After staring at the surrounding mountains for a long time, Chen Ziyang did not find the location of the treasure. Because it was very likely that there were other Gu worms hidden in this vicinity, he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only wait for Shangguan Kangning and the others to finish searching the surroundings before moving to another place to observe.

And Shangguan Kangning's side was not going well. He only knew a little about this kind of Gu worm, and he didn't know how to explore it. After using all the several Gu worms that he carried on his body that could detect other Gu worms, Shangguan Kangning did not find any trace of the black worm, it may be that these things were buried relatively deeply.

At this time, the disadvantages of the ground green worm are revealed. According to common sense, it is very suitable to use the keen sense of smell of the ground green worm to spot other Gu worms, but this method does not work now because they are too timid.

The sense of smell of this insect is too keen, if they are far away, they can be very keen to catch the traces of other Gu insects, but once they are relatively close to other Gu insects, this kind of insect will lose its effect.

Through the sense of smell of the ground blue insects, they could catch the smell of a large number of Gu worms nearby, but the two bugs had no way to tell Shangguan Kangning exactly where these Gu worms were buried.

Now the two bugs were curled up in the bottles and shivering, their timid nature exposed. Even the smell of pheromones that the two bugs had previously captured was unable to attract them.

In the eyes of these two bugs, there must be a lot of other Gu worms around, and these unknown creatures can pose a threat to them, so these two little guys simply acted as shrunken turtles, and even the tentacles they used to capture the smell were put away and hidden under their bodies, obviously unwilling to catch the taste of other insects.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, these two insects have not been completely refined into Gu worms, many things are done by nature, and they don't listen to Shangguan Kangning's words at all, it is not easy to achieve this level at this level.

After searching for a long time, Shangguan Kangning only determined one thing, that is, there were indeed a large number of Gu worms hidden around here, but he had no way to figure out whether these Gu worms were black or not, and how many there were.

The only people who have gained a little are Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai. It took a lot of effort and sweat to throw the two bodies they found at the bottom of the cliff.

Originally, this thing was very easy to do, but because I couldn't touch the corpse directly, it added a lot of difficulty to this matter. The two men had no tools at their disposal, so they could only touch the corpse with the help of the sapper shovel they carried, and move the corpse down the hillside little by little.

After disposing of the two corpses, they searched the vicinity again, but found no other poachers, and it is estimated that these people were all jumping to the bottom of the cliff in a panic under the siege of the black yaks.

So the two of them collected the backpack they found left behind by the poacher, took out all the tools and ropes that could be used in it, and sorted out the food and water in the backpack by the way.

The two of them found a total of three backpacks, which contained a lot of food and water, enough for six people to use for several days, which made the two of them very happy, after all, in such a place, it was impossible to get such a large amount of supplies at once.

When the six of them were together for lunch, the iron cage containing the clouded leopard rolled again, and it seemed that the little thing that was locked in it had not given up and was still trying to break free.

At this time, a few people remembered that they had forgotten about this thing, and they had forgotten that this national first-class protected animal had not yet been released.

So six people surrounded the iron cage and carefully observed the clouded leopard inside. This clouded leopard is not large, if you don't count the tail, the length of the body is about half a meter, and it looks like it is still in its juvenile stage.

The clouded leopard looks so cute, not at all as fierce as an adult leopard, just like a pet. It is estimated that it is the nature of a woman, Xu Xiaoyuan can't put down this little guy, looking left and right around the cage, and very timidly stretched out his finger and poked it, almost wanting to take the clouded leopard as a pet.

Probably because of being in the cage for too long, the clouded leopard was a little wilted, looked listless, and his eyes were full of fear, looking very wary at the six people outside.

Xu Xiaoyuan's motherhood is overflowing, so she has to keep this little thing to play with for a few days, and then release it. But because there was no raw meat to feed the clouded leopard, she had to dispel this idea. After opening the cage, the clouded leopard, which had been locked up for a long time, did not know where to go.

After lunch, the six men continued to search the neighborhood for treasure, but as in the morning, they still found nothing.

Chen Ziyang took out the map left by Yuan Tiangang again, looked at it again and again, and even compared the shapes of some mountains on the map with the outlines of the surrounding mountains, but there was still no way to find more clues.

When the sun was about to set, the six people were tired and exhausted, and they searched almost all of them in the vicinity, but they didn't find even a trace of man-made, and the treasure left by Yuan Tiangang was nowhere to be found.

Because of the suspicion that there were more black Gu worms buried under this hillside, the six people were a little stunned when they looked at this land, and none of them wanted to camp here. So they chose the location of their camp in the woods to the west of the clearing.

After taking out several Gu worms from his backpack, Shangguan Kangning searched around a few thicker trees at the edge of the woods, looking for any traces of other Gu worms, until he was very sure that these trees were very safe, and then everyone climbed to the trees one by one, used the trunks as beds, and rested.

Shangguan Kangning also took out some yellow powder and sprinkled it around the trees where everyone was resting, saying that this would prevent mosquitoes from approaching and also drive away some more ferocious beasts.

Although the night was cold, a few people said that they didn't dare to light a bonfire. Joke! If the black Gu worm is introduced again, the six people will be bitten into Africans.

Maybe it was because it was too cold, Chen Ziyang, who was lying on the trunk, couldn't sleep at all, and his mind kept thinking about Yuan Tiangang's treasure.

After thinking about it for a long night, Chen Ziyang also felt a little sleepy, so he leaned against the trunk of the tree, and was about to fall asleep in a daze, and at this time, he heard some strange sounds.

"Squeak...... Squeak squeak......" The intermittent voice came into Chen Ziyang's ears. At first, he thought it was a rat's cry, so he didn't care. Force yourself to get these sounds out of your head so that you can fall asleep quickly.

But this kind of voice has always existed, and even got louder and louder, and no matter how hard Chen Ziyang tried, these voices always lingered in his mind. After listening for a while, he opened his eyes.

"Something is wrong! It doesn't seem to be the sound of a rat. Although it is not impossible to say that there are rats in the mountains and forests, Chen Ziyang feels that these cries are different from the cries of rats, although they all sound squeaky, but the frequency is different.

By the bright moonlight, he saw that the other people were sleeping relatively deadly, and the noise was not too loud, so he did not wake the others.

Because of the matter of the black Gu worm during the day, Chen Ziyang became cautious, he wanted to go to the place where the sound came from to see what it was like, to see where the sound came from, if there were really Gu worms coming out again, it would be a big deal.

However, the other five people were also tired from a day's work, and Chen Ziyang couldn't bear to wake them up, so he climbed down the tree alone, took a flashlight, and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

"Squeak...... Squeak...... "When Chen Ziyang came to the clearing, the voice sounded again, he listened sideways, and roughly judged a direction, the place where the sound came out should be in the northeast corner of this clearing.

Now that there are no trees to obstruct them, and they are closer to the place where the sounds came from, these sounds can be heard more vividly, it seems to be the cry of some kind of animal, but it should not be a mouse, nor a Gu worm.

After walking some distance in the northeast direction, Chen Ziyang stopped and waited quietly, waiting for the voice to sound again to show him the direction.

In this way, Chen Ziyang walked slowly in the direction of the voice. It wasn't long before I came to the front of the mountain wall to the northeast of the clearing.

The cliffs on the north and east sides of the clearing meet here. After shining back and forth on this cliff several times with a flashlight, Chen Zi didn't see any animals here. During this time, he heard that squeak twice more.

Judging from the sound, the thing that made the noise should be in front of him, but Chen Ziyang couldn't find it, so he felt that the thing that was very likely to make the sound was relatively small, and it was night, and the light was insufficient, so he didn't pay attention, so he wanted to take a few steps forward and get closer to this cliff.

Just as Chen Ziyang was walking towards the cliff, he suddenly felt that his feet were empty, and there was no place for this foot to focus at all, making his body stumble and he was about to fall.

Fortunately, Chen Ziyang's reaction speed was very fast, after stepping into the air, he hurriedly stretched out his hands and grabbed a protruding rock on the cliff in front of him, and at the same time, he did not have a fast leg that stepped on the air, and his two hands and one foot supported his body at once, so as not to let him fall into the empty place.

After his feet were firmly steady, Chen Ziyang used a flashlight to shine under his feet, and he found that the place where he almost fell into just now turned out to be a crack in a mountain, or rather, a gap between the two mountain walls.

When the cliffs on both sides converge here, the exposed parts of the cliffs above the ground merge into one and become natural, as if they were a whole cliff, but in fact, the cliffs on the north and east sides are independent, and at the bottom of the cliff, the two cliffs squeeze out a long and narrow space like a tunnel, and you can't see the end at a glance.

However, because of the terrain, this narrow space is slightly lower than the ground, and there is a mound of earth outside, so when he was exploring the surrounding environment during the day, Chen Ziyang didn't notice this place at all, if it weren't for the strange animal sounds, maybe he wouldn't have found out that there was such a place here until now.

The sound of the animal "squeak......" sounded again, this time Chen Ziyang listened to it really, yes, the sound came from this narrow space.

After shining the light of the flashlight for a while, he saw that the inside of this passage was covered with cyan moss, and there were many shade-loving plants. Although this passage is relatively narrow, it is still no problem for one person to pass through.

The passage was crooked, and the flashlight didn't go far into it, and only the stone walls could be seen, but judging from the surrounding shadows, the passage might still be a long way away.

Although Chen Ziyang was full of curiosity now, he didn't dare to walk in rashly. The black Gu worm buried under the soil layer alone is already so powerful, if there are even more powerful Gu worms hidden here, it will undoubtedly be self-defeating to walk in like this.

After thinking about it for a while, although Chen Ziyang wanted to explore this place and look for the animals that made the noise, he still dispelled this idea, resisted his curiosity, and walked back to the bottom of the big tree where he was camping, climbed up and slept.

The next morning, when everyone had just woken up, Chen Ziyang couldn't wait to call them to the bottom of the mountain wall.

At this time, although the sky is not bright, the light is already sufficient, and this passage looks clearer.

This is not a cave, but a space sandwiched between the uneven parts of the mountain walls after the two sides of the mountain walls are squeezed together. A hint of white mist fills the passage, adding a touch of mystery to the place.

The "squeak......" sound came from inside again, but now it sounded much quieter, as if the creature making the sound had lost its strength.

Now the curiosity of several people was completely hooked by Chen Ziyang, and by the cry of this animal. But just like Chen Ziyang did before, several people didn't dare to walk in rashly. are worried that there may be Gu worms hidden inside. It was Shangguan Kangning who took the lead and walked in here first.

Since the appearance of the Black Gu Worm, Shangguan Kangning's interest was much stronger than that of several other people, he was not for the treasure left by Yuan Tiangang, but very interested in the Gu Worm left by Yuan Tiangang.

It is very likely that this passage in front of everyone now is the path that leads to Yuan Tiangang's treasure, and there are likely to be many Gu worms that disappeared and disappeared thousands of years ago, so it is no wonder that Shangguan Kangning is so impatient.

He walked slowly, probing the situation around him, and at the same time taking out all the Gu worms that could warn him, and using them to open the way.

(End of chapter)