"Oops, Uncle Long is in danger!"
Haozi's voice interrupted Chen Tao's thoughts. Chen Tao heard him say that Master Long was in danger. Although he also knew that Uncle Long and the others were in danger, he still asked Haozi to see what Haozi thought.
"Strange, who is this old cat left for?"
Seeing Haozi's frown, Chen Tao couldn't help but wonder, and asked Haozi quickly: "Didn't he leave it to Uncle Long to tell him that there was someone behind him?"
"What is it for Uncle Long? You see clearly. What he wrote is that Mr. Long is in danger and there is someone behind him!"
Hearing what Haozi said, Chen Tao's already uneasy heart became even more uneasy.
The signal left by the old cat only had eight words, but when interpreted by himself and Haozi, the eight words had two different meanings.
Chen Tao initially thought that the old cat and Uncle Long were just separated, and he used this mark to warn Uncle Long. But if things are really as Haozi guessed, then the weight of the old cat mark will be even heavier.
According to Haozi, Uncle Long and the others may have had something bad happen to them, and Uncle Long was already in extreme danger at this time. The old cat left this mark to inform those behind him.
So, who is he signaling to?
Chen Tao wondered in his mind, did Uncle Long and the others already know that he was coming?
No...probably not.
I came out quietly this time and didn't tell anyone. The only two people who knew were here. And before he set off, Uncle Long and the others had lost contact. Haozi called him out by himself. Even if he secretly reported to Uncle Long, he had no way to contact Uncle Long and his group.
unless.........
An imperceptible look flashed across Chen Tao's eyes, and he quietly glanced at Ye Rong, who was looking at him and Haozi.
This woman...
Chen Tao became alert. From the beginning, all the information was told to him by Ye Rong. Could it be that she was hiding something from him?
Chen Tao thought about it carefully. This woman kept saying that she was going to save people, and she was even willing to pay for it herself and run into the desert at all costs. Doesn't it sound like a lie?
Even so, this woman Ye Rong is too difficult to deal with, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and Chen Tao still can't figure out why this woman came to him. Chen Tao only believed three points of what she said, but he still kept a close eye on her.
If it weren't for Ye Rong, then the last possibility was left. In addition to Uncle Long and Lao Mao, there were also a group of people who came here.
Since the old cat used the mark of the Chen family, then those people must also be from the Chen family. Maybe Uncle Long left some people as a backup before entering Tatunaan, in case they encountered any danger inside and did not come out. , these people will go in and save them.
Chen Tao nodded secretly. With Uncle Long's temperament, such an arrangement was not surprising. And this is not bad news for Chen Tao and the others. At least these people are their own. If they have not entered Tatunaan yet, then for Chen Tao, there is a group of reinforcements behind him.
, and my heart felt more at ease.
Chen Tao looked around and thought about this journey. Judging from various circumstances, Uncle Long and the others took another route and entered this dry underground river, so the entrance to Tatunaan should be in this river.
At this time, there were only three of them left. Chen Tao stuck the signal torch in the sand, took off his backpack from his back, and untied the temporary elastic rope wrapped around it. At this time, the signal torch was almost burned out and the fire was obviously weak. After going down, Chen Tao took the time and asked Haozi and Ye Rong to sort out their equipment to see what was left.
Chen Tao's bag was scratched by the big ghost-faced bat. Although he managed to tie it up with an elastic rope, a lot of things were still lost on the road. The three of them gathered around and after some statistics, they now had two wolf-eye flashlights and three spare batteries. Chen Tao had a mini flashlight in his hand, which had enough power.
In addition, each person's backpack also contains a compass, two bundles of climbing ropes, three signal torches, a lighter, two glow sticks, two medical kits, as well as some compressed biscuits and dried beef.
Ye Rong also had a German-made folding engineering shovel in her backpack. In addition to the nails, Haozi also held an Yingjisha knife that he took from Takji. Although the size was small, the blade was extremely sharp. It seemed that Old man Tariq also hid a lot of good stuff for himself. Chen Tao was carrying a short knife ripped from the waist of the mummy, which was still usable.
In addition, the water bottles of the three people are still there, but there is not much water in them. The total of the three bottles of water is less than two bottles.
From the time they came in until now, the three of them were terribly thirsty, their mouths were all dry, and their throats felt like they were on fire. They were really pressed hard by the bearded people, and they had not touched a drop of water until now.
Haozi raised his neck and took a sip, with a look of intoxication on his face, then tightened the lid, and while checking the nails in the cuffs, he said: "We only have two guns, I will give you three magazines for you, Miss Ye, what are you doing?" There are many?"
Ye Rong only took a sip of water, pursed her lips and said, "I have two more."
"I should have stolen more if I had known. Now we only have so much. If anything happens, we will be in trouble." Haozi said.
The three of them organized their equipment again. Chen Tao's backpack could no longer be used. He removed the compass from the strap and put it on himself. The rest of the things were stuffed into Hao Zi's bag.
Haozi and Ye Rong were holding rifles one after the other, Chen Tao was holding the short knife in his hand, and the three of them set off again. Before leaving, Chen Tao took another look at the rotten wooden ship. The scene just now felt too weird in his heart.
In the dark underground river, the light of the wolf-eye flashlight can shine very far, but the end of the river can still not be seen. There are large and small sand trays on both sides, and the ground is full of yellow sand.
Upon closer inspection, there were actually some strange marks on the sand, as if someone had dragged something across the sand. Chen Tao saw this and felt vaguely bad, but in his heart Worried about Uncle Long's safety, he didn't think much more about it.
"Don't you think it's strange? There are so many sand holes on the sand. Were the Tatunaan people crazy and they all lived on the river?" Haozi used a flashlight to shake the holes in the stone wall. They are bottomless, some big and some small, and they don't look like they were caused by water erosion.
"this......."
Before Chen Tao could finish speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from behind him.
boom.......
The entire underground river was shaken.
Chen Tao held up the Langya flashlight and looked back, but saw nothing behind him.
"Holy shit, what's going on!" Haozi pulled up the bolt of the gun with a click and stared at the darkness behind him warily.
The three of them didn't dare to speak. They stood back to back. The surroundings were so quiet that Chen Tao could even hear his own breathing.
boom......
There was another loud noise, and a large crack appeared on the stone wall in the distance. Even the rotten wooden boat opposite was shaken by the noise, and the keel that had been embedded in the sand for who knows how many years fell down.
This time Chen Tao could see clearly. The crack appeared nowhere else but near the big hole they came out of.
It turned out that Big Beard and the others discovered the secret hole on the stone pillar, and they all followed it. Finally, when they reached the end, they were stopped by the stone wall.
Although they also found a small hole in the stone wall, Big Beard did not have the key, but he knew that Chen Tao and the others must have escaped from here. He felt cruel and asked his men to blow open the stone door with explosives.
"Come on, Big Beard and the others are catching up with them!" Chen Tao's expression changed, he told Hao Zi and Ye Rong to turn around and run away.
"This place is so big, we can't run away, so hide first!" Ye Rong shined a flashlight on the big holes in the stone wall.
"Come this way!"
The three of them turned off the flashlights, took three steps at a time, and climbed into the nearest higher hole. They pressed their guns and leaned against the wall of the cave, not daring to breathe.
Sure enough, not long after they got into the hole, streaks of fire appeared in the darkness over there, and a group of people holding torches came out one by one from the passage where Chen Tao and the others had entered previously.
"It's Big Beard and the others!" Chen Tao was startled and took a few steps back.
"You bitch, don't retreat, or Miss Ye's gun will penetrate my ass!" Haozi whispered.
"I'm not behind you!" Ye Rong's figure came from the side. Although the cave was short, it could still accommodate two people side by side.
"What!" Haozi was obviously startled, and the other two were equally surprised.
If the person behind Haozi is not Ye Rong, then what is poking him?
Chen Tao poked his head out and quietly took a look outside. The bearded man and others were holding torches and wandering around the entrance of the cave, seemingly looking for traces of Chen Tao and the others.
Seeing that they wouldn't be able to get through for a while, Chen Tao gritted his teeth, took out the mini flashlight from his pocket, turned on the switch, and shined it behind Hao Zi. Suddenly, he felt a chill on the back of his neck and his hair stood on end. stand up.
"Fuck you. Taozi, you are such a bitch.
You're going to die, you..." Haozi was startled when he saw Chen Tao suddenly looking back with a flashlight. He lowered his voice and was about to curse. Before he finished speaking, Chen Tao looked strange. , I was suddenly shocked, quickly closed my mouth, and pointed behind me carefully.
Chen Tao didn't speak, and nodded with a frightened expression, signaling Hao Zi not to move.
Haozi squatted on the ground, too scared to move. Big Beard and the others were outside. If there was something else in the hole, they would have no way forward and no way back.
"What!" Haozi didn't dare to breathe, and carefully asked Chen Tao with his mouth what was behind him.
But seeing Chen Tao looking nervous, it took him a long time to speak.
"one person!"
(End of chapter)
