Chapter 167: The Hole in the Tunnel
Faced with Xia Qing's decision, Gao Chao was stunned, he looked at the firelight that gradually disappeared in front of him, and Xia Qing's somewhat thin back, he didn't know what he should do at the moment.
Should he stop her? But what could he do if he stopped her? Is he going to continue to walk with the fat man? But what was his reason? Is it just because of Xia Qing? What does Xia Qing mean to him? Why did he let the fat man risk his life with himself for the sake of Xia Qing?
Finally, the light of the torch in Xia Qing's hand had disappeared into the depths of the tunnel, and Gao Chao hadn't found a better reason for himself at this moment.
The fat man also stood up at this moment, he looked at the depths of the tunnel, as if he hadn't reacted to what had just happened, in fact, the fat man was the same as Gao Chao, but he couldn't believe that Xia Qing left alone.
After a long time, the fat man whispered to Gao Chao: "Old Gao, how do I feel as if I have made a ...... It's a shame......"
Gao Chao turned his head to look at the fat man, his heart was also quite uncomfortable, he suddenly remembered Da Lao Hei again, and suddenly remembered Jiang Ji, they had all left, but had he ever given up on them? He didn't, never did, just because he thought he was still a soldier, and a soldier would never give up any of his comrades on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Gao Chao suddenly felt a little excited, he had already made a decision, and his face suddenly became a little lighter, as if this decision made a boulder that had just appeared in his heart suddenly disappear.
So Gao Chao smiled and said to the fat man: "Fatty, let's still ......"
But before Gao Chao's words were finished, he heard a sudden scream from the depths of the dark tunnel.
Gao Chao and the fat man were both startled, and at the same time looked into the darkness ahead.
"It's Xia Qing!"
Gao Chao suddenly shouted, no longer caring about anything else, and ran towards the depths of the tunnel with a torch.
The fat man followed, in fact, the two of them were not far from Xia Qing in front, they took three steps and two steps, and saw a faint glimmer of light in the darkness ahead.
Gao Chao knew very well that that kind of light should be the torch in Xia Qing's hand.
So Gao Chao shouted loudly while running: "Xia Qing?!" You okay? What's wrong? ”
Xia Qing, who was in the darkness in the distance, somehow, didn't respond to Gao Chao in time, but the next moment, Gao Chao and the fat man had already rushed to the closer.
At this moment, Gao Chao found that Xia Qing was holding a torch alone, huddled in front of the stone wall on the side of the tunnel, she was squatting on the ground, covering her mouth with one hand, as if she was very frightened.
Gao Chao and the fat man saw her like this, and they didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly ran to her side.
Xia Qing also saw the two of them at this time, but she didn't move, it seemed that she was frightened by something, and she couldn't stand up even if she wanted to stand at this moment.
Gao Chao hurriedly squatted down, looked at Xia Qing and asked, "What's wrong?" Xia Qing, what happened? ”
The fat man stood aside and said eagerly: "Yes! What's wrong? It's so miserable, did you run into a ghost? ”
The fat man always doesn't like to listen to what he says, Gao Chao just wanted to turn around and scold the fat man, Xia Qing squatted on the ground, but suddenly raised a hand.
Gao Chao was stunned for a moment, and saw that Xia Qing's hand that was slowly raised was actually pointing in the direction behind him, but at this moment, Xia Qing's face was a little terrifyingly white, she was not looking at Gao Chao at all, but followed the direction of her finger, her eyes were full of fear.
Gao Chao and the fat man only then noticed that maybe behind him, there was something unimaginable.
But what can be behind him? Isn't that the stone wall on the other side of the tunnel?
Faced with Xia Qing's strange behavior at this moment, Gao Chao and the fat man could only slowly turn their heads.
But when they really turned their heads, they couldn't help but be stunned like Xia Qing.
It turned out that on the opposite side of the three of them, on what should have been a dark black stone wall, there was a large black hole.
At this moment, three people, three torches, the three of them are next to the stone wall on this side of the tunnel, although the fire is bright, but they can only see the outline of the big hole, it is roughly circular, so it looks like a person is high, but at this moment the light is dim, what is in the hole, it is completely unclear.
Gao Chao squatted on the ground, his eyes didn't dare to leave the hole for a moment, and then he swallowed and foamed, his body didn't dare to move, and whispered: "Xia Qing, that ...... What's in there? ”
None of the three people moved, at this moment it was like three statues holding torches, and it took a long time before Xia Qing replied vaguely: "It seems to be ...... in there." There seems to be a ...... person."
"Someone?" Gao Chao immediately became alert, and continued: "Living or dead? ”
Xia Qing said in a smaller voice: "It seems to be ...... It doesn't seem to be dead yet. ”
As soon as these words came out, the fat man's legs trembled, and he stood next to him and whispered: "It's really evil, can there be living people in this kind of place?" That's certainly not a person! ”
Gao Chao actually had some suspicions, this place was 1 kilometer deep from the surface, and if there were still living people here, it would be hell.
So Gao Chao bit his cheek, secretly calmed down, and slowly stood up from the ground, then he held the torch in his left hand, flipped it with his right hand, and pulled out Jiang Ji's long knife from his waist.
When the fat man saw him like this, he knew that this kid must have gone over to take a look, so he quickly drew his dagger, looked at Gao Chao, and waited for him to give an order.
Gao Chao just turned his head and gave the fat man a look, neither of them spoke, they had already formed a tacit understanding, and then the two of them separated to both sides, and then slowly touched the dark hole opposite.
In fact, the width of this tunnel is only seven or eight meters, from this side to that side, say ten more steps, but Gao Chao and the two of them are very tight, step by step, slowly moving to the opposite side, because no one can say, what is in the tunnel 1 km from the surface.
As they got closer and closer to the hole, some of the details around the hole slowly became clearer.
I saw that around the hole, there was also a pile of black rubble, which looked like the kind of recrystallized stone on the stone wall, but they were all in a broken state, scattered everywhere, and looked like they were not to be blown up.
Gao Chao was thinking about the gravel thing, but the fat man on the other side suddenly waved his arms.
Gao Chao hurriedly looked at the fat man, and the fat man hurriedly pointed to the ground on the side, making mouth shapes in his mouth, as if he wanted to say something to Gao Chao.