Xiong Ming rushed over and looked at the stone wall in front of him. He stretched out his hand and patted it for a long time. Except for the muffled sound of "pop", there was no abnormal movement.
Xiong Ming looked at me and Hua Muling anxiously and said loudly: "Why did we run into a dead end? Fourth girl, how did you lead the way?"
After Xiong Ming finished speaking, he looked at me again, as if waiting for me to say something. But I didn't speak, but looked at the entrance of the corridor not far behind me.
Because at this moment, a "creak, creak" friction sound was coming from over there. It was the unique sound made by the friction between the multi-legged arthropods and the ground when walking.
Needless to say, it was the black-backed and white-spotted millipede that was approaching us little by little at this moment.
Faced with the dilemma of having no way forward and pursuers behind us, the three of us could only choose to retreat a little bit and try to lean against the stone wall at the end of the corridor. It seemed that only in this way could we feel more secure. .
I held my breath, looking at the elongated figure at the corner of the corridor, and listening to the scalp-numbing "squeaking" sound, I knew that the black-backed and white-spotted millipede was coming!
Time is often relative. When you don't pay attention to it, it always fleets. But when you put all your attention on it, you may find that it passes by more than ever before. Much slower.
Time passed like this, and none of the three of us spoke, because all our attention was focused on the black-backed and white-spotted millipede.
But what none of us expected was that when the black-backed and white-spotted millipede was about to cross the corner, its whole body suddenly stopped moving.
Faced with this sudden change, the three of us were a little confused. You looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, we didn't know what to do.
Xiong Ming looked at me, lowered his voice and asked, "Hu Tian, what is going on?"
I also lowered my voice and whispered: "How do I know? But, Dali Bear, you must not act rashly! Let's take a look at the situation first!"
Xiong Ming nodded and said, "Okay! Don't worry! Master Xiong, I..."
Xiong Ming said as he pushed the wall with his hands to straighten his body trapped in the sand. But at this moment, the place where he pressed his hand suddenly "clicked" and a large piece sank.
Xiong Ming was shocked and shouted in a low voice: "No! I seem to have pressed some mechanism!"
After saying that, the guy wanted to take his hand away. But just as Xiong Ming was about to move, Hua Muling on the side suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Don't move!"
Xiong Ming was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Four girls from the Hua family, what's wrong? I'm under a lot of pressure from you, do you know?"
Hua Muling did not answer Xiong Ming's words, but pointed to the ceiling of the corridor.
Xiong Ming and I looked up in the direction of Hua Muling's finger, but we saw that there were more than ten steel arrows on the ceiling of the corridor.
Each one of them shone with an icy cold light, and it felt like poisonous snakes staring at us. As long as we made the slightest move, they would pounce down at any time and kill me on the spot.
I looked at the steel arrows on the ceiling, swallowed involuntarily, and lowered my voice and said: "I said Dali Bear, don't move your hands! I don't even have a girlfriend." ! You girl, please don’t squeak, I don’t want to become a hedgehog!”
After hearing my words, Xiong Ming cursed in a low voice: "These words make you nagging! You are talking like someone has a girlfriend!"
After Xiong Ming finished speaking, he turned sideways and glanced at Hua Muling beside him.
When Hua Muling noticed that Xiong Ming was looking at her again, she couldn't help but frowned and said, "Xiong Ming, why are you looking at me?"
Xiong Ming looked at Hua Muling for a while and said in a confused voice, "Fourth girl of the Hua family, do you have a boyfriend?"
Hua Muling was stunned, turned to glare at Xiong Ming and asked, "Why do you ask this?"
Xiong Ming clicked his teeth and said, "You see, that's it! If you have a boyfriend, we won't mention this matter. If you don't have a boyfriend, it's better to choose one between the two of us to make a couple." They’re a couple, aren’t they? Maybe we’ll meet the Lord of Hell together later, so we won’t be alone on the Yin and Yang Road, right?”
Xiong Ming said it seriously, which made Hua Muling very angry. , according to my estimation, if it weren't for the tense situation now, Hua Muling could just go up and give this kid two big mouths!
After listening to this, I couldn't help but raise my thumb at Xiong Ming and said, "What a scam, Dali Xiong! I haven't seen you for a few years, but now you are acting like a gangster."
The bear understood me, gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "Just... play!"
Hua Muling whispered: "When did this happen? Can you two stop making trouble?"
I shrugged and said, "Okay!"
Seeing that Xiong Ming didn't respond, I looked at Xiong Ming in surprise and found that this guy was looking seriously at his hand pressed into the stone wall.
I realized something was wrong, so I asked sharply: "Dali Bear, what's wrong?"
Xiong Ming didn't answer me, but slowly held the other hand on the forearm of the other hand. After a while, big beads of sweat began to flow down Xiong Ming's face.
At the same time, a heartbreaking sound of iron friction came from the wall and ceiling.
It took a long time for Xiong Ming to squeeze out a few words through his teeth, "The mechanism started... it rebounded... I can't stand it anymore... Hu Tian... think of a way..."
Dozens of steel arrows on the ceiling of the corridor are adjusting their aim little by little as the mechanism rotates, ready to shoot the people who appear in front of them into hedgehogs at any time.
The fine dark red sand is still flowing and rustling, seeming to bury everything that enters here.
The dim fluorescent red still enveloped the entire corridor in an extremely strange atmosphere. At the same time, it also stretched the figure of the black-backed and white-spotted millipede at the turning point of the corridor.
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The red light is beating, but the light at this time does not come from the strange sand in the corridor, but from the candle in the hand of a person, the candle in the hand of Mr. Xu.
Mr. Xu held a candle and stood in front of the coffin where Badou Liu had been lying before, looking at everything in that coffin.
This is the fourth coffin that Mr. Xu has carefully inspected.
Like the three coffins before, there was really nothing inside the coffin except dark brown sand.
Mr. Xu stood in front of the coffin and thought for a while. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something. He slowly reached into the coffin and grabbed a handful of dark brown sand. He twisted it with his thumb, index finger and ring finger. Then he put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and suddenly felt an unpleasant fishy smell entering his nasal cavity.
The smell was very special. Although it smelled extremely fishy, the smell seemed to be mixed with the aroma of some Chinese herbal medicine.
Mr. Xu frowned, raised his eyes at Xu Ming and asked, "When did they disappear?"
Xu Ming thought for a while and said, "About half an hour ago."
Mr. Xu frowned and asked, "Half an hour ago? What were you doing at that time? Aren't you here watching?"
Xu Ming did not answer, but glanced at Chen Liansheng standing beside him.
Chen Liansheng is the steward of these third-generation disciples, and the team guarding these coffins today was also arranged by Chen Liansheng himself.
When Chen Liansheng saw Xu Ming looking at him, he immediately understood Xu Ming's fear of taking responsibility, so he stood up and said, "Second Master Xu, it's like this! Because most of the brothers went out to check the news today, and the remaining people at home are We didn’t have many manpower, so I only asked two of them to take turns guarding these coffins.”
Xu Ming nodded and said, "Yes! That's right!"
Chen Liansheng continued: "Just half an hour ago, when Xu Ming and Li Xiaocong from the previous shift were changing shifts, they suddenly discovered that smoke was coming out of one of the coffins, and then smoke was coming out of the other three coffins."
Xu Ming added on the side: "At that time, Li Xiaocong and I thought someone inside the coffin deliberately set a fire, so we hurried back to find a fire extinguisher. But when I came back with the fire extinguisher, the white smoke coming from the coffin suddenly erupted. They disappeared. Then, Li Xiaocong and I went to check the smoking coffins, and found that the people lying inside were missing."
After hearing Xu Ming's words, Mr. Xu frowned and asked, "Are you sure there was no one else in the yard at that time?"
Xu Ming said: "I'm sure! It only took less than two minutes for me to go back and forth. In addition, Li Xiaocong from the previous shift was watching, so I can be sure that there was no one in the yard at that time."
Mr. Xu didn't seem to believe what Xu Ming said, so he asked again: "Are you sure?"
Xu Ming nodded and said, "I'm sure!"
Mr. Xu nodded, then turned around and asked Chen Liansheng, "Who is Li Xiaocong?"
Chen Liansheng said: "He should go back to his room to sleep at this time."
Mr. Xu frowned slightly and said: "Such a big thing happened in Yiyuanzhai, and this kid actually still wants to sleep! Damn it! Come on, take me to his room!"
Chen Liansheng said hurriedly: "Yes! Mr. Xu, go this way!"
After saying that, Chen Liansheng led the way, leaving Xu Ming to continue guarding the coffins. After all, Hou Dayong and Hua Sanniang were still lying in the remaining two coffins.
Chen Liansheng took Mr. Xu around the backyard where the coffin was parked, passed a small building, and stopped in front of the third room below the small building.
Chen Liansheng looked at Master Xu and said, "Master Xu, here we are! This is Li Xiaocong's room."
Mr. Xu nodded and said, "Knock on the door! Call this kid out!"
After Chen Liansheng nodded in agreement, he strode to the door and knocked three times.
Chen Liansheng's knock on the door was not too quiet, but what was strange was that after three knocks, the boy named Li Xiaocong did not come out to open the door, or in other words, there was no reaction at all in the room.
Chen Liansheng said in surprise: "Huh?"
Mr. Xu asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Liansheng said: "That's wrong!"
Mr. Xu asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Liansheng said: "This kid Li Xiaocong has severe mental weakness. He usually wakes up if anyone farts in front of his door. What happened today? He didn't react at all when I knocked on the door like this. ?This is too strange!”
After hearing what Chen Liansheng said, Mr. Xu frowned and thought for a while, then pushed Chen Liansheng away, raised his foot and kicked open Li Xiaocong's door.
What Xu Erye and Chen Liansheng didn't expect at all was that the boy named Li Xiaocong was sitting in the middle of the room, looking at them with a strange smile.
However, Li Xiaocong's head was not on his neck, but in the palm of his hand.
