After that, Xu Liqiang couldn't find Zhou Rui in the cave. At that time, he finally realized that one person had to stay as a sacrifice, otherwise they would both die here.
He stopped talking at this point. When Deng Kai saw him, he asked, "What happened next? You voluntarily stayed here for him?"
After hearing this, Xu Liqiang smiled bitterly and said, "Zhou Rui was afraid of the dark when he was in school. If he was allowed to stay in this dark cave forever... it would be too painful for him."
After hearing this, Song Jiang said helplessly, "Why not to you?"
When Deng Kai heard this, he quickly pushed Song Jiang gently and told him to stop talking. Otherwise, if Xu Liqiang regrets... and has to let one of them stay, it will be completely ruined.
Unexpectedly, Song Jiang disapproved and said, "Do you really have no regrets at all? Even if you did it for the sake of friendship, but we are strangers to you, and you are trying to trick others into offering sacrifices, why can't you also be with Han Zhengyuan?" Have you left here yet?"
After hearing this, Xu Liqiang smiled and shook his head and said, "I won't deceive myself like him... As you said, he died three years ago. If he could really be free, why didn't he come down the mountain for so long? He is now He is just a wandering soul. He must be taken down the mountain by someone who can see him. But what will happen if he leaves Danglan Mountain? He has just changed from a wandering soul in the mountain to a lonely soul wandering in the world. Just a wild ghost."
Song Jiang didn't expect Xu Liqiang to think so clearly. It seems that not everyone in this world is in danger. There are also people like Xu Liqiang who are willing to sacrifice themselves to save their friends at critical moments...
Thinking of this, Song Jiang smiled and asked, "Do you have anything else you want me to tell Zhou Rui?"
After hearing this, Xu Liqiang shook his head and said, "On the contrary, I want to ask you not to tell him about me. Just say that I haven't found it."
Song Jiang was stunned and said, "Are you afraid that Zhou Rui will feel guilty?"
Xu Liqiang nodded and said, "Since the ending cannot be changed... why should one more person suffer? Are you right? Let's go, I will take you out."
As soon as Deng Kai heard this, he looked back at the entrance where they came in and said, "Can't you get out over there?"
Xu Liqiang shook his head and said, "From the moment you step in, the exit will disappear automatically. The only way out is underground... Zhou Rui also escaped from there."
Then Song Jiang and the others followed Xu Liqiang to the place where the ground collapsed. When Song Jiang saw the depth of the hole, he knew how Zhou Rui's injuries came from. It was estimated that he should have fallen heavily at the time, but he was struck by something in the hole. I lost my mind, so I didn’t feel too much pain...
Because they were mentally prepared, Song Jiang and Deng Kai were very careful when they came down, almost sneaking down little by little, but even so... Deng Kai still lost his footing and fell down.
For some reason, Song Jiang felt that the inside of the cave was a bit darker than above, and there was an indescribable unpleasant smell in the air. Although they all had searchlights on their helmets, they always felt the light. There seemed to be something staring at them out of reach.
At this time, I heard Xu Liqiang's voice coming from the darkness, "Follow me from this way... There are a lot of gravels down here, so be sure to pay attention to your steps when walking."
After Song Jiang agreed, he and Deng Kai followed Xu Liqiang deep into the cave... The underground space is not as regular as the air-raid shelter above. Some places are wide and some are narrow. Some places are high and some are short. The most exaggerated part is that Song Jiang and the two of them had to crawl to get through. If it weren't for Xu Liqiang leading the way, they would have been unable to get out even to death.
After the two finally got through an extremely narrow area, they heard Xu Liqiang say in a deep voice, "The exit is not far ahead. You need to walk out the rest of the way on your own. Remember not to look back once you go out."
After hearing this, Deng Kai thought to himself, beg me not to look back! But what Song Jiang was thinking about was how to bring Meng Zhe and Gu Hao back to rescue Xu Liqiang's soul. Although he couldn't return him to the Yang Dynasty, he should at least let him go to the underworld to re-enter reincarnation.
Unexpectedly, after the two of them walked forward for a while with their own thoughts, they did not see the exit from Xu Liqiang's mouth as expected. Instead, they saw a strange stone statue lying in front of them. Song Jiang's heart sank when he saw it. Seeing that Xu Liqiang did not confuse them, the evil creatures below wanted to kill them personally...
At this time, Deng Kai saw that there was no exit ahead, and he panicked for a moment and said, "Is this Xu Liqiang lying to us?"
Song Jiang shook his head and said, "He doesn't have this need... It must be that the evil thing doesn't want the duck in its mouth to fly away on its own."
When Deng Kai heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded. They didn't know where in the underground corner they had gone. The walkie-talkies couldn't receive it, let alone shouting for help, but Deng Kai still shouted loudly without giving up. He said, "Help! We are trapped here! Meng Zhe? Gu Hao?! Didn't you say you would show up as soon as we called?! You two are big liars!!"
After hearing this, Song Jiang looked at Deng Kai speechlessly and said, "Calm down first...the more scared you are, the easier it is to be bewitched by evil things. If your eyes are really gouged out by then, it will be too late."
After hearing this, Deng Kai patted his chest and said, "Yes, yes... calm down first, you must calm down."
Song Jiang walked up to the stone statue at this time and carefully observed the appearance of the thing. He saw that the stone statue's face had two protruding eyes and a beak as sharp as a bird's beak. It looked like... a birdman.
"Deng Kai, come here and see what this thing looks like?" Song Jiang turned around and greeted Deng Kai.
After hearing this, Deng Kai slowly walked to the stone statue and squatted down. After looking at it for a few times, he shook his head and said, "This carving is rough but has some charm. At first glance, it is a freehand painting. If you look at this face again, Neither human nor bird...could it be said that this great god is a bird god?"
After hearing this, Song Jiang smiled and shook his head and said, "You are really ridiculous... Regardless of whether this is a human or a bird, its meaning is obvious, it just doesn't want us to leave here."
When Deng Kai heard this, he said anxiously, "What should we do? Just the two of us... we can't fight and fight, and we can't run. It seems we can only wait to die."
At this time, Song Jiang simply sat aside and said, "Xu Liqiang said before that that thing will turn into thoughts and get into people's brains. Let's do this. Let's guard each other. If I can't bear it anymore and want to pick my eyes, you can stop me. Me, if you are bewitched, I will stop you...this way you can delay some time."
(End of chapter)
