When a team looking for important things or information comes to an unknown and unfamiliar area, in addition to the unforeseen dangers, the worst thing is to find that someone has arrived here before them, especially a dirtbag like Mustache who often goes into pits.
Bai Zi knew best that living people were far more terrifying than machines. They had minds and weapons, and could launch a fatal blow in a hidden corner at any time.
They immediately made up their minds. If they really encountered someone of unknown origin in front of them, and the other party posed a threat to them, then there would be nothing to say but to be tough.
The explorers all picked up their weapons and walked forward along the slightly curved corridor. After about a few minutes, they saw another high threshold. The guns in their hands were all loaded and the safety was on, and they could be used at any time.
Shooting, the four people in front used the cover of the high threshold to approach, and there was no trace of those people of unknown origin. Jinpu Awang and the others lightly crossed the threshold, and Li Neng immediately bent down, and the doubts in his expression could no longer be concealed.
He just picked up another discarded cigarette butt from the ground. Not to mention Li Neng, even the mustache was confused. Who are those people? Every time he passed a high threshold, a cigarette butt was thrown away. I don't know if it was intentional or not.
It was unintentional, but the cigarette butts were all thrown beside the threshold, which made people feel that this was no coincidence.
"Are they making any signs?" Suonan Jiancuo asked.
"It's not like that." Mustache immediately denied it. There are many ways to make a mark. It's too unreliable to throw a cigarette butt as a mark. No one with any brain would do it.
"We have to catch up with them!" Suonan Jiancuo had reached the limit of pulling Mustache to join the group. He would not allow anyone else to fight for things.
"Catch them, catch them! Let them eat all the handles and butts of the cigarette!" Li Neng was a little anxious. He shook the butt of the cigarette and walked forward with the two guys in front holding weapons. Their speed increased a bit, maybe
Four or five minutes later, they reached the end of this aisle and saw the high threshold again. There were these fifty-centimeter-high thresholds going back and forth, which made people feel a little dizzy. When they crossed this threshold,
The four people in front felt as if they had seen a ghost, because almost at the same time they saw a discarded cigarette butt lying quietly on the edge of the threshold.
"What the fuck is going on!"
Li Neng went a little crazy and bent down to pick up the cigarette butt. The team suddenly stopped. Mustache faintly noticed something strange. There was a cigarette butt next to the threshold. There were too many times. This coincidence was very doubtful.
"Should we change our strategy?" Suonan Jiancuo also felt the same and felt uneasy.
Before Mustache could speak, Li Neng swallowed hard, and a layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his face. He turned to look at Jinpu Awang, and then looked at Mustache, as if he was caught doing something embarrassing.
Like a child, he stood there blankly, holding the cigarette butt and saying: "This, it seems to be, it seems to be, it seems to be..."
"What is it, tell me!" Jinpu Awang felt that Li Neng seemed to have found some clues from the butt of the cigarette, so he snatched it and looked back and forth.
"It seems... the cigarette butt I threw away..." Li Neng moved his lips and looked at Jinpu Awang innocently.
Jin Pu Awang certainly couldn't tell anything from the cigarette butt. It was just an ordinary cigarette butt. The cigarette butt burned quite fully, even half of the trademark on the front of the filter was burned off, but Li could recognize that the brand was exactly the same as the cigarette he smoked.
, the chance of such a coincidence is almost zero, that is to say, this cigarette butt seems to have really been thrown away by Li Neng.
But this seems unjustifiable, because Li Neng only smoked a cigarette in a hurry when he stopped at the second high threshold. How could there be cigarette butts of the same brand next to the next few high thresholds?
Mustache felt a chill on his spine. Judging from the situation in front of him, there was only one possibility, and that was that they had been wandering in the aisle after the second high threshold.
But is this possible? Mustache cast his eyes on the aisle. The aisle has only an inconspicuous arc and can be almost considered straight. If the terrain is complex, people may get lost, but if you go around in a straight aisle, others will tell you.
Think you are talking nonsense.
But whether this is the case or not, you only need a very simple way to verify it. Mustache drew a cross on the stone bricks next to the threshold with a dagger, and then the people in front continued to walk. When they reached the next threshold,
Everyone feels that their palms are sweaty and there is a cross on the edge of the threshold.
"Have we been walking in circles in this aisle?" Mustache could hardly understand the scene in front of him. Li Neng dropped his cigarette butt at the second high threshold, but after they walked through this aisle, it was almost like they were back again.
We have reached the second high threshold. The second high threshold is the starting point and the end point.
"You guys stand still." Mustache turned around and walked back. They couldn't distinguish the paths they hadn't taken, but they could tell the ones they had walked. The team had already passed at least four or five high thresholds, but Mustache followed.
After walking back for about forty meters along the curved corridor, I immediately saw the mummy of Lute sitting cross-legged on the edge of the threshold.
He paused, and it became completely clear that they were indeed going in circles, going in circles in an almost straight aisle. This was impossible, but it happened. It didn't take much imagination to know that if they continued walking, then
Every high threshold encountered on the road ahead is actually the second high threshold.
This weird situation is very difficult, but the team will not be trapped and can retreat. Mustache thought for a while, took steps, and stepped back from the threshold where Lute's mummy was sitting cross-legged. He passed by the front door where the messy stone statues were placed.
After entering the building, I walked to the exit of the building. The two old canes that had been chopped off were still there, and the light from outside shone slantly on the stone strips at the door.
"That's it. You can go back, but you can't move forward. When you reach the second high threshold, you will be trapped and go around."
Mustache has confirmed this, but others don't seem to believe it completely. They tried various methods, walking with their eyes closed, holding a rope, and two groups of people walking one after the other.
, the situations that accompanies these attempts are incredible, and these people are frightened, but one thing is certain, they cannot get out of this passage, and they will never be able to get through it.
People in the team were afraid, and they didn't dare to wander around. Some people quietly guessed where the problem was. If they used the knowledge in their minds to think about this problem, they might not be able to figure it out in their lifetime, because this is
It completely goes against natural common sense.
They made various guesses, but they were all overturned. At this time, there was a person in the team who grew up in the mainland. He said that this was a ghost breaking a wall. People who encountered a ghost breaking a wall were trapped in a fixed area.
It was impossible to go out even if I was exhausted.
"Ghost ghost ghosts fight the wall?" Li Neng did not even dare to smoke, shrinking his neck: "What about ghosts? How to fight the wall without ghosts?"
The people in the team immediately closed their mouths. They all suddenly realized something from Li Neng's words. Everyone turned their heads and looked behind, bypassing the slightly curved aisle at the back, which was the first tall person.
The location of the threshold is also where Root's mummy is.
"Ouch, I, I, I, I**!" Li Neng jumped up, pointed his gun forward, and said, "Is that thing hitting the wall? I, I, I, I just said it just pulled my pants, you guys
Everyone still doesn’t believe it…”
"How to deal with this matter?" Suonan Jiancuo obviously lacked experience in this area.
"Burn it!" Jinpu Ngawang suggested the simplest and most direct method.
"Can we avoid this aisle and dig a hole ourselves?" Suonan Jiancuo made another suggestion.
Mustache still shook his head. When it came to digging holes, he was an absolute expert. Find another entry point to dig holes in this place. They would encounter rocks not far after digging. Unless they planned to work here for a long time, they would not be able to dig holes in a short time.
Make a hole in the ground that bypasses the passage and can tolerate traffic.
"Let me think about it." Mustache closed his eyes and began to meditate. From the time they arrived in the deep valley to the discovery of the square stone building, he was recalling and thinking about all the details bit by bit. Suonan Jiancuo gestured
After stopping his men and telling them to be quiet, no one in the team spoke anymore, and silence fell in the corridor.
All the details, including some very inconspicuous things, were all reviewed by Mustache. He thought about it for about ten minutes before slowly opening his eyes and said: "Put aside all common sense and assume that this question is really
It’s related to the mummy.”
The rest of the people were listening. Mustache stopped mid-sentence, looked at Li Neng, and asked, "What did you say before?"
"I, I, I didn't say anything." Li Neng looked confused.
"I'm asking you what did you say when you just crossed the first high threshold and felt that the mummy was tugging at your trousers?"
Li Neng obviously didn't expect that Mustache would suddenly ask this question. He was frightened at the time and threw out a few words casually. It was completely unconscious. Looking back now, it's a bit blurry. Li Neng scratched his head and thought for a while, and then roughly repeated it.
Here are the original words from that time.
"Mustache, you, you, you, you, why are you asking this?" Li Neng felt uncomfortable and didn't understand what Mustache meant.
"Can your words be regarded as a promise to a dead Root? You said that you need something to burn for him. What can you do for him?"
"I, I, I**! Just said it casually! No, no, no, no, I didn't mean it! Say it again, what can I do for it?"
"You've said it, now." Mustache said to Li Neng: "Follow your promise."