Brush lala...... The light of the flashlight shone in the cave, illuminating the solemn figures of a group of five people.

Surprisingly, within ten meters of entry, the entire cave began to appear slightly uphill. At this moment, Jiang Xian stopped.

At the moment when he stopped, Song Lianshi also walked over. Jiang Xian has no time to care about the other people now, and there is less than half of the golden 24 hours left before the search and rescue. As long as Song Lianshi is willing to cooperate, this team may not be able to do it like his fingers, but it will definitely be a help.

"Is this it?" Song Lianshi asked in a deep voice.

Jiang Xian nodded: "According to the dossier, eyewitnesses said that the rope was all straight at that time. The rope was twenty-three meters long, and after being bitten off, there were still more than fourteen left, and we were already more than nine meters long. Therefore, the location of the attack was near this meter. ”

Click...... Song Lianshi turned on the flashlight and said in a deep voice: "This is uphill, it rained heavily last night, and the water couldn't flood here, so it is likely that there are still blood stains here." ”

As if to confirm their thoughts, just in front of them, a slope appeared at the bottom of the pit under the light of a flashlight. And on the slope, there are more than a dozen fist-sized scars. Dark red. There are also some, more, dotted with dark red marks that are incomparably clear.

Bloodstain!

"Bleeding in an instant." Song Lianshi took a deep breath, as the captain of the criminal investigation team of the County Public Security Bureau, he was no stranger to this kind of bloodstain. He said solemnly: "When you are attacked, you are defenseless, and the injury zone should be above the abdomen." It is likely to be a large artery in the chest or neck. But there's one problem I can't figure out. ”

He crouched down, rubbed his chin, frowned at the blood on the ground, and then looked ahead. As the flashlight lit up, it turned out to be white in front of me.

No.

There was no blood on the ground except here!

"Where's the blood?" In the team behind him, a young police officer, about twenty-three or four years old, about 1.83 meters. Seeing this scene, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "With such a serious injury, all of a sudden blood gushed out, and the other party didn't leave any blood traces?" What the hell is going on? ”

It's like this badly injured person, who, after a sudden hemorrhage, immediately disappeared on the ground!

Fantastic.

"It's simple." In the suppressed silence, Jiang Xian finally spoke. Slowly raised the flashlight and shone it on the roof of the cave.

At this moment, Song Lianshi suddenly had a terrifying heart in his mind, gasped, raised his flashlight and looked at the top of his head.

Crown...... There was a visible trail of blood! Intermittently stretching into the depths of darkness!

Dead.

Everyone in the team looked up at the dried blood streak in amazement. A few seconds later, in the rear team, a thin man of about thirty years old walked up with a flashlight, he opened his mouth slightly, shook his head gently, his face was full of disbelief, and said in a deep voice: "This is ...... What the hell is it? ”

"How can the blood be on top?"

I thought it was just an ordinary search and rescue, but I didn't expect that as soon as I entered less than ten meters, I saw a scene that was completely unexplainable with common sense.

"He was pulled straight up." Jiang Xian spoke again, pressed his hand, and without waiting for the others to speak, he continued: "I know, you may want to say that even if you are pulled in the air, the blood should fall to the ground. This is the rule of gravity. ”

Unconsciously, everyone's eyes were on him. The same is true for Song Lianshi.

In his scorching eyes, Jiang Xian said lightly: "Sloth." ”

Song Lianshi's eyes suddenly lit up. I couldn't help but pat my thigh lightly.

Sloth...... A very vivid metaphor that the other party can crawl on the top of the cave, and it must be with his back down. And the beast that is accustomed to a way of behaving must also adopt this way when he returns. So......

He looked at the top of the cave with burning eyes: "I see...... The other climbed all the way into the cave in the posture of a sloth. And in this posture, the body of the second dare can only be placed on the belly by the other party! Because it has no other organs that can take away the body of the second daring son. Because of this, the body of the second dare to bleed heavily rubbed against the monster's stomach and the roof of the cave, so it ...... It left an intermittent trail of blood. ”

Be quiet.

All the team members blinked and looked at Song Lianshi. After a while, the thin man slapped his palms and suddenly realized: "I see! ”

"Team Song's cattle batch!" The young police officer also sent a rainbow fart just right. However, Song Lianshi didn't look at them, but nodded lightly towards Jiang Xian for the first time.

The position of the captain of the criminal investigation team was only sat by Director Ma with a nod. This is the easiest position for the entire Public Security Bureau to produce results. In return, Director Ma told him that he wanted to change the team leader. He certainly had no objection.

But Director Ma didn't explain the other party's origin to him, but just said: If there is a labyrinth below this, full of demons and monsters, then the only person who can lead them out is Mr. Jiang.

However, when he saw that the so-called "Mr. Jiang" was only about the same age as Zhao Boli in the team, he was a little suspicious. But now...... He suddenly felt that this young man seemed to ...... There is indeed something.

"That's not right...... If the second dare is lying on the other person's stomach, because of the shape of the abdomen and the way it crawls, the blood will still drip to the ground. But still not! He couldn't help but ask.

Sloth...... These two words that break the game, is it your momentary spark of thinking, or is it really such a deep accumulation of knowledge? Is your mind so quick?

Jiang Xian said: "Maybe it's because of ...... It's drinking blood. ”

The answers are more terrifying than the other, however...... Again, it is impossible to refute.

Jiang Xian continued to walk forward along the bloodstains, making a gesture for everyone to follow. As he walked, he said, "Do you remember what the eyewitnesses said? ”

"Silver hair? More than three meters in length? Blood-red eyes? This time it was the last man who had not spoken.

He is burly, about 1.79 meters. The sound is deep.

Jiang Xian nodded, and said solemnly: "The point is on the silver hair all over the body. ”

"It can't be born with white hair. Hunters who live in the dark, in order to hunt successfully, will not evolve details that go against the living environment. This is the basic method of survival. He paused, looked at the deep cave, and said lightly: "If the other party lives in this kind of place for a long time, there are two results of causing silver hair all over the body. First, there is no sunlight for a long time. The second is ......"

"Lack of salt."

"Do you know the opera white-haired girl? A woman who was oppressed by feudalism hid in the mountains and lived for decades. Because of the lack of salt, all the hair turned gray. Apply to the beast. It may be seeing people for the first time, or it may not know what human beings 'taste' like. However, the lack of food in the cave made it choose to attack. At the same time, the moment the second daring son gushes out blood, it will understand that this creature, like other animals, contains salt in its blood. The creatures that have lived here for a long time will not let go of this opportunity. ”

Song Lianshi sighed with emotion.

At this time, he inexplicably remembered a sentence: Real gold is not afraid of fire.

Jiang Xian's voice continued: "This creature can lie down on its belly, which means that the size is probably bigger than we imagined." And very smart. It's all the same as I had speculated before – it's a primate creature. Primate creatures are equally adept at rock climbing and are omnivorous. ”

He shook his flashlight: "So...... For the rest of the journey, everyone must be extra careful. This thing is probably no less dangerous than a hungry tiger. Moreover, after eating the blood of the second daring son, we ...... It's all on its menu. ”

His footsteps were gone, and this time, all the team members glanced at each other and followed almost at the same time.

"Team Song......" The young police officer caught up in a few steps, panting slightly and whispering: "This team leader...... Seems to be a bit of a 6, huh? ”

"Talk less and learn more." Song Lianshi glanced at the other party, and replied in a suppressed voice: "You just graduated, so you're tender." ”

The group continued to walk forward.

The tunnel was unexpectedly long and widened the further you went. There were no other forks, and the pit was only ten meters wide at first, and the slope went up, but after one or two hundred meters, the slope began to slowly go down.

And the blood stains on their heads are getting lighter and fainter. Finally, after half an hour, it disappeared completely.

"It's hard." The thin man sighed: "This amount of bleeding is already so far away...... I'm afraid it's difficult for the second darer. ”

It's getting weaker and weaker, because there's no blood to come out.

Jiang Xian didn't answer, and within twenty minutes, he raised his luminous watch to look at the time. After another twenty minutes, he finally raised his hand with a frown.

The team stopped instantly. Without waiting for them to speak, Jiang Xian said in a deep voice: "Do you feel it...... The temperature here is a bit high? ”

"Indeed." Song Lianshi nodded, he had already unbuttoned the top of the camouflage uniform. The zipper was also pulled down an inch.

"It's not normal." Jiang Xian pondered for a moment, took out a map and squatted down, beckoned, and asked everyone to gather over. Pointing to the direction of Xingyuan City on the map, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the further you go underground, the higher the temperature will be, but the current temperature is at least two or three degrees higher than the underground cave I have been to." This stands for ......"

He took a heavy breath and lightly slammed the map: "Down here, there may be an underground volcano. ”

"Impossible." The thin man shook his head: "There are no volcanoes in Xijing Province. ”

"Here's the problem." Jiang Xian clicked on the location of Foping on the map, and then drew it directly to the northeast, where it is the important town in the west, the capital of Xijing Province, and the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties - Chang'an.

The burly man gasped: "Chang'an? Is this tunnel heading towards Chang'an? Are you sure? ”

Jiang Xian didn't answer, but nodded vigorously.

The scene fell silent. Song Lianshi nodded, and the young police officer immediately took out a compass, but as soon as he took it out, he was stunned: "Team leader, Team Song!" The compass is out of order! ”

Jiang Xian took out a pin and handed it to Song Lianshi: "Rub it on your hair for a minute." ”

Song Lianshi took it in confusion, but still did it. There's not even a question why.

Then, take out another glass and pour a lid of water. After Song Lianshi finished rubbing, take out a plate of capsules. Pick out one pill, carefully separate it, pour out the central pill, and put it back together. Finally, thread the pin through the capsule and place it in the lid of the cup. Then I placed the lid of the water bottle on the map.

Seeing the capsule wearing the needle tremblingly pointing to the south of the map, all the team members did not speak, just looked at each other like ghosts.

What's so ...... Can it also be?

"I can't go wrong with my sense of direction." Jiang Xian spoke again, and this time no one raised any questions. He said solemnly: "Chang'an and Xingyuan, although they are adjacent, the temperature difference is very large, just because the Qinling Mountains are horizontal in the middle. We should now begin to approach the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains. However, I have never heard that the Qinling Mountains are formed by volcanic accumulations. “

Song Lianshi looked at the compass in amazement, and he suddenly felt that this search and rescue was probably far more dangerous than they imagined.

"Everyone." Jiang Xian stood up and clapped his hands: "Go forward for another fifty minutes, if there are no clues, then you must retreat." ”

Without waiting for everyone to ask, his gaze swept over everyone and said solemnly: "Maybe you think that people can walk five thousand meters in an hour, and we will be faster after training." Another 50 minutes of walking, we only walked for an hour and a half, a total distance of more than 7,000 meters. It's a little bit of a journey. ”

However, you may not know another set of data, the third place is known as the bottomless pit of the British deer cave, which is only more than 6,000 meters. Second place in Hansong-dong, 8800 meters. Everybody...... Do you know what that means? ”

Song Lianshi's Adam's apple moved fiercely, and said hoarsely: "You mean...... After another fifty minutes of walking and not finding the end, then the length of the nest pit has surpassed the third longest deer cave in the world? ”

"That's right." Jiang Xian's gaze swept over everyone: "Moreover, if it used to be a volcanic layer, it is very likely that a huge underground labyrinth will appear due to the lava flow, whether it is in terms of equipment or personnel, this is definitely beyond the challenge we have configured now." It is best to pray that we can find the second dare before we encounter this situation. Otherwise......"

"That's the limit of our search and rescue."