Moreover, as we climbed upwards, the surrounding space became narrower and narrower, and the flashlight could not even penetrate the dense branches of the mineral veins to see the situation on the wall.
Finally, after climbing for four or five hours, they didn't know where they were, and they missed countless thick branches on the way. Old man Jiang Hai couldn't help but speak.
"Are we moving too fast?"
Hearing what Grandpa Jiang Hai said, several people subconsciously turned their heads to look over, and saw that Grandpa Jiang Hai had a serious look on his face, and his eyes kept looking at the narrow mountain walls around him.
He even wanted to take a step forward and walk towards the cave entrance where a thick branch extended.
"Master Jiang Hai, don't take any risks."
Taoist Zijin stopped Mr. Jiang Hai, his expression heavy: "There is no wind coming out of the stone caves around here, but there is an unpleasant fishy smell... This seems to be the cave of some evil creature. If you don't want to die, you can give it a try."
Grandpa Jiang Hai gritted his teeth and said, "What if we missed the exit? As we gradually climbed up, more and more thick branches extended to the entrance of the mountain. I think there must be an exit there, and it may be the only exit. Now we are climbing up aimlessly. Can we really find the way out? We might as well take a closer look at what is in this cave first."
Taoist Zi Jin did not expect that Old Man Jiang Hai would suddenly become so angry. He couldn't help but frown and looked up at Zhang Fan helplessly.
"Mr. Jiang Hai, Taoist Zi Jin is gifted and has a keen sense of smell. I think he really cares about you. Moreover, I feel a slight breeze blowing from above our heads, which means there must be an exit above our heads."
"How can you be sure?" Old Master Jiang Hai was a little worried.
Zhang Fan frowned, and Nangong Manyun said, "Mr. Jiang Hai, you must stay calm. You are the backbone of our team... If even you are confused, we won't be able to get out at all."
Old man Jiang Hai felt a little helpless. He sighed and leaned against the tree trunk.
Brother Chongzi and Mr. Fei looked at each other and saw some different emotions in each other's eyes.
In fact, they also doubted whether they had missed the best exit!
After all, there are so many holes along the way. Could it be that the ancients were bored and wanted to live on the top of this ancient tree? So they made so many holes?
This is obviously impossible. This place is more like a breeding farm or an altar that is used to continuously produce more mountain ghosts.
Even though the Chinese people didn't understand how these mountain ghosts came about, one thing was very clear: these things were very dependent on this ancient tree, otherwise why would they not be seen in other places.
So several people gradually began to have some doubts about Zhang Fan and Taoist Zi Jin's behavior of climbing up. Mr. Hai from Zhejiang was the first to raise this issue, but he was definitely not the first one who thought of it.
"The reason why I am sure there is an exit above our heads is because that Teng Snake came down from here. You should have seen that the Teng Snake is so big, dozens of meters long, and as thick as a small house. If it is an ordinary cave, it would be difficult for this Teng Snake to come down so easily! Therefore, as long as we return the same way, we will definitely find the exit."
Zhang Fan finally spoke, and his words awakened everyone, especially Brother Chongzi and Mr. Fei, who suddenly realized.
"That's right... That thing is thicker than the chimney of a power plant. How could it possibly get in through such a small hole? There must be a larger exit above our heads!"
Brother Chongzi changes his attitude quickly, and his favorite thing to do is to sit on the fence. Just now, he made eye contact with Mr. Fei, questioning whether Zhang Fan was lying.
But in the blink of an eye, he stood on Zhang Fan's side, which made Mr. Fei glare at him with disgust and step aside to the right! Obviously, he did not agree with Brother Chongzi's fence-sitting behavior!
But Brother Chongzi seemed to be used to it and curled his lips and said, "Mr. Zhang Fan is right... I agree that we should continue to climb up! As long as we find the exit, no one will have to worry about survival in the future."
As they said this, everyone climbed up again. When they reached a platform again and saw a thicker branch of the ore vein, Zhang Fan and Taoist Zi Jin, who were walking in the front, suddenly stopped!
"Why did it stop suddenly?" Mr. Fei asked subconsciously!
"Oh my god...what on earth is going on in this place!"
Nangong Manyun exclaimed. Since Nangong Manyun had been staying by Zhang Fan's side, she was the first to see this astonishing scene and couldn't help but exclaimed!
"What's wrong!"
The people behind gradually caught up.
"Look...there are so many dead bodies of mountain ghosts over there!"
After hearing Nangong Manyun's words, he quickly squeezed to the front, and his expression became ugly when he looked around.
Because right near the road that everyone must pass, there were dozens of mountain ghosts' corpses lying densely packed together!
Almost none of these corpses were intact, as if their bones had turned into powder after being run over by a heavy truck!
"Oh my goodness... this must have been done by that Teng Snake! This thing is so ferocious... I guess it just twisted its butt and killed so many mountain ghosts!" Mr. Fei judged!
Taoist Zijin shook his head: "Something is wrong!"
"What do you mean?" Brother Chongzi was curious!
"This place doesn't have the smell of the Teng Snake! Instead, it feels like humans have been here."
Taoist Zi Jin held the Taotie's tooth and came to the nearest mountain ghost. He used a dagger to pick off the mask on the mountain ghost's face.
Brother Chongzi walked up and took a look, his face turned pale again!
"Oh my god, another one... This person is the one who died in the treasure vault under the well! Why did he appear here again?"
Hearing Chong Zige mention the matter of the well again, everyone's expressions paused and their brows furrowed deeply.
"You mean to say that you saw those explorers in the well again?"
"That's right!" Brother Chongzi pointed at the mountain ghost's corpse. Although the shriveled face had been deformed, there were still some signs of eyebrows and eyes.
"This person is in charge of the maintenance of the firearms in the expedition team! A brown bear once bit off the bone on his right shoulder, and we can see the scar."
After hearing what Brother Chongzi said, Taoist Zi Jin went forward to check it out. However, after the mountain ghost mutated, its body was covered with black hair. When he cut off a part of it with a dagger, his face changed immediately.
"Indeed, there is a very scary scar on this man's left shoulder. It is just as Brother Chongzi said. This man actually came here from the well."
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