I shook my head slightly, and then said to the little clerk: "My feeling is that they should be together, and it is very likely that they entered this pothole before us. Let's search along the river. If they come in,
There will definitely be traces left for us.”
The little clerk nodded and said, "I hope, as you think, we will find their traces."
The little clerk and I came to the edge of the underground river, and then found a big rock. I put Mr. Su, who was knocked unconscious by the little clerk, on the big rock. Then I asked the little clerk to shine a light for me, and I searched within a few meters of the river.
After a while, strangely, I couldn't find any traces about Minister An and Instructor Shui, which made me feel a little worried about my judgment.
I said to the little clerk: "Based on common sense, they would not have crossed the river first. They should have walked along the river. Considering that the farther upstream they are, the closer they are to the ground, I think they should have gone in the upstream direction. We
Just take a walk upstream and hope to gain something."
The little clerk nodded worriedly, sighed and said, "Okay. I hope that's the case."
I carried Mr. Su on my back again, and we walked upstream along the flow of the underground river.
There are many strange rocks on the edge of the underground river, and you can still see some traces of the excrement of giant spiders. I believe those things must also exist around the underground river. I reminded the little clerk: "Be careful under your feet and around you. No one can
I wonder if those giant spiders or other underground creatures will suddenly appear."
The little clerk said "Yeah", and seeing the light of the lighter getting darker and darker, I was secretly worried. If there was no fire, the three of us would fall into darkness, and danger would appear at any time.
So I urged the little clerk to speed up the pace. Just when the flame of the lighter kept jumping and jumping, showing signs that it was about to go out, the two of us saw something appearing in front of us.
About a hundred meters away from us, a black shadow appeared on the underground river. On the edge of the underground river to the right of the shadow, there was another huge square shadow. Amidst the "swishing" sound of the underground river flowing,
, that shadow and the huge shadow remained silent and motionless.
The little clerk said in surprise: "What is there? A huge underground creature or something?"
I shook my head, but before I could say anything, suddenly, a faint round light beam flashed from the shadow in front, and I clearly saw the light. I said to the little clerk in surprise: "Bright light! Like
It's from the flashlight."
The little clerk turned around, and I just saw his open mouth. At this time, the flame of the lighter in the little clerk's hand suddenly went out. Suddenly, the boundless darkness was like a lifeless monster, with its huge mouth open.
Swallowed us all at once.
In the darkness, the little clerk's urgent words rang in my ears: "Yunlong, are you sure? Is it the light of the flashlight?"
I nodded and said: "Yes, I am basically sure that someone used a flashlight to randomly shoot the beam of light into the air. Let's move forward quickly. If there is really someone, then it should be a member of our scientific expedition team.
I don’t know what the shadow on the dark river is, but I guess the huge square shadow is a building.”
The little clerk said: "Buildings? Are you saying... that the shadow could be an ancient city buried in the desert?"
I said with certainty: "I can't say whether it's an ancient city, but it must be a building. Anyway, let's rush over there as soon as possible and take a look."
The little clerk said: "Okay." So, without the light of the lighter, the two of us groped our way toward the shadow in front of us in the dark.
Based on the impression before the lighter went out, the little clerk walking in front finally touched a hard wall in front of us. The little clerk turned around and said: "Yunlong, I touched the wall. It should be made of stone."
I said: "Okay. The beam of light I just saw should be on our right. You can touch the stone wall with your left and right hands, turn right, and then move forward. If you don't get it, keep walking. If you get it, you will get it.
That must be the entrance to the building, so turn left. No matter where this place is, we are just like blind people without eyes, and we can only explore like this."
In the darkness, I heard the rapid breathing of the little clerk, and then he said: "Let's go. It seems that this is the only way."
I could hear the fear and helplessness in the words of Xiaowen. In fact, I am not the same. Darkness is the most frightening thing, especially in such a strange place.
We continued walking along the wall of this huge building. I felt that my feet were much smoother, and there were no more rocks that made my feet stumble. This confirmed my judgment that there must be someone here.
Or a place where there have been traces of humans.
After walking along the stone wall for about ten minutes, which was about forty minutes after breaking through the siege of the giant spider, suddenly, in the darkness, the little clerk said: "A fork, I touched a fork."
I felt happy and quickly said to him: "Turn left and enter that fork. It might be the entrance to this building."
I listened to the little clerk's breathing, followed him and turned to the left, entering the fork that the little clerk touched.
Just when we entered the fork and walked a few steps away, a sudden gunshot came, which really frightened me and Xiaowen Wen. We stopped immediately.
The little clerk trembled in excitement or fear: "Yunlong, it's gunfire! Do you think it could be Instructor Shui and the others?"
Exhausted, I groped for the edge of the wall and slowly lowered Mr. Su down behind me. He leaned against the wall and sat on it. He straightened his back and said, "Clerk, you wait here. I heard the sound of gunshots.
It came from directly in front of us, and it didn't feel very far away. I went over alone to have a look. You take good care of Mr. Su, wait for me here, and don't go away."
The little clerk said hurriedly: "Come back quickly, it's pitch black, damn, Su Xiaodan is so unconscious, I feel really bad to be honest."
I fumbled and patted the little clerk on the shoulder, comforted him and said: "Wenshi, to be honest, I am also scared. But since we performed the first mission, haven't we always experienced strange and dangerous processes?
Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon, maybe it’s Instructor Shui and the others who fired the shots, and we’ll all be together again in a while.”
The little clerk said "Yeah" with some sobs. I patted his shoulder again, held the gun in my hand, and slowly walked forward step by step along the inward wall.
As I walked, I hoped in my heart that the gunshots just now were really caused by Instructor Shui and Minister An, and I even hoped to meet them and everyone would come together. I groped forward quickly, and I got close to it.
It's like two to three hundred meters.
Suddenly, there was a burst of rapid footsteps. It seemed that many people were running towards me from the direction I was going. A few bright flashlight lights also shone from a distance. I felt happy, they were indeed human footsteps.
Sound, is it really Instructor Shui and the others?
I was just about to go straight up to meet him, and I was about to blurt out a greeting. Amidst the rapid footsteps, someone suddenly said a sentence in English: "****!****! Damnit!" which shocked me.
.
Then a few more people started chattering in English. I quickly turned around and ran as quietly as possible to where the clerk and Mr. Su were waiting for me. At this moment, I was shocked beyond words.
They must be foreigners, but who are they? How did they get into this place? What are they here for?
I quickly touched the wall and returned to where Xiaowen and Mr. Su were. Hearing my subtle footsteps, Xiaowen shouted in a low voice: "Who?"
I quickly lowered my voice and said, "It's me, the clerk."
Touching the side of the small clerk, I said again: "Secretary, don't talk. Let's go back the way we came."
The little clerk seemed surprised. Although he didn't make a sound, he seemed to be frozen there without moving. I quickly pulled him and touched Mr. Su on the ground. I grabbed his hands and dragged him along the original path of the fork.
As I walked forward, the little clerk followed me in confusion.
As soon as I turned the fork, the hurried footsteps of those foreigners sounded near the fork. I pulled the little boy and quickly returned to the edge of the underground river based on my feeling. Then I touched a big rock, turned behind the big stone, and pulled the little boy to hide.
Got down.
At this time, those foreigners happened to run out of the fork. In the light of a few flashlights, I could vaguely see that there were about six or seven of them, carrying backpacks on their backs and holding firearms in their hands.
These people were muttering in English while running downstream along the underground river. At this time, the little clerk must have heard English and knew that these people were not the water instructors, so he followed me and hid silently.
Looking at the flashlights of those people, the figures were hidden behind the rocks.
Fortunately, those people seemed a little panicked, as if they were escaping from being chased by something. Although they ran past the big rock next to us, they did not see the three of us.
These foreigners had just ran past us, which was only a few dozen meters away, when a subtle "rustling" sound came from the intersection of the building. The little clerk and I looked strangely, and our scalps swished involuntarily.
numb.
What swarmed out from the fork turned out to be those lingering giant spiders. However, these were much larger than the ones we had seen before, and they seemed to move much faster.
Seeing these creepy things getting closer and closer to us, the little clerk exclaimed: "Yunlong, what should we do?"
I was also in a state of confusion at this time, and I felt like I was dying. I smiled bitterly and said, "What should I do? I don't know. Run!"
Saying that, without thinking, I straightened up, pushed the dead Mr. Su hard on his back, turned around and ran, and the little clerk also ran helplessly behind me.
By this time, the foreigners had already run a few hundred meters away. Their flashlights were far away, and the little clerk and I couldn't see the road at all. After a few steps, I tripped over rocks.
On the ground, the little clerk was unprepared and tripped over my body. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.
At this time, the "whistle" sound behind us, like a ghost chasing after us, had already reached behind us, which was probably about ten meters away. I screamed secretly: I am dead.