Ren Ke noticed an unidentified object sticking out in the middle.

She pressed her hand on it and felt a texture similar to iron. It sank into her with a little force, which surprised her.

Before I could be surprised for long, there were suddenly several "boom" sounds beside me.

Ren Ke turned his head subconsciously, and saw that a large part of the stone wall had moved, and quickly moved back, revealing a passage that could accommodate one person! "Got it!"

Ren Ke immediately spoke up to remind the people outside.

Upon hearing the sound, Lin Wu and others quickened their pace and gathered in front of the gap where Couzai was. Lin Wu, Chang Chi and Gao Zhouwen, who were nearby, squatted down to watch first.

"Is there really a way?" Chang Chi was delighted and said, "Let's go now. You... No, you come out first. I'll be the first to go in and explore the way."

"Chang Chi!" Chang San, who heard it from behind, stepped forward immediately, "No need for you, I'll explore the way."

Chang Chi raised his hand to stop him, "It's best for me to come to a place like this. If something really happens, you might get hurt, but I won't."

Gao Zhouwen was not confident that Chang Chi, a stranger to him, would explore the way, and he was puzzled when he heard the words: "What do you mean? Why aren't you hurt?"

"What does it have to do with you? If you don't want to explore and take risks, then don't worry about what others do, just shut up and follow." Chang Chi was too lazy to reply him.

Gao Zhouwen frowned and looked at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu reached out and pulled the dizzy Ren Ke out, handing her a bottle of water. Facing the gazes of several people, she said, "If he wants to explore the way, let him go. It doesn't matter who goes."

Chang Chi looked at her and said, "You will come in last, behind the archaeological team."

After saying that, he swiftly lowered his body and crawled in, then rolled into the passage.

Chang San didn't think twice and quickly followed with two members of the Huo family.

Gao Zhouwen and Han Yuesong looked at each other, and without caring who was behind, they followed in. Professor Zhang, Wang Lin, and Qiu Mei didn't want to stay here anymore, so they crawled in quickly.

Luan Zhi said with concern: "Miss Lin, if there is any danger, we will remind you in time."

Lin Wu hummed perfunctorily.

The remaining Jian Chonghe slowly glanced at Lin Wu and the others, said "be careful", and then climbed in as well.

"Let's go." Lin Wu said, and several people went in one by one.

There is a two-meter-deep natural passage below. The person who falls in first will help the person coming down behind him after landing to prevent him from falling and getting hurt.

After standing still, Lin Wu raised the flashlight and looked at the passage. It was cold and gloomy, and quite narrow. It was a bit difficult for the two of them to walk side by side.

Chang Chi in front had already impatiently led his men out for a long distance, and the archaeological team followed closely behind.

Lin Wu and the others followed, and soon they heard screams. When they got closer, they saw two people in front of them who had died of serious injuries. They were the ones sent by the archaeological team earlier, and their injuries were very similar to those of the previous four people.

This time everyone was much calmer. When they saw a dead body, they were sure that someone had indeed walked here, which made them feel much more at ease.

The crowd didn't stay for too long and continued to move forward.

Lin Wu was cautious. After Han Yuesong and the others had gone far away, she turned back to see if she could find the same brand or other clues, but she found none.

Bai Jing and Lin Wu understood what she meant, "Those two are ordinary researchers, not special personnel like Han Yuesong and his team, so they can't get any useful information."

Lin Wu hummed solemnly and said, "I still haven't figured out what organization uses that brand. Well, it seems I can only check it out after I get out."

The two of them quickly chased after them, and with Bo Ning and the others providing cover, no one noticed they had left.

Because they saw many sharp knives and arrows on the ground in front of them, and there were traces of trigger mechanisms on the wall next to them. If they walked further forward, there was a big pit at a distance, and there were all kinds of sharp blades in the pit. If a person fell into it, he would be stabbed.

There were scattered traces of blood on the ground. It was obvious that these mechanisms were triggered suddenly and were hard to guard against. Some of the people who had been here before were injured.

"I didn't expect that your people ahead had such a hard time walking. It's a good thing it was hard, it was hard for them, but now it's easy for us." Chang Chi said with a gloating look at the people in the archaeological team.

“Whether it’s easy now or not is still a matter of time.” Wang Lin said with a grim expression.

Chang Chi retorted: "That's because you have it harder than us. It's not certain whether you can survive. You'd better pray that nothing really happens."

Wang Lin's face turned green.

Chang Chi hummed a tune and continued walking forward, but if you observed him carefully, you would find that he was very alert and was observing his surroundings calmly.

The group walked for about twenty minutes when they suddenly discovered that the passage began to slope downward and they were walking deeper underground.

Various mechanisms that are triggered appear from time to time in front.

Seeing that some of them had really relaxed, Lin Wu reminded them to be vigilant as there might be mechanisms that had not been triggered.

As a result, her words came true. When Professor Zhang was exhausted and wanted to rest, he leaned against the wall. With a "click", a wall behind him moved away, and a poisonous snake flew out! Jian Chonghe quickly pulled Professor Zhang away, drew his sword with his backhand, and directly split the snake in half, which fell to the ground with a thud.

Seeing that the upper body with the snake head was still moving and seemed to be about to continue attacking, Luan Zhi stabbed it without hesitation.

Their actions made Lin Wu look at them sideways a few more times.

Wang Lin and Qiu Mei retreated quickly with pale faces.

Professor Zhang didn't dare to rest now and hurried to leave.

No one in the group dared to relax anymore, and they all moved forward cautiously with their hearts held high.

Half an hour later, they reached the end and saw a tightly closed heavy stone door.

The group spontaneously dispersed and groped for the mechanism to open the stone door.

Unexpectedly, Chang Chi pushed hard and pushed the stone door a few points, so everyone gathered together and pushed it open.

Following a loud bang, a group of people coughed to disperse the dust and looked closely.

Behind the stone gate was actually a huge cave, with densely packed conical karst rocks hanging down from above. The flashlight shone on them, reflecting a sharp cold light.

There is a small pond in front of it, with dark and deep water. Opposite it are three caves leading to different roads, and there are small paths on both sides of the pond.

This made them feel troubled.

"Which hole should we go to?"

As they stared at each other, Chang Chi suddenly said, "Since there is more than one way, let's go our separate ways. Anyway, we didn't get along when we first came in together, so there's no need to force ourselves to go down together. If there's another conflict, everyone will feel uncomfortable. Why bother? Don't you agree?"

He glanced at everyone and pointed to the cave on the right.

"I'll go that way."

(End of this chapter)