Chen Ziyan feels that the purpose of these people coming here is most likely related to some secret information possessed by the Zhang family.
It's just that he is not sure about this and does not have any evidence, so it is not suitable to tell Wu Laogou.
And he doesn't want the other party to see that he knows too much about the Zhang family, which is not a good thing, at least not at this stage.
Although the two sides are now allies, this relationship is not solid. After all, for the people of Jiumen, the Zhang family is not a good person.
"That's true." Wu Laogou hesitated for a moment, and then said sarcastically.
He didn't doubt that Chen Ziyan was perfunctory with him, after all, his words were too ambiguous.
But after recalling what Zhang Dafo Ye had done in the past, Wu Laogou suddenly lost the confidence to refute, because even he felt that the other party sometimes did things unorganized.
"Fifth Master, let's go over there and have a look."
Although Chen Ziyan didn't know what Wu Laogou was thinking, he could hear the coping meaning in the other person's words, so he took the initiative to stop the topic.
There are only so many clues on the body. If you want to find more, you must shift your attention to other places.
After observation, Chen Ziyan successfully deduced the direction from which the corpses came from based on factors such as their fallen postures and the distance between them.
Wu Laogou didn't need Chen Ziyan to explain too much. He just took a few glances at the corpses on the ground and understood what he meant. He nodded obediently and said, "Okay."
As a person who has been with ferocious dogs for decades, he is also an expert in finding traces. Naturally, it is easy to understand Chen Ziyan's intention.
I know that he wants to follow the path of the corpse to find new clues.
Facts have proved that Chen Ziyan's idea was right, because not long after they followed the path, they successfully obtained new harvests.
The harvest this time was a rusty dagger. Because the dagger was inserted into the branch of an underground plant, Chen Ziyan discovered this 'bright' clue as soon as he came here. p>
"Judging from the angle and position of the dagger, it should not be a deliberate mark, but rather a subconscious product of the body losing its balance." Wu Laogou walked around in front of the plant and expressed his opinion. Perhaps for better expression, while speaking, he also made a staggering movement while running, which could be regarded as replicating the situation at that time.
Chen Ziyan nodded aside and further added: "From this point of view, the owner of the dagger was indeed moving quickly at that time, and the situation was very urgent, which resulted in him not even having time to pull out the weapon again.
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Hearing Chen Ziyan's words, Wu Laogou couldn't help but look at his nephew in his hand, and said with emotion:
"We were really lucky. We found this thing not long after we got down."
The short sword in front of him was no surprise. It was left behind by the corpses in front of him. He was also a battle-hardened person. He combined the existing clues with a little imagination and simulated the scene in his mind.
If we put ourselves in their shoes again, if they were in the same situation, how could Wu Laogou have penetrated to this level? He would have withdrawn at a loss long ago.
"Yes, I am indeed lucky compared to them." Chen Ziyan was also quite emotional.
This underground space is really one after another. Without the living talisman of Nephew, how could they be so leisurely now? They must have followed in the footsteps of their predecessors.
"Little friend Chen, where do you think these people came in from?" Wu Laogou looked at the dagger for a while, turned his eyes slightly, and suddenly asked such a question.
Obviously, all these anomalies made him doubtful.
Naturally, Chen Ziyan had thought about this a long time ago, and when he heard this, he said: "It should be another entrance."
If there were no traces like the previous ones, he might have thought that these people came in from the same place as them.
But no matter how you look at it now, it won't be like this, because if those people also came down from the cliff, they would not have left no traces in front, but would have left many traces deep in the underground jungle.
In Chen Ziyan's opinion, this undoubtedly shows one thing, that is, the group of people who may be from the Zhang family entered here in a different way from them.
"Well, that makes sense." Wu Laogou nodded with approval.
There's no reason why he doesn't agree with this, because all the clues discovered so far confirm this.
After staying for a while, Chen Ziyan and the others made sure that there was nothing else around, then they left here and continued deeper.
Neither of them touched the rusty short knife. This thing is now equivalent to a piece of scrap metal. Rather than taking it away, it is better to leave it where it is and mark it.
Because of the discovery of the dagger, Chen Ziyan thought that they would find more lost things during the next journey.
After all, judging from the previous situation, it all shows that the team encountered danger and began to flee in a panic.
But what Chen Ziyan didn't expect was that for a long way down the road, he didn't encounter any remnants. Instead, he discovered the ruins of a camp that had long been dilapidated.
"This place looks quite large." Chen Ziyan looked at the outline of the camp and said.
Although only part of the tent here is left, the overall outline is still there, and the specific size can still be seen.
"Yes, that team must have been quite large back then." When Wu Laogou saw the ruins of the camp for the first time, he came up with a rough answer in his mind.
Chen Ziyan didn't do much research on these, so he asked: "Fifth Master, do you have any specific figures?"
If they can get a more accurate number, it will be helpful for their subsequent exploration.
Wu Laogou thought for a while and said: "This kind of tent is a very old style. I remember that it usually accommodated three to four people. There used to be six tents here. We calculated it as if each tent was full. At that time,
The number of people in that team should be between twenty and thirty."
Chen Ziyan thought about it and felt that this number was very reliable. In the early years, whether it was the expedition team or the senior thieves, their behavior was far more public than it is now.
Although not everyone would work as hard as Xi Ling, at that time, any force with some strength had to have dozens of people act together when doing things.
And there are Zhang family members in this team, so this number will only be higher, not lower.
Furthermore, it would not be surprising even if the number of people doubled underground, where it is difficult for outsiders to discover.
"Then we still have a lot of corpses that we haven't discovered yet. Fifth Master, do you think those people were not completely wiped out at the beginning?" Chen Ziyan asked thoughtfully.
After confirming that the lanky monster was the Zhang family, he subconsciously thought that the original group of people had fallen here.
After all, they had witnessed the terrifying scale of the black-haired snakes with their own eyes, and in addition, even the Zhang family with special bloodline and unique skills had failed here, so they subconsciously thought that the entire team would not be spared.
But now the appearance of this camp and the estimate of the number of people make Chen Ziyan a little uncertain.
Because the number of corpses they found was too small to match.
Wu Laogou glanced around, shook his head slightly and denied: "This should be the depths of the underground jungle. It was difficult for those people to escape without my nephew by their side. I think they must have fled in all directions at a critical moment, so we
I didn't get to see all the bodies."
But having said that, Wu Laogou still had a guess in his mind, that is, the remaining corpses were like the slender monster, reduced to a black fly controlled by the black-haired snake, so he could not see it on the road.
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It's just that he had no evidence to prove this, so he didn't say it. It would be embarrassing if it wasn't the case.
Of course, the most important thing is that they are protected by their nephew. No matter whether it is a black-haired snake or a black flying child, they will not approach, and even the other party will take the initiative to avoid it. It is meaningless to say it or not.
Chen Ziyan glanced around the dilapidated camp and felt that Wu Laogou did have some truth.
Although after years of changes, there are no longer many clues here, it can also be seen that when the accident happened here, the people here were in a very panic state.
Thinking of the endless black-haired snakes like a wave, Chen Ziyan felt that it was normal for those people to be swarmed by the black-haired snakes and be forced to panic without the protection of his nephew.
After all, in the face of such a situation, who can think about where to go.
Even if there are people in the team who are calm in the face of danger, it is impossible to control the situation in an extremely chaotic situation.
After all, neither the expedition team nor the tomb robbers have the discipline to enforce orders and prohibitions like the army. When disaster strikes, it is the real norm to fly separately!
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan finally determined one thing.
That was the group of people who came here in the first place. Not all of them were from the Zhang family. There should just be some Zhang family members among them.
It is even very possible that the only person in the team who turned into a lanky monster is the Zhang family.
This is not impossible. Although the Zhang family has not yet fallen apart at that time, it is not impossible for the Zhang family to sneak into other teams. You must know that the job of laying eggs through borrowing money is not unique to the Wang family.
If it comes down to it, the Wang family learned it from the Zhang family.
"Fifth Master, do you think we are about to reach another entrance here?" Chen Ziyan thought of another question at this moment and looked at Wu Laogou and asked.
Now it is basically certain that the original group of people did not have Nephew, so they would definitely not rush deep into the underground jungle to camp. Doesn't this mean that this place is not far from the entrance where they came in?
When Wu Laogou was reminded like this, he also thought of this, but just as he was about to nod, he suddenly noticed something a little inconsistent: "No, if the entrance is nearby, why don't the people in this camp
How about returning directly along the original route?"
You must know that instead of running into the unknown jungle, the route you came from is undoubtedly safer.
"This...unless..." Chen Ziyan paused for a moment and slowly said an answer: "Unless the route is more dangerous in their opinion."
This is not a difficult question, and you can get a reasonable answer with a little substitution.
"The way back is more dangerous?" Wu Laogou nodded: "This is quite possible, otherwise there is no need to spread out. It would be safer to go back directly."
While saying this, his eyes roamed back and forth on the ruins in front of him, trying to see if he could find the direction from which he came.
Wu Laogou was very interested in the place where these people came down. If he could control it, he felt that he might be able to take another more covert way to control this precious underground space.