"Bring the rope and torches!"

Chen Jianqiu stood on the edge of the cliff and said to the people behind him.

They had been standing on the edge of the cliff and waiting.

One after another, bats flew out of the hole below, and flew mightily for a while. It was only after the sun had completely set that it completely disappeared.

These burrowing bats take advantage of the evening to fly out in groups to feed, and wherever they go, mosquitoes and beetles are not left.

By the time they looked down, it was completely dark, and they couldn't see anything.

The three Chinese lads behind him hurriedly untied the canvas bag and pulled out the torches from it.

Luckily, these torches, soaked in kerosene, were not affected by much of the lake's water.

They lit torches, brought them, and provided some lighting.

Chen Jianqiu passed the rope under his crotch, around his legs, and then wrapped it around his waist and tied a knot.

He tugged at it, tested the strength of the rope and the knot, and then walked to the edge of the cliff.

"I'll go down first, Sifu, you and Hanif and Johnny stay on it. Others are waiting for my news. Chen Jianqiu took the torch from Li Sifu's hand and said to them, "If you encounter any situation, don't make a move at the first time." ”

He took the gooey piece out of the black man's pocket and stuffed it into the pocket on Hanif's chest.

Hanif patted his chest, and the foul-smelling juice of the glands flowed out again.

It's hard to imagine that just a few months ago, this mustache in front of him thought that he was a veteran bounty hunter who paid great attention to his image.

"Don't worry, if those Pinkerton cubs dare to come, I won't let them go."

Chen Jianqiu nodded, and said to Hanif with a smile on his face: "If the treasure is real, I will let you come down and pick it first." ”

"No problem, I'll take whatever I see at first sight, hehe." Hanif was happy.

Hanif knew what Chen Jianqiu was worried about, although the situation in the cave below was unknown, but the biggest threat known at the moment was the haunting Pinkerton detectives.

God knows if they'll come back again.

In the West, the greatest danger always comes from people.

Although it is a pity that he could not witness the opening of the treasure for the first time, the boss can hand over such an important matter to himself, which is enough to prove that his status in this team has been qualitatively improved.

After arranging the above things, Chen Jianqiu came to the edge of the cliff.

He held the rope in one hand and the torch in the other, and kept a certain distance to prevent the fire from burning the rope.

Chen Jianqiu's feet stepped backwards out of the cliff, and the whole person hung outside the cliff.

The surface of the cliff is not smooth, nor rough, and it is barely enough to settle on.

He motioned for a rope to be placed on it, and as he stepped on the vertical cliff, he swung downward.

With a torch in his hand, Holmes looked down from above, and he could see a lot of things from another angle that Chen Jianqiu couldn't see.

He had volunteered to be the first to go down.

As a geologist, he was familiar with this kind of thing, but this proposal was rejected by Chen Jianqiu.

Holmes is now the most important member of the team, and there is no need for him to be the leader.

There are still a lot of moths in this place.

It was hard for Chen Jianqiu to imagine how the unarmed geologist would cope with any more "demons and monsters" that came out of the hole below.

The corn also flew back, and it patrolled back and forth around Chen Jianqiu on the cliff, watching warily for anything that might pose a threat to its owner.

However, the journey down went unexpectedly smoothly, and even the night wind through the deep valley did not have much impact on Chen Jianqiu.

He was on the leeward side, and the rope didn't move.

Chen Jianqiu even had a guess whether the original treasure map drawer had chosen the same path as him, entering and exiting the cave and transporting the treasure.

By the time he slipped further down, his suspicion was confirmed.

Near the cave, some traces of man-made excavation began to appear, allowing people to climb and settle down.

With these inconspicuous potholes, Chen Jianqiu's speed down was much faster.

Those Nahua pioneers have not only been here, but also left traces here.

It's hard to imagine them hanging in mid-air with ropes tied to their waists, while chiseling cliffs.

However, what puzzled Chen Jianqiu was why the upper part of this path did not leave any artificial imprints.

But before he could think about it, the rope had already descended parallel to the mouth of the cave.

Chen Jianqiu stepped on the hollow, took a step forward, and easily landed on the platform at the entrance of the cave.

He approached the entrance of the cave with a torch.

The entrance to the cave is not very large, but it is dark inside, and it looks so deep that you can't see what is going on inside from the outside.

If it weren't for the swarm of bats, none of them would have imagined that there was such an entrance to a cave directly below the cliff.

He turned on the shooter state.

By the light of the torches, everything in front of me became brighter.

However, when his gaze swept over the edge of the hole, the hairs on his back suddenly stood on end.

There sat a "man".

Chen Jianqiu's hand touched his waist meaningfully and pulled out his Colt.

The "man" sat motionless, seemingly unconcerned about the cowboy's actions in front of him.

Chen Jianqiu's eyes narrowed, and he quickly noticed something strange.

In the state of a shooter, he can sense the enemy's weakness, but there is nothing special in the outline of this "person" in front of him.

It's a dead thing.

Chen Jianqiu approached the "man", and he realized that this was a dead man, who had already weathered into a skeleton, but there were a bunch of slimy things on his bones, so he looked like a living person with full muscles.

"Come down!" Chen Jianqiu returned to the edge of the platform and waved his torch at it, "There is no problem down there for the time being." ”

Except for the three who remained on it, everyone else climbed down the rope.

"I'm a good girl, there's really a hole here!" A Chinese young man named Liu Dabao exclaimed.

Two Chinese boys, the other named He Jiasheng, carried a few spare torches behind them.

"Hey! There are ...... there" Chen Jianqiu was picking up Holmes, but when he turned around, he saw that Liu Dabao had already held a torch and probed his brain into the cave.

"Ah~"

But he still said that it was too late, Liu Dabao and the skeleton had a face-to-face intimate contact, took two steps back, sat on the ground with one butt, and the torch also fell at the entrance of the cave.

Chen Jianqiu shook his head, this young man is three Donnies worse than Li Sifu.

Holmes also came over with torches.

He saw the skeleton too.

But for a veteran geologist and archaeologist, it's as strange as a scarecrow in his field.

He leaned in to take a look, and after making sure that there was no danger, he glued some bones with his hand and put the contents of his body to his nose and sniffed them.

"Bat droppings." Holmes said, looking around, "There may be some sad stories going on here." ”

He pointed to the abyss outside the platform: "His friend, maybe down there." ”

Chen Jianqiu finally understood why there were only man-made chisel marks on the cliff outside.

"You follow me and Uncle Holmes, don't touch anything, and go the way we walked."

Chen Jianqiu gave an order to the people behind him, then raised the torch and, together with Holmes, took the lead in entering the cave.

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