The deeper you go into the woods, the trees become sparser and sparse, and the moisture from the dark clouds becomes more and more obvious.
The moisture pressed heavily on us.
After only two or three minutes of walking, a low rumble came from above our heads, and a bolt of lightning tore through the thick dark clouds. At that moment, the woods were as bright as day.
An unexpected rainstorm hit us head-on and face-down.
"There is a cave over there. Let's go in and take shelter from the rain before we go!" Chen Laizi said and ran towards a place.
We looked in the direction he was running, and sure enough, there was a dark cave entrance not far from us that was as tall as a person. The entrance was covered with vines and weeds that were half as tall as a person, so we didn't notice it just now.
Before we could say anything, Chen Laizi had already run into the cave first.
Lu Xiaohong and Hao Jingde looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.
"Let's go and have a look first. It's raining too hard. Without him, it would be difficult for us to find the specific location of Black Stone Pond." Shi Xian suddenly said.
"Hu Ling, I'm cold and hungry now! Why don't we take shelter from the rain first!" Dongzi also nodded in agreement.
"Then let's go in and take a look first!" Lu Xiaohong glanced at Dongzi, nodded slightly, held my hand tightly and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
The entrance to the cave is no more than one person high, but the space inside is huge. There are jagged rocks everywhere, and there is a faint smell unique to wild beasts coming from somewhere.
There was no one, Chen Laizi was gone.
The scene in the cave is clear at a glance, and there are no other exits.
Lu Xiaohong and Hao Jingde's expressions darkened.
"Hey, after all this time, where is the cripple?" Dongzi raised the flashlight and waved it around and asked.
"I've long felt that something was wrong with that lame man!" Shi Xian said: "Forget it, we'll make peace with it now that we've come. Let's take shelter from the rain for a while and eat something before we leave!"
As he spoke, Shi Xian sat down on the spot, took off his backpack from his back, put it on his lap, opened the zipper, took out a few breads and bottles of mineral water, and threw them to us respectively.
The large bags of dry food and water bought by Dong Wenjie were carried by Shi Xian, Dongzi and Lu Xiaohong. Lian Ruowei and I only carried a few pieces of clothing in our backpacks.
Of course, a small amount of food and water were also stuffed inside. Lu Xiaohong said that if they got separated, they wouldn't even have anything to eat.
I took out my mobile phone and looked at it. I actually still had a signal here, but it was intermittent and not very stable.
It was almost eight o'clock. We had lunch around noon, so we were indeed hungry.
Sean has been very well-behaved all the way, always following Dongzi's feet and not running around.
Hao Jingde took out a large piece of beef jerky from the cloth bag Dong Wenjie gave him and threw it to Sean. Sean didn't mind it, sniffed it and ate it with big mouthfuls.
"If we really can't find the lame man, we can go alone. We should be not far from the Black Stone Pond!"
While biting a piece of bread, Lu Xiaohong walked around the cave and said, "Maybe he didn't abandon us on purpose. Maybe he really didn't want to go to that place."
"I'm just worried. You said we were watching him run in, but why did he suddenly disappear? We were afraid that he would hide in the dark and suddenly come out to trick us," Shi Xian said.
"Afraid that he will cheat on you, why are you so worried about sitting here eating and drinking?" Lu Xiaohong looked at Shi Xian with a smile.
"You are not here, why should I feel uneasy?" Shi Xian also replied with a smile.
Shi Xian said as he put his backpack back on his body and walked towards the cave. As he walked, he asked: "Lu, have you noticed anything? Where might the lame man be hiding now?"
Lu Xiaohong said nothing, his eyes fell on a stone.
Shi Xian walked over, looked at the stone, and said in surprise: "Ah, come and see, there is a hole in it!"
I, Hao Jingde, Ruowei and Dongzi also gathered around.
A small hole was exposed under the stone.
Dongzi and Shi Xian worked together to push the stone away, and a hole about one person wide was revealed under the stone. It was diagonally downwards. It was dark inside and no one could be seen, but it looked bottomless.
"I'll go down and take a look. I have to be pulled out by that cripple. Damn, how dare you fool us!" Shi Xian took off the huge backpack from his back and stuffed it into Lu Xiaohong's hand, then raised his feet and was about to jump into the hole.
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"Forget it! We have to go to Blackstone Pond quickly, don't waste time on these trivial matters! Let's go!" Lu Xiaohong raised his hand and grabbed Shi Xian.
Shi Xian looked unhappy, picked up a stone and threw it into the hole. The stone slid down the slope, making a dull sound, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"MD, wait until I come back and meet that cripple and see if I don't beat him up!" Shi Xian said, taking the backpack from Lu Xiaohong again and putting it on his back.
Suddenly there was another low rumble above our heads, but it didn't quite sound like thunder.
"No, let's go quickly!" Lu Xiaohong turned to look at the entrance of the cave, raised his feet and ran towards the entrance of the cave quickly.
Before he could reach the entrance of the cave, a huge boulder rolled down from nowhere, sealing the entire entrance of the cave tightly.
"C, we fell into a trap!" Shi Xian ran over and pushed the boulder, yelling.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's see if we can work together to move the boulder away!" Lu Xiaohong said.
"Let me give it a try!" Hao Jingde walked over, squatted down, placed his palms on the boulder, muttered something in his mouth, shouted softly, and pushed it out.
When Hao Jingde pushed out his palms, I could clearly see a strong flow of air surging between his palms and the boulder.
Mountain Moving Technique!
The boulder made a cracking sound, a layer of cracks appeared on the surface of the boulder, and the gravel rolled down, but it remained motionless.
It seems that this boulder is much larger than what we saw and imagined.
Hao Jingde retracted his hand, looked back at Lu Xiaohong, and said solemnly: "Even the Mountain Moving Technique cannot move this huge boulder. It seems that it may be difficult for us to get out from here!"
Lu Xiaohong frowned and looked at the boulder, and said nothing for a while.
"Lu, how do we get out now?" Shi Xian asked Lu Xiaohong.
"We saw Chen Laizi coming in. Since he can get out from there and move rocks to trap us, we should be able to get out from there too!" I looked back at the hole that was as wide as one person.
"The lame man's purpose must be to let us go down there!" Lu Xiaohong glanced at me and said.
"Then what should we do? If we really go down, won't we fall into his trap?" Shi Xian said.
"Do you have a better idea if you don't go in?" Lu Xiaohong glanced at Shi Xian and walked in.
I was about to follow him when I suddenly felt my phone ring.
I pulled it out and saw that it was a message from my father Xiao Han's WeChat ID.
"Hu Ling, this is Qian Zhiqi, have you received the message?"
"We have arrived at Wuyun Mountain!" Excessive excitement made my hands tremble slightly, and I quickly replied.
Thank God, there is actually a signal here, and we can still receive news from Qian Zhiqi and the others. This chapter has been completed!