The fat man's wound was still very red and swollen, and I was much better off compared to him. After a day of observation, the doctor came to the conclusion that my eyes may only be caused by psychological reasons, and there is nothing wrong with my physiology. In this way, I quickly ended my detention and observation, and I was allowed to be discharged from the hospital.

In the observation room, the doctor on duty changed the dressing for the fat man's wound.

"Wang Bo, there is still a risk of infection in your wound, and it is recommended that you be transferred to the hospital for a few more days of observation." The doctor said as he changed the dressing.

The fat man was depressed and asked, "Doctor, is my wound serious?" ”

The doctor replied: "No one can say whether it is serious or not, the wound is inflamed, and it may be caused by the slightly rough emergency treatment at that time......

The fat man was speechless and looked at me with a dark face.

I expressed my helplessness, and it was good to be able to make do to stop the bleeding at that time.

"Those are not the main reasons, the most important thing is that your wound was bitten by an unknown bug, and there may be unknown symptoms, of course, maybe we are just worried, the wound will not show other symptoms." The doctor frowned, and then said, "So I recommend that you transfer to the hospital and observe for a few more days." ”

"Okay...... the fat man couldn't complain about the doctor's breath, and then said to me: "Do you hear it, you are responsible for this injury, you must serve the fat man well these days." ”

……

"Buzz ......"

My phone rings, and the caller ID is like an eyebrow.

"Hey, what's the matter with Yanagi?"

Liu Rumei's voice was very anxious: "Qin Fen, something happened to the archaeological team......

"You speak slowly......"

"Uncle Zhou called just now......" Liu Rumei calmed down and briefly explained the matter.

"Where are you?"

"XX Office Building."

"Well, I'll be there soon."

"What's wrong?" The fat man saw that I hung up the phone and asked out loud.

Although the fat man was only hospitalized for observation, he was injured after all. I didn't want him to get involved in the danger again, so I smiled at him and said, "It's okay, Koyanagi called me." ”

"There's something urgent, right?" The fat man must have just seen my expression and continued to ask.

I replied casually, "yes, there's something going on at the antique shop, and I want to go over and deal with it." ”

"An antique shop?" The fat man frowned and asked, "Isn't it still open yet?" ”

"yes." I was afraid that the fat man would be suspicious, so I didn't dare to answer positively, and continued to say casually: "Who would have thought that there would be an accident in the early preparations." ”

The fat man frowned and continued to ask, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"I don't know." I continued to say casually, "Koyanagi said that there was something in the store that I needed to go over, and he didn't say anything else. ”

"I'll check it out too." The fat man said and got up.

"Wounded, please respect yourself." I hurried up to stop him.

"......" the fat man was depressed, and said, "Shouldn't you be greasy and crooked again?" ”

I gave the fat man a blank look, noncommittal.

The fat man felt that he had guessed correctly, and waved his hand at me: "Get out, get out, heavy color and light friends, no human ......"

……

In front of the XX office building, I saw Liu Rumei who was waiting anxiously on the side of the road from a distance, she had changed her clothes, no longer the previous skirt, but a very capable mountaineering suit.

"Qin Fen, ...... here" Liu Rumei also saw me and waved his hand.

I quickly ran up to me and asked, "Xiaoyanagi, what happened?" ”

Liu Rumei pulled the car door and said, "Let's get in the car first, let's talk while walking." ”

"Hmm."

After getting into the car, Liu Rumei immediately instructed the driver to hurry up, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and then did not wait for me to ask again, and told me the news of the Gushan archaeological team in detail.

Just this morning, while the archaeological team was working in the cave, they suddenly encountered a landslide. The cause of the collapse is unknown, but it is only known that a cave partially collapsed out of the cave, and Zhang Kai and Shi Jian, who were working nearby, were in distress and their lives and deaths are unknown. After the accident, Wen Xianbao reported to the top as soon as possible and organized a manual search, but only found a complex cave network and did not find them. Zhou Xingyao learned that we also had an accident yesterday, probably because he thought that we had entered the underground cave, so he called Liu Rumei, and then there was something later.

By the time we reached the top of the mountain, it was already dark. The excavation site was brightly lit, Zhou Xingyao and Wen Xianbao were there, and there were many new faces, all of whom seemed to have rushed to the rescue after hearing the news.

Zhou Xingyao's first sentence after seeing us: "Xiao Liu, Xiao Fen, you two are here, come and see if this cave is the one you fell into yesterday." ”

"Hmm." I answered, and went to see the landslide with Liu Rumei.

A cordon has been set up at the site of the collapse, and through the cordon is presented to us an almost vertical downward hole, about two meters in diameter, and further down, the entire cave of the collapse is very deep, and several forks can be seen below.

Temporary lighting lines have been set up, and the lights in the cave have been turned on. You can see that there are two climbing ropes in the cave that go vertically downward, and a portable hoist is also erected at the entrance of the cave.

"How?" Zhou Xingyao asked with concern.

"Uncle Zhou, I'm not sure." I shook my head, then pointed to the wall of the cave on one side and said, "We entered from that position yesterday." ”

"What? Didn't you also experience a landslide yesterday? Zhou Xingyao was puzzled.

"We had a landslide, but that was after we got into the crack over there." I beckoned the group to walk towards the crack.

"Here?" Zhou Xingyao pointed to the narrow crack in the cave wall.

"Hmm." I nodded.

"Xiao Fen, you guys are too nonsense." Zhou Xingyao said with some displeasure: "Who allowed you to act privately? Luckily, nothing happened yesterday. ”

I looked sideways at Wen Xianbao, who was standing aside, and then lowered my head and said to Zhou Xingyao: "Uncle Zhou, we were also out of curiosity yesterday and didn't think about it......"

"Alright, don't say it." Zhou Xingyao grimaced, turned around and walked towards the cave entrance of the collapse.

"Uncle Zhou, I want to go down and have a look." I followed him, talking as I went.

Zhou Xingyao didn't reply, and said: "More than a dozen people have already gone down to search and rescue, since you didn't fall into this cave yesterday, don't go down to make trouble." ”

"But...... "I still want to fight for it, after all, I know that the caves here are strange everywhere.

"There's nothing to do." Zhou Xingyao said coldly.

"Uncle Zhou, I think we can help." Liu Rumei said and took out a notebook from her bag, opened it casually, handed it to Zhou Xingyao, and said, "You see that this is a simple map I drew above, I think these caves are all connected, maybe they fell down and slipped somewhere we passed." ”

After Zhou Xingyao took the notebook, he flipped through it casually, then handed it to Liu Rumei, and whispered: "Xiao Liu, what you said is also possible, but it is too dangerous to let you go down at the moment, so let's wait for the news." ”

Liu Rumei and I both touched the nail, glanced at each other, and smiled helplessly. As for Zhou Xingyao's attitude, I fully understand that he is afraid that something will happen to us and doesn't want us to go down.

"What should I do?" Liu Rumei asked me in a low voice.

"What else can I do? Wait. I shook my head helplessly.

"So what do you want us to do?" Liu Rumei frowned.

"Let's make trouble." I pouted.

"......" Liu Rumei was speechless.

Time passed minute by minute, and the search and rescue personnel went up and down several waves through the hoist, but there was still no news from Zhang Kai and Shi Jian. The atmosphere at the scene was very solemn and slightly depressing.

"Qin Fen, what do you think?" Liu Rumei and I stayed in the corner on the side of the cave, and she asked me in a low voice.

"Uh......" I thought for a moment and said, "If two big living people fall, unless they faint, they will definitely call for help." ”

Liu Rumei nodded in agreement.

I continued, "I just looked at the hole in the cave, and it wasn't an ordinary cave-in. ”

"It's not an ordinary landslide, what is it?" Liu Rumei frowned.

"Look at the edge." As I spoke, I pointed to the hole in the cave not far away, where a thin layer of stone remained, and I could not see the stubble left by the collapse.

Liu Rumei was really smart, and after taking a look, she said, "Do you think this is the same as the situation you encountered before?" Just a thin layer of stone shell? ”

I nodded.

Liu Rumei continued: "Why is the stone still soft and hard. ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "I don't think that's a stone." ”

"What is not a stone?"

"I don't know." I shook my head, pensive.

Liu Rumei frowned, and also fell into deep thought.

I said, "I think it's more like coral." ”

"Coral?" Liu Rumei suspected that she had misheard.

"I mean, it's just like coral, it could be caused by bugs." I thought for a moment and said, "I thought about it carefully, and I also encountered that kind of black worm at the same time as I encountered this situation around yesterday, maybe it was caused by some substance secreted by this bug. ”

Liu Rumei frowned.

"It is possible that when exposed to air, this substance produces a substance similar to calcium carbonate, which can continue to be softened by insects, which explains why the sealed hole opens on its own." I continued, "Of course, this is all my own guess, and there is no basis for it. ”

"No, I think you have a point." Liu Rumei nodded, and then said, "But that kind of black worm, we have only encountered it once." ”

"I met Wen Xianbao once when I was looking for him alone." I didn't hide it, and whispered, "Not only that, but those black worms were eating at that time, and Wen Xianbao's footprints also suddenly disappeared after entering that cave......"

"What do you mean......" Liu Rumei looked at me and asked uncertainly: "Those insects eat people?" ”

I nodded, stared at Wen Xianbao in the distance, and whispered, "I just can't figure it out, who is the person who went down the cave with us yesterday?" ”

"I've thought about this too." Liu Rumei shook his head and said, "I thought about it for a long time, and I originally thought that Wen Xianbao quickly returned to the excavation site after being separated from us, making everyone at the scene mistakenly think that he had been working on the site all along, but hearing you say this, I suddenly felt that there was indeed a lack of people in the camp yesterday." ”

"Who?"

"Sun Yaohua."

"Oh......" I thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, I didn't see him at the camp yesterday, could it be that he just left on something." ”

Liu Rumei shook her head and said, "I don't know about this." ”

Sun Yaohua and Wen Xianbao are about the same size, and it is possible to wear a mask for disguise. But on the surface, he is also a person of Wen Xianbao, if it is really him, then why did he do it?