitterly, and when I saw Liu Xiaojiao's face enduring pain, I felt guilty and asked, "How is it?" Where did it hurt? ”

Liu Xiaojiao lifted her right leg, only to see a thumb-thick dead branch inserted in her calf meat, she pulled out the dead branch with her hand, and the blood also gushed out, dripping into the water, staining a large piece of red.

"I'm fine, it's just some skin trauma, but I'm afraid I won't be able to climb up again!" Liu Xiaojiao gritted her teeth and wrapped the wound with a strip of cloth, and complained.

"It's all here, there's always a way to get out, you can rest for a while!" I persuaded.

"What can you do?" Liu Xiaojiao asked me with a blank look.

"You're injured, of course I'll have to go next, don't worry, I won't abandon you."

Liu Xiaojiao pursed her lips and asked, "Can you do it?" ”

"It should be okay, Lao Fei said that men can't say no, let alone in front of women, it's just ......"

I looked up at the top of the cave and frowned, "Was it really my delusion just now?" How did she disappear in the blink of an eye? It's weird! ”

"Maybe it's a hallucination, from a medical point of view, a person's spirit is in a state of tension for a long time, and it is easy to hallucinate." Xiaojiao said, and there was no intention of blaming me in her tone.

After resting for a few minutes, I didn't see Satsuki again above the hole opening, only the rain poured down.

After a moment's reticulation, I grabbed the rhizome hanging from the mud wall and began to climb up, but the rhizome mixed with the sludge was wet and slippery, and after several attempts, it all slipped off it.

After such a toss, I lost most of my strength, and the hunger in my stomach made it even more difficult to climb.

In desperation, I had to sit in the stagnant water, take a break, and try again when I regained my strength.

Before I thought about it, Yan Xiaoying could climb a cliff hundreds of meters high, but I didn't believe that I couldn't even climb this height of seven or eight meters.

Could it be that without Yan Xiaoying and Lin Miao, I really can't do anything on my own?

I was reluctant to cheer myself up silently.

"I don't have the ability to be strong!"

Liu Xiaojiao shook her head beside her, followed my previous example, half-squatted down, patted her bare shoulder, and said, "Step on it, I'll help you go up!" ”

"Are you sure?"

I looked at Liu Xiaojiao's somewhat thin shoulders and asked uncertainly.

"What's the problem? If you don't want to step on me, then I'll step on you, hurry up, I don't want to stay in this kind of place anymore. Liu Xiaojiao said impatiently.

"Okay!"

I was no longer hypocritical, stepped on Liu Xiaojiao's shoulder, and listened to her gritted her teeth and shouted, and she really held me up, but I couldn't help but tremble, obviously to the limit.

I didn't dare to ink, so I took advantage of the height that Liu Xiaojiao held herself up, grabbed the rhizome hanging down from it, and climbed up with difficulty.

With my previous experience, I scanned the hole above vigilantly as I crawled, fearing that Satsuki would reappear.

Liu Xiaojiao, who was standing at the bottom of the passage, also took out a pistol at this time to be vigilant and vigilant, just in case.

However, I didn't see Satsuki until I rolled over and got out of the hole and lay in the wet dead leaf forest gasping for breath......