endless route.

Chapter 16 16. Something is wrong!

When the off-road vehicle stopped in front of the abandoned mine building, both Zheng Yun and Hu Ruihua fell silent because they didn't see the other two vehicles along the way.

The abandoned mine building is bathed in the rising sun, and the front door is empty, only the car marks from last night can be seen.

The three got out of the car to check.

There are no traces around.

The other teammates don't seem to be here.

"Does the vehicle have a location?" Zheng Yun looked at Hu Ruihua. The search and rescue team is equipped with professional equipment, and the location of the vehicle may be found by other means.

"The car rental company should have installed a tracker, but there is no signal in this mountain. The nearest place with a signal should be [-] kilometers away." Hu Ruihua shook his head.

This deep mountain and old forest has no infrastructure at all.

The search and rescue team had satellite phones and other equipment, but it was all in the car and was taken away by others.

"Where is Damona's position, is she under our feet?" Zheng Yun looked towards the entrance of the mine building.

"Yes, I've been carrying her positioning receiver all the time, and this is the main device."

Hu Ruihua took out a small black box, which is a signal receiver, specially designed to search for distress signals, and was bound to his mobile phone.

"Go down and have a look?" Hu Ruihua asked.

"I can only go down." Zheng Yun nodded.

The three returned to the car to put on their equipment. Hu Zi and Liu Ming put a travel bag of weapons in the back of the car before, and now they can be used.

After a few minutes.

They stepped into the abandoned mine building again.

The mood this time is completely different from last night, and the fear of the unknown is stronger.

No one knew what happened. Maybe Liu Ming and the others were in danger, and they couldn't leave the abandoned mine just like Damona they had found before.

Hu Ruihua was fully armed and his back was firm, and Zheng Yun didn't say a word. They took all the weapons in the travel bag with them, and they were ready for the worst.

No matter what is down there, as long as the person is alive, they must rescue the person.

"Did you dream last night? What did you dream about?" Zheng Yun asked on the way.

"No." Hu Ruihua shook his head.

"Yes, I dreamed about eating." Song Wan whispered, and she answered whatever Zheng Yun asked.

Her dream and Zheng Yun's dream obviously had different meanings, so Zheng Yun didn't ask any more questions.

The three walked into the mine tunnel with vigilance, observing the traces of their feet all the way until they entered the four-way cavern on the second floor of the abandoned mine, but found no clues.

Not marked.

There are no new footprints either.

"continue."

Hu Ruihua tactically holds a gun, cooperates with the flashlight in his hand, and uses a very professional posture to investigate slowly, not letting go of every blind angle and fork.

Zheng Yun and Song Wan walked side by side, turning the flashlight backwards to illuminate the deep and dark mine tunnel as much as possible, and always paying attention to the movement behind them.

Song Wan went down the mine for the first time, but she acted neatly and behaved relatively calmly. When she reached the third floor and saw the corpse hanging in mid-air, she couldn't hold back her voice.

The three of them went all the way down.

I went all the way to the iron stairs, and when I saw the Rift Valley Cave again, I didn't find any traces of people.

The square iron gates are still open, and the ropes they left behind are still hanging on the fault of the iron stairs. The underground cave is dark and dim, and the white mist at the bottom is still thick.

"I'll go down and take a look first." Hu Ruihua slid down the rope to the sixth floor and observed the surrounding environment.

"Can you go down?" Zheng Yun looked at Song Wan.

Song Wan nodded, turned her back and leaned her feet down, holding the climbing rope and sliding down, her movements were very skillful.

Not long after, the three of them walked towards the underground corpse lake again along the last passage.

Both Hu Ruihua and Song Wan were focused, but Zheng Yun first appeared abnormal. The further he walked, the faster his heart beat, and a sense of fear spread throughout his body.

It's hard to describe the feeling.

Just like the feeling of dying when you are about to suffocate, your body is responding automatically, with chest tightness, shortness of breath, tachycardia, and the nightmare of last night keeps coming to mind.

"Pause."

Zheng Yun shouted to stop.

At this time, they were only a gap away from the underground corpse lake, but he could no longer hold on.

Hu Ruihua looked back at Zheng Yun, and when he found that his expression was wrong, his expression became more serious, looking around as if he was facing a big enemy, thinking that there was danger around him.

It was the first time he saw Zheng Yun's expression like this, and he subconsciously thought that they had encountered some kind of unprecedented danger, and cold sweat broke out on their backs.

"What's wrong?" Song Wan knelt down and asked.

"Look at the location, is Damona inside?" Zheng Yun panted and looked at Hu Ruihua.

He didn't have enough experience in going to sea for the first time, so he couldn't distinguish the source of this near-death feeling, whether it was the mental pressure brought about by the nightmare, or some kind of intuition.

But he couldn't walk anymore.

He must rest here.

Hu Ruihua nodded and took out his mobile phone. After a glance, his face changed drastically. He raised his head and said to Zheng Yun in shock, "Demonna's location is behind us..."

"Behind?"

Zheng Yun frowned.

"Looking at the positioning, it is now one kilometer away to the northwest, and the positioning shows that it is in an abandoned state."

Hu Ruihua lowered his voice.

Before they got out of the mine just now, Damona was still wearing the device at her feet, but now it suddenly became abandoned, which means she just took it off, and she was nearby just now.

But they don't know what this so-called one kilometer to the northwest is. The north is the Rift Valley Karst Cave behind them, which is at most a few hundred meters away from them. Where does this kilometer come from?
If the location is accurate, then this Damona probably went to the opposite side of the rift cave.

How did she get there?
The entire mine is less than one kilometer wide. If you have to find a road, it is estimated that only the third floor of the abandoned mine, the deep mine road with railroad tracks, can pass.

"Leave her alone, find someone first."

Zheng Yun shook his head, this Damona's behavior is too weird, and now they don't care about him at all, they should give priority to finding teammates rather than bounties.

"I'll go in and have a look."

Hu Ruihua took a deep breath, took off his backpack and burrowed into the crevice of the ice, intending to visit the underground corpse lake.

Zheng Yun hesitated to speak, so he could only follow him into the gap, and if there was an accident, he could say hello.

A few minutes later, Hu Ruihua got out of the ice, searched carefully with a flashlight but failed, raised his gun and fired three shots in a row, shouting loudly:
"anyone there?"

"Tiger! Where are you?"

The echo echoed in the empty space, Hu Ruihua's face was ashen, he did not hide his urgency, but it was useless to be anxious, there was no response from all around.

He wished for someone to answer, no matter whether it was his own or someone else, as long as it was someone, it was better than no movement at all.

But nothing.

The entire underground corpse lake was dead silent.

Zheng Yun and Song Wan followed closely through the gap, looking at the empty underground corpse lake in silence.

Hu Ruihua looked back at Zheng Yun, nodded to him, and then suddenly ran to the ice, holding a gun and ran towards the three-meter pile of corpses at the end.

Zheng Yun also walked towards the center of the lake.

He half-kneeled on the ice, threw the flashlight into the bottom of the lake, and looked at the corpses below. The nightmare was churning in his mind, as if he was struggling desperately underneath...

"Brother Zheng, what's wrong with you?"

Song Wan crouched beside Zheng Yun and called softly.

She was really a little scared now, but it wasn't because of the weird lake of corpses under her feet. She had heard this scene many times last night.

Zheng Yun spoke briefly in the car, and Huzi and Sister Wang spoke again in front of the bonfire. The talk was vivid and wonderful, and she wrote it down in her notebook.

She is mentally prepared.

So she is really not afraid of this, what she is afraid of is the behavior of Zheng Yun and Hu Ruihua at this moment.

Hu Ruihua was crazy, running around the lake with a gun, while Zheng Yun didn't say a word, staring straight at the lake, shining a flashlight on the corpse below.

Something is wrong!
Very wrong!
The Zheng Yun that Huzi and Sister Wang spoke of was not like this. He should be calm and thoughtful, and coming here is as easy as going home.

but now.

However, he was short of breath and sweating profusely, as if in a daze, and almost fell into the frozen lake...

(End of this chapter)