The inside of the grotto was unexpectedly deep, with stone stairs spiraling down under his feet, and with the help of dim lighting, he could see that there were multiple slides embedded in the rock walls on both sides, presumably used to place movable gates. However, due to disrepair, the grooves have been blocked by moss, and the stone slabs that act as gates are broken everywhere.

Obviously, this is not an ancient tomb or a mausoleum, it used to be not only in and out, but also in constant guard.

After walking for about twenty or thirty meters, Xia Fan suddenly heard a strange sound.

It's kind of like the background noise that comes out when the radio has no signal, rustling.

This gave goosebumps on his back.

Radio is a product of the electronic age, and it could never have been in this period, and because of this, it is particularly mad!

Someone behind him tugged at the corner of his coat.

"W-What is this sound?"

He originally thought it was Wei Wushuang, but when the other party opened his mouth, he found out that it was Shangguan Cai, and her voice rarely fluctuated.

"I don't know. Xia Fan looked back at her in surprise, "You won't be afraid, will you?"

"Isn't it human nature to be afraid of the unknown?" replied Shangguan Cai gritted his teeth.

"But you're not afraid of the ghosts before. ”

"It's just a physical thing, what's there to be afraid of, you can touch it and destroy it, it's not the same thing here, right?"

It seems to make sense.

"Brother Xia, I'm also a little scared......" Wei Wushuang couldn't help but echo, "This place always feels like a ...... evil sect."

At this time, the rustling sound is getting louder and louder, and it has changed from being nothing to being everywhere, and the more you listen to it, the more it looks like electromagnetic noise.

This made Xia Fan feel a little stunned.

But when he thought that the answer was close at hand, he still took a bold step.

"Look any further, and if we can't find anyone, we'll go back to the entrance. ”

Luckily, they didn't have to walk long before they reached the bottom of the grotto. At the end was also a thick stone door, but on the other side of the door, he saw a flickering fire.

This means that the Du brothers are not far away.

They finally caught each other's tails!

Xia Fan extinguished the oil lamp, made a gesture of "ready to meet the enemy" behind him, and then pulled out the peachwood sword at his waist.

This also made the other three people feel at ease.

Although the strange sound is still there, since the people of Huzhi County have been discovered, it proves that this place is not as dangerous as expected.

When everyone crossed the second stone gate and walked a few steps back, the target's figure was finally revealed.

It was a cave-like grotto with torches hanging around it, and I don't know if it was originally there or if it was added later. There are several caves around the grotto, but they are not deep enough to be seen at a glance, and judging by the fence at the entrance, the small hollows are probably used as cages.

The Du brothers were busy picking up a pile of clothes, seemingly intending to burn them on the spot, completely oblivious to the fact that someone had sneaked in at the door.

There won't be a better chance than now.

Xia Fan stretched out his hand and gestured to three, two, and one in turn.

"Action!"

The four of them rushed up from four directions and rushed towards the two brothers.

The distance of less than ten meters was just a blink of an eye for the other party, and the huge background noise muffled the sound of sprinting footsteps, and the moment the other party just heard the sound, Xia Fan and the others had already killed in front of them.

The two brothers may have learned a little kung fu, but in the face of overwhelming speed superiority, they didn't even have a chance to fight back. One of them was instantly knocked to the ground, while the other rolled on the spot and tried to escape, but was hit in the ankle by Shangguan Cai's accurate throwing gun and fell headlong.

Something terrifying happened, only to see the person who was shot on the foot disappeared in an instant when he hit the ground, as if he had melted.

"No, Brother Silver!"

The other screamed miserably, and he writhed to get to the place where the other party had disappeared, but Wei Wushuang sat under him, unable to move even an inch.

Such a big living person, can you still say that there is no one?

Xia Fan hurriedly took two steps forward, but stopped suddenly.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath, and almost subconsciously spit out the word "" in his mouth.

What suddenly appeared in front of me was a huge bronze disc!

It is almost five meters wide and sits horizontally in the center of the cave, so it was not seen at first due to its low terrain. Inside, there are more than 20 hexagonal openings, each nearly 50 centimeters in diameter, enough to fit an adult, and these openings are neatly placed next to each other, like a honeycomb made of metal!

In Xia Fan's impression, the largest bronze "Houmu Wuding" found by archaeology is only more than one meter long, but the bronze creation in front of him is already five times that of the former, and the complexity of the interior is not at the same level.

More crucially, what is the need to cast such a huge bronze disc in this dark cave?

Xia Fan cautiously followed the edge to search, and after a while, he found the trace of the faller in an opening.

Since that person called him Brother Yin, it must have been Du Mingyin who fell.

He seemed to have fallen into a coma temporarily due to the impact, and the whole person was stuck about half a meter above the ground, and only his head could be seen from above.

However, Xia Fan soon discovered that there were barbs sticking out of the inside of the small bronze wall on the top of Du Mingyin's head, which was obviously designed to prevent the person who had fallen from climbing out. At the same time, he noticed that the entire "hive" was covered with brown scabs, especially inside the openings, some of which were relatively new, showing a dull blood-red color in the light of the torches.

It was a mixture of blood and bronze, and he realized that the surface of the bronze was oxidized over the years, and the surface of the bulge was soaked in blood, forming clumps like crusts.

He suppressed the chill in his heart and walked back to Du Mingjin's side quickly, "What the hell is going on!?"

"My brother...... Can you save my brother first?"

Du Mingjin looked desperately at the place where his brother had fallen.

"There's a metal barb up there, and I can't get him out without the tools at my disposal, and if you tell me everything you know, I might consider saving his life. ”

"No...... It's too late. The thing was about to shrink. ”

"What does shrinkage mean?" Xia Fan yelled as he grabbed him by the collar, "What the hell is that thing for?"

Du Mingjin was shaken around, his eyes a little dazed.

"You haven't interrogated anyone, have you?" Shangguan Cai said.

"Could it be that you have experience?"

"I haven't done it myself, but I've seen it many times," she said when she had picked up half of her spear, "and you can't ask anything with such a gentle question." ”

Xia Fan consciously moved out of the way.

Shangguan Cai squatted down, motioned for Wei Wushuang to lift him up, changed to a face-to-face sitting position, and then waved his hand and slapped him away-

"Smack!"

The strength was so great that blood immediately flowed from the corners of Du Mingjin's mouth.

"Look at me. ”

Shangguan Cai picked up the tip of the gun and shook it in front of him, then stabbed it hard.

"Uh-uhh————————!h

A piercing scream suddenly drowned out the rustling noise in the grotto.