Chapter 99: A Strange Cave

The location of the cave is really special, and it is surrounded by steep peaks, except for a flat area in the middle, and the entrance to the cave is on this flat ground in the middle of the mountain. So, in order to enter the cave, you must first climb over these peaks.

Although we were both born and raised in the mountains, we have never climbed this steep mountain wall. Such a steep mountain range, only those who collect medicine will climb it, and ordinary people will never take such a risk.

When Zhang Butcher and I first went to the foot of the mountain, we saw such a steep terrain and were very hesitant at that time, thinking that we should give up this plan of "going into the cave to investigate", because waiting for such a mountain would be too risky and difficult for us to climb. However, when we returned, we both felt unwilling to accept such a tempting secret that was about to be revealed, but if we gave up completely just because of the danger of the mountain, we could not accept it calmly in any case, and after a period of ideological struggle, we decided to take a risk.

To this end, we also visited the retired coach of our county mountaineering team and learned a lot about mountaineering and rock climbing from him, which was very useful to us. It was also the first time that we discovered that mountaineering is really a technical job.

After about a month of preparation, we decided to act.

By the time we reached the bottom of the mountain, it was already noon. The air, moderation, and wind are all good for climbing, so we don't dare to delay and hurry up.

When the two of us crossed the mountain and reached the basin between the mountains, we were exhausted, and lay on the ground for more than an hour, sore and weak, without any strength, but with perseverance, gritted our teeth and set up the tent, and then got into the sleeping bag in the tent and fell into a deep sleep. We didn't even have the strength to see where the cave was.

I slept like this for I don't know how long, and when I was still in a sweet sleep, suddenly, I felt someone shaking me rapidly, trying to wake me up. When I gradually cleared my head, I immediately realized that it was Zhang Butcher who was shaking me, and something must have happened. So I was excited and wanted to sit up immediately, but Zhang Butcher lowered his voice in my ear, and said in horror and urgency: "Shhh, listen, what is the sound outside?"

I immediately held my breath, and it seemed that I heard nothing but the chirping of insects and the occasional call or two of night birds. I was just about to ask Butcher Zhang when suddenly, that familiar and terrifying voice sounded! That's right, it's the sound of that "monster"! I immediately shuddered and shivered with nervousness.

In the dark, although I couldn't see the butcher's expression clearly, I knew that his feelings and mood at this time must be the same as mine. However, listening to the sound, it seems that there is a certain distance away from us, but because it is in the mountain basin, every time the monster screams, it will "reflect" back and forth, so that we cannot accurately determine the exact location of the monster through the sound.

But a smell of fishy smell that was getting stronger and stronger made us both almost faint. The smell was so bad, it was like a "stink bomb" fishy, smelly, and mixed with a special smell, which made people feel limp after smelling it. The two of us were strong in spirit, and we lifted a corner of the tent and looked out. Fortunately, it was a sunny day, and the waning moon had already turned west, but in the faint light, twenty meters away, it was still vaguely visible, as if there was a black mass of moving things. The strange sound came from that thing.

As our eyes slowly adjusted to the dark light, we realized that the thing sometimes walked on four legs, sometimes upright, and on two legs. And walked towards our tent, and at the same time, we felt the smell of the fish getting stronger and stronger, and the smoke almost made us faint, and although we tried to cover our noses and mouths with our hands, it still had no effect. Just in case, we originally brought two knives to defend ourselves, although we were right next to it, and we wanted to hold the knives in our hands to deal with possible attacks, but our bodies seemed to be paralyzed, we had no strength at all, we couldn't move at all, and our minds began to be smoked a little blurred.

Luckily, when it was more than ten meters away from us, it stopped and stopped walking towards our tent. When we were conscious again, that terrible thing, at some point, was gone.

We gulped in the fresh air, strange to say, the terrible smell, as the monster disappeared, and so quickly disappeared, without the slightest residue.

Although the two of us still felt very tired, but there was no trace of sleepiness, Zhang Butcher suddenly said to me faintly: "Xiao Ming, did you pay attention just now, the smell came from the direction of the wind, the smell against the wind is so strong, it's terrible, if it's downwind, what will happen, it's terrible."

My heart shook violently, and the smell was so affected by the direction of the wind, because the smell is transmitted by the flow of air, and the wind blows in that direction, and the smell spreads in whichever direction.

If the wind direction is not right, the poisonous gas released will not only not smoke the enemy, but will also smoke itself. When Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu were fighting, it was because they did not consider the direction of the wind when they released poison gas, that they not only did not poison Wu Peifu's troops, but caused themselves to suffer great losses, which really lifted a stone and shot themselves in the foot.

The strong smell just now, if it was really spread against the wind, as Zhang Butcher said, and it was so strong, it would be incredible.

We were in the midst of speculation, panic, and an indescribable excitement and excitement when the dawn dawned, and when the first rays of the morning sun shone in this valley, Zhang Butcher and I also quickly climbed out of the tent and began our expedition.

The cave was easy to find, the entrance was obvious, on the north side of the rock wall, but the shape of the cave was very strange, very much like a woman's genitalia. It's so similar, and that shape is absolutely natural, without the slightest trace of artificiality, nature is amazing!

I hurriedly took out my camera, lined up more than ten photos one after another from different angles, and said to Zhang Butcher while taking pictures: "Uncle Zhang, this kind of photo will definitely be very popular if you put it on the Internet, do you want to pose a few at the entrance of the cave, I will give you a few, this kind of opportunity is rare."

Zhang Butcher smiled and said: "Okay, okay, let's do the right thing first, wait until it's okay, take a few more photos, I miss a woman's vulva very much on the outside, I don't know the structure inside, will it be like **, haha."

I quipped, "Uncle Zhang, when you say this, why do you look like a strange uncle." We laughed and walked into the cave.

According to common sense, caves are generally warm in winter and cool in summer, it is said that in such a hot summer into the cave, of course, there will be a cool air on the face, when we are surprised, this cave is very abnormal, after entering, not only does not have the slightest sense of coolness, but it makes people feel very hot and humid. It's so weird!

I hurriedly asked Zhang Butcher to use a portable thermometer to measure the temperature in the cave, so we walked in with a strong flashlight, while recording the measured temperature in different positions, and when we walked to about 500 meters inside, we took a look at the measured temperature, these temperatures are between 37.3 °C ~ 37.8 °C, no wonder it is so stuffy, the warmth is high enough.

Zhang Butcher wiped his sweat and muttered: "Can this not be hot, it is higher than the normal body temperature of a person."

After hearing this sentence, my heart was shocked, thinking of the shape of the cave, and a thought suddenly came to my mind: "Such a temperature, will it be the temperature of a woman's **?" ”

It's a weird cave.

If that "monster" lived in this cave, at such a temperature, the strong smell on its body would become even stronger, and it should permeate the cave, but why did we try to smell it, but there was no trace of that smell? It's weird.

In addition to holding a flashlight, we also brought a flint lamp. Because the flint lamp is the best tool for exploring in the cave, it can not only be used for long-lasting illumination, but also as an oxygen measurement tool, if the flint lamp light starts to become unstable, it proves that the oxygen in the cave is insufficient, and you should immediately stop going in and withdraw immediately. For some reason, the light of the flint lamp has been very steady, indicating that the cave is well ventilated, and we can go inside with confidence.

In the damp and stuffy hole, we walked one foot deep and one foot shallow. The further you go, the wider the hole becomes, and the front seems to be black and endless. When you go in about a kilometer, the passage inside is no longer straight, nor is it a single passage, but suddenly divides into countless passages, which become criss-crossed, extending in all directions, and are all curved, and none of the passages are straight, and within three meters, there must be a bend, which makes the cave seem to become a labyrinth.

We didn't dare to go any further, because if we did, no matter which passage we took, we would definitely get lost, and maybe we would never be able to get out, and we would be trapped in it alive. That would be very scary. Of course, the best way to deal with this kind of maze is to use a rope or thread, fixed in a position, let the back hand hold the thread, and go inside while putting the line, and when you come out, you can follow the line to come out.

Although most of the rope was left in the tent, we didn't bring it in, because we didn't think it was necessary to bring it into the cave. But when I saw that there was a bundle of rope hanging from the waist of the butcher, it was probably more than ten meters. Then try it with these more than ten meters, because even at this distance of more than ten meters, there are countless bends and countless forks, and it is difficult to exit again without using ropes as signs.

Zhang Butcher and I tied one end of the rope to a stone, and then took the rope and walked in as we put it. After walking five or six meters, I had already turned more than ten corners, and passed through several forks that looked like they were indistinguishable, and it was impossible to go back the way I came without a rope to mark them.

Soon the rope was gone, and we didn't dare to go any further. The two of us have been a little dizzy by the forks and bends, and we want to quickly follow the rope and retreat to the place where the hole has not begun to fork, but something creepy happened, and we suddenly felt that something was pulling the rope on the other end of the rope.