The light of Xia Qing's mobile phone can be said to be very dim, which can only let them see the situation around about one meter, and they only then realize that the bottom of the cave is actually a very narrow passage.

It was pitch black in the passage, Xia Qing held up his mobile phone to shine inside, the already faint light seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness in the passage, and suddenly, it seemed that their surroundings had become cold inexplicably.

Gao Chao couldn't help but shudder, but with this faint light, he found the mobile phone that fell in the corner, he picked it up, and found that his mobile phone had broken the screen and could not be used.

Xia Qing didn't care about Gao Chao at the moment, but relied on his courage alone, and slowly walked towards the narrow passage, Gao Chao saw her like this, and quickly whispered to her: "Miss Xia, wait a minute......"

Xia Qing looked back at Gao Chao, and Gao Chao continued: "Give me your mobile phone and let me come." ”

Gao Chao was very persistent, Xia Qing had no choice but to nod and hand over the phone to Gao Chao, and then the two of them changed positions again, Gao Chao was in front and Xia Qing was behind, walking towards the darkness in the passage.

The passage is very narrow, a person must turn his body sideways to pass, Gao Chao noticed that on the walls on both sides of the passage, there are traces of shovel head cutting shovel, thinking that it should be shoveled by the sharp whirlwind shovel head, and he can't help but secretly admire Xia Lao's craftsmanship, but why this passage should be repaired so narrowly, Gao Chao doesn't quite understand, thinking that maybe Xia Lao has taken into account some safety factors, in order to make the top of the channel more stable, reduce the risk of collapse, so he has to do it.

Gao Chao thought so, but he didn't stop under his feet, the front of the passage was very dark, and even more than a meter ahead, he couldn't see anything, just like that, the two of them slowly touched in, about seven or eight meters away, Gao Chao suddenly stopped, and didn't move.

Xia Qing followed behind Gao Chao and also stopped, puzzled why, but he didn't dare to make a sound at the moment, so he had to poke Gao Chao's back lightly with his fingers, wanting to ask him what he saw in front.

Gao Chao swallowed and foamed at the mouth, turned around and whispered to Xia Qing: "There is a candle on the ground in front." ”

"Candles?" Xia Qing looked dazed.

Gao Chao nodded, turned his head and whispered, "Yes, it's a candle standing on the ground." ”

As he spoke, Gao Chao took another picture with his mobile phone, and found that the front of the passage was still dark, as if there was nothing abnormal, so he slowly moved a few steps forward, and then looked at the candle standing on the ground.

In the darkness, it was an ordinary red candle with a jet-black wick that had apparently been lit.

Gao Chao observed for a while, and felt that there was nothing abnormal about this candle, so he picked it up from the ground with his hand, and Xia Qing, who was standing behind him at this time, didn't understand why there was a candle here, thinking that maybe it was specially left on the ground when grandpa left here, so that next time he came in, he could light it for lighting.

Gao Chao's thoughts were similar to Xia Qing's, so he didn't care too much, so he took out the lighter in his trouser pocket and lit the red candle in his hand.

The flame of the candle lit up, and suddenly illuminated the surroundings, and it was strange to say that the light of the candle was much farther than that of the mobile phone, and the two of them were surprised to find that not far ahead, this passage looked a lot wider, and it seemed to be a basement.

In fact, it is not a real basement, it is just a cave that has also been dug out, but compared to this narrow tunnel, it is indeed a lot more spacious, but at this moment, the basement in front of it is also pitch black, and it is impossible to see how big and deep it is, as if there is only endless darkness there.

At this moment, Gao Chao and Xia Qing couldn't help but feel a little cold in their hands and feet, for the two of them, in fact, this was the first time they had gone down to such a dark and oppressive underground cave, although this cave was probably dug by Xia Lao, but it would also make them feel inexplicably nervous.

But no matter how nervous you are, you have to go in and take a look, Gao Chaoxin said, he was once a glorious soldier, how could he be stopped by the darkness?

Thinking of this, he put the backpack on his body back, held the burning candle in one hand, and walked slowly forward.

Xia Qing followed behind him, also nervously watching the situation ahead, and gradually, when they walked out of the narrow passage, the light of the candle illuminated the originally dark basement in front of them.

This basement is not large, roughly rectangular, and the left and right sides are only three meters wide, but it is very deep and long, five or six meters long, and the roof is very low and depressing, and it has been built into a vault shape, which should also be considered for the safety and stability of the cave.

At this moment, the two of them are standing on one side of the basement, and the whole room can be seen at a glance.

On the ground nearby, there were some daily necessities messily arranged, a basin was upside down on the ground, two broken thermos bottles were poured aside, and there were some scattered small items on the ground, tea jars, toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs, and a small broken mirror.

Gao Chao looked at these things on the ground, thinking that this should be the place where Xia Lao once lived, but Gao Chao suddenly had some doubts, why these items were all in a mess, as if they had been destroyed by someone, even if Xia Lao was not ready to live here, he had no reason to do so.

Gao Chao was holding a candle and looking at something on the ground, but at this moment, Xia Qing beside him suddenly screamed and hid beside Gao Chao.

She lowered her head, grabbed Gao Chao's arm tightly with both hands, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Gao Chao was taken aback by Xia Qing's sudden action, and almost jumped up, and even the candle in his hand was almost thrown out by him, but when he saw that Xia Qing had trembled and shrunk into a ball, and he didn't even dare to raise his head, he knew that Xia Qing must have seen something extremely terrifying, but he was just looking at the messy daily necessities around him just now, and he didn't notice what was going on in the depths of this basement.

Thinking of this, Gao Chao couldn't help but feel tense all over his body, and a chill down his spine, especially at this moment, he was still facing away from the depths of this basement, what was going on behind him, he himself didn't know the bottom of his heart, even if he wanted to turn his head to look at it at this moment, it seemed that it had become not so easy.

But he didn't have a choice, how could a big man be cowardly and embarrassed in front of a woman, at this moment he could only lift his breath, bite his cheek, raise the candle in his hand high, and then slowly turn around and look into the dim depths.

It didn't matter if he looked at it, although he had been mentally prepared, but when he squinted his eyes and saw the situation clearly, he was so shocked that he almost screamed, and he trembled all over, and he was covered in white sweat.

It turned out that in the depths of the dimly lit basement, a black figure was standing......