I picked up a "musical instrument" from the mouth of a madman and looked at it, and found that there were red spots on the sharpened end that seemed to be bloodstains, not only on my hand, but almost every one, but some of them were clear, and some of them had turned dark red, and they looked like rust.

Raised his head and said to Brother Liang: "Let him pick the thickest steel pipe and knock it out." Brother Liang stared at me, but he didn't say much, he really sent a voice to the top, and the three madmen hurriedly replied after hearing this: "Okay, you wait!" ”

When the piercing knock sounded, I was sure that it was as I had thought, and sure enough, the previous command to summon Aman had come from this kind of steel pipe. Brushing the blood marks from the mouth of the thin tube with his fingers, he secretly said that what he was afraid of was not the sound, but the damage that this kind of thing had caused. It is very likely that those people used this kind of steel pipe to educate Ah Man from an early age, so that even if he had a brilliant mind, he would not dare to disobey them and completely obey orders.

And the three of us, probably the only thing Aman did that could be considered rebellious, hid us in his lair and kept it hidden.

I made a bold assumption that the person who summoned Ah Man to leave didn't know the location of the hole, but there was a pipe leading down from the dry well above, either borrowing a creature to open the way, or another possibility!

I took two steps closely, no longer being passed on by Brother Liang, and asked directly: "Three madmen, how many thin steel pipes did you throw down just now?" ”

"Huh? It's Xiao Jiu, you and Xiao Liu are still together. I didn't count a few, but there were many, many anyway. ”

"Are there twenty of them?" I asked.

"Twenty? Probably more than that. ”

After hearing this answer from the three madmen, I looked down at the one after another who was squatting there to pick up, and the number of them in his hands was clear at a glance, at most a dozen. speculated one after another: "Could it be that there is a stuck somewhere that hasn't fallen off?" ”

I shook my head, I already had the answer in my mind, but it was still to be verified. He looked up again and said to Brother Liang: "Knock on the stone layer next to you and take a look." "Maybe my tone was stiff, as if I was ordering, Brother Liang didn't move, just looked at me with scrutinizing eyes.

stood up one after another and then relieved the siege: "Come on with me, I am more suitable for this kind of physical work, Brother Liang, you rest first." ”

But Brother Liang retracted his gaze and threw two words indifferently: "No." He actually raised his head and began to knock it up with a tool, knocking open a stone layer, and a small hole appeared in the back, and he sighed softly one after another, and was very surprised. I said in a deep voice, "Knock on another position." ”

This time, Brother Liang seemed to understand what I meant, and immediately shifted the direction to knock, and when the stone layer was knocked off little by little, more and more fine orifices were exposed in front of our eyes. Confirming my suspicions, the sound from above to the bottom was not through a single pipe at all, but through an infinite number of orifices, and after a stone layer was cut off from the top, there were countless orifices like a beehive, large and small.

exclaimed one after another: "Xiao Jiu, how did you think of it?" ”

It was the three madmen who inspired me, first of all, he spoke over there, and there was a great echo here, like a megaphone. If it were just a single channel, it wouldn't be like that. Secondly, he threw the thin steel pipe down, and the sound was continuous, and gradually became less and less as it became closer and closer, and I suspected that some of the pipes were left in the pipe, and did not go straight to the bottom.

Thinking back to the sharp and piercing percussion sound that summoned Ah Man before, because of the wide vocal range, the sound seemed to be shrouded overhead, coming from all directions, to achieve such a sound effect, a pipe could not do it.

It may be because after the stone layer is knocked open, the surface structure is loosened, and it is easy for Brother Liang to knock elsewhere in the back, and the lime is flying. At this time, listening to the three madmen speaks very clearly, this is equivalent to a natural microphone. Looking at the fine holes covering the entire top, I had to be amazed, and asked one after another: "How big of a project is this digging like this, is it just to summon Aman?" ”

Good question! Just to summon Aman, do you need to do this?

I asked, "Do you remember when there were many black-skinned snakes?" "You're saying those snakes actually inhabit these thin pipes?" Oh my God, isn't this top of us a snake's nest? ”

He expressed my worries, and if this beehive-like structure was full of black-skinned snakes, it would be a frightening number. Then the sound made by the thin steel pipes of different sizes and lengths is likely to be used to drive these snakes away.

So assuming that this hive is expanding infinitely and even a large area within the mountain's belly, then the people who summoned Ah Man before actually don't know his exact location, and the summoning and communication between them are all through the sound transmitted by the tapping of the steel pipe, and maybe even which pipe represents which command. If Ah Man is disobedient, or does not arrive within the specified time, then another audio will be used to drive the black snake out to deal with Ah Man, but after thinking about it, Ah Man seems to have mastered the audio of driving snakes.

I looked up at the tiny orifices, wondering if there was a creature inside that terrified Ah Man even more, so he was so frightened when the summoning sound appeared. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but I feel that the beehive-like pores are like empty mouths, as if sucking people into them...... Suddenly, I felt dizzy, and quickly lowered my head not to look.

Standing beside me one after another, he immediately noticed my abnormality, "What's wrong?" Dizzy? If there is a phobia of intensity, it is best not to stare all the time. To be honest, I was a little disgusted and wanted to vomit, no, Brother Liang, do you see what is exposed outside the hole? ”

I looked up suddenly, but saw Brother Liang's face change and jump down from above, "Run!" The snake came out. ”

When I saw the myriad snakeheads emerging from the mouth of the tube, I didn't know what to say about my first sense, and I was really disgusted and wanted to vomit as I said one after another, followed by fear. Brother Liang had taken the lead in rushing out of the cave and pulled me one after another, and the three of them were so panicked that they didn't even have time to take the two backpacks, but just when I wanted to jump off the hole, I was dragged one after another.

When we turned around, we saw that the snake was halfway out, and there was already a snake swimming down the stone wall directly above us.

Brother Liang shouted outside the cave: "Let's go, what are you rubbing, don't want it." "I was also very anxious, but I grabbed my hand one after another, staring at my feet, not knowing what I was looking at.

Suddenly he shouted, "I know! Look at it, there is a groove along the edge of this hole...... "Before he could finish speaking, Brother Liang had already turned over and grabbed his arm, and dragged him down, and I stumbled and rushed down.

Successively held me dangerously and went to hold Brother Liang, and said urgently: "Listen to me..... " Suddenly a snake fell from above, interrupting his words again, the snake fell on the edge of the cave entrance, it was indeed the kind of black-skinned snake we encountered before, the head was triangular and flattened, and after falling one, it was another one, and as soon as it landed, it immediately swam towards the outside of the cave.

Brother Liang scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, these snakes are very poisonous, and a bite can make people faint immediately." ”

"But this passage is a dead end, and if there are tens of thousands of snakes in this hive hole, where are we going to escape?" I asked the crucial question, and that was exactly the thought that crossed my mind when I looked at the countless black holes. Brother Liang also lost his voice for a while, but he spoke dissatisfiedly one after another: "Just let you listen to me, always interrupt me." Looking at the groove at the entrance of this cave, the reason why we walked through different passages was because the cave was simply mobile. ”

Not only me, but even Brother Liang, who was in a hurry to shout away, looked at one after another in amazement. If it is true that the two departures of Ah Man are as he said, then only the moment when the slate lands, the pit makes a less obvious rotation or shift, because only at that time our minds are shocked by the sudden closure of the slate in the cave, so that we will not notice the deviation.

But at this time, because of the delay of time, it was too late, and dozens of black-skinned snakes crawled along the mouth of the cave, and others were slowly swimming down the stone wall, and we couldn't do experiments even if we wanted to. A snake suddenly pounced, pulled me back two large steps, stabbed down quickly and accurately, and nailed the snake to the ground according to the law. At the same time, another snake flew forward, and Brother Liang stepped forward and kicked it away.

But this is not a long-term solution, even if the three of them join forces, there is limited manpower, the black snakes are pouring out in a steady stream, but in a few minutes, there are dozens of coils along the hole, if it is true to my previous guess, then it will not be long before the snakes will spread the entire passage, and we have nowhere to escape.

I only heard one after another say with annoyance: "The realgar powder is all in the madman's place, otherwise it may be useful to sprinkle some at this time." ”

Speaking of the madman, I remembered that he seemed to have lost his voice later, and we ignored the incident due to unexpected circumstances. I couldn't help but sink in my heart, couldn't it be that something happened after I was discovered?

"Be careful!" One after another, I screamed and pulled back my deviated mind, he was saying to Brother Liang. I saw that a snake had already coiled on Brother Liang's feet, and he was about to bite it, and with a "bang" sound, Brother Liang shot and hit the snake's head with one shot!

One after another, he was shocked and said: "Won't the gunshots be heard from outside?" ”

"Solve the immediate problem first, and then say, my life is going to be gone, and I am afraid of being heard."

The situation in front of us is getting more and more severe, we retreated a few dozen meters, the whole road is crawling with snakes, even if Brother Liang has a gun, even if the knife stabs the snake seven inches, it is impossible to kill all these snakes. When we retreat to the back road, it means that we are in a desperate situation.

What does it take to survive in a desperate situation?

Hiding behind them, seeing that the two of them were in danger repeatedly, these black-skinned snakes often leaped up suddenly, as if they were born with an instinct to attack people. Gritted his teeth, there was no way, he had to ......

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound overhead, and the three of us reacted quickly to dodge, and a large stone rolled down in front of our feet, crushing several snakes in the procession. Reflexively looked up, and saw a large crack above, from which the stone had crumbled.