The darkness ahead seems to be boundless, and no one knows what is in it. The unknown can bring fantasy, but it can also bring fear.

"Bricks, let's go back first." Xiao Mao waited for the bricks to finish drinking water and smoking, pulled up the bricks, and said, "You wait outside, we will finish our work and go back to the mainland together." ”

"No, I'm not going." Brick shook his head vigorously: "I'm not going anywhere, I'll follow you......"

The bricks may really be scared here, for fear that as soon as they go out, they will be separated from Xiao Mao. He said that he would not go back, and dragged Xiao Mao's arm to death.

Xiao Mao has been persuading, I know in my heart that the hidden danger in this place is still impossible to detect, as long as the danger exists, our safety cannot be guaranteed. Xiao Mao is not afraid that the bricks will drag us back, he just thinks that the bricks are too pitiful, and he doesn't want the possible danger to threaten the bricks again.

Under Xiao Mao's constant persuasion, Brick finally reluctantly agreed and went outside to wait. Xiao Mao and I walked back with the bricks, crossed the water, and got out of the hole in the small hole.

Chen Dong had been waiting for us outside, and when we came out with the bricks, Chen Dong was surprised. Xiao Mao whispered a few words to Chen Dong, but Chen Dong didn't ask again.

The four of them sat around and stewed a pot of hodgepodge with a few cans. This may be the first time in three years that Brick has eaten hot food, and he is about to faint with happiness.

After eating enough, Xiao Mao told me to sleep outside. I also feel that in the face of unforeseen dangers, it is necessary to ensure that the spirit and physical strength are strong in the first place. Chen Dong told us to sleep, and he stood by him.

We slept for about four or five hours, and when we woke up, the bricks were still asleep. Xiao Mao called Chen Dong aside and whispered, "Brother Dong, do you remember the way out?" ”

"Such a simple road, remember, what's wrong?"

"Bricks have been trapped here for more than three years, I don't want him to have anything to do anymore, I and Chengfeng will go in, if we haven't come back for forty-eight hours, you will go first with the bricks." Xiao Mao took out a car key from the backpack next to him and stuffed it to Chen Dong: "You take him, drive away, and when you go back, help settle him down first." ”

"What about you?" Chen Dong paused, took the key and asked hesitantly, "Then the two of you?" ”

"What we have to do, it may take time, don't ask, listen to me, after forty-eight hours, leave here with bricks."

Chen Dong was very honest, maybe he also guessed that there would be danger behind the small hole, but he also knew Xiao Mao's temper, hesitated for a long time, and nodded slowly. At this point, it is equivalent to promising Xiao Mao, no matter how difficult it is, Chen Dong will also bring the bricks back.

"Brother Dong, don't say anything, in short, this time, thank you."

Xiao Mao took his bag, didn't say a word, bent down and got into the small hole, and I followed closely behind. When the two of us got into the small hole, Xiao Mao looked into the distance.

No one can guarantee whether they can come back safe and sound.

The two of us continued the same way, crossing the shallower waters. Brick had been here for so long, he had walked everywhere he could, exactly as I had guessed, this space was large, but there was no other exit. The water in that body of water, a hundred or two hundred meters to the east, flowed out through the crevices between the rocks. The fact that the water can flow away means that the space is connected to other places, however, the gaps between the rocks are very narrow, only a few centimeters wide and can only be stuffed by a finger.

In this space, the bricks have not really set foot in, and only the place where the ravines are crisscrossed and the terrain is complicated. That place is the most important thing, although the clues currently have cannot be 100% proven, Lao Hei and the sword and the three of them had an incident there, but the matter is actually obvious.

"Dude, this time, let's be mentally prepared." Xiao Mao turned his head and said to me: "I don't know why the entrance of the small hole in the back is blocked, but I think that the top master must be afraid that something in here will go out." ”

"Yes, this guess must be reasonable, before he came to Ta'er Lake for the second time, he was actually prepared, ready to plug this hole." I scratched my head: "The point is, what is he afraid of going out?" Lu Fangding's temper, you know best, what can be that will scare him? ”

"Yes, the temper of the top master is not only a little straight, but also stubborn, the stronger the enemy, the more the top master will not be soft. That thing that might rush out must be dangerous. ”

"That's right, but there's a paradox in between." I pointed around and said, "There's no other exit to this place, right?" The entrance to the cave is blocked, which means that the things that the top master wants to guard against are still here. But after more than three years of bricks, there is no danger at all? Could it be that thing sleeping? ”

I discussed with Xiao Mao for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that the thing that Lu Fangding was guarding against may not come as soon as he said it, and he would just leave, and that thing might need to be drawn out by some means, and if no one led it, it wouldn't move.

This is just our speculation, but the more I think about it, the more I think it is quite plausible, the bricks have been trapped here for so long, but they are very taboo about that place and dare not set foot in it, which also avoids the dangerous opportunity to some extent.

But now, Xiao Mao and I have to go and see.

Once we had it discussed, we started moving forward. The place mentioned by the brick is not too far, about 40 meters out, you can see the ground undulating, one by one criss-crossed ditches, under the light of the eye. None of these ditches are too big, ranging in width from seventy or eighty centimeters to about one and a half meters, and the depth is at most two meters. Based on my observations, these furrows should be naturally formed.

The ditch was empty, and there was nothing to be seen, and occasionally a few scattered pieces of broken stone could be found. If I hadn't heard the bricks before, maybe my psychological burden was not great, but at this moment, my mind is full of the scenes that the bricks said, and I feel that every step I take seems to be one step closer to hell.

"Don't worry, let's slow down and ...... steadily" Xiao Mao probably knew that I had a psychological shadow, and while opening the road in front, he said to me without looking back: "As long as you are careful, it should be fine." ”

Hearing Xiao Mao's words, I couldn't help but smile. He's not a three-headed, six-armed superman, but as long as Xiao Mao is around, I feel safe.

The two of us walked slowly for almost twenty meters in this dense ravine, and we walked very carefully. There seems to be nothing in these ditches, and they are not too deep, but no one can say for sure whether there will be unexpected accidents after people really fall.

I was thinking wildly, Xiao Mao, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and waved his hand at me, I quickly stopped and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"Ahead." Xiao Mao pressed the flashlight downward, I walked behind him, followed the light, and immediately saw five or six meters in front of me, the terrain was slightly lower, and the low-lying place was very flat.

The depression must have been carefully polished, and the whole ground was as smooth as a mirror. But for some unknown reason, the ground cracked, and thousands of cracks as thin as spider webs were densely covered in the ground. The cracks damage the ground, but if you look closely, you can see some very, very fine lines and patterns carved between the cracks.

Countless lines and clumps of patterns make this depression look like a giant gauge with scales. I can't tell if these things were left by the Zhangzhung people, or by the local ancestors who preceded the Zhangzhung people. The stone itself may be dated by some scientific and technological instruments, but the stone carvings on the stone are very simple stone carvings, without any paint or pigment, which makes it difficult to judge when these stone carvings were formed.

The polished low-lying land is about sixty or seventy square meters, and the ground is completely occupied by a huge pattern like a meter, but in addition to these patterns, there are countless cracks on the ground of sixty or seventy bungalows, although the cracks are very fine, but there are too many cracks, and the number of cracks is not clear, and the sixty or seventy square meters of ground are divided.

If you look slowly along these cracks, you can see that in the center of this flat land, which is full of lines and cracks, there is a round altar, about seventy or eighty centimeters high. The diameter of the altar is estimated to be about three meters.

Xiao Mao watched here for a long time, and cautiously stepped on one foot on the ground that had cracked. The ground is quite firm, and when one foot is solid, Xiao Mao then steps on the other foot. I was about to follow, but Xiao Mao waved at me.

"I'll take a look first, and you'll come back later."

Xiao Mao walked forward slowly, and walked out for a long time, but the surroundings were still very quiet, without the slightest hint of danger. At this time, I was a little bolder, and it happened that Xiao Mao signaled to me that it was safe, so I stepped on the footprints that Xiao Mao had just walked and followed step by step.

The two of us were not afraid of trouble, and walked cautiously and alternately, and before long we came to the front of the altar.

When I got closer, I realized that this round altar, which looked a little strangely shaped, seemed to be a well. A solid iron rod, almost as thick as my calf, rested across the wellhead. On this iron rod, there are very thick and thick iron chains wrapped around them.

"This is? Is it a well? "I was completely confused, because about a hundred meters behind me was the slowly flowing water, and although the water was a little muddy, it was definitely drinkable, and I didn't think there would be any advantage in digging a well in this place to get water.

We walked around the edge of the well at a height of seventy or eighty centimeters, and when we walked down, we felt that it must be a well. There was originally a simple set of pulleys made of a mixture of wood, stone and metal that served as a reel for lifting iron cables, but the pulley block had been dismantled and left next to the shaft edge.