Chapter XVII

Wang Yuan calmed down and looked at it, a total of six people came out of the cave, and they were walking towards them slowly, all of them were dressed in black, if it weren't for the whitening skin on the faces of two of them, it would be really difficult to find from a distance. None of the five of them were carrying any luggage or anything like that, but they all had some rope wrapped around their waists.

"What are you doing here, boys, huh? And a little girl. The middle one said.

Wang Yuan and the others stood motionless, and during the time they walked through the passage, they had almost forgotten that there were other people in it, so they were almost not vigilant. When the group of people came to the front, Wang Yuan and the others noticed that there was a scar on the face of the person in the middle, the scar almost covered the left side of his face, which looked extremely terrifying in this dark environment, Xiaoying screamed when she saw this terrible scar.

"Well, it's scary. Hey, hey, hey......" The scarfaced man gave a terrifying smile.

"That...... We came in by accident, we didn't mean to offend you, we won't hinder you, can you tell us where the exit is? Wang Yuan said in a very cautious tone.

"Oh? How did you get in. The scarface man seemed surprised by Wang Yuan's words.

"We are from Yansheng Village, we went into the mountains to play in the lake, but we found the entrance to the cave, and when we came in, the entrance to the cave was sealed." Wang Yuan explained.

"Sealed?! It's going to be difficult......" Apparently the scarface man seemed a little confused, and said to the five people next to him, "It seems that it is impossible for us to return." ”

What made Wang Yuan and them a little strange was that the few people next to them did not speak, but just stood aside coldly, as if they had nothing to do with them. The facial expressions of the five men were extremely serious. There are ropes wrapped around his waist and arms, and judging from the outline, although his body is a little thin, his muscles are very strong, and it seems that there is no room for fat.

"Then you are trapped here, and you don't seem to be afraid, do you?" The scarface man seemed suspicious.

"I promised they'd take them out!" Wang Yuan said.

"Hahaha...... You just believe in him? The scar-faced man said to Qi Zhuang.

"Well, we believe him." The three of them said in unison.

When the scarface man heard this, he showed a strange expression, his already terrifying face became a little hideous, he pointed to the left side of his face and said, "It's a pity...... Trust often comes at a price! ”

Wang Yuan didn't speak again, Wang Yuan originally wanted to ask him what was going on with his face, but after thinking about it, the less he knew, the safer it was.

"Do you know what this place is?" The scarface man pointed to the ground and said.

"We don't care where this is, can you tell us how to get out?" Wang Yuan said, and at the same time, he made a gesture behind his back to ask Qi Zhuang Xiaoying and them not to speak, but it was the small movement of the back hand that was noticed by the scar-faced man.

"It doesn't seem like you're as simple as it seems, but you have to know that I'm smarter than you think." Scarface said. "Say, "The purpose of your coming in."

"I'm telling the truth...... "Wang Yuan didn't expect that in such a gloomy environment, the scar-faced man noticed his every move.

"Kill them." The scar-faced man said to a person beside him, who swept Wang Yuan and the others with his gaze after hearing this, threw the rope wrapped around his arm to the ground, and moved his arm full of blood vessels.

"What are you going to do? I don't think you want to live anymore! Qi Zhuang walked forward and said.

"No!" Wang Yuan shouted at Qi Zhuang.

At the same time, the person next to the scar-faced man moved to Qi Zhuang's front almost instantly and pinched his neck, Qi Zhuang's weight of nearly two hundred catties was lifted by that person with one hand, and his feet were almost off the ground.

"You put him down first! I tell you what we are here for. Wang Yuan roared. Fast! You'll regret it if you don't listen!! ”

"Put him down first." Scarface said.

After hearing this, the man threw Qi Zhuang to the ground, Qi Zhuang gasped for breath on the ground, and Xiaoying on the side was also frightened by this scene, and sat on the ground expressionlessly. Wang Yuan's mind was in a mess at this time, if he simply said what city they were looking for, it seemed that these people would not let them get out alive, or let this group of people know that there were other people here with them, they were very likely to be poisoned here, and even Liu Xingye and Li Fangzheng would be involved. But if you don't say it, it seems to be a dead end, and what reason is there to save everyone.

"If you're saying it's worthless, or I'm not interested, they're going to die here, you know?" The scar-faced man said to Wang Yuan.

"We ...... We are actually ...... Let's investigate something......" Wang Yuan said hesitantly.

"What's the matter?"

"Do you know the two locust trees?" Wang Yuan stared at the scar-faced man and said.

"What did you say?" The scar-faced man's body suddenly trembled a little after hearing this. "You ...... Who asked you to investigate? Or are you just the people of the two locust trees...... No...... Impossible......" The Scarface man suddenly became a little incoherent, and it was obvious that he was extremely flustered at this time.

When Wang Yuan saw the scar-faced man's reaction, he seemed to suddenly understand, and he didn't expect that this word that suddenly came to mind in his mind would reverse the situation in an instant.

"Of course we're not, but they're in the hole over there, maybe they're already going here now because of your noise." Wang Yuan pointed to the holes on the other side and said, although he didn't know what was terrifying about the two locust trees at all, but after listening to the Scarface man's words and his reaction, he also had a general understanding in his mind.

"Impossible, I've looked into it...... They had disappeared more than a decade ago......" Scarface said backwards.

"Are you so sure of your investigation?" Wang Yuan forcibly showed a confident smile and said. "Do you think that just the four of us sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys would dare to enter such a place?"

"No...... Don't ......" The scar-faced man had only a terrifying expression on his face at this time. "Let's go!" He shouted to the other five as he ran towards the holes he had come from.

But the other five were still standing in place, and they didn't seem to be walking. They all focused their eyes on the holes that Wang Yuan was referring to, and there seemed to be some unwillingness in their eyes.

"Do you dare not listen to me?!" The scarface man roared.

The four men turned and followed Scarface and disappeared into one of the holes, but it wasn't the one they had come from.

After seeing them leave, Wang Yuan quickly made a silent gesture to Xiaoying, Qi Zhuang, and Zhao Bin, and led them to one of the holes on the other side.

"Wang Yuan, what are the two locust trees?" Xiaoying asked as she ran.

"Shh......h Now is not the time to speak. Wang Yuan whispered, and Xiaoying found that Wang Yuan's face was already full of sweat at this time.

Qi Zhuang didn't come to his senses after experiencing that thrilling moment just now, but the whole person followed Wang Yuan and them mechanically. At this time, several people did not know where the passage they were running led to, but the immediate priority was to be able to get away from the group. After running for seven or eight minutes, a few people gradually stopped.

"Bad...... Broken...... We didn't mark the intersection...... "Wang Yuan said breathlessly.

"In that case, the rest of the road is up to us." Zhao Bin said.

"It's too risky to go back now, and hopefully this road will go out." Wang Yuan looked at the passage and said, he couldn't remember how many times this depressed feeling came to his heart. "Qi Zhuang, are you okay?" Wang Yuan remembered what happened to Qi Zhuang just now.

"I ...... It's fine, but the man's hands just now are cold...... Dead people alike. Qi Zhuang rubbed his neck and said. That's right, Wang ...... Wang Yuan, what are those two locust trees, for...... Why did he scare away as soon as you said it. Qi Zhuang said breathlessly, obviously for his weight of nearly two hundred catties, the running method just now must be unbearable, not to mention that he was almost strangled to death before this.

"Based on what they just said and their reactions, I deduce that the two locust trees may be a group of people or an organization." Wang Yuan said.

"So it's the people who planted the locust tree in the middle courtyard of Yansheng Village?" Zhao Bin said.

"Well, according to our investigation, the people who planted two locust trees in the yard were my parents' house, Zhao Cripple, the old village chief, Zheng Yang, and Li Tieshi's family, just now the scar-faced man said that they were disbanded more than ten years ago, and my parents were also caught in the fire in Qianshan more than ten years ago, there must be something related to this, Uncle Liu told me that when he rebuilt the house at my parents' house, the two locust trees were cut down because they had been burned to death. So it's very likely that after my parents had an accident, this organization was disbanded. In fact, if you think about it carefully, these people may seem to have no connection with the people in the village, but if we analyze the clues we have now, we will find that in fact, these five families are actually the ones who know the most about Yan Shengshan. My father, Zheng Yang and Li Tieshi were the medicine pickers at that time, and they were the people who went in and out of Yan Shengshan the most, and the old village chief Li Xuanfeng was the village chief at that time, and all people in the outside world who wanted to enter Yan Shengshan had to go through, that is, he could collect a lot of information about Yan Shengshan from the outside world. When he handed me something the other day, I felt as if he was hiding something, intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't answer my questions, and now that I think about it, it seems that things are not easy. Wang Yuan said.

"What about the cripple Zhao? He was lame and stupid...... What kind of awesome character can he be. Qi Zhuang said.

"I remember my dad and Uncle Liu saying that his father was a Japanese translator...... Xiaoying said.

"That's right, Uncle Liu, they once said that a Japanese unit entered Yansheng Mountain and was burned to death by fire, and the translator was Zhao Cripple's father at that time, so Zhao Cripple is very likely to know something." Wang Yuan said.

"Yan Shengshan's affairs are really unclear." Qi Zhuang said.

"But I think there is still a problem here, these few people alone should not make the scarface man afraid of being like this, and his fear is likely to have another reason. There may be powerful characters in these two locust trees, so powerful that the scar-faced man doesn't dare to face him......" Wang Yuan said.

"What are we going to do next?" Xiaoying asked.

"Walking along this passage, since this passage has been built, I don't think it will be a dead end." Wang Yuan said.

"Well, we'll definitely be out!" Qi Zhuang said.

"Oops." Xiaoying had just taken a few steps when she tripped over something on the ground.

"It's okay, Xiaoying." Wang Yuan asked, and at the same time he noticed several pieces of wood on the ground on the side of the road.

"I'm fine, what's on the ground?" Xiaoying rubbed her ankle and said.

Wang Yuan picked up one with both hands and shook the dust on it, and suddenly he seemed to notice something, and then threw it to the ground, and said, "This seems to be the bone of some animal, or a rib, as if it is glowing." ”

"Wouldn't it?! What animal has such big ribs, dinosaurs? Qi Zhuang said.

Zhao Bin looked at it and said, "It's not necessarily ribs, but it should be a big guy, but what's going on?" ”

The four of them then moved all the bones around and put them together, some of which were more than a meter long, but no matter how they were arranged, it seemed difficult to tell what kind of animal it was, and they couldn't even determine which part it was. However, compared to the dim blue light around them, the bones appear a brighter blue light when the surface dust is removed.

"Everything in here is very evil, is it the witchcraft of the Underworld Country?" Qi Zhuang said.

"Is there such a monster underground? But looking at the dust on the ground, we should be the first guests to walk this passage. Wang Yuan said.

"I'm a little scared......" Xiaoying said, looking at the pile of bones.

"No matter what happens next, let's leave it alone, find the underground ancient city as soon as possible, and let's go." Wang Yuan said, the depressed feeling in his heart was even stronger, or was it an ominous premonition?!

After a few people had walked for a while, stone stairs began to appear in the passage that sloped downward, and several people knew what this meant, and maybe they were going to enter another hall again. But several people walked down the stone staircase for nearly forty minutes, but they still did not reach the end. Now every time he goes down, Wang Yuan's heartbeat is speeding up, and the entire passage is filled with the heavy breathing sound of four people, obviously their nerves are highly tense, and they can't withstand any emergencies. Xiaoying was already very tired, but in this case, she could only insist, she didn't want to drag Wang Yuan and them down, besides, her father was still trapped here.

At this time, Wang Yuan, who was suddenly walking in front, stopped and scolded: "Damn! ”

Xiaoying looked down and found that the passage seemed to have collapsed not far below......

"Damn it!" Wang Yuan looked at the road in front of him and scolded again.

The endless passage in front of them seemed to have collapsed, and the stone staircase led step by step to a large pit, leaving only a path about half a meter wide near the wall, covered with rubble, and extremely dim light. Wang Yuan looked into the pit, but he couldn't judge how deep the pit was, he only felt that the pit in front of him was about to suck himself in, he rubbed his eyes and turned his gaze to the remaining road next to him, if he wanted to cross this pit, he had to cross the pit against the wall and pass a distance of six or seven meters from there, if it was a flat road, it might be easy to say, but this road that was originally a staircase was still full of gravel, and it was quite dangerous to cross sideways. Wang Yuan picked up a stone and threw it inside, and the sound of stones colliding kept coming from inside, getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared.

"It looks deep, Wang Yuan, are we going to go over?" Qi Zhuang asked.

Wang Yuan stood there without an idea, he looked back at Xiao Ying, and said, "Why don't we go back the way we came and try the other passages in that hall?" ”

"But such a long staircase, it's easy to go down, and if you want to go up, you'll be exhausted, and we don't know if we'll meet those people when we go back, and can you be sure that there are other passages leading there?" Qi Zhuang said.

"Enough...... Let's think about it again. Wang Yuan was a little impatient.

Xiaoying walked up to Wang Yuan and said, "Wang Yuan, you don't have to worry about me, I won't drag you down, I can also walk the way you can, you just decide." ”

"It's too dangerous for you to go from here...... Wang Yuan said.

"Wang Yuan, if we lie on the stairs and fall backwards, we should be able to get there safely, this width is not too narrow." Zhao Bin said.

"Really...... How do I feel a little ......" Wang Yuan looked at the road, looked down again, and suddenly his eyes were a little blurry.

"I'll try it first." After Qi Zhuang finished speaking, he began to walk down according to Zhao Bin's method, and several people watched Qi Zhuang walk towards the opposite side one by one, and kept kicking the stones on the stairs into the pit with their feet, until Qi Zhuang reached the opposite side, and the hearts of the three people fell down.

"I'll be the second one!" Xiaoying said.

The king wanted to stop him, but he didn't know what to say, so he agreed. He thought that Xiaoying would be very scared as a girl, but Xiaoying arrived at the opposite side very easily, and waved at him and Zhao Bin with a smile. Wang Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that he was overthinking, but his heart was still beating wildly.

"Are you coming or am I coming?" Zhao Bin said.

"Come on, I'll be behind." Wang Yuan said.

Then Zhao Bin also easily arrived at the opposite side, seeing that the three people on the opposite side were so relaxed, Wang Yuan also lay on the stone stairs, moving down step by step, for the first time in his life, he felt what it was like for his heart to beat to his throat, after walking a distance, Wang Yuan looked back at the opposite side.

"Just walked to the middle...... Wang Yuan looked at the three people opposite and suddenly felt that the realization was a little blurry, and then his whole body began to tremble a little, and the beads of sweat on his forehead continued to drip on his hands.

"Oh no, he seems to be a little afraid of heights!" Qi Zhuang said, and then he climbed up the stairs, trying to stabilize him.

Wang Yuan stopped in the middle, his body trembled violently so that he didn't dare to take the next step, he glanced into the pit, his eyes were a little blurry, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears, and then his whole body tilted and slipped into the pit......

"It's over...... Dead...... It turned out that the ominous premonition was this ......" During Wang Yuan's whereabouts, Qi Zhuang and Xiaoying were vaguely heard in their ears, and Xiaoying and their hysterical shouts......