Volume IV Third Floor. Village Chapter 144: Scattered
"Tang Ling, are you sure you're really going this way?"
Outside the mountain temple, Gu Qingzhi, who was advancing cautiously, was a little suspicious of the way Tang Ling led, he looked at the brightly lit appearance of the mountain temple, and saw Tang Ling getting closer and closer to the direction of the temple, Gu Qingzhi was afraid that Tang Ling would be discovered by the people in the temple.
"There's no one in there." Tang Ling nodded at Gu Qingzhi, explained to the nervous Gu Qingzhi, and then continued to move forward, then slowly bypassed the mountain temple, and entered the inconspicuous path with a group of people with a vigilant and puzzled face.
"I didn't expect there to be such a hidden road behind here." Huang Chen looked around in surprise, the surroundings were pitch black, and he couldn't see the end of the woods, he always felt that something unknown was staring at him, Huang Chen trembled unconsciously, quickly withdrew his curious gaze, and continued to follow the team to the end of the path.
"Like smoke, are you alright?" He Chuan turned his head to ask about Liu Ruyan, who needed to borrow one of his arms to continue moving, and looked at her with some concern.
"Don't worry, it will work."
From the foot of the mountain to now, Liu Ruyan has long been tired and panting, although the others are more or less gasping, but even the youngest Tang Ling's reaction is not as big as Liu Ruyan, Liu Ruyan is like this now, in the eyes of others, it looks like she is about to fall to the ground in the next second.
In fact, at the beginning, Liu Ruyan was not in Gu Qingzhi's planning team, although Liu Ruyan was the assistant of their basketball team, and the relationship with their group was also very good, but Liu Ruyan was a girl after all, Gu Qingzhi still didn't want Liu Ruyan to follow them in danger, but Liu Ruyan didn't know where to hear their plan, so he insisted on joining in, and he didn't know why people who usually shouted when they saw cockroaches suddenly wanted to participate in such a dangerous task.
The only thing Tang Ling can be sure of is that this path will only lead to an unknown end, when she was hiding in the dark that night, she vaguely heard Chen Qing is deep into the woods not far away, with a few strange ticking sounds, there was suddenly no movement, and when he had a sound again, there was also a ticking sound first. Tang Ling didn't know what that strange sound was, but she hoped that their adventure would go smoothly this time and not encounter any other dangers.
But I always felt that something was wrong.
Tang Ling, who was walking beside Gu Qingzhi, looked at the darkness around her, and she always had a feeling of uneasiness in her heart.
According to Chen Rende's previous visit to the Tang family's courtyard every night, and Chen Qing's words at the beginning, it is enough to understand that Chen Qing is the person who will stay in this place behind this mountain temple most of the time, although it is not completely known what he has done now, but he will definitely be a cautious guy, plus the village chief sent him some things before, Chen Qing will definitely spend more time staying on this mountain, right?
Would they have been so coincidental enough to enter his secret base on this day of Chen Qing's absence?
"What is this?"
Just as Tang Ling fell into all kinds of uneasy suspicions, Huang Chen's exclamation interrupted her thoughts, Tang Ling raised her head and looked ahead, only to find that they had reached the end of the path, not far ahead, a large cave was covered by dense trees. After entering, the people standing at the door used flashlights in their hands to shine into the cave, but they couldn't see the end of the hole, and it was pitch black in the distance, and they couldn't see anything.
The cave is so deep that it's not clear what exactly is inside.
"Old Gu, do we really want to go into here?" Huang Chen swallowed his saliva, facing this cave, he began to be a little timid.
"Enter! We must find evidence of the murder of the villagers. Everyone be careful, stay close to each other, and don't fall behind. ”
Gu Qingzhi was also a little difficult at this time, just like Huang Chen thought, Gu Qingzhi also felt a lot of uneasiness about this unknown cave, but when he looked down at Tang Ling, seeing Tang Ling's eyes full of firmness and eagerness, Gu Qingzhi inexplicably had the courage again, even the children's Tang Ling dared to move forward, what did they adults have to fear?
"Tang Ling, hold my hand."
Tang Ling looked at Gu Qingzhi's outstretched hand and was stunned for a moment, then nodded and grabbed his hand, letting him pull him forward, everyone tacitly grabbed each other's hands, and the few people who were together slowly went deep into the cave. The dark cave was still hidden in the dark woods, but a few figures quickly shuttled through the woods, but no one noticed······
In absolute darkness, the light seemed to have no power to resist it. After Gu Qingzhi and his group walked into the cave, they were surprised to find that the light of the flashlight they were holding could not illuminate the road ahead, and they could only maintain the faces of the few of them seeing each other, as for the road conditions ahead, they had no way of knowing at all. After knowing this brutal truth, everyone realized that it seemed like a wrong choice for them to explore this strange cave when they were not well prepared, and slowly, everyone began to retreat.
"Why don't we come back next time? In this state of affairs, it is difficult for us to find what we are looking for while keeping ourselves safe. After walking for a while, the few people who had not reached the end of the cave had already begun to be deflated, and He Chuan directly said what he was thinking at the moment, and several other people around him also nodded approvingly.
"Yes, it's really too big, and it's too dark to see the way. Tang Ling, shall we come back next time? After thinking for a while, Gu Qingzhi also agreed with He Chuan's idea, and prepared to take the others and return the same way while he could still vaguely see the entrance of the cave when he turned around.
"Roaring ······"
Realizing that he was also naïve, Tang Ling, who was about to nod his head, suddenly heard a strange low pant in his ears, Tang Ling frowned, and followed the voice suspiciously, but only saw darkness. This wheezing sound felt familiar to Tang Ling, it was the voice she had also heard from Chen Rende, who was already dead. Tang Ling hurriedly asked a few people beside her, "Did you hear any sounds?" ”
"Voice? No, I don't. Gu Qingzhi listened attentively for a long time, but he didn't listen to anything, he shook his head.
"Don't be scary at this time, let's go quickly, this place is too strange." Huang Chen couldn't stand it anymore, he anxiously urged Tang Ling, who was still wondering what strange sound was, and the rest of the people didn't dare to stay in place when they saw him looking like he was about to be frightened, so they quickly quickened their pace and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
Just as the group was about to leave the entrance of the cave, a strange roar rushed out from the depths of the cave with a sudden wind, and everyone was startled by the sudden surprise.
"Oh my God, what's it calling?"
"Leave this alone, run!"
"Old Gu, don't look back, run!"
"Wait for Tang Ling!"
The sudden cry made Huang Chen, who was already frightened, not hesitate to rise to the idea of fleeing quickly, he pulled Gu Qingzhi, who was still looking back, and hurriedly got into the woods with Zhu Zihao, who was pulling He Chuan, and He Chuan was taken into the woods by Zhu Zihao before he had time to pull Liu Ruyan beside him. In the midst of the chaos, the flashlight in Gu Qingzhi's hand was thrown in place, as well as the baseball bat brought by Zhu Zihao, and He Chuan's mobile phone also fell to the ground in the process of running.
The speed at which several boys escaped made Tang Ling, who had not yet held Gu Qingzhi's hand, stand in place stunned, but Tang Ling was not shocked for long, she turned her head to look into the cave, since the roar just now, the cave was quiet again, as if it was a prank, the roar that was deliberately made, in order to let their group of trespassers escape in a hurry, and then disperse their team, and after achieving their goal, they were satisfied and regained their calm.
Liu Ruyan, who had been panting before, slowly picked up a few things that the boys had just lost at this moment, she shook Zhu Zihao's baseball bat casually, but Tang Ling clearly heard the obvious sound of wind breaking through the air when Liu Ruyan waved the stick, where did Liu Ruyan's face still have that weak and weak look at this time, after waving the stick twice and nodding contentedly, Liu Ruyan lazily raised her eyes to look at Tang Ling, who had been watching her movements, with one hand on her waist, With a little pleasure, he said, "It seems that it is only the two of us now!" How's that, do you want to go in? Or go back to them? ”
Tang Ling heard the sarcasm in Liu Ruyan's second half of the sentence, although she didn't know why Liu Ruyan changed her face after a few boys left, and showed a look that she was extremely familiar with, as if she clearly knew her next plan, Tang Ling squinted her eyes, facing Liu Ruyan like this, Tang Ling actually had a sense of familiarity that had not been seen for a long time.
It seems that she is also a little abnormal.
Somehow, Tang Ling suddenly laughed, she slowly raised her head at Liu Ruyan, and each other's faces were filled with excitement and impulsiveness.
"Let's go back in."
At this time, a few boys who ran back to the back of the mountain temple in one breath were bending over and panting, Gu Qingzhi calmed his unsteady breath, and glared at Huang Chen who was in shock on the side angrily and helplessly: "You, are you running so fast?" Didn't you notice how many teammates were missing? ”
"I, I don't want to, I'm really scared!" Huang Chen patted his chest and looked at Gu Qingzhi with an innocent expression, knowing that he had done something wrong at this time, he was also a little weak-hearted, but in that situation just now, he was already nervous, and it was already good that he could still consider pulling the team members around him to escape, where could he consider so much?
"Why haven't Ruyan and that kid come out yet? Have they fallen behind for so long? He Chuan propped one hand on the big tree on one side, looking towards the dark woods, and he didn't see the familiar figure reappear for a long time, and He Chuan became more and more uneasy.
"Huang Chen, this guy is the school sprint champion, how can two girls compare his speed? It should be coming out soon, right? Zhu Zihao clutched his stomach and gasped, comforting Gu Qingzhi and He Chuan, who were looking anxious beside him, and wanted to say something more, but suddenly found that the baseball bat in his hand was missing.
"No, I'm going back to them."
After waiting for a while and still not seeing the familiar figure come out, Gu Qingzhi couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to go back to the woods, but before he could walk a few steps, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps on the side, and with a familiar male voice sounding, Gu Qingzhi knew that he could no longer go back to the forest to find someone.
"Where do you want to go back?"
A group of villagers with flashlights and sticks surrounded Gu Qingzhi and the others, and as a result, the crowd separated, and Chen Qing, who was wearing a white coat, walked out slowly, looked at Gu Qingzhi and the others with a smile on his face, and asked softly.