"What happened later?"

Chen Xiucai took a deep breath, and his expression gradually became solemn, and he said slowly: "Later, those bandits had not come out for a long time. The People's Liberation Army guarded the entrance of the cave and originally wanted to trap the bandits in it. When the bandits had no ammunition and food, they would naturally come out to surrender. However, someone later suggested that the caves in the mountains were as dense as beehives. If this cave and other caves were connected, maybe the bandits would have escaped long ago?

Worried that the bandits would escape through the cave, the People's Liberation Army issued an order to send a vanguard troops to prepare to enter the cave to suppress the bandits! After the vanguard troops entered, they soon broke off contact with the outside world, and no one came out. The bandits and the People's Liberation Army seemed to have entered a man-eating cave!

The next evening, someone finally came out. It was a young soldier of the People's Liberation Army, covered in blood and was confused. He seemed to be greatly stimulated by mental stimulation. He ran to the entrance of the cave and fell down. His neck was covered in blood, and he ran out purely in one breath, but after he fell to the ground, he could no longer do it. Before he died, he only said one sentence intermittently, there were... zombies in the cave..."

"What?! Are there zombies in the hole?!" I jumped three feet high in shock.

Chen Xiucai raised his palm: "Don't be excited, listen to me first! The words of the young soldier of the People's Liberation Army before his death were undoubtedly a shell, causing huge waves in the team. No soldier sent out was able to come back alive, and the commander did not dare to send people into the cave rashly.

No one knows whether there are zombies in the cave, but judging from the wounds on the neck of the young PLA soldier, two clearly visible blood holes left, which really seem to be bitten by zombies. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the commander of the PLA later ordered the cave to burn with fire. If there are really zombies in the cave, all the zombies and bandits can be burned to death!

Later, I did this method and the fire burned in the cave for three days and three nights. The People's Liberation Army stayed behind again and stayed at the entrance of the cave for half a month. But I did not see the living person coming out, so I withdrew my troops!

Because of this incident, this cave had a new name called the Zombie Cave. It was a sensation in the 1960s and 1970s, and there were often rumors that a villager encountered zombies in the cave again. Later, the Cultural and Cultural Revolution was underway, and the whole country was destroying the four olds and sweeping away feudal superstitions. The rumors about the Zombie Cave gradually subsided, and the name Zombie Cave was gradually forgotten and no longer mentioned!"

I was secretly shocked when I heard it. I didn’t expect that there were so many stories in the cave in the back mountain. I lived in Shuipou Village since I was a child, but I didn’t even know it.

"Master, do you think there are really zombies in the cave?" I looked at Xiucai Chen with inquiring eyes.

Chen Xiucai shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't been there either!"

After saying goodbye to Chen Xiucai and returning home, Lei Zi was awake, sat on the edge of the bed, holding the red veil tightly in his hand, dazed.

Seeing me coming back, Lei Zi stood up and said to me, "Jiujizi, I want to go out! If... if I don't come back, please help me take care of my mother..."

When I heard this, I felt something was wrong. Lei Zi said it seemed like he was explaining his funeral!

I quickly snatched the door, stopped Leizi, and asked him sternly: "Where are you going?"

Lei Zi showed a firm expression on his face: "I'm going to go to the cave in the back mountain to take a look!"

"What?!" I was surprised: "You are going to the cave in the back mountain?!"

"Yes!" Lei Zi nodded and said, "Didn't Wanying say that there is something strange in the cave in the back mountain. After thinking about it, I think I need to go and see it. I want to find out the real cause of Wanying's death. I don't want her to die so unknown!"

"But... but you don't know how dangerous that cave is..." I tried to dissuade Leizi, but Leizi waved his hand and interrupted the conversation.

Leizi said: "Jiujizi, I know you are for my own good, but I have decided! Besides, even if I can't figure out the cause of Wanying's death, I at least... at least have to bring her body back for burial. How can I bear to let her body slowly rot in the cave?"

I slowly put down my hands, and everything Lei Zi said was reasonable. I had no reason to stop him. If it were me, I would have done this. No one would have to watch his beloved, rotting into a pile of bones in the cold and wet cave. Even if I have no chance to be together in this life, at least she can be buried well, and this is the best ending.

Lei Zi patted my shoulder: "Thank you for your understanding! If you still think I am a brother, remember what I said just now, if I can't come back alive, take good care of my mother for me!"

After saying this, Leizi turned around and walked outside the courtyard gate, leaving behind a stubborn back with the "wind and cold" "Yi Shui Han".

"Stop!" I shouted loudly from behind.

Leizi stopped and I followed quickly: "You wait for me, I'll prepare and go with you!"

Lei Zi stared at my eyes and shook his head: "Brother, I appreciate your kindness, but you have also said that the cave in the back mountain is very dangerous. I can't let you take risks with me. You have parents and parents, I can't let you in any danger!"

I stretched out my hands and pressed them on Lei Zi's shoulder: "If you are still brothers, let me go with you! Besides, don't you want to bring Wanying's body back? I'm a corpse-driver. Wouldn't you call me such a thing?"

Lei Zi opened his mouth: "Jiu Jizi, you..."

I went into the house and prepared some props to drive the corpse, and then followed Leizi out of the house.

When I walked out of the house, I met my parents who had returned from the busy farming season. They asked me where I was going. I smiled and lied to them, saying that I went to the mountain temple to find Chen Xiucai to drink. My parents felt relieved when they heard that they were going to find Chen Xiucai, but they just told us to drink less and go home early to rest.

On the way, I told Lei Zi the legend about the zombie cave to make him mentally prepared.

Lei Zi sighed: "Since the cave is so dangerous, you still have to follow me up the mountain. Are you stupid?"

I smiled and said, "Since you know there is danger in the cave, you insist on bringing Wanying's body back. Aren't you stupid too? You are stupid, I'll be stupid with you, who told us to be brothers?"

Lei Zi nodded with an excited expression: "Xiao Jiu, I, Lei Zi, have not recognized you as a brother in vain!"

When I came out of Shuiwa Village and arrived at the Houshan Cave, it was completely dark.

We followed a mountain stream and found the hidden cave.

This area has dense forests and humid climate, which is very suitable for the growth of fungi, so people in the village will basically come here to pick mushrooms. Liu Wanying also had an accident when she came here to pick mushrooms.

The dark night covers the mountains, the forest is silent, and occasionally one or two crisp birds cry.

Leizi and I made two simple torches, holding the torches at the entrance of the cave.

The entrance of the cave was dark and like a monster's mouth, with a constant stream of cold wind blowing out from it, making a sudden sound.

Lei Zi and I look lonely and small.

Lei Zi turned his head to look at me, and I also turned his head to look at him. Both of them nodded at the same time, took a step, and walked deep into the cave. Our figures were gradually swallowed by the darkness.

The cave was full of rocks and the light of the torches seemed a little weak. We pushed forward carefully. The more we walked in, the colder it felt. Because of the tension, cold sweat was all over our palms.

The cave was extremely silent, with only the rustling footsteps of ours, and the darkness wrapped around us, and I felt very depressed in my heart.

Not long after walking in, I saw the stones on the ground and the mountain walls on both sides, all of which were smoked, and many places were burned to the dark. Chen Xiucai said that the People's Liberation Army set a fire in the cave, and the fire burned for three days and three nights, leaving traces that would never be erased.

As he walked, Lei Zi suddenly stopped and looked back with a torch.

I was a little surprised: "What are you looking at?"

Lei Zi frowned: "Why do I feel like there is someone behind me?"

I looked back and looked around for a long time, and there was only darkness. Where was there anyone?

"You may be too nervous. Where is there behind? Look at the mountain wall, aren't there only the shadows of us?" As I said that, I pointed to the mountain wall. There were only the shadows of Lei Zi and me on the mountain wall.

Lei Zi scratched his head: "Okay, maybe it's because I'm too nervous!"

"Let's go!" I raised my torch: "Don't be shocked, it's scary!"

The cave is quite deep, and the torches are almost extinguished, and they have not yet reached the end. Fortunately, we were prepared and replaced with new torches to continue moving forward.

Lei Zi suddenly turned around and asked me: "Jiu Lizi, do you feel strange that so many people died in this cave, why did you not even see a single bone until now?"

Lei Zi didn't say that, I haven't remembered this incident yet. Yes, so many people died, but where did the bones of those people go? What about the corpses of those bandits? What about the corpses of the People's Liberation Army soldiers? How many corpses of women? Why didn't you even see a corpse?

"It may be still in the cave!" I said.

In fact, I think this explanation is far-fetched. How could all the corpses be in the deepest part of the cave?

Lei Zi did not continue to explore this issue, and I didn’t think much about it, but there was a little more doubt in my heart.

"Ouch!"

Lei Zi suddenly exclaimed and fell out.

"Be careful!" I quickly walked over and reached out to help Lei Zi up: "Is that okay?"

Lei Zi rubbed his painful butt and got up, cursing, "Damn it, it seems that something tripped me!"
Chapter completed!