Chapter 59: Glass Bottle and Marker

  After eating and drinking, we rested for a while before continuing on our journey. Although Pei Zi and Song Ah still had some hostility towards Xian Xian and the others, they didn't cause any trouble.

  Song Ah and Pei Zi also met on the way here, so they came together. As for how they found this place, I didn't ask much, I thought we weren't familiar enough to share our true thoughts yet.

  When they first went to Heizhugou, Pei Zi's group of five was left with only Wu Ma You, Xiao Xue and Pei Zi. If Song Ah wasn't counted, now there were two more people. I just took a brief glance at the two new additions, both of whom had relatively large heads and looked sturdy, but one looked honest and simple-minded, while the other looked cunning and sly.

  I glanced around and casually asked, "Pei Zi, did you see anyone else inside?"

  "Others?" Pei Zi paused for a moment before saying, "I've seen many dead people, but living ones are only you two. This place is too big; we should still be in the outer area of the underground palace."

  So if they're still alive, shouldn't they have already entered the inner palace? I don't believe that Shen Shou and the others would die so easily, let alone Ning Meng. So are they all inside? We've wasted three or four days already, we need to speed up our progress!

  Passing through the giant stone pillars, I couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "What's the use of putting so many big stone pillars here?" I really can't figure it out. Is it to make timid tomb robbers fearful, or to make bold tomb robbers even more covetous and eager for the treasure inside?

  "It will always come in handy, I think it's to prevent collapse, hehehe." The clever-looking person behind Pei Zi chuckled.

  "Nothing's going on, right?" Wu Xiaoshuai asked with a nervous expression.

  "Everyone be careful," said Pei Zi.

  Is it really to prevent collapse? Although I still find these pillars a bit strange, nothing has happened so far, so I had to ask Xianxian beside me. His experience is much more than mine, and he may have discovered things that I haven't noticed. I nudged him with my arm and asked in a low voice: "Xianxian, are we on the wrong path?"

  It's not that I don't trust Pei Zi and the others, it's just that after walking for so long, we still haven't seen any other paths, and there are still those huge stone pillars standing all around us. This tomb chamber is really big, isn't it?!

  Xian Xian shook her head and whispered: "They didn't have to cheat us." After a pause, she added another sentence: "It's just that they don't know the way either."

  I was so scared that I almost fainted, it turned out that no one knew the way!

  Suddenly, a "gulu" sound, my foot seemed to touch something, that thing rolled on the ground for a few times and stopped, the crisp sound in this quiet atmosphere was exceptionally clear. I quickly turned on the flashlight to search, of course not just me, others who heard the noise also shone their lights over at the first time, soon, I saw the thing that triggered the noise.

  "It was just a broken bottle, scared me to death!" Wu Xiaoshou cursed and was about to kick it. I saw this and quickly pushed him away, ran over and picked up the thing.

  "Who the hell hit me... Feng... Feng Zi, was it you?" Wu Ma Yu finally managed to steady himself, pointing at me in shock, unsure of what to say.

  I gave him a faint smile and said, "I think this thing looks familiar, it seems to be something my friend brought." This thing was actually the small glass bottle that held Da Bao!! However, the cap was gone......and so was Da Bao...

  Looking at other people's expressions is still somewhat unbelievable, at this time, Xianxian walked over, curiously took the small glass bottle and looked at it for a while, asking: "This won't be that thing you mentioned called Dabao, will it?"

  "En." I nodded, and a hint of sadness and guilt flashed through my heart. "I've been apart from him for so long, didn't expect him to show up here."

  "Could this be a mark he left on purpose?" Wu Xiaoshuai's eyes lit up as he asked me.

  Although I knew it was impossible, I couldn't help but smile bitterly and say, "Maybe." Da Bao would never throw this thing away, unless... unless something unexpected happened!

  "Look, it seems like there's a mark here!" A person crouched in front of a pillar exclaimed with delight.

  Others hurried over, Xian patted my shoulder, I forced a smile, put the small glass bottle in my pocket, and then walked over with him to take a look. It was just a mark, or rather, several scratches! Moreover, it was carved out with some sharp object, maybe a knife, or maybe something else.

  "Me too!"

  "It's here too!"

  Scratches on other pillars were found one after another, and even the atmosphere around us unknowingly eased a bit. I also took a look at the so-called mark, which was just three non-parallel horizontal lines. I don't know who left it behind. Following this mark may lead to a way out, or perhaps... a more dangerous place...

  "What's going on?" asked the big guy who looked stupid.

  Wu Xiaoshou and others were all staring at Pei Zi, obviously waiting for him to make a decision. Meanwhile, the group around Xian Xian was also discussing it calmly, wondering who would be left behind with this mark, where it would lead to, whether it was a good intention or a trap.

  "Does it make sense to think about these things now?" Xian Xian hooked the corner of her mouth, a flash of extremely fast light flickered in her eyes, her smile was very cold, seeming to smile yet not smiling.

  "We have no choice." Perhaps seeing others' hesitation, Dr. Takao explained calmly. Xian nodded and added another sentence: "It's better to die fighting than to waste away here."

  "Alright, let's get him together! If there's anything dirty going on, we'll take care of it one by one. If two come, we'll take down a pair!" Wang Yi said with his arms crossed and a fierce expression, fearless of heaven or earth.

  I saw Xian Xian leaning against a pillar, looking like he had nothing to do with the matter. I couldn't help but twitch my mouth corner. Last time was the same, and this time is no exception. As the leader, his mobilization work is really not good, it can even be said that it's terrible! Whenever there's an emergency, he thinks of attacking his subordinates, mercilessly killing their hopes!

  However, haha, this thing is really something he can do.

  At the beginning, when I was trapped in the "impossible staircase", I once asked him why he did this, why he deliberately crushed the hope in their hearts. At that time, he only said one sentence to me, and I let it go.

  He said at the time: "Hoping for a lucky break is the act of a coward. I didn't want them to die so quickly."

  Giving hope in desperate times can indeed greatly boost the overall morale of the team, but this is not a long-term solution. Rather than holding onto illusions, it's better to let them despair from the start! Only those who can survive desperation will have greater courage to face even more perilous situations, and this cannot be achieved overnight.

  And yet, like Xianxian's ability to remain calm in any desperate or hopeless situation, perhaps that too is the result of having experienced many inhuman things...

  His calmness is not put on, and his composure in the face of danger is not something that can be learned overnight. Someone like him can't help but make me curious! What has he experienced to become the way he is today? I couldn't help but take a look at him, and I have to say, Xian's appearance is top-notch - from his hairstyle and earrings to his fashion sense, everything about him is very trendy. It's almost impossible to associate him with a tomb raider. And his temperament is clearly not that of an ordinary tomb raider either; he looks more like a rich young master!

  But how did he end up as a grave robber? This line of work is like putting your neck on the line, and I'm not being auspicious when I say that one wrong move and you're dead! I'm getting more and more curious, once we get out, I'll definitely ask around about his past, after all, as brothers, it's only right to show some concern, hehehe...