Lu Songyan squatted down, twisted the cotton thread, and stared at the broken mouth.

The fracture was not flat, and the thread at the end was still a little charred, as if it had been burned by fire.

Yu Yueming went up and sniffed it, and smelled a very light sour smell and an unknown complex smell.

"It seems to have a sour smell...is it corroded?"

But he sniffed around and there was no smell elsewhere.

The line used to mark the origin was broken inexplicably, and the rest disappeared mysteriously; it suddenly entered the next stage of the mission; and the fierce reputation of this cave. Players all understand that they have been trapped in the cave.

"Did you not put it in place when you put it in, where did you hook the thread?"

Zhou Yang asked in a mocking tone. Yu Yueming glanced at him speechlessly - Why is this person so owed his personality?

"Of course it's impossible. I put the lines very carefully."

At this time, I would be criticized. Lu Songyan's tone was somewhat unpleasant, but she still explained patiently.

Zhou Yangtui said in a long voice, "Oh--" and said nothing.

Everyone walked back and found another strange situation - they took a straight road when they came, without any fork in the middle, but this time, they unexpectedly found a fork on the way.

No player would think this was their previous negligence - even if one of them was confused, could the whole team not find this?

Seeing this abnormal situation, the players stopped.

"Let's continue to walk into the cave." Rong Zhicai suggested, "Now, you may not be able to see the entrance when you go forward, and the mission also requires us to find the treasure, right?"

No one refuted, and the group turned around and continued to move towards the depths of the cave.

After walking for a few minutes, Yu Yueming suddenly caught a glimpse of something and stopped the team.

"Sign up the rock wall in front of the right, and there seems to be some traces there."

The teammates did as they heard this. Under the dim light of the flashlight, a red arrow symbol appeared in front of everyone.

That was the symbol they had agreed on before to mark the direction.

Because arrow symbols are too common, they made a reservation in advance to make a bend at the end of the arrow so as not to coincide with the symbols left by their predecessors.

The characteristics of this symbol are exactly the same as the symbols they draw.

However, the arrow symbol they left behind refers to the direction they were moving forward. However, this inexplicable symbol not only appeared in front of them, but also the direction they pointed to was behind them.

The players' hairs stood up slightly, feeling that the strange arrow seemed to exude some unknown malice.

Yu Yueming approached and looked at it, smelled it.

"It was drawn by crayons. It tasted the same as the crayons we brought."

“Crayons should be very common…”

Shen Yongliang made a self-deception and made a statement, but was refuted by Rong Zhicai's words.

"No, it is indeed the symbol we left behind. This is what I drew and I can recognize it."

Shen Yongliang trembled: "But, why? Why are there...?"

Zhou Yang sneered at him: "I'm afraid of this? Is the previous copy all the time? Is there less than this strange thing?"

Yu Yueming walked forward and checked the ground.

"There is also a smell of us walking on the ground. If it is forged, then it is really forged here very finely."

After all, human sense of smell is not that sensitive. If it is just to scare people, there is no need to disguise such details.

Rong Zhicai suggested: "Just understand it according to the truth, let's continue to move forward first."

Everyone continued to move forward, and not long after, the road ahead broke out, and three dark holes lined up in front of them, like the throat of a wild beast.

After a little discussion, everyone marked the entrance of the cave and walked into the fork on the far right. Anyway, there were no clues, so it would be the same wherever they went.

Lu Songyan took out the compass and tested it in the middle of the process, and found that the compass was still useful, but they neither knew where the treasure was nor did they clearly define the target to go. The compass would not come in handy for a while.

During the next trip, the group did not speak anymore, but walked silently. For a moment, only the sound of footsteps colliding with the rocks in the cave echoed.

In order to save supplies, the torch has been extinguished and only one flashlight has been turned on. The dim light shone on everyone, dragging out long, shaking, demon-like shadows, adding a bit of depression to this scene.

Darkness, especially such darkness that cannot be seen at the end, can easily bring negative emotions to people, and the closed space enhances this.

This walking that could not see the end or the change lasted for several hours. Yu Yueming himself was not affected much, but he obviously felt that his friends around him gradually became anxious.

They passed many forks, and they made marks every time to prepare for the way back. However, the cave seemed to have no end. There was always a new intersection waiting for them in front.

After seeing another fork in the road, Yu Yueming stopped.

"There is a situation. Look at the hole on the far left."

Shen Yongliang, who was holding the flashlight, quickly shook the light over there. On the left side of the cave, a red symbol of the square inside the outer circle appeared in front of everyone.

"It is our mark, used to mark the forks we walked."

Lu Songyan looked at the symbols and confirmed hesitantly.

"But we haven't walked the far left fork yet."

Yu Yueming added the hesitant part of her.

A symbol appeared at the fork in the road that I had never been here, which was the same strange phenomenon as before.

Judging from the position of the symbol, it is impossible that they have gone back again. So, is it an illusion? Is the path of the cave changing? Or will the cave copy the marks they left behind?

No matter which one is, it is not an easy thing to solve.

After seeing several abnormal symbols and not finding useful clues, the players were more or less anxious. Time passed, so Rong Zhi suggested stopping and having a meal, taking a break, and discussing the subsequent countermeasures at the same time.

Players carry seven-day food, so they will not be short of it. However, the amount of water is not enough. Fortunately, some water seeps out from the cracks along the way. Although I don’t know whether it is clean, I can respond to the emergency if I really need it.

Everyone was chewing the biscuits. Yu Yueming was not hungry, but just symbolically chewed with a piece of dried meat in his mouth, while also being alert to the situation around him.

Although I did not encounter any danger along the way, since it was in the dungeon, any situation could occur.

Snap.

His ears suddenly turned, and he caught the sound of stones rolling down in the distance.

Is it the natural change of the rock, or is there something moving?

Yu Yueming swallowed the remaining food in one bite and stood up.

A slight footsteps sounded in the distance. The sound was very small and not enough for humans to notice, but Yu Yueming could hear the interval, strength, and direction of his landing.

It was some kind of four-legged, huge beast.
Chapter completed!