Other than that, there seems to be no other explanation.
Xiao Lingyue looked unbearable.
She raised the oil lamp in her hand and looked forward. She saw a deep rocky cave with no bottom. Amidst the whining of the draft, the faint sound of rustling reptiles could be heard, like something hidden in the darkness.
Ghostly.
"Let's go." Zhan Beihan said calmly, "I'm afraid there are more ahead."
Xiao Lingyue was speechless for a moment.
The two of them said nothing and continued walking along the traces on the ground.
Zhan Beihan's premonition was correct.
The deeper they went, the more bones they found in the cracks in the rocks nearby.
Some have been broken into pieces, while others still maintain their human form, with pale skulls lying in the cracks of the rocks, with black holes in their eye sockets, like eyes that refuse to rest in peace.
In addition to the bones discarded in the crevices of the rocks, there are also some bones scattered on the roadside.
Some withered bones were still wearing tattered clothes.
Xiao Lingyue squatted in front of the dead bones, held up an oil lamp and looked carefully, and found that the rags on these dead bones were made of very ordinary materials, including cotton and linen commonly used by ordinary people.
This further supports their speculation - eight out of ten of the unknown corpses that died here were ordinary people who were caught on the mountain!
Xiao Lingyue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
She recalled what the middle-aged cook said in the dark room: "My husband and two sons were taken away... I dare not inquire about their situation, and I don't know where they are.
..."
Buried deep in the rock tunnel, bones are everywhere.
Among them may be the cook's husband, son, or relatives or neighbors in the same village.
They died here silently and no one knew.
Even the bones have not been seen.
Xiao Lingyue sighed softly: "When Hulang Mountain is leveled in the future, ask people to clean up this secret passage, and all the bones that can be restrained will be restrained! They are also innocent and pitiful people, and they must be buried in peace."
Zhan Bei said coldly: "Finish the business first, and then talk about these."
Rather than being buried in peace, it is more important to catch the mastermind behind the scenes!
Zhan Beihan quickened his pace.
The depth of the rock cave was beyond their imagination.
The road beneath our feet continues to extend forward, with a certain slope, as if it will never end.
In addition to the sound of the wind, there are only the constant sound of footsteps and the repetitive and stretching rock formations. If you look at it for a long time, you will even have the illusion of spinning in circles.
We walked for more than half an hour.
Xiao Lingyue finally couldn't help but frown: "Did we go the wrong way? Is this secret passage so long?"
"You're not wrong." Zhan Beihan was very sure.
"How are you sure?" Xiao Lingyue asked.
Zhan Beihan stopped and raised the oil lamp in his hand: "Look at the changes in the rock layers on both sides?"
Xiao Lingyue raised the oil lamp in confusion and shined it on the rock wall beside her. She found that some yellow spots appeared on the originally gray-brown rock layer.
The spots are large and small, and the colors are strange. At first glance, they look like old rust.
"Is this the change you're talking about?"
Xiao Lingyue reached out and touched it, wondering: "What is this?"
Zhan Beihan said: "Iron ore."
Xiao Lingyue was startled and turned to look at him: "What did you say?"
"I have been in Liubu before and I have seen some unsmelted iron ore with more or less spots like this on it." Hot 『』