Chapter 11: The World Behind the Stone Wall
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The wind swept up the waves and crashed against the cliff below, and the furious sea swallowed everything, and when Shchedrin led the people to the edge of the cliff, there was not a single corpse left on the cliff except a large pool of blood.
Shchedrin stared at the black sea beneath the cliff in amazement, letting the wind blow the icy rain on his face.
"The cliff was full of reef rocks, and those guys were all badly wounded, either by falling to their deaths, or by drowning." Nikolai said behind Shchedrin.
Only then did Shchedrin come to his senses, and he ordered: "Immediately notify the coast guard and let them search for the bodies of those guys at sea, and make sure that they are found." β
"In addition......" Shchedrin ordered: "Strengthen the monitoring of ships entering and leaving the port, especially foreign ships, and never allow superfluous people on their ships, remember, if necessary, they can board the ships for inspection." β
After Shchedrin finished giving the order, he picked up an AK-47 rifle in despair, which was the gun in Li Guowen's hand just now, Shchedrin unloaded the magazine, and there were no bullets in the magazine, and Shchedrin picked up another gun, which also had no bullets.
Shchedrin threw the empty magazine to Nikolai, sighed and said: "They fired all the bullets before they chose to commit suicide." β
"That's how Bultenko trained them in the first place." Nikolai was calm.
"Oh! Tell me about Buldenko, how he raised these madmen? Although he and Nikolai have been together for more than two years, they rarely talk about Burtenko.
"Where to start? You ask Buldenko how he raised these madmen, and I can tell you that the person who can raise madmen must be a madman himself. β
"I didn't believe it at first, but now ...... Now I believe it. β
"Let's just say that his training of perseverance and courage in this group of students is extremely cruel. He often organizes students to play a kind of 'death adventure game'. β
"Death adventure game?"
"Well, he first asked these students to draw lots, and the student who won the lottery would be blindfolded and taken to a valley far away from the base, and then he threw the student in the valley, and stipulated that he would not leave the valley if he did not pick up the student back. It was said that the valley was so terrible that there was no food or water to use, and the trainees had to stay in it for at least one night, sometimes for days and nights, before Burdenko would pick them up. β
"Won't those students run away?"
"Nope! Because the surroundings are full of vast Gobi, and the students are taken there blindfolded, if they leave that valley, they will also die in the end, so those students can only stay in the valley honestly, endure the heat, cold, fear, hunger, loneliness, despair, and only he, Buldenko, is their savior, and the students in the valley can only wait for Buldenko to appear, and they can be saved. β
"There is such a cruel training method, which not only trains the endurance and courage of the students, but also makes the students absolutely dependent on Burdenko." Shchedrin listened to Nikolai's account and felt as if his heart had been scratched, so uncomfortable.
"So when Bultenko died, these cadets, no! It should be this group of wild wolves, and no one can restrain them. β
"Have you been to that valley?"
"Nope. The valley was terrible, and I didn't want to go there, and besides, Burdenko never told us to go there when he said it was dangerous, but he always went there on his own. It is said that sometimes ...... Sometimes he would stay in the valley all night, monitoring the cadets and seeing how they were doing in the valley. β
"This madman!" Shchedrin said viciously, "Now it's causing us so much trouble. β
Shchedrin walked down the cliff, looked at the stumps and broken legs all over the ground, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, he didn't expect to pay such a big price, even if those guys died, I am afraid that Comrade Andropov will not be able to spare himself under the wrath.
Shchedrin looked at his watch, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, it was already dark, there was no news from the coast guard, and there was no news from the port.
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In the KGB sub-bureau, as soon as Shchedrin changed out of his wet clothes, Nikolai came in and reported: "The coast guard said that the waves on the sea were too big today, and even if they went out to sea to search, they could not find anything." β
"Fart! Excuses, all excuses. Shchedrin scolded.
"But the waves are quite strong today."
"I don't care if the waves are big or not, you tell them that you must pick up those students, you must see people alive and corpses when you die, this is Comrade Andropov's order." Shchedrin calmed down a little, and then said: "Also, you can mobilize those fishing boats, let them use fishing nets, and if you catch the corpses of those guys, there will be rewards." β
After Shchedrin had finished his order, he hurried to the interrogation room without eating, anxious to get something of interest to him from the American named "White".
White was taken into the interrogation room, apparently making him feel bad for the hours he had been here, and as soon as he saw Shchedrin, he shouted, "You guys are violating human rights, I'm going to call my lawyer." β
"Your lawyer? What about your lawyer in the United States?! Shchedrin sneered.
"You can't do that to me, I'm an American citizen." White is still tough.
"Let me remind you, this is not the United States." Shchedrin paused, took out his ID and shook it in front of White, and said, "And I want to remind you, we are not policemen, do you know the badge on this cover?" β
White squinted and shook his head, "I don't know." β
"KGB, have you heard of it?"
When White heard the word "KGB", his body shook slightly, and all this did not escape Shchedrin's eyes, "KGB, I have heard of it. White said calmly.
"It's good to have heard of it, you have to understand that ordinary cases, but it is not our turn to take care of them, only the most important major cases, we will take action. Do you understand? β
"I don't understand what case I've committed, or is it a major case?" White looked innocent.
"Then I'll tell you, you're going to be in the most dangerous places this afternoon*, so ......"
"So you doubt me?"
"Aren't you suspicious? The crew members who went ashore with you all returned to the ship, why did you go to that abandoned factory alone? Shchedrin scolded.
"As I said, I was commissioned by a friend, but I met the gang there, and I don't know those people, the dangerous people you are talking about." White was agitated again.
"Well, I'm sure you don't know those people, so let's talk about this friend of yours, who is he?"
"Actually, I don't know who he is!"
"You don't know your friend's name?" Shchedrin had a sneer on his face.
"He said his name was Martin, an American, and he was the second officer on another tanker, and Martin and I met in the port of Yokohama, Japan, and we were drinking together in a bar, and that's how we met."
"Go on."
"I had a very speculative conversation with this Martin, and when he heard that our ship was coming to Vladivostok, he gave me five thousand dollars to do something for him."
"You're going to help these people smuggle in? You would be naΓ―ve. β
"Nope! He didn't let me help those people smuggle in, first, I was just an ordinary crew member and didn't have the ability to convince the captain, and second, there were too many people and the target was too big to take them all on board. At first, I thought Martin wanted me to help them smuggle them out, but Martin only asked me to give a letter to those people. β
"A letter? What's the content? β
"I didn't see it, how would I know!"
"!" Xie Delin scolded, this letter must have been buried in the belly of the fish with Li Guowen. "Is the whole thing that simple?" Shchedrin stared at White with suspicion.
"It's as simple as that, I don't know anything else." White became more and more innocent.
"Do you think I'm going to believe you?"
"Why don't you believe me?"
"Don't you think there's too many holes in this story you've made?"
"Make up the story? What I'm saying is true! White was in a hurry.
"The facts?! Then I ask you, according to what you said, you don't know that Martin and these dangerous people, how do you know that those people are hiding in an abandoned factory by the sea? β
"Martin told me!" White replied calmly.
"Impossible! This group of people did not have the means to communicate with the outside world, especially with foreign countries, how could that Martin know that dangerous people were hiding in abandoned factories by the sea? β
"Maybe you're missing something?"
Shchedrin quickly recalled in his mind what they had done along the way, especially in Vladivostok these days, and finally he was convinced that it was impossible for those students to have any contact with the outside world, let alone with foreign countries, "We have monitored all the international calls from Vladivostok these days, especially to Japan, and it is impossible for those dangerous people to have any contact with Martin in Yokohama!" Shchedrin said categorically.
White shrugged, "Then I don't know." Martin gave me the address and told me to go to that abandoned factory by the sea to find what you call dangerous, and that's what happened, I'm just a messenger. β
Shchedrin couldn't ask anything of value about White, so he had to order someone to escort White down first, and then Shchedrin quickly ordered Nikolai, "Go and find out if the 'Joyce' wheel docked in Yokohama, Japan before it reached Vladivostok." β
Nikolai quickly found out the results, "I checked, the 'Joyce' did dock in Yokohama, Japan before coming to Vladivostok, and because of mechanical problems, it docked in Yokohama for three weeks. β
"Three weeks, which does leave plenty of time for White to get to know the mysterious Martin, but how to explain that White was able to find the abandoned factory directly?" Shchedrin still couldn't figure it out, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there must be something hidden in this White.
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In the next two days, the weather gradually improved, the coast guard and fishermen successively recovered several corpses from the sea, and the corpses were all sent to the KGB.
The bodies that were fished out of the sea, plus those in the ruins of the factory, were all frozen in the freezer, and Shchedrin waited another week for no more bodies to be recovered. Shchedrin counted the corpses in the freezer, a total of forty-one, or seven bodies missing, Shchedrin wanted to compare the roster to find out the accurate identity of each corpse, but the dozen or so corpses fished out of the sea were soaked in seawater, and the whole corpse rose up, and it was difficult to identify the original appearance.
Nikolai comforted Shchedrin on the side, "The seven people who didn't find it must have also died, they were shot so many times, and they jumped off the cliff, plus the huge waves that day, who would survive?" It is not easy to find forty-one corpses. β
"It's a pity that it doesn't work for you and me to think like this, you have to think like this." Shchedrin sighed helplessly.
"You can only blame Buldenko for this, he was all this madman at the beginning, otherwise how could he be today!"
"Okay, what's the use of you scolding a dead man! Now that's all it can be, but I'm like confirming that Li Guowen's body. β
"None of the bodies fished out of the sea are recognizable. However, I think this corpse should be Li Guowen's. Nikolai suddenly pointed to a corpse with the provisional designation "Ξ¦026".
"How so?"
"First of all, from the appearance point of view, this corpse is similar to Li Guowen's figure, although the face is difficult to identify, but some clues can still be seen, and when this corpse was salvaged, the clothes on the body were the same as those worn by Li Guowen before jumping off the cliff."
"That's all?"
"Also, let me conclude that this corpse is an important feature of Li Guowen." As he spoke, Nikolai put on gloves and turned Li Guowen's body over, and Shchedrin was surprised to find that on the back of this corpse, there was a huge tattoo, which occupied almost the entire back of this corpse, although the pattern of the tattoo had been blurred because of the immersion in the seawater, but Shchedrin still vaguely recognized the pattern - an eagle with wings ready to fly standing on a wolf howling into the sky.
"What is this?" Shchedrin exclaimed.
"As far as I know, Li Guowen has such a huge tattoo on his back, so I dare to conclude that this corpse is Li Guowen." Nikolai said with great certainty.
Shchedrin stared at the decomposing corpse for a long time, until he felt a wave of nausea in his stomach, and then slowly covered it with a white cloth. At this point, he no longer had hope of salvaging the bodies of all the students.
After another day, the "Joyce" slowly sailed out of the port of Vladivostok without waiting for White, and these days, under the strict surveillance of the KGB, every ship entering and leaving Vladivostok has undergone a detailed inspection and has not found any valuable clues.
Are all the students really dead? The mystery in Shchedrin's heart still haunted him, he knew that it was difficult to make any progress at this point, he had lost so many people, and he had not yet determined to arrest everyone back, and he seemed to be unlucky, Shchedrin was unwilling, he thought about it, only that American White might be able to open a breakthrough.
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Shchedrin pinned his last hope on White, but when he interrogated White again, White was very uncooperative, and could not ask a valuable word except for what Shchedrin already knew.
When Shchedrin was confronting White, Nikolai suddenly walked in and motioned for Shchedrin to come out, Shchedrin followed Nikolai out, and Nikolai whispered: "Someone is coming from the headquarters!" β
Someone from headquarters? Shchedrin chuckled inwardly, what he feared was about to become a reality. "Who's coming?" Shchedrin asked nervously.
"The person who came is not as senior as you, he is a major, and he looks very young."
"Just one person?"
"And his assistants."
"Major? Actually sent a major to deal with me? Shchedrin was quite unconvinced.
Shchedrin followed Nikolai through the long corridor to the door of a conference room, Shchedrin nervously straightened his clothes, he hoped that the person who came was an old colleague he knew, he suddenly remembered Makarov, but he knew that the person in the door could not be Makarov.
Shchedrin walked into the conference room, a young officer stood up, Shchedrin didn't know the young officer in front of him, the man finished the military salute, and then stretched out his strong right hand, Shchedrin thought that if he came to deal with himself, it should not be this attitude, so his heart calmed down a little, and Shchedrin also stretched out his right hand.
When the two shook hands, the man introduced himself: "Nikolai Dmitmievich Stenov, but you have recently given me the nickname - Stepkin, you can call me that." β
The person who came was very cheerful, not the kind of bureaucrat with a straight face, which made Shchedrin breathe a sigh of relief, and he smiled and began to get close to Stepkin, "When I was at the headquarters before, why didn't I see you?" β
"Oh! I had just been transferred to the Second General Directorate of the Headquarters, so I was a fresh face at the Headquarters. β
Second Directorate? Shchedrin knows that the Second Main Directorate of the KGB is a counterintelligence department, does our case have anything to do with the Second Directorate? Just when Shchedrin was thinking nonsense, Stephkin got straight to the point and said bluntly: "This time the headquarters sent me, mainly for the American who was detained by you. β
"Warren White?!" Shchedrin was shocked, he was having a headache for this White.
"Yes, that's White. Although I know that you are on an important mission, and I do not interfere in your official business, we must quickly conclude that if there is a problem, he is a spy, and he will be arrested in the name of justice, so that the Americans can ask and we can reply to them, and if there is no problem, we will release the person as soon as possible. β
"So headquarters sent you to review this White?"
"No, not here. I'm going to take this White right now. Stephkin suddenly changed his tone and said in an almost commanding tone.
"Take White?" Shchedrin had just put the last hope of saving himself on White, and now this Major Stephkin was about to take White.
But Shchedrin could not stop Stepkin, because Stepkin took out the order from the headquarters.
"But this White is important to our mission now." Shchedrin still wants to make a final effort.
"Nope! He is no longer important, at least not for you, Comrade Shchedrin. As far as I know, Headquarters has decided to terminate your operation. β
"What? That...... So what will happen to me? β
"I don't know about this, I heard that the headquarters will soon send someone to end your operation with you." Stephkin still had a smile on his face.
Seeing Stephkin and his assistant take White away, Shchedrin was completely desperate, and for the rest of the time, he could only wait, waiting for fate to punish him.
β¦β¦
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"Such a terrible thing happened to the base later!" Tang Feng listened to Makarov's narration and muttered to himself.
"And what about later?" Han Jiang asked Makarov.
"Later? Later, someone at the headquarters spoke for Shchedrin, and he finally did not go to court-martial, but he was demoted, and within a few years, he was ordered to retire early because he made another small mistake. β
"No, I'm not asking you Shchedrin, I'm concerned about Stepkin, this terrible Stephkin actually got involved, what happened to them? And what about that American White? Han Jiang asked.
"Yes! I didn't expect there to be a Stephkin in there. Makarov lamented.
"Isn't that right? The matter of the forward base is related to Stephkin, and the more I listen to it, the more I feel that there is an article in it. Han Jiang said.
"Yes! The problem is getting more and more complicated. Tang Feng said.
"According to Shchedrin, Stephkin was later punished for this." Makarov tract.
"How could he be punished? Could it be that Stephkin has something to do with the riots at the forward base? Tang Feng was puzzled.
"Because the American ran away!"
"Ran away?! It seems that Shchedrin was right, there must be something wrong with this White. Han Jiang said.
Stephkin and his assistants took White back to Moscow, and they were supposed to fly back to Moscow, but the plane broke down and landed in Irkutsk, so they had to transfer to a train back to Moscow. One morning, when the conductor opened the door to their box, Stepkin's assistant was broken in the neck, Stephkin was wounded, and White was gone. Makarov told the final outcome of the whole affair.
"It seems that this is boring, if that White really has a problem, Stephkin probably deliberately let White go." Han Jiang inferred.
"Now it seems that this is very likely." Makarov tract.
"That's the end of the whole thing?" Tang Feng asked Makarov with disappointment.
"Yes! The whole incident has reached a stalemate here, all the clues have been broken, the bodies of the cadets have been cremated, Shchedrin and Stephkin have been punished, the victims have been compensated, all the files on this matter have been listed as the highest top secret, and they will be sealed forever, if it weren't for my chance encounter with Shchedrin, I'm afraid no one will know what happened to the base. β
"Although the previous matter is over, these situations provided by Lao Ma provide important clues for us to solve the puzzle today, the origin of this mysterious pattern, the Wild Wolf Valley, the final fate of the base students, and the appearance of Stephkin are all crucial for us to solve the mystery." Tang Feng said.
"Yes! I think so too, the recurrence of this pattern reminds me of the relationship between the forward base and the whole event. Makarov said.
"The team that Burdenko is training is very suspicious, and the enemy we are facing now should have some connection with this team, such as the mysterious triangle mark we encountered in the woods, which the old horse once said was what Burdenko asked the students to draw." Tang Feng thought of what was in front of him.
"Yes, it is precisely because of these new hairs, especially the stone wall that I am facing now, that I have to rethink all this. This pattern is a totem of an ancient tribe, according to Burtenko, I have seen it in the Valley of the Wild Wolves, and decades later, I have seen it here again, what a fate! Makarov sighed.
"Nope! I don't believe that this is a dead end, it is absolutely impossible to paint such a huge mural in front of a dead end, there must be a secret in it that we do not know. Han Jiang suddenly jumped up.
"What do you think of?" Tang Feng asked.
"Carefully search the stone wall and the surrounding area of the stone wall, every inch of rock, even the top of the cave, I have to search again, I don't believe that this is the place where you and I die!" Han Jiang said hatefully.
Deathtrap?! The word Han Jiang used made Tang Feng and Makarov's hearts skip a beat, could this really be their own place of death?
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The three of them began to carefully inspect the cliff in front of them again, not letting go of an inch of the rock wall, Tang Feng knocked on the stone wall and the rock wall around the stone wall a little bit, but found nothing.
Tang Feng retreated in disappointment, stood still about ten meters away from the stone wall, and carefully looked at the huge stone wall again by the light of the flashlight, and after a long time, Tang Feng muttered: "I've seen it all below, the problem must be above." β
"What do you mean?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng rhetorically.
"Didn't you just say don't let go of the top of the cave, but we can't climb up to it."
"yes, we've checked everywhere we can." Makarov tract.
The three of them looked up together to check the roof of the cave, the roof of the cave was uneven, and it didn't look like it had been manually polished, "The roof of the cave has not been polished manually, there can't be a problem!" Han Jiang guessed.
Tang Feng couldn't see the clue, "It stands to reason that this is the case, but what's the problem?" β
"Maybe we'll have to look for the answer in this picture." Makarov said suddenly.
When Tang Feng and Han Jiang heard this, they were both shocked, and the two of them turned their eyes back to the ancient totem on the stone wall, "Old Ma, what did you think of?" Tang Feng asked.
"It's nothing, my idea is very simple, I deduce that if there is any mechanism here, it must have something to do with this painting, otherwise why paint this huge petroglyph on this stone wall?" Makarov voiced his opinion.
"Well, the old horse has a point!" Han Jiang affirmed.
"But we've been staring at this painting for a long time, so we can't see anything?" Tang Feng stared at the pattern in front of him suspiciously.
"Don't worry, there must be something we overlooked." Makarov tried his best to keep everyone calm.
The three of them began to examine the huge petroglyph little by little, and this time, instead of looking at it separately, they gathered three flashlights together and looked at the red or ochre lines on the stone wall.
The line continued to extend upward, and the beam of light emitted by the flashlight continued to shine along the line to the eagle's wings, which was the highest place in the whole painting, and then, the beam of light from the flashlight began to move forward and downward along the eagle's wings, and when it hit the head of the eagle, the beam of light shot by Makarov and Han Jiang continued to extend down the line, but the pillar of light shot by the Tang Feng flashlight stopped at the head of the eagle......
"Tang Feng, what did you find?" Han Jiang asked.
"Look at the eagle's eyes!" The flashlights of the three were focused again.
"The eagle's eyes seem to bulge a little." Makarov said suspiciously.
"I wonder if it's natural or artificial?" Tang Feng still can't see the clue.
"There must be something wrong there." Han Jiang shook the flashlight in his hand, "There's nothing to say, I won't know until I go up and look at it." β
"How can you go up there, the stone wall is so high?"
Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng and then at Makarov, "That's it, I'll go back to the ladder, Tang Feng, you step on my shoulder." β
"That's the only way it is, I'm going to be embarrassed!"
"Damn! You stepped on me, and you still barely embarrassed?! Han Jiang was furious.
"I'm also in danger up there, if there is any hidden weapon in the eagle's eye, I'll be the first to be unlucky!" Tang Feng argued.
"Alright, stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"
After speaking, Han Jiang squatted down, and Tang Feng, supported by Makarov, stepped on Han Jiang's shoulder, and rose tremblingly to the position of the eagle on the stone wall. This petroglyph is indeed too big, even so, Tang Feng's head only reached the neck of the eagle, Tang Feng trembled and leaned out his right hand, slowly, slowly, finally, when his hand touched the eagle's eyes, a piercing chill instantly hit Tang Feng's body, Tang Feng shook slightly, retracted his right hand, and almost fell off Han Jiang's shoulder, but fortunately, Makarov supported Tang Feng in time, "What's wrong with you?" Makarov asked with concern.
"I don't know! As soon as my hand touched the eagle's eyes, I felt a cold current invade my body from my fingertips. β
"Come on! And the cold snap in Siberia! Hurry up for me, I can't hold on anymore! Han Jiang complained below.
Tang Feng had to stretch out his right hand again and touched the eagle's eyes again, Tang Feng groped a little bit, and sure enough, the eagle's eyes protruded from the surroundings, cold and wet to the touch, while the surrounding stone walls were dry and not so cold. Tang Fenghu was suspicious, and pressed the eagle's eyes with his hand, but there was no reaction, Tang Feng's heart sank, it seems that he was wrong, there is no mechanism here, so what is this?
Tang Feng groped the eagle's eyes with his hand, the light on them was too dim, Tang Feng could only judge the appearance of the eagle's eyes by his feelings, and suddenly, Tang Feng felt that there seemed to be some gaps between the sudden part of the eagle's eyes and the surroundings. Tang Feng felt that there was a door, and pressed it hard, but there was still no response, so Tang Feng turned to use his hand to buckle the protruding part, but unexpectedly, Tang Feng suddenly used his strength, and his body lost its balance and fell backwards.
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At the moment when Tang Feng's body lost its balance, Tang Feng pulled down the eagle's eyes, he didn't know what it was, he just felt that the sky around him was dark and dark.
Fortunately, the old horse reacted in time again and supported Tang Feng with his body, so Tang Feng did not fall on the rock.
"You trampled Lao Tzu half to death, and just fell off like that?" Han Jiang asked, rubbing his sore shoulder.
"You're not stable at all, so I'm embarrassed to say it!" Tang Feng stood up, still clutching the "eagle's eyes" in his hand.
At this moment, a loud noise came from the depths of the cave, "Damn, what did you move!" It's going to be an earthquake! Han Jiang shouted.
Tang Feng looked around in horror, but the surroundings quickly returned to calm, deathly silence. After a long time, Tang Feng realized the strange feeling in his hand, the thing was still cold, Tang Feng slowly spread his right hand, and he was surprised to find that he was holding a green stone in his right hand.
"What is this? Jade? Makarov asked.
"I looked down down just now, didn't I see that it was jade?" Han Jiang was puzzled.
Tang Feng took a closer look and said, "This is a piece of turquoise. β
"Turquoise?"
"Well, the eagle's eyes are inlaid with a piece of turquoise, but this turquoise is a bit strange, why is it so cold in your hand?"
"Leave this broken stone alone, and see what's inside the wolf's eye?" Han Jiang Road.
The three of them pointed the flashlight at the wolf's eye together, and the ochre-red lines skillfully outlined the wolf's eye, but the wolf's eye was empty, there was nothing, Tang Feng groped the position of the wolf's eye with his hand suspiciously, "The position of the wolf's eye seems to be slightly concave, could it be that there is also a piece of turquoise here?" β
"Tang Feng, what is this stone for? Is it just for decoration? Makarov asked.
"Now it seems that it is not just the decoration, the loud noise just now must have been caused by the turquoise in my hand." Tang Feng glanced at the turquoise in his hand again.
"Alright, stop talking nonsense, let's see what else the position of the eagle eye is?" Han Jiang urged.
"Who's on this time?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang rhetorically.
"You don't use it, I'll go this time!"
"I can't stand you!"
"Let's both come together!" At this time, the firm voice of the old horse was heard.
Han Jiang looked at Makarov, "Okay! Old Ma, that's hard for you. β
"You're still polite to me!" Makarov waved his hand, as if he didn't care.
Until the last moment, Han Jiang was still worried about whether Makarov's shoulders could support him, but when he was lifted, he knew that his worries were unnecessary, Makarov's shoulders were as strong as a rock, and Han Jiang's feet stepped on it, as if walking on the ground.
Han Jiang reached out to touch the eagle's eyes, that position had been concave, Han Jiang felt that his fingertips were a little wet, he used all his strength, pressed down suddenly, the eagle's eyes went down again, and then, the strange loud noise was remembered again, and it sounded several times in a row, Han Jiang hurriedly jumped down.
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what mechanism had been touched. "You pressed it down?" Tang Feng asked.
"Anyway, it's pressed, and there should be a reaction now."
As soon as Han Jiang's words fell, everyone heard the sound of running water, and the three of them invariably aimed the flashlight at the position of the eagle's eyes, only to see a trickle flowing from the position of the eagle's eyes.
"Mom! What did you press to get out of the water? Tang Feng exclaimed.
"How do I know!" Han Jiang roared.
At this time, the amount of water flowing out of the hole became larger and larger, and the trickle gradually turned into a gushing flood!
"It's over, it's over, we're going to be drowned in this hole! I'm going to ruin you for the rest of my life! Tang Feng shouted in despair as he stepped back.
"You think I'm willing to die here?!"
"Anyway, when I get to the Netherworld and become a ghost, I won't let you go, it's you who hurt me!"
"I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of this cave, and you'll go to the Netherworld?"
The two retreated, and scolded each other at the same time! Makarov couldn't listen anymore, "Enough! Do you two still want to live? β
"Yes!" The two replied in unison.
"If you want to live, listen to me, quickly find a place on the stone wall that can be fixed, there seems to be water behind the stone wall, to prevent the water from rushing over and washing us away!"
"Is there an underground river behind the stone wall?" Tang Feng thought of the spectacular underground river in the seven-colored Jinhai Stone Waterfall Cave again.
"How is this possible, the Stone Waterfall Cave is underground, and we are in the mountains now?" Han Jiang shouted at Tang Feng.
"I don't know what's behind the stone wall? Do as I say. Makarov said in a commanding tone.
The three of them retreated, looking for a place on the rock wall that could be fixed, Makarov tied the rope to himself, and handed it to Han Jiang and Tang Feng, the three of them had just tied the rope and tied it into a line of grasshoppers, and the position of the eagle's eyes suddenly stopped coming out of the water! Looking at the stagnant water on the ground, it has already covered the calves of the three people.
"Why did the water stop?" Tang Feng stared at the eagle's eyes suspiciously.
As soon as Tang Feng's words fell, there was a louder noise behind the stone wall, and after a few loud noises, Tang Feng was suddenly surprised to find that the stone wall in front of them slowly opened, and as the stone wall turned up little by little, Tang Feng was stunned, he saw the world behind the stone wall, it was a chaotic and dark world, and the flood gushed out from the dark world, sweeping away all the dust in the stone cave with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops.
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Tang Feng wanted to shout, "Flood, run!" But before he could finish shouting, a wave came at him with a slashing head and face. Tang Feng suddenly felt that it was pitch black all around, and the deafening sound made his ears unable to hear anything.
In this confined space, the explosive power of the flood is staggering. In the dark, Tang Feng was swept out more than ten meters away by the flood, and just when he thought he was going to be carried away by the flood, he found that he was being dragged by another powerful force...... I don't know how long it took, the water slowed down, and Tang Feng finally smelled a trace of fresh air as soon as he appeared. It was also at this moment that he heard Han Jiang's voice, "Tang Feng, quickly hold on to the stone wall next to you." β
Tang Feng groped for the protruding stone wall beside him, and finally found one, Tang Feng grabbed the protruding stone wall, and finally stepped on the ground with his feet, Tang Feng poked his head out and took a big breath of fresh air, Tang Feng's head sobered up, he smelled a different breath in this fresh air, he knew that this was the air behind the stone wall.
Tang Feng touched his backpack with his hand, but fortunately, before the stone wall was washed away by the flood, Tang Feng stuffed the flashlight into the backpack, and then Tang Feng took out the flashlight, which is a waterproof flashlight for special forces, even if it is used in water, the light can shoot several meters away.
Tang Feng raised the flashlight above his head and shone it forward, in the dark world, he saw Han Jiang's head, next to Han Jiang was Makarov, Tang Feng understood that the powerful force that dragged him just now was Han Jiang and Lao Ma.
"Don't take a blind shot! Are you okay? Han Jiang reprimanded.
"I'm fine! What about you? β
"I'm okay, the old horse is a little weak, just now thanks to him for dragging me first, otherwise how could you have your life now!"
"After I go out, I must invite Lao Ma to dinner!"
"Come on! Let's see how we get out first! β
Tang Feng held the flashlight higher and shone it all the way forward, the huge stone wall was completely lifted by the force of the flood, and through the gap between the stone wall and the water, several huge statues loomed, what was that? In a trance, Tang Feng saw the world behind the stone wall.