Chapter 54: The Black Water Demon Cave
Naturally, no one could answer his question, because from beginning to end, we only saw half a cigarette roll, and we didn't see a single figure at all.
"Could it be that we've been killed by those ghost ants, right on that mountain, and we haven't found it?"
I guessed, but Ah Sheng shook his head and said, "It's unlikely, think about it, if there are really a few big living people who are eaten by those ghost ants, how can they still have the appetite to chase us?" β
This is also true, although there are many ghost ants, they are just some larger ants, even if they eat people, how much can they eat?
Speaking of this, I thought of the horrific corpse, and I couldn't help but feel sick, and then remembered the nameplate found on the corpse, and asked, "You say, could those people be Russians?" β
Ansari was the first to reply: "No, I have seen them in the Shenlong Village, although I only glanced at them, but I can see that they should all be Chinese." However, there are two people in it who are obviously not all the way with them, but they are walking together, which is very strange. β
"What are those two people like?" Lao Pan suddenly asked, Ansari thought for a while and said, "Those two people don't look like they're doing this at all, but like ...... Fishermen who live on the river all year round? β
"Is it an old man with a straight face, and a sturdy young man?" Lao Pan continued to ask, Ansari looked at him strangely, nodded and said, "Yes, how do you know ......"
Lao Pan glanced at us, with a wry smile on his face, and said, "Okay, I think I know what happened to that half of the cigarette, it turned out to be him." β
A few of us glanced at each other, and naturally we all understood, an old man with a straight face, a sturdy young man, both dressed as fishermen, this is not our guide Lao Ray and Dongzi, who else can there be?
I also remembered that the old fish just liked to smoke that kind of dry cigarette, but I didn't expect him to appear here before, so I didn't think about him at all.
"Did he drop that half of the cigarette unintentionally, or on purpose?" Ah Sheng asked a new question, "Could it be that he wants to sue us for something, deliberately leaving us a mark?" β
"It's possible, but it's also possible that halfway through the smoke, the ghost ant appeared, and he fled for his life and threw the cigarette on the ground." Lao Pan also analyzed and said.
The two speculations they said were possible, Ansari looked at us with inquiring eyes, Ah Sheng told Lao Fish and Dongzi about our previous guides, and how to leave alone, Ansari shook his head and was silent, and Lao Pan sighed: "They were really right by me, but they still couldn't get out." β
I suddenly felt a chill in my body, and I remembered what Lao Pan said at the time, anyone who heard the name of the Black Water Demon Cave would be involved in it and would never be able to leave.
But a new thought came to me, so I asked Ansari: "If you don't remove those two people, how many people are there?" β
Ansari touched his nose, this action seemed to be learned from Lao Pan, he thought for a moment and said: "I remember there were three or four people at the time, but I didn't see it clearly, maybe there were other people, but I only saw those few." β
I silently calculated and said, "I remember that there was a guy in the swamp who had been dead for a few days, and he should have been one of them, but unfortunately I didn't pay attention to see if there were any marks on his body at that time." Counting his words, plus the unlucky guy in Ant Hill last night, two people on the other side have already hung up. Lao Pan, how many people do you think can be in an expedition team at most? β
Lao Pan said without thinking: "At least three or four people, or five or six people, this is the most common, but there are some more than six people, or even more than ten people, but in terms of concealment and secrecy, if you come here to explore, I estimate that there will definitely not be more than six people, otherwise the goal is too big." β
I nodded and said, "Well, even if there were six of them, two would have died, which means that there would be no more than four at most now, or even lessβand that's without counting the two guides, of course." Will this be beneficial to us? β
Lao Pan said: "The enemy's attrition was a good thing for us at that time, and the rest of the people may be wounded, just like us, but the previous tree, I guarantee they definitely didn't go up." β
He glanced at everyone as he spoke, and showed a smug smile.
Yes, now we are a full squad of six people, and all of our injuries are healed and energetic, the other side may only have four people, and the condition of the team members is unknown, but judging from the two people who have died in front, the rest of the people are estimated to be no better.
It seemed as if we had the upper hand, but Ansari's words dampened my fledgling confidence, and he said, "Don't forget, they have two guides in their hands, and from what you have said, it is likely that we have been under the watchful eye of each other, and I am even sure that you may have been targeted before you set out." In other words, we are in the light and the other is in the dark. β
We didn't speak, he was right, although we were now only one step away from the Black Water Demon Cave, but in reality, our adventure was probably just beginning.
"Let's go, be careful." Ansari waved at us and turned to walk forward.
"Who the hell are those people......" I frowned and muttered, Lao Pan walked in front of me, shook the dark green nameplate in his hand, and said, "Don't guess, no matter who they are, I think, it must have something to do with this." β
I looked at the Russian letters on the nameplate, looked up at the vast land of the Russian Far East between heaven and earth in the distance, and thought to myself, could it be that in this Sino-Russian border area, there will be something that the two sides are fighting for secretly?
We kept going, guarding our beyond, but unexpectedly, the road was uneventful, and after a few hours, we finally came to the front of the mountain.
This is a nameless mountain, we stand at the foot of the mountain, look up, we can only see the position halfway up the mountain, and further up, it is covered by a fog, and we can't see clearly.
But when we were on the ancient trees of the wasteland, we could already roughly see the shape and outline of this mountain, which was actually a dragon-shaped mountain range about two hundred meters above sea level, winding for dozens of miles on this land. And where we are at this time is at the dragon's head in this dragon-shaped mountain range.
We observed at the bottom of the mountain for a while, and then we confirmed the approximate location of the Black Water Demon Cave we had seen earlier, so everyone packed their backpacks, checked all the equipment and items, and began to climb the mountain.
The mountain is not very steep, and the grass and trees on the mountain are extremely sparse, and there are stones everywhere, such a stone mountain, in fact, is beneficial to us, it is easy to climb, so after a short time, we have come to the position of halfway up the mountain.
Further up, the terrain became more and more steep, and Ansarim remembered the road, and soon led us to a cliff, where we stood and looked down, and a huge cavern like a black hole appeared in front of us.
Everyone's complexion changed a little, in order to find this place, they took a lot of twists and turns, and went through all the dangers, but at this time, the Black Water Demon Cave was in front of them, but they seemed to have a feeling of disbelief.
We rested on the cliff for a while, and Lao Pan got up, waved his hand, and said, "Everyone is ready, it's time to work." β
Da Kui didn't need to be instructed, he stood on the top of the cliff and looked down, measured the distance and slope, took out two iron drills from his backpack, inserted them into the gap in the stones on the edge of the cliff, and then took out a large coil of rope, tied one end to the iron drill, and threw the other end far away.
He pulled hard a few times, very sturdy, turned around and smiled at us and said, "Who will come first?" β
I walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down, the huge black hole below was at the bottom of the cliff, and from this angle, it looked like a towering giant monster with its open mouth, waiting to swallow the one that had strayed into it.
I looked a little weak in my legs, swallowed my saliva, took two steps back, and suddenly felt an inexplicable panic in my heart.
Of course, Zhang Ye was the first candidate to explore the way, this kind of rope climbing work is a bit difficult for a strong man like Da Kui, so I saw Zhang Ye stretching out his hand to pull the rope, jumping down, like a spirit monkey, climbing down.
We stood on the top of the cliff and looked down, and after a few minutes, Zhang Ye landed on his feet and waved vigorously at us.
It seems that there is no danger below, everyone immediately climbed down one by one in order, and I was in the middle, but this technical work is super difficult, especially without any protective measures, to put it mildly, this is simply a suspicion of suicide for me.
The cliff was steep and full of protruding stones, which was very dangerous, and I grabbed the rope and slowly slid down. I tried to step on the protruding stone on the cliff wall, but I stepped on it several times, and my head almost hit the stone, and it took half a day of hard work to land safely, but I had no strength at all.
At this time, when I came to the entrance of this Black Water Demon Cave, I realized that this legendary Black Water Demon Cave, standing at such a close distance, was even more terrifying and terrifying than just now in the distance. We stood here like a few tiny creatures, looking up at the passage to another world.
There was an indescribable strange aura in the air, and a faint mist swirled around, and there seemed to be a strange sound, coming from this black water demon cave. I couldn't help but feel my heart beat faster, as if something inexplicable was beating in my chest.
I secretly touched the position of my chest, a little strange, the burial jade has been handed over to Ansari for safekeeping, why, I still have this uneasy feeling?
We stood in front of the entrance of this black water demon cave, as if we were all affected by the strange atmosphere here, no one spoke, after a while, Lao Pan turned his neck, as if to beckon us to enter, at this moment, Da Kui suddenly exclaimed on the side.
We hurriedly turned to look, and Da Kui pointed to an area in front of the cave entrance, and was speechless in shock.
In front of the entrance, there are clearly dozens of weathered dried corpses, I don't know how many years have been dead, and the bodies have been integrated with the surrounding mountains and rocks, looking extremely terrifying and weird......