The moment I stepped into the passage, the heart I had been carrying fell back heavily. I staggered against the wall of the passage and took a few deep breaths, the past two days have been even more difficult than two years!

I turned my head to look behind me, and it wasn't until the second uncle, Shi Tao, and Kong Xue all ran into the passage that I was relieved. Everyone's expressions were complicated, and Kong Xue even fell to the ground all of a sudden, covered her face, and sobbed in a low voice. Another escape from death, who can not be excited! Why should I say again! I suddenly felt a little sad.

The second uncle also leaned against the wall and calmed down, "Let's go, let's rest after we go out!" This place is so evil, who knows if other strange things will happen! ”

I nodded, and just as I was about to leave, Kong Xue suddenly stopped us, "Wait a minute, that earth dragon hasn't come out yet!" ”

We were stunned by Kong Xue's words, "Earth Dragon? What do you mean we're going to have to wait here for it to come out? ”

Kong Xue nodded affirmatively, "Of course, don't forget how we got out, if it weren't for that earth dragon, how could the mechanism be closed!" Now that we're coming out, we're going to throw it in and leave it alone, isn't that too inhumane! ”

I have to admit that what Kong Xue said is indeed very reasonable, and we are powerless to refute it.

The second uncle said a little anxiously: "I said Xiaoxue, you are really a child!" That earth dragon is a monster, and it is so ferocious, and it has killed people, what do you care about it! ”

Kong Xue said very firmly: "How is this earth dragon so cruel, if you don't want to steal the things in this ancient city, will it hurt people?" We've been in the city for so long, and it's never attacked us! It even saved us now, and if you don't care about its life or death now, turn around and leave, it would be too bad! ”

The second uncle was robbed by Kong Xue, stunned, and didn't say anything for a while, but looked at me and Shi Tao, Shi Tao didn't say anything, bowed his head and said nothing. But his silence represents his attitude.

I touched my nose, "Second uncle, what about this matter, I think what Kong Xue said makes sense." ”

The second uncle shook his head helplessly, "I'm really convinced of you, we're here to fight, and now it's changed to a small animal rescue center!" The second uncle complained a few words, and in the end the minority had to obey the majority, "Okay, okay, I have to wait for you first, I have to go up first, it's not that the second uncle is not righteous, I have Uznamu on my body, although the earth dragon may not attack me, but in case, he gives me a little, I have to finish playing!" ”

The second uncle's concerns were also reasonable, and I said to him: "Second uncle, you go up first, the earth dragon should come out soon, and we will follow you in a while." ”

The second uncle nodded, and before leaving, he didn't forget to instruct us: "Don't go in again no matter what the situation!" ”

Seeing that we nodded again and again, the second uncle turned around and left, and disappeared at the corner of the stone steps after a while.

I turned my head to look at the dark passage below, and Kong Xue said, "That earth dragon won't get lost, why hasn't it come out yet!" ”

I didn't think so, so I motioned for them to be quiet and told them not to wait any longer, and soon there was a sound from the passage, and then the earth dragon came out.

The stone steps of the passage are not very wide, and it is the first time that we have observed such a legendary thing as an earth dragon so closely, and it is still alive. The animal seemed to be a combination of a crocodile and a lizard, at least two people long, with pale yellow eyeballs, looking at us coldly.

The earth dragon that was close at hand still gave us a great sense of oppression and fear, we immediately clinged to the stone wall, Kong Xue closed her eyes in fright, I even regretted waiting for it to come out here, I slowly put my hand on the short knife on my waist, although I knew that if I fought hard, I might not even be able to pass a round, but this was an instinctive reaction.

Fortunately, the earth dragon didn't seem to be interested in us, just looked at it, and then turned his head and climbed up the stone steps. We breathed a sigh of relief, and I reached out and grabbed Kong Xue, followed behind the earth dragon, and also walked upward.

We had just walked up for a short time when we saw the second uncle clinging to the stone wall, looking very flustered. Seeing the earth dragon below walking up, his expression became even more nervous. And when he saw us behind the earth dragon, he opened his mouth and closed it, as if he wanted to speak and stopped.

I felt very strange, and I was about to ask him what he was doing, but the second uncle immediately made a silent gesture to me.

Seeing the second uncle's movements, my expression also changed, and I thought, is something wrong!

Seeing that the earth dragon below was getting closer and closer to him, the second uncle made an expression of imminent heroic justice, but the earth dragon didn't seem to look at him and walked straight over. I hurriedly walked to the side of the second uncle and helped him, "Second uncle, are you okay?" What are you doing here? Didn't you go up? ”

The second uncle smiled bitterly, "I want to go up, do I want to go up?!" As he spoke, the second uncle pointed upwards with a flashlight, and following the light of the flashlight, we were surprised to see that at the end of the stone steps in front, a huge thing was poking its head out of it, and the two eyes reflected the light like a light bulb, it was another earth dragon! This one is a lot bigger than the one just now! I can't help but wonder if this is just the parent of the one just now!

The larger earth dragon saw that the other one had returned, so he turned and left. Seeing this scene, I instantly broke out in a cold sweat, it turned out that this bigger earth dragon had been paying attention to the movements of our side, I couldn't help but imagine that if we let the other earth dragon be trapped underground, this one wouldn't let us go! It seems that whether it is for people or animals, there is always a reward for accumulating virtue and doing good!

The four of us walked out of the door of the Black Tower, and the sunlight outside made me feel extremely intimate. It was as if we had just come back from hell, and it really felt like we were two lives.

We returned to the roof of the stone house in the ancient city, only to find that the tent was empty!

The second uncle looked around, "Damn! This Dawut has no righteousness! It's only been a few days, it's been five days, and he's gone! When we go back this time, I will definitely go to him to settle accounts! ”

Shi Tao touched the sand on the surface of the item, "It seems that Dawut should have been gone for a long time, maybe it was this morning." I think it's okay to settle the account, Dawuti as a guide, it's okay to do this, after all, he himself is unwilling to come, and in the end he came in with us to find clues about his wife's disappearance, Now that the clues have not been found, he almost died several times, and if I were a guide, I am afraid that I would have run away a long time ago. ”

In fact, if you think about it, we can't ask too much about what kind of commitment Dawut has to us. However, I always have a feeling that the disappearance of Dawut's wife may have something to do with the incident twenty years ago.

We lit a fire and prepared to boil some hot water and eat something. After such a thing, we need to take a break, not only for the physical recovery, but also for the mental rest. Fortunately, when Dawut left, he left us with a lot of food. It's just that the water in this water bag was drawn from the well that crawled out of the dry corpse, and we felt disgusting at first, but now we can't care about it so much, put in some disinfectant tablets, and then boil it on the fire, and no one mentions the origin of the water, and drinks it as soon as we close our eyes.

I saw the second uncle holding a water glass, looking at the water bag on the ground and being stunned. Is he still haunted by this water?

So, I sat down beside him, "Second uncle, don't think about it, don't you say it yourself, when you have to drink urine in the desert, let alone this water." ”

The second uncle glanced at me inexplicably, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

I smiled, "Second uncle, don't you just think this water is a little disgusting, why don't you admit it?" ”

The second uncle looked at me and didn't speak, just shook his head. I was just about to say something more, but the second uncle suddenly said, "Did I guess wrong?" ”

Now it's my turn to be inexplicable, "Second uncle, what are you referring to?" ”

The second uncle still said to himself: "Is there really no passage between here and Shan Huan Wang City?" ”

"No, there must be!" I said firmly. In fact, I was a little skeptical at the beginning of the passage between the two cities, after all, this was only the conclusion reached by the second uncle through stargazing and pulse fixing, but judging from the records left by the Tan family in the sacrificial hall under the Black Tower, they also used to travel between the royal city and the two acropolis through the underground passage, so this underground passage must exist.

Hearing me say this, the second uncle finally realized my existence, "Why do you say that?" ”

I smiled, "Second uncle, have you forgotten the Tan family's records?" ”

The second uncle was slightly stunned, thought for a while and said, "But I remember that the record said that when the Tan family came here through the passage, it was outside the ancient city. But the yellow sand is rolling outside, there is no trace to be found, there is no way to find it! ”

That's a problem, and now we know that there is such a passage that should be around us, and we can't tell the exact location, and we can't open the hole, so we are really in a hurry.

I closed my eyes and drank again, forcing myself not to think, not to think about the well, but the more this happened, the more dry hands came out of the ancient well.

Ay! Wait a minute, an idea suddenly popped up in my mind, so I said to the second uncle: "Second uncle, according to what you mean, the meaning of the passage is to reunite the water veins that are divided into three, so should the passage be connected to the water veins?" ”

The second uncle nodded, "Theoretically, it should be like this." ”

I continued: "Water is scarce in this desert, and most of the water in this ancient city has to rely on the underground river to get water. So as long as we find water, we can find the dark river, and if we find the dark river, we can find the passage! ”

The second uncle suddenly turned his head to look at me, "You mean that well!" ”