The road from the camp to the dark crossing was a bit difficult to walk, and we had to go downhill from a distance, so it took us a lot of time.

When they arrived at the entrance of the dark passage, Professor Wu and the others were leaning on the big tree to enjoy the shade, and when they saw the three of us coming, Uncle Long complained: "Why did it take so long, we were waiting here so stuffy and hot." ”

Professor Wu waved his hand to stop Uncle Long, let's sit down and rest for a while, I saw that the time was not early, so I said to Professor Wu that it was better to hurry up and go down to the secret road, for fear that there would be some accidents when it was dark.

At this time, the old fellow of the shipowner began to splash and roll again, refusing to stay on it, and insisted on going down the dark passage with us.

Everyone knows that if he follows him, I'm afraid our details will be exposed.

Professor Wu told him with a straight face that we were going down to investigate, and there would be danger at any time, and no one should be in the way.

The shipowner shook his head like a rattle, insisting that it was more dangerous in the bushes, and that even if he died, he would die with us below.

I couldn't change his mind for a while, so I came up with a bad move.

Later, as long as we let him go down the dark passage first, let him also look at the skulls inside, maybe he can scare him out of urine on the spot, and then see if he dares to continue to follow us.

So I pretended to echo him and said to Professor Wu, "Yes, Professor, it's really not safe to leave him alone, let's take him with us, it's more or less a helper." ”

Everyone was instantly confused by my attitude, and they didn't seem to guess my intentions, I quietly compared a skull to the golden tiger, this guy immediately understood, and said with a wicked smile: "I agree with Comrade Xiao Xu's proposal, the boat boss is also one of us, but we can't leave him alone." ”

Professor Wu looked at us like two neuropaths, and said helplessly, "Okay, you have to watch him well after you go down." ”

"No problem!" Jin Hu and I slapped our palms.

Then the two of us carried the shipowner on the left and the right, and threw him directly down the tunnel.

The shipowner said tremblingly, "Why is it so dark here?" ”

Jin Hu smiled gloomily and said in his ear: "I'm afraid that you will be scared if you turn on the flashlight!" ”

The shipowner said: "Don't joke with the two bosses, I'm timid and afraid of the dark, so you better take a light quickly." ”

In fact, ever since he ran off the boat to find us, I've always thought that there was something wrong with this old guy.

If he was caught by a water ghost or something, presumably Qin Xuanling would be able to see it immediately.

However, Qin Xuanling had never looked at him squarely, so he put an end to this possibility.

I decided to take this opportunity to test him and see what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

I quietly pinched Jin Hu's shoulder and motioned for him to turn on the flashlight.

In an instant, the white skulls on the ground were unobstructed in front of our eyes under the illumination of the strong flashlight, and the shipowner was stunned at first, and then his voice changed in fright.

I immediately changed my face and asked sharply, "Don't you have to come down?" Scared now? Say, what is your purpose in following our ass? ”

Jin Hu understood my intentions, and immediately grabbed his arm and said viciously: "What do you ask, follow the fart!" ”

The shipowner said with a crying voice, a handful of snot and tears: "What is my purpose, two bosses, I am a fisherman, if I hadn't been hired by you, how could I have come to such a ghost place." It's so dangerous outside, I'm following you just to take care of it, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it's even more scary underneath! ”

After speaking, he took out a handkerchief and squatted on the ground to wipe his tears, Jin Hu said helplessly: "The acting is so good, and I cried." ”

I scolded, "Didn't you old man just be very energetic? Why are you scared now? Then I ask you, do you want to come with us? ”

Unexpectedly, this thing immediately raised his head, wiped his tears and said: "Anyway, it's all down, I'll follow, it's better to follow you than to stay outside." As long as the two bosses stop scaring me with this kind of thing, I promise not to cause trouble for you. ”

As soon as I heard that he was planning to consume us, I thought that if I was not afraid of thieves, I would be afraid of thieves, so let's see what kind of tricks he wants to play.

At this time, Professor Wu and the others also came down, and I saw that it would not be a problem to continue like this, so I pulled the shipowner up and told him not to run around and follow everyone.

Since Jin Hu and I were at the forefront, we naturally became the pioneers, and each of us had a strong flashlight to open the way for everyone.

Qin Xuanling and Han Sen followed, Uncle Long and Ah Wei were in the middle, and Xiao Qian followed slowly with Professor Wu in her arms. As for the shipowner, he took the initiative to help Four Eyes and Lin Qian carry their things, and the three of them were behind the palace together.

There were so many forks in the tunnel, one every five meters, that we had to keep moving forward by feeling.

Fortunately, Han Sen sprinkled phosphor all the way to mark the route, otherwise he would have been dizzy by these forks when he walked back.

From time to time, a few piles of skulls will appear on the ground, and they look very scary.

I don't have any fear of these things, but I always feel that something is wrong, and it seems that something must have happened in the tunnels, otherwise I wouldn't have put up a pile every other paragraph if I wanted to scare people.

Slowly, the forks in front of me became denser and denser, followed by some curves, and every few steps you would turn left or right, and even go down.

The strange thing is that the water began to drip in the dark passage while walking, and the golden tiger was directly doused by the muddy water and turned into a flower-faced cat, looking embarrassed.

I hurriedly called Siyan to ask him to analyze whether there was groundwater passing here, and Siyan glanced at the soil structure, and suddenly panicked: "This is not groundwater, it should be that the rainwater outside has seeped down through the cracks in the soil layer."

I see that it must be raining heavily outside, and if the rain increases further, there is a high chance that there will be a landslide here! ”

This news suddenly made us feel ominous, and Professor Wu said with a sad face: "What should we do then? Why don't we go back the way we came and go in at another fork? ”

"Actually, since we opened the entrance, this place has been ventilated, and as soon as there is enough oxygen, it will definitely accelerate the loosening of the soil structure, and it is not safe at any fork in the road," said Four-Eyes.

The key is that the underpass has been built for too long, and now as long as the amount of rain is large, there may be a large-scale collapse at any time, I think we should quickly retreat, it is too unsafe. ”

"Withdraw? It's a shame that you came out, and it was hard to find this place, how can you say that you can withdraw it! Jin Hu strongly disagreed with Four Eyes' suggestion.

Professor Wu thought about it and felt that safety was still important, and we didn't make sufficient preparations this time, if the secret passage really collapsed, everyone would be in danger.

Just as we were about to evacuate, there was a sudden rumbling sound in front of us, followed by a lot of wood and mud and rocks rushing down the tunnel.

Jin Hu and I hurriedly shouted, "Run! ”

In an instant, Lin Qian and the shipowner turned into vanguards, leading everyone to run wildly, and the muddy water behind them overwhelmingly crushed us.

Who knew that the more anxious it was, the easier it was to make a mess, running and running, Lin Qian couldn't find the phosphor powder that Han Sen had sprinkled, Qin Xuanling quickly squeezed to the front and continued to lead the way for everyone with his own memory.

Luckily, he had a good memory, and he didn't let us run into those labyrinthine forks, but it was a hard time to go all the way.

The further you go back, the more leaks there are, and everyone is doused with muddy water, and from time to time they will be tripped by the skulls on the ground and eat, which looks extremely embarrassing.

I don't know how long we stumbled like this, but we finally crawled out of the tunnel before we were flooded by the muddy water.

But what is even more terrifying is that the rain outside this time should be heavier than yesterday's, and the raindrops fell like a high-pressure fire water cannon, and a few strokes washed away all the mud on our bodies.

We helped each other up and returned to camp with great difficulty despite the pain all over our bodies.

However, when we arrived at the camp, the situation was even worse, our tents, backpacks, and leftover supplies and equipment were all washed away by the rain, and many of us didn't know where to go.

Everyone didn't care about resting, and hurriedly collected things that were washed away by the rain, and they didn't even breathe.

Seeing that the rain was getting stronger and stronger, and it was getting dark, Professor Wu told us to find a place to live quickly.

I thought about it, only the cave near the volcano where I had camped before could shelter from the rain, and there was no other place to avoid it.

As soon as Jin Hu heard that he was going back to the cave, he said helplessly: "Uncle, I just came out of that ghost place in the morning, and I have to go back now, if it weren't for this endless rain, Lao Tzu wouldn't have gone back to that dead man's nest!" ”

Although the others were reluctant to go back, they were able to shelter from the rain, so they carried their things on their backs and headed for the cave.