Chapter 25: The Secret Path

I slept until noon the next day, and when I woke up, the list of required equipment submitted last night was ready to be piled up in the courtyard on the first floor. When the fat man saw the brand-new equipment, he immediately ran down in a hurry.

By the time we went downstairs, the fat man had taken out all the equipment and thrown it everywhere, and I didn't recognize anything except the basics.

When the fat man saw my confused eyes, he proudly pouted at my Nunu, "Mosquitoes, don't you know these things at all?" Come, look at my introduction, starting from the right-hand side, there are sapper shovels, steel cones, waterproof head-worn portable miner's lamps, waterproof flashlights, industrial high-strength ropes, short knives, shotguns, short-handled hammers, and water bottles. And this, you taste, this is a compressed biscuit, which is very unpalatable, but it can save lives in a pinch. ”

There were six backpacks in total, one set of equipment for each person, and it was obvious that the old man had spent a lot of money on it, and all the tools were brand new. In such a world, it is really capable of getting such strange things.

The backpacks of the smoker and taro were slightly bulging than the four of us, and last night the big head wrote all kinds of gunpowder for the smoker on the list to fill the taro with emergency supplies. I have to say that in terms of carefulness, there is really no one who can compare to the big head.

I had a simple lunch and spent an afternoon in the yard.

When night fell, the old man returned from outside, followed by two men who stood straight, with thin and tall figures, and meticulous eyes.

"I don't know if the little brothers are resting well. Let's get ready to go, the two behind the old man are the helpers who will accompany you to the ground this time, they are two brothers, the one on the left is called Zhang Yao, and the one on the right is called Zhang Wei. Both of them are experts in hand-to-hand combat, although they don't know what to do, but when they encounter problems that can be solved by force, they will not lose, and this operation, I believe they will become powerful helpers. ”

We lifted our backpacks on the ground and nodded to the two brothers.

"Okay, now that you're ready, let's go."

The old man led us out of a secret door behind the guest house, it was dark at this moment, there was no one on the street outside, and the old man walked all the way to the destination, and the two-hour hike did not make any mistakes.

The old man at the front of the line stopped at what resembled a mound of graves in our old home, and we hurried to follow, witnessing him push open an old tombstone, revealing a hole that was only just high enough for everyone to walk.

The old man pointed to the entrance of the cave, "This is the entrance to the secret passage, which is a little simple, but when you go underground, the space will be much larger, and under this whole ground, I don't know how many years ago there was already a secret passage." The old man's work in the past few years has been to open up this dark passage in the direction he wants to go, blocking other ways out. ”

So, remember, there is no other fork in the road. Remember not to stop, walk as fast as you can, until you see the brick walls of the burial chamber. ”

In the grave in the dead of night, the atmosphere was weird, and we didn't care about being polite with the old man, led by Zhang Yao, behind Zhang Weidian, the group turned on the miner's lamp and walked in.

Behind him, the old man slowly closed the old tombstone.

Because the entrance to the cave is on the ground, and we need to go underground, the entire downward passage is quite steep, and several times, some people almost slipped straight down, but fortunately, the people around them can pull it in time. Everyone can only move forward with such difficulty, I don't know how long time has passed, and they haven't seen parallel passages.

"I said, how long is this slope, and if we go down like this, will we reach the center of the earth and be burned to ashes by fire?" The fat man was tired as he walked, and he couldn't help but complain. It's no wonder that it's fat, and it's troublesome to walk along the way.

I asked Zhang Yao in front, "Zhang Yao, have you two brothers ever gone down this passage before?" ”

He replied to me from afar, "This big brother, this is also the first time we have come down, and I never knew that there was such a road here. “

What the? No way. How did this old man send two people who had never come down to help?

"Forget it, don't complain, fatty, this slope feels like the slope is gradually slower, and it seems to be getting faster." The big head wiped the sweat from his face.

"Yes, I hope you're right. Otherwise, I can't stand the fat man. ”

After about half an hour, we finally came to the flat dirt road, and our feet were on the flat ground, not to mention how comfortable it felt, and the slope was so much that it seemed that our whole body was slanting.

As soon as the big head touched the dirt road, he looked around there, I didn't know what he was studying, and we didn't bother to care about him, just when we had the opportunity, we simply leaned on the soil and rested a little. Who would have thought that as soon as my body leaned against the soil, the whole person was unevenly stressed, and I was about to sink into it with a straight posture, but fortunately, Zhang Wei on the side was quick and immediately grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

I looked at the ground I was leaning on with some trepidation, what kind of earthen wall was this, this was a huge pit that was bottomless and obliquely going down, but I didn't know who it was, and I casually sent some dirt to cover the hole.

Look at my luck, as soon as I came, the door was not good.

Seeing that I was in distress, the big head hurriedly ran over, and when he looked at the entrance of the cave, he immediately reminded everyone, "Don't lean on, stand well, the earthen walls on both sides are a bit strange, there are many void holes." If it falls, it's not trivial. ”

After speaking, as if to verify his statement, he punched the soil layer at a short distance, and the dirt on the surface immediately sank into it with the fist, revealing a large hole.

"It's not appropriate to stay here, everyone go forward, this deep hole is strange."

Hearing this, where did he dare to hesitate, he immediately followed and walked forward quickly, fortunately, the width and height of this secret passage were moderate, and even if he ran it would not be too difficult.

The big head ran at the front, running silently, without saying a word. Suddenly, the big head suddenly stopped, and the fat man behind him braked sharply, almost knocking him over.

"What's the matter, running and running stopped"

"Shh The big head raised his middle finger and put it to his mouth, signaling everyone to silence.

The deathly silence lasted for about a minute, and the big head turned sharply and looked at us with a frightened expression, "Don't panic, everyone, there seems to be a big guy behind us." ”