According to the message sent by Zhu Qingrong, Ling Yun and Yan Ru abandoned the car and walked into the forest on foot. They found many messy footprints on the ground around the entrance, including obvious drag marks.

Ling Yun suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some metal object in the grass that was emitting a dazzling light under the refraction of the sun.

He stepped forward to push the grass aside, and soon found some mottled blood on the leaves, and the reflective object was a blood-stained rose gold ring.

"This is Zhu Qingrong's ring. He always regards it as a treasure and never leaves it." Yan Ru recognized it immediately: "Strange, how could he be so careless and end up here?"

Ling Yun considered Yan Ru's statement, turned the ring over, and found that the English word "carla" was engraved on the inner wall.

Yan Ru said that this was the name of Zhu Qingrong's deceased wife Xu Fei.

Looking at the blood on the grass, Ling Yun stood up, silently clenched his fists, and stuffed the ring into his pocket. He did not ask Yan Ru to go with him, but entered the forest alone.

Looking at the other party's retreating figure, Yan Ru hesitated for two or three seconds, then gritted her teeth and followed. On the way here, when she asked Ling Yun if he was sure of rescuing the others, the other party told her: Take desire and demons

When making a deal, no one can escape unscathed.

Ling Yun was right, and Yan Ru didn't think that Zhu Qingrong could resurrect his dead wife like this. Although the other party killed two companions, thinking about his past help to him and the other party's young daughter, Yan Ru

Ru still relented.

Although she felt there was little hope, she had to try. She decided to work with Ling Yun to stop Zhu Qingrong's crazy behavior.

The two of them walked along the forest and soon came to the waterfall. Yan Ru flipped her wrist and shot out several tough silver threads from her palm, which penetrated the waterfall. After some exploration, she finally determined the location of the cave.

.After fixing the silver wire, she and Ling Yun entered the cave respectively.

There was a loud roar behind him, and inside the dark cave, a strange wind whizzed past, chilling to the bone and giving goosebumps to Yan Ru, who was soaked all over.

The cave looks very deep, and it is pitch black inside. There are dense opaque moss in the gaps between the surrounding stone walls, and there is a faint fishy smell in the air. Just standing at the entrance will send chills down the spine unconsciously.

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Ling Yun took off his wet coat, wiped the water on his face, took out a flashlight from his backpack and handed it to Yan Ru.

The situation in the cave was far more complicated than they thought at first. The surrounding rocks were rugged and the terrain was winding. On the stone pillars above their heads, water droplets were constantly dripping down the stone walls, and the road under their feet was also extremely sticky and slippery.

After walking a few steps, Ling Yun stopped again. With sharp eyes, he suddenly saw a few drops of dark red blood on the ground. The blood stains looked very new and should have been left not long ago.

As I walked, there was a three-way intersection ahead.

"Which way should we go?" Yan Ru looked inside with a flashlight and had no idea for a moment.

"Left side." Ling Yun was silent for a few seconds and quickly gave the answer: He found a few drops of inconspicuous blood on the road leading to the left.

"This should be a clue left by Tang Yao. It seems that she was still conscious when she was taken away. If so, then..."

Ling Yun's eyes lit up, and his scowl faded a bit. He was talking to himself, words that Yan Ru couldn't understand. Before the other party could ask questions, Ling Yun had already picked up his legs and walked in. For fear of losing him, Yan Ru had to follow quickly.

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After that, every time he passed a cave entrance, Ling Yun would stop and observe the traces around him. Blood stains were not everywhere. Ling Yun speculated that Tang Yao should have created wounds on himself and healed them quickly to ensure that he could pass through important sections.

Always leaving marks without being noticed by Zhu Qingrong.

The terrain of the cave is complex, and just exploring the path requires a lot of time and effort. Now, thanks to the clues left by Tang Yao, Ling Yun can find their location without any effort.

As we continue to go deeper, the road ahead becomes narrower and narrower, with only one person allowed to pass.

Ling Yun walked in front, followed closely by Yan Ru. The smell in the air became increasingly weird, and seemed to be mixed with a stench. In this dark, silent, claustrophobic and mysterious natural environment, Yan Ru's mood was gradually affected.

She was affected. She licked her dry lips and looked at her watch: nearly half an hour had passed since the two of them entered the cave.

Although they were not attacked during this period, Yan Ru always felt uneasy about being spied on. For fear of something appearing from the darkness, she couldn't help but reach out and grab the clothes behind Ling Yun.

Fortunately, the other party didn't care about this, and in order to take care of his own feelings, he slowed down a bit.

"Are you really not scared at all?"

In order to disperse the fear, Yan Ru decided to say something to lighten the atmosphere: "To be honest, if it were anyone else, they would definitely choose to protect themselves wisely after knowing the truth, and would not jump into the trap like you."

"I'm afraid." Unexpectedly, Ling Yun responded to himself: "But what I'm afraid of is not that I will die, but that something unexpected will happen to Tang Yao and the others."

"Can other people's lives be more important than my own?"

Hearing this, Yan Ru couldn't help it. Asking herself, even if her best friend was in crisis, she might not be able to make such a straightforward decision.

Thinking of Zhu Qingrong's behavior, Yan Ru asked tentatively: "To you, those people should be more than just teammates, right? Is that Tang Yao your girlfriend?"

Along the way, Yan Ru noticed that Ling Yun seemed to be particularly concerned about the girl's safety.

"...No." Ling Yun was slightly startled and quickly denied the other party.

"Oh. I heard you kept mentioning her on the way, and I thought you two..." Yan Ru was talking, and suddenly, Ling Yun in front stopped.

"What's wrong?!" Yan Ru straightened her body immediately. She stuck her head out and looked forward, only to find a completely black coffin lying in the middle of the road, blocking their way forward.

"I'll go take a look."

Ling Yun signaled Yan Ru to stay where he was, and he touched it with a flashlight. He gently touched the top of the coffin with his hand, and when he touched the gap, he suddenly exerted force and lifted the coffin.

When the coffin was opened, the smell of blood hit the face and instantly filled the entire cave: Lying inside the coffin was a male corpse with hands folded on the abdomen and an ashen complexion. The male corpse had his mouth wide open and his tongue was missing.

And Fei; his dark mouth exuded an indescribable stench, and his two bulging eyes were covered with two coins respectively.

Yan Ru bravely stepped forward and immediately frowned: the person who died in front of her was none other than Wilson.

It is worth noting that Wilson's shirt below his neck and chest was covered with a large amount of blood. The skin on the body had been completely stripped off, leaving only red muscles and white bones. The bottom of the coffin was also soaked in blood.

"Could this also be captain...Zhu Qingrong's fault?" Yan Ru said while holding back her nausea.

"Well. The sacrificial ceremony requires a human skin." Ling Yun said slowly.

After listening to what the other party said, Yan Ru felt her scalp numb. There was a rustling sound coming from the depths of the cave, like a hoarse bellows or someone whispering.

Ling Yun pulled out the Nano Battle Knife soaked in holy water from his waist and assumed a defensive posture. A chill gradually spread to his back. At this time, Yan Ru suddenly began to regret, regretting that he should not have followed, and should not have been so naive.
Chapter completed!