"It seems that we have an unexpected harvest this time." After a moment, Qin Fen chuckled at Amy, then found a branch and started digging out the wooden box.
A few minutes later, Qin Fen had dug a hole, and the box was basically out of the way. Qin Fen threw away the branches, dug up the loose soil on the ground with his hands, grabbed the box and exerted force, and the box was removed by Qin Fen.
Moved out of the soil.
I saw that the box was about the same size as an ordinary shoe box, with a flip-top lid and a lock on it. It had been buried in the soil for a long time, so it had become rusty.
"Qin Fen, could it be a bomb or something like that?!" Amy suddenly asked with a weird look on her face.
"Haha, if it was a bomb, its owner would have detonated it long ago. You have such a rich imagination..." Qin Fen joked, then his eyes fell on the box.
Of course, he was also very careful. His yin and yang eyes opened as soon as he moved the Sanqing Jue. He scanned the box with a smile on his face, then grabbed the lock and pulled it gently.
"Click..."
After a crisp sound, the lock fell off. Qin Fen threw the lock aside, and then with a little force, the lid was opened.
As the lid opened, Amy hurriedly came over and looked into the box, only to see a magnifying glass inside. Under the magnifying glass was something similar to a notebook.
"These things really should be theirs!" Amy frowned as she spoke.
"Um……"
Qin Fen nodded and at the same time, he took out the magnifying glass as mentioned before. After checking it, he found that it was an ordinary magnifying glass. He handed it to Amy directly and then took out the notebook. Under the notebook, there was a drawing. Qin Fen
They were taken out together.
Qin Fen carefully opened the notebook. There were some pictures and some English in it. Qin Fen couldn't understand a word, so he had to smile bitterly and said to Amy: "You should come and take a look, I don't know any of them!"
Amy took the notebook and started flipping through the pages, while Qin Fen gently unfolded the drawing. The drawing was not big, probably only sixteen pages in size, and it was already a little yellowed. Qin Fen looked at it
Although many places on the map drawn above were marked in English, Qin Fen could still see some clues.
At the bottom of this drawing are cliffs and a path, which is the same as the intersection where they came in. Then there are bushes and some boulders, then there are cliffs, and then there is where they are now.
Surrounded by shrubs, there is this cave, and even the waterfall is clearly marked.
The strange thing is that the center of the map is blank, and then there is a question mark, and there is also a line of English comments, which makes Qin Fen a little confused.
"Qin Fen... This note says that they are explorers. It was recorded from the first day they entered here. They stayed here for a whole year, mainly looking for the unsolved mysteries of mankind. But it says that a total of
The twelve people, at first, lived a good life without any danger, but when they went deep into the center of the Valley of Death, their people began to disappear one by one."
At this time, Amy looked through her notes and said to Qin Fen.
"Did it say on it how they disappeared or how they were taken away?!" Qin Fen continued to ask.
"They didn't say it clearly. They said they offended the gods, and the gods appeared and took them away one by one. And those who were not taken away seemed to have been cursed, and they showed symptoms of madness." Amy.
When he spoke, his voice was already trembling a little.
"It seems that they did not reach the most central position, but were just at the closest position, and then something happened. Although the two of them survived and hid here, they did not escape the fate of death in the end, so they will not be able to escape."
The things you see are described as ghosts and gods. If you look at this map, there is a big question mark in the center and a line of words. What does this mean?!"
Qin Fen put the map in front of Amy's eyes. Amy lowered her head and looked nervous again, "We repent to God and shouldn't disturb your rest. Please forgive us, Amen!"
"It seems that the center of the valley here is the most critical existence. And you can also see the appearance of those birds and beasts. I think the reason why they mutate is because there is something here that causes their bodies to change.
There has been a mutation. For beasts, it may just be a mutation, but for humans, it is definitely unbearable, so the notes say that symptoms of madness have appeared!"
"It seems that this time, we are going to the center of the valley?!" Amy bit her lip and said to Qin Fen.
"Haha, you guessed it right. Load up the notes and map. It's time for us to set off. I think with this map, we can avoid a lot of detours." Qin Fen chuckled and stood up.
Amy packed up her notes and maps, and then the two of them walked out of the cave carrying a mountaineering bag.
According to the top-north-bottom drawing of the map, they should still be on the edge of the valley at this moment, so if they want to get to the center, they have to continue walking north. The two of them found the shortest path on the map.
Continue to set off.
Qin Fen could have taken Amy on an air trip, but in order to carefully study the geography of the Valley of Death, he could only walk on foot.
Throughout the morning, the two of them walked more than ten miles, and Amy was already a little exhausted. After all, there was no road at all here. It was either thorns or bushes, and the rest was full of strange rocks.
And the deeper they went, the hotter they felt. The scorching sun seemed to be drying them out. At the same time, the two of them also encountered attacks from some unknown beasts. Fortunately, Qin Fen could deal with them easily.
"Let's take a break. I really can't walk anymore." Finally, Amy's feet softened and she sat directly on the ground.
Qin Fen glanced at Amy's face, chuckled, took out the water he packed yesterday from his bag and handed it to Amy, then came to her side, pressed his fingers on her temples, and suddenly two streams of energy slowly flowed.
Entering the other person's temple, Amy suddenly felt a sense of coolness, and her face recovered a little after a while.
"Tell me, why hasn't that monster appeared yet?!" Amy took a sip of water and then asked with confusion on her face.
"He has always been careful, and he has suffered a loss. Now he is either practicing or waiting for an opportunity. But one thing I can be sure of is that our whereabouts are all under his control, so I have a bold guess in my mind."
"What?!" Amy asked hurriedly.
"The direction we are taking now is exactly the direction he wants us to take!" Qin Fen said lightly.
Amy lowered her head and thought for a moment, then turned to Qin Fen and said in surprise: "You mean, the center of the valley is where this monster is hiding, and he is waiting for us to fall into his trap?!"
"Yes, if the expedition team can discover the secret of the center of the Valley of Death, then there will be no problem with monsters. Moreover, if there is not some kind of mutated element in the center of the valley, then it is very likely that there are evil spirits or monsters.
Of course, it is unlikely that a monster exists. According to what the old priest said, it should probably be a sealed plane connected to the world of evil spirits."
When Qin Fen said this, a look of solemnity flashed across his face. In fact, Qin Fen had been observing along the way. What surprised him was that there were only some scattered wild beasts along the way, and none of the wild beasts controlled by Qin Hao
None of them showed up, which proves that Qin Hao knew that they were coming to the center of the Valley of Death, so he chose to wait.
"Then are we really going to throw ourselves into a trap?!" Amy said with some doubts.
"Haha, it's not about throwing yourself into a trap, but taking the initiative to attack. It's them who should hide, not us. The purpose of our coming here is to find monsters!"
Qin Fen smiled lightly and explained to Amy.
"I understand, take the initiative, haha..."
After Amy said that, she stood up from the ground, looking ready to go.
"Care, you won't rest?!" Qin Fen asked curiously.
"Since we are taking the initiative, of course we must act like we are taking the initiative!" Amy said with a serious look on her face.
"Okay, let's go!"
Qin Fen nodded, and the two of them continued walking forward.
This walk took another half a day. Strangely speaking, the speed of the two of them was much faster this time. As the evening approached, the two of them actually traveled more than thirty kilometers.
"Look at the map, where are we now?!" At this moment, Qin Fen suddenly stopped, looked around with a solemn look, and whispered to Amy.
"Um……"
Amy nodded, then unfolded the map, compared it with the current location, and finally determined that the two of them had arrived at a place more than a hundred kilometers away from the center, and there should be a cave not far ahead. It was also recorded in the notes,
They rested in the cave and nothing unusual happened.
"Let's go to the cave first. It's getting dark soon. Let's take a rest here today." After Qin Fen said something to Amy, he pulled her towards an open space not far away.
Half an hour later, the two walked through the bushes and finally arrived at the clearing. Sure enough, they saw a cave similar to the one drawn on the map next to the cliff not far away.
"This is it." Qin Fen showed a smile.
"Qin Fen, look over there..."
At this moment, Amy suddenly shouted to Qin Fen. Looking in the direction Amy pointed, Qin Fen's expression changed in an instant, because just outside the secret beside them, on the ground
There was a series of footprints, and these footprints were actually the same as the footprints they found last night, similar to human footprints, but extremely huge.
These footprints extended to the mouth of the cave before disappearing. A moment later, Qin Fen said helplessly: "It seems that we found the big guy's lair by mistake. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing?!"
"Are you saying that this is the cave of the big guy who took away the lion's body last night?!" Amy's face changed instantly when she heard Qin Fen's words.
"Look at the footprints, they disappear when they reach the entrance of the cave, and there are many footprints coming and going over there. This means that this big guy has been here for a long time, so there is only one explanation. This is someone else's territory!"