Chapter 14 Chapter 11 The Cave (Part 2)

"The rope was cut by someone." This is the clue I found when I took the broken end into my hand. Lao Qiang glanced at the end of the rope, his face turned pale, "Sure enough, someone cut it. Who is on the top of the cave? The enemy?" "maybe." I smile wryly. The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind him. Although he already knew that there was an oriole behind him, he still insists on being the tempting mantis. Who is that at the top of the cave?That mysterious organization?Why are they trapping us in holes?Is this behavior good for that organization?

what good? My head is very clear, perhaps the danger in the cave, that organization has already tasted it.During the more than ten years of erasing Stone Bodhisattva Village, I'm afraid I have been trying to get the target out, but I have never been successful. At least there is no shortage of jewelry on the altar.As for the stone statue, apart from having no eyes, there are traces of movement on the soles of its feet. Could it be that my use value is to uncover the secrets in the cave and serve as cannon fodder for Yaxin's forces?I was dumbfounded, they really valued me.This place is so mysterious that I have no clue, or even a sense of where the danger is.Why do they think that if they trap me in the bottom of the cave, they will get what they want?Thinking of this, I froze.

No, I might not be the first person to be led into the cave.That organization kept attracting people in, but those who came in never got out. Most likely! I was constantly on guard in my heart, although I knew there was danger, but I was powerless, and I couldn't even see the danger coming.I was very apprehensive. Looking at the pale-faced and confused people around me, I ordered: "Find a place to recover your strength first, everyone will disperse early tomorrow morning, and start exploring in groups of two. Since it is a natural cave, there should be way out." The ground is so dry that the chances of an underground river are almost nil.But the air here is not considered dirty, there should be ventilation ducts.

Find the pipe and you'll find the exit. I set up a tent outside a typical Qin Dynasty tower building. I wanted to enter the tower, but I knocked on the door and found that the whole tower was solid. The so-called door was just an ornament.The tents were very close together, and everyone's nerves were tense. There was nothing to say all night, all the tents were quiet, but I don't know how many people can sleep peacefully. In a daze, I always felt that someone was crying and laughing, and the sound was like a ghost screaming in horror. After waking up, the sound disappeared without a trace, not only I heard it, but everyone else woke up.

Everyone got out of the tent, still in shock, and everyone looked at each other, and their faces became even paler. "No, the soil hat didn't come out." Zizhu exclaimed, as expected of a woman, she has a sharp heart and sharp eyes. Old Gun was taken aback, and hastily tore open Tumao's single tent.Seeing that guy sleeping soundly and heartlessly, he couldn't help laughing, "This bastard is still so rough, he can fall asleep under the current situation." "Try to sleep well, tomorrow will be a toss." I waved my hand wearily, motioning for everyone to go in.

There is no sun, no moon, no stars, no wind in the cave, only the electronic watch on the wrist reminding everyone of the passage of time. At 6:30 in the morning, I couldn't sleep and opened the door of the tent, only to see that Lao Qiang and others had already woken up, the cooks were cooking, the silence was silent, and some people cleaned up the gems that had been taken away from the altar. Into a pile, watching with ecstasy. "morning." I scratched my head. Lao Qiang handed me two breakfasts, "You and your girlfriend's." "Thanks." I didn't pay attention to his teasing, and opened Gong Ruya's tent with the food.

The girl also woke up, staring at a certain point on the top of the tent in a daze, with a gloomy expression and indescribable distress.I really don't understand how this stupid woman has so many sad thoughts at such a young age. I put one of the breakfasts in front of her, "It's time to eat." "I'm not hungry." Her big black and white eyes flicked to me, then moved away. "Are you worried about not being able to get out?" I asked. "No." The girl shakes her head. "Then what are you mourning for?" I blinked, "Recently your mood is not right, even your personality is almost turning into a passerby, you have no sense of existence!"

"Did I have a sense of existence before?" She straightened up suddenly. "Yes, fierce, domineering, and aggressive." I looked at her lightly, "Although I can't say why, I always feel that you, who are inexplicably sad and pityful, may be more like yourself." "real?" Gong Ruya smiled. "certainly." I pointed to the food, and added maliciously, "Eat breakfast quickly. You don't know, if you don't eat breakfast at 9 o'clock in the morning, the intestines will automatically absorb feces, which means you don't eat breakfast." People are actually eating shit. Hey, do you often feel that when you don’t have breakfast, after nine o’clock, you usually don’t feel hungry?”

"Hmm! There really aren't many good people named Ye, they're all bastards." The girl frowned, took a few glances at the food, and finally ate it. For some reason, the distance between the two of us seems to have inexplicably shortened a lot, and the sense of estrangement has also weakened a lot.Illusion? Gong Ruya stretched her waist after eating, and suddenly said: "Silence at night." "Ok?" I looked at her suspiciously, "Why are you calling me by my name seriously?" "It's nothing, I just want to seriously ask you to try it. Sure enough, your name is quite weird."

The girl giggled non-stop, "Okay, although I still hate the Ye family very much, this beauty will mercifully pardon you alone, and remove you from the daily curse list." "Oh, thank you very much." I couldn't keep up with her train of thought at all, the logic of a woman is really hard to understand. After breakfast, except for Lao Qiang, everyone was divided into four teams in twos.After confirming the direction with the compass, they explored in all directions, and agreed to gather under the altar in two days. Gong Ruya and I teamed up to explore the east. The girl was still depressed, watching the crowd scattered and disappeared into the darkness, she tilted her head, listless.I took her to the distance, carrying my hiking bag on my back.

The cave was very depressing and cold. Although there were lights piercing the darkness, it did not bring the slightest sense of security.I always feel that there is something supernatural hidden in the air around me. Is it just that I am too sensitive?After all, it has been more than ten hours since I came down, and nothing strange has happened. Gong Ruya followed behind me, her head drooping. A thought suddenly popped up in my heart, "You know?" "Hmm. I didn't expect you to know too." I asked inexplicably, but the girl actually understood and admitted it. "I'm very sorry about what happened to the Gong family." I touched my nose, wondering if I should comfort her.Finally gave up and asked casually, "How do you know?" "As a big family that has existed for decades, the Gong family certainly has its own secret channel. But now that channel may not exist anymore." Gong Ruya sighed, didn't cry, and didn't even show any expression, "I received the news early yesterday morning. The whole family of the Gong family, except me, is gone." "Want revenge?" I look away. "I want to, I want to die." Gong Ruya stopped abruptly, her nails pierced deeply into her palm, "But I don't know who the murderer is, so how can I take revenge?" "There will always be clues." I said lightly.As for the enemies of the Gong family, I am purely guessing without much evidence.But for the girl in front of her, the only motivation to live in this life is to find her enemy and take revenge. I didn't expect Gong Ruya to be able to control her emotions so well. She quickly recovered her mood and followed me to explore slowly. It took a whole day, and at 9:30 in the afternoon, we finally reached the east end of the cave.The limit speed of a person walking is five kilometers per hour. Since the cave has a limited visual range, it can be calculated at three kilometers, and it can be easily calculated that the distance from the altar to the eastern border of this cave is more than 30 kilometers. What kind of underground cave is this!Although there are natural traces, the scale of artificial repairs cannot be underestimated. The ground has always been flat without any edges and corners. Except for some unused building materials, there are only repaired houses, arrow towers, and watchtowers, all of which are of proportional size, but all the buildings are solid and have no living function.Countless dwellings, countless items needed by the people of the Qin Dynasty can be found in this underground world. The mysterious cave looks like an uninhabited city, but it goes hundreds of meters deep into the mountain ridge.I am afraid that in the history of China, only Qin Shihuang could have such great courage and manpower to build such a large-scale project. Is it really only for the evil stone sculpture with red eyes and bloody lips on the altar?What exactly is that stone man and what does it represent? The east end was as expected, the wall of the cave was sealed with molten iron, just like the top of the cave.Gong Ruya and I searched the neighborhood for a long time but couldn't find the exit.In such a large place, it takes more than ten days to search the surrounding area with manpower, and maybe you can't find a way to escape. I'm a little downcast.Although the food and water brought in are enough to survive for ten days, what about after ten days?What's more, this weird place is not simple at all. The emperor of the Qin Dynasty spent huge financial and material resources to build it, and he would never build such an inexplicable place.It definitely has secrets.At least it can be judged that a certain organization has come in countless times, but every time it forged its feathers and returned, otherwise it would not lead me back to Spring City, wanting to be a yellow bird, or even a fisherman. The danger must be approaching step by step, but no one can notice it. The two of us did not return to the altar until eleven o'clock the next night.Everyone arrived at the concentration area one after another, and everyone sighed with a bad expression. "Damn it, the whole cave is like a huge iron coffin, there is no way out." Lao Qiang punched the ground hard, sending dust flying. The rest of the people looked desperate, but after only being trapped for two days, Zizhu was already showing signs of collapse. I coughed a few times, "It's far from hopeless, we have enough food. Get a good night's sleep tonight, and start a carpet search tomorrow, and you can always find the real entrance and exit." Everyone showed a not-so-optimistic expression, set up their tents in dejection, and prepared to rest on the spot near the altar.After searching for two full days, I was able to confirm that there were no other creatures in the cave, and only the seven of us were alive. I originally wanted everyone to stay away from this altar. I always felt that it was very oppressive here, but when my eyes touched the faces of everyone, I immediately swallowed my words of persuasion. Although the expedition team has not complained explicitly, they have already expressed their dissatisfaction with me. come out.I brought them in. Although there is a clear employment relationship, when a person falls into a dangerous situation, no matter how noble the guy is, he will evade himself and throw the responsibility for the risk to others. Sighing helplessly, I had to move the tent as far away from the altar as possible.Before falling asleep, Gong Ruya opened the door of my tent and got in. "I am afraid." The girl was shivering as she closed the door, "I always feel that it's getting colder outside." I waved my hand and didn't care. In the wild, it's normal for men and women to share tents. What's more, the temperature in the cave seems to have dropped particularly sharply tonight. The thermometer I brought can only show minus five degrees, but it has lost its effect now. .It's summer, but it's freezing to death here. No way, only to lie in a sleeping bag with clothes to keep warm.Gong Ruya might be really cold, she leaned against me tightly with her sleeping bag, exerting so much force that she could accurately feel the exquisite curves of her body even through several layers of thick cloth. Girl, trembling incessantly. she is afraid?in despair?Or are you suffering from the demise of your own family? I don't know when I fell asleep in a daze, and suddenly heard something screaming outside the tent.The roar grew louder, followed by the girl's screams and moans of pain.I woke up suddenly, quickly climbed out of the sleeping bag, Gong Ruya also opened her eyes, subconsciously took out a police pistol from nowhere. The two of us got out of the tent, but were surprised to see an unbelievable scene. A black figure kept roaring like a wild beast. He pressed Zizhu under his body. Most of the girl's clothes had been torn off, revealing her healthy wheat-colored shoulders and half of her chest.Hei Ying held the girl down with one hand to prevent her from struggling wildly, and the other hand was still pinching her throat tightly. Zizhu moaned with difficulty through the vocal tract, and her eyes had begun to turn white. After Lao Qiang and the others came out of the tent and discovered this scene, they froze in place, not knowing how to react. "shot." I quickly ordered Gong Ruya. Without hesitation, the girl pulled the trigger towards the shadow.The bullet hit the target's arm accurately, but Sombra didn't react to being shot, he just turned his head and looked at us. Familiar face, familiar appearance, that person is actually a dirt hat!But now he has lost the expression that a human being should have. He has a ferocious expression, his wide-open lips are as red as blood, and two teeth with a length of five centimeters grow out of his upper jaw. The most obvious thing is his eyes, which are blood-red. eye! Suddenly, I thought of the stone statue on the altar for the first time!Its original eyes may be exactly the same as the current soil hat. The soil cap who had lost his mind stared at me with red eyes, and then rushed towards me.Gong Ruya nervously fired all the bullets in the police pistol. Although the gunfire was loud, the bullets were completely ineffective against him. I was thrown down by an irresistible force, and I was about to draw my gun to fight back. Suddenly, I felt a coldness on the right side. The earth cap grabbed something from my body, and unexpectedly did not continue to attack me, but ran away quickly. . The roar gradually faded away, and I subconsciously looked at the attacked part.That was the pocket on the right side, which originally contained the red gemstones found from Li Ming's stomach.Now, it's been snatched away. not good! The feeling of danger was like a flood, rushing up from the bottom of my heart, I jumped up from the ground, desperately chasing in the direction where the soil hat disappeared. Gong Ruya and the others were very puzzled, but they still followed. "How did Tumao become less human, and ghosts less ghosts!" While running, Lao Qiang asked Zi Zhu.The two of them were on the same team two days ago, so they should know something about it. "I don't know either. I always feel that Tumao has been a little abnormal since the day before yesterday." Zizhu was at a loss as to what to do with his torn clothes. "I'm afraid there is something wrong with that stone statue." Ganges suddenly said, "On the night when I first went to the altar three days ago, the earth hat touched the stone statue with my hand. I accidentally cut my hand. It was just a small wound. A drop of blood stained the stone statue. In the blink of an eye Then it disappeared, and I thought it was a pinnacle at that time. Maybe something happened in Tuzhou at that time." "Ghost possessed?" Zizhu shuddered. Everyone didn't speak anymore, the cold air was blowing on their faces because of running, and everyone couldn't help shivering, only feeling the cold from the soles of their feet to their hearts. The mutated soil hat was hunched over, and its speed was so fast that it didn't look like a human being.I couldn't help but think of my experience in the toilet in primary school—my companion died tragically, and I was the only one left to survive. The monster at that time was so similar to him. The earth hat quickly rushed to the top of the altar, I took out my gun and exchanged a glance with Gong Ruya.The two of them outflanked the top of the altar, one left and one right, and were ready to shoot as soon as they saw the figure of the earth cap. It was only a few seconds apart, and when all six of us returned to the altar again, we felt that the surrounding atmosphere was completely different.Like the sky is changing, there is wind flowing.An evil and huge pressure almost broke everyone's spine, the timid Zizhu even shook his whole body, and his whole body fell limply to the ground. It's too late, it's too late. Sure enough, as I guessed, the mutated earth hat installed eye jewels in the eye sockets of the stone statue.The gem suddenly seemed to be alive, exuding a faint red and strange cold glow, which was blazing brightly under the light, and the reflected flame was even brighter than a miner's lamp.No one can move under the red eyes of the stone statue. Neither can I. The stone statue missing one eye looked at everyone coldly. The soil cap beside it shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, only the skeleton and shriveled skin remained. Water, flesh and blood all flowed into the stone statue. . I have never heard of this thing that the locals mistakenly called the Blood Bodhisattva, and I don't even know how it exists.A black air diffused from the body of the stone statue, and it had no smell.Not long after, I felt the whole cave tremble.Then, we simultaneously regain control of our bodies. "How is this going?" Lao Qiang and others were still in shock. "Not good! Smash it!" After I reacted, I immediately shot at the stone statue, but the bullet hit it without leaving even a single white mark.This thing is obviously an ordinary stone, how could it be so hard? "Quick, find a way to smash it as soon as possible." I shouted anxiously.The greatest sense of crisis in my life was churning in my chest, and I was going crazy with impatience. Seeing my distorted expression, the rest of the people immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.They fumbled all over their bodies to find the item, but they came in such a hurry earlier, how could they find it. Han Dian, who was in charge of the equipment, hurriedly said: "I still have a few sticks of explosives in my backpack. They were originally prepared for first aid when I was trapped in the mountains. It should be no problem to blow up the stone statue." "Go get it!" I ordered, then thought about it, and shook my head, "Let's go together. The stone statue was so weird just now, I don't know what terrible things will happen. Fortunately, it only has one eye, which is still incomplete." It's not that he didn't think about digging out the left eye of the stone statue, but every time he tried to get close to it, his legs wouldn't work.The five-meter radius of the stone statue seems to be an invisible barrier, which is difficult for human beings to overcome. The six people walked down the altar, and before returning to the camp, Gong Ruya's ears moved suddenly, and she said in surprise, "Listen, there seems to be something approaching us." I stopped and frowned, "It's the sound of footsteps." "How is it possible, there are only us in this damned place." Lao Qiang didn't believe it, but was stunned again. Sure enough, there were footsteps, human footsteps, countless footsteps, walking towards the altar at an incomprehensible pace. "Damn it, run!" I was startled, grabbed Gong Ruya's hand and ran towards the place where the sound of footsteps was the least. The owner of the footsteps is approaching, getting closer, and the light of the headlamp illuminates the surrounding space.Countless black shadows were walking at a slow speed. They staggered like living corpses in horror movies, but when they saw their appearance clearly, everyone was so frightened that they almost collapsed. A large number of humanoid monsters dressed in villager costumes appeared in sight.The clothes were incomplete, hanging on these monsters like rags.There is no hair on the body surface of these things, only a pair of blood-red eyes reflecting faint light.They seemed to smell us, and all the nearby monsters raised their sharp front claws and chased us. Run, keep running!Everyone was out of breath, but no one dared to give up.Those monsters are not fast, but they persevere. If they slow down a little, they will die. There is no such thing as empathy in the world. If the needle does not pierce others, they will not know how painful it is, and those who know the pain are often imprisoned.Countless monsters emerged from inexplicable places, and no one even knew where they were hidden before. "It's been three days in the cave. How could we not have noticed such a large group of zombies?" Old Gun was out of breath from exhaustion, and said in horror. He finally understood the meaning of the warning stele left by the army outside Stone Bodhisattva Village. These monsters are like monsters in Western zombie movies. Except that they don't look like humans, everything else shows the fact that they were once living people. "Some of these villagers should have been thrown from the roof of the cave where we came in, and some of them have been here for many years." I glanced at the zombies dressed in the Qin Dynasty at the end of my line of sight, and felt a little cold in my heart. These monsters could not be the soldiers and craftsmen of the Qin Dynasty more than 2,200 years ago, right?Although the cave is indeed very cold and has the effect of a refrigerator, it is not enough to keep the corpse from decaying for a thousand years. The only explanation is that the decaying bacteria in the cave can't survive, or there is some kind of supernatural power in the cave that inhibits their growth. So, after more than two thousand years, how many monsters will there be in the cave after death?Unpredictable!But I am very clear about one thing, the six of us are really doomed. No wonder the mysterious force came back every time, and had to try every means to lure me here, trying to find a solution.I'm afraid that even after digging out the eyes of the blood bodhisattva and moving the stone sculpture slightly, the corpses would wake up and attack all creatures in the cave. What is it that was sealed deep in the mountain ridge during the Qin Dynasty and was mistaken by the locals for the blood bodhisattva? Even in such a critical situation, I still can't suppress my curiosity. "Flee to the east, there is a building complex not far from there. One of the watchtowers is hollow, let's hide there." My mind was spinning rapidly, and while I roared, I deviated from the direction of escape. Everyone hurriedly followed me and fled to the northeast.There are countless corpses behind him, with no end in sight. Finally, we escaped to the hollow watchtower, squeezed in sideways, and blocked the gate firmly.The stones blocking the door were not firm, and monsters could even be seen chasing them from the cracks in the stones. But the strange thing is that we, who were desperate, did not fall into further despair.The group of corpses hovered between the buildings of the Qin Dynasty, and had no intention of attacking. "Yes, I'm saved." Everyone collapsed for a while, and fell limply to the ground.