The statue in the main hall is twenty or thirty meters high and more than ten meters wide, and it is built against the mountain.
At this moment, it will be no more than two minutes before the main hall is plunged into darkness.
In such a short time, Duan Jinyan and Hua Bao definitely couldn't turn over, so my first reaction when I heard the sound behind me was that the man who had fainted from radiation had woken up.
"Thump!"
As I turned around, another dull thud came from behind me. It was a sound that made it difficult to move, like someone jumping from the second floor and landing flat on the ground.
When I retrieved my gun, the unconscious man was on the ground about five meters to my right. If he had woken up and started to move around, he might have been able to find his way around the wall to my location.
"hidden!"
To prevent Duan Jinyan from launching a sneak attack, I had the others hide themselves, and then I took out the flashlight from my belt.
We are currently in a standoff, and the slightest mistake could lead to fatal danger. If that man really wakes up, I must eliminate him; otherwise, if he joins forces with Duan Jinyan from the inside, our situation will become extremely dangerous.
I waited for about five seconds, and when I heard another noise behind me, I immediately turned on the flashlight.
The flashlight beam pierced the darkness in an instant, illuminating the space behind me.
It's completely empty!
There was nothing behind me except a wall.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that the unconscious man was still lying on the ground about five meters away.
Seeing that the area behind him was so empty, Song Laosan also raised his gun and pointed it there, clearly having heard sounds coming from behind.
Wei Shengnan remained silent, turned on her flashlight, and shone it on the statue, presumably suspecting that the sound she had just heard was created by Duan Jinyan and his group by pulling the rope.
At this moment, the rope that Duan Jinyan and the others used was still hanging on the iron stake of the statue, but the rope was fixed in place and did not even sway, obviously no one had touched it.
Seeing this, we exchanged glances, all of us seeing deep confusion in each other's eyes.
"Thump!"
Just then, another muffled thud was heard.
I heard it very clearly; the sound was coming from the direction I was facing.
But in front of me, there was nothing but the mountain wall.
"Thump!"
"Knock knock!"
The dull thud grew clearer and clearer. Hearing this sound, I took a few steps forward.
The closer you get to the mountainside, the clearer the impact sound becomes.
If you place your palm against the mountain wall, you can clearly feel the wall vibrating.
This feeling made me break out in a cold sweat instantly.
The vibrations on the other side of the wall were not strong and were irregular; they were not the sounds of a mechanism being activated.
I took a deep breath and turned to look at Qu Ruilin: "Things have come to this point, can you tell me where Monkey and the others are being held?"
"When I met them, the monkeys had injured their legs. I bandaged their wounds and accidentally entered the secret passage where I met you. I discovered that the passage had mechanisms that could be controlled, so I locked them in a secret room."
Qu Ruilin paused for a moment: "I carved a cross mark on the outside of that secret room with a knife. It's very conspicuous, and you can see it as soon as you walk over. The mechanism of that secret passage is very simple. Once you encounter it, it won't be difficult for you."
"The secret passage we took is in a completely different direction from here, which means that the sound behind this wall definitely didn't come from our people."
I clenched my fist tightly: "Do you remember what I told you before?"
Song Laosan and I were of one mind: "Are you talking about those berserkers who appear in the murals but weren't found in the main hall?"
"That's right! Since meteorites have been confirmed to contain radiation, then berserkers must also exist!"
I looked at the wall in front of me: "If they're not in this main hall, they must have been placed somewhere else!"
Qu Ruilin frowned and said, "Your statement is unfounded! Many people are searching for the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace, and we are just one group among them! Perhaps other experts have entered through other means. What if they are digging a tunnel?"
I replied firmly, "This is a stone tomb built into the mountain, and we've already gone down a hundred meters underground. Unless we use machinery, no one would choose to dig a tunnel here!"
Old Song was more optimistic: "Fortunately, this mountain wall is a single piece, and it looks quite sturdy. Even if there really is some monster here, it would be difficult for it to break through this kind of hard bluestone, right?"
I turned to look at him and reminded him, "This is the last main hall of the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace. There won't be any other exits. So how do you think these things appeared on the other side of the wall?"
Holy crap!
Upon hearing this, Song Laosan was stunned: "You mean, there's a small space behind this wall, and these monsters were imprisoned inside, and the entrance they were sent in is right here in this main hall?"
"Boom boom boom!"
Before I could answer Song Laosan's question, several thunderbolts suddenly exploded not far behind us.
"Prepare for the enemy!"
"Turn off the flashlight!"
My voice and Qu Ruilin's voice rang out at the same time.
In such a dark environment, the person holding the light source becomes an easy target for the enemy.
Qu Ruilin saw the smoke and mistakenly thought that Duan Jinyan and his men were about to rush over and attack.
But I knew very well that with Duan Jinyan's experience, he must have discovered something after hearing the noise, so he decided not to continue entangled with us and instead chose to run away.
Old Song is a smart man; he turned off his flashlight as soon as I called out to him.
In this way, we were plunged into darkness once again.
Hearing footsteps coming from the darkness, Qu Ruilin said impatiently to Song Laosan, "If you don't dare to go, then give me the gun, I'll go myself!"
"Qu Ruilin, you fucking be rational!"
Song Laosan roared, "We're already on the brink of death. This isn't the time for you to be reckless. What we have to do is fucking survive!"
"brush!"
Just then, a light suddenly appeared in the distance. I saw the light come on and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Bang! Bang!"
The distant light, accompanied by the sound of my gunshot, drew an arc in the air.
"careful!"
Song Laosan spotted my position using his gunfire, rushed up, and tackled me to the ground.
Seeing the trajectory of the light, I had already guessed Duan Jinyan's intention.
He was using the brief moment of illumination from dropping the flashlight to draw our attention while simultaneously observing the direction of retreat.
Song Laosan tackled me to prevent the enemy from pinpointing my location through gunfire, but Duan Jinyan did not retaliate and showed no intention of engaging us, only focusing on running wildly.
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