Chapter 5: After the Collapse

"This fish has too much appetite! Even if it grows so big, it won't be able to swallow a single person anyway! ”

"Look at this fish," said Lao Yang, pointing to the strange fish that were swimming, "the bodies are all white, which means that their eyesight has deteriorated, and they are all blind, how do they know the size of us, they only hear the sound of the water vibrating, and they follow us." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

But the army drew his firewood knife from his treasure bag, and with his teeth and claws, he shouted with a great grin:

"**** mother, let me chop a few to death first, and take it back for my Abba to see!"

I'm about to throw myself into the water!

Lao Yang grabbed the back of his neck and scolded:

"Hurry! Let's finish the holes first, and then we'll clean them up when we get back! With such a big fish, don't you suffer a loss when you carry it? ”

The army turned his mind and said:

"It's good! So as not to tire grandpa! For Lao Yang's sake, grandpa will let you live for a few more minutes, and it is best to give Lao Tzu a few small fish cubs, so that Lao Tzu can catch them together! ”

The jokes of the army did not make me feel any better, although I had seen the appearance of the fish clearly, but the fright I received just now did not mean that it was not good, and the broken courage did not mean that it was good, I just wanted to finish the hole quickly, and then go back in peace. The initial curiosity and excitement had long since passed, and I was timid by nature, and after this stimulation, I was really a little overwhelmed, so I urged them to hurry up.

The next road became very smooth, although we passed a few more waterholes, fortunately the water was not deep, we stopped and stopped, I don't know how long the time passed, only to see the cave getting narrower and narrower, to the end, there was no way.

To be exact, there are a few small holes at the end of the cave that we can crawl into at our stature. But we walked for so long, and we didn't know if it was already dark outside, and we didn't bother to investigate any more, just to go home and have a hot meal.

I told them my thoughts, but Lao Yang said:

"It's all here, you guys are waiting for me outside, I'll climb in and see what's going on inside."

The army also chimed in: "I will also follow Lao Yang to take a look, maybe there are some gold and silver treasures buried inside!" ”

When I saw their posture, I couldn't persuade them anymore, and when I heard the army mention "gold and silver treasures," I didn't know why it itched in my heart.

We picked a relatively large hole, led by Lao Yang, and climbed into it. This biggest hole just accommodates our bodies, and with our skinny and bony figures, it still seems a little crowded, and adults can't get in. I wondered how it was possible to bury treasure in this little cave, could it be that the outlaws sent children like us to carry things in little by little.

I've been a money junkie since I was a kid, and I like to collect antique coins, and when I think about this joint, excitement comes out of nowhere.

We followed the hole, left and right for a while, up and down for a while, climbed about fifty or sixty meters, and was exhausted, when we suddenly heard the old Yang monster at the front screaming:

"Oh my God!"

I hurriedly asked what was wrong, and listening to Lao Yang's tone, it seemed like something good was coming.

Immediately after, the noise of the army came from the front:

"****! The boys are rich! ”

I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and Lao Yang lit a candle among the few of us, why did the front suddenly become so bright, and a huge purple light faintly appeared!

As we crawled out of the narrow cave, at that moment, the three of us were suddenly stunned by the sight in front of us!

It was a cave of about 50 square meters, 10 meters high, and from the ceiling of the cave hung down many jagged stalactites, earthy yellow, but between these chaotic stalactites, there grew a large purple crystal that I had never seen before. The crystals on the walls of the cave were darker, purple and black, growing in the shape of diamonds, the largest being as thick as an arm, and there were countless of them, reflecting a faint purple glow in the light of candles.

Where had the three of us ever seen such a beautiful stone, we froze in place, our eyes rolling drippingly, as if we had lost our souls.

The army was the first to recover from the shock, only to see him pick up a stone in his hand, and without saying a word, he threw himself on the wall of the cave to smash the purple crystal, and muttered something with his mouth still dry. Lao Yang and I looked at each other, and I couldn't keep calm anymore, so I picked up the stone and grabbed the amethyst!

The sonorous sound of stones hitting the crystals filled the entire cavern, and the three of us were all like enchanted beings, smashing desperately, for fear that the other party would be faster than our own hands and feet, and snatch bigger and better crystals. The rumbling echoes were incessant, and we didn't bother to speak, or to examine the cavern closely, and we were completely caught up in an unknown madness. Although we are still young, under the guidance of adults, we also understand the truth that people die for money, and birds die for food, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes very treacherous.

At first I heard the movements, and I felt something falling from the top of the cave, and when I scanned it with my eyes, I couldn't see anything wrong. I continued to work hard, but the movement became louder and louder, and I felt that something was wrong, so I hurriedly stopped what I was doing and carefully scanned the whole cave.

It wasn't until a larger stone fell from the roof of the cave that I realized what had happened, it turned out that our frenzied beating shook the foundation of the cave, causing some hidden fulcrum to break suddenly, and the inevitable collapse followed!

"Run! The hole is going to collapse! ”

The collapse came too quickly, we had no way to escape, and in the panic, the army was swept away by a boulder that rolled down, and Lao Yang and I, like ants on a hot pot, had nowhere to hide, and ran around in a panic. After about a minute of collapse, the cavern finally returned to calm, and the lime that had been raised had long since extinguished the candles in our hands, and in the absolute darkness I huddled in a corner, not daring to move.

It wasn't until Lao Yang struck a match and lit the candle tremblingly that I stood up. We checked each other's injuries, and although Lao Yang and I were both disgraced, we finally didn't hurt our bones. We checked the cave collapse again, and it turned out that the place where we had gotten into was blocked by countless boulders, and although the cave had not changed the size of its own space, it had changed the form of existence. We are deeply aware of the gravity of the situation, there is no exit, in other words, we can't get out, we have to die here.

The army was crushed by a stone of hundreds of catties and broke his left leg, and the huge pain knocked him unconscious. The leg was distorted by the stone, the broken bones pierced the flesh, and the crimson blood flowed all over the ground, making me dizzy and my throat tight, and I almost threw up.

Lao Yang did not know where to calm down, in the time when I was at a loss, he first took off his clothes, wrapped the wounds of the army, and then held a candle, and carefully inspected the cave after the collapse, he told me to take care of the army, and walked to the end of the cave alone, and after a while he walked back in a daze, and said to me while sighing:

"There's a sinkhole over there, going down vertically, and the hole is big enough for us to get into, but it's very deep, it's an upside-down funnel-shaped, unfathomable, and we can't go down without a rope......"

I cried and asked Lao Yang what to do, are we really going to die here? Lao Yang didn't speak, just sighed vigorously, and the apocalyptic despair shattered us.

We tried to remove the stones blocking the entrance, but they were too large for human power to reach, and we tried in vain a few times before giving up. During this period, the army woke up once, shouted in pain, shouted for a long time, and fainted again.

We slept and woke up hungry and devoured what was left. The candles burned out one after another, and Lao Yang and I stared at each other and fell silent for a long time.

A huge sense of despair hit me again, and I kept whimpering, asking Lao Yang what to do, and constantly patrolling this cave dozens of meters square, until I was so hungry that I didn't have any strength left. Lao Yang sat next to the army, without saying a word, like an old monk who had settled down, staring at the air with a confused gaze, and occasionally exhaling a breath of turbid air from his mouth.

We slept and woke and woke and slept, hunger tormented our stomachs, and I don't know how long it took, and I felt like I was losing my spirits and my eyes were blurry. In order to save candles, we have to put out the candles when we sleep, and when we wake up, we only light the lights for a while, but even then, the remaining candles quickly become a handful.

The occasional whispering of the army disturbed me and Lao Yang, and neither of us said a word, but the moment our eyes met, we all knew that this time we were really finished.

Under the intense hunger, I began to fantasize about all kinds of food, I remembered the braised pork made by my father during the Chinese New Year, and I remembered the roast duck that my mother bought for me. I fell into a long stupor, and my whole body was drained by hunger, and I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes. The terrible thought in my heart hit me again and again, lingering, I restrained myself, cursed myself, sleep, sleep, just sleep for a while.

I don't know how long I slept this night, until Lao Yang woke me up, he raised a candle, I rubbed my eyes and looked, my heart suddenly rushed to my throat, I saw Lao Yang smiling at me gloomily, that kind of laughter I can't forget in my life, just like a fool killed his father, cut off the head and put it in the refrigerator, and when you open the refrigerator door and see the head inside, he grinned at you.

He stretched out his hand to me, dragging a piece of red slimy in his hand, grinning his mouth stained with red juice, and grinning:

"Eat! Yes? Eat, I just caught a mouse in the hole, it's quite big, hehe! It's huge! Hungry, right? Eat it, I've got a piece for you......"

Although I was already hungry and delirious, I saw that Lao Yang suddenly became so incoherent, nervous, and his mouth was still stained with a very disgusting bright red juice, smirking at me, I was numb, and suddenly realized something, and the whole heart suddenly rose to my throat!

Seeing that I refused to eat what he handed me, Lao Yang instantly smiled, glared at my eyes fiercely, and his face suddenly became extremely terrifying......