what happened?
Joey scratched his head in confusion and paused for a few seconds before he realized that it was probably Annie who was worried about Anderson and was also on guard.
In the morning, everyone woke up one after another.
Anne brings everyone together.
Joey may have guessed what she wanted to do, so he quietly glanced at Guer. The two looked at each other, then quietly walked around to the back, blocking Anderson's escape route.
"What do you mean?" Anderson looked directly at Anne with a complicated expression.
Sure enough, this guy was very vigilant. Now that he was discovered, Joey didn't need to hide. He just said hello and blocked Anderson's back path from left to right.
Under the suspicious gazes of everyone, Annie said with a cold face and seriously:
"Anderson, how did you come back?"
"Annie, what do you mean?" As he spoke, he touched his lower back.
Gur looked fierce and shouted: "Don't move."
His reaction frightened the rest of the people, and they all cast doubtful glances at him.
"I don't understand what you are talking about. What we should do now is to find the professor quickly."
Joey's eyes stayed on Anderson's face for a long time, but he didn't notice anything strange on it.
This made him frown.
There was no trace of the tension on Anderson's face that something had come to light.
After he and Annie returned to the camp yesterday, the reason why they didn't rush to attack Anderson was that they wanted to temporarily stabilize each other and wait for him to show his weakness.
The reason is simple. If Professor Remo's death had something to do with Anderson, he must have had other purposes when he returned to the camp.
Who knows, he and Annie waited all night and stayed up all night, but nothing happened.
"Mi Pang, are you ready with what I told you last night?"
Hearing Annie mention him, Mi Panghan smiled and pulled out a big bag, which contained some easy-to-carry food and water.
“It’s all done”
Under the suspicious eyes of everyone, Anne waved her hand and called for everyone to set off.
During this period, Joey and Gurr targeted Anderson to death.
Looking at Anderson, who was frowning, Joey said coldly: "Stop wondering, you'll know why when you get there."
He also knows that it is useless to talk about this situation now, and he can only let it be at his mercy.
Soon, 8 people came to the place they discovered yesterday again.
In the low-lying areas, you can still vaguely see traces of the sand being turned over.
As Gul dug, he muttered incomprehensible spells in his mouth.
With a sharp 'ah' sound, Professor Remo's body was revealed again.
Joey clasped his hands together and nodded slightly to show respect for the deceased.
Anne looked at Anderson with cold eyes: "You'd better have a reasonable explanation."
The moment Anderson saw the corpse's face clearly, he was stunned and froze on the spot.
"How is it possible..." His face was full of astonishment, and then he seemed to think of something, waved his hands repeatedly, and said anxiously: "You don't doubt that I did it, do you?"
He finally figured out why Annie had been staring at him with a look as if she was guarding against thieves since morning.
In fact, Joey didn't take a close look at the body yesterday.
He stepped forward, ready to take a closer look. It didn't matter at first glance, he really discovered something different.
"Wait, don't rush to a conclusion yet." As he said this, he turned around and greeted: "Doctor Marge, come here."
As a doctor, Margaret was no stranger to things like corpses.
She naturally took out a pair of gloves from her pocket, put them on, and began to examine the body.
The others waited quietly with bated breath.
After about seven or eight minutes, she stood up with a complicated look on her face and a strange expression on her face. Looking at everyone's eager eyes, she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
She seemed to be organizing her words, and after about ten seconds she said:
"Judging from the decomposition of this body, he died at least ten years ago."
"Are you kidding me?"
"Doctor, stop teasing everyone."
. . . .
Suddenly, everyone started to make noises.
This result was beyond everyone's expectation.
Joey asked: "In ten years, I'm afraid only the skeleton will be left of this body."
Not only did Professor Remo's body appear to show no signs of decay, but even the clothes on his body were intact.
"This is what I find strange. It's incredible that the corpse is so well preserved." Dr. Mag's brows knit together tightly. This corpse subverted her common sense after more than ten years of medical practice.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly fell into deathly silence.
Joey took two steps back and looked sideways at Anderson: "What's wrong with you?"
At this time, the expression on Anderson's face kept changing. Doubt, entanglement, fear, and many other emotions appeared on his face at the same time.
He was silent, just lowered his head, and his whole person became confused.
Annie said: "Let's go to the waterhole first."
"Wait a minute," Joey said, calling to Gur, and the two of them turned and entered the bushes nearby.
When I came back, I had some firewood in my hands.
"What are you doing?" Annie glared at Joey dissatisfied: "Don't waste time."
He explained: "This body cannot be kept, it is best to burn it"
Girls are more emotional, and Olivia had a rare expression of anger on her face.
"Joy, what you did...is very immoral."
"Yes!" Before she could continue speaking, Joey waved his hands repeatedly: "You want to be a good person?"
Ollie's eyes under the black frames flickered, but she finally stopped talking.
She also knew that doing this was the best option for Joey at the moment.
No one could predict whether something unexpected would happen to this strange corpse.
A person who was alive yesterday turned into a corpse in the blink of an eye. The most important thing is that this corpse had been dead for ten years.
No one would deny the autopsy certificate of a senior doctor, even though the doctor was frowning now.
Several people set off forward, with a plume of black smoke behind them and the sound of firewood sizzling.
A little way ahead is the waterhole. Mi Pang took out the food and water from his backpack and distributed them to everyone: "Why don't you find a place to rest for a while?"
At this moment, a deafening sound exploded.
Looking for the sound, Joey felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart when he saw that direction.
"Hurry, something seems to have happened."
With that said, he rushed out first without waiting for anyone to react.
When everyone arrived one after another, Joey was standing by the pool with a stunned look on his face.
"Why are you running so fast?" Chris panted and walked up. As soon as he said hello, he also froze in place.
I saw that the water level in the pool dropped sharply, and in the center was a dark whirlpool, like a big funnel, with water pouring down.
The source of the sound just now was this flood-discharging vortex.
Everyone waited quietly for the water level to drop, and the scenery buried under the water gradually emerged.
"Look, there are stairs." Mi Pang pointed in one direction excitedly.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, where there was a winding staircase.
At this time, the sinking water level could no longer be seen, and only some slight water sounds could be heard.
Gur jumped down first.
Annie said: "Follow me"
"Do you really want to go down?" Ollie was the timidest of the girls. Looking at the dark entrance of the abyss, her eyes were full of uneasiness.
"Don't, don't go in, we will all die" Anderson roared like crazy, and kept beating his head while roaring.
Joey tried to comfort him: "What's wrong? Calm down."
When Anderson calmed down, he asked tentatively: "Do you know what's in it?"
Even though Joey has a strong psychological endurance, he was also startled by Anderson's sudden strange laughter.
"whee!"
"Do you know what's inside? Hehe, I won't tell you."
At this point, Anderson is like a mentally disturbed child.
There was drool at the corner of his mouth and his eyes were distracted.
From time to time, he would burst into laughter.
"You can't escape, you can't escape. Hehe, go home."
He jumped up and down, and ran into the passage before anyone could react. He disappeared in the blink of an eye, and could only hear the sound of "hee hee" coming from the depths of the cave.
"Is this crazy?" Gul asked with a strange look on his face: "Do you want to chase me?"
Annie looked at him, thought about it, sighed and said, "I won't chase him."
"Yes, I didn't understand the situation. It would be dangerous to catch up." Joey frowned and thought for a moment. He originally planned to have everyone go in. In this way, to a certain extent, everyone would be tied together. Some people who want to make small moves have to think carefully.
Anderson suddenly went crazy and disrupted the plan. After his eyes wandered around everyone, he had a plan in his heart.
Annie can't stay, she is the strongest fighter on the surface.
"Fat man, you stay with Ollie and Mag."
His arrangement was approved by everyone.
. . .
It must be said that Anne was well prepared, even a small flashlight for lighting.
All four of them were holding flashlights in their hands. At this time, the depth of the dive was far greater than the depth that Joey had dived to yesterday.
Logically speaking, it should be very cold deep underground with no sunlight. However, the fact is that the four of them are now sweating profusely due to the heat.
"Why don't you say anything? Do you think Anderson is really crazy?" In the depressing atmosphere, Chris couldn't hold it back after all.
Among the four, only Chris seemed to be more talkative. He started to tell some interesting things that happened around him.
Joey stood close to Annie, answering Chris's words from time to time.
Joey walked at the back of the four, followed by Annie, Gul, and Chris.
When the flashlight hit the ground, it could be seen that Annie's steps were somewhat disordered.
He muttered in his mind, "If I remember correctly, she must have claustrophobia. I asked her to come down, and she won't beat me when she gets out."
If he had the choice, he wouldn't want Anne to come down.
It's just that he has no choice but to expose his identity as a transcendent unless absolutely necessary.
A wild transcendent with no strength background will die miserably if exposed.
Try not to be exposed if you can.
Of course, if it is an extraordinary path recognized by the Orthodox Church, then let’s talk about it separately.
Not only would he not be wanted by the church, he might even be able to join the church and become an investigator.
'whee'
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from deep in the passage.
"It's Anderson, he's in front." Chris exclaimed, trying to catch up.
"Don't be impulsive." Gur was right behind him and quickly reached out to hold him.
It is estimated that they have gone down to about a hundred meters underground now. If they get separated in this situation, it will be a big problem.
Things often backfire, and the more you fear something, the more it will come.
Looking at the two forked paths that appeared in front of him, Joey's brows knitted together tightly.
He said: "How about we split up?"
The choice we face now is that we don’t know which path is safe. If we choose the right way, it is naturally the best. But if we choose the wrong way, we will be blamed.
Gur thought for a while and said, "How to divide it?"
"You and Chris choose one way, Annie and I go the other way."
After grouping, the 4 people separated.
Chris chose the left side and walked in proactively: "This is our side."
Until the two of them disappeared, Annie, who had been silent for a long time, let out a sound of "Yeah", and then she slumped down softly.
Her shoulders shook slightly, and the flashlight made a crisp sound when it fell to the ground.
I said, why don't you say anything? It turns out that you have been holding it in. Sure enough, claustrophobia is difficult to overcome. I chose to expose it after Chris and the two left. It seems that he trusts me.
Joey thought like this, organized his words, and comforted softly: "Darkness is actually not that scary."
Anne looked up at him in astonishment.
“The best way to overcome fear is to face it”
She turned her head and stared at the dark passage, which looked like a bloody mouth, like an abyss.
His hesitant eyes gradually became firm, and he slowly stood up, falling down several times during the process. Joey watched quietly from the side without any intention of helping him.
After waiting for a while, a rare look of joy appeared on her face: "Joy, thank you, I don't seem to be so scared anymore."
"real?"
The moment Annie nodded, Joey turned off the flashlight, and suddenly the entire cave fell into darkness.
This was accompanied by a scream from Annie.
In the darkness, her eyes suddenly widened, her face instantly turned pale, and her hands were waving wildly, as if she wanted to grab something.
"Joy, Joey!" she shouted with a trembling voice: "Where are you? Don't leave me!"
The empty echo that followed her.
Joey hid less than ten meters away from her. With his spiritual vision turned on, he could see clearly in the darkness.
Not only can he see Annie, but he can also feel that the aura of an extraordinary person is slowly escaping from her body.
Was it too harsh? If you don't take this strong medicine, you will lose control directly.
He was ready to run away at any moment.
If a combat-type transcendent loses control, he has seen the consequences before, so he would be better off avoiding it if he can.
Time passed by minute by minute.
He watched helplessly as Annie went from collapse and fear at the beginning to numbness at the end.
I felt that the effect was almost there, and sighed softly in my heart.
The flashlight turned on with a click.
Suddenly, a beam of light lit up in the darkness, hitting Annie's pear-shaped face.
Who would have thought that the arrogant young lady outside now looks aggrieved.
"How do you feel now?" Joey asked.
Annie stood up silently, and Joey didn't even react. She flew backwards like a cannonball, hit the stone wall on the side and bounced back to the ground.
"Ouch"
There was a sudden sharp pain in his lower abdomen and back, and he wailed: "You are crazy!"
Annie walked over angrily and glared at Joey fiercely: "I feel very bad now, it feels like hitting someone."
As she spoke, her fists clenched and made a clicking sound.
It seems like it’s really a big deal. Joey was complaining in his heart, but there was a look of flattery on his face.
"I'm just trying to help you control your fear, why are you hitting me?" He held his stomach and kept shouting, "Ouch, ouch."
"Is it really that serious?"
