Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Probe

Liu Ye frowned looking at the spider corpses all over the ground, covered her mouth with her hand, her pretty face was bloodless, as white as a piece of paper. I looked back at Liu Ye, took her hand, and ran forward with my thighs thrown away.The soles of the shoes are sticky, every step is like stepping on a soft asphalt road, the feet are soft, and there is a feeling that you can't use your strength.But no one dared to stop, so they had to bite the bullet and run forward. Hearing the "thumping" sound under their feet, their stomachs couldn't stop churning, and they went straight up to the acid water.

With our eyes closed, we rushed out of the stone gate in one breath. The situation outside the gate was unclear, so we rushed directly into one of the tunnels. The tunnel was pitch black, and it was more than 50 meters to run out. It is estimated that there should be no more black spiders of that kind, so we stopped.Even though they didn't run very far, due to the extreme tension, everyone seemed to run out of strength, holding on to the cave wall, panting heavily, and no one could speak. Suppressing my nausea, I rubbed the soles of my shoes on the ground, and there were disgusting white pus all over the uppers and trouser legs.

The flashlight shone forward, and the tunnel turned a corner not far ahead. I don't know where it leads, and I can't see the end. Anyway, this is the only way. Now that we have come in, we naturally have to take a look inside.Since that "curled corpse" did not come down from the same place as us, there must be another exit from the tomb.Only by finding the exit can we get out alive.Although there is no danger for the time being, everyone knows that if you spend an extra minute underground, the danger will increase exponentially. The cave lamp was pitch black, and the miner's lamp had been thrown away in the panic just now, leaving only a few flashlights.

I don't know how long I will be trapped in this underground, and everything has to be considered in the long run.Liu Ye and I turned off the flashlights, leaving only Da Ya with a flashlight shining in front of us. This light is not very effective in this deep cave, it can only illuminate an area the size of the mouth of a bowl. , we had no choice but to move forward based on our feelings. The tunnel was deep and empty, and there was no movement except the sound of our walking. Raise your legs at the same time, and land at the same time, the sound of "chacha" footsteps unknowingly unifies the rhythm, just listening to the sound, it's like walking alone.

Walking, walking, I suddenly heard besides the sound of neat footsteps, there seemed to be a vague sound, "cha...cha..." every few seconds would sound regularly.Although the sound is very small, it is very quiet here, and the sound in the cave is full of sound. In addition, our footsteps are uniform, which immediately highlights this insignificant sound. I listened carefully with my ears up, and it sounded like footsteps no matter how I heard it, but the footsteps were definitely not ours. I suddenly yelled "stop", and then grabbed Da Ya and Liu Ye. The surroundings suddenly became quiet, as if waiting for an embroidery needle to fall to the ground.

Just after we stopped, we heard another "cha" sound clearly. Although the sound was not loud, it was very abrupt. Da Ya and Liu Ye immediately realized why I suddenly stopped.Obviously, the sound just now was not made by us.Is there someone else who has been following us? In the dark, we remained motionless and listened quietly for a while, but the sound seemed to disappear quietly with our stillness, as if playing hide-and-seek with us. After a while, I suddenly turned on the flashlight and took pictures of the front, back, left, and right sides. The surroundings were still empty and silent, except for the distorted shadows of the three of us reflected on the cave wall, there was nothing.

Just when we were all inexplicably panicked, Liu Ye suddenly stared at Da Ya's feet with staring eyes, and cried out: "Shoes! Shoes! There's a shoe!" I quickly took a photo of Da Ya's feet, and sure enough, there was an extra shoe under Da Ya's trousers, it was a white sneaker... Da Ya's eyes were wide open, and he was obviously a little scared. After taking a few deep breaths, he bravely shook his feet.Sure enough, there was an extra sneaker on the outside of his left foot, and he swung it a few times before the shoe came off.Even he himself didn't know when the shoe was hanging on his trouser leg.

Looking at the shoe, none of us squeaked.No one knows where an extra shoe came from, and it has followed us for so long without making a sound. Da Ya was still in a state of shock, and after lighting the sneaker with a flashlight, he frowned and said to me, "Lai Liang, do these shoes look familiar? They seem to be worn by the dead man next to the coffin bed? The brand and style are exactly the same!" What?Dead man's shoes? ! The scene suddenly fell silent again, and for a while, no one said a word.I felt a chill rushing up from the bottom of my feet, the cold wind was blowing from the back of my neck, and my scalp was numb.

You can't think too much about this kind of thing, the more you think about it, the worse it will be for you.Originally, we are almost at the end of our ropes now, once even the last bit of fighting spirit is worn out, we can only sit and wait for death.I kicked the shoe to the side, then waved at Da Ya and Liu Ye, telling them to move on, don't waste time here, maybe it was accidentally scratched on my body at the time, and I was also nervous at the time , The attention is not on this, don't scare yourself first. Da Ya didn't say anything, just spit out a mouthful, then took big steps and walked forward.

On the road, no one said anything.The sudden appearance of this shoe obviously disturbed our state of mind. Everyone understands that what I said is just a self-deception. Who would not feel it when there is a shoe dragging under their feet?Even if the shoes are of good quality and light weight, there will inevitably be some bumps under the soles of the feet. It is impossible for Da Ya to walk so far without noticing them.Unless the shoe is deliberately avoiding collisions, but if that is the case, then the shoe is obviously already conscious, and it is not just an ordinary shoe. The tunnel twists and turns, and the ground under his feet is getting softer and softer.In fact, even if this tunnel has no end, it can be regarded as a hope. It is better than a dead end. At that time, I really felt cold in my heart.

I walked for a thousand meters, but I still couldn't see the end. We didn't expect this tunnel to be so long, and we couldn't help but have doubts about this long tunnel. After building such a long tunnel, where does it lead?It is really puzzling.As I was walking, my eyes fumbled around. As I was walking, I suddenly discovered a problem. There seemed to be a hole every not so far under my feet.The hole is not too thick, it goes straight down, and I don't know what it is for.At first I didn't think much of it, but after passing through more than a dozen holes in a row, I started to pay attention, and found that these holes were very regular in size and spacing, and they didn't seem to be random. I called Da Ya and Liu Ye to stop, told them to wait for a while, and then pointed to the hole under their feet for them to see too. Da Ya glanced at it, frowned and said, "Lai Liang, could this be a cave made by Luoyang?" Luoyang shovel? I have seen geological survey teams use that kind of tool, and the hole they made is indeed similar to this one, but it seems to be a circle thicker than this hole.It is said that the Luoyang shovel was only available in the period of the Republic of China, and this cave was excavated during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. I am afraid that there was no such thing in those days. Could it be possible that someone has entered here? Liu Ye saw my doubts and told me that although this Luoyang shovel was only famous in the Republic of China, it has existed since ancient times, and it is similar with minor differences. Someone in the Qing Dynasty quoted a passage, saying that "the method of testing the embankment is to use an iron cone to explore it, or to dig it occasionally." Although the origin was not mentioned, the so-called "iron cone" is enough to prove the generation of clear dikes. Before the ancient times, its function should be similar to that of Luoyang shovel.Speaking of this, she glanced at Da Ya and me, smiled, and continued: "The things written in the novels of tomb robbers are all artistically processed, and there is no need to quote classics, and sometimes they are even more imaginative. This tool for exploring the ground , in the Song Dynasty, there was a similar record. At that time, the tools used to test the soil were called "big cones". Whether the "big cones" used to test the quality of rammed earth at that time were cylindrical like the current Luoyang shovel, Whether it is possible to bring soil, although it is unknown, but from the records, it can be concluded that the iron cone soil test has been passed down for a long time." Da Ya and I knew nothing about these things before. Hearing what Liu Ye said, we couldn’t help admiring that it’s good to be knowledgeable and literate, otherwise we would have to make another big detour.In an instant, we realized a problem almost at the same time, and stomped the ground with our feet involuntarily...