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The corpse's expression was hideous with a hint of horror that puzzled me. Although the corpse was already swollen and deformed due to absorbing too much moisture, a trace of horror could still be seen in the expression on her face, which indicated that she must have been very scared before she died.

But what is the reason for the fear? Fear of death?

The corpse clenched its fists and hammered it at its sides, clearly not looking like it had struggled and resisted. There were no external injuries on the body, only signs of cracking after the skin was filled with water and swelled, and although the cause of death is unknown, it must not have been killed.

I searched for a long time on my body, but there was nothing but a few dollars in my pocket. I stood up against the stone wall, gritted my teeth and continued walking. It has been more than an hour since I entered the cave, and the river must have re-sealed the entrance of the cave, and it is obviously unrealistic to retreat, I am afraid that if I can't return to the cave entrance, I will suffocate to death.

Now the only way out is to continue to move forward, since this cave is dug by hand, there must have been a ventilation hole for so long, otherwise the people who dug the cave would have suffocated to death. There is no way out, and even if I die here, I have to see where this road leads!

Isn't that what life is all about? Either fall to the finish line or fall on the road.

I walked forward for a while, my eyes could no longer see the road ahead, due to the lack of oxygen for a long time, my brain was in chaos, and I couldn't think normally at all, and I was completely supported by one breath to move forward.

Suddenly, with one foot in the air, the body instantly lost its balance and fell headlong.

When I fell to the ground, I could still feel the pain, but it was pitch black in front of me, and I don't know if it was because the flashlight was lost or because my eyes were out of sight.

Lying on the ground panting violently, he didn't seem to realize that it was fresh air rushing into his lungs. His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he gradually fell asleep.

The intense pain in my leg woke me up, and I sat up sharply, vaguely seeing several large rats more than a foot long "squeaking" and running away.

The surrounding light was dim, but I could barely see what was close at hand. I leaned my face over and looked at the leg from which the pain had come from, which had several rat bites and a few pieces of flesh the size of a fingernail were missing, and the injuries were not serious except for the possibility of being infected with the plague.

After groping around for a long time, I finally found the flashlight that had dropped the battery. Once again, there was a light in front of me. It is definitely a blessing for people to have a beam of light at such a time.

That's when I realized that I was breathing so easily!

Looking around, I found myself in a huge and empty space, and there were stone tables as far as the eye could see, a bit like a private school in ancient times.

Try to move your body, although your body is sore, it shouldn't hurt your bones. When I tried to get up, I found that I had fallen from a height of four or five meters, as if I had fallen into a large pit, and the stone wall was so smooth that it was impossible to climb up again.

The threat to my life was lifted, and I relaxed a little and began to look around.

It was an open space of several thousand square meters, and there was nothing but the stone tables. The ground is about 10 meters away from the dome and is completely artificially excavated. It's hard to understand who made this place.

I knew that the place where I was formed must be in the belly of that mountain. But digging such a space must require a lot of manpower and material resources, but what was the purpose of building this place in the first place?

The entrance to the cave is hidden in the river, and if it were not for the construction of an upstream reservoir with the development and progress of modern times, I am afraid that the entrance of the cave would not have been discovered at all. According to the fourth grandfather, the villagers should have discovered this place a long time ago, but no one can tell what secrets are hidden here.

I was supposed to be in the middle of the stone chamber, which was completely different from the cave I had just walked through, with plenty of air and a gentle breeze blowing through my body.

There must be something to figure out with the outside world!

I began to search around the cave, hoping to find a way out or find something else.

The light of the flashlight froze for a moment as it swept over the stone tables. It seems to have seen a guy just now!

At one of the stone tables, there was indeed a man!

The man was sitting on a precarious position, his head slightly bowed, and a book in his hand. And the hand holding the book is Sensen's white bones.

As I got closer, I saw that it was actually a skeleton, but it was wearing a hat to block the white skull.

This should be the same person who came in before, but why is he sitting here reading? Judging from the posture of the skeleton, it must not have been deliberately placed here, it should have been that he sat here voluntarily, but what about the cause of death?

Also, the air circulation here is very good, the environment is dry, even if the meat on the body is rotten, it will not rot so cleanly, and there is no trace of air-dried meat left.

I regret not bringing Shen Mo with me, after all, she is now a professional autopsy and autopsy, and she should be able to accurately determine the cause of this person's death.

However, the book in his hand quickly caught my attention.

It was a black book.

It's not the cover, it's the original book that's completely black, and every piece of paper is black.

The book was opened, and I saw the black paper with dense red letters written on it.

I reached out and picked up the book, turned the first page, none of those words I knew, but when I saw the first word, I couldn't leave it anymore, and my consciousness began to blur.

A glimmer of light appeared in front of him, gradually illuminating the entire space. I subconsciously looked up, the dome was gone, the sun was high in the sky, and there was a bamboo forest around me, and those stone tables were arranged in a staggered manner.

In front of each table sat a child with a book in his hand, shaking his head and reading. I was in a trance, and I even forgot who I was, what was this place, and how did I get here?

A gentleman-like man held a bamboo ruler in his hand, squinted his eyes, and walked slowly past each stone table. When I see a naughty child who doesn't study seriously, he will unceremoniously wave the ring ruler and come to it unceremoniously.

The children seemed to be very afraid of Mr., and they didn't dare to say anything after being beaten, so they bent their necks and read honestly.

"The way of heaven is in a hurry, and everything is in a hurry. . . ."

The children's neat and loud voices.

The gentleman nodded with satisfaction, and spat out a clear and loud word from his mouth:

"Stop...

The children stopped and looked up at the gentleman.

There was a smile on the gentleman's face, and he was just about to speak, when suddenly there was a sound of rolling thunder in the distance, and the whole bamboo forest trembled.