Chapter 11: The Strange Image in the Corridor

  The bullet passed by my side and hit the wall in front of me.

  The three of us immediately found a place to hide while the gunfire continued to come over.

  "What should we do?" Li Wei was now scared and curled up into a ball.

  "Hearing the gunfire, there aren't many people. Hao Tian, you go distract them, I'll cover for you over here," Cao Ming said to me.

  I nodded slightly and then took a step out of my hiding place.

  Just as I rushed out, Cao Ming fired a shot behind me.

  Two of the people who attacked us fell down instantly, although two fell down, but the other side still had three people.

  I stuck to the wall and made a gesture with my hand towards Cao Ming. Cao Ming nodded understandingly, then opened the night vision device.

  This time Wu Liang prepared for us night vision device, not only has also function, it also has a function that is infrared detection.

  I adjusted the night vision device to infrared mode and clearly saw the positions of those three people.

  He pulled out the Desert Eagle from his backpack and aimed at one of them, pulling the trigger.

  One shot... three shots... until the fifth bullet was fired, that person's body moved a little, then fell to the ground with a thud.

  I took a glance at the Desert Eagle and exclaimed: "The little handgun's power is not small!"

  Cao Ming looked at me for a moment without saying anything, then imitated my actions and aimed his pistol at another person.

  But this time Cao Ming fired all the bullets in the magazine, and still didn't see that person fall to the ground.

  "Damn it, why am I so unlucky." Cao Ming said with a murmur after replacing a magazine.

  I let out a sly smile, then aimed at a standing shadow and fired a shot. I originally thought it would take more than one bullet to kill him, but as soon as the gunshot fell, that guy grunted and also fell to the ground.

  Another accomplice was shot dead, and the last guy got a bit anxious. He started firing randomly at our side, bullets hitting the walls around me, splashing out sparks.

  Cao Ming suddenly jumped out from his hiding place and fired three shots in a row. After the sound of Cao Ming's gunfire died down, there was no movement on the other side either.

  "We'd better hurry, the gunfire may have attracted other people," Cao Ming said, turning his head back to me.

  I nodded and then ran to Li Wei's side, checked his condition, confirmed that he was okay, and then pulled him up to follow Cao Ming.

  "What about these two?" I asked Cao Ming as we passed by the two men I had captured.

  Cao Ming took a glance at the two men and raised the gun in his hand. Two shots rang out, ending their lives.

  "I... was surprised by Cao Ming's behavior."

  "Anyway, they won't survive even if they go back, might as well give them a quick death now." Cao Ming put the gun back into his waist and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.

  I looked at those two people lying on the ground and felt a strange sense of sadness in my heart.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, just like Cao Ming thought, soon after we left that place, we heard the sound of hurried footsteps. Judging from the sound, there were at least a dozen or so people.

  "It seems they've mobilized quite a few people this time." Cao Ming said after listening for a while.

  "If we calculate based on the current situation, there are at least over fifty people." I thought for a while before speaking out my thoughts.

  Cao Ming nodded slightly, which was tantamount to acknowledging what I said.

  We didn't stay for long and after saying a few more words, we started walking forward.

  After walking for about five minutes, I stopped and asked Cao Ming, "Which direction are we heading now?"

  Cao Ming took out a compass from his pocket, looked at it and replied: "We are heading north now, what's wrong?"

  "If we head north now, that group of people should have come from the southwest direction. If we continue to move forward, it's unlikely that we'll be able to find them." I expressed my concern.

  After listening to me, Cao Ming fell silent for a moment and said: "We have no way to turn back now. That group of people may still be looking for us. If we go back now, it's equivalent to jumping into the net."

  "What should we do then?" I was getting a bit anxious.

  Li Wei took a look ahead and then turned back to us and said, "This road shouldn't be straight, I think if we walk further forward, there should be a turn."

  "How can you be so sure?" I asked in puzzlement.

  Li Wei looked at me and said: "Because the underground passage is not straight, if it were straight, the passage would be crushed by pressure."

  "It turns out that's how it is, let's move forward a bit more, if it doesn't work then we'll turn back." As I said this, I led the way forward.

  After walking forward for more than a minute, there was indeed a corner.

  I patted Li Wei's shoulder and said, "You little guy is really something, you actually knew it before it happened."

  Li Wei scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's all learned from books, now it just happens to be useful."

  Cao Ming also smiled and was the first to turn the corner.

  However, Cao Ming let out a strange cry as soon as he turned the corner.

  Li Wei and I rushed over, only to see Cao Ming lying on top of a stone statue.

  "What is this thing?" I curiously looked at the statue.

  Only this statue has a head composed of nine snake heads, human body, and the lower half turned into a snake tail.

  Cao Ming stepped down from the statue, took a step back and stared at it for a while before saying: "Could it be the Snake Woman?"

  "Snake woman, I've seen a statue of a snake woman before, it wasn't like this." Cao Ming had barely finished speaking when I immediately retorted.

  "What did you say it was?" Cao Ming immediately retorted back at me.

  "This... I don't know either." When I said this sentence, I felt a bit embarrassed.

  "This is a totem sculpture, named Snake God, it's the deity of an ancient tribe in Western Regions." Li Wei said to us while looking at the sculpture.

  "Have you seen this thing?" Cao Ming and I asked in unison.

  Li Wei nodded and said: "I've seen it before, because our village believes in this thing."

  "This thing shouldn't be here, there shouldn't be our people here." Li Wei said doubtfully again.

  "Things are getting interesting, let's ignore this statue for now and move forward to see if there's anything else." I said.

  Li Wei and Cao Ming nodded, then followed me from behind, turning around the corner and continuing forward.

  After walking forward for half an hour, we came across a door with the same totem of the snake god painted on it.

  "It seems we've really found the right place." Cao Ming turned back and smiled slightly.

  I ignored Cao Ming and turned my gaze to Li Wei, hoping he would say something useful.

  Li Wei looked at the door for a while and then said, "There's no danger here, it's just an ordinary door." Li Wei paused for a moment and continued, "However, I think this place seems to be a conference hall."

  "What did you say?" I asked.

  Li Wei turned around and looked at the door, saying: "Because only high-level places can have these totemic images carved on them."

  "It seems we have no choice but to go in." Cao Ming said as he pushed open the door.

  With a creak, the wooden door was gently pushed open by Cao Ming, and a lot of dust fell from the top of the door.

  Suddenly, a black object darted out from inside the door and pounced on Cao Ming.