Chapter 191 Something must be wrong
After sending the two soldiers away, Liu Mingfei asked everyone to take two meals' worth of food, and hide the remaining food and weapons in the cellar. Then he said to Ye Xin, "Miss Ye, let's set off."
Ye Xin nodded, went back to the room, folded up her own big bed, and put the broken bed back in its place.
At the same time, he released the big cat and the small cat, and said to Xuanxuan, "I always feel that these two cats have something to do with this forbidden area. Xuanxuan, can you try to let them find out the whereabouts of the spirit fox first?"
Xuanxuan nodded and gave the two cats some instructions.
The two cats did not take the right path, but jumped out of the window. They flashed like a dark shadow and dived into the woods, running towards the cave they had seen yesterday.
Ye Xin then picked up her backpack and walked out of the room, heading towards the grove with Liu Mingfei and his group. Bai Muran and Li Yanwu followed behind to clean up the traces they left behind.
The front of the cave is still covered with thick vines. Although they are dry, they still hide the entrance of the cave perfectly. If Ye Xin had not accidentally fallen in, it would have been difficult to find the entrance.
Ye Xin pointed at the vine and said, "It's right here! I didn't walk too far yesterday. Judging from the direction we went, we should be deep into the forbidden area. Everyone, be careful!"
"If there are any dangerous animals or..."
Before Ye Xin finished her words, everyone already understood what she meant.
She was only responsible for providing this discovery. As long as she could find the spirit fox, she would have done a great deed. As for the dangers ahead, everyone had to take their own responsibility.
No one had any objections. They checked their equipment, loaded their guns, and then walked towards the cave.
Bai Muran held the compass in his hand. The current direction was relatively accurate and the walkie-talkie signal was also normal.
Less than 300 meters into the cave, Bai Muran said, "No signal! The compass is also starting to move randomly, and the strong magnetic field has appeared again!"
"From the direction we are heading, we are indeed heading deep into the forbidden area, map!"
Shen Fu quickly handed the map over. Bai Muran studied the map carefully in the light of the headlamp: "We came in from here, and we are going in this direction."
He pointed to a place not far from the edge of the forbidden area and continued, "According to the scale of the map, we should be underground at this location, close to the top of the mountain, Liu Yong!"
"Deputy Captain Bai, we have walked a total of 358 meters. The cave slopes upward at about 25 degrees. The slope varies in different places. So far, we have ascended 32 meters."
Liu Mingfei nodded: "Let's go! We are still far from the top of the mountain!"
After walking for about half an hour, Liu Yong suddenly said, "Huh? Captain, there's a cave here!"
Ye Xin followed behind without saying a word. This was exactly the place where she had collected the gold, silver and treasures last night, but she had erased all traces long ago.
They did not stay in this empty cave, but walked around inside and continued to go up.
Ye Xin calculated the speed of the big cat and the small cat in her mind. They should have reached the exit by now, right?
Is there any danger on the other side of the exit?
Ever since seeing the cat-sized rat yesterday, Ye Xin had this feeling: these two cats that have lived for 100 years might be related to this place!
Otherwise, how do we explain their size and reaction speed?
Ye Xin felt that this forbidden place was not simple! It was definitely not as simple as no human had ever set foot in it!
There was a left turn ahead, with a curvature greater than 45 degrees. Bai Muran stopped and carefully recorded it on the map.
"Captain, Miss Ye, don't you find it strange?" Shen Fu frowned and suddenly spoke.
"Um?"
"I have experience in field exploration. Judging from the length and environment of this cave, if it is not used for a long time, the temperature and humidity here will become a gathering place for bats and rats."
"Once human footsteps startle them, they will attack. I have been keeping an eye out for any signs of them, but this place is so clean! I didn't even see a mouse!"
Shen Fu's words reminded everyone: When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong!
There is no foreseeable danger, and there may be greater dangers lurking in the dark!
Although Ye Xin has no experience in adventure, she listens to advice!
After hearing what Shen Fu said, she immediately spread out her mental power. The mental power that could originally cover five or six miles could only cover about two or three miles under the influence of the strong magnetic field.
But, that’s enough!
Meng Jinghan once again lifted Xuanxuan onto his shoulders and said, "Can you call a few mice to lead the way for us?"
Xuanxuan shook his head and answered confidently: "There are no mice in this cave! I have tried it! If we want to call the mice over, we need to dispatch them from the village, so we have to wait for a while."
After hearing Xuanxuan's words, everyone became even more nervous! How could there not be a single mouse in such an environment?
Unless, there are their natural enemies here!
Ye Xin's mental power searched the surroundings more carefully. If there was a natural enemy of rats here, what would it be?
cat?
Not likely!
snake?
It's possible!
It's just that snakes are hibernating now, so it shouldn't be a problem as long as you don't disturb them.
Just as he was thinking, Ye Xin suddenly found a pile of black things about 1,000 meters ahead. They seemed to be still wriggling. What were they?
After walking a few more steps, Ye Xin saw clearly: snakes! Lots of snakes!
Some were black, some were white, and many more had black and white patterns on their bodies. Some were huddled together in a ball, some were coiled alone in the passage, and some were hanging on the rocks above their heads.
They are not hibernating, they are still wriggling!
Ye Xin stopped suddenly: "Be careful! There are snakes ahead! Lots and lots of snakes!"
They had turned the searchlight to maximum, and there was still a clean tunnel ahead, without even a trace of a snake!
Bai Muran glanced at Ye Xin and said, "Captain, listen to Ye Xin! Be prepared in advance!"
Liu Mingfei didn't dare to be arrogant: "Shen Fu, insect repellent!"
When exploring in the mountains, insect repellent is a must, and Shen Fu has brought a lot of it here!
A lot of it was applied on each person, and the rest was in Shen Fu's hand for emergency use.
After walking about 500 meters, groups of snakes began to appear in front of everyone. At first there were only one or two, then seven or eight, and then more than ten. After walking a few more steps, there were suddenly more snakes in front of them!
Not only did they not hibernate, they even entangled with each other and played, with countless snakes entangled together to form a big meat ball.
The big ball of flesh was squirming, which made people's scalp tingle.
The snake on top of the head looked at the humans in front of it curiously, staring with its small green eyes, holding its head high, and spitting out its tongue from its mouth. It just hung above everyone's head like this, and anyone with a little less courage would not dare to pass by.
Shen Fu scattered the insect repellent he had prepared in advance, trying to disperse the snakes blocking the road. However, he did not expect that the snakes were not afraid of his insect repellent at all, and instead rushed towards him!
When one snake moved, the other snakes followed suit and launched a fierce attack on the group of humans!
A bright red tongue spit out of the snake's mouth. Shen Fu took two steps back and shouted, "Fire!"