"Is there someone outside?!"
Qi Xia listened carefully to the old voice, and felt that it did not come from the alley, as if it came from farther away.
But how could there be such a distant sound in this narrow alley that could only be reached in tens of meters?
"I heard footsteps!" the voice shouted, "If there is anyone, please tell me... I'm not a bad person! Is anyone there?"
Qi Xia looked coldly at the black bead between her eyebrows, and then said softly: "Yes."
"boom".
The black beads shattered after Qi Xia spoke.
He originally wanted to take the opportunity to leave, but he was a little curious about the scene deep in the alley, so after thinking for a few seconds, he walked forward step by step.
Just less than halfway, there was a "crackling" sound under my feet, as if I had stepped on something.
Qi Xia moved away cautiously, then squatted down and picked up something on the ground and took a look.
It's an already crispy thigh bone.
What made him feel strange was that the owners of these bones looked like they had been dead for a long time, and there was even a slight trace of mud on them.
"Young man?" The old voice came faintly again, "Come forward, be careful!"
Qi Xia thought for a while, then looked at the beads above her head, and suddenly had a new idea.
"What are you careful about?" Qi Xia asked.
As soon as the words fell, the black beads above his head flew out, and they flew to an unknown destination in the darkness.
"Be careful of the big pit!" the old man replied, "If you keep walking forward, there will be a pit! Be careful not to fall into the pit!"
"pit?"
Qi Xia casually threw the bone fragments in his hands on the ground, then tentatively walked forward with his feet.
The walls on both sides of the alley were very high, almost completely blocking the light. Qi Xia could only slow down and think quickly about the other party's motives.
Did this old man trick people into coming in and then kill them?
But why did he choose such a hidden alley?
If he hadn't followed the map and walked into the alley, it stands to reason that no one would pass by in such a blind alley.
"Where are you?" Qi Xia asked.
"You go further!" the old man said, "come and help me!"
"help?"
Qi Xia walked another five or six steps, feeling that the stone road under her feet was already covered with sand, and there was a "rustling" sound as she walked up.
After another three or five steps, the path was suddenly empty under his feet. He tested the left and right sides with his feet and found that there was indeed a big pit that was invisible in front of him, completely lying across the alley.
If this old man hadn't reminded him, he would have fallen.
"Are you here?" The old man shouted again, "Here it is!"
Only then did Qi Xia hear that the old man's voice came from the pit.
He slowly squatted down and then looked down. He was almost mentally prepared before looking down, but he didn't expect that the scene in the pit was nothing special at all.
An old man with a face covered with dust stood in a cave more than three meters deep. He was holding a shovel in his left hand and a kerosene lamp that was about to burn out in his right hand. He was looking up hard.
The light of the kerosene lamp will soon disappear, and it can only gather in the potholes without being able to be emitted.
"Is he a young man?" the old man asked, "can you see me here?"
Qi Xia paused after hearing this and said coldly: "Are you here?"
"It's a long story..." the old man said, "Anyway, I'm digging a hole, and now it's too deep to get out of... Can you help me?"
"Dig a hole...?"
Qi Xia frowned and looked at the deep pit in front of him. It was almost two meters wide and three or four meters deep. If it was really dug by this old man, it should have taken a long time.
"I can rescue you," Qi Xia said, "but you have to tell me why you dug the hole."
"I was afraid you wouldn't ask!!" the old man said happily, "I seem to have discovered something amazing! Pull me up quickly, and I'll tell you right now! Fortunately, someone came before the lamp burned out. Otherwise, I really don’t know how to get out!”
Qi Xia nodded. He really couldn't feel the dangerous aura from the other party, so he could only agree to the other party.
This old man looks different from Wei Yang. He is very conscious.
A man who is not crazy is digging a hole in a dark alley. Qi Xia is very curious about the other person's motives.
"Put up the shovel." Qi Xia said.
"Ah? Why?"
"The distance is not enough, I will use a shovel to pull you up." Qi Xia said, "Otherwise, how can I save you with my bare hands?"
The old man held his shovel and thought for a long time. The shovel in his hand looked like a weapon for self-protection. He could not give up easily, but after thinking about it carefully, there was really no other better way.
"Young man, I told you in advance..." the old man said with a serious face, "I discovered the "big secret" of this place! Just pull me up and I'll share this secret with you! "
"The "big secret"...? Qi Xia raised his brows, feeling that he had come to the right place, "Don't worry, if I want to kill you, I can just fill the hole with soil, so there is no need to go to such trouble." "
"Uh..." The old man nodded after hearing this, "That seems right... just wait!"
The old man lowered his head, took off his clothes, then wrapped a bunch of stuff in his clothes, and finally put it under his arm.
After packing, he raised his head and slowly raised the shovel in Qi Xia's direction.
"Sorry to trouble you! Young man!"
Qi Xia took a deep breath, squatted down and held the shovel. With the two of them working together, the old man pulled the shovel and walked up on the edge of the pit.
Although the hole was not deep, the two still spent a lot of effort.
Although the old man looked very strong, he insisted on using only one hand, so Qi Xia had to use all his strength to steady the shovel before pulling the old man, who looked like he weighed a hundred pounds at most, out of the hole.
Qi Xia threw the shovel aside and said, "Okay, let's show you your "big secret". "
The old man lay on the ground panting for a long time, then raised the kerosene lamp to his face and looked at Qi Xia.
"Why are you so rude, young man?" the old man asked.
"I saved you, do I still need to be polite to you?" Qi Xia replied.
"Hey, that's right." The old man mysteriously took out the clothes from his armpits and waved them in front of Qi Xia, "What's wrapped here is the "big secret"! "
"Oh?" Qi Xia wondered expressionlessly, "What is this?"
The old man put his clothes on the ground and put the kerosene lamp aside.
Only then did Qi Xia see that there were many broken bones of human corpses nearby, and the one he had just stepped on was just one of them.
What confused him even more was that the broken bones looked like they had just been dug out.
The old man carefully opened the cloth bag on the ground, as if showing Qi Xia an undiscovered treasure.
"Young man... you are lucky to be able to see me here..."
Qi Xia used the faint light to look at the contents of the cloth bag and found that it was a dirty skull.
