Chapter Twenty-Five: The Mysterious Man Appears
After feeling movement at the entrance of the cave above, I immediately touched the back of my head, and there was no cold: that is, at the entrance of the cave, it was probably a big living person!
But except for the Taiwanese who came in a few hours before us, there are only four of us left! I didn't find the rest of the paths or cave entrances along the way, Mr. Angelica, who had followed us in the previous operation, was dead, He Yunchang and Li Shuangyue should not be here, the Taiwanese were in front, and the Oriental people were left with only one old man from the valley, and now I don't know where it is - who is this person who appears at the entrance of the cave above our heads now?!
I held my breath, the second uncle had already turned off our searchlight long ago - because there were various bulges on the stone wall overhead, so we couldn't see our searchlight from the angle above. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
A few seconds later, I heard a "bang" and saw a chain thrown down from the hole above!
Because the direction in which my second uncle and I climbed down had changed, the chain thrown down from the entrance of the cave was about a zhang or so away from us, and there was a bulge in the middle that separated us.
The second uncle made a silent gesture at me, and I nodded, my feet tightly pinned into the cracks in the stones, and the pickaxe in my hand did not dare to move, and I stared at the chain with wide eyes.
Soon, a figure slid down the chain from above, and this speed was extremely fast, and it was obvious that this person had come prepared.
In just a few seconds, the man passed in front of my eyes, and I listened to the sound of chains, and gradually disappeared into the bottomless darkness......
After a while, the chain suddenly tightened, and then it fell silent—the man must have fallen to the ground.
I turned on the searchlight, illuminated the stone wall with the weakest light, turned my head to look at the second uncle, and was about to ask something, but I saw that the second uncle's face was a little abnormal, his brows were furrowed, and there was a trace of cold light in his eyes that he couldn't see.
"Second, second uncle?" I was stunned for a few seconds before I whispered, "What's wrong with you?!" ”
"It's fine." The second uncle raised his eyes and looked at me: "Xiaorui, you crawl over slowly, and we will go down the chain." ”
I saw that the second uncle's eyes were a little flustered when he looked at me, he opened his mouth, but he swallowed the doubts on the side of his mouth, answered, slowly moved horizontally along the stone wall to the side of the iron chain, and reached out to grab it: "Second uncle, I'm below." ”
"Okay." The second uncle nodded and followed.
I tugged hard at the chain to make sure it could hold the weight of both of us, and then I moved my whole body to the chain and crawled down the chain.
I have to say that in this way, the speed is much faster, and after a few minutes, I have slid a distance of more than ten meters, but I still can't see the endless dark boundary below.
"Hu ......" I was also a little tired, I stood firm on a white stone, let out a long breath, and looked up at the second uncle: "Second uncle, this place is too deep!" ”
"Well, we've almost come down more than twenty meters, and we can't see the end in sight." The second uncle also let out a sigh: "Judging from the speed of the person's fall just now, there is at least a depth of fifty meters. ”
"Good ......," I sighed with my mouth open, "so deep, this place is also naturally formed?" But how did those drifters come about? ”
When the second uncle heard me ask this question, he was stunned for a moment: "Yes, you asked this question well, it should be said that this kind of place should only be formed in geological movements." Not to mention ancient times, even with modern science and technology, it is absolutely impossible to make such things as undercurrent rolling stones and whirlpool caves. Only these water drifters can't be naturally formed......"
Before the second uncle's words fell, I suddenly felt a chill in the back of my head, and hurriedly looked at the second uncle above my head, and the second uncle obviously felt it, signaled me not to make a sound, and turned off the searchlight: "Don't provoke them!" These evil corpses are more evil than ordinary water drifters, but if you don't take the initiative to provoke them, you shouldn't be able to chase them. ”
I just nodded, hurriedly turned off the searchlight, and clutched the chain and didn't dare to move. But after waiting for a few minutes, there was no movement, but the chill in the back of my head was still there, which made me feel very uneasy.
"Knock, knock, knock—" This endless darkness, coupled with the weightlessness of the air, made people feel helpless and desperate the most, and after a few minutes of hard work, I couldn't help but gasp for breath and turn on the searchlight!
"Whew-huh-" I panted and looked around, but there was nothing but the stone wall: "Second uncle, there's nothing!" There's not much movement! ”
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt a shake under my feet, and hurriedly grasped the chain, and turned the searchlight to look down, and this sight was so frightened that I almost pulled it over—the white raised stone under my feet had grown a head, no hair, and a pale face, and under the light of the searchlight, I could clearly see this upturned face, with eyes as white as the skin, staring at me motionlessly!
Damn, it's not a stone, it's a myriad of water drifters!
As soon as I reacted here, the water drifter under my feet didn't know why, and suddenly retreated backwards, and I suddenly kicked into the air and fell directly down!
"Ahh
I screamed, trying to let my hands grasp the chain, but in this case, the inertia was too strong, my arm strength could not hold it at all, after falling for a few seconds, I heard the second uncle shout, the rope around my waist suddenly tightened, this time I reacted fast enough, and hurriedly grabbed the rope, which can be regarded as stopping!
Before I had time to catch my breath, my little heart tightened again: "Second and second uncles, be careful......"
The second uncle was looking down to see if I was okay, and when he heard me say this, he hurriedly looked up, and was suddenly stunned: At this moment, under the illumination of the searchlight, dozens of white water drifters appeared densely on the stone wall dozens of meters above our heads, holding the stone wall tightly with their hands and feet, and staring at us with those white miserable eyes with grinning teeth.
"What do they want to do?" I asked in a low voice, "I guess I already feel our breath, otherwise I wouldn't be so cautious." ”
The second uncle responded: "Xiaorui, see if you can see the ground!" ”
"Oh." I hurriedly looked down, and to my delight, we were less than two meters above the ground!
"Less than two meters!" I said to my second uncle.
"Jump!" The second uncle said without hesitation.
I had long been tired of this feeling of being suspended in the air, and as soon as I let go, I slipped down the chain, and when I saw that the height was about the same, I let go and landed firmly on the ground.
The second uncle tied me together, jumped down with him, and untied the hook lock with his hand: "Go!" ”
The uncle and nephew hurriedly ran in the direction opposite the stone wall, and looked back as they ran, but the water drifters lying on the stone wall did not chase after them, and it seemed that they had turned into white stones again......
"Slow down!" When the second uncle saw the future of the pursuers, he patted me on the shoulder and motioned me to slow down.
I couldn't hold it anymore, I was very nervous on the stone wall, and now I was covered in sweat, and the air around me was extremely humid, and my body was sticky and uncomfortable.
Seeing what the second uncle was looking at, I simply sat on the ground with my butt and reached out to take off my coat, even the wet shirt inside, and then I felt better.
"Did you find anything?" I asked the second uncle.
"Found it." The second uncle said in a low voice: "There are footprints here, if you guess correctly, the seventh master should have walked from this side." In other words, it was the group of Taiwanese who walked from this side, let's follow the footprints and take a look. ”
I stood up and glanced at the time, and it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon.
I followed the second uncle along the footprints and walked into the depths of the darkness, and along the way, I was guessing in my heart: I couldn't help but ask the second uncle what he thought of the person who came down the chain, because I could almost conclude that after seeing the figure of that person, the second uncle, whose expression became a little weird, had definitely recognized his identity!
However, in my first tentative inquiry at that time, the second uncle avoided answering, which made me even more puzzled - who could make the second uncle identify it and not tell him?!
At first, I suspected that it was Mazi, a person who has always made us feel that he is not dead for more than a year, but this idea was immediately pushed down by myself, first of all, Mazi's death has been seen by many of us together; Secondly, even if it is Mazi, the second uncle has no reason to hide it from me.
After thinking about it, I also have an answer in my heart, but this answer makes me feel deeply uneasy, I dare not mention this person in front of my second uncle, and even in front of anyone, I will not mention it again like before.
Originally, I suspected that all this was a false illusion, or a lie made up by a toad, but from the many things that have happened since I learned about it, I think it is true. By the way, a few days ago, the second uncle suddenly disappeared in Jinan that night, and when he came back, he said that he was looking for someone, but he also didn't tell me the identity of that person......
I feel more and more that this conspiracy is a bit big, and it is one link after another, everyone has their own careful thoughts, and in the end, there is no winner......
What I'm sure of is that this mysterious man is taking the initiative at this time, and the reason is that what he wants is made easier for us to exist, and with us opening the way, he can sit back and enjoy it - or rather, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch follows. When I thought of this, I suddenly felt funny, because the second uncle in front of me was also playing the same abacus!
"Here we are." The second uncle's words pulled me out of my thoughts.
When I looked at it, what appeared in front of us in the darkness was a circular hole about a foot high and seven feet wide.