On the seventeenth day (August), the mountain cave was destroyed by bombing.

  We tidied up Xiaobudian's body and sent it to the mountain slope, letting him become a neighbor with Aiyu. The three bodies were placed side by side, the clear wind blew over, and the plastic sheet on the ground fluttered, as if they let out a sigh.

  No one wants to die, everyone is afraid of death, but death is kind because no one knows exactly when it will come.

  Except me.

  The ticking sound beside my ear keeps ringing, every second I can see my life disappearing like a drying spring water, one drop at a time.

  I urgently need all the answers now. I want to know who the murderer is, whether it's a cursed murder or someone continues our curse and kills people.

  Is Xiaobudian's death related to the students?

  We all bowed together to Xiaobudian, then returned to the inn, everyone was very anxious and wanted to know who killed Xiaobudian.

  Two donkeys said, the basement, all small things are in the basement.

  I followed them and walked over to a place similar to a warehouse on the other side of the dining hall, which was filled with miscellaneous items. I had never set foot here before.

  I watched as the two donkeys opened a secret door on the floor, which wasn't very secretive at all. There were two handles installed on the floor, and if I had come here before, with my curiosity and imagination, I probably would have suspected that there was something underneath. If we had discovered them back then, maybe there wouldn't have been so many unexpected events.

  If we had met at the earliest time, before Da Peng's death, even before the mountain was sealed off, wouldn't we have started deploying our company in town by now?

  Is all this fate?

  The stairs below are very dark and old, Xia Ai frowned at the entrance of the stairs, then covered her nose with her hand and said, I'm not going down anymore. Several men live in a stinky place, I'll go up and lie down for a while, you tell me when you have a result.

  I nodded, Xiao Ai had just been frightened, a girl definitely needs more care at this time. The three of us walked down, there were still several rooms below. Xiaopang pointed to the front and said, I live here, Xiaodidian is here, and Er LVzi is in the front.

  After finishing, he opened the door of Xiaobudian's room. Inside, there were three laptops, a suitcase and a large backpack in the room. The things inside the backpack were scattered all over the floor, and the scene was chaotic.

  I said, did someone flip through Xiaobudian's stuff?

  The little fatty looked around and said, "It's hard to say. Xiaobian's room is usually this messy, just like it was robbed. It's really hard to tell if anything was stolen or if someone rummaged through it."

  The two donkeys said, "Yes, it's just that messy. I've told him several times, but he says the more chaotic it is, the more inspiration he gets." A place like this, probably no one will come in.

  The three of us walked around the little dot, which was littered with trash, to his laptop, which was open. I shook the mouse and saw that it required a password.

  I turned around and looked at them, both of whom shook their heads.

  I wiggled the mouse of two other laptops, one required a password and the other didn't.

  I sat in front of a computer that didn't require a password and looked around for half a day, but I still couldn't find where to put the small black card.

  I turned around and said, you two don't just look at it, how does Xiaobu use this card after all.

  Xiao Pang said it's all his technical responsibility, I've never paid attention to it. Er Tuzi, what about you?

  Two donkeys said, I think, I think, Xiao Budian is particularly good at this aspect, and we don't need to worry about it at all. Moreover, he speaks with an English accent, and it's hard for us to communicate with him. I thought for a moment, was it something about spy equipment? At that time, I was very interested, you also know that I am obsessed with military things. Let him explain it to me, what did he say? How could I forget?

  Xiao Pang said that it seemed to be, but on that day we also drank wine and took out something like a camera from the wine table, not this card.

  Two donkeys slapped their foreheads and said, "Right, right! I remember that camera now. It's spy equipment."

  I saw Erzi waking up and gaining spirit, expecting Erzi to continue speaking quickly. However, Erzi was stunned for half a day and then said that at that time there was only one device, no other. What did he say? I don't remember. It seemed like it was about a receiving range of over ten meters, battery-powered, remote something garbled.

  I'm anxious, stood up and said, where did you press the camera?

  Xiao Pang said that Xiao Bu Dian was also in charge of installing it, and at the time he suggested installing it in your room. However, Xiao Ai vetoed him, saying that he invaded your privacy. Behind her back, Xiao Bu Dian laughed at her, saying she was afraid we would see her inside your room. I remember this very clearly. Also, on the day you arrived, we were just testing the installation, and we saw you too.

  I came here for the first time and didn't go to the hotel, but instead went through the cave and returned to town.

  I said, where were you guys on that day?

  Xiao Pang said, that day we had just settled in the cave, Xiao Bu Dian was testing with us on the mountain, and found you riding a bike over, then we hid. You were also with that beautiful woman called Feng Yue at that time, right?

  I said, are there cameras in the cave too? Will that little guy go into the cave?

  Xiao Pang said that place was sealed off, what did he go to the cave for?

  I said, is there anywhere else?

  Xiao Pang said, I don't know either.

  I said, since we don't know where the other cameras are, it seems that our room for choice is not great. Xiao Bu Dian can't die in vain, and this thing he grasped tightly before his death is obviously very important to us. Let's go take a look at the cave, and treat a dead horse as if it were alive.

  Xiao Pang and Er Duzi exchanged a glance, then both nodded. Together they said, "Right, we won't let Xiao Budo die in vain."

  I picked up the SIM card and said hastily, "Come on, let's go."

  The three of us rushed out from underground, and before we even reached the door, we bumped into Ma Tiancheng. Er Duzi shouted "Brother-in-law!" Ma Tiancheng looked up and said, "What's wrong? Something happened again?"

  The two donkeys shook their heads. I saw that they were about to speak, so I took the initiative and said, "We just remembered that Xiaobao's phone is gone. We're going back to look for it."

  Ma Tiancheng nodded and said, "Go quickly and come back quickly, it's time for dinner."

  After going out, Er Zhu Zi said, "How could you lie to your brother?"

  I said, Little Not Point's mobile phone really disappeared, didn't you find it? I even turned his pants upside down, originally thought it was in his room, just now also did not see. We went over to take a look and see if there is a mobile phone, can't say what's inside.

  The two donkeys hummed in agreement, then muttered to themselves, "My brother is very good to me."

  I know that Er Duzi is dissatisfied with me, but he didn't say a word. After all, I'm not sure if the salt-like substance is really a drug, and I don't dare to accuse Ma Tiancheng of being a drug dealer.

  Even if I have 100% evidence, I dare not. Is a life of seventeen days not a life? It can't be taken lightly just because it's short, and getting involved with drug dealers will absolutely end in disaster.

  So I patted Erzi's shoulder and whispered a sorry. Erzi said, "Don't be like Xiaobudian, always messing with English."

  I said, sorry, I just think this thing should be handled with caution.

  The two donkeys nodded and then said, "Be careful."

  As we talked, we kept moving forward and walked for half a day before arriving at the entrance of the cave, which was still sealed with rubble, without giving us any hope.

  I stayed at Dongkou Station and looked around, then said, can this distance receive the camera information inside the cave?

  Xiao Pang said, at that time when we received it was farther than here, we were on top, you see, at that time we hid behind the stone and came out after you rode your bike past. But this cave has collapsed, can the camera still be used?

  I said if this card is really for this camera, it means it will definitely work. Let's go take a look at that rock over there.

  The three of us came to the stone, circled around it, and then Xiao Pang suddenly squatted down and dug out a camera-like thing from the gap in the stone. He excitedly shouted, "It's this one! It's this one!"

  I didn't expect Xiao Pangzi to actually find this device here, which means...this is where Xiaobudian was murdered?

  I lowered my head and started looking for traces, the two donkeys also seemed to understand what I was doing, nodded to each other, and we three dispersed to search for unusual marks on the ground.

  Two donkeys in the distance shouted, and we two ran over quickly. We saw that a piece of grass was very messy, obviously with signs of fighting, and another piece of grass was completely stuck to the ground, and its surface was very smooth. I seemed to see Xiaobudian struggling before he died, constantly rubbing his legs against the ground, and behind him, someone had their arm around his neck.

  Maybe it's a very thick rope, maybe...

  In short, this is absolutely the primary scene where Xiaobudian was murdered.

  The three of us stood there, as if we had seen Xiaobudian's dying struggle. Xiao Pang looked at the stone in the distance and then looked here, he gestured and said, "It doesn't feel right, this place is tens of meters away from that stone. Was he dragged here?"

  I also turned around to take a look at that huge rock, and then I said, no, Xiaobudian must have deliberately separated the machine from the SIM card. He hid the machine there because it was too big and not easy to carry. He clutched the SIM card tightly until his death, which means he probably realized the outcome when he was hiding behind the rock.

  Xiao Pang said, could it be that Xiao Budo still recognizes the murderer? No, he can recognize the murderer?

  I said, either he knew him or this murderer was too cunning, and as soon as he saw him, he would be on guard.

  Xiao Pang said, what does "guai yi" mean?

  I said, if it's something that doesn't look like a human being, or a corpse that has already died, or...

  Little fatty waved his hand and said, don't scare me, those are all fake, let's talk about human things instead.

  I said, no need to say more, just take a look at the video and you'll know everything, won't you?

  I took out the SIM card and inserted it into the camera's card slot. The camera jumped out with several options, I pressed them one by one, and finally a cave appeared on the screen.

  The cave is very quiet, but the bottom is all gravel. These gravels are far from the lens and have a large gap, which does not look like it is completely blocked.

  Xiao Pang said, wasn't the cave sealed off? This camera is installed in the middle, how come there are so few rocks in the middle.

  It seems like we're the only ones who are stuck here.

  Xiao Pang said, how is it possible, an earthquake will collapse one side? Then aren't we too unlucky.

  I continued to turn over, quickly turning over, until the gravel on the ground disappeared.

  I looked at the time, it was exactly the day when the mountain cave collapsed. I slowly adjusted the time backwards, but felt that the picture was not right, the time jumped very quickly and was not continuous at all.

  I asked Xiaopang, why isn't time continuous?

  Xiao Pang said, you ask me what's useful, I don't understand technology either.

  The two donkeys said, I know this is a spy device. Although it's very powerful, the storage space isn't infinite either. It records five minutes every hour, Xiaoxiao said.

  I took a look at the time jump and it's really every hour for five minutes, before that all were fragmented stones without change, I didn't notice these at all.

  But every hour has only five minutes, are we really so lucky that we can see what we want to see within these five minutes?

  But at this time, there was no luck or bad luck. I resignedly flipped through it and found that the cave had always been empty, but suddenly two figures flashed inside.

  I was stunned and quickly pressed the replay button, but our luck wasn't good. The two of them appeared in the last few seconds of the five minutes, and it was dark outside, so I only saw what seemed to be something being moved.

  Then in the next hour, the cave collapsed.

  The three of us looked at it over and over again, the two figures were very blurry, but at least I can be sure that they are two adult men, not a man with a dwarf.

  I was indeed wary of Ma Tiancheng and the other, having mentally equated them with bad people from the start. But thinking carefully about it, everyone at the inn that night had gone out, leaving only Fatou and the killer inside after they ran out in the evening, even the three who were trying to scare me by pretending to be ghosts had also run to the ground floor that night.

  The three of us watched it many times, and when we really couldn't watch it anymore, Er Duzi said, what are they moving anyway?

  I said, we should take a look at the time, it's in the middle of the night, this place is so remote, and the mountain road is not easy to walk on at night, would anyone move things here at midnight? And we didn't see anyone else coming in, right? And is it really that coincidental, two people moving things at midnight, and then the cave collapses, everyone heard the loud noise that night. Some people said it was an earthquake, but I think...

  Xiao Pang's face turned pale. He said, "I understand what you mean. You're saying that their moving things is directly related to the cave collapse. Your meaning is..."

  The two of us looked at each other, both with unsightly expressions. The second donkey chimed in from the side, "Was the mountain cave blown up by someone?"

  Yes, the cave was blown up by someone. Someone wants to trap us here and kill us one by one.

  But why? Why kill us all? Cut off our hope of life?

  What kind of secret are they going to keep here?