Chapter 56: The Tunnel

The temple is rectangular in shape, with a single one, without an apse, and if you take seven or eight steps forward, you can see the muddy earthen walls. The temple of the civil structure, after many years of wind and rain, is full of cracks, among which there is a particularly large crack, which happens to be hidden behind the corpse of the dragon snake, because the dragon snake is huge and terrifying, we didn't find it before.

It seems that the monster must have kidnapped Gu Wenmin and escaped from this place.

I immediately threw the flashlight into the crack, and for a moment I couldn't help but be stunned, and said to Tofu: "After the crack, shouldn't it be outside the temple?" How do you look like a rock crevice?

Behind the cracked earthen wall, it was not the open space I imagined, but a rock crevice that sank into the mountain.

Tofu patted his head and said, "I remember." At that time, we only cared about hiding from the snake and escaped into this temple, and we didn't see the surrounding shapes clearly. Now that I think about it, it seems that this temple was built against a mountain cliff, with a mountain rock on its back. Behind this crack, the Eight Achievements are the monster's lair. ”

I nodded, thinking that Tofu's analysis was correct, and I was still wondering how a behemoth could squat in a small temple, but it turned out to be that thing, which opened the door of his house and the temple.

The group of snakes outside must have smelled the breath of this monster, so they didn't dare to enter the temple.

Gu Wenmin was dragged into the lair by that monster at the moment, God knows what would happen. At this moment, Tofu also added fuel to the fire, made a series of unreliable speculations, and even used some folklore to talk about things.

It is said that snakes are very adulterous.

There used to be a folk tale. It is said that a woman brought food to her husband, who was working in the fields, but was swept away by a large snake on the way. They thought she was going to die, but three years later the woman returned home. When asked by neighbors about her experiences, she only said that after being taken away by snakes, she was rescued by an old hunter in the mountains, but she was injured in her legs and feet, and she could not travel far until her foot injuries recovered, and she did not return home.

The neighbor believed it.

Within a few months, the woman's belly grew larger, and when she gave birth, she laid several snake eggs. Only then did I have to tell my husband about it. It turned out that after she was taken away by the snake, the big snake did not eat, but was raped by the snake, but fortunately, an old hunter hunted like a mountain, encountered the big snake, killed the snake, and she escaped.

When the husband heard this, he was furious, and cooked the snake eggs laid one by one, vowing to eat the snake eggs of the big snake to vent his hatred, but after the eggshell was pried open, there were stillbirths like human babies inside.

Tofu said: "That thing just now, could it be the legendary soldier who ate the Dragon Snake Pill?" Do you think, it hasn't seen a woman for hundreds of years, and it must be dissatisfied, will it arrest Gu Da Beauty, so what...... What's that...... And then what. ”

I was so angry that I scolded: "You don't listen to the serious books that you usually read, where do you look at these things, and talk nonsense, I let the snake take you what and that." ”

Tofu shouted, "No, the snake is male." ”

After saying a few words, the two of us scared ourselves a little, for fear that something would really happen, so even though we had something on our backs, we groped into the cave with our guns in hand. So far, I can only do my best and obey the destiny of heaven. Just like Tofu said, if something really happens to Gu Wenmin, the only thing we can do is to do our best to avenge her.

The inside of the rock crevice is only allowed to pass through guò, which is obviously naturally formed, but the inside is very smooth, as if something is often rubbing, almost just a few steps inside, you can already see some green snake scales, there are still some faint blood stains, the blood is very viscous, not like human blood, it looks like we should have been injured before.

The snake was wounded by a gunshot wound, and he didn't know if it would be stimulated to be ferocious, so he didn't dare to delay, and he and Tofu tried their best to rush forward, trying to catch up with the human snake. Who knows, at this moment, in front of the rock crevice, there was a muffled bang.

At first, we didn't react, and after a moment of surprise, we suddenly heard that this ...... Isn't this gunshot?

The sound changes a lot because of the obstruction of the rock crevices, but the thump is absolutely not wrong. Who is the one who shoots? We only had two shotguns, both captured from poachers. One is in my hands and the other is in Tofu's hands, so it can't be Gu Wenmin who shot him, in that case, who is in front?

How could there be anyone else in this rock crevice?

I couldn't help but think of the fat man and the little beauty, who also had guns in their hands, and said to myself: Could it be them? But how did they end up here?

The sound of the gunfire made Tofu and I both stunned for a moment, and the two looked at each other, although they couldn't figure out what was going on, but they still couldn't help but walk forward. I can't guess what happened in front of me.

After a while, the farther I went, the more I could smell a snake-like fishy smell in the crevices of the rocks, indicating that we were very close to the snake's den. As the distance closes, the originally dry rock crevices also begin to be a little wet, snakes are cold-blooded animals, in summer, they like to hide in humid places, the environment here is suitable for snakes to live.

I vaguely thought of something in my heart, and felt that something was wrong, but that thought passed in a flash, and when I thought about it again, I couldn't remember it. At this moment, along with the fishy smell peculiar to snakes, there was also a smell similar to blood.

The smell was strong, as if something was leaking a lot of blood. Gu Wenmin's bloody appearance suddenly popped up in my mind, and I chuckled in my heart and quickened my pace. At this moment, the rock crevice in front of him suddenly turned to the right.

I remember that the direction of the canyon was to the right, and this turn coincided with our route. But as soon as I got around the corner, I understood where that weird feeling came from. Because the first section of the rock crack is obviously a naturally formed crack, but the further back, the traces of artificial polishing are gradually revealed, and it is not obvious just now, so I didn't see it, but at this moment, when I turn this bay, the artificial traces are very obvious.

Behind the bend is a wide passage that allows two people to walk side by side, and a pit a few steps away. Tofu and I stood by the pit and looked down, but it was dark underneath, and I couldn't see anything at all. But it was clear that the strong smell of blood was coming from under the pit.

Who is it that transforms the inside of a rock crevice like this?

What's the use of this pit?

The strong smell of blood in the pit can't be ignored, but even if you hit the flashlight down, you can't see the bottom. With my intuition, I guess the monster probably calls this pit home, and it's probably in there.

The smell of blood coming from below was so strong, Gu Wenmin was probably ......

Tofu and I glanced at each other, although I like to talk nonsense on weekdays, but now I am no longer interested, and we both smile bitterly with a sad expression. Finally, Tofu came to the point and said, "Since that thing is underneath, let's just shoot it here and beat it to pieces." ”

"Good!" Gu Wenmin's death not only stimulated Tofu, but also made me feel uncomfortable, my eyes were hot, and I immediately held shotguns with Tofu, ready to shoot under the pit.

However, just as we were about to buckle the plate, there was a faint glow from the bottom of the pit, as if it was a flashlight. And as far as the halo under the pit was reached, I vaguely saw that at the bottom of the pit, there was a human body with a snake tail, lying motionless on the ground, as if dead, and there was a large blood stain on its body, and there were no bones or anything like it around.

Although snakes eat and swallow whole, strictly speaking, the things under the pit are not real snakes, and it is impossible for it to swallow Gu Wenmin whole, there are no bones around, so there is only one possibility, Gu Wenmin is not dead!

At this time, Tofu seemed to have made some discovery, and he said, "That monster seems to be dead." Could it be that the gunshot just now killed it? ”

I said: "This snake's skin is rough and thick, if you want to kill it, it is estimated that you can only hit the brain or heart, if it is really a shot to death, that person's marksmanship must be very accurate, Gu Da Beauty, eighty percent was rescued." ”

Tofu said: "Since you were rescued, why don't you come up?" ”

I measured the height of the pit and said, "It's so high, and there is no rope, who will come up?" However, even so, she should be waiting for us to rescue her, and now she has disappeared without a trace, and things are afraid that things will change. ”

Tofu nodded vigorously and said, "That's right, that's right, the person who shot just now, no matter who it is, is definitely not a good person in short." Who else but us mushroom diggers and poachers, who else will come to this canyon deep in the mountains? Still with a gun? Gu Da Beauty must have just come out of Shekou and entered the tiger's den again. ”