Xiao Chen and Dr. Liu continued to enter the cave. In addition to seeing the coffins, a puff of air blew inside, making it feel even colder inside.
This cave is bottomless at all. It is obvious that it is probably formed naturally and is somewhat similar to karst landforms.
However, it looks a little different.
After coming out of that cave, Xiao Chen took Dr. Liu and the others to check other caves. There were coffins in smaller caves, but there were not that many.
Around the time I saw the sixth cave, I suddenly made a new discovery: I saw some sticks left behind by poop on the ground.
When Yang Laowu and others went up the mountain or down the mountain, many rural people did not use toilet paper to wipe their buttocks when they pooped. Instead, they used some shaved bamboo chips or even some wooden sticks.
When Xiao Chen was in Xiaojia Village, he used bamboo chips to go to the toilet. The sour and refreshing feeling after scraping it off would only be felt after he used it.
Looking at these wooden sticks now, it seems that they should have been left behind by Yang Laowu and others from defecating here before.
Dr. Liu and the others squatted down, put on gloves, and used magnifying glasses to check, and they found that they were really those.
"Dr. Xiao, this is indeed left behind by human poop."
If that's the case, Yang Laowu and the others should have stayed in this cave for a while. When Xiao Chen and Dr. Liu went in, Dr. Liu had already taken out a bag to collect the sticks and would bring them back to the laboratory.
Do research.
Going inside again, Xiao Chen saw some rotten mats, which were more likely brought by Yang Laowu and others for use.
"Brother Yang, look at these mats that your villagers like to use."
These mats are actually mats, woven from a plant grown by the villagers themselves. In addition to these rotten mats, Xiao Chen also saw several cups.
"Do you know him?" Xiao Chen looked at Brother Yang and said.
"Dr. Xiao, yes, they used it." Brother Yang said fearfully.
These were things that Yang Laowu and the others had used, and they were relics that he did not dare to touch. Dr. Liu and the others just took the sticks that Yang Laowu and the others used to scrape poop back to study, and he felt a little disgusted.
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Xiao Chen found a cup filled with water, which might not have been finished. I wonder if the water was mountain spring water from where it was obtained?
"Dr. Xiao, we need to take these back for study," Dr. Liu said.
"Then take it."
These were of little use to Xiao Chen, or even to the study of traditional Chinese medicine. As he continued to go inside, Xiao Chen heard the sound of dripping water, which should be mountain spring water.
Sure enough, after walking about ten meters away, Xiao Chen saw mountain spring water again. This mountain spring water dripped from the cave and then gathered into the small cave. The mountain spring water at the entrance of the cave did not know where it flowed, but when a mouth
Leave the cup there and it won't take long to fill up.
"Do you dare to drink?"
When Dr. Wu and Dr. Liu heard this, they would definitely dare not drink it even to death. This raw water may be more problematic than the mountain spring water outside.
Dr. Liu then brought a bag to put some mountain spring water back to study, and took out a pen to write it down, and then stuck the paper there so that there would be no mess when he went back.
Apart from these, Xiao Chen has not found anything else suspicious yet.
As for the dry food, rice, millet, and even corn cobs that Yang Laowu and the others brought, they should have finished them long ago, but where did they light the fire?
Xiao Chen checked carefully again, and soon found traces of a fire inside the cave, and there were also remaining wood there.
"They should have made the fire here." Xiao Chen said.
Taking a closer look with a torch, I found that there were still some ashes left on the ground, and even some grains of rice that had fallen here.
There is no need to take these back for research, as there is no research role in them.
After coming out of the cave, Xiao Chen took Dr. Wu and Dr. Liu to check other caves and found that they were full of coffins. However, they did not see any traces left by Yang Laowu and others, or by others.
It looked like it was all covered with spider webs. It was probably hundreds of years ago and no one had ever entered a place like this.
Brother Yang is now numb with fear. He doesn't know what this place is, but he has always heard that it is a devil's kiln, a forbidden area. No one can enter, otherwise he will die.
If Yang Laowu and the others really entered here, they would die if they went back.
So now that he has come in, won't he also die when he goes back?
After coming out of the cave, Xiao Chen found that it was already past five o'clock in the morning. After a busy night, Xiao Chen felt that the harvest was quite good.
When going back, Xiao Chen returned to the largest cave again.
"Dr. Wu, do you want to take these bats and bat poop back for research?"
"Yes, of course, these are the only ones that have research value."
Xiao Chen caught a few bats and put them into the bags brought by Dr. Liu and others. Because he was afraid that the bags would be bitten by these bats, he had to beat them to death first.
Bring back some of the remaining bat poop.
Tonight, or rather this time, the mission is temporarily over.
Xiao Chen guessed that the source of the spread of the plague was probably here, but what exactly was it spreading? Xiao Chen didn't know either.
After coming out of the cave, Brother Yang broke out in cold sweat many times, making his clothes wet and dry, and dry and wet again. Now when he left here, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't even have to look back, he always felt like something behind him was always watching him.
He quickly left here and returned to the place where the trees were felled. The two big fires were still there, but they were almost extinguished. After Xiao Chen went to add some firewood to burn, Xiao Chen said: "Everyone, rest here now. We will have a good rest in the morning."
Go back at seven o'clock."
Xiao Chen was sitting on the wooden pier, as were Dr. Wu and Dr. Liu. Only Brother Yang was afraid of gathering in front of the fire and kept asking his ancestors for blessings.
At around seven o'clock in the morning, after seeing the sun above his head, Xiao Chen completely covered the two fires with soil to prevent sparks from burning the forest and possibly causing a fire.
very troublesome.
After doing all this, Xiao Chen, Dr. Wu, and Dr. Liu were ready to go back to Yangjiazhai.
When he asked Brother Yang to lead the way, he actually didn't know where he was. It was the first time for him to come to this place in more than 20 years, and he saw it with his own eyes. He originally thought that his grandfather and the people in the village might have spread the news.
It was fake, I didn’t expect it, but now I see it is true.
Now we can only follow the path that Yang Laowu and the others took during his lifetime and the traces left behind, and go back to Yangjiazhai. Xiao Chen is holding the woodchopping knife, and Brother Yang is also holding the knife to clear the way in front.