Chapter 3 Chapter Two: The Gate to Hell

Wesley slapped the table: "Don't guess here, go find our car, and there will be results!" Bai Su quickly pointed to the door, and Wesley pointed to the window almost at the same time, the two smiled knowingly, and in that instant, they had already exchanged opinions! Bai Su asked: "How to deal with Chen Changqing?" Wesley replied, "Let's go out the window!" Bai Su took a small signal receiver, Wesley opened the window, and the two climbed out together. After landing, they turned around the corner of the street, and both of them laughed heartily. They walked a few streets, Wesley stopped beside a car, and made a gesture to Bai Su.

Bai Su shook his head, made a grimace, and smiled wryly: "The more you live, the more you fall back, alas, you want to watch out for car thieves!" Wesley smiled: "It's a last resort. I borrowed the car and always asked to return the car to make the owner happy." Between these two sentences, Wesley had opened the car door, turned sideways, and entered the car. After Bai Su got into the car, Wesley had already started the car. At first, they said they were being followed, but obviously no one expected them to act so quickly, so there were no stalkers. Bai Su took out the small signal receiver, on the small screen, the bright green dot still stayed in place.Wesley drove the car very fast. It was close to midnight at that time. After leaving the urban area, there were not many vehicles. After turning onto the road leading to the northwest, it was even smoother.

Although he "borrowed" a car on the side of the road, Wesley was not picky about his choice. He was familiar with the performance of various brands and models of vehicles, so he knew that the performance of the car he chose was extremely high.At this time, the car really lived up to his expectations. Bai Su would report the distance every so often, and when the distance was shortened to only 20 kilometers, a strange scene appeared on both sides of the road. It was a large piece of chaotic rock hills, and the undulating hills were full of large and small stones. It was a miracle of geology. Many years ago, due to changes in the earth's crust, a large mountain with crunchy rocks was formed. , the whole building collapsed.That was a real landslide and ground fissure, and the result was a large pile of chaotic hillocks.

The rocks on the Luanshi Gang are about ten meters high, like a hill, and the small ones are as big as a volleyball.Looking at it under the moonlight, it is extremely desolate, as if it is on the second planet. Due to the development of the city and the expansion of the urban area, this area, which was far away from the urban area, has now become a suburb. Therefore, this natural wonder has become the focus of outings. On both sides of the road, there are many branch roads branching out, and some houses, cars, and lights can be seen coming out, which looks very strange. The car continued to drive northwest, and soon entered the northwest mountainous area. The road had come to an end, and there was a road leading to the mountain. It was barely passable, but it was bumpy.

Until then, Bai Su and Wei Sili looked at each other, and finally understood the real reason why Li Xuanxuan wanted to borrow their car! Wesley stopped the car, and for a moment, his thoughts were disordered. The first thing he thought of was: Li Xuanxuan is really not simple! He said: "Li Xuanxuan wants to use our car, but she actually knows that our car has excellent off-road performance!" Bai Su took a breath: "Yes, I have a good eye, but as long as I know cars, it's not difficult." Wesley snorted: "At that time, she had already decided to come here, but she didn't tell you!"

Bai Su always defended Li Xuanxuan: "I didn't tell her that there was a signal in the car, we can track her!" Wesley drove forward, and after less than one kilometer, he was already unable to move an inch. Unless he had his specially designed and modified car, only a tank could drive it! And on both sides of the road, there are also huge notice boards. Under the two big red characters of "Warning", there is a shocking skull and crossbones symbolizing danger. It is a worldwide symbol, and anyone who looks at it can know the meaning it represents. Then there is the warning text: "Going from here is an abandoned coal mine site. This area is extremely dangerous and full of death traps. The relevant authorities are planning to clean it up. Anyone, please do not enter. If you are in danger in this area, you must There are no rescue measures, so be careful."

The tone on the warning sign is so severe. After reading it, it is natural to go in again. Of course, it is born or outside, and all responsibilities must be borne by oneself, no one is special! Wesley and Bai Su got out of the car—although the warning was severe, it certainly couldn't stop them.The problem is, they're going to get there on foot! Both of them only thought about it for a few seconds before walking forward together. After walking less than a hundred meters, there was no road at all. Wherever they stepped, there were knee-high weeds and shrubs, and there were many bright spots of dark green. , flashing non-stop, those are the eyes of various small animals.

Under such circumstances, even Wesley and Bai Su felt like retreating.But there is a phenomenon that attracts them to move on. The phenomenon is that there are obvious ruts in the bushes and grass, which were left not long ago, and they are the marks left by their cars passing by here-the ruts give them a strong temptation to keep moving forward . After advancing another hundred meters, Bai Su sighed: "There are still two kilometers left, the situation ahead may be even worse!" Wesley spread his hands: "There is no reason to go back and wait for her to appear again." Bai Su smiled, the two of them were talking, but their feet didn't stop, they saw the railroad tracks in the grass at the same time, and a rocking cart used on the railroad rails tilted aside.

Of course, it was the equipment of the old mine. Wesley leaped forward and pushed the rocking car onto the rails. Although the body was rusted, it was still working. He and Bai Su got on the car and pressed each other— The car made a creaking sound and moved forward on the rails. It was used to transport coal, and it naturally went straight to the mine. After about forty minutes, the railway had arrived in front of a huge cave. The cave was obviously dug out by hand, tall and neat, and it was the entrance and exit of the mine. The two looked forward, and it was pitch black in the huge mine, and their car was still half a kilometer away. It seemed that Li Xuanxuan drove the car straight in and parked in the depths of the mine!

The two took out a small flashlight at the same time. Although the flashlight is small, it can adjust the brightness. When necessary, it can emit a very strong light. It is an essential tool for explorers. Of course, if you use strong light, the use time will be shortened accordingly.It didn't take them too long, they only needed to advance about five hundred meters to reach their car. The two of them coincidentally used the strong light together, but the two of them also agreed, they only turned on the flashlight for less than a second, and then immediately turned off the flashlight, turning the eyes into darkness again—no, at that second just now, The scene they saw left an impression on their retinas, and this impression passed through their brain activities and became a memory. Memory can exist forever, so although they are at this time, what is it actually? I couldn't see it either, but the shock caused by the scene just now continued.

The scene they saw just now was not particularly terrifying, but it was truly terrifying.Under the light of two powerful flashlights, they saw that the walls of the cave were covered in pink, as if there were no skin at all, but wriggling creatures, thousands of them, crowded together! That is a newborn bat! In this cave, there must be millions of bats living here──At this time, they all went out to look for food while it was dark! Although the small bats in the cave can make people feel trembling through vision, they are not actually dangerous.But if one percent of the big bats that live in this cave come back from looking for food, no matter how powerful he, Wesley and Bai Su, can't deal with the swarm of bats pouring into the cave like a tide! After the flashlight went out, both of them stretched out their hands to each other, their palms were sweaty, and they held each other tightly. Wesley whispered: "Don't use strong light, just shine on the ground!" Bai Su also immediately said: "Go forward quickly, once you reach the side of the car, you will be safe!" Neither of them showed any intention of backing down. They turned on the flashlight at the same time, only illuminating the ground. There were many potholes on the ground, and the stagnant water reflected terrible light, and the air was also filled with a very strange smell. They moved forward quickly, and both of them had extraordinary martial arts foundations. This kind of environment, which wasn't too bad, naturally couldn't trouble them. After a while, they saw their car, and the two got up to the front of the car, quickly entered the car, and each took a deep breath. Li Xuanxuan was not in the car—this was expected, but it was hard for them to imagine how a beautiful woman like Li Xuanxuan, so delicate and soft, would come to such a hellish environment! Thinking of this, the two trembled at the same time, and another thought came up: Could this be the underworld? But that was just a momentary association—of course this is not the underworld, it's just an abandoned coal mine. Wesley has a considerable understanding of this old coal mine structure.At this time, in front of the car, less than two meters away, there was a mine shaft. The mine shaft went straight to the ground, and the depth could reach more than 500 meters. In the mine shaft, there were tunnels leading out in all directions. Miners in coal mines work underground for many years. Wesley collected himself: "She went down the mine!" Bai Su bit her lower lip and nodded. Wesley snorted: "What is she going to do in the mine? Is that the passage to hell?" Habitually, "underworld" and "hell" always lie together, and the two can even be equated, although Wesley once pointed out that the "underworld" in Wang Datong's mouth may have to be understood differently from the traditional one. , but at this time, he also used to say that. Bai Su didn't answer, just looked at a bracket beside the mine.On that bracket, there is a fairly large winch, which also has a crank handle. Wesley said again: "If this place can lead to the underworld, it will be the same as the Tongyin Gate in Fengdu, Sichuan!" According to legend, in a temple in Fengdu County, Sichuan, China, there is a door that can lead to the underworld, so this county is also called Ghost City. Bai Su murmured: "The passage leading to Hades...will be here?" Bai Su used another word "underworld", which is also synonymous with "hell". According to western legends, the many ghosts in the underworld are ruled by the king of the underworld. (Several years later, Wesley and Bai Su learned from an encounter between their good friend, the young man and the princess, that there are as many as forty-nine passages to the underworld and hell on the earth, but all of them have been destroyed. Closed.) (There are only forty-nine passages between Yin and Yang, or there are many, many, yet to be explored.) As Bai Su said, he turned on the small light on the front of the car, and concentrated the light on the winch of the bracket. There was a section of iron cable on the winch, hanging straight down the mine shaft.There is a numeric keypad on the winch, and the number displayed is "three seven two". They all know that this number indicates the depth of the mine, which exceeds 372 meters.And the number "372" means that the lifting cage connected to the bracket is at a depth of 372 meters at this time. Turn the handle vigorously, and the winch will twist the iron chain up. The iron chain is connected to a cage. The cage is the simplest man-powered elevator. No. Since the car is parked here, it can be assumed that Li Xuanxuan has gone down the mine—she doesn't even think about how to get up after going down, so it can be seen that her actions are extremely necessary for her.Otherwise, her actions would not be so resolute, desperate and desperate. Li Xuanxuan can ignore how to get up, but Wesley and Bai Su have to. They glanced at each other first. Wesley opened the car door, came to the side of the bracket, and shook the winch. He had to use a lot of force to shake it, because the winch Some of the gears are rusted.Moreover, during the rotation of the winch, the sound was extremely astonishing, causing waves of echoes in the mine pit. Fortunately, this place is very deep in the mine, unlike near the mouth where many bats live together.But this astonishing sound also made many mice living in the mine run around in panic.Those mice, some the size of rabbits, were terrifying. Calculated according to the diameter of the winch, every turn, the iron machine will be hoisted two meters, and the number on the digital keyboard will gradually decrease according to this ratio.After a while, Wesley was sweating profusely. Bai Su came to his side and made a gesture. Wesley smiled: "There is no need to take over, I can twist up the elevator cage in one go, and you can light down!" Bai Su finished lighting the flashlight and shone it downward. The mine, which is often more than one hundred meters deep, is a man-made miracle. A powerful flashlight is lit on it and shines downward. In theory, the light travels in a straight line, and the eyes should be able to look directly at the bottom of the mine. But in fact this is not the case. When the beam of light shoots down, within twenty or thirty meters, the light becomes strangely blurred and scattered. It is no longer gathered together, as if it was scattered or messed up by some force. Going down further, the beam of light will disappear, as if there is a strange big mouth, swallowing the light. Wesley looked down and saw the trembling, rusty iron chain, which was no longer visible after drooping to tens of meters.He was a little taken aback: "It is said that there is a kind of celestial phenomenon in the universe called 'black hole', which can swallow light. I wonder if this is the case!" Bai Su hurriedly said: "Of course not! The air under the mine is turbid, which is why it is difficult for light to pass through!" While speaking, Wesley shook it faster, and when the number on the numeric keypad changed to "sixty", he could already see the top of the elevator cage. In the mine shaft, the iron cage wobbled up, looking like an unknown monster. After a while, the elevator cage had been raised into the mine shaft. Wesley stopped, fixed the winch, and the two went to the elevator cage together The cage looked empty, but it was obvious that it had only been used. At the bottom of the cage, there were originally thick coal dust, but at this time, there were messy footprints on the coal dust.Moreover, in the elevator cage, the gears that control the fall—the gears all have traces of being used. Li Xuanxuan did use this elevator cage to go deep into the mine! where is she nowStill down the mine?There is no doubt that such an abandoned old mine is tantamount to a murder trap.Entering such a mine is equivalent to entering a death trap, and there are at least a hundred possibilities of death! Wesley and Bai Su had a natural and involuntary idea at this moment—they knew that this idea was unreasonable and untenable, but this idea still occupied their minds. What they thought was: Li Xuanxuan went to the underworld through this old mine! And when they thought of this, they felt weird and inexplicable, and they looked at the elevator cage, thinking quickly: what action should be taken next? The simplest answer is naturally: go down too, descend to a depth of 272 meters, and see what Li Xuanxuan is doing at that depth.If there is a gate leading to the underworld at this depth, then Wesley will not be afraid to venture into the underworld! When Wesley thought of this, he felt proud, raised his eyebrows, and was about to step into the cage. But Bai Su's movements were faster than him, he stretched out his arms, stopped him, and shook his head slowly. Wesley looked at Bai Su, seeing Bai Su's expression, he was very hesitant and also had a deep degree of fear. Weiss ideally said, "If you don't trust me to go down, we can go down together."But it immediately occurred to him that if two men went down together, who would shake the capstan and pull them up? Between the two, only one person can go down, either he or Bai Su, and of course he won't rest assured that Bai Su will go down alone.Then, the reverse is also the same, Bai Su is not willing to leave him alone! The two of them understood each other's thoughts without even saying a word. This kind of limited mind-to-heart communication has existed between Wesley and Bai Su for a long time. Wesley immediately suggested: "Drive the car out of the mine, use the communication equipment on the car, notify Chen Changqing, Huang Tang or Xiao Guo, and tell them about our actions, let's go down together!" Bai Su frowned, considering this proposal very seriously. At the same time, she looked at Wesley again, and what she met was Wesley's resolute refusal to let her go alone. Afterwards, Wesley and Bai Su recalled the situation at that time, and they both said: "Neither of us is a person who does not allow the other party to take risks alone, but at that time, under that atmosphere, it seemed that if two people separated, it was like parting from life to death. I can no longer summon up the courage to let the other party go alone, on the contrary, I am not afraid of taking risks, but I know that the other party will definitely not agree, so I don’t have to bring it up.” They have deep feelings for each other, and they can understand each other's mind.So Bai Su nodded, and the two returned to the car, driven by Wesley, and carefully returned the car to the entrance of the mine. At this time, large groups of bats could be seen flying into the cave covering the sky and clouds. They were bats returning from hunting. After they were full, they rushed back to feed their babies. Bats are very strange creatures. They have an unusually keen sense. It seems that among the hundreds of thousands of small bats on the four walls of the mine, the big bats can find a way to find their own offspring to feed without fail. This ability is already a remarkable biological miracle. However, their lives are very fragile!Bats starve to death if they don't get food overnight. It was frightening to see such a large group of bats entering and exiting the mine.Wesley drove the car a little further. Bai Sudao: "Not Huang Tang, Chen Changqing, or Xiao Guo. Li Xuanxuan doesn't want them to be involved in the whole thing—he has strongly expressed his wish, and we must find someone else to inform us of our actions!"