Chapter 51: The Root Cave

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As we spoke, we came to a T-junction, the left side of the intersection was rough, in stark contrast to the surrounding bluestone walls, while the right side of the intersection seemed to have just been chiseled, and the edges of the intersection looked like glass-like things had been shattered there. I took a closer look with my torch and was surprised to see that the angular shards were not glass, but bronze mirror-like walls.

I stood there all at once, not knowing which direction to go. Ryazan patted me on the shoulder and said to me with great certainty: "Go left? ”

I wondered why he was so sure, so I asked, "How do you know Lu Dao, could it be that you have been here before?" ”

Ryazan shook his head and said, "Who is idle and has nothing to do to play in such a place?" The intersection on the right is the road where Teng Yi and I came. ”

I was stunned when I heard this, the way I came? Could it be that the intersection on the right side was originally sealed by a bronze mirror, and Ryazan and Teng Yi smashed the bronze mirror from the inside, and then came here? But how did they get there?

Ryazan seemed to see my thoughts, so he said to me: "My Lord Peixi, save some use of your brain cells, don't bite into those inconsequential things, you can understand sooner or later, let's go quickly." ”

Actually, at this time, I have every reason to follow the route of Ryazan and Teng Yi from the intersection on the right to return to the place where we came, and not to pay attention to any other secrets in this underground palace, because to be honest, those secrets are not very related to my real life, not to mention that I am not a professional scholar like my father or Duan Yuwen, and I have almost no interest in this place except for the instinctive curiosity of human beings.

However, after I overheard the conversation of another group of people next door, my feelings for this place now are not as simple as curiosity, because it is obvious that the story told by that group of people thirty years ago is obviously a little different from the story that Duan Yuwen told me, and even completely reverses some of the characters' relationships.

Who's lying? What are you lying about? Why did they say that my father killed the Qin brothers and his best friends, and why did they say that my brother Perin and I were just a pawn of my father?

It's not that I don't believe my father, it's just that I believe that everyone is more or less a conspiracy theorist, and I always feel that there are some more secret things that Duan Yuwen didn't tell me, or that he was deliberately avoiding or even tampering with. If this is the case, then what kind of person is my father, the father with whom I have lived for more than twenty years?

I also had a vague feeling that my father's relationship with Azuna might not be so simple.

All the secrets are in this dungeon - I am determined to find the truth.

At this time, I could already hear the sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor behind me, so I nodded and said, "You're right, go." ”

With that, we ran towards the intersection on the left.

As soon as I ran into the intersection on the left, I was greeted by a strong smell of soil. I feel strange, since we went down into this underground palace, although it is a little damp and cold, but there is no smell of soil, it can be seen that the bluestone slab walls here are still very tightly built.

I raised my torch and looked around, frowning. I saw this Yongdao, no, maybe this can no longer be called Yongdao, it is more accurate to say that this is a cave, because whether it is under the feet or on both sides, there are no bluestone slabs to make walls, only mud around, no other reinforcement projects, walking in it, even reminds me of the situation in the old movie "Tunnel War".

However, this place is naturally different from "Tunnel Warfare", because when I looked up, I was shocked to see countless dense black strips hanging above the cave, and when I looked at it coldly, it was like countless weak arms hanging on the roof of the cave, which could touch our heads at any time.

"Holy shit, what's this?" I asked.

Teng Yi was also alert, but Ryazan didn't seem to be too nervous, his eyes were very good, he looked at it a few times, and even came over and touched my head and said: "Lord Peixi, touch the hair, don't be scared, don't worry, here are just some roots." ”

Roots? I raised the torch and looked closely, and I was relieved to see that the top of the cave was indeed a wrist-thick branch of roots.

However, it seems that the cave was built in a hurry, so it was not covered with bluestone slabs, so that a few years later, the roots of the trees on the mountain slowly pierced into the ground, and this is the end of it.

This explanation seems reasonable, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, there is still something reluctant. First of all, when we went down to this underground palace along the stone pillars of the altar, I remember very clearly, we didn't walk for a long time, but it was no less than ten meters deep from the ground, and the roots of ordinary trees rarely pierced into the ground at such a deep distance. And the most important thing is that the roots of the tree often grow in search of nutrients and water sources, and in this place, there is no water and no nutrients, why do the roots of the tree so persistently pierce here?

I took Ryazan's hand away, clenched the long knife, and said: "Whoever is afraid, I don't have it, what's the big deal, it's just some roots, let's go!" ”

So, in order not to cause a fire, Ryazan and I extinguished the torches and took out flashlights as lighting tools.

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When we entered the cave, we didn't notice anything unusual about the roots, but as we ran in for about a minute, the road became more and more difficult to walk.

There are two main reasons why the road becomes difficult to walk - the first point is that the soil under our feet is more and more watery, and even a little muddy, at first, we almost slipped from time to time, but further on, we clearly feel that our legs are sinking; The second point is that the difficulty comes from the overhead of our heads, and I don't know when the roots above our heads have become more and more dense and dense, and some of those roots have even hung down to our waists, like a grove blocking our way.

Ryazan and I were fine, because we were both alone, but Teng Yi had a harder time walking, he was carrying Bu Jin on his back, walking panting, and he had to pay attention to avoiding the roots, but he didn't have the slightest complaint.

I was also very tired, but I still took the initiative to say to Teng Yi: "Teng Yi, I'll carry Bu Jin for a while." ”

Teng Yi glanced at me, with the same contempt as always, and said, "You better take care of yourself, I can hold it no matter what I say." Before you came to Yunnan, Ajuna instructed me to help Bu Jin and you complete the task, although I don't know what this task is, but I will try to carry it out. ”

I didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said in my heart that I didn't think about helping Ajuna complete the task at all, I just wanted the truth - all kinds of strange things I have experienced since my father asked me to come to Yunnan, if these are just coincidences, it is really self-deception, most of these bizarre things are caused by three things - Bu Jin's jade plate, the experience of thirty years ago, and my father Fan Jiyun.

I don't want much, only the truth.

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Ryazan walked in front, listened to my conversation with Teng Yi, and couldn't help but smile and turned back to me and said: "There is a saying that you must have heard of it, what is called what is the face sticked. ”

"You're on my ass!" I scolded, "Say less." ”

It was at this moment that I noticeably saw a change in Ryazan's expression, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then I heard the familiar voice shouting behind us: "There is light there, they are inside." ”

The owner of this voice is none other than Lao Han, a Sichuan Yankee!

"Oops, they're catching up." Teng Yidao.

Immediately, I heard two gunshots, and the Northeasterner yelled, "Fuck, I don't believe he can run past bullets." ”

As soon as I saw that the other party was about to release the gun, my heart tightened, and I said to Ryazan: "Hurry up, why are you stunned, you didn't hear the gun." ”

Ryazan looked down at me, shook his head, and said something very strange: "No, it's not the gunshot problem, it's the roots. ”