Li Meng and I entered the bomb shelter again to investigate the situation, and when we returned, a large amount of smoke suddenly appeared in the cave.

Someone set fire to the cave and tried to smoke us to death!

The main cause of death caused by smoke is carbon monoxide poisoning, in the air with a carbon monoxide concentration of 1.3%, people will lose consciousness after two or three breaths, and 10 minutes of breathing will lead to death, and the carbon monoxide content of agricultural firewood burning will only be higher.

At the moment, we can't get out of the hole, so we can only continue to walk to the depths of the air-raid shelter, pinning all our hopes on the construction team of the civil air defense project, who will definitely build an escape route here.

I put Li Meng's arm on my shoulder, picked her up and ran quickly towards the depths of the bomb shelter.

It's not a drill, it's really going to die.

The inside of the bomb shelter is very large, more than three meters high, and most of the smoke is stuck on the roof of the hole, which is not dangerous to us for the time being, but sooner or later the smoke will fill the entire bomb shelter, and there is not much time left for us.

We ran all the way and saw a foul-smelling pool of stagnant water, which must have a lot of bacteria and possibly poisonous. Even so, this is our last retreat, and if we can't find an exit, we can only rely on this pool of stagnant water to survive.

The civil air defense project will definitely build an escape route, this is my last belief.

Now that there was no other choice, I pulled Li Meng and jumped into the dark river, ready to wade to the other side of the river to continue looking for an exit. The river was not deep, just knee-deep. It's just that the water of the river is extremely cold, and after a few steps, I feel my toes tingle and shiver from the cold.

"Oops!"

Li Meng seemed to have stepped on something, his feet slipped, and the whole person threw forward unbalanced, falling heavily into the water.

Since I was pulling her, it was no better, and she was so taken by her that I stumbled directly and knelt into the water.

The splash flew straight into my mouth, and a foul smell irritated my taste buds and caused a wave of nausea.

This smell is too stinky, even worse than the corpse smell on Ren Qiushi's body!

I rubbed my knees, got up again, and grabbed Li Meng's arm to pull her up. But instead of standing up, she hesitated, reaching out and groping for something in the foul-smelling water.

After a while, I saw her stand up with an extra round thing in her hand.

Shine it with a flashlight, it's a skull!

Could it be the third skeleton?

Or are there more victims here?

Without time to think or be afraid, Li Meng took his skull in his arms, and we continued to walk across the river.

Our clothes were wet from the river and smelled of foul smell, none of which mattered, but it was the most important thing to run for our lives right now.

We didn't go far, but we couldn't go any further, and an iron fence stood in front of us, and a household lock hung from the fence.

I put my head in the fence and tried, but I couldn't get through. I looked at the lock again, and although it was badly corroded, it couldn't be opened without any tools.

"What should I do?" Li Meng was a little flustered.

At this moment, I also panicked and kicked the iron fence a few times, but the iron fence only shook a few times slightly, and there was no response.

What to do, what to do......

There is a fence in front of the road, and there is billowing smoke behind it.

Suddenly, I saw a powerful flashlight in my hand.

"Brother, give me some strength!" I shouted in my heart as I raised my flashlight and slammed the end of my tail against the rusty iron lock.

After about two dozen blows, the iron lock cracked in half with a crisp sound, and I saw the hope of life again.

Quickly open the iron fence and continue to run deeper.

There was no fork in the road along the way, so we followed it all the way.

After walking for about ten minutes, I finally saw a faint light at the end of the road, and where there is light, there is an exit!

Li Meng and I looked at each other for a moment, showed a smile that I hadn't seen in a long time, and rushed towards the light.

I don't know how we ran towards the exit or how we got out of the dugout. All we know is that we breathe fresh air again and experience the feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe.

When we entered the bomb shelter, the sun had not yet set, and when we came out, the sky was completely dark, the waning moon was high, and the sky was full of stars.

This kind of scene can only be seen in the countryside with green mountains and green waters.

Fortunately, I paid attention to the surrounding environment and found that we were still in Snake Mountain, but we had completely come to the other side of Snake Mountain, and this air-raid shelter ran through Snake Mountain at a relatively partial angle.

"Whew—we're still alive......"

Li Meng held a skull in his arms, his feet were weak, and he sat directly on the ground.

After a high degree of tension, a sense of relief and relaxation can cause people to lose their physical strength in an instant, and there will be a sense of physical and psychological powerlessness.

But now is not the time to sigh and rest, we should immediately bypass Snake Mountain, return to the entrance of the bomb shelter to investigate, and collect evidence left by the murderer who wanted to set fire to us. Since he wanted to murder us, it means that he must have something to do with the two bones in the bomb shelter, and it is very likely that he was the murderer back then.

But we don't know how many people there are on the other side now, and we are now soaking wet, Li Meng still has a leg injury, especially since she is still holding a skull in her arms, no matter what aspect you consider, now is not the time to confront the murderer head-on.

After thinking about it, I decided to return to the village committee first and bring a few more people to investigate tomorrow.

We have not been to this exit of the bomb shelter, and the specific route back to the village is not clear, so we can only go in the direction of the village, and the safest way is to cross the snake mountain and go all the way back.

On the way back to the village committee, the evening breeze brought a hint of coolness, I was fine, only half of my body was soaked, but Li Meng just fell into the water, and my whole body was already soaked. Her hair was still dripping, and her soaked clothes didn't keep her warm, and she couldn't help curling up, hugging each other's arms, but still shivering slightly in the wind.

Now if I had a coat, I would not hesitate to put it on her, but I only have a single coat, and if I had, I would have been soaked in the bomb shelter just now.

In the hazy moonlight, the soaked clothes clinged to her tall body, so that the graceful girlish figure was fully displayed in front of me. What a beautiful picture it would have been if she hadn't had a skull in her arms at this point.

There is no time to appreciate it, the current situation is not completely out of danger, we must speed up the pace and return to the village committee as soon as possible.

I put my arm directly into her armpit and pushed her forward.