Chapter 685 Ghostly Encounter
Kong Wange's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Baijiu?! That's great! Where is it?"
Ayan then took out a huge military water bottle from his backpack and handed it over: "Here it is."
Kong Wange was surprised: "So many?"
Ayan scratched his head: "This is something Huo'er said he was afraid of encountering a big zongzi, so he used it to boost his courage."
"Pfft..." It took Kong Wange two seconds to realize what the "giant zongzi" was.
So these kids really thought they were on a tomb raiding adventure!
However... the current situation is indeed quite similar. Apart from the giant rice dumpling, they have encountered everything they should and shouldn't have encountered.
There was no time to think about it. Kong Wange immediately grabbed the wine and was about to open it when Qin Feng took it from her: "You run with them first, I'll handle it."
Kong Wange also knew that this was not the time to fight or show off; whoever was more capable should step up.
So she said crisply, "Okay, Master Qin, be careful!"
Qin Feng nodded. Seeing Kong Wange running forward with Ayan, he turned around and quickly sprinkled some wine behind him. Then he threw a tinderbox into the wine, and with a whoosh, the flames instantly shot up high.
The poisonous insects behind them were immediately blocked from entering.
Accompanied by crackling sounds, a burnt smell filled the air.
"Damn, what's with the smell and aroma?" Old Qi said as he ran.
"I think you're starving!" Hou Kai cursed at him.
The poisonous insects behind them stopped following, and the remaining ones, having strayed far from the water source, soon died on the road. After running for an unknown amount of time, the group realized that the poisonous insects around them were gradually disappearing.
"Boss, can we take a break now?" Old Qi asked, panting.
The gauze on his face was stained with blood, and his face was faintly pale.
Seeing that everyone seemed to have run into a natural cave and that the surroundings were relatively safe, Kong Wange looked at Qin Feng and said, "Master Qin, why don't we rest here for a while?"
Qin Feng nodded: "Everyone, sit down and rest for a while. Check yourselves. If anyone has been bitten by an insect, be sure to say so immediately!"
Everyone was exhausted from the strenuous running. At Qin Feng's command, they all sat down on the ground and began to check themselves.
A short while later, two people said in a panic that they had been bitten.
One is on the calf, and the other is on the forearm.
Fortunately, the problem was discovered in time. Kong Wange treated the two people according to Lao Qi's method and then bandaged them up.
Qin Feng's expression turned grim as he looked at his subordinates who were bleeding profusely one after another.
After Kong Wange finished treating them, she turned to Qin Feng and guessed that he was probably feeling a little guilty, so she said, "The location of their poisoning is not too dangerous. I used silver needles to seal their acupoints in time, and the poison did not spread. Now that I have bled them out and applied medicine, as long as they go back and rest well, they will recover in no time."
The best comfort is probably when a professional doctor says it's nothing serious.
Qin Feng nodded and said, "Thank you, Miss Kong."
Kong Wange wiped the sweat from her brow and smiled, "We came here together, and they are my teammates too, so there's no need for you to thank me, Master Qin."
Kong Wange re-bandaged Lao Qi's wound, and now that he had regained some strength, he suddenly felt even hungrier.
Fortunately, the group had plenty of food on them, and it was all in sealed packaging, so it wasn't soaked in water.
He pulled out several boxes of compressed biscuits and sausages from his bag and distributed them to everyone: "Come on, have some, you can't walk if you're full!"
After all that running around, everyone was exhausted, so they took the food from Lao Qi and started wolfing it down.
Kong Wange sat to one side, holding a compressed biscuit in her hand but not eating it.
Qin Feng frowned upon seeing this: "Why isn't Miss Kong eating?"
Kong Wange sighed, "I can't eat. We've been delayed for so long, Tang Zhi has probably already reached the main tomb chamber."
"Not necessarily. This place is eerie and dangerous. Even if they have a map, getting to the main tomb chamber won't be easy. To put it another way, if their people have already arrived, we can intercept them on their way back. There's always a way," Qin Feng said.
Kong Wange thought for a moment and smiled: "What Master Qin said is right. There's no use thinking about it now. The most important thing is to find a way to get there as soon as possible."
...
However, sometimes the more people want to achieve a certain result, the more frustrated they become.
After the group had eaten and drunk their fill and rested, they began to find their way back to the tomb.
After walking for a while, Hou Kai couldn't help but say, "Boss, why do I feel like we've been going around in circles?"
Qin Feng frowned as he looked at the familiar surroundings: "Keep going east, and go again. This time, make sure to mark the route."
Those around him nodded in agreement.
This time, Qin Feng carved plum blossom marks on the wall with stone as he walked, marking them with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. A moment later, Lao Qi shouted, "Boss! Isn't this plum blossom number 2? We just passed by it!"
Qin Feng also saw the mark, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
Hou Kai exclaimed, "Damn it! We were clearly walking forward, how did we end up back here? Did we get lost in a maze?!"
"Shut your mouth. If you can't speak, then don't speak." Shen Li gave Hou Kai a flick on the forehead without saying another word.
Hou Kai: "..."
Kong Wange frowned as she looked at the mark: "Could it be that we seem to be moving forward, but are actually going in circles?"
After a long pause, Qin Feng slowly exhaled and said, "The wisdom of the ancients is indeed exquisite. It seems that this underground construction contains the Five Elements theory, and we have most likely fallen into it."
"Five Elements? What kind of place is this? Bats and poisonous insects weren't enough, now we've run into a maze?! This is too much..."
As soon as Hou Kai finished speaking, unsurprisingly, he received another sharp rap on the head from Shen Li.
Hou Kai: "..."
I was just making some reasonable speculations, so why is he always the one who gets hurt?
Kong Wange took a deep breath and said, "In that case, most of us should stay where we are and not go any further. Otherwise, we might run out of energy and die here."
Qin Feng nodded: "I think so too, Cat."
Shen Li quickly ran over: "Brother Feng, what's wrong?"
"Have everyone take out the ropes they're wearing, tie them together, and I'll walk through it again with them," Qin Feng said.
Shen Li nodded: "Okay, I understand."
"Is Master Qin planning to use this method to test the waters?" Kong Wange asked.
"Well, we can't see what the road is really like because we're in it, but the rope won't lie to us."
Everyone carried a bundle of rope with them on this trip, just in case. Right now, these ropes, when tied together, are at least several dozen meters long, enough to walk quite a distance.
Kong Wange nodded: "I'll go with you."
“Brother Feng, you can tie the rope here. Let’s all go with you. There are too many unsafe factors in this cave. I’m afraid that if we split up and something happens, we won’t be able to provide timely support to each other,” Shen Li said from the side.
Qin Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, then tell everyone to take their things and follow."
The rope was then tied to a stone pillar, and the group followed Qin Feng.
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