Chapter 21: The Stolen Cave

  After hearing what I said, Da Zhuang also thought about it carefully and felt that what I said was right. "I said, Comrade Xiao Ke, how come your brain is so clever?"

  "It's because you're not smart enough."

  After hearing my words, Da Zhuang this old fellow came in strength, just about to open his mouth and debate with me, I waved my hand to signal him not to speak. At this time, I didn't have the leisure to fool around with this old fellow. As for this cave, I really wanted to understand it clearly. As for that snow monster-like creature inside, I couldn't observe or feel anything. It's imaginable how deep and big this cave must be.

  "Come on, Da Zhuang, follow me." I patted Da Zhuang's shoulder and said, then I turned back to ** and Ali and said "You two stay here first, I'll go inside with Da Zhuang to take a look, we'll be right back, you two must not move."

  He nodded with Ali, and then I followed Da Zhuang into the cave.

  As for this cave, Da Zhuang is also somewhat interested, otherwise Da Zhuang would have been chattering away with me nonstop.

  As for the structure of this cave, I can only say it's a weird project. The entrance is not big, just enough for three people to enter in a row, but as you go deeper into the cave, the area becomes larger and larger, until it becomes like a small square at the back.

  I walked side by side with Da Zhuang towards the inside, and I had no idea if there were any harmful things inside. My right hand tightly grasped the ancient sword, and my nerves were stretched taut. After experiencing the hospital incident and the strange creature just now, I was already deeply convinced of the existence of supernatural things. Who knows when another unknown ghostly thing would pop out from somewhere, so I didn't dare to relax.

  After walking for about 3 or 4 minutes, Da Zhuang and I could clearly see the bottom of the cave. The bottom of the cave was just a rugged stone wall, nothing strange, but on the ground at the bottom of the cave was covered with a large amount of yellow grass-like things, presumably used by that snow monster-like creature to rest.

  Dazhuang walked to the side of that thing that looked like grass and cursed, "Grass! This damn big body still builds this kind of bird's nest." As he spoke, one foot kicked into the grass heap, and that thing that looked like grass was kicked aside.

  Dazhuang turned around and said to me, "There's nothing here, I thought that monster was a bandit who specialized in killing travelers to rob them of something valuable. Who would have thought it was just this pile of grass? Let's go, little comrade, this place is really unlucky." He then pulled me back onto the road we came from.

  "Wait!" I hastily pulled back Da Zhuang.

  Seeing my reaction, Da Zhuang stopped in his tracks "What's wrong?"

  I didn't say anything, but instead walked over to where Da Zhuang had kicked the yellow grass aside and squatted down. It wasn't that I liked the yellow grass, but when Da Zhuang kicked it aside just now, I saw that the ground underneath was a bit different.

  The ground covered by this grass is different from other grounds, the ground covered by this grass is slightly higher than other grounds, but it's not obvious. According to my professional knowledge, this is unlikely to happen naturally, and this cave must have been man-made, because only human effort can create such a cave. If we say that under the grass is man-made, then there should be some seams visible, but at this time, the protruding ground and flat bottom are actually connected.

  I pushed all the yellow grass down onto that protruding stone surface, and suddenly a huge protruding stone surface was exposed. On the stone surface was an engraved portrait with sun, moon, stars, mountains, seas, trees, and it looked very puzzling. Why is there this stone wall painting in this cave? Is it related to the tomb of Shui Yue recorded in Grandpa's notebook?

  The stone wall painting in front of me must have been at least a thousand years old. If it were to fall into the hands of an archaeologist, it would definitely be treated as a treasure. But why hasn't it been discovered in this cave? Is it because there's a snow monster-like creature inside the cave? That's clearly impossible. The four of us can kill that snow monster, and even if ordinary people don't have our skills, seven or ten people could definitely kill it too. Thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel curious about the stone wall painting.

  "Hey, Xiao Ke, come quick and take a look at this, what is it?" Suddenly, Da Zhuang's loud voice came over, I raised my eyes to look, and at that moment, Da Zhuang was standing on the corner of the stone wall painting.

  Looking at Da Zhuang stepping on the cultural relic, I felt extremely helpless. This is a cultural relic, and with Da Zhuang's physique and weight, if he were to damage this stone wall painting, it would be such a pity.

  I walked towards Da Zhuang, just about to scold him, but saw a small hole in the corner where he was, which wasn't small at all. Even with Da Zhuang's build, it would be easy for him to enter.

  Seeing me coming, Da Zhuang hurriedly moved to the side. I walked to the side of the hole and started observing. My first reaction to this hole is that I can guarantee it's man-made. Although it looks like it was dug in a short time, it was dug very skillfully, ensuring that the entrance would not collapse.

  After careful observation for a while, suddenly, two words appeared in my mind: 'Thieves' Cave!' Yes! That's it! Thieves' Cave!

  My grandfather once told me that the first thing a thief's den guarantees is solidity, and most dens are vertically inclined. The one in front of me completely matches what my grandfather said. Looking at the hole in front of me, I couldn't help but think of what the old man had told me before - that two waves of tomb raiders had entered the back mountain, but it was unknown where they had raided the tombs. Now, discovering this thief's den here makes me feel like it was dug by those two waves of tomb raiders. But why is the snow monster still alive? This has left me bewildered. The only explanation is that the two waves of tomb raiders came in when the snow monster wasn't in the cave.

  "Little comrade, what's going on with this hole? It can't be that the mouse did it, right?" Da Zhuang said, looking at me with a mesmerized expression.

  After hearing Da Zhuang's words, I knocked on Da Zhuang's forehead "You little devil, what's wrong with you lately? Are you messing around again? Have you ever seen such a big mouse? This is clearly a thief!"