"What...what is this?" The fellow villager obviously didn't expect that there would be such a thing at the bottom of the river.
Lin Fan and Sister Xu followed, "Is it a tomb?"
"Tomb?!" The fellow villager looked horrified.
He didn't know how many times he had swam in this river and caught fish when he was a child. Who would have thought that there was a tomb in the water?
"It doesn't look like it." Wu Yusen shook his head. "How can there be a door on a tombstone? Who do you want to let in?"
Sister Xu put away the compass in her hand and circled around the bulging area.
"Although there's a bulge at the back that looks like a grave mound, I think it's not a burial chamber, but more like an underwater passage."
When the local heard it wasn't a tomb, he breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good. But this underwater passage... where does it lead to? Isn't it leaking? Ah! This door must have been opened, and all the river water has flowed away through here."
Water is affected by gravity and will inevitably flow to lower places, just like a washbasin with the plug pulled out.
There was still no abnormality displayed on Sister Xu's compass, but with such an obvious suspicion in front of them, the three of them had to go down and investigate.
"Are you coming with us?" Wu Yusen looked at the hesitant fellow villager. "Although the footprints are heading inside, not everyone may be coming this way."
"Besides, the soil is so dry, these marks on the ground definitely weren't left today. Maybe they didn't take this road today. Why don't you wait outside and we'll go in and take a look."
The fellow looked at the dark cave entrance, unsure of what was inside.
Although it is not a tomb, it looks like one, and it is underground. Who knows what you will encounter when you go down there.
He has watched a lot of tomb-raiding TV dramas over the years.
I can't go...his parents and children are nowhere to be found. This is the only clue we can find. What if they are in danger...
The fellow gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go. I...I'll go down and see what's going on."
"Okay, then you walk between us." John Woo was not sure whether being on the ground was safer than underground in such an environment.
He could only respect the other party's choice and gave Lin Fan a wink, asking her to pay attention to protecting the safety of the people after she went down.
The entrance to the cave is not big, and several people have to bend down to enter.
Sister Xu took the lead, walking at the front. Lin Fan followed closely behind. The fellow villager entered tremblingly in third place, with John Woo bringing up the rear.
When you suddenly enter a dark area from a well-lit area, your eyes will be unable to see anything for a while.
After adapting to the light in the new environment, Lin Fan saw a green light in Sister Xu's hand in front of him.
"You brought a lantern?" The fellow was delighted at first, but then complained, "Why is it a green one? It looks scary."
"That's a cold light lamp, which produces a certain amount of light without generating heat," John Woo explained later.
"No, no, it's not clear and it's scary." The fellow took out his cell phone and wanted to turn on the flashlight, but John Woo held him down.
"Brother, you'd better listen to us. Otherwise, if something happens, don't blame us for not warning you." Although John Woo was smiling, his words were not polite.
The light from the phone screen shone from bottom to top on his face, revealing a ghostly smile that was almost buried in the darkness.
The fellow villager looked up and was about to speak, but was so frightened that he shuddered and obediently put his phone in his pocket, lowered his head and continued walking without saying a word.
The passage became wider as they went down, and they were soon able to walk straight. The width of the passage was wide enough for three people to walk side by side with plenty of room.
Lin Fan looked around following the cold light, hoping to find any clues. However, he found nothing on all sides, devoid of any unnecessary decorations.
This made Lin Fan think of Xue Ping. The passageway over there seemed to be of the same style...
"I say, are you tomb robbers?" The fellow paused for a moment, came to his senses, thought about John Woo's attitude, looked at the two women in front of him, who were calm beyond belief, and finally reacted.
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he covered his mouth with regret.
If this is true, won’t he be silenced?
"You're really imaginative. If we were tomb robbers, what would you have to do now?" Wu Yusen chuckled from behind. "Don't worry, we're not tomb robbers. If we get serious, tomb robbers will run away when they see us."
"Really?" The fellow villager didn't dare to believe it.
"What good would it do to lie to you?" Wu Yusen thought this guy was quite interesting. "If we were really tomb robbers, what would be the point of bringing you down here? Can you lead the way, or what else can you do?"
"Honestly, don't be angry. If anything happens, you'll basically be a burden, and we'll have to go through the trouble of rescuing you. If you're worried, you can just go back the way you came."
When the fellow villager thought about it, it seemed to be true, and he immediately felt much more relaxed.
Looking at the passage behind him that had returned to darkness, and thinking about his family's uncertain situation, he decided to continue following. "But you guys don't act like ordinary people."
They said they were looking for friends, but in the pitch-black underground, none of them were afraid at all, as if they were walking in their own home. Who would believe that they were ordinary people?
He's a normal person, okay?
"To be honest, the three of us received a report that Ma Baobao and his colleagues have been missing for three months and their last traces were in your village, so we came here specifically to investigate. This is my ID." John Woo took out his work ID and waved it in front of his fellow villager.
In such low light, the local man only got a rough idea of what was going on. But considering the attitudes of the others and the slight trace of John Woo's witty ways, he basically believed them. "You are the police..."
"Is it true that those people have been missing for three months?" Then he became worried again, "Then my family and the villagers have also lost contact, right?"
"We just arrived today and the specific situation is still under investigation. But don't worry, we will definitely find out the specific situation, eliminate all possible dangers, and provide you with a comfortable living environment." John Woo promised solemnly.
When the fellow villager heard his words, he felt a familiar pattern of speech.
Originally, I was only 70% or 80% sure of their identities, but now it's 90%. But the uneasiness in my heart has become even greater...
Not long after walking, the place gradually opened up, and the surrounding stones began to be uneven in height. In the middle, there was a relatively large open space similar to a square, and there were forked roads around it.
There was a faint light coming from somewhere, making the environment here not as dark as where we had just entered.
"I seem to hear some sounds." Lin Fan suddenly stopped.
John Woo and Sister Xu knew that Lin Fan's hearing was different from that of ordinary people, so they stopped and waited for her to make an explanation.
The fellow listened carefully for a long time, but could not hear anything, and began to get impatient again. "Where is the sound? Did you hear it wrongly?"
"Shh!" Lin Fan put his ear to the wall, listened carefully for a while, and then switched to the other side.
When the fellow villager couldn't hold back any longer and was about to speak, she pointed in a direction.
"Over there, I hear singing."
Who is singing, hey, warming up the loneliness, hoo hoo
