A dark passage, a row of small spiral staircases stretching down, dark and bottomless.

The team members gathered around, and when they saw this situation, their first reaction was to find an exit.

Zhou Ran was no exception, but he had another idea.

Underneath this is either an exit or another "pod", because the ship should not have only one operating pod.

If it's a different "cabin", the chance of being able to get out will be even less......

When Zhou Ran looked at Yu Lie, he found that he was thinking about something, and there was a complicated expression on his face, as if he was making a difficult choice.

"Captain Yu, what's wrong with you?" When Zhou Ran walked up to him and spoke, Yu Lie was obviously taken aback.

"No, nothing." Yu Lie replied extremely unnaturally.

Doubts rose in Zhou Ran's heart, but he didn't think too much about it, maybe Yu Lie was also worried about their current situation.

"Do you want to go down?" Zhou Ran asked in a low voice.

Yu Lie's brows furrowed, revealing that complicated expression again, which also showed that what he was thinking about just now was this matter.

"Down!"

After Yu Lie finished saying this simple word, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I agree," Zhou Ran said.

"It's just that we don't know what's going on down there." Yu Lie said, "There is a possibility of losing your life......

"Hehe, instead of waiting for death here, it's better to fight."

......

After obtaining the unanimous opinion of the team members, Yu Lie and Zhou Ran took five people down to find out, while Lu Xuan led the rest of the people to stay on it, and if anything happened, they could still take care of it.

Before leaving, Yu Lie shot a flare under the dark passage, and the dazzling light pierced the sky like a meteor, instantly illuminating the entire dark passage.

Fortunately, the dark passage is not deep, and it is only more than 30 meters by sight.

Yu Lie turned on the flashlight and tried the bearing capacity of the spiral staircase - black metal, very strong, carefully swirling down the steps, and the rest of the people followed in turn.

The whole descent process was surprisingly smooth, and it took more than ten minutes to get to the bottom.

As the light of the "self-response lamp" gradually reaches its maximum brightness, the whole space is illuminated.

Before coming down, Yu Lie brought one of the only four "self-response lamps", thinking that six hours of lighting time was enough.

However, what unfolded before their eyes was not the long-awaited shocking scene, not a "cabin", but an empty, cold hexagonal room.

It's the same as the scene before entering the first course......

After investigation, the space here is not large, and the stone wall is still wrapped in a layer of gray rock, and the texture is soft. Other than that, the only thing that stands out is the stone face that stands upright on six sides.

Six rectangular stone faces enclose this hexagonal space.

The seven of them were all stunned, you look at me, I look at you, I really can't guess what secrets are here.

Zhou Ran pinched the gray rock and said, "Just like the operation compartment above, will there be anything found under the rock?" ”

Yu Lie nodded approvingly, and decided to give it a try using the old method. At this moment, Lu Xian's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Captain, how are you doing? Is it in the end? ”

"In the end, everything is fine."

"What's next, is there an exit?" Lu Xian said.

Even though the voice from the walkie-talkie was not very clear, Zhou Ran and the others could still hear the tremor in his tone from the walkie-talkie......

"I haven't found it yet, and I'm still investigating." Yu Lie replied expressionlessly.

The intercom hesitated for a few seconds before a voice came: "Stay safe and stay connected." ”

"Okay."

After Yu Lie finished speaking, he squeezed out a reluctant smile at Zhou Ran and said, "It seems that they are a little disappointed." ”

Zhou Ran knew it, and a little disappointment rose in his heart, although he didn't know Yu Lie's true thoughts, but he probably had the same thoughts.

"Until the last minute, it doesn't mean much." Zhou Ran replied with a smile, no disappointment, no joy, not even any emotion.

However, it turns out that self-confidence cannot defeat disappointment, let alone blind self-confidence. Instead, it leads to despair – the "door" they have in mind does not appear.

Zhou Ran looked at the tall stone wall in a daze, that is to say, the space they are in now has only one entrance and exit, and that is the place where they come down from the spiral staircase. Assuming this is part of an alien spaceship, then this place must have its raison d'être.

What is such a space used for?

A terrible thought came to his mind: prison.

Yes, that's probably the only one that explains, it's a great place to close the captives, and the space is large enough that there's only one entrance and exit.

If the assumption was true, their trip would have been in vain, but he had not yet accepted this conjecture in his heart......

Just when Zhou Ran racked his brains and thought, Yu Lie came back with a few team members, and judging from the expressions on their faces, things were not going well.

"Professor Zhou, we checked again, and there is no exit here, even if it is three feet into the ground."

Yu Lie said disappointedly, while raising the sapper shovel in his hand, slamming it the ground under his feet, making a sound of hard metal colliding.

"It's very hard," he said, "and there is no indication of any light, there will be no dark passages." ”

Zhou Ran nodded, having to accept this fact.

"Up?" He whispered, his tone full of unwillingness.

"Hmm." Yu Lie replied, "Let's think about it in the long term after we go up......

"Xiao Zhang, put away the 'self-response lamp' and prepare to go back." Yu Lie said.

However, Xiao Zhang, who was standing not far away, did not move, nor did he reply, and did not seem to hear him speak.

Yu Lie was a little impatient and raised his voice: "Xiao Zhang, what's the matter with you, what are you doing there!" ”

After saying this, Yu Lie's flashlight hit Xiao Zhang, and due to the problem of light just now, I didn't see his posture of looking up.

"Captain," Xiao Zhang said tremblingly, pointing upwards at the same time, "you—what do you see there?" ”

When everyone's eyes followed Yu Lie's flashlight to the position above Xiao Zhangzhi's head, they couldn't help but gasp, and two team members couldn't help but exclaim.

An even more intricate and terrifying pattern appeared on the stone wall overhead!

The pattern is composed of two parts, the outer edge of which is also two concentric circles, filled with various curves and small stripes, which are intertwined with each other, seemingly chaotic.

The pattern in the middle of the circle is much simpler, it is the image of a beast, strange shape, with a bloody mouth open, and it looks more ferocious than the pattern similar to Pixiu above.

If it was just the appearance of a beast, it wouldn't make them gasp in fear. What really scares them is that there seems to be some kind of fluid flowing in the curves and stripes of the whole pattern, like blood in the blood vessels of the human body.

Due to the fluidity of this liquid, coupled with the illumination of the light, the pattern looks like it moves, and the image of the beast in the middle is more vivid, especially the two copper bell-like eyes, which seem to be bubbling with a blood-red cold light!

"I think it's alive......" Xiao Zhang said tremblingly, looking frightened.

"It's horrible!" The other team member couldn't help but cry out.

Yu Lie hurriedly turned off the flashlight, obviously feeling that his heartbeat had accelerated a lot, and he was indeed frightened by the sight.

The silent feeling of fear is even more painful than death......

Yu Lie took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to turn on the flashlight again, and the moment the light hit that pattern, an incredible scene appeared: the beast's bloody mouth that was open just now actually closed, and the tongue in its mouth was finally shaken!

Seeing this scene, Yu Lie's scalp was numb, and while he looked at Zhou Ran, he found that Zhou Ran was also looking at him with a frightened expression.

The two quickly exchanged glances and understood what the other meant.

"Get out of here, quick!" Yu Lie shouted.

Zhou Ran's position was closest to the spiral staircase, and he ran over first, and the rest of the people also ran back.

After Yu Lie shouted, he strode to the "Ziying Lamp", such an important thing can't stay here.

When he ran towards the spiral staircase with the "self-response lamp", he found that Xiao Zhang was still stunned there, probably scared stupid.

"Your uncle!"

Yu Lie cursed in a low voice, stopped his feet, ran to Xiao Zhang's side, and ran back with him in tow. Due to the hurry of running, Yu Lie did not turn off the "self-response lamp", and its brightness was enough to illuminate the entire space.

At this time, he couldn't help but glance up at the pattern again, it was okay not to look at it, but after seeing it, his blood pressure soared directly, and the beast's bloody mouth opened again!

At this moment, there was only one voice in Yu Lie's heart: "Run!" ”

Luckily the spiral staircase was still there, and luckily there was nothing behind to catch up......

However, when several people reach the top of the spiral staircase, an even more terrifying scene appears: the secret passage is closed!

No matter how they knocked, no one on it responded, trying to contact them by walkie-talkie, but all that came from inside was the noise of "zilazila".

Trapped in a terrifying place, losing contact with the big army, and this kind of déjà vu scene, Zhou Ran has experienced it, and Yu Lie has also experienced it.

Yu Lie slowly moved the head of the "Self-Responding Lamp" downward, and the dazzling light sprinkled down like a waterfall. However, the thrilling sight did not appear, only the empty passage wrapped in a lonely light.

Before I know it, the air is already filled with mist......

With a "click", Yu Lie turned off the "self-response lamp".

"Save it." He said lightly.

No one answered, no one spoke, only endless silence and heavy gasps.

Zhou Ran gradually calmed down and whispered, "Fog ......"

"Yes, it should be the fog that affects the communication," Yu Lie said, "but where did the fog come from?" ”

"Could it have something to do with that pattern?" Zhou Ran said thoughtfully, and glanced back at Xiao Zhang, "Xiao Zhang, are you okay?" ”

"No, it's okay, I was really scared just now......" he said with a sigh of relief.

Yu Lie was happy: "Look at your useless appearance, the harmful Lao Tzu ran back to save you!" ”

Xiao Zhang didn't speak, but slowly lowered his head.

Captain Yu glared at him again, then turned on the flashlight and began to study the closed secret passage overhead.