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We turned back.

Fatty Xiao bit into the pie and asked, "Did the two kiss secretly?"

"Fuck off!"

After everyone has rested.

Hao An asked everyone to set off again.

Walked for about an hour.

We came to the edge of a cliff. The cliff was not very wide, about twenty meters, but it was quite deep. We couldn't see the bottom at all. There were many trees next to it. Big tree trunks were strung on both sides of the cliff, but now the tree trunks have It's completely broken and I can't get through it.

Qubi's notes record that the road to Landuo was taken from here. The tree trunks described in the notes were very thick, and there were more than one. There were many curved trunks, forming a natural tree bridge. At that time, the tea horse merchants The team can even lead the horses to the other side easily.

But because too much time passed, all these tree trunks were broken.

We do have some rope equipment on us, and Xiang Liu's gang is good at martial arts and can get through, but the three of us, the humanistic geologist and Professor Yuan who wear glasses, can't get through at all.

Nozawa Nako asked Hao An: "Mr. Hao, what should we do now?"

Seeing this scene, Hao An stood on the edge of the cliff and frowned.

Fatty Xiao laughed loudly: "I said, Miss Nozawa, why don't you go back? Find a place to eat, soak your feet, sing, and get a massage. It's so comfortable. Why bother coming to this freezing snow-capped mountain?"

Nozawa Nako ignored him and looked forward to Hao An giving a solution.

Hao An said: "There are two ways now. One is to return to the same place and take a long way from the south side to bypass the canyon. We can also go to the other side, but this will probably delay five or six days. The other is to go back to where we were. The other option is that we take the 'Lage Cave', the journey is faster, but it will be very dangerous inside."

Nozawa Nako asked: "What danger?"

According to Hao An's explanation.

Judging from the path taken by Qubi's group of tea horse merchants back then, they also knew that the route to Lage Cave was shorter, but these people chose to take the tree bridge through the canyon, mainly because of a legend about Lage Cave.

Lager means "big mouth that eats people" in the local dialect.

Historical records record that Zhang Xianzhong suffered a defeat and was shot to death by an arrow and crossbow. His men "wrapped his body in a brocade mattress, buried it in a remote place, and escaped." The Qing army "beheaded him in order to gain revenge, and captured his head in Chengdu."

However, according to folk rumors, Zhang was not actually dead. In fact, he used a disguised corpse as a cover-up. He and his remnant troops fled continuously. When there was no way to escape, he fled into the Lag Cave.

The enemy general found out and led his troops to pursue him. However, when he went in to encircle and suppress Zhang, not only did he not catch Zhang, but his pursuers also did not come out.

The officers and soldiers in charge of logistics waited and saw no movement, so they had to bring a small team of people in to check.

Once in.

It was found that the cave was full of blood, staining the cave walls red. The bodies of Zhang Xianzhong's team and the Qing army's pursuing team were all turned into skulls, with no trace of flesh left. Two teams of skeleton soldiers were fighting strangely inside.

Several officers and soldiers were so frightened that they ran out.

This incident was recorded in a book called "Yizhi of Western Shu".

Later, some history buffs wanted to check it out, but those who went in never came out.

When the nearby mountain people are cutting firewood and hunting in the surrounding area, they always walk around Lage Cave. However, sometimes at night, the sound of war drums and fighting cries can be heard from a long distance in the cave. No one dares to go here anymore.

After Hao An finished talking about the matter.

Nozawa Nako said: "I don't believe in ghosts and gods, so go to Lag Cave!"

After hearing this, Hao An replied: "Ms. Nozawa, taking this path has deviated from the plan I negotiated with you, and you will have to pay more."

Nozawa Nako was very happy: "No problem!"

Hao An received a positive reply, turned to us and said: "Follow me!"

Evening time.

We came to the entrance of Lage Cave.

The appearance looks nothing special, just a very ordinary cave across the mountain, but the entrance is wide enough to accommodate two trucks entering side by side.

Hao An asked Nozawa Nako: "Go in tomorrow morning, or now?"

Nozawa Nako replied: "There is no sun or moon in the cave, it is better to go in sooner rather than later! Go in now and rest inside at twelve o'clock!"

This girl's execution ability is really too strong.

Hao An took everyone in.There are spider webs all over, a small number of plants, and occasionally some small animals such as mountain mice scurrying around.

The temperature inside is higher than outside the mountain.

Everyone is getting a little hot.

Someone started taking off their coats.

Hao An was still spreading powder all the way as before.

Nothing unusual happened in the previous hour.

But when we crossed a raised hill in the cave, we seemed to have entered another world. The temperature dropped suddenly and was even colder than outside. It was so cold that our teeth were trembling. Everyone put on their clothes one after another.

"Blood!"

Xiang Liu suddenly someone shouted.

Turn around.

This guy was touching his neck, spreading his palms, and there was a trace of blood on his palms.

Drops of blood fell from it.

Everyone started to feel a little numb, so they quickly picked up the flashlights and shined them up, but the top of the cave wall was covered with moss, so nothing could be illuminated at all.

"The walls of the cave are covered in blood!"

Another subordinate touched the cave wall next to him and said in horror.

There was a "bang" sound!
"Get down!"

Li Poshan shouted loudly.

Everyone was so frightened that they immediately fell down.

Xiang Liu's people took up guns to defend themselves.

But after a while.

There was no movement around.

Li Poshan was furious: "Who is so angry?!"

A person next to me said tremblingly: "I..."

I turned around and looked.

It turned out to be the scar face who stole the red ant's eyeball.

Li Poshan yelled and asked: "Why are you so crazy?!"

The scarred face looked extremely frightened. He pointed forward and swallowed: "There is someone on the left at eight o'clock..."

Everyone shined their flashlights in the eight o'clock direction on the left.

But before anything could be seen, Scarface suddenly jumped up from the ground, rushed forward crazily, and shouted: "Come on! Kill! I will kill you!"

Another scream came from my ears.

Scarface fell to the ground, squirming.

I saw blood splattering on him.

This guy actually stabbed himself hard with a dagger!

Tell the truth.

I'm also a little scared of this weird cave.

Scarface is obviously crazy, but it is not known whether it is caused by the cave or the red ant eyes on his body.

But no matter what, I had previously decided on a plan to get the red ant beads and put them on Nozawa Nako. Now something happened to Scarface, and I have to go up and get something!
"Hurry up and save people, silly!"

I yelled at them.

His body was as fast as lightning and he jumped out immediately. (End of chapter)