Mantra

Chapter 232 Looking for a secret passage
The patch of trees the Thais are referring to is interesting because they grew in a "strip" like a green dragon, from the eastern face of the mountain to our position.

I walked along the woods and soon found that the soil was getting wetter and there were more mosses and weeds.

When I walked another 400 meters, I saw a very weak stream crawling between the rocks in the mountain ravine.

It is thin and silent. If there are no professionals like cats and dogs, it would be really difficult for us to find this stream of water.

Fortunately, I smiled at Xian Hongye and said, "This mountain is steep, I'll go up to have a look first, if there is no problem, I will pick everyone up."

Xian Hongye nodded and said, "Be careful in everything."

Then, I took a bundle of climbing ropes, a gas mask, a walkie-talkie and two daggers, and climbed up the grass and trees, and it didn't take long before I came to the central part of the cliff.

As I climbed the mountain and climbed the rocks step by step, the thin stream of water gradually became stronger, and when I approached the black and ink-colored bushes at the source of the stream, I even heard the sound of water dripping through the stone.

With apprehension about the unknown, I pulled out the grass and weeds with my hands, and looked into the depths of the cliff and undergrowth.

A gust of wind, mixed with water vapor, hit my face and twitched.

What appeared in front of me was a dark cave as tall as two people. The cave was tightly covered by weeds and shrubs. Even with a flashlight, it was only dark. In the humid environment, I smelled a strong smell inexplicably. The strong smell of iron was very irritating at the beginning, making me a little out of breath.

I was cautious and didn't enter right away. Instead, I put on the gas mask that Agou gave me, and tied the climbing rope with a dagger and bushes at the entrance of the cave. After everything was ready, I explained the situation here through the cloth phone and Xian Hongye. Condition.

On the other side of the radio, Xian Hongye shouted to me a little excitedly: "Old Tian, ​​we will come right away, just wait, don't act rashly."

I said "oh", but still driven by curiosity, I raised my flashlight and walked to the first few meters of the cave.

The entrance of this cave is flat and smooth, except for the grooves washed out by the water flow and the small stalactites on the top of the cave, it basically forms an irregular rectangle.

If Xian Hongye's theory is correct, such a rectangular passage should also be excavated manually, but the question of who dug it is unknown.

I know that there used to be two owners in this mountain area, one was the survivors of the ancient Ailao who lived in Heilanbo City, and the other was the troops and researchers who once presided over Project 74.They all came and disappeared strangely, as if they were looking for something and destroying something.

Anyway, I can't figure it out.

With this doubt, I took a flashlight and carefully looked at this masterpiece of the predecessors, hoping to see some clues from it.

But after walking seven or eight meters, I was a little disappointed to find that the walls of the cave were bare and there was nothing there. All that seemed to be only newly developed stalactites and deeper and deeper running water.

Just when I wanted to move on, a voice called my name suddenly came from the entrance of the cave.

I know, Xian Hongye and the others are coming up.

Afterwards, I turned back, and after seeing Xian Hongye, I took off the gas mask, shook my head at Lin Shaosong and Xian Hongye, and said, "The cave is very deep, but so far, I haven't found anything."

Xian Hongye nodded, then looked around, looked at the bare stone wall, and guessed: "There is a lot of flood here every rainy season. Over the years, anything in the cave is likely to be washed out."

I nodded, and asked with some disappointment: "Then do we still need to go in?"

Lin Shaosong shone a flashlight into the dark cave, and said for granted, "It's necessary! Why don't you take a look when you finally come here? Besides, didn't you talk about the Golden Fleece? There is still a lot of space in it, maybe there will be some leftovers." what."

I nodded and agreed with Young Master Lin's idea, and then Baturu and I led the team, and everyone lined up in a long snake formation and walked deeper into the cave.

As I went deeper, I found that the water in the cave was getting deeper and deeper. When I walked to a place of 30 meters, the muddy water was as high as my ankles, and the water seeping from the stalactites above my head was getting deeper and deeper. Too much, the whole body is wet from the beating.

At this time, Xian Hongye suddenly stopped in her tracks. She stretched out her hand to catch some of the water flowing from the top of her head, and then put it in front of her nose to smell it.

Xian Hongye shook off the water in her hand, and immediately said anxiously: "Everyone stop."

We all stopped and looked at her at the same time.

Hongye looked at us and said, "Have you heard that there is a heavy iron smell in this tunnel?
I nodded and said, "Yes, but... there is no iron here!"

Xian Hongye didn't answer me, but slowly raised her flashlight and looked at the top of the stalactite on her head...

"Ah!" A scream quickly pierced my eardrum.

Accompanied by this scream, Xian Hongye threw away the flashlight and rushed into my arms, Lin Shaosong blushed when he saw it.

Embarrassed, I had no choice but to hide my smile, and then patted Xian Hongye on the shoulder while asking her what was wrong.

Xian Hongye didn't speak, but in horror, she pointed to the top of our heads, motioning for everyone to see for themselves.

I pondered for a while, then raised the flashlight and looked in the direction that Xian Hongye had just illuminated.

A blood-red man was stretching his limbs, leaning against the wall, lying on the top of the cave, smiling at me bleakly.

Because I had some preparations, I was not as aggressive as Xian Hongye's reaction, but even so, my hands still trembled, and my chest was suddenly suffocated.

Completely on instinct, I slammed the military dagger in my hand at the man's neck!

After a flash of the knife, the man's head was chopped off by me, and then the red head fell into the water... shattered into several pieces.

At this time, we were shocked to find that the human head that fell from the stone wall above us was just an empty shell.There was nothing in the empty shell except for a few pieces of red and white shells that were peeled off like plaster.

My heart sank, and I picked up a maroon shell carved with "eyes" on the ground. After looking at it for a long time, I couldn't understand what it was.

Puzzled, I pushed Xian Hongye, who was still lying on top of me, and said, "It's just a hollow statue, with nothing inside, probably an ancient work of art."

Xian Hongye raised her head, looked at the eyes in my hand, her face suddenly became paler, she shook her head abruptly and said: "It's not a work of art at all! This thing used to be a person! A living person!"

His words are enough to short-circuit the brains of all of us and freeze in place.

People... why do they turn into plaster-like red shells?
(End of this chapter)