He took big steps and headed towards the path pointed out by Taoist Zi Jin.
Brother Chongzi, who was beside Taoist Zijin, was very cautiously using a dagger to draw marks on the wall of the cave.
This guy has suffered a lot of losses and now he has finally learned to be cautious.
Now he was afraid that the road ahead would be blocked and he would have no way to turn back, so he had to do it well and remember it, so as to leave a way out for himself.
His actions seemed ordinary to the others, and no one paid much attention to them. They just slowed down a little, and everyone walked towards the depths of the cave together.
Gradually, the cave became wider and wider, and there were tiny dots of light in the distance, but it was still very far away. The diameter of the cave entrance became wider and wider as we walked further, and even the flashlight could not penetrate very far in the darkness.
It was like a group of people walking in a thick fog or in the wilderness, unable to tell the directions.
"Stop!" Old Man Jiang Hai shouted, and everyone stopped at the same time.
"Bug, you prepared so many flares. Now they are in use. Fire them out. Let's see where we are..."
Brother Chongzi nodded deeply. He didn't dare to fire the flares before because he was afraid of alerting some monsters in the dark.
After all, this place is too weird. If you can move forward quietly, don't make too much noise.
But now they can't even tell the directions. What if there's a dead end ahead? They'll be so flustered to make adjustments that they won't even be able to find their way back.
So at this time, a flare is enough to help them dispel the darkness.
"Get ready, get two and shoot them in all directions."
Zhang Fan gave an order to his three men, who immediately took out their signal guns, put the rear sight back on, counted to six, and then pulled the trigger.
In an instant, the scorching light tore through the darkness, like a black hole that swallowed up the light, but finally was unable to swallow up all the light, revealing its true appearance.
At first, everyone was not used to this strong light and put on sunglasses and other things, but Zhang Fan and Taoist Zi Jin did not need to do so. They looked around slowly and frowned slightly.
"Oh my God, we are drilling deeper and deeper into the ground. Look, if we follow this path, I dare say we will only go deeper and deeper. And you see, about a few hundred meters ahead of this cave, there is a dried-up ditch. This must be the water of an underground river. Do we have to drill out through the hole under the river? It seems that we have come to the wrong way!"
Brother Chongzi pointed at the ditch where the flare fell, and his face turned ugly.
"There really is no way out of this place. Where did the light just now come from?"
Another person shouted, and Brother Chongzi shrugged his shoulders. It should have come through the cracks in the mountain. Look above your head, this place should be at the bottom of the mountain.
There was a crack in the sky above my head. The light did not shine in directly, but penetrated the rock layer of unknown thickness, and a little bit of light was pitifully visible in the crack.
An experienced person can tell at a glance that this must be a small crack formed by cracks in the mountain. Unless there is a large-scale crustal earthquake, it would be a pipe dream to want to get out through this small crack.
"What should I do? This is a dead end!"
Zhang Fan couldn't help but frown. But old man Jiang Hai said, "Haven't you heard of Hell without a Gate? The mass grave we passed by before used evil spirits to feed a monster. The release of evil spirits is not a big problem, but what if the monster finds a breakthrough and escapes from here? So I think this place is more like a pen, with only the area to enter this entrance, and no way out."
"If there is no way out, we will be trapped here and starve to death! Should we go back again? Maybe the Teng Snake is waiting for us at the entrance of the cave."
Brother Chongzi seemed a little anxious: "That thing will definitely not let us go! If it were you, and you saw delicious food dangling in front of you, what would you do!"
Taoist Zijin glared at him and said, "If you can't speak, no one will think you're dumb... We still have other choices! If we lose our composure before we encounter any danger, the consequence will be irresponsible to everyone."
Hearing his words, Brother Chongzi curled his lips in mockery and took a step forward to look around!
Taoist Zijin came to Zhang Fan and said, "Master, I don't sense any special aura in here, but I have a hunch... It seems that we are getting closer and closer to Wanku Mountain! I can sense that the oppressive feeling is getting more violent as we get closer."
Zhang Fan nodded slightly upon hearing this. He was the calmest one among all the people because they had found traces of someone having lived here before, so this place could not possibly be sealed off.
As long as we find the passage for that person to go out hunting or travel outside, all problems will be solved.
"There are signs of human activity here." Grandpa Jiang Hai and Nangong Manyun came to the right side and saw a streak of dust on the ground that was clearly different from other places.
"Look, there are bloodstains on the ground. Maybe they are traces left by that person when he brought back the prey after going out hunting."
Nangong Manyun also discovered some abnormalities and reported loudly to Zhang Fan and others.
Zhang Fan and Taoist Zi Jin looked at each other and rushed over here.
There is a very narrow path here, which is closely attached to the wall. There are traces of people walking on the ground, and on the surrounding stone walls, or on the dirt road under your feet, you can vaguely see bloodstains beneath the soil.
The bloodstains had dried, but they contained iron elements, leaving a brown mark on the ground.
"That's right, this must be the way out for hunting, insect, come this way...we found a way out!"
Taoist Zi Jin shouted, took a step forward and was about to rush forward.
Zhang Fan reached out and pressed his shoulder!
"Master?" Taoist Zi Jin was a little surprised!
Zhang Fan looked at the narrow road and frowned slightly.
"Do you feel this feeling is familiar?"
Taoist Zijin's eyebrows jumped: "You mean, this road was left intentionally? Or it is intentionally guiding us..."
After hearing what Taoist Zi Jin said, the expressions on Old Man Jiang Hai and Nangong Manyun's faces immediately became worried.
Zhang Fan squatted down and looked at the brown blood stains on the ground.
"This place is definitely not as simple as we thought... That vine snake lives nearby. How dare an ordinary person bring back prey so brazenly? The bloodstains left along the way alone are enough for the Teng Snake to figure out his route. That thing is chasing us relentlessly, so there is no reason for it to look up to someone who has hunted here before. Therefore, this should be a road that was deliberately led to us!"
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