Before leaving, we checked the time. It was three o'clock in the afternoon and the sky was bright. However, as soon as we walked more than ten meters into the cave, the entire space suddenly turned dark.
The flashlights we have are wolf-eye flashlights specially provided by the military. The brightness is much stronger than ordinary flashlights. However, when these beams hit the dark stone walls, there is not much reflection. The surroundings are still dark and the atmosphere is gloomy.
Very.
The cave was very long, and the flashlight could not reach the end. I walked to the edge of a stone wall to observe, and found that the cave was about two meters high. The top of the cave wall was made of rocks, which were dry to the touch. Occasionally, I could touch some vines of different thicknesses.
Most of them are hard and clumsy. I don’t know what kind of plant they are, and I can’t even name them.
Walking in such a deep cave, everyone felt a lot of psychological pressure. Even Captain Wang, who took the lead, had a dark complexion and looked inexplicably solemn.
A group of us walked very slowly and did not dare to make too much noise. Captain Wang turned around from time to time and asked the horse guide how to go. However, the horse guide was already frightened and his face was whiter than the gray wall.
When I opened my mouth, my gums trembled and I couldn't say anything.
I walked forward like this for about two minutes. According to my estimation, I had advanced at least 200 meters. However, there was no end in the cave, and instead there was a fork in the road.
When we reached the edge of the fork in the road, we stopped walking forward. Captain Wang motioned for everyone to stop, then looked back at me, hesitating to speak.
I took the initiative and asked him if he had anything to say.
Although Captain Wang is a bit arrogant and doesn't think much of my status, he is a stable person after all. He did not express contempt for me, but asked me seriously for my opinion on which way I should go.
Is it appropriate to go?
To be honest, I couldn't answer, so I had to stay silent, walk to the front of the team, close my eyes, and sense it carefully.
Under the capture of Qichang, both roads were equally dark, and even the wind speed and air humidity were the same. There seemed to be no difference, so I turned back and said, "I can't tell, I guess it will be the same no matter which way I go."
Team Wang looked at me, nodded, and said let’s go to the right. He was used to choosing the right.
I didn’t object, took out my folding saber, carved an arrow mark on the stone wall, and then continued walking down with the king’s team. About half a minute later, there was another fork in the road in front of me. It was still the same as the previous intersection, with two lanes on the left and right.
, almost exactly the same, no difference can be found.
At Captain Wang's suggestion, we continued to the right and walked for about twenty minutes, passing at least seven or eight forks. As we walked, I felt something was wrong, so I stopped and asked the team to wait.
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Captain Wang turned around and asked me what was wrong? I whispered, "I'm afraid we can't go any further. This area in the southwest belongs to the Kashgar landform, and the rock structure is relatively complex. Such a cave is nothing more than a natural maze. The further you go,
If we go inside, we will sink deeper and deeper, and we may not be able to get out by then."
Under the searchlight, Captain Wang's dark face looked a little tangled. He had already taken off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of very bright eyes. He looked around like a hawk. After a long time, he looked away and said, "No matter how complicated the cave is, there should always be something."
It's at the end, we've already marked it along the way, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
I still shook my head, pointed to the passage behind me and said, "Have you ever felt that when we passed the third fork in the road, we had already started to circle?"
He looked puzzled and said how could it be? Seeing that he didn't believe it, I quickly walked to a corner, leaned over and picked up the cigarette butts on the ground, handed it to him, and asked him if he liked smoking Honghe?
When he saw the cigarette butt, Captain Wang's expression was a little uneasy. He was shocked and said that the cigarette butt was indeed his. Could it be that we have been standing still?
Then, Team Wang ordered everyone to look for the mark carved on the stone wall. The group of people dispersed and searched carefully along the stone wall. After a while, everyone gathered together again, and everyone looked a little confused.
White means that the previously made arrow mark was not found.
The person who was most afraid was the horse guide. His lips kept twitching and he started to tremble, saying, "Look, I told you not to enter this cave, but you just didn't listen. Something happened now. We might
You will be trapped and die inside.
Captain Wang might have a bad temper, so he immediately gave him a stern look, glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, do you know that you are called a disruptor?"
At this time, an old policeman who followed us in suddenly said, "I think there are no marks on this stone wall. There can only be two situations, or something is following us and secretly erasing the marks on the stone wall.
Or maybe it picked up the cigarette butts thrown by Team Wang on the ground and deliberately placed the cigarette butts in front to confuse us!"
His analysis made sense. Captain Wang and I nodded. Then Captain Wang said, "Old Liao, what do you think we should do?"
The old policeman named Liao was silent for a moment, and then looked at us, "The environment in the cave is too complicated. My opinion is to retreat first, and then we can consider using fire to attack after we get outside the cave."
Lao Liao is indeed a veteran policeman, and he is very methodical in his analysis of the problem. I also agree with his opinion, but Captain Wang was reluctant, tightened the semi-automatic rifle in his hand and said, "Isn't it too much to just go back like this?"
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I know that Captain Wang has a good reputation, and he probably wanted to say that it would be too embarrassing to go back like this, just like a deserter. But considering everyone's mood, I held back and didn't say anything so unpleasant.
Just when everyone was arguing about this matter, I vaguely heard the sound of light footsteps from a passage in front. Immediately, the muscles on my back tensed up and I shouted "Who is it?"
Then he moved the muzzle of the gun and aimed firmly at the place where the footsteps came from.
Captain Wang was startled by my actions. He quickly grabbed my wrist and said sternly, "What's wrong with you? This gun is not safe. Be careful of misfiring and injuring yourself!"
I looked helpless. Captain Wang's words and deeds repeatedly revealed his distrust of my abilities. How could I know if I was holding a gun by myself or not?
He clearly looked down on me and was afraid that if my mental quality was not up to par, I would do something random with a police gun.
Normally, I would have really wanted to quarrel with him, but now I had no choice but to say, "Don't worry, I have a good idea and won't shoot randomly. I just heard footsteps right in front of me."
He looked unbelieving and listened for a long time with his ears perked up. Then he asked me if I was hallucinating and why couldn't he hear me?
I am very confident in my hearing power. After being transformed by the God-Eating Gu, my senses have become much more developed than ordinary people. Seeing that he didn't believe it, I stood up and said, "Go and have a look in front!"
After saying that, I didn’t care whether he agreed or not and walked forward with the flashlight.
Captain Wang complained softly from behind, saying, "Why do you make your own decisions? Even so, he still led his men to follow. I walked tiptoe at the front. I felt that I was getting closer to the source of the sound. I felt something in my heart and turned on the flashlight.
Jump to the brightest point, then raise it high and look towards the source of the sound in front.
As soon as the light shone, a black shadow suddenly jumped across the sky and ran forward.
"Sure enough, there is...chasing!"
Captain Wang saw this clearly, and immediately shouted, holding a gun and rushing forward, while the others followed closely behind, struggling to catch up.
After chasing for more than ten meters, the black shadow disappeared, and the space suddenly opened up. I took the flashlight to take a photo, and found that there was a huge cave in front of me, as big as half a football field, with irregular rocks interspersed in it, and there were holes above my head.
The water drops splashed down, causing many reverberations.
At this time, a sharp-eyed little soldier suddenly pointed his finger in front and exclaimed in a low voice, "Oh my god, look, what is in front of you?"