Chapter 9: Candles
"Running out!"
Lin Qiuyun looked at the highlighter in her hand and sighed.
I didn't expect this cave to be so deep and so long, even though the distance she marked behind her was getting farther and farther, the highlighter still ran out quickly.
Lin Qiuyun casually threw away the highlighter and glanced back.
By this time, they had been in the cave for almost three hours, and a sense of fatigue had come to them. And it was accompanied by some sleepiness, and the eyelids were so heavy that it seemed like a fight.
"Don't sleep!"
Chen Mu suddenly spoke up and reminded Sun Yuelan, who was almost lying on his back.
"I'm so sleepy, I'll squint for a while!"
Sun Yuelan's head grew little by little, like a chicken pecking rice, and she was walking forward almost with her eyes closed.
"Oh!" Shen Di yawned.
As if infected, a yawning sound came from the crowd one after another.
"There is too little oxygen here, and everyone is a little hypoxic!" Chen Mu said to Lin Qiuyun in front of him, "Don't sleep!" ”
Lin Qiuyun was stunned for a moment, then immediately took a few steps back and discussed a few words with Zhang Zhiqiang.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
The sound of sprinkling water immediately came from behind, and Zhang Zhiqiang sprinkled a mineral water in his hand on everyone.
The cool water sprinkled on the body immediately lifted everyone's spirits, and the sleepiness was expelled a lot.
"Everyone, pay attention, don't sleep, it's not safe here!" Zhang Zhiqiang told everyone in a deep voice.
Seeing that everyone was much more sober, Lin Qiuyun returned to the front of the team to lead the way, and Chen Mu and Sun Yuelan, who had already paid Lin Qiuyun time to protect her, still followed closely behind Lin Qiuyun.
In order to expel the sleepiness, Lin Qiuyun began to talk to Chen Mu and Sun Yuelan.
Lin Qiuyun had already talked a lot about the basic knowledge of cruise ships and islands on the way here, and at this time she introduced the matter of their small team of three.
In her introduction, Chen Mu learned that Lin Qiuyun, Zhang Zhiqiang, and Yu Haitao were just a temporary team, just because they boarded the same cruise ship.
Only because Zhang Zhiqiang has been strengthened twice, Lin Qiuyun and Yu Haitao have only strengthened once, so Zhang Zhiqiang was made the captain.
Regarding the strengthening of things, Lin Qiuyun also gave a brief introduction. Enhancement is a way for tourists to spend time and potential points to improve their ability to redeem to cruise ships, which is divided into comprehensive reinforcement and focused reinforcement. Among them, Zhang Zhiqiang has a comprehensive strengthening and a focus on strengthening; Yu Haitao focuses on agility enhancement; Lin Qiuyun is focused on spiritual strengthening.
"Spirit?"
Chen Mu was a little puzzled, strength and agility could easily know the meaning of the representative, but what did spiritual strengthening mean?
"Roughly speaking, it is to improve the ability to observe, and it is easier to spot dangers!"
Lin Qiuyun explained briefly, and Chen Mu could see that she didn't want to elaborate, so she didn't ask again.
After continuing to move forward for a while, Lin Qiuyun suddenly stopped and let out a "huh".
Then, she took a few quick steps, stepped aside, and bent down.
There's a backpack there.
Backpacks are a very common style for military green, outdoor hiking.
Zhang Zhiqiang and others quickly walked over from behind and picked up their backpacks.
After opening it, the backpack contained some compressed biscuits, some commonly used medicines, two pieces of water, and a rope.
Zhang Zhiqiang broke open a compressed biscuit and said in a deep voice: "It's new!" ”
"Girls?!"
Everyone suddenly became excited, and it was indeed a joy that they had finally found the target of the mission after walking in this dreary underground cavern for so long.
Chen Mu looked around carefully, and suddenly walked to the side and squatted down, there was a stain on the ground, reddish-brown.
"It's blood!"
Lin Qiuyun also looked over.
Seeing that everyone else also looked over, Chen Mu said: "I think under normal circumstances, explorers would not leave such important materials as food, medicine and water in such an environment!" ”
"You mean......" Lin Qiuyun's face became heavy.
Zhang Zhiqiang took over: "It seems that they should have been attacked here, and they had to drop their backpacks in an emergency!" ”
Then, Zhang Zhiqiang put the backpack into the watch space, then walked over and squatted down, and his fingers clicked on the blood stains on the ground, rubbing them a few times.
He got up, "It's not solidified yet, it seems that someone should be injured, and it's a short time." ”
Zhang Zhiqiang's eyes narrowed, looked ahead, and said in a deep voice: "Let's chase!" Maybe we'll be able to save them soon! ”
After speaking, Zhang Zhiqiang used force under his feet and walked quickly forward.
The others followed without hesitation.
Chen Mu stood there a little late, and looked around carefully. Zhang Zhiqiang's guess is a little wrong, it should be "she" instead of "them"!
Because the signs here indicate that only one girl should have just passed by.
If I'm not mistaken, the six girls who entered the cave should have been separated for unknown reasons.
Chen Mu made a brief observation, and saw that the people in front of him were getting farther away, so he stepped up his steps and chased after him.
A moment later, several black shadows swept past here like ghosts!
"No power!"
Zhao Zhengang, who was walking in the middle of the team, slapped the flashlight a few times, and the light of the flashlight quickly dimmed, and then it went completely black.
"Mine too!" Lin Feng shook his flashlight.
Not only them, but other people's flashlights have also dimmed, and they may run out of power at any time.
These flashlights are given by senior tourists, one per person. Since they got out of the mine, they have been turning on their flashlights, and by this time the power has been almost used.
Shen Di's flashlight had been completely damaged when he smashed the rat to death before.
"Damn, there's no power!" Yu Haitao scolded.
"These flashlights that are redeemed for cruise ships are really short-lived."
Lin Qiuyun glanced at the flashlight in her hand, sighed and put it into the watch space.
"Who has a flashlight available?" Zhang Zhiqiang shouted.
Chen Mu had already put the flashlight into the watch space and had not used it, and at this time, seeing that other people's flashlights had lost their light, Chen Mu did not react.
"It's all gone!"
Lin Qiuyun shook her head and took out a candle from the watch space. Zhang Zhiqiang also took out a candle.
Then the two looked at Yu Haitao, and Yu Haitao spread his hands: "I don't have any lighting tools!" ”
There are only two candles left!
Everyone's faces are not good-looking, along the way, they have been able to go so smoothly, and even maintain a relatively stable mentality, which is inseparable from the light brought by the flashlight. However, at this time......
Looking at the endless darkness in the depths of the cave, a sense of tension suddenly hit everyone's hearts.
"Let's light one first!"
Zhang Zhiqiang put his candle back away.
Lin Qiuyun lit the candle, held it in her hand, and walked forward cautiously.
She didn't dare to go fast, because if she was a little faster, the candle flame would be extremely unstable, and it could even be extinguished at any time.
In this way, the speed of the crowd is greatly limited, and everyone is moving more and more slowly, relying only on the light brought by the flickering candle flame.
"Huh?"
Lin Feng, who was walking at the end, was suddenly stunned for a moment and turned around.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Haitao glanced back and found nothing.
"Seems to be moving?" Lin Feng looked behind him uncertainly, looking at it for a moment but didn't find anything.
Then he shook his head and walked on.
"Probably I was mistaken!"
In the darkness, a few bare heads listened for a moment, and then slowly embellished themselves.
They have already found their target, but they have not acted immediately, it seems, they are waiting for something.
"Hurry up, we have to catch up with those trapped girls as soon as possible!"
Zhang Zhiqiang was extremely dissatisfied with the speed of progress at this time. Everyone walked forward around Lin Qiuyun, who was holding a candle, with an average turtle speed, and it was strange that this speed could catch up with the girl.
Lin Qiuyun listened to Zhang Zhiqiang's words and gritted her teeth, but she was afraid that the candle would go out, so she still didn't dare to speed up.
"I'll do it!"
Zhao Zhengang suddenly spoke, and then, in Lin Qiuyun's surprised gaze, he took the candle, holding the candle with his right hand and blocking the candle with his left hand.
Zhao Zhengang's palm is very wide, and it is very effective to block the wind, so that the speed of progress is much faster.
It's just that the light in front of you is blocked by the palm of your hand, and the light is constantly flickering, so you can't see anything clearly.
It is not so much that this candle is lit to light the way, but that this light can only give everyone psychological comfort.
However, Lin Qiuyun breathed a sigh of relief, she and Zhao Zhengang walked side by side in front, carefully observing the surroundings.
Suddenly, a figure appeared from the corner in front of him.
"Someone!"
Lin Qiuyun shouted hurriedly and had already rushed over.
The others were stunned because they hadn't found anything.
When everyone quickened their pace and walked around the corner, they saw that the cave in front of them had undergone some changes.
The cave that had been low suddenly became much taller, and when you look closely, it has become an underground slit, as if two mountains have joined together to reveal a gap. It's just that the top is closed, and there is still no light in the whole cavern.
"What did you find?" "Is it the trapped girl?"
After everyone walked over, they didn't find anything, and they asked Lin Qiuyun one after another.
"I ...... I don't see clearly, a shadow...... It's gone in a flash! ”
Lin Qiuyun pointed to the place where she saw the figure just now.
There is nothing there!
There was a little doubt in everyone's eyes, there was no doubt that in this dark environment, the flickering and gloomy light, their own nervousness and the strong desire to find the target, it was normal to have delusions.
"I really saw it," Lin Qiuyun bit her lip, "...... alone"
"Are you sure it's human?" Chen Mu asked suddenly.
This question made everyone stunned for a moment, and then suddenly looked at Lin Qiuyun nervously.
Oh, yes! Although they are looking for the girl, according to the task, there must be monsters in this cave, what if Lin Qiuyun sees a person who is not human?
"Right?! I should be, I look like a human! ”
Lin Qiuyun nodded, but she also seemed a little unsure.
"Giggles!"
Strange voices suddenly came from all around.
"Be careful!" "Beware!"
Zhang Zhiqiang and Lin Qiuyun's faces suddenly changed, and they shouted at the same time.
I saw white figures one by one, and suddenly pounced from all directions......