I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

The reconnaissance equipment was parked in the middle of the canyon.

In the image, the rock walls on both sides are covered with cracks.

Several waist-high rocks were stuck in the crevice, supported by a piece of blackened, rough wood. Soil was still falling, occasionally hitting the equipment casing with a soft, clattering sound.

Cheng Fang stared at the screen.

"Return it."

The operator immediately took control of the equipment and moved it back.

Han Xiao carried the compass to the mouth of the canyon.

The pointer spun around several times, but couldn't stop.

Tang Zhi glanced at it.

"broken?"

"The mountain wall is hollow inside."

Han Xiao looked up and surveyed both sides.

"There are too many cracks. If there's any movement on the outside, the inside will collapse as well."

Jiang Zhaoye pointed to the rough wood in the picture.

"Is that thing supporting the rock?"

"At most, it can only support the outermost layer."

Han Xiao squatted down and plucked out a few stiff black hairs from the mud.

There were still fresh claw marks on the nearby rocks, the edges of which had not yet dried.

Lai Changqing said, "It was that bear that did it."

"It must have been hit repeatedly."

Lin Ye looked at the bloodstains in the canyon.

The bear blood extended all the way to the vicinity of the first thick log, where it suddenly decreased. Only a few scattered drops remained, and their color was also lighter.

The bear didn't actually run all the way in.

It stopped here.

"The bloodstains were deliberately used to guide the way," Lin Ye said.

Cheng Fang nodded.

"Let's remove the outer layer first."

A directional explosive device was retrieved from the seventh location and sent into the canyon by reconnaissance equipment, where it was attached to the bottom of the outermost thick log.

After the equipment was withdrawn, everyone retreated to the bunkers on both sides.

Cheng Fang pressed the detonator.

A muffled thud.

The thick log was blown apart in the middle.

Several pieces of rock rolled down the right-hand cliff first, followed by a whole shove of soil sliding down. Several boulders crashed against the opposite mountain wall and bounced back to the center of the canyon.

The roar lasted for more than ten seconds.

The dust that rose up almost blocked the entrance to the valley.

They waited until it was quiet inside before releasing the reconnaissance equipment again.

The outermost layer has collapsed.

There was a narrow path left on the left, barely wide enough for one person to pass sideways.

The compass in Han Xiao's hand was still spinning erratically.

He stared at the top of the canyon for a long time.

"It's not over yet."

There's another layer on top.

Cheng Fang asked, "Will it fall off by itself?"

"It's hard to say."

Han Xiao frowned.

"It might be an hour, or it might be another shot, and then it will be down."

Taking the detour will take most of the day.

Returning via the same route, one must again traverse the quarry and the area where the animals roam.

More importantly, the bear is still bleeding. The longer it drags on, the more likely it is to take the core artifact with it.

Cheng Fang looked towards the canyon.

"In batches."

"Scout ahead first, then leave someone behind to provide backup. A maximum of three people at a time."

Lai Changqing did not object.

Two people each from the Seven Offices and the Candle Shadow Society went as the first group.

Xu Mian's shadow skimmed along the ground as she entered the canyon.

The lizard shadow moved forward along the left rock wall, with Qin Zhao and Jiang Zhaoye following behind at a distance of more than ten meters.

The four passed through the first area of ​​falling rocks but did not find the giant bear.

The second batch followed.

Then came the third batch.

The two groups deliberately staggered their positions to prevent them from becoming completely mixed up.

Lin Ye followed behind Cheng Fang, passing by the broken log.

The surface of the wood was covered in claw marks.

The new one is placed on top of the old one, at varying depths.

The giant bear trained more than once.

It knew long ago that if the log broke, the stones on it would fall down.

The canyon is getting narrower and narrower.

Rustling sounds could be heard from the cracks in the rocks on both sides from time to time.

Qin Zhao raised his hand and lit a wisp of embers, illuminating several long, grayish-white snakes. As soon as the firelight approached, they quickly retreated into their cave.

Cheng Fang whispered, "Don't touch it."

The group continued forward.

When most of the team had passed the first rockfall area, Han Xiao suddenly stopped.

The compass needle suddenly pressed against the edge.

He looked up.

There's something up there.

At the same time, Xu Mian's voice came from ahead.

"Top right!"

Everyone looked up.

A dark figure slowly rose from behind the rocky platform on the right side of the canyon.

It's that giant bear.

Its left shoulder and belly fur were matted together with blood, and a broken tranquilizer dart was still hanging on its back. Its hind legs were stiff when it landed, indicating that its injuries were clearly serious.

It has always been hidden there.

They only showed themselves after most of the people had gone inside.

Cheng Fang shouted sternly, "Scatter!"

The giant bear did not charge into the crowd.

It turned around and rammed its right shoulder into a thick log stuck diagonally next to the rock platform.

The first time, the wood just bent.

The second time, a crack appeared.

The giant bear took half a step back and then rammed into it for the third time.

The thick piece of wood snapped in two.

A dull cracking sound came from behind the canyon.

"later!"

The rock wall collapsed instantly.

The last few people rushed forward, and the boulder slammed down on their backs, completely sealing off the entrance.

Several other people were kept outside.

The communicator was filled with static.

"Captain Cheng, can you hear me?"

"We're outside, nobody's being held captive!"

Just as Cheng Fang was about to answer, chaos erupted on both sides of the canyon.

The falling rocks disturbed the crevices in the rocks and the animal dens.

A swarm of snakes emerged from beneath the rock face.

Two wild boars screamed and charged out of the low cave ahead, heading straight into the crowd without any regard for direction.

Wolf howls echoed from deeper within.

"Take care of the immediate problem first!"

Cheng Fang faced the wild boar head-on and punched it in the forehead.

The wild boar's head was knocked to the side, its tusks grazing a team member's waist. Tang Zhi's tendrils quickly wrapped around its hind legs, using the force of its forward charge to pull it to the side.

The wild boar lost its balance and crashed into the mountainside.

Qin Zhao's embers pierced into its eye socket.

Another wild boar charged toward the Candle Shadow Society.

Jiang Zhaoye gripped the stick with both hands and smashed it head-on into its nose.

Before the wild boar even fell, someone nearby had already fired two more shots.

The gunshots caused another pile of rocks to fall from above the canyon.

A member of the Candlelight Society saw that the demolition expert at the Seventh Division was still holding the remote control, and his expression immediately changed.

"Put that thing down!"

He raised the muzzle of his gun.

The two people turned around at the same time.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Don't move!"

Cheng Fang slapped his own man's gun down.

Lai Changqing also grabbed the wrist of the Candle Shadow Society member and pressed the muzzle of his gun directly to the ground.

"It was a bear that bumped into me."

The man stared at the seven demolition crews.

"Who knows how many more he buried?"

The team members from the Seventh Division also got angry.

"If I wanted to bury you, would I need to wait for the bear to do it?"

"Shut up."

Cheng Fang didn't turn around.

"Anyone who points a gun at someone again can go outside and feed the wolves."

Lai Changqing released his grip.

"Did you hear that?"

The Candlelight Society member gritted his teeth and put the gun away.

The wolf pack has emerged from the depths of the canyon.

The first few didn't charge directly, but instead spread out along the rock face, keeping a close watch on the edge of the group.

Xu Mian fired continuously.

The two wolves had barely poked their bodies out when they collapsed to the ground.

The rest quickly lowered their bodies and went around behind the rubble.

A gray wolf suddenly pounced on the forest from the side.

Just as Lin Ye lifted the protective spirit stone, a gray shadow rushed out from the side.

The lizard's shadow knocked the wolf aside, and the dagger pierced its jaw.

Wolf blood sprayed all over his hand.

Lin Ye looked at the wolf on the ground.

Thanks.

The lizard shadow flicked the blood off its blade.

"Remember that."

"You guys actually keep accounts?"

"Let's get out of here alive first."

The lizard's shadow retreated back to the rock wall, its form fading away once more.

Suddenly, an even louder cracking sound came from above.

Han Xiao looked up and his expression changed.

"Keep moving forward! Quickly!"

Above the canyon, a single rock slab is slowly sinking.

The crack continued to widen, and rubble fell like rain.

If this piece really falls, none of the people below will escape.

Han Xiao rushed to the right side of the rock wall and pulled out three black nails from his waist.

The first nail was driven into the bottom crack.

The second shot hit the middle section.

The dark red patterns on the nail quickly lit up.

He pressed the compass against the rock face.

The sinking rock strata paused for a moment.

Jiang Zhaoye asked, "How long?"

"Twenty seconds."

Han Xiao bit his fingertip and smeared the blood on the third black nail.

"Hurry up, don't dawdle."

Cheng Fang and Lai Changqing gave the order at the same time.

"Retreat forward!"

"Don't push, stay to the left!"

A pack of wolves blocked their path.

Cheng Fang and Jiang Zhaoye stepped forward from the left and right respectively.

Qin Zhao used embers to seal the most densely packed crevice in the rock with the snakes.

Xu Mian kept firing her gun to suppress the wolf pack.

Tang Zhi's tendrils weaved through the crowd, pulling those who had fallen directly out of the area affected by the falling rocks.

The giant bear leaped off the rocky platform.

The massive body crashed to the ground, sending debris flying everywhere.

It didn't rush towards the most crowded area.

Instead, they headed straight for the rock wall guarded by Han Xiao.

Jiang Zhaoye blocked his way.

The black stick struck the giant bear's injured left shoulder hard.

The giant bear let out a low growl and its body swayed slightly.

The next second, the bear's paw swept across.

Jiang Zhaoye crossed his arms in front of his chest, but was still sent flying, his back slamming heavily against the mountain wall.

Cheng Fang then crashed into the giant bear's chest.

Iron Bones activated.

A man and a bear are facing each other head-on.

The giant bear took a step back, no longer wanting to fight him, and turned to pounce on the cracked stone pillar below the rock wall.

The stone pillars were also covered with old claw marks.

It recognizes this place.

They also know where to take the photos.

The giant bear brought down its paw.

The stone pillar split open with a sound.

The black nail that Han Xiao had driven into the middle of the rock wall suddenly popped out.

The upper rock strata subsided again.

Three members of the Candle Shadow Society were not evacuated.

"Walk!"

Han Xiao rushed forward and pushed the nearest person forward.

As soon as the second person squeezed through the crevice, a huge rock crashed down on his head.

Han Xiao turned around, grabbed the ejected black nail, and pressed it back into the crack.

The sharp stone cut open my palm.

Blood trickled down his wrist.

The patterns on the black nails lit up again.

The rock strata paused for a moment.

Lai Changqing turned around.

"Han Xiao!"

"Stop shouting."

Han Xiao gritted his teeth and threw the compass over.

"Here you go."

Lai Changqing caught the compass.

As soon as the last member rushed out of the danger zone, a crack appeared on the surface of the black nail.

Han Xiao glanced at it and stopped running.

He gripped the black nails tightly with both hands and pressed his entire body against the rock wall.

It held on for another two seconds.

The black nail broke completely.

The rock strata crashed down.

Jiang Zhaoye took half a step forward, but Lai Changqing grabbed her shoulder.

Huge boulders filled the entire canyon.

Dust billowed out, forcing everyone to retreat.

Where Han Xiao stood, nothing could be seen anymore.

The giant bear turned around and climbed up the rock face while the dust settled.

Xu Mian fired two shots at the blurry black figure.

The shot missed.

Another shot pierced the bear's back.

It swayed slightly, but still managed to grab onto the protruding rock and burrow into the woods along the elevated route.

Just as Qin Zhao was about to give chase, Cheng Fang stopped him.

"Don't go in."

There are wolves ahead.

The rock formations overhead were not entirely stable either.

Chasing after the dust is no different from courting death.

The group first cleared out the remaining beasts.

The wolf pack lost its initial momentum, leaving behind several corpses before retreating into the depths of the canyon.

The snakes then retreated back into the crevices in the rocks.

The surroundings finally quieted down.

Only pebbles occasionally slip down.

Jiang Zhaoye walked to the collapsed area, moved two stones, and quickly stopped.

There was a whole slab of rock pressing down in front of it.

It's impossible to tell if there's a gap underneath.

Lai Changqing stood to the side, looking down at the compass left by Han Xiao.

A corner of the edge was cracked.

The hands were still trembling slightly.

Jiang Zhaoye said in a hoarse voice:

"We can't dig it open."

"Write down the location."

Lai Changqing put the compass into his clothes.

"Bring people back later."

He spoke calmly.

The movements were just a little slower than usual.

Lin Ye discovered a broken bone behind the collapsed stone pillar.

The bones had been stuck in the crevice until the rock strata collapsed and they were exposed.

He stepped back a few paces and activated his spiritual hearing.

The first sound was the sound of a bear's paw striking a stone pillar.

a bit.

Two times.

That familiar voice corrected me from the side.

"Don't just stare at people."

"Mountains can crush people, water can drown people, and even a falling tree can kill someone."

The giant bear let out a low growl.

"There are a lot of people, don't rush in."

"Let them squeeze together first."

The voice paused, tinged with a smile.

"They are much more wary of the people around them than of you."

This audio is quite old.

The spirit of the artifact had already taught the giant bear how to utilize this canyon.

Lin Ye continued listening.

The sounds from behind were much closer.

The voice sounded like it was instructing the animals that were carrying the bones.

"Place one on each side."

"Let them go their separate ways and then meet up ahead."

The calls of macaques could be heard in the distance.

The spirit clicked its tongue impatiently.

"Too many people will cause trouble. It'll be easier to talk if a few die."

The lingering sound ended here.

Lin Ye opened his eyes.

Cheng Fang walked over to his side.

"Did you hear that?"

Lin Ye repeated the contents verbatim.

No one responded.

Lai Changqing looked at the spot where Han Xiao was buried, then glanced at the depths of the canyon.

The bone fragments given by the spirit are real.

The route is also real.

It didn't even lie to them; the core was in this direction.

It simply shoved both sides into the same canyon, and then, taking advantage of the giant bear, the rocks, and the wariness of both sides, killed a few people.

Tang Zhi cursed under her breath.

"That old bastard is really cunning."

Lin Ye looked into the depths of the canyon.

"He wants us to fight like the snipe and the clam."

"Neither side can be too strong. If they are too strong, they won't have the right to negotiate."

Lai Changqing remained silent for a moment.

"The ceasefire will remain in effect."

Cheng Fang looked at him.

"Let's go outside first and talk about it later."

Lai Changqing pressed the compass inside his clothes.

"Make sure you keep track of the bill before you leave."

The wind blows from deep within the canyon.

The broken bone rolled half a circle on the ground.

The spirit of the artifact did not appear.

He has never killed anyone with his own hands.

But now, another body has been found in this mountain.