Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 35

Lao Yan immediately made a silent movement, pointed to the road on the right, and signaled us to go in.

We cautiously entered the road on the right, and we did not breathe a sigh of relief until we could no longer hear the muffled sound.

"Could it be a big murderer?" Chen Lianchang asked with a blank face, but obviously he also felt that what he asked was nonsense, and after asking, he affirmed himself: "There is nothing in it except the murderer. nothing else."

Lao Yan was quite open-minded, saying that since the ominous creature is on the left side of the road, we should go to the right side, and we will never encounter it.

I don't know if his words had an effect, but Company Commander Chen's face looked better.

After walking along this road for about 10 minutes, the voice of the poisonous snake came again: "There is another fork in the road..."

This time the fork is even more exaggerated, there are five of them, and they look exactly the same.

The poisonous snake stared at the fork for a long time, and suddenly asked if these paths are connected together, is it possible for us to collide with the ominous thing if we go down like this?
What he said is very likely, and we fell into silence for a while, not knowing how to make a decision.

"Choose one at will." I stared at the passages and said slowly: "Maybe the monsters drilled out of these passages to find the exit. If they encounter it, there is no way out."

They didn't think much of what I said, but now that they might have collided with a monster when they retreated, they might as well choose a path.

"Lao Yan, this is your specialty, you choose." Company Commander Chen glanced at Lao Yan, but the latter did not refuse. Keep the second road on the left: take this one.

After entering the tunnel, I followed him and asked him, is there any saying in it?

He patiently explained that there was a faint sound of wind in this road, and it was relatively long, and the other road fingers might not have been dug.

I can't help but admire his meticulousness, he can notice such details.

He said with a smile: "In our business, what you need is to be bold and careful, otherwise you don't even know how you died..."

I know what he is telling the truth. If he has something to do with tomb robbery, he must be courageous first, otherwise he will be frightened to death without entering the cemetery.The second is to be careful, even small things in the cemetery may be fatal, if you are not careful, you will not be able to get out.

What Lao Yan said was right, this road was very long, and after walking for about half an hour, we didn’t encounter another fork.

"We are getting higher and higher." Lao Yan was a little excited.

I nodded, the air is indeed getting drier, and sand appears from time to time, it seems that we are not far from the surface.

Before we could be happy, there was a sudden sound of digging in front of us, and we were taken aback: The monster will not dig through here, will it?
Lao Yan ran back with us without saying a word, but the passage was too long, and he ran for a long time without seeing his head, and only heard the sound of digging behind him, as if chasing his life.

"It seems to have stopped?" After running halfway, I didn't hear the sound. I looked back curiously, and I didn't panic immediately: I saw a figure covered with black hair and wearing heavy armor not far behind us. It's just that it's completely hidden in the dark, so I can't see the face clearly.

I hurriedly yelled to run quickly, and the others also noticed the abnormality, and they ran even more desperately!
Back at the five forks, we were a little hesitant, but Lao Yan quickly made a decision: go around to the back.

We ran back quickly, and after returning to the first fork, we directly chose the road on the left, and ran crazily.

About halfway through the run, we encountered a fork again. This time we didn’t need to choose because there was a sound of digging from another fork...

This thing is like a cat and a mouse to us, chasing us non-stop, and we don't know how long we ran in these winding passages, and finally Lao Yan pulled us to stop in a depression.

"It's here, dig quickly."

Lao Yan pointed to a place above our heads and told us to be careful when digging, to be careful not to be suddenly pressed down by the sand.

Company Commander Chen's right wrist was injured and he couldn't dig. Lao Yan had to keep an eye out for the monster but he didn't follow, so it was just me and the poisonous snake digging with a crowbar.

Fortunately, the soil under the sand was relatively soft, so it was effortless to dig. After a while, a hole wide and narrow for one person was dug out.

"Stop!" After digging for more than ten minutes, Lao Yan shouted.

I thought it was a monster following, and I was ready to fight in an instant, but Lao Yan just asked us to move aside, and then let me carry him with a crowbar tilted and poke at him.

wow...

A large amount of sand poured down from the dug hole. I hurriedly backed away with Old Smoke, but it was still a step too late, and he was covered in sand.

Lao Yan stared at me: "Did you do it on purpose?"

I laughed twice, I didn't do it on purpose, I just felt a lot more relieved when I saw the sand being unloaded.

Fortunately, there was not much sand on the upper layer, and it was poured out in a short while, and a cool moonlight shone in.

I first climbed up with Lao Yan, and then Lianchang Chen and the poisonous snake, and then I was pulled up by them.

As soon as I got out of the cave, I slumped on the sand and let out a hard breath: I finally came out...

It was only when I looked at the bright moonlight above my head that I felt alive.

The rest of the people also looked emotional, paralyzed on the sand and motionless, as if they were feeling the joy that came out.

"Find a safe place first."

After resting for half an hour, Lao Yan slowly got up from the sand and greeted us.

Although I didn't want to move, but when I thought that the big murderous thing might be following behind and would jump out at any moment, I cheered up and struggled to get up.

However, I felt a little strange when I thought of the ominous thing. I asked Lao Yan if he felt that this ominous thing seemed to be showing us the way?After all, we followed the sound of it digging the ground along the way, and we have never seen its true face.

Lao Yan also felt strange: "Same as last time in the tomb, these things don't seem to be malicious, but seem to tell us something..."

But as for what they want to tell us, we can't think of it, so we have to put it aside.

Finally, we pitched a tent in a sheltered place and prepared to rest for a night before leaving.

"Old Yan, would you like to send a telegram?" After I rested, I suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Lao Yan beside me.

Old Yan said grace: "Looking at the time, it's almost time."

This time he did not avoid us, but directly took out the signal station and the transmitter from the bag, and Didi pressed a series of buttons, saying that he meant to ask if the other party was safe?

It's just that after Lao Yan sent it, there was no answer for a long time, which caused Lao Yan's brows to be furrowed all the time.

"Maybe something really happened to them." Lao Yan sighed.

I reassured him that it was only because he hadn't received a signal that he was not sure, and it was normal that there was no signal in this ghost place.

"I hope." Lao Yan waved his hand melancholy: "Go and rest, we will leave tomorrow morning."

After speaking, he turned around and entered the tent, Company Commander Chen glanced at him and followed.

I let the poisonous snake go to rest too, slapped my chest and said, "I will keep watch at night!"

It is almost midnight now, and it should be dawn when I finish my watch.

Although the poisonous snake felt that it was not good for me to watch the night alone, but he was injured and really needed to rest, so he turned around and got into the tent without saying anything.

I sat outside the tent, looking at the moonlight above my head and sighing.

It was late at night when we came out, and I only kept watch for two or three hours before the sky began to turn white. The poisonous snake came out of the tent and asked me to take a rest.

I didn't refuse either, and I had to go on the road in the morning, even if I didn't have any energy.

"Old Chen!"

Who knew that when I got up, I heard Lao Yan yelling violently. I ran over and opened their tent, only to see Company Commander Chen biting his lip and scratching his arms non-stop.

My pupils constricted suddenly, because I saw pustules formed one after another on Lianchang Chen's arms, which were exactly the same as those five people who died in front of the coffin.Moreover, the number of pustules was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering his entire arm in a blink of an eye, and spreading towards his body.

The pustules were obviously very itchy. Company Commander Chen kept scratching, and some of them had already been scratched. The yellow liquid flowed down the arm, corroding a hole in the sand.

"How could this be?" I said in a daze, and for a moment I didn't dare to go there, I only hoped that what I saw was an illusion.

(End of this chapter)