Zha Wenbin walked over and gave Zhuo Xiong a punch in the chest, then smiled and said: "Don't leave us behind again." Zhuo Xiong rubbed his head awkwardly, "Mm!", with a silly expression on his face, everyone burst out laughing.

  Like Wang Yue, this cross road blocked their way. After Cha Zi crouched down to investigate, he found that both sides had signs of recent passage and couldn't determine the specific direction. Now another choice was in front of them, and naturally, it was still up to Zha Wenbin, who was now the absolute leader of this team.

  For this groundless choice, Zha Wenbin could only follow the fate and chose the right side. Just as he was about to set off, Zhuo Xiong said: "They went to the left."

  "Left?" Chaozi asked, "How are you so sure they went left?"

  Zhuo Xiong pointed to the stone wall behind him and said, "Come over and take a look, there's a small arrowhead carving here." Indeed, in the position where Zhuo Xiong shone his flashlight, there was a faint white arrowhead mark. The lines were carved very roughly, looking like they were hastily scratched on with a small stone. Looking at the marks, they seemed quite fresh.

  "This should be my dad." After saying this, Zhuo Xiong paused for a moment, but his face quickly returned to normal. "My dad was a carpenter before, and when he did woodworking, he would often draw these arrows to mark the direction of the mortise and tenon joints. The only difference between his arrow drawings and others is that there's a small hook at the end of the tail. Can you see if there's a small hook on this arrow?"

  Zha Wenbin took a closer look and indeed, at the end of the arrowhead, there was a very faint small hook drawn on it. It was probably not enough force, so if you don't look carefully, you really can't see it. This discovery is really important, Zha Wenbin looked at him with joy and asked: "How did you little guy discover this?"

  Zhuo Xiong looked at Cha Wenbin and said firmly, "Just now I came down first and checked the terrain all around. By chance, I caught a glimpse of this, which must be the mark he left for us. At least from what we can see now, it's very likely that he's still alive. Brother Wenbin, trust me, let's head to the left, maybe we can still catch up with them."

  "Stupid kid, if we don't trust you, who can we trust!" Cha Wenbin patted Zhuo Xiong's shoulder and turned to the others, saying: "Listen to Zhuo Xiong, everyone stay close, Zhuo Xiong will lead the way in front, you all stand in the middle, I and Chaozi will bring up the rear. Try not to talk on the road, if you need to communicate, use gestures instead. Also, take a good look at the roadside to see if there are any other marks." Just as they were about to set off, Cha Wenbin added: "Especially you, Leng girl, this place is really very dangerous, do you understand?"

  She gazed calmly at the group of people, each with a serious expression, especially the one in the team with a puffy face, who looked like a fierce and evil spirit, not looking like a good person at all. She stuck out her tongue at Cha Wenbin and made a ghostly face, which was considered an agreement. Cha Wenbin still didn't feel at ease, letting her walk ahead of him, and then took out another talisman from his pocket to let her put it in her pocket, the team only officially set off after that.

  The passageway inside the mountain is either man-made or a result of tectonic movement, but judging from here, it's likely a typical case of mountain rupture caused by an earthquake, as evidenced by the scattered rocks and ever-changing terrain, proving that there are no signs of human excavation. However, the bizarre corpse also furrowed their brows, as its body shape resembled that of the Di people they had encountered before. But since they had seen too many strange things recently, except for Leng Yuran, the others were relatively calm, and Cha Wenbin dismissed it with a sentence, saying it was probably just some unknown animal from the mountains.

  The large crevices could accommodate trucks, while the smaller ones required crawling on the ground to pass through. However, despite the dangers of recent days, no one complained, and they still found this adventure novel and exciting, without feeling any fatigue. The footprints ahead still showed that there were only four people, and at intervals of about one kilometer, Zhuo Xiong could always find the mark left on the stone wall. This also gave them some reassurance, after all, someone was exploring the road ahead, at least proving that it was temporarily safe. In some sections, they had to stop to move rocks, looking at these landslides, most of which were caused by the previous commotion, fortunately, they were not big, except for occasional small stones rolling down, not even a single insect was seen.

  It seemed to Cha Wenbin that they were going uphill all the way, as there were many people and even women mixed in, and their speed was not very fast. They didn't stop until a second corpse appeared on the ground.

  The corpse lay on the ground, with the wound on its neck still not congealed, and the dark blood was seeping out, which also made them fully understand the Di people for the first time.

  The upper part of the Troodon's neck is no different from that of a human, and its five senses are so distinct that it can be identified as a young male Troodon. However, his body is too strange, with no clothes on, and scales all over his body from the neck down, which have now been contaminated with blood and water, but still reflect the flashing light emitted by the shooting lamp. The Troodon's body is slightly larger than that of a normal human, especially its chest cavity, which is more rounded and protruding. Looking at this corpse, it seems that this guy doesn't have a waist, or rather, no pelvis, and what's even stranger are his legs - the Troodon's legs are very short, directly separating from his body into a pair of short, thick legs, but his feet are not human feet at all, they're like those of a duck, with webs!

  The Di person's hand was also covered with scales, and the palm of his hand was different from that of a human being. It was a webbed hand! In his hand, he still held a bronze-made weapon with a very strange shape. Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong examined his wound and concluded that it was a fatal blow, directly cutting off his throat. The ferocity of the Di people was something they had seen before. Although judging from their physical structure, these people seemed to be more powerful in water battles, but not to the extent that they could be killed with one knife, so Chaozi said that the person who made the cut must be a master!

  This made Cha Wenbin's heart tense, he was not afraid of fighting with ghosts, but fighting with people was a different story, and the fresh Di corpse indicated that there were definitely other Di people nearby, maybe this was just a patrol sentry, they had already entered the core area of the Di people.

  According to Old Wang's account, the bird-totem tribe of Zhuanxu annexed the fish-totem state of Di, and only then did the new fish-bird totem come into being. It is not ruled out that some branch of the surviving tribe escaped to this valley and continued to multiply. In a certain sense, as the orthodox descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the Di people would naturally regard us Han people as enemies who destroyed their nation. The new generation of Fish-Bird King would also become an enemy in the hearts of the Di people, so it is understandable that they launched a large-scale attack on the Fish-Bird King's Ningling. As for this group of people, in the hearts of the Di people, if they are not of my kind, their hearts must be different, and killing them would not be wrong.

  What made Zha Wenbin resentful was that step, where the Di people came from, and why the Fish Scale King went in again. Weren't they enemies? Moreover, how did the Di people know about the entrance to hell? Judging from this Di corpse, their physique is quite robust, they also mastered relatively mature bronze smelting technology, and these scales should have played a significant role as armor at that time, so why would they lose to the Han people at that time? However, all of this was deeply buried in Zha Wenbin's mind.

  After the meeting, the team's advance speed also accelerated. If this is indeed a sentinel, it won't take long for the Di people to discover. If they are chased by that group of guys, although on land, there are few certainties in confronting such primitive and unknown powers, except for their necks, they have almost no weaknesses!

  Careful Zhuo Xiong found that there were still scattered bloodstains on the ground ahead, and Chaozi, a professional, casually picked up the dusty bloodstain on the ground and sniffed it, patting his chest to confirm that this was human blood!

  "Human blood?" Zhuo Xiong suddenly tensed up, "That means someone's injured, Wen Bin ge, shouldn't we hurry up!"

  All sorts of things here have disturbed his mind, Cha Wenbin hated to find Zhuo Yuguang as soon as possible and then immediately go down the mountain. The team almost ran in a hurry on the road.

  After crossing several huge boulders, a staircase that was obviously man-made rose up, and the light followed the stairs all the way up, with no end in sight. It looked like it was at least 200 meters long. Just as I was marveling at this, Zhuo Xiong said, "Shh, turn off the lights, look up there."

  Several people turned off their flashlights and looked up to see a few rays of light flickering vaguely at the top of the stairs...

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