In my impression, ghosts generally like to harm people, but the ghost we met is different and did not return us. So what is his purpose?
I cautiously took a step back and asked Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, for the sake of safety, we each ask a question that only the other party knows to prove our identity. I will ask you first, and you will ask me again! Okay?"
Xiaobai nodded.
I thought in my heart, if the person who just walked into the corridor was Xiaobai, then the person in front of me must be a ghost. This ghost must belong to this cave. He must not know what happened outside the cave. I just need to
Ask him what happened before us outside the cave. If he is not a novice, he will not be able to answer.
I asked: "Do you remember where we first met? Was it on the street or in a bar?"
Xiaobai smiled after hearing this, and then said: "Lao Du, it seems you don't trust me and want to trick me!"
Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the white guy in front of me was really the person who just walked into the corridor. He must be a ghost.
I smiled and said: "Don't blame brother for not being interesting. There is no way. The current situation is too special. Only in this way can I ensure our safety. We have been playing together since childhood. If you are that ghost, you will definitely choose whatever you want."
One!"
Xiaobai came over and patted me on the shoulder and said: "You have been so clever since you were a child, and you are still so cunning when you grow up! I really belong to you! I don't need to ask you! You must be Lao Du!"
White sweat suddenly appeared on my back. I felt that the hands on my shoulders were very cold. The familiar face in front of me became extremely unfamiliar. I didn't dare to look at it for fear that I would suddenly see a growth on it.
He piled up yellow hair, then showed a pair of fangs in his mouth, and rushed towards me.
I took a deep breath and said calmly: "Then what should we do now, use this stone to explore the road?"
The man nodded and rolled it into the corridor. The stone was round and looked like a watermelon. It rolled into the corridor and made a ding-ding-dong-dong sound in the corridor. The stone rolled out a few times.
It stopped after ten meters. I held up the flashlight and saw that the stone had rolled to the silicon corner of the corridor and hit the wall and stopped. There was nothing abnormal.
The man clapped his hands and said, "It's safe, let's go!"
I nodded and followed the man behind. I didn't dare to arouse his suspicion. I was holding a flashlight from behind. The man's shadow fell in the corridor. Ghosts don't have shadows. Then I can be sure whether this man is a ghost.
I just don’t know who this person is. He strode forward and nothing happened halfway through. I remember that the route Xiaobai took before seemed to be a deliberate attempt to bypass the mechanism.
I thought there really was an agency here, but this man walked around casually, and nothing happened to me when I followed him. Only then did I realize that there was no agency in this corridor, so I felt more at ease. This person was pretending to be a novice.
He is following me like this. I don’t know what his purpose is, but I know that he won’t harm me for the time being. It seems that he wants to use me to achieve some purpose. But this is my first time here and I don’t understand anything.
I can't figure out what value I can use.
And Xiaobai, he ran ahead and left me here alone. I don’t know if I will meet him later! If I meet him, I will definitely repair him properly.
I followed the man to the corner of the corridor, which is where Xiaobai probably entered just now. I don’t know why he didn’t come back to me when he noticed that I hadn’t followed. This man and I were safe in the corridor.
When I walked over, there was no mechanism triggered. So, there should be no mechanism here. It seemed like I was overthinking it.
The man asked me to shine a flashlight, and I saw that there were steps extending downwards around the corner. From above, I saw that the steps were very long and I didn’t know where they led. I originally thought they were for building tombs.
Stone quarry, but nothing was found when I walked here.
The man turned back to me and said, "Let's go down and have a look!"
I nodded. Although I knew that this person was not Xiaobai and it was very dangerous to be with him, but if I didn’t go, it might arouse his suspicion, and there would be no way back. Now I just hope that I can be here
If I meet a real novice, then if we join forces, we may be able to subdue this person. Thinking of this, I feel a little more at ease, but I have to be careful. I say to this person: "Xiaobai, you have tomb robbers"
My ancestors did this, and have heard about it more or less. The gene of tomb robbing is flowing in my blood, so I will take the lead and you can just follow!"
The man listened and nodded without saying anything, so I held up the flashlight and walked down first. The reason why I said this was because I had a plan in mind. I felt that Xiaobai must be down there. If I met Xiaobai while I was walking in front,
It's easy for Bai to get rid of the person behind him. As he said this, I bet in my heart whether this person will harm me for a while. Otherwise, he would have done it long ago.
This stone staircase looked very solid, but it was a little slippery when I stepped on it. I walked very slowly for fear of falling to the ground accidentally.
That man kept following me without saying a word. My biggest threat now was not the man behind me, but the stone steps. Through the light, I saw that the stone steps were covered with moss, and if I looked carefully, they were also covered with moss.
There were some dried shells. I was shocked. Could it be that there was water here originally? The water disappeared behind and the stone steps were exposed. Otherwise, how could there be so many shellfish shells on the stone steps? This is
Underground, there is an underground river in front of the Trumpet Cave. If there had been water here before, it would not be a big deal. When I was thinking about it, the man behind me suddenly made an ouch, as if he had discovered something. I looked back and saw that
The person said to me: "Lao Du, look for your flashlight and let me take a look!"
When I saw the man pointing at the wall, I nodded and held up my flashlight to take a photo of the wall. I really found something in this photo. I saw an obvious mark on the wall, like a straight horizontal line.
Extending very far, this horizontal line seems to be a dividing line.
The upper part of the horizontal line is a normal rock wall, while the lower part of the horizontal line is moss that is not full of moisture. The man was surprised: "This place is really flooded by water!"
I also saw that this line was the contact point between the water surface and the rock wall. Now the water has disappeared for some reason, leaving only a trace on the rock wall.
I nodded and continued walking down. The stone steps seemed to be very deep. The further down I went, the more I could smell a fishy smell. The smell was like rotten mud. I wondered if there could be something down there.
Completely dry water!
After walking like this for more than ten minutes, the fishy smell became more and more obvious. The man suddenly asked me to stop, then walked behind me and asked me to look down. I turned on the flashlight and pointed the light down. Sure enough,
I saw a burst of white light about ten meters away. Sure enough, there was dry water below.
The man patted me on the shoulder and said, "Keep walking!"
The closer I get to the bottom, the more moss there is on the stone steps, which makes it slippery under my feet. I can feel the sticky feeling from the soles of my feet through the soles of my shoes.
I walked down slowly with a flashlight on, and suddenly I saw a bunch of footprints on the stone steps very close to the water. I guessed that the footprints should be Xiaobai's, but there was no sign of Xiaobai on the stone steps.
This stone step is actually very narrow, and can only accommodate two people side by side. It is only more than one meter wide, so it is impossible to hide people. Could it be that Xiaobai entered the water?
I can't believe it. I know how deep it is down here, and I don't even know what's on the surface. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to go down, but why would this little guy go down?
I was a little disappointed. Originally, I thought that Xiaobai might have seen someone like him with me, so he didn't dare to show up. He might be waiting for me somewhere, but I didn't expect that Xiaobai actually got into the water.
, which makes it difficult for me to figure it out.
The man saw the footprints and said to me from behind: "Let's go down and take a look!"
The two of us came to the water's edge. There was no way out at this moment. The footprints on the stone steps were very messy. I thought maybe Xiaobai was hesitant and entangled when he entered the water, so he left so many footprints, but in the end he still entered.
Entering the water, I don’t know what happened that prompted Xiaobai to make the decision to enter the water.
I was just thinking about this.
The man suddenly let out a sigh, then stepped forward and squatted down, touched the water with his hand, and then suddenly retracted his hand.
I saw that his behavior was strange, so I asked him: "What's wrong?"
Then look at me and say: "Who is hot here!"
I was also surprised and hurriedly tried it with my hands. Sure enough, the water was not only hot, but also very scalding. I estimated that the water temperature was over fifty degrees.
This discovery makes me even more incomprehensible. It is impossible for any living thing to survive in such high temperatures. How dare you go down there? Isn't he afraid of being burned to death?
I sighed and asked the man: "What are you going to do?"
The man thought for a while and said: "Go down!"
I was startled and said hurriedly: "We don't have diving equipment. How can we get down? The water here is so hot. There must be a hot spring below. The water surface has such a high temperature. I don't know how deep it is below. What if?"
Go deeper, the water below is probably boiling! Aren’t we looking for death if we go down?”
Unexpectedly, the man shook his head and said: "Look at the footprints here, they must be those of the person you saw before. His footprints mean that she is not a ghost. If he can go down, we can also go down!"
I can't refute what this person said. What he said is true and reasonable. If Xiaobai is drowned below, he will definitely float up. The temperature here is so high that he will be cooked in a few minutes. But now it seems,
There is no water surface!
But I still thought it was quite risky, so I said: "Since you are so sure, then you take the lead. If there is no danger below, I will follow you!"
I originally thought that the man disagreed and would let me go down first, but to my surprise, the man nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go down first. If there's no danger, I'll come up and tell you. Give me your flashlight."
Me! There’s no light down there, I can’t see!”
I nodded and handed him the flashlight. This is a flashlight specially designed for outdoor use. It is waterproof and will be fine as long as it does not exceed a hundred meters!
The man took the flashlight, smiled at me, then put the flashlight in his mouth and plunged it in. There was a splash in the water. I was frightened to see it. I secretly sighed that this man was so brave. I saw this man disappear.
When I was on the water, I wanted to turn back and run, but I stopped just after taking a few steps. I had nothing to kill now, and I lost my way again. I might not be able to find Zhao Banxian when I go back, and Xiaobai didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Although this man pretended to be
He looks like a novice, but so far, it seems that this person has no intention of harming me. It is better to wait here for a while and see if this person will come up.
After making up my mind, I squatted by the water and the water surface became calm again.