Chapter 67: The Way of Life
The soil in this tunnel is stained with the smell of decay, and you can see at a glance that the construction time is not early, as for how many years it will be, I can't answer, because it's not this professional.
I was just surprised, and as for the research, I really don't have this kind of idea now.
"See?"
Xu Fei stopped and said to me, but his eyes did not look at me, but stared straight at the ground, and said.
"What's that?"
I looked down at the ground, and there seemed to be something dark on the dirt, and I didn't know what it was, so I didn't think much about it at once, but said:
"What's wrong? Does this mean anything? ”
I looked at the things on the ground curiously and said to Xu Fei, he took two steps back, with a little fear in his eyes, and immediately pointed to the depths of this road with his finger and said:
"You see, the crimson thing on this ground, I'm afraid it's the monster who walked alone before, if we want to go out, we must avoid these signs, once we see this footprint, we must inform each other in time, if we encounter that thing in this underground tunnel, I'm afraid it will really be the end of the two of us."
"Well, good!"
I responded to Xu Fei with a solemn face, and the importance of this is naturally extraordinary.
The two of them walked one after the other, and they continued to encounter a lot of footprints of the monster during the period, but fortunately they were all avoided, but what neither of us expected was that the scale of this underground tunnel was really not ordinarily large, and I estimated that it had been half an hour since I came in, but there was still no exit.
But the more this happens, the more I wonder what the people of this Yin Soul Village are going to do? With such a large underpass, even if you find an engineering team, you won't be able to complete it in a year and a half.
All this work was done by the people of this village, and they did not know it.
"By the way, did you notice anything wrong along the way?"
Just as he was about to continue walking, Xu Fei suddenly stopped and said to me.
"Something is wrong? I feel normal, and besides, this place itself is wrong, could it be that you are too vigilant? ”
I looked at Xu Fei and said, the existence of this place itself is very strange, not to mention that there is such a man-eating monster walking with us, I am afraid that no one will feel natural.
I comforted him and motioned for him to continue walking, Xu Fei didn't say anything, just glanced at me with a little meaning in his eyes, and he didn't know whether to look at me or look behind me.
The two of them continued to walk forward like this, no one spoke, just walked like this, but to be honest, the two of us are now at the end of the crossbow, tossing all day from yesterday to today, and they didn't sleep at night, Zhang Wenshu didn't find it, Xu Yi and Liu Meng evaporated from the world, and Zhang Qiang and Chen Dong didn't know where they went.
If you can't go out of the secret passage, I'm afraid you will have to give up, there is definitely no way out of the village, if you want to get out of the village, the only way is the path that the villagers fence with houses, so now there is only one way to go, whether subjectively or objectively, that is, to find a way out of this underground passage.
"What's wrong?"
As he walked forward, Xu Fei suddenly stopped his steps, because the tunnel was very narrow, so I bumped directly into him when I was caught off guard by his bewildering behavior, and asked puzzledly.
"Do you remember when we found the monster's footprints?"
Xu Fei's abrupt question made me unexpected, last time?
"It's been a while, right? Ten minutes? Thirty minutes? I don't remember clearly, what's wrong? ”
Hearing me say this, Xu Fei's brows suddenly wrinkled into a Sichuan shape, leaned directly against the wall, and stopped to think about something.
I didn't bother him, since Xu Fei said this, he must have his own reasons, and I can't interrupt.
What's more, I'm already exhausted, where do I still have the extra energy to talk to him about this, the boy has at least slept for a while, and I have only slept for two or three hours.
Now that my mind is full of what I can do to leave this place, I immediately took out the amulet that Linde gave me, since this thing can help Qin Xinrou suppress the things in her body, presumably the mana must be very strong, and it should be able to bless me to leave here.
People are like this, when faced with despair, anything can become a sustenance of hope, more or less.
Of course, I'm not stupid enough to do nothing but expect the amulet to take me out of here, after all, these are dead things, and what really depends on my own beliefs.
"What do you think?"
I asked Xu Fei again, and when I saw that he didn't speak for a long time, I was curious.
If you don't leave here, the longer you drag it out, the faster you'll be discovered.
"I feel like that thing is following us!"
As soon as he said this, I immediately became energetic, not because I was excited, but because I was afraid.
"Don't be kidding, it's not funny at this time!"
I got serious, and I wanted him to be serious about me.
"Of course, it may be my delusion, but it's not the same way."
Immediately, Xu Fei denied himself again, he turned around and said:
"Alright, let's keep walking, let's go and see!"
He seemed reluctant to continue, but the more he did this, the more curious I became. I can't let him just give up, and now the slightest detail could be the key to getting us out of here.
"Wait, what do you want to say, you might as well say it, maybe you'll find something!"
I stopped him from turning his back, Xu Fei turned around before he could take a step, he paused, hesitated for a long time, and said:
"Did you notice that we seem to be walking in a straight line all the time, but I think you know the size of this village."
His words woke me up instantly, yes, the entrance to this tunnel is the bottom of the coffin, and there are three passages when you enter, but these three passages should be connected to each other anyway, but now there is no sign of any connection.
What's even more strange is that we do seem to have been walking in a straight line since we came in, but we know the size of this ghost village best, last night we almost walked the entire village for the night, and it was only more than half an hour away, but now it is more than half an hour just since we started to see the footprints of the monster.
Could it be that this leads to the outside of the village?
But if you think about it, it doesn't look like ah, is this ghost village really unusual?
"You go on."
I interrupted my thinking and motioned for Xu Fei to continue, he must have discovered something, otherwise he would not have said such a thing.
"Don't you think this village is like a world above ground and a world underground? If we had kept walking in a straight line, we would have walked out of this village a long time ago, but now we are still walking in this secret passage. ”
Xu Fei's words gave me an idea, and I immediately blurted out:
"That's right! That's right, it's spinning! ”
Seeing that I suddenly reacted so much, Xu Fei couldn't help but be surprised, and then said:
"What do you mean?"
"The reason why we have been trapped here and can't get out is because I am afraid that this road was chosen wrong from the beginning, and it should be a state similar to a triangle or a circle below, and we have been walking around the side, and the reason why we can't see it is because the range is too large, so the corner on this side is too small for us to notice."
I understand and figure out the mystery here, if Xu Fei hadn't discovered it first, I'm afraid I would have really given up, but if I really gave up, then I'm afraid I would have missed the exit that was close at hand.
"You mean the exit is right in front of us?"
Xu Fei showed an expression of disbelief, there were just walls of earth in front of him, where did the exit come from?
"Yes, I think we went wrong in the first place, we were afraid of the monster, so we chose to avoid him, but in fact, I am afraid that the monster went in the right direction, do you remember the strange sound in the room before?? I'm afraid the monster found the man and followed. ”
"And that guy will definitely go to the exit."
Xu Fei looked at me, but after thinking about it, he retorted:
"Why did you come to such a conclusion? I'm afraid that's not reasonable. ”
I smiled and continued:
"Do you remember the crowd of villagers surrounding that hillside?"
"Round."
Xu Fei said lightly.
"Yes, isn't this the same as this secret passage, with a coffin in the middle, and this village in the middle of this secret passage. If you want to get out of this village, you shouldn't go to the side, because there are people everywhere, and in this secret passage, it's all walls, and if you want to get out, the coffin is the entry point, that is, we have to go back and go to the opposite place. ”
Xu Fei listened to me for a long time without speaking, I think he should also understand what I mean, after all, he has always been known for his composure, of course, he does not have considerable intelligence, and he is a fool to be calm.
"I see!"
Halfway through, Xu Fei finally exclaimed, and his eyes brightened, and he seemed to have figured it out.
"The customs of the people in this village are obviously not normal customs, they all strictly abide by the precepts, and since they want to hold such a ceremony, I am afraid that they will strictly follow that method."
"Not bad!"
Saying that, the two people looked at each other, and their eyes flashed with different brilliance, some agreed, confident, enlightened, and some didn't know.
Without further ado, the two of them immediately returned the same way, not staying, and sure enough, on the way back, the footprints of the monster were gone, replaced by a strange footprint, needless to say that it was the person who pretended to be a ghost.
On the way back, I walked a long distance, and sure enough, I saw a few more footprints of that monster, but there were fewer and fewer of them, so I guess I was lost.
But what was wrong was that after taking a few steps further, the footprints of both parties disappeared.