Chapter 28 Chapter 12 Showdown in the Cave

The sunset is west of the mountains, and the night wind is slightly cold. The pitch-black air-raid shelter is like a road leading to the underworld and purgatory. Standing in front of the cave entrance, I seem to hear the shrill howling coming from the abyss of hell. Although Wang Xi claimed that the hidden mirror ghost would not appear in the air-raid shelter, the county police station deliberately prevented the villagers from entering the cave to search, probably because there were some ulterior secrets in the cave.Moreover, Xiao Jianqin saw Xiao Xiang coming out of the cave, so maybe he could find clues about his whereabouts somewhere in the air-raid shelter.Therefore, it is necessary to go in and investigate.

Of course, I don't want to find evidence in the cave that Xiaoxiang has any connection with the deaths of the eight children surnamed Cai. In order to search for the hole, we went back to school and borrowed rope from Mr. Lu, who found us a large bunch of strange ropes.The rope is made of cotton, slightly slender, a bit like wool for knitting a sweater, but rougher than wool.The reason why it is strange is because the rope is wound into a ball, not much the size of a basketball, and it smells like cooking oil. Teacher Lu said that the rope was brought from home by the principal when he searched the air-raid shelter last year, and it was originally used to wrap rice dumplings.The principal was worried that another student would walk into the air-raid shelter, so he put the rope in the school just in case.Although in that search, in addition to this bundle of ropes, many other ropes were spliced ​​together, but this bundle alone covers nearly a kilometer, which should be enough for us to search a large area.

As for the smell on the rope, he explained that the school has no warehouse, so he can only put the rope in the small kitchen of the dormitory.When he was holding the rope just now, he accidentally knocked over a bottle of cooking oil, and the whole bottle fell on the rope.The rope is made of cotton, which is highly absorbent. If the oil is absorbed into the rope, it will naturally have a peculiar smell. While the cord is a little on the thin side, it always feels like it might break at any moment, and it feels a little dirty, but it's better than nothing.After all, we don't know many people nearby, so it is not easy to find a long enough rope.

Zhen Zhen tied one end of the rope to a tree outside the air-raid shelter, and pulled it hard a few times to determine whether the knot was strong and the rope's toughness.At first, I was quite worried about this rope, but seeing that she didn't break the rope after so much effort, I realized that the rope was much tougher than I imagined. After she tied the other end of the rope around my waist, she said, "That's it, let's go in!" "Why don't you tie the rope to yourself too?" I asked. She gave me a blank look and said, "You run so slowly, if you really meet a hidden mirror ghost, won't I be tied to you so I won't be able to run away?"

"You really have no conscience." Although I said this, I knew in my heart that she did this because she was afraid that she would be restrained in case of danger and would not be able to protect me with all her strength.Of course, I don't rule out that she actually thinks the rope is stained with oil. I used the powerful flashlight I got from the police car to illuminate the dark cave ahead, and I held her hand as if nothing had happened, and walked slowly into the disturbing air-raid shelter.She didn't show any resistance, she followed me silently with her head down.I think, at this moment, her shy cheeks are probably flushed again.

After entering the air-raid shelter, you can still see the surrounding things clearly for the first few meters, and you will be completely in the dark when you go deeper.The boundless darkness surrounded us like a tide, and the oppressive sense of crisis made me feel short of breath, as if what I inhaled into the nasal cavity was not air, but dark blood. Zhen Zhen held my hand tightly, and I could feel her body trembling slightly.Although there is a flashlight for lighting, it is like a water pipe at the moment, and we can only spy on the situation inside the mouth of the pipe through it.Whether there is a deadly danger lurking beyond the nozzle, we don't know at all.In this cave full of unknown dangers, the only one who can rely on is the other party.

Holding Zhen Zhen's hand tightly, I walked towards the depths of the air-raid shelter step by step, and found nothing suspicious during the period.The air-raid shelter was bigger and drier than I imagined, and the passages criss-crossed.I think that once a fire breaks out, the fire will be out of control, and if you encounter a fierce fire in the maze-like air-raid shelter, you can say that you will definitely die. Fortunately, there are not many combustible items in the cave. We only found a small amount of materials left over from the war in some caves.Although these materials have been baptized by the years, they are dilapidated, but God knows whether there are bombs that can still detonate in these rags.So, we didn't venture to examine the supplies, and we wouldn't find the clues we were looking for in the rags anyway.

Continue to go deep, and found that there is a light at the end of one of the passages.The air-raid shelter has been abandoned for many years, and it is logically impossible to still have lights, unless someone has been active here recently.No matter what purpose the other party came here for, it was necessary to investigate.Of course, what I look forward to most is to see Xiaoxiang. I suppressed the excitement and anticipation in my heart, turned off the flashlight, and walked cautiously into the passage with Zhen Zhen.Suddenly, Zhen Zhen pulled me back and whispered, "Don't you find it strange?"

I only thought about Xiaoxiang's matter in my heart, so I replied casually: "There are lights in this kind of place, and even a fool knows it's weird." "I didn't mean that." She shook her head, "We should have walked very deep, is the rope that long?" After she said this, I realized that we had traveled a long distance, and the rope should not be so long.Could it be that she didn't tie the rope just now?I said what was in my heart, but what I got was her blank stare.She glared and said angrily, "Let me try to tie it up once? I can also tie you up like a rice dumpling with shoelaces."

She was born in the armed police, so she must have learned binding skills, so the rope she tied should not be easily loosened.But if the rope hadn't come loose, we wouldn't have been able to go this far with the length of the rope. "Will the rope break?" She had a disturbed look on her face. I was also a little worried. After all, the rope is so thin, it always makes people feel unreliable.But I didn't want to add to Zhen Zhen's uneasiness, so I forced myself to say calmly: "Didn't you test the toughness of the rope just now? How could it break so easily!"

In order to eliminate Zhen Zhen's uneasiness, and also to relieve my doubts, I slowly pulled the rope.There was no tension at the other end of the rope, and I pulled a long stretch without much trouble, and the rope was still lying limp on the ground.Pull again, the situation is the same.When I pulled the third time, I found the problem-at the end of the passage we just passed, there was a faint fire.I quickly pulled the rope, and the flame approached us with my movements. When this flame appeared in front of us, I was dumbfounded. "Fuck, the rope is on fire!" The rope is made of cotton and absorbs cooking oil, so it will burn quickly in case of fire.Usually I don't care how it burns, but now it's the only way we can get out of the dugout. "How could the rope catch fire for no reason?" Zhen Zhen was also dumbfounded, but she quickly realized it and immediately untied the rope tied around my waist. I threw the rope on the ground, stepped on the flames vigorously, and said angrily: "Of course the rope will not catch fire for no reason. Someone must have deliberately set the rope on fire." "Who would do that?" Zhen Zhen asked suspiciously. "Who else but Wang Xi! He must have a grudge against us because of what happened in the afternoon..." I suddenly remembered what Teacher Lu said when describing Wang Xi, "He would go to the reference room next door to practice calligraphy every day at school, Leave as soon as school is over, and won't stay in school for an extra minute." It was already dark when I decided to enter the air-raid shelter. Wang Xi should have left school long ago, that is to say, he probably didn’t know that we were going into the air-raid shelter. Of course, he couldn’t stay outside and light the rope after we entered.The only person who knew that we were going into the air-raid shelter was Mr. Lu who lent us the rope, so it was very likely that he was the one who said that the rope was lit. But why did Mr. Lu do this?We have no grievances with him, nor do we have any conflicts of interest, and we may not necessarily benefit from him.And as a teacher, he should not do such boring things that harm others and benefit himself. "Will he be instructed by Wang Xi?" Zhen Zhen said. "Impossible." I shook my head, "You also saw in the afternoon that his relationship with Wang Xi is only average, and he doesn't even want to have too much contact with Wang Xi, and he will definitely not do such a thing for Wang Xi." Although I really want to know which bastard cut off our retreat, the most urgent thing now is how to leave alive.You have to find your way out of this maze of bomb shelters before you get rid of that damned bastard. The mobile phone is no different from a brick in the cave. Zhenzhen and I tried to call the mobile phone, but we couldn't pull it out because we couldn't receive the signal.The only way to get out of here at the moment is to carefully recall the road we just walked. While I was racking my brains to recall every passage I walked through just now, Zhen Zhen pointed to the lights in front of me and said, "Why don't we go over there and have a look? Maybe we can find a way to get out of here." Women are sometimes very strange. Although they know that there is danger ahead, they are often willing to move towards the known danger, but they are afraid of the unknown in the dark.Zhen Zhen was like this, the reason why she suggested to continue walking was probably because the lights ahead made her feel safe.Although the lights that appear in this kind of place are obviously a red flag. Anyway, I have already come here, and there may not be any loss if I go a little further, but if I leave now, I am destined to return empty-handed.Therefore, I agreed to her proposal, and slowly walked towards the end of the passage, holding her hand tightly. We moved forward cautiously, always paying attention to the danger that may appear at any time, but at the end of the passage, the danger that we have been worrying about has not yet appeared.The light comes from a kerosene lamp hanging on the cave wall. This lamp is very old and may be a product of the same period as the cave.However, with the capacity of the kerosene lamp, it is impossible to ignite it for more than half a century and still not go out. Someone must have ignited it recently. The kerosene lamp was hanging at a T-junction, and there was a downward-sloping passage on the right, with a very faint light at the end, but it didn't look like another kerosene lamp. The beam of the flashlight is extremely bright in the dark, and if someone hides here, it is easy to spot us.Therefore, I didn't turn on the flashlight, and continued to use the weak light to walk into the passage on the right with Zhenzhen, walking forward slowly and cautiously. The end of the passage seems to be a huge space, because only a faint light ahead can be seen, and most of the space is swallowed by darkness, so the actual size cannot be determined.What is certain is that the temperature here is obviously lower than the place we just passed by, and there is also a strange scent that seems familiar. I didn't take the time to remember where I smelled this fragrance, because I found out that the light source in front of me turned out to be from a mirror! This is an ordinary square mirror, slightly larger than the human face, if it appears in other places, it will not attract attention at all.But when I found this mirror, my scalp felt numb immediately, and the terrifying appearance of the mirror ghost appeared in my mind.Zhen Zhen was not much better, her body trembled unconsciously, and she backed away slowly. Wang Xi must have lied to us. The fact may be as Wu Wei said, the air-raid shelter is the hiding place of the hidden mirror ghost.But it was too late to find out now, because when we were about to run back, the cold laughter echoed in the dark cave: "Hehehe...I let you run away yesterday, but I didn't expect to take the initiative to deliver it to my door today!" Come on. Since you want to be Missy's servants so much, how can I not fulfill you!" With the sound of this terrifying voice, the hideous face of the mirror ghost also appeared in the square mirror. "run!" Zhen Zhen decisively pulled me back to run, but as soon as I took the first step, the sound of breaking wind came to my ears, and then I felt a cold numbness in my calf, and I lost my balance for a moment and fell to the ground.I think the calf was probably stabbed by the "ghost claw skill" of the hidden mirror ghost. "This is my territory, it's not so easy to run away, hehehe..." The cold laughter of the hidden mirror ghost echoed in the dark cave, as if it came from the abyss of hell.Her terrifying invisible ghost claws seem to emerge from a dark corner at any time, piercing our fragile bodies. Zhenzhen helped me up, stood in front of me, and whispered to me: "Can I still go? Run if I can, I can only block for a while." I knew she was just being aggressive because I could feel her shaking as she picked me up.Although she is a champion of Sanda, in front of invisible ghosts, she can only let the other party eat and drink like a three-year-old child. I was touched by her willingness to sacrifice herself to save me.If I think about it rationally, I should accept her kindness and run away immediately.After all, even if I stay, I won't be able to help, and may even hinder her.However, perceptual thinking prevents me from doing such a shameful act of coveting life and fearing death, and abandoning my companions. However, just as I was about to say to Zhen Zhen, "If you can't live together, then die together!", I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my calf.It was an excruciating pain, so severe that I wanted to chop off my whole leg at once. The severe pain made me roll on the ground, thinking that the neurotoxin that Fleeting Nian said should be at work.Zhen Zhen hurriedly stood in front of me, and whispered: "Hold it, the pain comes and goes quickly, and it won't hurt after a while. When you can run later, run away immediately." I was in so much pain that tears were about to fall, and I couldn't stand up for a while, let alone run away.The hidden mirror ghost will definitely not wait quietly for me to recover. Before I can run, she will not give me a few more stabs. It is not feasible emotionally or objectively for Zhenzhen to run away alone.Since he can't leave, he can only stay and fight to the death with the hidden mirror ghost. "You young couple just keep chattering and don't pay attention to my master, right? It seems that I have to give you a little color..." Following the cold voice of the hidden mirror ghost, the sound of breaking wind rang out again. Zhen Zhen stretched her arms out in front of me like a reflex, but her speed was far behind that of Cang Jing Gui, and I was hit on the shoulder again.Just like before, when I was stabbed by the sharp claws of the hidden mirror ghost, it didn't hurt very much, I just felt a biting chill spread from the wound to the surrounding area, accompanied by a little numbness.But when the cold air gradually disappeared, it was followed by severe pain that could make people die. I endured the severe pain, pulled Zhenzhen and whispered: "Leave me alone, you run away first, I have a way to deal with her." "You can't even run, there is a fart way!" Zhen Zhen suddenly became smart, but she was smart at the wrong time.She refused to escape first, and I couldn't run away. If the two of us continue to stay here, we can only wait for death. "Okay, you young couple have had enough quarrel, it's time to serve Miss Ben. I will let you get along well in the future, hehehe..." While the cold laughter echoed in the darkness, the sound of breaking wind rang out three times. I suddenly pushed Zhen Zhen aside and stood up to bear the terrible "ghost claw technique" with my arms.The hidden mirror ghost's speed is extremely fast, and I can only strike with the snap of my fingers. Fortunately, I was mentally prepared in advance and pushed Zhenzhen when she spoke, otherwise the claw would definitely fall on Zhenzhen. "What are you doing!" Zhen Zhen helped me up, while blaming me, she showed her concern on her face. The pain in the calf has started to disappear, but the pain in the shoulder and arm is still very strong.I endured the severe pain, pushed Zhen Zhen behind me, and said righteously: "Isn't every man supposed to protect his own woman?" Although I am always sanctimonious, I seldom say such nasty things, and I never say them in front of Zhen Zhen.Perhaps this sentence moved her, her strength disappeared in an instant, and she leaned against my back weakly like an ordinary girl. In fact, the reason why I stand up to resist the sharp claws of the hidden mirror ghost is not to be a hero in front of her.I'm already hurt, and a few more hits wouldn't necessarily make it worse, but if she's hurt too, it's more trouble.Moreover, I have already thought of a way to escape, but the key to success or failure lies in Zhenzhen. "Boy, I didn't expect you to be quite masculine, I like it. Let you be my housekeeper!" The cold voice of the mirror ghost echoed in the darkness, and I knew she was about to attack us with her invisible claws again.I quietly handed a stone I picked up on the ground to Zhen Zhen behind me, and at the same time as the sound of breaking wind sounded, I turned on the flashlight and pointed it at the mirror in front of me. Under the strong light of the flashlight, the mirror reflected dazzling light. Although it illuminated some parts of the cave, it also made it difficult for me to see the surrounding situation.Although the eyes can't see clearly, the pain in the body is very obvious. The claw of the hidden mirror ghost pierced my thigh. At the same time that I was stabbed, Zhen Zhen leaned over from behind me and threw a stone at the mirror vigorously. With a sound of "bang", the mirror shattered and the reflected glare disappeared.I quickly turned off the flashlight, and darkness surrounded us immediately.Although there was light shining from the entrance of the passage, it was insignificant compared to the strong light just now. All I need is a moment of "darkness". At this critical moment, Zhen Zhen and I no longer need verbal communication, any physical contact can let us know each other's mind.At this moment, there is only one word in our minds - escape! Zhen Zhen supported me and walked back with all my might, when the hidden mirror ghost yelled terrifyingly from behind: "How dare you run away, I will never let you go!" The sound of breaking wind rang out again and again, but the terrifying sharp claws did not stab me or Zhenzhen.Because the passage sloped upwards, the ghost claws of the hidden mirror ghost just stabbed randomly on the ground behind us. We fled to the T-junction with kerosene lamps hanging on it, and when we were thinking of entering through that passage, the sound of breaking wind sounded again.Although the claw did not fall on us, it stabbed the kerosene lamp hanging on the cave wall. The kerosene lamp was knocked over, and the weak light went out, and the passageway was immediately dark. Although I have a flashlight, using it at this time is tantamount to telling the hidden mirror ghost our exact location.However, the current dark environment is very bad for us who are not familiar with the terrain here.After all, this is the territory of the hidden mirror ghost, she can find us even in the dark, but we are afraid of falling down or even bumping into the cave wall even if we run faster. The hideous mirror ghost's frightening screams sounded from behind, and just when he didn't know what to do, a familiar voice came to his ears: "Amu, this way!" This is a long-lost voice. Although I haven't heard it for more than two years, I immediately recognized the owner of the voice and called in the direction of the source of the voice: "Xiaoxiang, is that you?" "It's me, come here, I'll take you away." Although I haven't seen Xiaoxiang yet, hearing his voice already made me feel ecstatic, so I immediately signaled Zhen Zhen to walk in Xiaoxiang's direction together. The Cangjing Ghost did not disappear because of Xiaoxiang's appearance. On the contrary, it became more violent, and violent roars filled every corner of the passage: "Xiangxiwang, you shameless thief! I didn't mess with you, but you Not only did you steal my holy sword, but you also ruined my good deeds again and again, today I will never let you go!" I don't know what Xiaoxiang has been doing in the past two years, and I don't know what grievances and grievances there are between him and the hidden mirror ghost.I only know that he will never harm me, and I can ask him slowly about other things after I leave the air-raid shelter. However, the biggest question now is, in this dark air-raid shelter, can we escape the pursuit of the hidden mirror ghost?