Nothing fell. I couldn't hear anything other than the sound of my pounding heartbeat. My face was twisted with nervousness, fear, and maybe anger, and I felt extremely uncomfortable with myself. I don't have the ability to continue standing here, not just because of some individual factors such as courage and physical strength, but because of the ability to combine various factors. I really felt the fear that was worse than death, I didn't know what I was afraid of, maybe it was fear for fear. But it really brought me close to a crash.

I don't know how I got out of the fork in the road, I'm already numb, and if I don't get numb, I'm afraid I won't be able to move my legs.

The fire ahead had stopped, waiting for me. I walked over slowly, I was desperately trying to calm myself down, I couldn't bring panic to them. When I got within range of the torch, I felt like my face was back to normal, I couldn't see my own face, but at least it wasn't so distorted.

"Didn't fall?" Platoon Commander Zhao asked me with a trembling voice.

How could two feet without boots be hidden. I forced my composure and said, "It's more awkward to wear a boot, I threw it away." ”

"I said it was a ghost. You believe it now!? Squad leader Liu shouted in despair with crying in his voice.

I knew that I might not be able to hide this from them, but I didn't expect them to react so quickly and so violently. I was forced to go crazy by this incident, and after hearing the dejected words of squad leader Liu, I finally couldn't help but burst out, "You're suspicious of everything, have you ever seen a ghost?" Have you ever heard of a boot-eating ghost? There must be something wrong in this passage, but it's not a ghost! ”

My words made squad leader Liu a little sensible. Although I am also very afraid of this matter, but I don't simply classify it as a ghost in my heart, such a simple division, which seems to explain this matter, actually makes this matter more confusing, and will make us lose our normal judgment.

"Yes. How can there be a ghost who likes stinky boots. Unless it's scaring us, a ghost who only scares people, what's there to be afraid of. Platoon Commander Zhao immediately recovered from his fear.

"No matter how bizarre it may be, we are not in a position to get the truth now, and it will not actually harm us, and we are better off blind to it. Otherwise, we'll be driven crazy by it. If this is done by a wise thing, then that's what it's for. "I quickly got my analysis out." We've already lost too much time here, and if we can't prove my guess about the terrain here before the torches run out, we'll just go around in circles here, or wait for Xiao Guolin and the others to find us. But this is too passive, Xiao Guolin, they are probably more passive than us, I mean their mental state. If they encounter what we encounter today, they are more likely to collapse than we are. We have to hurry up and find them before they get out of trouble, otherwise, neither of us two groups will be able to escape. ”

Yes, it's obvious. Most of the resources are with them, especially the torches. However, their mental condition is not reassuring, one of them has a mental problem, and the other two will not be stronger than me or Platoon Commander Zhao. Even if they run away, it will be a catastrophe.

But no matter what I say, I can't change squad leader Liu's cognition, he stubbornly thinks that this unexplainable thing is a ghost. I'm glad the torch wasn't in his hands, or he would have gotten out on a rampage at any moment, and only God knows where he would take us. Now he can only follow the torches, because those who are afraid of ghosts are afraid of the dark.

In order to speed things up, I didn't take three people in parallel on the following path, but used the method I created. I took the torch from Platoon Commander Zhao and walked in front alone, alternating my hands to illuminate the cave walls on both sides. It was a lot faster, and it didn't take long for us to come to the next fork. There was no mark left by Xiao Guolin here, so I quickly made a mark and walked towards the next fork in the road.

At this time, I had already decided to use the stupid method I came up with to find a way, because Platoon Leader Zhao and Team Leader Liu did not make a better suggestion, and my method had already been approved by them. So at this intersection, in addition to marking the direction in which we are heading, I also marked my guess and our next plan of action.

The method is very simple, that is, to draw a picture on the wall of the cave with a hard object, a cross-sectional view of a honeycomb. The hexagonal in the middle is the one we're exploring. If the fork in the road explored by Platoon Leader Zhao and Team Leader Liu is counted as the first fork in the road explored, as the starting point, we have already explored five forks, and then we will return to the starting point after one more fork, which is the fork that Platoon Leader Zhao and Team Leader Liu explored. If things go as I expected, our next step will be to turn left at the starting point, and go to the second level of exploration. Our exploration on the second level will still be clockwise.

This picture is very simple and intuitive, and I believe that both Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe will see what I mean at a glance. The advantage of this is that if they see this picture, they don't have to chase after us, but go directly to the second level from any fork in the road, explore in reverse, and the two groups will meet in the shortest possible time.

By the time we got to the starting point, the torch light was already dim. Here I found the mark left by Platoon Commander Zhao and confirmed my guess. We settled on our next steps in the middle of the fork and added a little food and water.

I insisted on doing it in the middle of the fork in the road, and in order to get rid of the fear, we had to get used to the environment. Of course, there is another reason that forced me to grit my teeth and insist on doing this, and that is that in the next exploration, we are going to move forward in the dark.

We only have two torches now, the burning one is almost burned out, and the other torch is our only stable source of light. We have explored through this circle, we have been able to find out the law of the passage, and then in order to save the light source, we can only explore in the dark, only when we reach the fork in the road, we need to mark and check whether there is a mark left by Xiao Guolin and others, and light the torch. Otherwise, we won't be able to last long. The light source is so precious to us.

As I chewed on the tasteless fish, I looked up at the roof of the black hole, which looked even deeper and stranger in the dim light of the fire, like an abyss hanging overhead. I munched on the unpalatable fish while silently cursing the damn place. At this moment, I have completely lost confidence in finding Song Guilong.

Squad leader Liu lowered his head to eat, shrugged his shoulders, and pressed his head very low, as if he was worried that a hand would reach out on top of his head to grab him. But the fact that he's done his best to sit here shows that he's starting to get used to it, which is crucial for the search below.

PS: Yesterday was a busy day, and I didn't go home until close to zero, and I was tired enough. The recent clicks have been relatively stable, I think there is still a lot of room for improvement, and I would like to ask friends to promote this book more, thank you.