Chapter 68 Harmonica
The first group sets out first, two hours later, the second group sets out again, and the third group sets out again. The intention of this arrangement is obvious, and the fear is that the situation inside is unclear and the whole army will be wiped out.
Chen Jian wanted to be with his father, but he was scolded by Professor Chen. The professor took the first group in first. The others could only wait in place. Time flies very quickly, and the second group was about to set off again. Watching everyone walk into the deep black hole, I felt a burst of tension and anxiety inexplicably.
As minute by minute, I couldn't sit still. Although I knew that this place was not a threat to me, I was still nervous and turned around in circles.
Li Damin sat cross-legged on the ground, put his hands on his knees, and closed his eyes to rest.
At this time, I admired him a little. Li Damin has strong self-control and self-discipline. He must be anxious inside. He is facing much more danger than me, but his self-control is admirable at this time.
What surprised me even more was the man named Wang Yuantong. Among these ten people, he was not very good-looking. We didn't pay attention to him at first, but now we are assigned to a group, and only then do we think this person is interesting.
He was the only one in the team who had a bald head, leaning against the tree at this time, looking at a booklet in his hand with relish.
Chen Jian sat on the ground, boredly hitting the leaves with stones, and mixing with time. From this point of view, I was the one who was the least calm.
The last team of these three people was not followed by the leader, so the captain was temporarily appointed. Li Damin was considered a big man from the slap and became the temporary captain.
After waiting for a while, Wang Yuantong put down the book in his hand and said, "Captain, is the time coming, is it going?"
Li Damin opened his eyes from the time of sleep, stretched his waist, and told everyone to check the equipment and pack it. Li Damin walked in front of the mountaineering windbreaker, which was quite a bit like the wind and cold Yishuihan, and others followed behind.
When I arrived in front of the deep cave, a gust of wind blew out, almost dispersing my bodyless consciousness, and thrust obediently. This place is too weird.
I have no words to describe the scene in front of me. It is too small to say that "evil" is too small, and it is not accurate to say that weirdness is too vast. The darkness and fear in front of me are too vast, as if they can drown a person's sea of nightmares.
Li Damin was the first to walk into the cave, his figure was swallowed by the darkness, and the dazzling flashlight was like a firefly in the darkness.
Chen Jian walked in the second, Wang Yuantong hummed a small song and went in the third. I had no body and couldn't get the flashlight. In the bardo realm, I was not afraid of heaven or earth, just fearful, that was to get lost in the dark.
I have no choice about this difficulty. When encountering danger, I can go out, but when I come in again, I still can't find the way in the dark, and it's still useless. And I can't touch any lighting tools.
At present, I can only follow the team closely, follow their flashlights, and dare not distract myself. Once I lose my companionship, even if I have great skills, I will not be able to find them.
Fortunately, this hole did not completely swallow the light, and the light flashed in the dark, so it was still clearer under normal circumstances.
Li Damin walked very slowly. Every time he walked around the corner, he would mark the wall. His mark was extremely professional, and he was really at the level of an old exploration team member. It seemed that he had not been in vain this year and had learned a lot.
When he was making marks, the team members gathered around and looked at them. There were other marks made by the team in front of him on the wall. It seemed that the team of ten people was indeed selected from thousands of times. Each assignment was very consistent with the process and was particularly standardized.
After walking a short distance, I discovered the pattern of this hole, which is that there are many bends. Almost every few dozen steps, a bend appears. Judging from my experience, it is not too bad. I can definitely go out because there are no forks in the hole and the bends are one-way.
After leaving for more than an hour, Li Damin asked everyone to sit down and rest, drink some water and eat some compressed biscuits to replenish their energy.
"How is it?" I said sitting next to him.
Li Damin shook his head and whispered, "I have no idea, but there is one thing that is certain that the real test has not been opened."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yuantong suddenly said in the darkness, "Captain, who are you talking to?"
"No, I'm talking to myself." Li Damin glanced at me, shook his head gently, and signaled that he couldn't say anything more.
The cave was very quiet, except for a few people who were panting, there was no other sound. I could hear a word here.
Chen Jian said, "Brother Damin doesn't know what's wrong these days, and he always likes to talk to himself."
Li Damin changed the topic and said, "Okay, it's time to set off. I don't know how the two teams ahead are like, what are you finding out."
He stood up and continued to walk forward, Chen Jian and Wang Yuantong followed behind.
This time I learned my lesson and I won’t talk to Li Damin easily without any special things. It’s enough for Li Damin to know that I am here, and a tacit understanding has been formed between us.
As he walked, Li Damin stopped and looked down at his watch, "This speed is not good, so he has only walked three kilometers."
"It's not that we can't do it," Wang Yuantong said, "This place is too dark, and the consumption is three or four times that of normal."
"It makes sense, but we are an elite team, otherwise why should we be the advance force?" Li Damin said, "Start now, I will step up. Chen Jian, do you have any connection?"
"Brother Damin, I'm fine." Chen Jian said excitedly.
Wang Yuantong scolded, "Chen Jian, you are working now, and you are on a mission. Even if Li Damin is your brother, you can't call me brother, you have to call me captain."
"Yes, captain!" Chen Jian said loudly in the darkness.
Li Damin laughed and shone the flashlight in front of him. Although the height of the cave roof is not as magnificent as the cross-section of the entrance, it was visually like a huge garage, and there was no problem in parking five or six large trucks side by side.
The flashlight shone on an area, and Li Damin said strangely, "Hmm, have you seen it?"
I saw something strange on the ground, not very big, like an object with you.
Several of us ran over and came close to us. Li Damin squatted on the ground and used a flashlight to see what it was.
It turned out to be a harmonica, with a very old style, covered with rust, and stuck in the middle of two pieces of gravel.
Li Damin and Wang Yuantong looked at Wang Yuantong, "Captain, maybe it was the two groups in front of me who lost it." Li Damin thought for a while, reached out to pick up the harmonica, blew it with his mouth, stirring up a lot of smoke and dust.
"It seems that I have been abandoned for a long time," said Li Damin, "It doesn't seem like the ones left behind by the first two groups."
Chen Jian suddenly said, "Can I see it?"
Li Damin handed him the harmonica casually. Chen Jian took it and looked at it over and over again, with a strange expression. Wang Yuantong asked curiously, do you know him?
Chen Jian's lips trembled and he said softly, "This is my harmonica."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of the "Gadaga" clock from the depths of the cave.
Li Damin seemed to remember something, and suddenly looked up and shone it with a flashlight. We all saw that a huge clock was hanging above the wall opposite the cave. The pointer of the clock was very strange and was walking backwards against the clock.
I screamed in shock, "The difficulty has begun!"
Li Damin was a little surprised and muttered, "The harmonica turns out to be a mechanism."
Chen Jian was particularly afraid of "Captain, Brother Yuantong, how could there be a clock here?"
Li Damin comforted, "Don't panic, this cave is strange and inexplicable, it's reasonable to see everything."
Perhaps only the two of us knew the reason for this strange situation on the scene.
I said to the side, "Damin, you are not suitable for talking to me now, I just need to nod. Now we only have twenty-four hours."
Li Damin nodded.
"The only clue to solving the difficulties here is the harmonica," I continued.
Li Damin expressed his approval, and he made a gesture to me not to speak for the time being. He asked Chen Jian, "Is this harmonica really yours?"
Chen Jian was afraid or nervous, his face was pale and his lips were trembling, and he spoke in a difficult manner. "The harmonica is really mine!" He said one by one, "It was a gift from my father on my fifteenth birthday."
Wang Yuantong suddenly said, "Chen Jian, aren't you only fourteen years old? Your fifteenth birthday has not yet passed. How could your father give you a gift?"
Chen Jian suddenly stopped, "Yes, I'm only fourteen years old, why do you say that I'm fifteen? The sentence just now seemed like I was just out of my brain, and I just popped up by myself."
"Don't worry about how old you are," said Li Damin. "I'm sure it was given to you by your father?"
Chen Jian looked frightened and the harmonica landed on the ground. Wang Yuantong quickly picked it up and blew it, "I'm telling you what's wrong with you? Are you seeing a ghost?"
"My father didn't give me this harmonica now," Chen Jian said in horror. "Why do I see it look so familiar? It seems to have been with me for a long time."
Before Li Damin could speak, Wang Yuantong laughed, "Maybe this is something from the future. You received this harmonica at the age of fifteen and then accompanied you for many years. Now it travels through time and space and flies back to when you are fourteen."
Li Damin's eyes fell on him.
I whispered, "Damin, something is wrong, this Wang Yuantong is wrong."
Li Damin nodded slightly, his eyes locked on Wang Yuantong.
Chapter completed!