This faint fishy smell made me feel so anxious that I didn't even dare to take a step forward. I don't know anything else, but the damp water stains on the stone wall can emit such an unpleasant smell.
There must be a problem, but where does the problem lie?
Is there something terrible in front of this stone road? All of this is possible. On this ghost island, anything can happen. It is simply unimaginable. It is really scary.
"Zhongyi, Zhongyi, where are you? Are you okay?" Jenny's voice came slowly above me.
She must have been anxious because I didn't call her down for a long time, so she couldn't hold it any longer. It would be hard for her to just throw her up there alone.
"I'm down there, I'm fine." I shouted loudly. I didn't know whether I should call her down. It might not be safe here. I had no confidence at all. Danger could come at any time.
"Don't leave yet. I'll go down to find you. You wait for me where you are." Jenny replied, and then I vaguely heard the sound of someone's footsteps coming down the steps.
She must have come down already. It seems that I don't need to tell her that she can't stay any longer. But on second thought, there is no way to survive up here. Even if there is any danger here, she can only force her way through.
After I waited for a few minutes, Jenny also took the light stick and walked down slowly. I admired her very much. This dark passage was eerie and weird, but she was able to chase it all the way. It seemed that she was in danger.
, the potential is still endless.
"You said you had been gone for such a long time and why didn't you call me, which made me anxious up there and thought something had happened to you." Jenny came down and saw me, and the first thing she said was to question me.
"I planned to walk a little further and call you down again. Who knew you were more anxious than me." I glanced at her and said expressionlessly. I don't have any confidence in my heart right now. This secret passage is even worse than the one in the sunken ship.
People should be careful in forbidden areas.
"Nonsense, can I not be anxious? You said you have been walking for so long, how come you have only walked such a short distance?" Jenny also noticed that I had been down for a long time, but I really didn't go very far.
I looked at her and asked with a serious face, "Do you smell anything?"
"Smell?" Jenny pinched her nose and sniffed and said, "From what you said, it seems like there is some kind of strange smell, but it's not obvious."
I stretched out my hand and touched it on the stone wall, then put it in front of Jenny, "Smell it, are you aware of the smell?"
Jenny glanced at me, but still lowered her head and smelled my finger. Just like that, she knocked my hand off. She was so disgusted that she retched on the spot several times and almost vomited it out.
"I...Oh my God, what does this smell like? It makes me sick. Where did you touch it?" Jenny finished retching and asked me with her eyes wide open. Looking at her look, she could not wait to see her.
Choke me to death.
I shook the water stains on my fingers and said, "Where do you think I can touch it? It's the smell of water stains on the stone wall. I just discovered it."
Jenny straightened up and glanced at the stone wall. She actually reached out and touched it, "Why is this stone wall so wet? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this in the mountains."
"I also know what you said, but this is the case now. Why am I walking slowly on this road? It's because I was delayed here for a while. Don't you feel it? As you go down from the top, not only the smell becomes more and more...
It's heavy, and the moisture on this stone wall is getting thicker and thicker." I looked around again, and my whole body shivered unconsciously.
"Yeah, when you say that, I feel the same way. The humidity here is too heavy. You said...where does this secret passage lead to?" Jenny turned to look at me with a very strange expression.
vision.
I raised my eyebrows and said, "How do I know? If I had known, I wouldn't have stood here for so long."
"Then what should we do now? Should we go or not?" Jenny looked at me and asked.
I said without even thinking, "We have to leave. Staying here will lead to death. No matter what lies ahead, we both have to force our way through. I'll give you the pistol so you can respond in case of danger."
I handed the pistol to Jenny, but Jenny shook her head and said, "You better take it, I'll just follow you all the way."
"Well, okay, let's go, be careful." When I just took a step forward, Jenny grabbed my arm and said, "Zhongyi, I feel...a little bit...forget it,
It’s okay, let’s go.”
I smiled reluctantly and said, "Are you feeling a little uneasy?"
Jenny looked at me and nodded, "It's okay, I'm here, don't worry." In fact, I felt uneasy, but I couldn't say this to Jenny. If I said that I was also scared, this road would not work.
The solution is gone.
The two of us walked down the steps step by step. Jenny was holding a fluorescent stick behind me. The further down we went, the faint fishy smell became stronger and stronger. Then I tried it on the stone wall with my hands.
, the humidity hasn’t changed much, it’s almost the same as before.
I picked up the fluorescent stick I threw out halfway. When I threw it out again, I saw the end of the steps. From the top steps to the bottom, the slope was about a hundred meters.
There is a slightly wider passage below.
This passage went all the way with no end in sight. Jenny and I looked at each other and said, "Damn, it's another passage. This place is almost like a maze. There's one on the left and one on the right."
, I’m almost confused.” I looked at the road under the steps and cursed.
"Yes, there are too many passages in the underground palace here, and I don't know where this passage leads to, but it looks like it should also be an underground palace." Jenny said softly, as if she was a little scared, and she didn't have the confidence to speak.
"No matter where it leads, we both have to be careful, let's go."
The two of us continued walking down, and when we reached the bottom of the steps, the fishy smell emanating from the stone wall was a little pungent. It was stronger than before, and it was so disgusting that I couldn't stand it anymore.
"Why does it smell so bad here? It smells so bad, cough~~~" Jenny frowned and pinched her nose with her hands, her face looking very ugly.
"Yes, the smell is so strong that it makes my head hurt. What the hell happened in this place?" I always feel that this smell will not come out for no reason. There must be something in it.
Something terrible happened.
"Zhongyi, is there any way to eliminate this smell? It's really unbearable." Jenny touched me with her hand, her expression turned ugly.
"They say... urine can detoxify, do you want to give it a try?" I didn't mean anything else, I just remembered it suddenly.
"You...how can you still be a bit upright? How long have you been making such silly jokes?" Jenny, on the other hand, thought I was joking.
"I don't have time to joke. What I'm most worried about now is that there are traps in this passage. If I encounter a trap, I'm not sure whether I can avoid it." I sighed, looking a little tired.
Jenny suddenly said, "I'll go there first this time. You're waiting for me. If I don't dodge the trap, you'll find a way to get out of here."
Jenny's words moved me a little. Whether she was being hypocritical or just pretending, at least she had these words, which made people feel warm in their hearts. I am a person who is easily moved, and with her words, I felt...
enough.
I quickly held her hand and said, "Forget it, let me go. I think I can avoid it." Although I was unsure, I couldn't let her take this risk.
Jenny also tightened my hand hard and said, "Then let's go together. Again, if we want to go, we will go together, and if we want to stay, we will stay together." She looked at me firmly, and there seemed to be tenderness in it. If
If it weren't for this occasion, I would have hugged her and kissed her without hesitation...
The two of us walked forward cautiously. Almost every time we walked, I stopped for a moment, firstly because I was afraid of some trap, and secondly because I was worried that some scary creature would suddenly appear.
This passage entrance is very different from the previous two passage entrances. The stone walls here are all pitted and have obviously not been treated in any way. The same goes for the top, which is uneven.
Some places are more than two meters high and nearly three meters high, and some places are only over one meter high. There is a big gap, so you must walk carefully along the way, otherwise you will bump your head, trip, or something.
It's hard to dodge things like traps and hidden weapons quickly.
This place is really dilapidated. It looks like it was just left there after it was opened. There is no stone slab under the feet. It is all mountain rocks and hard stones. When I walk, I have to step on my feet, and the soles of my feet feel raw.
It hurts.
In fact, it is not very accurate to say that this is the entrance of the passage. It is more like the legendary savage cave. Not only is it pitch black, but it is also so cold that you can even see your own breath.
"The temperature in here is so low, it's so cold that I'm shaking." Jenny was wearing very thin clothes, and she leaned against me.
I looked at her sideways and said, "Yes, it feels like I have entered an ice cave. I feel cold, let alone you." I am also wearing a wetsuit, which is cold-resistant, but here
It doesn't work anymore. I can obviously feel the cold air penetrate my clothes and reach my skin.
"Zhongyi, how about... why don't we walk faster? It won't be so cold if we walk faster." Jenny wanted to use exercise to increase her body temperature.
"No, this road is too difficult to walk. If we speed up rashly, it will be too dangerous. We can't take such a risk." I immediately rejected Jenny's decision. This was no longer a joke. Something happened.
If you die, your life will be gone.
"I'm almost freezing to death now. Why is this... this damn place so cold? It feels like the steps before are in two different worlds." Jenny was trembling a little as she spoke, and her face almost turned pale.
.
I grabbed her shoulders and pressed her body against mine. I freed up my right hand and rubbed it up and down her back.
"Can this be stronger?" Rubbing her body with her hands in this way will quickly generate a kind of heat, which can make her warmer to some extent.
Jenny did not push me away this time, but hugged me gently and said, "Well, I feel better, much warmer than before."
I continued to rub her back more vigorously, hoping to warm her body up quickly. At the moment, that's all I can do.
About five minutes later, Jenny looked up at me and said, "Okay Zhongyi, I'm not very cold anymore. Stop rubbing. You're tired too."
I stopped and said to her with a smile, "As long as you are fine, it doesn't matter if I am tired. No matter what, we both have to leave here safely."
Jenny looked at me with a very soft look, and then nodded vigorously. The green fluorescent stick also reflected her beautiful cheeks green. She was in my arms, close in front of me, it felt like holding her