"Because, my mother died in the depths of the mountains."

The bright moonlight shone on her face, adding a touch of sadness.

I didn't speak, just waiting for the rest to follow. Xu continued: "When I was five years old, my mother died, but the cause of her death is a mystery. My father kept it a secret, and gradually, there was a gap between us. Later, I found a bodyguard who had retired from the Xu family and got the truth: it turned out that my mother had died in the Lanbei Mountains, and her body was trapped in a cave. So, my mother's grave remains an empty grave to this day. ”

"Are you going to find your aunt's body?"

"Sort of."

At last? It sounds strange.

Just when I wanted to ask, Xu Ningrou continued: "The retired bodyguard drew me a map, and according to the map, I will be able to reach my destination tomorrow. Because he said that if you find a mountain that resembles a trident, you can find a cave, and we can see the trident mountain now. ”

"Miss Xu, you ......"

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Ningrou interrupted: "Thank you for taking care of me for the past few days, I decided to go on my own for the rest of the way, you can go back early tomorrow morning, go to my father after leaving the mountain, and let him help deal with the mercenary affairs, it won't cause you trouble." ”

After hearing this, I furrowed my eyebrows deeply. Why did you let me go? There is such a danger in the mountains, and there are even more wolves, how can she, a weak woman, move forward? And how to get out of the mountain? Or did she not plan to go out at all?

When I wanted to ask again, she was already in the tent......

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The next day, early in the morning.

I leaned against a tree, pinched the bridge of my nose with two fingers, and I felt physically and mentally exhausted after four nights without rest.

At this time, Xu Ningrou came out of the tent, saw my tired face, and said, "Xiaolong, go back." ”

I stood up straight and said, "Miss Xu, I thought about it last night, I can't leave you alone in the mountains, so no matter what you say, I won't leave." ”

"You have to think about it, no one knows what's in the cave. Dozens of well-trained bodyguards went in and didn't come out again, and I'm grateful that you could escort me here. So, go back, you only have one life, don't joke about it. ”

"And what about you, why are you kidding with your own life?"

Xu Ningrou sighed slightly: "Because I can't find the meaning of life, my father forced me to marry other families, but what I want is freedom, but unfortunately I can't get it." So I sneaked out to find my mother's body, and it would be nice to die in that cave, at least to be with her. If you are lucky enough not to die, take your mother's body out for burial, and then go back to get married. ”

She's getting married?

I opened my mouth slightly, stunned for a moment, and then slowly clenched my fists!

Since a long time ago, Xu Ningrou has often appeared in my dreams, although I don't know why, but her voice and smile have long been engraved in my heart, at this time I know that she is going to get married, I feel as if I have lost something important, and my heart is empty.

After more than ten seconds of silence, I said, "Since there are two people who come in, of course two people need to go out." ”

Xu Ningrou looked over, looked at each other, my eyes were firm with a hint of pain, she seemed to understand the meaning, and said with a smile: "It turns out that there are still people in the world who are so good to me, since you don't want to go back, then let's go." ”

"Okay, Miss Xu, wait a minute, I'll pack my luggage."

Xu Ningrou rolled up her sleeping bag and said, "Don't call Miss Xu, just call me by my name in the future." ”

"Ningrou?"

"Hmm."

"Forget it, let's call it Miss Xu." I looked gloomy and said, "What if people misunderstand?" ”

"Whatever you like." After speaking, Xu Ningrou stood up and walked forward......

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The trident-shaped peak seemed very close, but it was actually very far away, and we walked for seven hours, and finally reached the vicinity of the mountain at about two o'clock in the afternoon.

The retired bodyguard who gave Xu Ningrou the map said: As long as you can find the peak of Trident Mountain, you can find the hole. I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at first, because there can be many caves on a mountain. But I understand now, because the cave is so conspicuous that the entrance of the cave alone is five meters high!

The cave was pitch black, like a monster with its wide open mouth, waiting for its prey to come to the door. When I stood near the entrance of the cave, I felt restless, as if something dangerous was waiting for me in the cave!

It's an instinct to anticipate danger, but not everyone has it. For example, a person with a strong sixth sense can feel the gaze from behind him.

I couldn't help but draw my dagger and look serious and on guard.

"What's wrong?" Xu Ningrou asked.

"There's danger inside, I can feel it. Miss Xu, you wait here, I'll go and have a look first. ”

Xu Ningrou shone a flashlight on the dark cave and said, "Let's go in together, take care of each other, it is said that the bodyguards who went in before did not come out again, wait if there is any danger, leave me alone." ”

After speaking, Xu Ningrou walked into the cave, and I hurriedly followed......

The cave was pitch black, and the flashlight could not end, Xu Ningrou touched the wall and said: "This cave is not naturally formed, you see, there are traces of artificial excavation, but who would dig such a big cave in the deep mountains?" ”

Yes, the person who does this kind of thing is either mentally ill or has a plan, but the latter is more likely.

The cave leads to the underground, and the further I go, the stronger the sense of crisis becomes, and at some point, a fine layer of sweat appeared on my forehead! There's definitely something weird in this cave! With my body tense, my arms crossed over my chest, a dagger in one hand and a flashlight in the other, I can react quickly if danger comes!

After walking for another three minutes or so, Xu Ningrou suddenly let out a soft snort, followed her flashlight, and saw a skeleton lying on the ground in front of her! I stretched out my arm to stop her: "Miss Xu, there may be a mechanism ahead, let me go and see it first." ”

"Yes, be careful."

I nodded, shook my flashlight around, and walked cautiously forward, this distance of ten meters, it took more than a minute!

It turns out that there is no mechanism here, and this skeleton is not Xu Ningrou's mother's, because judging from the pelvis, this is a male. I've seen a lot of ghosts and zombies, so I shouldn't have panicked when faced with this skeleton, but before I knew it, I was already sweating profusely!

At this time, Xu Ningrou also came over, and when she saw me staring at the skeleton with a solemn face, she also observed, and soon found that something was wrong, and said, "This skeleton ...... There was a crack in the skull, and the neck bone was inserted into the chest, as if he had been hit in the head by a heavy object. ”

Xu Ningrou's analysis was correct, but there were no heavy objects such as stones around the skeleton, that is to say, the thing that killed this person was not here, but ran away.

What will run? It's definitely a living thing, and of course zombies aren't ruled out, but whatever it is, it's dangerous!

"Huh? There's a gun here. As she spoke, Xu Ningrou picked up the pistol: "Judging from the model, it is indeed my family's bodyguard." There were also three bullets in the gun, which means that he had fired before he was killed, and if there were bullet casings nearby, this was the scene of the first crime. ”

I nodded, took my flashlight and searched the neighborhood, and soon found a few oxidized shells! In other words, before he died, this person had fought to the death here, but unfortunately he died, and this place was only more than 100 meters away from the exit, and he must have been desperate when he died.

"Miss Xu, do you still want to move forward?"

"I'm going to find my mother's body, not to mention that it's been 18 years, and no matter what beasts are in this cave, they are likely to have died or left, after all, the lifespan of wild beasts is usually about 2 or 30 years."

The analysis makes sense, but the sense of crisis is still very strong, and I can't go wrong with my feeling that there must be some danger waiting for us in this cave. But she couldn't say it explicitly, because her intuition was too ethereal, and Xu Ningrou definitely didn't believe it when she said it.

In this case, we can only move forward......

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The cave was dug diagonally, leading directly into the ground, and the further you went, the more humid it felt, and there was a musty smell in the air!

So far, we have found three skeletons, all of them are the bodyguards of the Xu family who died, they died in an extremely miserable state, one head was turned 360 degrees, and another rib was all broken and inserted into the chest! What kind of creature can have such strength? And the means are so cruel?

Xu Ningrou and I were silent, and for a while, the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

"I don't know if my mother suffered before she died." Xu Ningrou said in a deep voice.

I sighed slightly, "Let's look further." ”

We continued to move forward, and the further we went, the more skeletons we saw, but all of them were male, which also made me wonder even more, even the well-trained bodyguards failed to go deep into the cave, could Xu Ningrou's mother be more powerful than these bodyguards?

In confusion, we walked to the end of the cave, which was connected to a spacious underground hall with a radius of about twenty meters, and it was still pitch black! Maybe it's due to poor air circulation, and there's a pungent musty smell here!

Soon, we found another skeleton, broken from the lumbar vertebrae, divided into upper and lower sections, according to the crack, it should be caused by external force! However, this is still a male skeleton, not the remains of Xu Ningrou's mother.

I shook my surroundings with a flashlight, and suddenly I found a small hole in the corner, about a meter high. I walked nearby and found that it was a hole in a hole, five meters deep, and a skeleton was lying in it, holding a few glowing crystals in its hands, which seemed to be a demon pill! And this skeleton is on the small side, judging by the characteristics, it should be a woman!