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  I was thinking, when the little dragon girl in front suddenly stopped and said: "The road is above." I withdrew my thoughts and found that everyone had stopped their feet and looked up at the top of their heads.

  The end of the cave is like an L-shape, with a bend at the top. I squeezed forward, shining my flashlight and saw that the stone wall above was extremely smooth, almost frighteningly so, as if it had been polished by human hands into a rounded pearl-like surface.

  Passerby A suddenly said: "We are now in a drainage ditch." I understand what he means, the place where we are now, whether it is the smooth cave wall or the surrounding stone pillars, are all characteristics of long-term water flow erosion. To form such characteristics, only thousands of years are not enough, at least tens of thousands of years are needed. The passage above our heads is unknown how long it is, but if it develops in this direction, we may enter an underground river.

  It's clear that the water has been cut off for a long time, just like this passage is connected to an underground river at its end. If so, we might be heading down a dead-end road, because everything in front of us proves that the underground river has changed course or dried up. Our path ahead may be a stretch of black soil or yellow sand.

  He pushed his glasses and said, "How long is this passage?" Pedestrian A shone a strong flashlight in, but the beam of light didn't reach the end even after more than 50 meters. I tried to climb up, but the stone wall was too smooth and it was hard to get a foothold. If you relaxed your grip slightly, you would fall off. To climb up, we had to move slowly and carefully like snails, and if you climbed higher and let go of your hand for a moment, you would fall down, and below were sharp stone pillars everywhere.

  Passerby A suddenly moved his hand to his ear, seemingly flipping a switch. A moment later, his glasses flickered with a red glow, somewhat like an infrared effect. Then, I heard him mutter to himself, "According to the echo calculation, the entrance is 20.45 meters long, with one passageway on each side. However, the right passageway has already collapsed. The left passageway's temporarily detected depth is 50 meters, and there are many hard obstacles inside the passageway. We'll have to go up to know more."

  Then, his glasses returned to their normal black color. He turned his head and stared at me for a while before stretching out his hand towards the belt around my waist, where the sharp glove was still stained with blood. I subconsciously took a step back, covering my waist, and warned: "What are you doing?"

  Passerby A seemed to have not expected it, his mouth twitching slightly as he sneered: "Mind your own business."

  I was almost stunned, and after a moment, I realized what it meant, my blood rushed to my head. This insulting remark, as a man, couldn't help but provoke my patience, with a hint of sarcasm. He provoked me, and I fiercely cursed him, my rational mind snapped, and I directly swung my fist at him. The tiger doesn't show its might, thinking I'm a sick cat! As a result, before my fist even swung out, it was held back by four hands, and he hastily advised: "Young Wu, Brother Qi was just joking, let's not hurt our friendship over a small matter."

  Such words, if said to a woman, would be flirtation; if said to a man, it would be a great insult. Suppose one day your enemy says with contempt that he wants to kill you, I believe even after you die, you will still jump out of the grave in anger.

  At this moment, all the blood in my body has rushed to my brain. The things that happened in Kunlun Mountain, the things that happened in Beijing's tube building, and what he said, "the dog of a ruined family", kept echoing in my ears, making me want to kill someone even more, let alone there was a German beauty standing next to me, who showed no mercy in front of everyone. The surname Qi simply slapped me several times in front of everyone.

  Damn it! Screw it!

  Before he could finish speaking, I shook off his hand and swung the coffin nailer hanging from my waist at him.

  This thing is used when chiseling the bottom of a coffin. Some coffins have hidden mechanisms inside, so the coffin would be pried open from the bottom to destroy the mechanism inside. Its shape is similar to an iron chisel used by stonemasons, but the end that withstands force is not flat, it's hook-shaped, making it convenient to probe for mechanisms inside the coffin.

  Although I was furious, my subconscious used the hook-shaped segment and directly slashed it at passerby A's neck. If he didn't dodge, with my strength, I could have knocked a normal person to the ground.

  The German beauty obviously didn't expect this turn of events, and let out a cry of "Ah..." What's strange is that passerby A didn't even dodge, and just as the blade was about to chop his neck, I suddenly came to my senses. Damn, the person in front of me had ten claws that weren't for eating rice. Why can't I get rid of this impulsive habit? It's not like I haven't been scolded by him before. When you're bitten by a dog, just consider it over and done with, why bother making a fuss about it?

  At this moment, due to my action of chopping towards passerby A, my entire chest was almost exposed in front of him. In other words, his claw-like hand could have inserted into my chest with just one stretch. Just as I came to my senses, passerby A suddenly grabbed the chisel that I chopped towards him and said word by word, coldly: "Do you know? I've tolerated you for a long time!"

  I didn't even have time to react, and I was punched in the face, almost flying to the ground, my back hit the hard stone pillar, my heart ached with it. Next thing I knew, passerby A directly mounted me, pulled down the belt around my waist, and buckled all the inverted equipment onto himself.

  He certainly didn't lack these equipment, and even had better ones in his bag, but doing so now was clearly meant to tell me that I wasn't capable enough, and it's best for me to listen obediently, giving him whatever he wanted. I almost suspected that I might have accidentally dug up his ancestor's grave before.

  Or is this person suffering from schizophrenia?

  At this time I had calmed down, silently wiping away the blood from the corner of my mouth, and coldly staring at him.

  A passerby sneered and took out the probing claw, slowly pulling the rope into the box, then adjusted his position, and after a moment, he activated the mechanism. The probing claw shot out with a whooshing sound, followed by an extremely faint clicking sound from above, apparently the probing claw had been locked in place.

  Right after that, passerby A nonchalantly waved at us and started climbing up the rope first. Since we didn't know what the hook had latched onto, it was clearly not safe for everyone to go up together at this moment. So we stood below, watching as passerby A slowly ascended until he disappeared from view.

  At this time, the German beauty pulled my hand and whispered: "He's not usually like that." I had already calmed down, to be precise, from meeting them until now, I hadn't been as calm as I was at this moment.

  I'm not as skilled as others, and from the start, Qi's surname wanted to get rid of me. I stuck to him like a piece of chewing gum, which must have been unbearable for him. Moreover, he had intended to deal with Dr. Zhang and others earlier, but I ruined his plan. His words about tolerating me for a long time probably meant that he considered me a thorn in the flesh, wanting to get rid of me as soon as possible.

  At this point, I also understood that with the means of passerby A, if I really obstructed him to this extent, he would not let me go easily, and might even kill me directly. But now he didn't do so, obviously considering something. If my previous guess was correct, and there is indeed someone monitoring passerby A, then who is that person?

  I quietly glanced at the other three people, sometimes naive and lovely German beauty, always gloomy old Sun, and serious four eyes. Among these three people, who is the person that Lu Ren Jia is worried about? Or are all three of them?

  I suppressed the discontent in my heart and shook my head at the German beauty, saying "It's nothing." Being insulted or beaten by him a few times, I can only endure it now. Unless one day I have the skills of Zhu Yingtai, otherwise, going hard with him now is really not wise.

  At this time, the rope at the entrance of the cave was suddenly shaken in a rhythmic motion. It seemed that passerby A had climbed up and was signaling us to climb up as well.

  The German beauty was not very good at it, and her physical strength was almost at its limit. I let her go first, followed by Old Sun and Four Eyes, and I climbed up last. To be honest, my heart still felt a bit stifled, submitting to someone you despise is not a pleasant feeling.

  After climbing up to the entrance, passerby A took over beside me, as if nothing had happened, and naturally pulled me up. Another movie star was born. I didn't make a sound, and looked around at my surroundings on my own. On the right side, there was also a passageway. Mr. Qi said that passageway had already collapsed, but I was skeptical of his words. Then, our group started to move forward. Since passerby A had been standing at the entrance helping earlier, now he and I were actually the last ones. The German beauty was walking in front.

  This passage is relatively narrow, still that dark rock, climbed for a while, suddenly heard the voice of Little Dragon Girl in front, saying in a muffled tone: "There's no way out, there's a stone slab on top."

  Then, Old Sun, who had been quiet all along, said: "Let's make way." Immediately after that, the sound of knocking was heard. It turned out that Old Sun was smashing stone boards. During this time, neither I nor Passerby A spoke a word, and the atmosphere was very quiet. The sound of smashing stone boards echoed loudly in the tunnel.

  At this time, I suddenly heard a passerby whisper: "I apologize for what happened just now." I suspected that I had auditory hallucinations and couldn't help but look up, only to find that Mr. Qi was indeed talking to me.

  He continued, "I think you should already know some news. Something has indeed gone wrong, and it's a big deal. It involves things that you can't participate in." After a pause, Passerby A went on to say, "I've seen Wu Erbai. He knows everything you want to know, but you really shouldn't have come here. Your appearance not only puts me in a difficult position but also disappoints Wu Erbai's intentions."

  I never thought I'd hear such words from a stranger, and I certainly didn't think he would voluntarily tell me these things. Did he suddenly get a brain cramp? If so, then I should seize the opportunity. Just as I was about to open my mouth to ask where we were headed, in case I got lost and could act on my own, a loud "bang" sound suddenly came from up ahead.