Chapter 11: The Deep Cave (Part II)

"What reason?" After I asked, I couldn't help but stretch my neck and scold, "What about you giving birth?" Fuck it! Can you stop gasping for breath and explain it in one breath? ”

As soon as I finished scolding, I only heard a "pop", and suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my head. I screamed and retreated to the base of the wall. Then I heard the girl's laughter from below.

I didn't even know what was going on, so I hurriedly ran back to the railing and looked down, only to see that Dadong was weighing something the size of a broad bean in his hand......

I understand it when I look at it.

This dog's day, he actually threw a stone from 20 meters away, and it hit my seal hall!

If this is a horizontal distance, I would think that Dadong's target is quite accurate.

But this is vertical! Strength and alignment are not usually comparable. How did Dadong do it? In addition to being surprised, I couldn't help but feel a little admiration. But I am a good-faced man, and although my heart is shaken, I refuse to say anything.

"You're murdering!" I clutched my head and screamed.

"Who made you a rabbit!" Dadong's angry scolding came from below. I gritted my teeth, I had to admit it, and now I don't dare to make another mistake in front of this guy.

I sat on the ground, and there was silence on both sides for a while, and before long, I heard Daito continue to say, "Yoko, come here." ”

I was a little unhappy in my heart, and my heart said, if you let me come, I'll come over? So how faceless am I? But after thinking about it again, it is still important to do serious things now, and I am such a highly cultivated and high-level person, I still don't get angry with him. So he went back to the railing and poked his head out to look down.

I saw Dadong flashlight, and the light shone on a ground not far from them.

"See anything?" Dadong asked.

To be honest, it's a bit far away. I was 100 degrees nearsighted, and the cave was extremely dim, so I really couldn't see clearly for a while. I just feel that there seems to be a trace of the length of a branch, grayish-white, and elongated shape on the floor, but I am not sure if it is a "trace".

I squinted, trying to focus, and suddenly I understood.

"Is it a picture?" I shouted.

"Well, sort of." Dadong replied, "Someone carved a mark here with a knife. ”

"What mark?"

"An arrowhead, five or six meters below is this thing." Dadong said, "It is precisely because of this that we did not choose to turn back by other methods, but sent a signal to you with a flashlight, so that you can also come down and have a look." ”

I was stunned, and immediately understood the meaning of Dadong's words, "You mean that those 16 people left this mark to indicate that they continued to go down?" ”

"Quite possibly. But I guess this mark will definitely not be left for us, but we found it by mistake......" Dadong didn't finish speaking, and then came the girl's playful voice.

"Xiaoyangzi, keep going, or turn back, do you dare to gamble?"

Hearing her say this, I looked at the girl's clear little face and slowly retracted my head.

I knew what she was saying, and whether or not to keep going down was the biggest choice I had right now. I couldn't make a decision right away - the huge cavern looked eerie, with sour stairs as if it were forcing the intruder to go down. After going down, I don't know what flood beasts I will encounter, and I will definitely die again. But if I look back now, this clue will be cut off, and I am really unwilling.

I scratched my head and casually looked at the top of the hole. Not far overhead, I saw a shining point of light.

I couldn't help but be stunned when I looked at the bright spot, but then I realized that it was the flashlight we saw in the main hall, a pillar of light shining through the floor.

"By the way, how did you get the flashlight on it?" I asked out of curiosity.

"Hmph, that's a lot of effort! You've got to praise me! The girl said with a stinky face, "Actually, this 'Jiaxiu Building' is just a flower shelf, the building is about to collapse, the floor is empty, and there are many gaps between the stone bricks, I found it as soon as I walked in." It is estimated that when it was originally designed, it was only built to cover the deep hole below, and it was completely face-saving! ”

The girl said, with a clear stinky beauty in her tone.

"Later, we saw those marks in the hole, but we couldn't get out, and we didn't know how to signal you. When I came down, the wooden door was closed, and the white bird released by the Xuanyuan people couldn't fly out, and I screamed a few times, but I guess you didn't hear it. After thinking about it, he finally tried to get the Xuanyuan people to tie a trumpet flashlight to the arrow, and shot an arrow to the zenith.

I thought to myself, if it was light, maybe you could perceive it, but you wouldn't be able to notice it, and you would definitely be able to see it when it was dark. I didn't expect the two of you to find out so quickly. Alas, tell me about it, how is it? Am I awesome? ”

When I heard where the girl was smug, I couldn't help but laugh. "Amazing, amazing." I praised...... It's a compliment from the heart.

"Yoko," Daito asked me, "have you decided?" A group of people are still waiting. ”

At this point, I didn't say anything, but slowly stood up and stretched. Looking at the scene in this cave, thinking about the wind and waves I have flowed all the way, thinking about how valuable my little life is. I shook my head......

"Let's go!" I said, "Wait, I'll come down!" ”

Listening to my words, Dadong didn't say anything, but I faintly heard him snort. I could hear that there was a smile in his voice, probably in favor of my choice.

When I was about to take that step, I looked back at Xiao Rong, who still looked like an executor, following me without saying a word. I smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and suddenly wanted to say something encouraging and thankful, but I found that I was short of words and not very interesting, so I had to say "be careful" and walked down.

As I walked, I asked Dadong, "Are you sure that strong acid will only spew out when it is going up?" I don't want to be sprayed to death while walking. ”

"I'm not sure." Dadong said leisurely, "Try it, if you die, you will die, purely as a test of your character." ”

As soon as I heard this, I went crazy, and my heart said that there is such a fool of people? Isn't this a joke? But when I looked at it again, I had walked more than ten meters now, and it was impossible to turn back. Looking at the floor tiles under my feet, I scolded my father in my heart and walked down.

I walked down cautiously and tremblingly, circling the deep cave twice, and it didn't take long for me to see them.

"Look, you didn't spray to death, did you?" The girl said with a grin.

"Hehe, it's just for the time being, there's still a long road down there." I pinched a cold sweat and smiled wryly.

At this time, I finally saw the few Xuanyuan people who were killed by strong acid. I saw their bodies lying on the steps, their upper bodies covered with two black tarps, and blood flowed all over the ground. On the exposed arms and ankles, the skin was partially rotten, as if it had been skinned.

I was so frightened that I dodged and jumped between the corpses and came to the side of the girl and Dadong.

Right now, there's no way to help these people dispose of the bodies. I don't know if these people believe in Buddha or not, in short, it's still "Amitabha".

The group didn't say much, and quickly sorted out their bags. When Dadong saw us following, he just nodded, picked up the Miao knife, and walked down the spiral ladder.

I hurriedly followed, and before I took a few steps, I came to the "mark" that Dadong said.

As he said, there are about a dozen such arrow marks on the ground. Although the carving is not deep, it is difficult to find it in the steps in front of it, one after another, at a distance of five or six meters.

Take a closer look as you go. I suddenly noticed that each of these arrows looked different.

Some arrows have a triangle at the top, others like a tree branch, and some like arrows with a feather painted on the tail. In short, it doesn't feel like it was carved by one person.

I counted them, and there were 14 arrows in total.

I wondered, what's going on? If it is true that none of these marks were engraved by the same person, is it possible that everyone who went down had one such mark? That means that there are 14 people at the bottom of this cave?

Thinking of this, I hurriedly asked Dadong, how many Xuanyuan people did my parents hire back then?

Dadong looked back at me and replied three people.

I don't know exactly what the final answer will be, but if there are 14 people down there, we're going to make a big discovery!

I told Daito what I thought. At this time, we had slowly walked away with the team, and after listening to my words, Dadong tilted his head slightly and said, "Yoko, did you see the note that your mother left in the building?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and nodded hurriedly and said yes.

Dadong stopped talking.

I didn't know what he was trying to say by suddenly mentioning this incident, so I continued to ask, "Do you know who she left the note?" ”

After hearing this, Dadong shook his head and said, "At the beginning, the 16 of them must have been divided into two groups of people and horses to run in this garden. You've only been separated from us for so long, have you noticed anything? ”

Hearing Dadong say this, I immediately remembered the corpse of my second uncle. I thought to myself, could it be that the note and the excellent were all left for my second uncle? But then, I thought about my dad again. Dadong said that my dad was secretive, and he might not be in the door now. Could it be for my dad?

Both of these are possible.

Then, I remembered a lot of things, the corpse of the woman in the forest, and the hole in the ground that the flying snake had gnawed out, I had also seen a skeleton, who were they?

I wanted to ask Dadong, but at this time, I listened to Dadong himself and began to say, "...... Do you still remember those shiny things in the water of Xuanyuan Ancient City? I didn't let you touch it? ”

I thought about it and nodded.

I know he's talking about the first time I met him. At that time, Dadong put a Miao knife on my neck and was cruel to me. Now that I think about it, where is the "block"? That's clearly intimidation!

I suddenly wanted to complain to Dadong, but I felt that it was inappropriate to spray now, so I held it in my heart and listened to Dadong continue.

"What's that thing?" I asked.

"It's bones...... It's the bones of 16 people in your family, three of them! ”

"What?" As soon as I heard this, a thunder suddenly exploded on my head, and I instantly forgot all the grooves I wanted to spit out just now, "Then you didn't say it earlier!" ”

"Why didn't I say that?" Dadong glared at me fiercely, "I told you that as soon as you entered this Xuanyuan Ancient City, Xu Yongting's 16 people encountered irreversible annoyance. Several people died at that time...... These are the three who died! ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, who could have known that you were talking about this!" I howled.

Dadong sighed and ignored me, "After the three of them died, all their bodies and bones were gone, and only the broken bones were washed into the hall by the groundwater. The bones are wrapped in a layer of 'honey', which ordinary people must not touch. ”

"So, in fact, there are only 13 people who come to this Mizi Garden, plus 3 Xuanyuan people, right?"

"Yoko," Daito didn't answer me, his face kept facing forward, it was obviously pitch black, but I always felt as if he was looking at something, "this time, you can count the number of people." Live or die in this garden, count enough to count 16 heads, and we'll go back!" ”

After listening to Dadong's words, I was stunned and didn't know what to say. This seems to be a kind of foreshadowing, and it also shows Dadong's attitude, in short, it makes me very uncomfortable.

Unlike me, what I'm looking for is people, and what Dadong is looking for is just a result. Maybe he had expected something a long time ago, but I, a vulgar person, even if I expected it, I didn't want to admit it in my heart.

I was silent, bowed my head, and walked around the deep cave twice.

The cave was pitch black, and gradually, the stairs beneath your feet began to break one by one. The steps were gone, and only the horizontal logs that made the base of the platform were inserted in the cracks of the stone. If you want to keep walking, you can only step on those suspended logs.

And the more you go to the bottom of the cave, the more intense the foul smell becomes, and the air is so turbid that it's hard to bear.

Seeing this situation, I felt a little drumming in my heart, but now it was too late to push back again, so I simply stubbornly didn't think about what I had and didn't have.

Those Xuanyuan people are very nimble in their steps, even if there is no floor slab, they can step on the crosswood as if they were walking on the ground. Not to mention Dadong's skills.

As I walked, I began to see some big craters in the walls. The fine lines of crumbling rock on the edge of the pit spread like cobwebs, as if they had been violently struck by something.

The steps that disappear from place to place under your feet are crunchy like soda crackers. Walking up, gravel, bricks, and sand fell down with a clatter.

The road is getting harder and harder, and at the moment I don't worry about the strong acid that kills people, but I have more worries. That's where the team starts to slow down.

At this point, it is getting farther and farther away from the entrance from which it came.

When I looked up, I couldn't see the flashlight that the girl had left on the zenith. It was pitch black, and only footsteps and the sound of falling rubble could be heard echoing through the cave.

After walking forward more than ten meters with my head stuffed, I stopped. I saw that there was a collapsed road ahead, and although the distance of the break was not far, this time, there was not a single crossbar on the wall that could be stepped on.

I frowned, and let out a "tsk" in annoyance, thinking about whether I had to run for a while to jump over, when suddenly, I was stunned, and the whole person was stunned.

My brain lost its command, and goosebumps popped up all over my body. I only heard faintly, and an unusually strange voice came from my ears......

The voice grew stronger. I panicked and swallowed several gulps. I didn't know what it was for a moment, and then the whole cavern rumbled.

"Gollum Gurr......"