Endless route

Chapter 16 16. Something is wrong!

When the off-road vehicle stopped in front of the abandoned mine building, Zheng Yun and Hu Ruihua fell silent because they did not see the other two vehicles along the way.

The abandoned mine building was bathed in the morning sun, and the front door was empty. Only the car prints from last night could be seen.

The three got out of the car to check.

There are no traces around.

Other teammates don't seem to be here.

Does the vehicle have a location? Zheng Yun looked at Hu Ruihua. The search and rescue team's equipment was very professional, and they might be able to find the location of the vehicle through other means.

The car rental agency should have placed a locator, but there is no signal in this mountain. The nearest place with signal should be three hundred kilometers away. Hu Ruihua shook his head.

There is no infrastructure at all in this deep mountain and old forest.

The search and rescue team had a satellite phone and other equipment, but it was all in the vehicle and taken away by others.

Where is Demona's position? Is she under our feet? Zheng Yun looked towards the entrance of the mine building.

Yes, I carry her positioning receiver all the time. This is the main device.

Hu Ruihua took out a small black box, which was a signal receiver designed to search for distress signals and was bound to his mobile phone.

Go down and take a look? Hu Ruihua asked.

We have no choice but to go down. Zheng Yun nodded.

The three of them returned to the car and put on their equipment. Huzi and Liu Ming had put a traveling bag of weapons in the back of the car, which was just in use now.

A few minutes later.

They stepped into the abandoned mine building again.

The mood this time was completely different from last night, and the fear of the unknown was even stronger.

No one knows what happened. Maybe Liu Ming and others are in danger, and like Demona they found before, they are unable to leave the abandoned mine.

Hu Ruihua was fully armed with a determined back, and Zheng Yun said nothing. They carried all the weapons in their travel bags and were prepared for the worst.

No matter what is down there, as long as the person is alive, they must rescue the person.

Did you dream last night? What did you dream about? Zheng Yun asked on the way.

No. Hu Ruihua shook his head.

Yes, I dreamed about eating. Song Wan whispered, and she answered whatever Zheng Yun asked.

Her dream and Zheng Yun's dream obviously had different meanings, so Zheng Yun didn't ask further.

The three of them walked into the mine tunnel vigilantly, observing the traces under their feet. They found no clues until they entered the four-way cave on the second floor of the abandoned mine.

No markings.

There are no new footprints either.

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Hu Ruihua held a gun tactically, combined with the flashlight in his hand, and used a very professional posture to slowly investigate, not missing every blind corner and fork in the road.

Zheng Yun and Song Wan walked side by side, shining the flashlight backwards to illuminate the deep and dark mine tunnels as much as possible, always paying attention to the movements behind them.

Song Wan went into the mine for the first time, but she acted very neatly and acted relatively calmly. When she reached the third floor and saw the body hanging in the air, she couldn't bear to say a word.

The three of them went all the way down.

When we walked up to the iron stairs and saw the Rift Valley cave again, we didn't find any trace of human beings.

The square iron door is still open, and the rope they left behind is still hanging on the fault of the iron staircase. The underground cave is dark and dim, and the white mist at the bottom is still thick.

I'll go down and take a look first. Hu Ruihua slid down the rope to the sixth floor and observed the surrounding environment.

Can you get off? Zheng Yun looked at Song Wan.

Song Wan nodded, turned her back and reached down, holding the climbing rope and sliding down, her movements were very skillful.

Soon after, the three of them walked along the last passage and headed towards the underground corpse lake again.

Hu Ruihua and Song Wan both looked attentive, but Zheng Yun was the first to appear abnormal. The further he walked, the faster his heart beat, and a sense of fear spread throughout his body.

It's hard to describe this feeling.

It's like the feeling of dying when you're about to suffocate, your body is reacting automatically, your chest is tight, your breath is short of breath, your heart is tachycardia, and the nightmare from last night keeps popping up in your mind.

Pause.

Zheng Yun shouted to stop.

At this time, they were only a gap away from the underground corpse lake, but he could no longer hold on.

Hu Ruihua turned back to look at Zheng Yun, and when he found that his expression was wrong, his expression became even more grim. He looked around as if facing a formidable enemy, thinking that there was danger around him.

It was the first time he saw Zheng Yun's expression, and he subconsciously thought that they had encountered some unprecedented danger, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

What's wrong? Song Wan squatted down and asked.

Check the positioning. Is Demona inside? Zheng Yun gasped and looked at Hu Ruihua.

He had little experience in going to sea for the first time and could not tell whether the source of this sense of near-death was the mental pressure caused by nightmares or some kind of intuition.

But he really couldn't walk.

He must take a rest here.

Hu Ruihua nodded and took out his mobile phone. After taking a look at the back, his expression changed drastically. He raised his head and exclaimed to Zheng Yun: Demona's position is behind us...

Behind?

Zheng Yun frowned.

Looking at the positioning, it is now one kilometer northwest, and the positioning shows that it is abandoned.

Hu Ruihua lowered his voice and said.

Just before they went into the mine, Demona was still wearing the device under her feet, but now it suddenly turned into abandoned, which meant that she had just taken it off and was nearby just now.

But they have no idea where this so-called one kilometer to the northwest is. To the north is the rift valley cave behind them, which is at most a few hundred meters away from them. Where does this kilometer come from?

If the location is accurate, then Demona probably went diagonally opposite the Rift Valley Cave.

How did she get there?

The entire mine is less than one kilometer wide. If you have to find a way, it is estimated that only the deep mine tunnel with railroad tracks on the third floor of the abandoned mine can pass through.

Don't worry about her, find someone first.

Zheng Yun shook his head. This Demona's behavior was too weird. They couldn't care about him now. They should prioritize finding their teammates before bounty.

I'll go in and take a look.

Hu Ruihua took a deep breath, took off his backpack and got into the gap in the ice, intending to take a look at the underground corpse lake.

Zheng Yun hesitated to speak, so he could only follow him into the gap and say hello if anything unexpected happened.

A few minutes later, Hu Ruihua emerged from the ice, searched carefully with a flashlight but failed, raised his gun, fired three times, and shouted loudly:

anyone there?

Huzi! Where are you?

The echo echoed in the empty space. Hu Ruihua's face turned pale. He did not hide his urgency, but it was useless to be anxious. There was no response from the surroundings.

He wished that someone could reply, whether it was one of his own or someone else, as long as it was someone, it would be better than being completely silent now.

But nothing.

The entire underground corpse lake was silent.

Zheng Yun and Song Wan followed closely and got out of the gap, looking silently at the empty underground corpse lake.

Hu Ruihua looked back at Zheng Yun, nodded to him, and then suddenly ran towards the ice, maintaining a gun-holding posture and running towards the three-meter pile of corpses at the end.

Zheng Yun also walked towards the center of the lake.

He half-knelt on the ice, threw his flashlight into the bottom of the lake, and looked at the corpses below. Nightmares were swirling in his mind, as if he was struggling desperately below...

Brother Zheng, what's wrong with you?

Song Wan squatted beside Zheng Yun and called softly.

She was really a little scared now, but it wasn't because of the weird corpse lake at her feet. She had heard this scene told many times last night.

Zheng Yun briefly talked about it once in the car, and Huzi and Sister Wang talked about it again in front of the campfire. They talked about it vividly and wonderfully, and she even wrote it down in her notebook.

She was mentally prepared.

So she is really not afraid of this. What she is afraid of is the behavior of Zheng Yun and Hu Ruihua at this moment.

Hu Ruihua was like crazy, running around the lake with a gun, while Zheng Yun said nothing, staring straight at the lake, using a flashlight to shine on the bodies below.

Something's wrong!

Something is very wrong!

The Zheng Yun that Huzi and Sister Wang mentioned was not like this. He should be calm and thoughtful, and he should be as relaxed here as going home.

but now.

But he was breathing heavily and sweating profusely, as if he was in a daze, and almost fell into the icy lake...