Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Tunnel Labyrinth

We rested for a while, then went back to the waterfall to get some water and headed back into the tunnel. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoWith Brother Hao's flashlight, we traveled much faster, and we came to the fork in the road after a while.

He must have come from the fork in the road on the right, which means that the road must be able to get out, and hopefully there will be no more danger ahead.

Soon after entering the fork in the road, two roads appeared in front of him, and I asked him which one he was going to take, but he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I don't know, it's full of forks, like a maze, I can't remember it for a long time." ā€

"And how did you get out?"

"Walk casually, I'll meet those dragon ants as I walk." Brother Hao said helplessly.

I was a little speechless, he was really a road idiot, I knew that I wouldn't look for him to save the fawn. The current situation is that we know that there is a way out, but we don't know which one, and listening to his narration, the road behind should be very complicated, and it will be difficult to do.

"Why don't we flip a coin?" Brother Hao suggested.

"Brother, I beg you to be serious, think carefully about which way it is! Besides, where can I find coins? ā€

He unscrewed the lid of the kettle, handed it to me, and said, "How about using this as a coin, the outside represents the road on the left, and the inside represents the road on the right." ā€

Not to mention, this time he was quite witty, and I couldn't laugh or cry, so I asked him to put away the lid, so that if he lost it, he would have to drink water.

I remember watching it on TV before, and when you encounter such a situation, you can throw a stone into the cave and listen to the echo to determine whether it is a dead end. I picked up a stone and threw it casually, and when the sound was completely gone, I couldn't hear the mystery in it, and then threw another piece into another tunnel, and it felt the same as before, and I couldn't hear any difference at all.

In the end, I still lack experience, I asked Brother Hao what to do, he shook the lid in his hand and made a coin toss gesture, I was a little helpless.

Okay, just listen to him, anyway, there is no other way, the first few times I was able to survive the disaster, there must be God's protection, I hope this time God can also open the net and show us a way out. The "coin" indicated to the right, and we set off without saying a word.

The tunnel is not very long, only a few dozen meters to the next intersection, but there are many curves, and I kept changing directions in the small space, and I started to feel dizzy after walking for a long time.

At each intersection after that, we tossed the bottle cap to decide the direction, and I didn't know how many intersections we walked, and I started to feel that something was wrong, because we were going to the right every time.

I took the bottle cap in Brother Hao's hand, and in an instant I suddenly realized that the weight distribution of this bottle cap is extremely uneven, almost all the weight is distributed at the bottom, and the spiral area around it is light and has no feeling.

I screamed in my heart that I wanted to smoke myself to death. But after thinking about it, this illogical method is also resigned to fate anyway, since fate has been decided here, then don't look back, and the next road can only be done by yourself.

I thought about it for a while, and then I decided to make a mark here first, and then choose a random road, and mark every intersection in the future, so that if we encounter danger, we will follow these signs all the way back, and at least we will not get lost.

Brother Hao nodded in agreement, and we marked the wall and entered the tunnel on the left.

I don't know why I want to go to the left, maybe because I have committed, I have chosen the right side too many times, and I have to go to the left a few times to balance it.

We walked through the labyrinthine tunnel for another hour, but nothing changed, still one intersection after another, still making choices again and again. Suddenly, at a junction we stopped because another mark appeared on the wall, a mark we had seen before.

It was a simple arrow symbol, just like the one we saw when we first entered the woods. The arrows simply point to the intersection and do not have any other markings.

"Do you want to look at it against the wall?" As he spoke, Brother Hao squinted one eye and stuck it against the wall, "That's how the signs in the woods look, and where you go, you have to go." ā€

"Impossible! The surface of the tree is curved, and it can point in any direction, but the arrows on it can only depend on the direction of the cave wall, so it is certainly not understood that way. I retorted, and then followed the example of a fawn, holding my chin in contemplation.

"I see!" Brother Hao suddenly said excitedly, "We are facing this arrow, and it is to the left, so we should go to the left!" ā€

After hearing this, I felt that there was some truth and decided to go to the tunnel on the left first, and if you can still see the arrow at the next intersection, it means that he is right.

Sure enough, an arrow to the right appeared at the next intersection, and there was a play! Just in case, I carved my mark underneath the arrow, and we set off with the arrow's prompt. As before, I've marked each arrow with my own, and it's always good to have a few eyes in a place like this.

We walked for a long time following the instructions, and the narrow tunnel was already depressing, and with Brother Hao's quiet personality, I felt very difficult. It would be nice if the fawn was here, at least he could take the initiative to talk to me, sometimes he could know what I was thinking, and I would feel very relaxed when he was there anyway.

It occurred to me that maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the boy in red to him that day on the stone steps, or he wouldn't have run into the woods, and he wouldn't have had the next fate. I felt that I had harmed him, that I had put him in danger, and that the insecurity and guilt were pouring in, that I was a sinner!

Just when I felt guilty about the fawn, a familiar mark suddenly appeared at the intersection, it was a big H - I carved it!

Have we been here? I vaguely felt that something was wrong, and continued to the next intersection with the instructions of the arrow, and there was still a big H.

"Oh no, it's not right, we seem to have preconceived notions!" I said, scolding myself for being stupid.

"What do you mean?" Brother Hao asked.

"At first we thought the arrows here were the same as the ones in the woods, guiding us out. In fact, the person who marked here must have been lost, and he experimented with each path in the same way as we did. It's not a hint, it's an attempt, and we stupidly followed this misinformation for a long time! ā€

I held my head, very annoyed.

Now I can only follow my own mark and go back.

Suddenly, Brother Hao seemed to have discovered something, and patted me on the shoulder in horror and said to me, "Preface! It seems that there are arrows and H everywhere! ā€

As he spoke, he pointed to the two roads ahead, and I found that the entrance of each road was engraved with an arrow and an H.

What the hell is going on?!