I have something to do over the weekend, so the update is late, I will update it tomorrow!
************ "Legion commander, how about I take the people to go this way, and you take the people to go the other way?" The squad leader in charge of leading the team came to Luo Xiao and asked for instructions.
Luo Xiao thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, the situation in the cave is not clear yet. If we divide our troops rashly, it will be difficult to take care of everything once something happens, and it may lead to a greater crisis."
"What should we do, legion commander?" A dozen soldiers all looked at him eagerly, waiting for his answer.
Luo Xiao raised his head and looked at the two caves leading to two different directions. He seemed to be weighing something. After a while, he said, "Let's go one way so that we can concentrate our efforts. If we find nothing at the end, then we can
Go back and explore another way, even if it takes a little more time, at least it will be safer."
"Okay, then I will take Wang Gui, Zhang Xian will explore the way in front, and you and the others will be in the back," the squad leader said.
Luo Xiao nodded in agreement, and then the team began to move forward again, heading towards the cave on the left. The group quickly disappeared into the cave on the left.
Not long after Luo Xiao and others entered the cave over there, an extremely cold air suddenly spewed out from the cave on the right front. In an instant, the cave extended one or two kilometers from the fork to the stone wall.
A thick layer of ice formed on the cave, turning the entire cave into a world of ice and snow.
The cold air came so suddenly that the stones froze in an instant. If Luo Xiao and the others had not entered the forked cave on the left in advance, they would have turned into ice sculptures in the blink of an eye.
The power of nature is very miraculous, and there are often some natural strange phenomena that are beyond people's imagination. This sudden burst of cold current in the center of the earth is one of them. The source of this cold current in the center of the earth comes from deep in the earth's core, and it bursts out instantly.
The cold current can reach more than ten degrees below zero and can instantly freeze people into ice sculptures, which is very powerful.
The cold wave came and went as quickly as it came, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye, as if it had never appeared. Only the frost covering the stone walls showed what had happened.
Luo Xiao and the others didn't know what was happening behind them, so they headed forward along the fork on the left. The road was very flat and there was nothing special about it, which made Luo Xiao and the others a little puzzled.
"Legion Commander, there is nothing here. It's a bit strange why the brothers who came in earlier didn't go out." A soldier from the team said.
While observing the surrounding terrain, Luo Xiao said in a deep voice, "The less you can see anything, the more unusual it is. Please be more careful and pay attention to changes in the surrounding environment."
Everyone responded, heightened their vigilance, and carefully observed the movements around them.
It was very quiet along the way, and no other sounds could be heard in the cave. Only the footsteps of Luo Xiao and his group echoed in the cave.
As we walked, we turned a corner in front of the cave, and then it seemed to go downhill. At this time, a soldier walking at the front flashed a bright flashlight in his hand and swept the ground in front of him. He suddenly discovered something and hurriedly
Stopped.
"Legion Commander, there's a situation." After glancing at the thing on the ground, the three soldiers who were leading the way shouted together.
Hearing what they said, Luo Xiao and the others stopped in a hurry, and then quickly approached the three people.
"Don't be nervous, be alert!" Luo Xiao said in a deep voice, then he came to several soldiers, squatted on the ground, and carefully observed the things on the ground.
About four or five meters in front of the team soldiers, there is a long and narrow passage, which is naturally formed. If you look carefully, you will find that it is covered with small cracks, densely packed all over the entire stone passage.
There were a bunch of white things scattered on the stone path, which looked like a pile of ashes. Luo Xiao hurriedly walked closer, squatted down and touched it, then twisted it a little, and gently twisted it between his fingers.
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Two special forces members came to him, half-crouching and guarding the surroundings. When they saw nothing unusual, they asked, "Legion commander, what is this? Is it ashes?"
Luo Xiao frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's ashes, and it's the ashes of burned human bodies. I suspect that these are the soldiers who entered the cave before."
"What, how is this possible?" Everyone else was startled, all staring at the ashes on the ground, "Normally, even if it is cremated, there must be some bones left?"
"Unless, unless it's——" A warrior in the team suddenly thought of something and cried out.
Luo Xiao's brows knitted into a knot, "Unless it is an extremely high temperature environment, it is possible to burn all the bones of the human body to ashes."
But this is inside a cave. Not to mention the fire source, even if there are no flammable materials, how can there be ultra-high temperature flames?
This is the question mark in everyone's mind, and everyone is puzzled.
Luo Xiao waved his hand and shouted, "Keep searching forward, I think we will find the answer."
As his order was issued, the team continued to move forward, but before going far, the soldiers of the team exploring the road in front found another pile of ashes. It seemed that they were still the soldiers who entered the cave earlier.
An ominous premonition arose in people's hearts. This thing was so strange. The ashes of two warriors were found in the cave, but the cause of death was not found. This made people feel a little heavy.
However, none of these people had any intention of retreating. Even though they knew that the road ahead was full of dangers, they were still afraid.
People continued to walk forward, and along the way, they found seven or eight ashes along the half-kilometer journey. At the nearest place, there were three piles of ashes together.
"It's strange, why is the surrounding area getting hotter and hotter? It seems that the temperature has increased a lot." A team member looked at the instrument in his hand and found that the temperature on it was slowly rising, so he wondered.
Although his words were unintentional, they touched Luo Xiao and made him feel some inexplicable feelings in his heart.
"Stop!"
Luo Xiao suddenly raised his arms and shouted loudly, stopping the team's progress. Everyone stopped and turned back to look at Luo Xiao, wondering what he meant.
Stopping, Luo Xiao reached out and touched his chin. It could be seen that he was thinking of something, but it was still a little unclear.
Seeing that the legion commander was deep in thought, the surrounding soldiers did not speak for fear of disturbing his thoughts, but instead were alert to the surrounding environment.
The cave is very quiet, not a sound can be heard, even if a pin drops, you can clearly hear it.
Luo Xiao's eyes moved slowly, moving bit by bit from the piles of ashes in front of him to the surrounding ground. After passing over the ground, they landed on the thin cracks. An idea suddenly flashed through his mind.
"No, I thought about what the problem is." His eyes widened suddenly, with a fascinating light shining in his eyes, "Quickly, leave this mountain road."
Seeing Luo Xiao's shocked expression, the surrounding team members felt a little stupid for a moment, and they all stood still in the middle of the ground without moving.
When Luo Xiao saw that no one was moving, he became anxious and shouted, "Get out of here quickly." After saying that, he took the lead and ran out.
Now everyone understood, turned around and ran forward following Luo Xiao.
People had just ran two steps when the ground behind them suddenly shook. It was very slight at first, but it got bigger and bigger, and soon it was big enough that people could notice it.
"What, what's going on?" Everyone noticed something unusual. Looking back, they found that black smoke was rising from the mountain road, growing more and more intense.
Seen from a distance, the two to three hundred meter long stone road has been shrouded in light smoke and looks gray.
The place where they are now is one-third of the stone road. The stone road under their feet is full of cracks and is shaking violently.
"Don't look back, run, rush out as fast as you can." Luo Xiao had already realized what was happening. He roared at the top of his lungs while urging people to run forward.
The shaking on the ground has reached a certain level, and even the gravel on the ground has been shaken off the ground, rolling on the ground and sliding down the mountain road.
People were running on the mountain road. The shaking of the ground made them lose their balance. They stumbled and almost fell down several times.
The shaking on the ground became more and more violent, and even some large stones on the roadside fell down, and the smoke ejected from the cracks became thicker and stronger, as if it was steam ejected from a boiler.
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"Run quickly, don't look back." Luo Xiao's voice was almost hoarse. He shouted with all his strength. At the same time, he picked up a fallen team member and asked him to follow the team.
People were running desperately, and they all felt the crisis behind them, knowing that if they slowed down, their lives might be in danger.
"boom!"
A deafening roar came from behind, and immediately after, people felt a burning aura sweeping in from behind, making people feel as if they were in a tornado.
A warrior of the team looked back, and with just one glance, his body froze and he stood unable to move. His wide eyes were full of fear, "Ah——"
"Don't look back, rush forward." Luo Xiao turned around suddenly, reached out and grabbed his arm, trying to pull him up and run forward together, but his hand felt suddenly empty, and all his strength fell into the void.
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A burst of crimson flames erupted from the cracks on the ground, right in front of the soldier's feet. It rose into the air and exploded, turning into a rain of fire all over the sky, covering him in an instant.
During the process, the human body began to melt instantly. Luo Xiao's tug only caused one of his arms to be pulled off the half-melted body, escaping the baptism of the blazing flames that seemed to be able to roast a person's breath from behind.
It swept forward, making people feel like a mountain torrent and making it difficult to breathe. This made Luo Xiao not dare to pause at all, and ran forward with all his strength.
Bang bang bang bang, blazing flames spurted out from the cracks in the ground one after another, almost chasing Luo Xiao and the others after them.