It dawned on me and I immediately understood the cause and effect.
When we were crawling in the straight passage, there must be some kind of mechanism hidden on the walls on both sides of the passage or under the ground.
We accidentally touched the mechanism, so the passage bifurcated.
Maybe the mechanism was relatively small, and I just didn't trigger it when I crawled over, so I walked into the straight passage.
But Cui Hao accidentally touched the mechanism while crawling, so he chased me to another road.
To him, it was me who disappeared into thin air in front of him with a flashlight.
And I didn't realize at all that he had disappeared behind me.
I breathed a sigh of relief, quickly turned around and groped the ground carefully, looking for as many traps as possible.
This mechanism is relatively secretive, and it is impossible to locate its specific location without searching carefully.
I groped carefully and quickly identified the target.
There is a light bump on the ground somewhere under my body. Since the place is not big, it is probably only the size of a palm.
I found that every time I touched this spot, my flashlight light would be deflected around the bend ahead.
It seemed that it was the mechanism hidden at this location that changed our direction.
"We are both very lucky. There are many such corners ahead, and neither of us got lost. It seems that we have not encountered the fatal mechanism."
I finally understand why the underground is so small, just to increase the probability of us touching the mechanism.
If people who don't understand this mechanism keep crawling underground, they will have to keep changing channels, and sooner or later they will get lost underground.
Fortunately, I had learned some things in this area from Aunt Hua, so I quickly found the key.
Otherwise, I don’t know how long Cui Hao and I will be lost underground.
I immediately turned my head and shouted quickly towards the entrance where I came from.
"Fat man, can you hear me?"
I pressed the switch, bent the road and climbed back quickly.
Sure enough, I saw the dead end again.
I knocked on the wall, put my mouth on the wall and shouted to the other side.
"Fat man, can you hear me? Are you still on the other side?"
There was no response from the other side of the wall, but there were also two sounds of knocking on the wall.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fat man, why don't you speak? I knocked on the wall to let you hear. How is the situation over there?"
However, in the face of my questioning, Cui Hao said nothing and lost his voice completely.
I knocked on the wall again in confusion, but it was still quiet on the other side.
I suddenly vaguely realized that something was wrong.
Just when I shouted Cui Hao's name again towards the passage.
His response came from the right side of my head.
"Xiao Manye, I seem to be lost. Just after you left for a while, a few big mice the size of basketballs came from the front. I asked what that rustling sound was. Emotions are caused by these ghost things. movement."
Cui Hao's voice was trembling, and he was obviously frightened.
"I didn't dare to stay where I was, so I immediately turned around and rushed out. I finally stabbed a few mice with my knife and threw them away. But I don't know where I went now. coming."
I took a deep breath and looked back at the wall in front of me.
I reached out and tapped on the wall again.
"Fat man, can you hear me knocking on the wall?"
Cui Hao was silent for a moment, seeming to recognize the voice.
I knocked on the wall a few more times before Cui Hao answered.
"I heard a little bit, but if you don't lie down on the ground, it's hard to hear you knocking on the wall. What are you knocking on the wall for?"
I swallowed and asked Cui Hao again.
"You are now above the right side of my head. Your position should have changed again. Are you sure you are not in the original passage now?"
Cui Hao's voice was quite certain.
"Of course it can't be in the original passage, because now there is a straight passage before and after me, and there are no walls at all. When I was communicating with you just now, I climbed to a dead end."
My whole body was cold.
Since Cui Hao had climbed into other passages, he didn't hear my knocking on the wall.
So what is the thing that I just responded to twice?
I didn't dare to think deeply and immediately responded to Cui Hao's guess.
"That is to say, there is a way out at the corner. Carefully search around the corner to see if you can find the corresponding switch. And remember, the windy place should be the way out."
As soon as I pressed the switch at the corner, I already felt the change in the surrounding environment.
At the dead end of the curve, I felt nothing, the surroundings were extremely dry and calm.
But when I moved to the commutation execution channel, I could vaguely feel a cool breeze blowing towards me.
I think there must be a hidden vent in this execution passage.
And that was the switch on the barrier that allowed me to find my way out.
Let’s not talk about whether the two of us can successfully find the exit of the square hole. Now there are basketball-sized rats attacking people underground, as well as an unknown thing that responded to my two knocks on the wall.
It's too weird down here. The two of us have to get together as soon as possible to avoid carrying these things and dying underground.
After Cui Hao heard my conclusion, he immediately nodded and said he would find a way now.
I turned around, came back to the corner where the two of us got lost and separated, and switched to the straight channel.
I'm just waiting here quietly for Cui Hao to come over.
I waited for nearly half an hour and almost fell asleep leaning against the wall.
Suddenly I felt my back sink, and a hand was placed on my shoulder.
I was so shocked that I immediately raised the dagger and hit it backwards hard.
Cui Hao groaned and fell to the ground.
"I'll go, Mr. Man, you almost shaved off my handsome face."
When I saw that the person coming was Cui Hao, I let out a long sigh of relief.
I took back the dagger and helped him up from the ground.
"It's you. You didn't even say a word. You almost scared me to death."
After saying that, I looked around. Until now, I still haven't figured out where Cui Hao crawled over from.
I didn't even see the way out or the passage.
Seeing my confused expression, Cui Hao pointed to the long road he came from.
"When I crawled over just now, I saw there was light on your side, but in order to avoid some weird ghost thing, I didn't dare to say anything, but crawled over silently. After crawling in front of you, I confirmed that it was you. , I reached out and slapped you, I didn’t mean it.”
I nodded.
The underground is extremely cold and weird, and there are all kinds of unknown things.
It's better for the two of us to be more careful, the better. Cui Hao's method of handling this is no problem at all.
I immediately pressed the switch and switched the execution channel. This time I directly tied my and Cui Hao's hands with a rope and crawled forward.
"We should have two forks here. Simply put, there are four ways out. We then climbed forward and marked them at the same time."
I took out the candles Cui Hao had given me before and stuck a few candles on the ground to mark them.
But wherever there is a switch, I stick a candle.
"So in just about four attempts, we should be able to find a way out."
I immediately led Cui Hao through the turn and continued walking straight forward.
Almost ten minutes later, I felt a cold wind blowing against my face again.
I shivered and felt confident at the same time.
With such a cool wind, I must have found a way out.
As expected.
After we crawled forward for several dozen meters, I saw a square hole in front of me at a glance.
It seems that I did not climb the wrong passage before, I actually found the way out in one go.
If Cui Hao hadn't suddenly gone missing, maybe I would have left this place long ago without having to put in so much effort.
I cautiously stared at the empty space in front of me and pulled Cui Hao, who was very interested.
"Don't worry, press the urine under the ground. I'm afraid there will be more dirty things in front of here. You should be careful and follow me. I will crawl forward slowly, and you should take out your weapons. , if we encounter any danger, we can respond in time."
I immediately took out the dagger and held it across my chest. I held a flashlight in my other hand and pointed it at the hole in front of me.
I was afraid that something would suddenly come out of this hole and attack Cui Hao and me. Killing us head-on would be the most terrifying thing.
Cui Hao nodded and quickly took out the weapon on his body.
"Don't worry, even if a few evil ghosts emerge from the ground, if they want to catch you, I will fight with them to get you back."
I turned around and rolled my eyes at him contemptuously.
"Then thank you very much!"
I turned around and crawled into the passage ahead, continuing to crawl toward the square hole.
The surroundings are getting colder and colder, and my teeth are chattering from the cold.
Cui Hao is no better than me, his voice even has a bit of gritted teeth.
"Let me go, what is there under the ground? Why is it so cold?"
I shook my head, took a deep breath and climbed to the end of the passage.
I raised my flashlight and looked around along the square passage. The surroundings were extremely quiet. The dark mass in this passage seemed to have a lot of room for benefit.
My flashlight couldn't illuminate this place for a while.
"I don't know what's ahead. Let's be careful when we go out. There seems to be steps down here. Follow me down slowly."
I touched forward and looked down with my flashlight.
This turned out to be a step built into the stone wall. The step was not a traditional step, but a rectangular protrusion carved into the wall, which could just accommodate the soles of two feet.
The bumps are distributed in a zigzag shape. If you don't have any skills, you can't climb down from here on foot. You may fall to your death halfway.
