Through conversations on the road, I learned that this armed policeman’s name is Zhang Xiaosong. Despite his young age, he is now a squadron leader of the Dafang County Armed Police Squadron.

Judging from his skillful movements, he had obviously gone down to the Thief's Cave more than once, so we were both familiar with the road and soon arrived near the previous Shimen.

Just as Xu Jingyang said on the phone, the stone gate had already been opened, and two gray-haired old men were still standing next to it.

As soon as I got close, I found through the Qi field's induction that the two of them were not weak, and they must be formation masters sent by the General Administration of Religion.

The two of them were obviously aware of the arrival of Zhang Xiaosong and me, and immediately became cautious. Even though Zhang Xiaosong had already introduced my identity, they still insisted on checking my ID.

In desperation, I had to take out my ID again and hand it over directly.

"Non-staff personnel?"

After reading the certificate, one of the old men couldn't help but frowned. I have to say that his eyes were too poisonous. He could tell at a glance that I was just a non-staff member?

But I quickly figured out the key to this, and thought it might be because of the number. Since I am a non-staff member, it must be different from the official number, so they can see through my identity at a glance.

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Then I nodded and said that I was indeed just a non-staff member, but I had been involved in this matter years ago, and this time I also received an order from Captain Xu to come over and see if I could help.

Upon hearing that I had accepted Xu Jingyang's order, the old man's expression softened slightly, he nodded, and moved out of the way. However, he repeatedly told me that there were many forks in the road ahead, and I must follow the previous road signs.

Never rush into unmarked cave entrances!

"Thank you two seniors for reminding me!"

After bowing my hands to the two old men, I walked directly into the stone gate under the leadership of Zhang Xiaosong. As soon as I entered, the two old men at the door suddenly stopped Zhang Xiaosong and said: "Just send it here, anyway

There are road signs and he can find the way!"

"It's okay. I'm already here, and I don't have to walk far away."

Zhang Xiaosong smiled and shook his head, and then he led me forward.

Just as the two old men said, we had just walked forward for about ten meters when several side roads suddenly appeared in front of us. Zhang Xiaosong took me directly to the third one from the left without even looking at it.

In front of the cave entrance, he pointed to the wall of the cave entrance and said: "Look, this is the mark left by Captain Xu and others before!"

I raised my head and took a look, and sure enough I found a very obvious scratch on the cave wall, so I nodded and said, "Okay, how about you go back first? I'll just follow the road signs and go down!"

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"It's okay, it's too boring to stay up there, why not come down and learn more!"

Zhang Xiaosong smiled and shook his head. As he walked into the cave with me, he asked: "Director Wang, do you think there are really ghosts and gods in this world?"

"Oh……"

Hearing what he said, I couldn't help but smile and said, "I don't know if there are gods, but I have seen ghosts anyway!"

As I said that, I secretly took out the rusty dagger from the Qiankun bag. Although Captain Xu and others were standing in front, who could guarantee that the road behind would be absolutely safe, not to mention that there were still people around me.

If you are an ordinary person, you have to be even more careful.

"Yeah?"

After hearing what I said, Zhang Xiaosong seemed to be interested all of a sudden and asked hurriedly: "What does that ghost look like?"

"That's it. In fact, it's not much different from the human appearance. If we are lucky enough, you might be able to see it with your own eyes soon..."

"That's great! I have never seen a ghost in my life...haha..."

From the look on his face, he obviously didn't believe it, and he was probably an atheist.

Talking and laughing along the way, we passed three forks in a row. Zhang Xiaosong had obviously been there more than once. He was familiar with the road and could quickly identify the correct passage without looking for signs.

However, when he reached the fourth fork in the road, Zhang Xiaosong couldn't help but hesitate. He lingered in front of the third and fourth cave entrances, seeming a little uncertain.

I stepped forward and took a look, and found that the third cave entrance had obvious markings, but the fourth cave entrance did not, so I asked with a puzzled look on my face: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaosong said with a deep frown on his face: "I seem to remember that it should be the fourth cave entrance, how come..."

"oh?"

When I heard this, I couldn't help but frown. According to Zhang Xiaosong, this should be the last fork in the road. As long as you pass here, you can go directly to the ancient altar of Luo's Ghost Country. But I didn't expect that here

At the most critical fork in the road, he was in trouble.

"Isn't it because you remembered it wrong?"

With so many forks in the road along the way, it is understandable that my memory may be confused.

"Probably not..."

Zhang Xiaosong said with an uncertain face, hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Forget it, maybe I just remembered it wrong. Since the third cave entrance is marked, let's just go to the third cave entrance..."

After saying that, he walked straight into the third cave entrance. After hesitating for a moment, I couldn't help but grab him and said with a smile: "I'd better go in front. If there is any problem, I won't be too passive...

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As I said that, I walked quickly in front of him, holding the dagger in my hand and walking forward cautiously.

The whole journey was uneventful. I walked forward for about five minutes, but Zhang Xiaosong behind me couldn't help but grabbed me: "That's wrong! I remember this road shouldn't be so long at all? It used to take up to four minutes."

It’s already here!”

"Um?"

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart. I pondered for a while and then said, "How about we go back first?"

"Um!"

Zhang Xiaosong nodded subconsciously, and then he and I returned directly along the original road. To be cautious, I still walked in front. However, we had just walked for less than a minute, and I couldn't help but tighten up.

He frowned and suddenly stopped.

"Huh?"

Zhang Xiaosong glanced at me suspiciously and said with a puzzled look on his face: "What's wrong?"

"Look!"

I didn't explain too much to him, but just shined the flashlight in front of me and said, "There's another fork in the road!"

"ah?"

Looking at the sudden fork in the road ahead, Zhang Xiaosong couldn't help but be dumbfounded for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "What... what on earth is going on? It was clearly not there just now!"

He was right. When we first entered the cave entrance, we clearly didn't find any forks in the road. Now we have gone back the same way. We have only been walking for less than a minute. Why did another fork in the road suddenly appear?

"It's broken! It seems that you remembered it correctly. I'm afraid we took the wrong path!"

My face suddenly became a little solemn, and I quickly took out the compass. As soon as I took out the compass, the pointer on it immediately started to rotate. Especially when I approached the fork in the road, the pointer's rotation changed even more.

It was particularly violent! There were two forked roads ahead, but no matter which one it was, there seemed to be something dirty in it. On the contrary, on the road behind us that continued forward, the needle on the compass did not respond at all.

Is this a rhythm that forces us two to move forward?

"what to do?"

It was obviously the first time for Zhang Xiaosong to encounter such a strange situation. He couldn't help but panic and subconsciously asked me.

"The two forked roads ahead seem to be dangerous, but the direction we just headed in seems to be peaceful..."

Zhang Xiaosong is not a fool. He immediately understood the implication of my words, so he asked: "Then let's continue moving forward?"

"I'm afraid this is the best we can do..."

After nodding, I turned around and continued forward with Zhang Xiaosong. With the lessons learned just now, I didn't dare to walk too fast. I held the compass in my left hand and the dagger tightly in my right hand, and kept approaching.

After walking forward for nearly five minutes, finally, another fork in the road appeared in front of us!

"Ah? This..."

There were forks in the road before and after us, and now we were in trouble. As usual, I took the compass and checked the two forks in front of me.
Chapter completed!