"Lights out!" Team Leader Li lowered his voice and commanded.

"Boom......" was dark.

Our group had reached the entrance of the cave, and below was the huge cave where the clay jars were kept. The rope that Liu Rumei hung last time was still on it, and there were two more next to it. Just as I was studying the rope, Team Leader Li on the side seemed to have discovered something, and he lowered his voice and ordered everyone to turn off the lights. Everyone was plunged into darkness, and I held my breath and looked around, and suddenly I saw that it was at the bottom of the huge cavern, emitting a faint glow.

"I'll wipe it, it can't be a bug, right?" I cursed to myself, but the fluorescence didn't move, only a little bit, not the kind that flew around before. Such a small bit of fluorescence actually attracted the attention of Team Leader Li, and sure enough, the well-trained fighters were incomparable to ordinary people.

"Safety...... It's a glow stick. Someone lowered his voice to report.

"Safety!" After Team Leader Li finished speaking, he took the lead in turning on the strong light flashlight, and then everyone also turned on the strong light flashlight.

Team Leader Li looked down with a telescope hanging on his chest, and after retracting the telescope, he said, "Pay attention to your surroundings and stay vigilant." ”

Abseiling, this time I did a good job, sliding smoothly to the bottom of the cave, of course much worse than the well-trained fighters next to me. My eyes glanced into the distance, perhaps because the protection was in place this time, and I felt that nothing unusual had happened to my body, and my field of vision was normal.

"Team Leader Li, there are blood-sucking insects in the clay jar in the middle, I suggest you stay away, there are two holes on the cave wall in addition to the hole we just came down." When I had finished speaking, I checked the direction, then pointed to each side with my hand, and said, "One on each side, I don't know if there is anything else." ”

"Then let's search them one by one." Team Leader Li nodded, and after finishing speaking, he chose a direction and set off with everyone over there.

This cave is the same cave where we used to hide from the bugs, the cave where the bead was found. Sure enough, soon after entering the cave, the road diverged, and Leader Li immediately divided into two ways to explore separately. I still followed Leader Li and went with him to the cave where the stone box was found.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to see the stone box, the stone slab that the fat man and I had covered had been lifted, and the groove inside was still empty. Looking around, there were no other exits or other anomalies.

"Let's go." Leader Li was here to arrest people, apparently he was not interested in the stone box, and made sure that there was no anomaly and immediately led the team back.

At the fork in the road, another team also came to rendezvous, and the report was not abnormal. Leader Li counted the number of people again, and then set off with the crowd to the other cave I mentioned. On the way, another skeleton was found, and looking at the clothes on it, it should also be one of Qiao Er's gang.

Without much pause, we arrived at the same cave I had been going to alone, and there were some bones scattered on the floor. I looked closely and thought it wasn't a human bone, but some kind of larger animal bone. When I saw the trap falling from the corner of the wall, I immediately understood that it was the wild boar that the sixth master had caught at that time.

Other than that, there are no other anomalies in the cave, and no other exits have been found. Leader Li led us out again, walked around the huge cave for a while, and a new hole appeared in front of us.

"This ......," I looked at hesitantly, then said, "I haven't been here before." ”

Team leader Li nodded, continued to tell everyone to be vigilant, and then took the lead into the cave. After entering the cave, I found that the cave had traces of artificial repair, and I thought that it might be connected to the previous cave, but because I didn't know where I was, the 3D map on the tablet was useless.

As we progressed, two more corpses were found, which, unlike the previous two skeletons, were shriveled and appeared to be dried corpses. Looking at their clothes again, it is almost certain that they are also Qiao Er's group. This time, everyone also learned to be obedient, and no one rushed forward, and after observing that there was no danger, they went around far behind and continued to move forward.

"Looks like they've passed through here too." Team leader Li said as he walked: "Keep moving forward, I think there should be more clues." ”

"Hmm." I nodded, Qiao Er's group obviously entered the mountain with the determination to win this time, and the death of a few people along the way should not make them retreat.

Our group of more than twenty people continued on our way, and after about an hour of advancement, a ray of light appeared in the distance.

"It's an exit." Team Leader Li is experienced, and he has already decided with just a glance.

I looked at the exit in the distance and said, "That's not going to leave here, is it?" ”

Team Leader Li frowned and said, "This is really hard to determine, so I can only go over and take a look." ”

The group soon reached the exit, and after exiting the cave, I squinted to adjust to the sunlight outside, and then made out the direction, and found that it was the ridge next to the rocky ditch. I think the sixth master found that the clay pot was in this cave, but he was in a hurry along the way, and I didn't pay attention to where there were traces of the clay pot.

"Search and see if there are any traces left by people in the vicinity when they left." Leader Li gave the order.

"Yes."

……

"Report, cigarette butt found." One of the fighters reported back, and then the people who searched for footprints around came back to report.

"Report, no stampede was found in the direction of three o'clock."

"There is no ...... in the direction of six o'clock"

"There is no ...... in the direction of nine o'clock"

"There were traces of urine at twelve o'clock, and there were no other traces of stampede."

Team Leader Li twisted his chin with his hand, thought for a while, and said, "Did you smoke a cigarette and pee here, and then turn around and hole again?" How many people have died in the cave, and they are still so calm, what is the origin of this group of people? ”

I shook my head and said to him, "I don't really know what it is, but they seem to be looking for something in the cave, and if they don't find it, they won't leave easily." ”

"Looking for something?" Team Leader Li asked suspiciously: "Didn't we pass by a stone box that was opened just now, and it was empty, did they have found it?" ”

"The last time I came was empty." I lied, and said in my heart that the fat man had already taken the lead, and where would they find it.

"Oh." Team Leader Li nodded, then ordered a short rest before returning to the cave.

I suddenly thought of one thing, that is, the two ropes left by Liu Rumei, Qiao Er's gang must have seen it, so will they report to Qiao Er? It seems that Qiao Er and them don't use mobile phones to contact each other, maybe they didn't and didn't report it, but I still can't take the risk, so I hurriedly called Liu Rumei while everyone was resting, and explained the current situation and my own thoughts to her. Liu Rumei was much calmer than me, saying that she would be careful, and repeatedly told me to pay attention to safety and not to hold on.

The rest time was short, and Leader Li quickly gathered the team and asked the rapid march to return to the cave and join the team that had previously split up.

My physique is okay, and I climbed the rope twice in the middle of the rapid walk, although I was sweating, but at least I didn't fall behind. When I got to the spot where I had turned my head at the beginning, I took out my tablet to confirm the location I had just sent away, and then continued on my way.

Two hours later, we came to a fork in the road, and according to the marks on the wall, Team Leader Li quickly determined the direction of the previous small group, and then ordered everyone to continue on their way.

Another two hours passed, and there was still no sign of the small group. I have been exercising at a high intensity, and I couldn't bear it anymore, so I gasped and asked, "Team Li...... How long will it take...... Can you catch them? ”

Team Leader Li thought for a while and said, "At the current speed, we will converge in half an hour at most." ”

"Uh......" I let out a sigh, it is better to have hope than no hope, and I gritted my teeth in half an hour and got through.

……

"There is a situation!" Walking in the forefront, the scout suddenly reported.

Team Leader Li raised his hand, the team stopped advancing, and then asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Look ......"

Guided by the man's flashlight, I quickly saw the situation ahead. About two or three hundred meters away from us, in the middle of the cave stood a man motionless.

Team Leader Li looked through the binoculars, then frowned.

I asked curiously, "What's the situation?" ”

Team Leader Li shook his head: "It's that kind of bug again." ”

When I heard this, I came up with an idea: "Those bugs are afraid of light, and the spotlight should be dispersed quickly." ”

Team Leader Li nodded, and then let several people standing in front shine at the black shadow in front at the same time.

But the next scene that happened was something I couldn't understand. From afar, I saw the black figure move slowly, at first it seemed to be a standing figure, and then I saw the figure slowly bend down, and then prostrate on the ground in a strange position. Because it was too far away, I couldn't see the specific changes clearly.

Team Leader Li, who was standing next to me, looked at the situation in the distance with a telescope, his expression was very solemn, and he stared at the situation in front of him motionlessly. It seems that the bugs in front of him are in a special situation, otherwise I don't think he would be so nervous.

Sure enough, the bugs in front of us did not scatter and flee, but moved towards us at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Aren't these bugs afraid of light?" I was also a little nervous, staring at the black shadow that was getting closer and closer, and asked, "Team Li, what should I do?" ”

Team Leader Li's expression was still solemn, but the telescope he was holding slowly put down. He frowned and said, "This thing doesn't seem to be the same as the previous bugs." ”

I was a little puzzled: "Isn't that mass of things lying on the ground in front of you bugs?" ”

"See for yourself." Team Leader Li handed me the binoculars in his hand.

I was a little apprehensive after I took it, because I hadn't used a military telescope at all, and if I couldn't focus, wouldn't it be a joke? When I lifted the telescope, my anxiety immediately disappeared because I found that the telescope was autofocusing.

I looked at the thing in front of me that was getting closer and closer, and with the help of the telescope, I finally saw what it looked like, and it was indeed different from the worm before.

The previous black worm was crawling on the ground, leaning on its twisted body, while the thing in front of it was more like a black worm covered in a layer of it, and the bugs didn't seem to move, but moved the object underneath the bug.

I also frowned, and handed the binoculars back to Team Leader Li. He didn't look at it anymore after taking it, but gave the order: "Tactical position, gun loaded, flamethrower ready!" ”