Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 198 Three Forks

"What happened later? How was this matter dealt with later?"

The fire in the stove has been extinguished, but Lao Yang's story has ignited our enthusiasm, we no longer feel cold, and can't wait for Lao Yang to continue telling.

"Later?!" Lao Yang shrugged his shoulders: "Of course Zou Xiao followed Professor Chen Yicheng's advice and did not enter the deep pit. This secret was also told to me by Master before he passed away!"

"Have you read those two diaries?" Li Tienan asked.

Lao Yang nodded: "Yes! Master regarded those two diaries as treasures, and never showed them to anyone in his life. When he was dying, he didn't want to keep this secret in his stomach, so he told me. Later, I followed Master’s wishes and burned the little book after reading those two diaries! I know that Master also wanted to protect me. In fact, after so many years, what can we do if we know the truth? ?The SMX hydropower station has been in operation for decades, who cares about these things that happened in those years!"

"Then do you know what happened to the towering ancient tree in the deep pit?" I asked Lao Yang.

Lao Yang said: "I heard from my master that after the serious crime team withdrew, the construction team didn't care so much in order to catch up with the progress of the project, so they set a fire and burned the towering ancient tree. It is said that the fire It burned for three days and three nights. The flames in the deep pit were blazing red, and half of the sky was red. The strangest thing was that the ancient tree was emitting billowing black smoke, and the black smoke was foul-smelling, like that kind of rotten The smell, accumulated in the air for a long time, turned into a gray black mist. After the old trees were burned, the construction team filled the deep pit with the silt from the river!"

After listening to Lao Yang's narration, everyone sighed. They did not expect that there are so many strange events in the SMX hydropower station, which is really an eye-opener.

The coldest midnight was spent in Lao Yang's story. Everyone leaned against the stove to take a nap, and the sky outside was almost bright.It's almost summer, so the sky is getting brighter earlier.

We filled our empty stomachs with dry food, then packed our backpacks and weapons, and started to go deep into the cave according to the established plan yesterday.

It seems that the zombies in the cave were basically wiped out by us, and the journey was very safe and smooth, and no zombies were encountered again.After wading through the watery depression and continuing to walk in, the caves inside became deeper and more numerous, and the terrain began to become more complicated.

Since the caves in the mountain are all formed by the impact of the Yellow River, the caves vary in size and shape.The large cave is tens of meters high and has an area of ​​over a thousand square meters. It is like an empty three-dimensional space, and every shout is full of echoes.A small cave may only be as big as a bedroom, and the lowest place even has to bend down to pass through.These caves extend in all directions, one after another, just like the intestines in the stomach, twists and turns, twists and turns.

"Shh!" The old bird walking in front turned around and made a silent gesture, raised its wolf eyes to look not far ahead: "Look, what is that?"

I saw a group of black shadows appearing in the aperture of the wolf's eyes, and the sudden light made the black shadows slightly dazed.

In the hazy darkness, I could see clearly that the black shadow turned out to be a yellow leather child.

Using the current words to describe it, Huang Pizi is actually quite cute. He looks like a dog or a fox. He is covered in light brown fur and looks at us warily with black eyes.The length of the yellow skin reached half a meter, and with the length of the tail, it was close to one meter long. It was a larger adult yellow skin.

puff!
Seeing us approaching, the yellow leather dog raised its tail, farted loudly at us, then turned around and ran away.

There are smell glands in Huangpizi's body, which can emit odor, which is used to paralyze the enemy when encountering danger.

"Damn it! It stinks!" The old bird who walked in the front immediately covered his mouth. The caves in this area are narrow, and the stench from the yellow leather can't escape, making us afraid to breathe.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I pushed the old bird from behind: "Don't stand there stupidly, the old bird, catch up with that yellow skin!"

"Do you still want to catch up and smell the stinky farts?" the old bird said dissatisfied.

I said sternly: "The yellow man often goes out to look for food, as long as we follow this yellow man, maybe we can find other exits!"

Lao Yang praised: "Xiaogu's idea is good, everyone follow closely, we must not let go of any chance to survive!"

Everyone felt reasonable after hearing the words, stopped talking, held their breath, and chased after the yellow leather all the way.

Huang Pizi's movements are very agile, coupled with his petite body, he can come and go like the wind in the cave.

We didn't dare to be negligent, and held up our strength one by one, for fear of losing track.

The halo of light emitted by the wolf's eyes always enveloped the yellow-skinned child, ensuring that the yellow-skinned child never escaped from our field of vision.

The oxygen in the cave is thin, and after running for a while, we were all a little out of breath, as if a big stone was pressed on our chest, and our breathing was like pulling a bellows, whistling.

After running for a while, there was a fork in the road ahead, and three caves appeared at the same time.

The cave in the middle is the largest, the one on the left is slightly smaller, and the one on the right has the smallest opening, probably only half a person's height.

That yellow leather child was really clever, and shot like an arrow towards the smallest cave on the right, which we adults couldn't get into.Once Huang Pizi gets into the cave, we will lose an important "guide".

At this moment, a strange thing happened suddenly.

I saw a strange blood-red thick fog suddenly sprayed out from the cave in the middle, and the thick fog swallowed the yellow skin all at once.We couldn't see clearly what was going on in the thick fog, but we could only hear the panicked cries of the yellow-skinned dog.

In just a few seconds, the strange red mist quickly retreated into the cave, the yellow leather child disappeared, and everything became quiet, as if nothing had happened.

We stopped in front of the cave and observed the three caves ahead vigilantly.

The team members looked at each other, with a look of horror on their faces, what happened to that weird blood-red demon mist?

The old bird raised his pistol and signaled us to back off: "There are strange things in the cave!"

We retreated to a certain safe distance, the old bird said he would go and have a look, and Lao Yang told him to be careful.

The old bird crawled on the ground, like a big spider, quickly crawled to the front of the cave, raised its wolf eyes to look inside, then quickly crawled back, and reported to Lao Yanghui: "Captain, the cave in the middle is very deep. The wolf's eyes shine into the darkness, and I can't see anything!"

Lao Yang said: "Then everyone, don't take the middle path for the time being. You can't get into the cave on the right, so you have to go to the left first!"

"I'll go!" I stood up.

"I'll go with you!" Cao Yi followed me into the cave.

The old bird said from behind: "What's the matter with Cao Yi, she seems to be very clingy to Tuobagu these two days!"

Li Tienan said: "How can you rough men understand girls' thoughts!"

The cave on the left is about the height of one person, and it is very depressing to walk in. The cave is wet and there is a lot of water on the ground.

I didn't go far inside, when I suddenly heard the sound of rushing water coming from behind, I turned my head suddenly: "Who?!"

"It's me!" Cao Yi covered his eyes and appeared in the halo of the wolf's eyes.

"Why are you here?" I hurriedly moved the wolf's eyes away, lest the strong beam of light hurt Cao Yi's eyes.

"I...I don't trust you..." Cao Yi chased after him.

I smiled and didn't say much.

The cave is very quiet, except for the sound of our footsteps wading in the water, only our heartbeat is left.

After going deep into the cave for more than 20 meters, I stopped. Cao Yi slammed his head on my back and complained, "Why did you stop suddenly?"

I raised my wolf eyes and looked at the rock wall not far ahead: "This is a dead end, there is no way ahead!"

"Ah?!" Cao Yi said disappointedly: "It seems that we have to go back the same way!"

On the way back, my heart was a little heavy. The cave on the left was a dead end, and the cave on the right could not be penetrated by adults. Now the only hope is the cave in the middle.However, I don't know what's weird in the cave in the middle. Will it be more or less ominous after entering?

After listening to my report, the faces of the team members were a little unsightly. Everyone turned their eyes to the cave in the middle, and thought of the red mist that just spewed out, and they still had lingering fears.

"I don't know who came up with the bad idea, let me run with Huang Pizi, and ended up here!" Lin Wei said nonchalantly as he stood aside with his arms folded.

Lin Wei's words were obviously aimed at me. Before I could speak, that girl Cao Yi jumped out and said angrily, "Hey! How do you talk? We are a team. If you are not satisfied, you can You don't need to follow!"

"You..." Lin Wei stared and wanted to argue, but Li Tienan scolded him back: "Shut up! Now is not the time to complain!"

Lao Yang looked at Cao Yi, then at me, and smiled with a deep meaning.

The old bird just wanted to point it out: "Hey, the flower of our serious crime team seems to have never been so prominent!"

Cao Yi's face turned red immediately: "I... I'm just telling the truth! Don't think about it!"

The old bird laughed and said, "How do you know I'm thinking when you're not thinking about it!"

"You...too lazy to talk to you!" Cao Yi stomped his feet and asked Lao Yang, "Captain, you decide!"

Lao Yang said: "What else can I do? Is it possible to go back along the way you came from? Now that you have come here, then bite the bullet and rush in! As the old saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you catch the tiger's cubs!" Captain Li, your subordinates won't be afraid, will they?"

Li Tienan snorted coldly, and went into the cave in the middle first.

"Hey, captain, wait for us!" Han Xu and Lin Wei followed quickly.

(End of this chapter)