Although we can't figure it out, we have climbed to this place and we have no room to retreat.
I could only urge Cui Hao as much as possible to let him crawl forward with me. After crawling another hundred meters, a cold wind hit my face.
At this time, dozens of meters in front of me, I could clearly see the exit of a square hole. It was obvious that we had reached the next passage.
I breathed a sigh of relief and looked behind me.
"Fat man, we should have found a way out, let's do it as soon as possible..."
Before I even finished speaking, my scalp exploded.
There was no trace of Cui Hao behind me. This guy disappeared silently behind my butt.
"Fat man, Cui Hao, don't make fun of me?"
I shouted behind me.
My echo was faintly hovering in the empty tunnel.
But Cui Hao seemed to disappear out of thin air and never gave me any answer.
I gritted my teeth, quickly backed up, turned around and crawled backwards.
"Cui Hao, don't scare me. Where did you go?"
Under the empty underground, I am the only one left now. Everything was silent, as if I was the only one left in the whole world.
This feeling was extremely scary, and I even felt like my hands and feet could not help but tremble.
"Cui Hao, where is your kid?"
I crawled back a hundred meters, but still couldn't find his shadow.
I was getting more and more panicked. Could it be that when I was crawling, something appeared behind me and dragged Cui Hao away quietly?
Cui Hao is a good person. I know his strength best. Ordinary ghosts really can't do anything to him.
If I can make him disappear silently, then this thing must be extremely powerful and terrifying, and I will definitely be in danger.
I quickly took out the dagger and placed it across my chest, looked around carefully, and cautiously lowered my voice and continued to call Cui Hao's name.
Just when I thought he might actually disappear underground completely.
Cui Hao's voice actually sounded from behind my butt.
"Master Xiaoman, I'm here, where are you?"
Hearing this voice, the tight strings in my mind finally relaxed.
I swallowed and shouted in the direction of the sound.
"Fat man, why did you run in front of me? I was clearly leading the way, shouldn't you be following me?"
I looked back at the road ahead, still wondering why Cui Hao's voice came from this direction.
Cui Hao also seemed a little confused.
"Xiao Manye, don't scare me. It was obvious that I was crawling forward with you just now, but I don't know what happened. In the blink of an eye, you disappeared even under the light. This underground cave is so dark, you almost gave me death I was so scared that I immediately crawled forward to see if you were in danger, but I never found anyone."
There was even a bit of trembling in Cui Hao's voice. It didn't look like he was talking nonsense here to fool me.
"Xiao Manye, it's obvious that you couldn't find anyone first, why did you still blame me? And I'm also surprised. I kept crawling forward and couldn't find you. Why did I crawl to you instead? Have you gone ahead?"
The two of us were talking and crawling towards each other.
Soon, I followed the sound to the end.
I clearly remember that this is a one-way street, with only one passage going straight to the end.
But at this time, I didn't expect that there was a dead end in front of me, and the dark exit just now disappeared.
"Cui Hao, are you in front?"
I suppressed the panic in my heart and shouted at the dead end in front of me.
Cui Hao's voice came from the other side of the wall.
"I'm here, I'm going, why is there a wall here? Is the end of the road we climb a dead end?"
I was stunned for a moment, and I couldn't tell whether I had seen it wrong or if I had taken a sidetrack.
I clearly remember that this is a one-way passage with no forks at all, and I did see a black square exit.
But why has it become a wall now?
Confused, I turned and looked behind me.
The long tunnel turned a vague corner a hundred meters away. I couldn't see what was on the other side of the curve.
"Cui Hao, do you feel weird?"
I waved my hands around, and suddenly I felt that the cold and cold wind had disappeared without knowing when.
My heart suddenly sank.
You know, if there is still that cool breeze, it means that I am very close to the exit of that passage.
The cool breeze blew onto my face from the exit of this passage, but now it seems that I am getting further and further away from that exit.
Not even a breath of wind could be felt.
Cui Hao's voice was a little trembling: "Xiao Manye, what should we do? I also feel something is wrong, and there seems to be a sound from my side. You also listen carefully to see if there are any small crunches around you. A crunching, rustling sound.”
His description was so gloomy that I couldn't help but immediately turn around and look around a few times. At the same time, I held my breath and listened carefully to the sounds around me.
Fortunately, there is no so-called click sound here, and the needle drop can still be heard quietly.
I shouted to Cui Hao on the other side of the wall.
"I have no sound. I don't know what your clicking sound is, but be careful. I just saw a square exit, but now it has disappeared. I have obviously been crawling forward."
I looked at the passage and suddenly had a guess in my mind.
"Cui Hao, I think someone may have set up some kind of deception at the corner. There is absolutely no way this place has only one such passage. It probably has several branches. When I came back to look for you just now, I might have mistakenly made the mistake accidentally. I entered one of the forks and lost myself."
I glanced around, feeling extremely nervous.
"There can be no problems on the straight road. There is a high probability that the problem will occur in the corners. I plan to climb back and see if I can solve the puzzle there. Just be careful, in case you encounter something. If you are in danger, you must escape as soon as possible."
Cui Hao's voice was mixed with a bit of uneasiness.
"Master Xiao Man, you said we won't be trapped under the ground like mice and suffocated to death, right?"
I shook my head, trying to comfort him as much as possible.
"Don't worry, since I brought you here, I will take you out intact and safe. Stay here. If the sound gets louder and gets closer to you, then Just find a way to escape. If not, just wait here for news from me."
After I told Cui Hao, I immediately turned around and crawled back towards the corner where I came from.
I once learned some skills from Aunt Hua and heard some legends.
I know that there are some skilled craftsmen who will find some surprising and weird tricks when setting up some entrances.
These things can confuse people's eyes and lead people to go astray without realizing it.
My first reaction was that there must be something like this at the corners we passed. However, the two of us were too panicked and wanted to crawl forward, so no one noticed it.
I carefully recalled that when I returned to look for Fatty just now, I passed a total of two turns.
The amplitude of these two turns is not large, and it is roughly an obtuse angle of 70 or 80 degrees. The problem must have occurred in this corner.
"If we can find the right path, then there is a high probability that we can find the fat man who lost me, and we can also find the square exit."
I quickly climbed to the first corner and carefully observed the surrounding situation.
The corner was gentle, and there were no decorations around. I raised my flashlight and looked around. It was extremely peaceful here, without even any sound or noise.
"If it weren't for the interference from the sound and other objects, how did the two of us get lost?"
I didn't give up and continued to carefully observe the surroundings with my flashlight to find out the situation.
I followed the corner and crawled a few more meters toward the way I came. At the same time, I pointed the flashlight at the wall at the corner and looked up and down carefully.
Suddenly, I discovered that when the flashlight's light hit the wall, there seemed to be some slight fluctuations and creases.
To be precise, after the light hits the wall, it seems to be reflected at a small angle, deviating from the straight line.
But because this angle is so small and almost parallel to the straight line, it is difficult for people to notice it intuitively.
I immediately stepped forward to observe carefully, lying on the end of the wall and watching carefully.
Only then did I notice that there seemed to be something vaguely reflecting light on the wall. I stretched out my hand and touched it. Compared with the rough stone tiles around it, the wall was slightly smoother.
It seems that there is some kind of paint specially painted on it, and this kind of thing can reflect the light and reflect a small arc that is extremely imperceptible.
"There's something wrong with this place."
I immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately began to carefully explore the surroundings, while moving back a few meters.
Suddenly, I vaguely felt that I bumped into something while crawling in the passage.
I looked back in surprise.
But when I looked back, I found that the light of the flashlight had become straight.
"What is this?"
I immediately climbed back to the corner and touched the wall carefully.
At this time, I discovered that the smooth friction on the wall had disappeared, and was replaced by the same rough and grainy feeling as the wall next to it.
"No, the wall has changed."
I suddenly realized something was wrong.
There is definitely something wrong with this place.
I immediately took out a pen and paper and simply drew a passage on the paper.
"Due to the light, it is difficult for people to notice that they have turned a vague turn. The underground space is inherently tight and narrow. If the turn is not too large..."
I found a passage that went straight forward, and drew a cosmic passage that was closely connected, but turned an arc.
"So in this place, if I accidentally touch some mechanism in the passage and another passage opens, then everything will make sense!"
