Xiaolan's eyes were bright and she shouted Yuxuan's name excitedly.
Yuxuan, who was moving the table hard at the side, stopped and took two steps to Xiaolan's side.
"Did you find it?"
"Here, there's something strange here," Xiaolan squatted at the base of the wall and grabbed something with both hands, "I'm pulling it, come over and have a look, can you see it clearly?..."
The light was almost gone. This small portable flashlight had gone through too much and was about to run out of power.
Yuxuan watched hard with the last light.
It's dark here, it's dark there.
"Uh..." Yuxuan's eyes widened, "It seems...it seems to be different from other places."
It can only be identified by the degree of blackness.
Xiaolan grabbed hold of it with both hands and pried it up a little. On the opposite side of the wall panel, a deeper darkness was indeed revealed.
Xiaolan actually lifted up the wall panel?!
Yuxuan was shocked, but she didn't dare to show it at all.
"Really!" Xiaolan's bright eyes were even more excited, and she tightened her hands with both hands, "Then this should be the door!"
Accompanied by the "crackling" sound of the wooden structure being torn apart, an entire wall panel clattered away from its original position like a torn fragile fabric.
Dust and wood chips flew into the air.
"It's really a door." Xiaolan's curious voice came.
What kind of door is this?
Yuxuan tried her best to fan away the dust in front of her.
What's going on with this little girl?
Does it count as a door if you make a hole yourself?
What's more important is that this is not drilling holes, this is clearly violent demolition!
"Eh? There seems to be light inside."
Xiaolan's words brought Yuxuan back to reality temporarily. Although this inexplicable power frightened her, she felt relieved for some reason with such a person accompanying her.
I saw a faint red light swaying in the hole(?) that should have been completely dark.
Yuxuan's heart tightened instantly.
Breathing seemed to be stuck.
"Xiaolan..." Yuxuan unconsciously grasped Xiaolan's hand and tried to pull her back to her with slight force.
"Huh?" Xiaolan turned around, smiled warmly and patted the back of Yuxuan's hand, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you!"
"Can't you feel it?" Yuxuan retracted her hands in disbelief and hugged her arms tightly, "The surroundings suddenly became colder, and there was an uncomfortable... suffocating feeling..."
"Ah..." Xiaolan looked at Yuxuan and murmured, "It seems a little bit."
In fact, I didn't feel it at all.
"In this case, there must be something wrong there, let's go in now..."
After speaking, Xiaolan dived in before Yuxuan could express her objections.
The smell of candlelight.
In addition to the dust he created, there seemed to be fine paper dust floating in the room.
Yuxuan stood close behind Xiaolan and moved forward little by little.
The blood-red candlelight brought a rare but not intense light to this space.
Xiaolan squinted her eyes. The space here was also very narrow. The already cramped cabin was blocked in the middle by a black cloth and divided into two halves.
The red light and the smell of incense ash both come from the other end of the black cloth.
Xiaolan and Yuxuan stepped on the fragments of wooden wall panels on the ground and approached the black cloth.
"Eh? This is the door?"
Xiaolan, who was paying full attention, was frightened by Yuxuan's words. When she turned around, she saw Yuxuan pointing at the position next to the cave to signal to her.
It turns out that next to the "door" I made is the original door of the hut.
Hidden behind the table that Yuxuan was about to move away.
"It's so cunning," Xiaolan stamped her foot, "He's actually planning to use another door to confuse us."
As he spoke, he pulled Yuxuan, who had a questioning look, back to him.
"Don't worry about these details, Yuxuan, have you smelled this?"
Yuxuan sniffed hard.
"This smell is very familiar!"
Xiaolan's eyes lit up, "Where did you smell it? Who did you smell it on?"
"It seems... it seems that when I was a child, my mother took me to the temple to worship Buddha..." Yuxuan raised her chin and recalled, "The smell in the Buddhist hall... eh? Isn't this the smell of incense?"
"Incense?"
Xiaolan bit her lower lip in confusion.
Why is there incense here?
Is Meng Fuling enshrining something?
"You stand here and don't move. I'll take a look."
Xiaolan left Yuxuan on the other side of the black cloth and decided to explore it herself.
As soon as she took a step, Yuxuan hurriedly came over and shook her head aggrievedly.
Xiaolan probably understood what she meant.
"I know you are worried about me, so let's go in together, but you have to hide behind."
"No..." Yuxuan shook her head harder, "That air conditioner... that very cold feeling is over there, we don't want to go... it seems very dangerous..."
"Then we're already here, why are we just standing here?"
Yuxuan didn't know what to say, she just held Xiaolan's arm stubbornly.
"No matter how dangerous it is, can Meng Fuling be in danger?"
"While he is gone now, what are we waiting for?"
Yuxuan was a little persuaded, but still refused to let Xiaolan take risks alone. The two stood close together and slowly opened the dark curtain.
Red flickering candlelight lit up the darkness.
Everything over there comes into view.
A single white candle stands alone in the center of the vision.
Standing on a huge platform.
This platform seems to be a bed, which is wider than an ordinary bed. The stone bed almost occupies the entire space. The dark cement color makes the bed look cold.
It doesn't even look like a bed.
But why does it seem to be a bed?
Because, a thin and pale man lay motionless like a corpse.
And the white candle was placed in front of his head.
As soon as the black curtain was lifted, this scene appeared in front of us.
Yuxuan was so frightened that she immediately pulled the black curtain back.
"Your reaction is quite quick."
"Someone! Someone!" Yuxuan shook Xiaolan's arm hard, her big eyes almost falling out of her head.
"Um...yes..."
Xiaolan nodded and made a gesture to open the curtain again.
How can you be so calm?!
This is not normal!
At this time, Yuxuan had begun to wonder whether Xiaolan was calm and calm or simply unresponsive.
"Don't worry, if this was a bad guy, he would have taken action already," Xiao Lan opened the curtain again, "Both the dead and the living have nothing to fear, they are better than the bad guys."
Xiaolan stepped into the area illuminated by candlelight.
Yuxuan didn't dare to let go, so she snuck in after her.
Why is there another person in Meng Fuling's lair?
Two people, four eyes, focused curiously on that person.
Yuxuan covered her mouth in shock.
His face and body were pale and had lost all color.
His eyes were closed tightly, and the corners of his mouth were stiff and drooped.