It took the Japanese two whole years, and in the end they could only make a small hole in the rock formation, and the materials were not easy to transport in, and the quality of the fortifications in this area was also unsatisfactory, and there were many lamps installed on the top of the wall, but none of them could shine.

After a depth of more than 100 meters, there is no artificially constructed object in sight, and only potholed stone walls and stalactite columns hanging from the top of the head are left around.

The stalactites were arranged in layers like canine teeth, and the space in the cave was much wider than that of the man-made tunnel, but the strong smell became more and more intense.

Lao Wen couldn't stand it anymore, so he muttered in the back: "I knew that I came down with a breathing device, but this smell, before I touched the ground, let it smoke to death first." ”

I was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, so I turned around and said, "I still have a compression bottle here, I can't do it...... Do you take two sips first? ”

When he turned around, even the flashlight was directed towards Lao Wen, and the beam of light rubbed against his shoulder, and landed right on a stalactite column.

The stone pillar was very long, and it hung down to the ground, and when the light went up, I saw a very faint shadow appearing on the white stone surface, and I didn't pay too much attention to it at first, but then when Qing Yazi turned to look at Lao Wen, he also put the light in the same position. The two rays of light coincided and brightened the surface of the stalactite column, and I could see clearly that the gray shadow actually outlined the shape of a human face.

Lao Wen ran to me to pull out the snorkel on the compression bottle, I waved my hand and signaled him to wait first, and then walked towards the stalactite pillar with a flashlight with Qingyazi.

The shell of the stalactite pillar is a bit like amber, close to translucent, press the lamp head against the stone shell, you can clearly see that there is a figure wrapped in it, the person is slightly bent over, the whole face is attached to the pillar, when Qing Yazi and I swept his face, his eyes seemed to move in the direction of the light.

I glanced at Qing Yazi, Qing Yazi's face was full of surprise, and I guess my expression was similar to his at that time.

Then we picked up the flashlight and lit it up to the top of the cave.

Only now did I see clearly, almost every stalactite pillar was wrapped in a figure, in fact, when I came in just now, I also saw a large shadow floating on the stalactite, and I only thought it was a yin spot formed by a stone depression, and I didn't pay special attention to it.

Qing Yazi frowned and said, "There are not so many Japanese who come here to dig the ground, even if you add the laborers who were deceived by them, there are not so many!" ”

Probably because of his unstable mood, Qing Yazi's words were also out of order.

I understood what he meant, there were so many people trapped in the stalactite columns, if not thousands, but hundreds.

There are many of them, all of whom are old people from Taoyuan Township!

Thinking of these in my heart, I lost my mind for a while, and the beam stayed in the same position, Qingyazi and Lao Wen probably thought that I had found something, and also hit the beam over, and at the moment when the three beams intersected, the pillar of stalactites that was illuminated suddenly trembled.

The three of us were stunned for a moment, and then moved the beam somewhere else, but it was too late. The violent tremor was like a plague, and it swept through the roof of the cave in an instant, at first it was just a stalactite pillar trembling, but after just a few seconds, all the bell pillars shook, and a dense humming sound enveloped the entire cave.

Seeing that the situation was not right, we didn't dare to stay any longer, so we quickly stepped forward and ran wildly towards the depths of darkness.

Click-boom!

We ran all the way, and there was the sound of stone shells shattering and heavy objects falling to the ground behind us, Qing Yazi glanced back, and then shouted loudly: "It's all alive!" ”

Those who are wrapped in a stone shell are alive!

Now I don't care if they are dead or alive, I just want to rush through this group of stalactites as soon as possible, regardless of whether those "people" wrapped in stone shells will take the initiative to attack us, just being hit by those falling stones is enough for us to drink a pot.

During this period, there were also stalactites falling from our feet, it was a real stone, after landing from a height of more than ten meters, just the splashing of stone slag hit me with pain, and now I finally know what the debris on the stairs is, when the Japanese dug up the rock formation, I must have experienced the same thing.

Later, they built tunnels around the perimeter of the cave, presumably to protect against falling rocks.

At this time, there was also a fierce impact in front of them, and several stone pillars fell to pieces after they landed, and the people who were wrapped in them didn't have anything to do, and they stood up quickly one by one, holding on to the ground.

Probably because they had just woken up, they didn't have the consciousness of attack for the time being, they just stood there like wooden sculptures, not moving.

They must leave this place as soon as they have not yet recovered their strength.

Lao Wen and Qingyazi were already a little exhausted, and gradually fell behind, I paused suddenly, reached out to grab the two of them, and pulled them to continue running.

"Stop...... Stop it...... Stop it! Qingyazi was being dragged by me while panting and yelling. I ignored him and ran wildly.

Qing Yazi still didn't give up, and forcibly steadied his breath and shouted: "This is a cave group, you run like a headless fly like this, it's easy to get lost!" ”

I was also panicked just now, and when he reminded me of this, I remembered that the diary left by the Japanese said that after digging through the rock formation, there was a large group of caves deep underground, and the people they sent in later either never came out again, or went crazy after going out.

I didn't take Li Huaishan with me this time, if I got lost, I really couldn't get out.

Thinking of this, I immediately observed the situation above my head, the two stone stalactites directly above had already fallen, and there should be no danger of being hit when standing here. I braked suddenly, and Qing Yazi and Lao Wen stumbled forward with inertia, and I also forcibly pulled them.

Qing Yazi deliberately suppressed his breath just now, and the side effects came up at this time, he couldn't breathe, Lao Wen also held his knees, and he couldn't recover for a while.

I quickly turned off everyone's flashlights, for fear that the light would irritate the "people" around me.

They're still in a daze, standing motionless, but there's no guarantee that they won't come to their senses, or that they're not aggressive.

In the field of vision of Qihai quicksand, I found that there was a big stone mound five or six meters away on the left, and I didn't talk nonsense at the moment, so I quickly dragged Qingyazi and Lao Wen to climb up, occupying the commanding heights, even if I had to fight, at least I could hold on for a while.

When I reached the top of the stone mound, I loosened my heart a little, and then I took advantage of the quicksand of the Qi Sea to carefully observe the people who had come out of the stone shell.

In terms of outline, almost everyone's limbs are not well proportioned, some have large heads and small bodies, some are just the opposite, and some have different lengths and thicknesses of their arms.

It reminds me of the living corpses I saw on the second basement floor, their bodies all made up of stumps, and they looked like paper dolls that had been glued together haphazardly. At present, the situation of these people should be the same as that of living corpses.

Lao Wen finally relieved himself, slowly sat up straight, Qing Yazi also sat up, and the two of them condensed a breath of mental power at the same time, carefully observing the surrounding situation.

In our industry, we also call the quicksand of the Qi Sea "discerning eyes", and people like Lao Wen and Qingyazi who cultivate are 100% discerning. It's just that if they want to see Qisha, firstly, it consumes more mental energy, and secondly, if they want to maintain this vision for a long time, it is also a huge test of physical fitness.

"Listen...... What's moving? Old Wen said coldly. I immediately pricked up my ears and carefully recognized the sound in the cave, after running so far, the sound of the running water of the earth river was no longer audible, and the stalactites had all fallen, except for the occasional sound of water drops falling to the ground, and only the wheezing sound of the three of us was left around.

Qingyazi responded to Lao Wen in a low voice: "It's the sound of water droplets falling to the ground......"

Before he could finish speaking, Lao Wen grabbed his wrist and motioned for him to stop.

At the same time as Lao Wen made this action, I also heard a very soft "rustle" sound, which was rapid and slow, but in general it was very dense, and at first glance it sounded like a noise made when the radio waves were disturbed.

The noise lasted only a few moments, and then it died down.

Old Wen leaned over my shoulder and whispered, "It's heavier than just now." ”

What he meant was that this time it was a "rustle" sound, clearer than the first time he heard it.

It wasn't long before the noise came back and all three of us held our breath for fear that the wheezing would drown it out.

Compared to last time, the noise is a little stronger this time.

At the same time, those who came out of the stone shell also slowly took steps and began to move.

I screamed "not good" in my heart, and immediately unscrewed the rifle safe, Qingyazi grabbed the barrel of my gun, and said urgently: "Don't panic! ”

"The safety is all unscrewed, and the grenades are ready, just in case." I pushed Qing Yazi's hand away and said in a very fast voice.

To tell you the truth, I'm not stupid enough to act rashly when the situation is still unclear, Qingyazi doesn't trust me, mainly because the two of us have too little cooperation and no tacit understanding.

Lao Wen and Qingyazi unscrewed the safety one after another, and the crowd in the cave was slowly speeding up, this time, the "rustling" sound in the distance not only did not disappear, but also continued to increase.

Unexpectedly, the people who came out of the stone shell did not surround them, but they merged into one group, like a white ghost parade through the streets, and walked towards the depths of the cave.

Qing Yazi whispered, "They went in the direction of the sound source. ”

I quickly got up and beckoned to him and Lao Wen: "Follow and have a look." ”

As I spoke, I stepped lightly on the stone hill, Qing Yazi and Lao Wen also came down one after the other, the speed of the crowd was very fast, this was a little bit of effort, they had already walked through the stone hill, and we were three or four meters away.

(End of chapter)