Zeng Guangyou's father, who is 60 years old this year, left the Shennongjia tourist area more than 10 years ago to live in a neighboring county town. It was at least a four-hour drive from Wang Yongzhi's resort to the county, but we didn't delay any more because of the urgency, and we drove straight to the county without dinner.

When we arrived at Zeng Guangyou's father's house in the county, it was already half past nine at night, and his father did not sleep, but he was already ready to rest. His surprise visit apparently surprised him, and when we explained our intentions, the uncle immediately made a face at us, and then called his son, Zeng Guangyou, aside and muttered something in a low voice.

Zeng Guangyou had already been vaccinated with us before, and I could probably guess what his father was talking to him, so I didn't wait for them to finish their words before I got up and said, "Uncle Zeng, we also made it very clear just now, we are not for the Book of Immortality, we just want to know where the savage cave you went to more than thirty years ago is." ”

Zeng Guangyou's father frowned, and immediately shook his head and said: "I advise you not to go to that cave, and don't look for your friends, in my opinion, it is better not to find it than to find it." ”

"No, it has to be found!" Zhu Yue also stood up and said, "They are my most Haode sisters, even if they die, I will take their bodies home." Uncle, please tell us, it's a big deal that you can draw us a road map, and then we will go into the mountains to find it ourselves. ”

"Yes, uncle, help, we can count on you!" Shu Xin also came over to help and pleaded.

The two women took turns to fight, which obviously made Zeng Guangyou and his father a little overwhelmed, and he held his mouth with a bitter face, and his face was full of reluctance.

I don't think it's enough to rely on Zhu Yue and Shu Xin alone, so I hurriedly glanced at Qiao Wei and Wang Yongzhi, and asked them to go up together to beg Zeng Guangyou and his father to let go. Qiao Wei and Wang Yongzhi comprehended, and then they also got up and surrounded Uncle Zeng in the middle, shouting again and uncle, anyway, whatever is good.

Under this kind of strong siege, Zeng Guangyou and his father finally gave up resistance, he closed his eyes and tightened his nose, and said continuously: "Okay, good!" I tell you, don't make noise in my ears, my head is going to explode. ”

As soon as we saw that it was done, a few of us quickly shut up, Zeng Guangyou and his father also sighed helplessly and said, "Hey, I really don't want to go to that place." You can't find a map for you, and it's not a problem to put you in the mountains! Forget it, I'll go with you into the mountains, but you can't wear these clothes, especially shoes. ”

Entering the Shennongjia primeval forest is different from following the tour guide on the bluestone road in the entertainment scenic spot, and it is necessary to change into a jungle suit. Naturally, those of us laymen didn't know what to wear, so Zeng Guangyou's father also made a list for us to arm ourselves.

That night we found a random hotel in the county town to rest, and the next day as soon as the store opened, we went to buy equipment according to the list given by Zeng Guangyou's father, and by ten o'clock in the morning, we had all been transformed from urban youths to Indiana Jones.

Maybe he didn't want his son to take the adventure with him, or maybe he was worried that if we were also killed, there would be someone who could call for help, Zeng Guangyou and his father did not let Zeng Guangyou follow, but he personally drove us to the cave more than 30 years ago.

After a long drive of several hours, we arrived at the village of Lagu, where the legend of the skinners was passed down from this small village at the foot of the mountain, which was also the hometown of Zeng Guangyou's father. Qiao Wei and Zhu Yue also came to this village a few days ago, and asked the villagers about the skinners, which is only more than 20 minutes away from the Huilongwan Resort where we used to stay.

Uncle Zeng parked the car in the village, and before entering the mountain, he also reconfirmed whether we really wanted to go in together.

This issue was discussed by a few of us last night.

Originally, I didn't approve of the two ladies going into the mountain together, but the missing person was Zhu Yue's good friend, and she asked to go along; And Shu Xin also said that he would advance and retreat with me, even if he disappeared, he would disappear with me; The only unrelated person is Wang Yongzhi, but this local must do his "landlord friendship" no matter what.

So we also confirmed with Uncle Zeng once again that we were going to go into the mountain together.

After walking out of the village for about ten minutes, we were greeted by a vast forest and mountain. The sea of clouds in the mountains in the distance is like a fairyland, just looking at it from a distance, there is a feeling of relaxation and joy, and the fear that lingered in the chest when rushing here is now gone.

Uncle Zeng walked in front to guide us in the way, and he cut down the branches and weeds blocking the road while opening a mountain knife, and at the same time reminded us not to get separated.

It took almost two hours to walk from the village to the cave, and the longer the distance, the more you had to move too quickly, and you had to allocate your physical strength reasonably. Hiking wasn't my forte, let alone walking through the mountains, so I kept my mouth shut and didn't talk as much as possible to save energy.

Qiao Wei was much more active than me, and he followed Uncle Zeng as he walked, asking if there were really wild people in the mountains, and if the things that took away the pigs and sheep in Lagu Village were different species from the skinners.

Uncle Zeng said that there must be savages, and most of the people who took away the pigs and sheep in the village were also savages, but it is difficult to say whether the skinners were savages or not, because from beginning to end in the cave, he did not see any traces of the lives of savages, no dung, no food crumbs, fruit peels and the like, only the countless bones that were buried in one place and the remains of the ninth expedition member.

Then Qiao Wei told Uncle Zeng about the situation we encountered in Huilongwan Resort, especially the strange thing that happened when the male employee of the insurance company disappeared for the second time.

Uncle Zeng shook his head after hearing this. He said that the wild man might be able to break the door open, but he didn't know why, after all, thirty years ago, the expedition team did not use any surveillance equipment to watch the lone page, and there was no invisible man with infinite power.

In a Q&A session, we reached our destination, a hidden cave hidden under a raised rock in the mountains. The hole wasn't big enough for a man to bend down and get into. Uncle Zeng turned on the searchlight and was the first to go inside, followed by Qiao Wei and the two ladies, and then to me and Wang Yongzhi.

The first part of the road was very narrow and winding, and it was very difficult to walk, but after about 20 or 30 meters, the passage gradually widened, and I was finally able to stand up. After passing through a large cavern, Uncle Tsang led us to a round, dark cave that would allow a man to climb into, and it was more like a passage dug by some animal than a hole.

Uncle Zeng asked us, "Are you all ready?" ”

Qiao Wei nodded in front as a representative, and handed the haode rope we had prepared in advance to Uncle Zeng. Uncle Zeng then fixed one end of the rope to the stalagmite not far from the entrance of the round hole, and then took the other end of the rope and fell into the round hole.