America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 196 The Sword of Damocles

Under the leadership of Chen Jianqiu, a group of people walked into the cave holding torches.

They all passed the "senior" sitting at the entrance of the cave, Liu Dabao bowed deeply to him, and said in half-baked English:
"Senior, I don't want to disturb you, I hope you can keep us safe."

The black man behind him looked at him with a question mark on his face: "Hey, brother, this guy is an Indian. You speak English, can he understand it?"

Liu Dabao looked bewildered, as if what the black man said made sense.

"Sean! Can you go behind me?" Danny behind me called out the black man's name, "I always feel that there is an empty space in front of me, and I am always afraid that I will step on the empty space."

Sean turned his head, showing his white teeth: "Yes, big man!"

A group of people lined up and walked along the narrow road.

The roads in the cave have obviously been processed by someone and are not natural.

If the treasure is what Holmes has documented, it is the property that fell into the lake on the "night of sorrow" of the Aztec kingdom hundreds of years ago.

It must be impossible to transport these treasures without a decent road.

Chen Jianqiu and Holmes led the way, and they looked for the traces by the light of the torches as they walked.

Things went smoothly unexpectedly, even if they encountered a fork in the road, they could just follow the one with human traces.

They shuttled from one cave to another.

"It's really shocking!" As a geologist, Holmes committed an occupational disease. He held up a torch and looked at the dome of the cave.

It was only then that everyone discovered that the dome of this cave was very high, and where the torchlight reached, one could vaguely see the jagged stalactites hanging upside down from the top of the cave.

The shape of these stalactites, due to the deposition of thousands of years, is so strange that people have to sigh the wonder of the hand of nature.

"I've heard for a long time that there are many karst caves in the southern part of New Mexico. The scene inside is extremely spectacular. I didn't expect to see it in person today. It's so wonderful that I can't describe it in words."

Holmes suppressed his excitement, and said in a low voice, as if he was afraid that something in this cave would be awakened if he made a loud noise.

I don't know if it's because the journey ahead is too smooth. The geologist seems to be on a geological research trip. He looks left and right.

Chen Jianqiu almost thought that he was going to pick up a pickaxe.

"Then, what, master." Sean, who was at the back of the team, raised his neck and stared at the stalactites hanging on the top of the grotto, "Tell me, is there a possibility that these things will fall down?"

In his eyes, these stalactites hang on his head like swords hanging upside down.

"Impossible, impossible. These stalactites have been gradually deposited over tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years. If they were going to fall, they would have fallen long ago." Holmes Shaking his head, he popularized basic address knowledge to black people.

"unless……"

Holmes didn't finish his sentence.

"Aha, you just said that and it's over." The black man straightened up, humming Dixie's tune.

When Danny heard the song from his hometown, he also hummed it.

Their singing seemed to be amplified and echoed in the cave, making this trip look more like a tour, relaxed and enjoyable.

But Chen Jianqiu suddenly felt something was wrong, he looked up at the stalactites of different sizes hanging upside down.

And Holmes turned around abruptly, waved his hand at the people behind the line, and made a silent gesture:

"Don't~sing~song~, the environment of this cave has not been entered by outsiders for at least 100 years. We broke in, whether it is breathing or torches, it has already brought changes to the environment here."

"Also, the structure of this cave is a bit strange. If your voices are too loud, it will resonate..."

Black and Danny quickly shut their mouths.

However, it was too late.

Chen Jianqiu activated the shooter state, and in his field of vision, he could already see the roots of several stalactites with cracks appearing!

"Back off!"

Chen Jianqiu roared in a low voice.

However, it's too late to say it.

A long and sharp stalactite has already fallen straight to his position, heading towards his forehead.

Chen Jianqiu took a step back, bumping Holmes behind him.

The stalactite fell to the ground with a crisp sound and was shattered.

This sound, like thunder in a silent place in the cave, produced a chain reaction.

When Chen Jianqiu looked at the dome again, it was not just the original ones that were crumbling.

"Exit this cave!"

Chen Jianqiu waved his hand backwards, the tail of the team changed to the head of the team, Xiao En was in the front, Chen Jianqiu was in the rear, and quickly retreated in the direction they came from.

But the cave seemed to have woken up, and it didn't want to give them too many chances, and several long and pointed stalactites fell down.

These "Swords of Damocles" of various shapes are mainly composed of limestone, and the chemical composition is calcium carbonate. They are brittle but hard. If they fall from such a high dome, they will kill everyone.

Sean ran fast, hiding himself was one thing, and not wanting to block the way of the people behind him was another.

"Sean, be careful!"

Teresa in the middle of the line suddenly shouted.Because she saw a sharp stalactite hitting the black man's head.

Sean raised his head subconsciously, only to see that the stone tip was already in the air less than a few meters away from him.

"Fuck!"

Despair was written all over the face of the black man.

However, suddenly a torch flew over from the back of the team, passed over the heads of everyone, and the flash of light formed a line, directly hitting the stalactite above Xiao En's head.

The stalactite broke, and the two fragments also deviated from the original track and fell in front of Xiao En.

"Run quickly, or you will be crushed to death and your body will block the road!" Chen Jianqiu's voice came from behind the team.

Xiao En didn't dare to fart. He knew that he owed his boss another life, so he quickly lowered his head and rushed towards the entrance of the cave.

The stalactites of the dome fell down one after another, and more and more frequently.

The road is very narrow, and everyone wants to escape while avoiding the falling stone pillars above their heads. This is a desperate game of strength and luck.

Everyone tried their best, dodging and moving, and the broken stone pillars shattered at their feet.

They haven't hit a hit so far. Apart from their own efforts, they also benefited from Chen Jianqiu, who is both father and mother at the end of the team.

He looked almost over the heads of everyone in front of him.

As he ran, he picked up broken stalactite fragments on the ground, one with his left hand and one with his right.

Whenever he sees that the people in front of the team are in danger, he throws the fragments in his hand with the technique of throwing knives.

For a moment, the cave was filled with the sound of stalactites breaking, the footsteps of everyone, and the echo of various sounds mixed together.

A few minutes later, Sean, Dani and his wife rushed out.

As the third member of the team, Liu Dabao had already run to a place close to the exit of the cave, and he only needed to run a few more steps to rush out of the cave.

However, at this time, behind him, three stone pillars fell down from the top of another Chinese boy, He Jiasheng.

Chen Jianqiu's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and the two pieces that he had squeezed in his hand flew out.

Two stone pillars were shattered, while the third one still fell straight down.

"He Jiasheng!"

In desperation, Chen Jianqiu stopped drinking.

The young man named He Jiasheng was exceptionally alert. Hearing the shout, he leaped forward without hesitation, avoiding the stone pillar.

He fell to the ground, gravel and debris littered the narrow path on the ground, and his knees turned bloody.

He Jiasheng struggled to stand up.

However, Chen Jianqiu saw from behind that another stone pillar was loose above his head.

Something is going to happen!
Hearing the movement, Liu Dabao turned his head quickly. He hesitated for a while, then stopped, wanting to turn around and give He Jiasheng a hand.

"Don't look back! Run forward!"

Chen Jianqiu stopped drinking again.

Before Liu Dabao could react, he saw Chen Jianqiu rushing towards him.

His young master held Holmes between one elbow and held a torch in his hand.

When passing by He Jiasheng, he pulled the young man up from the ground with his other hand and carried him on his shoulder.

He walked swiftly, and stone pillars crumbled in the path behind him.

Liu Dabao was dumbfounded.

When he reacted and was about to turn his head and continue running forward, he had already been kicked by Chen Jianqiu on the ass.

Liu Dabao felt himself fly out.

The four of them fell out of the cave together, and two stone pillars hit the exit of the cave, where Liu Dabao was originally standing.

"Oh~ it's dangerous." Holmes stood up and patted the dust off his body.

He looked back into the cave, and the stalactites were still falling one after another, without any sign of stopping.

Everyone was ashamed, whether it was in the mental state or the physical level.

However, except for He Jiasheng's knee injury, everyone else was safe and sound.

"It's good that everyone is fine." Chen Jianqiu glanced at the crowd, he not only ran out with two people, but also picked up his torch that fell on the ground.

However, the road with man-made traces in front of them can't go for the time being, and they can only find another way.

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