America 1881: Legend of the West

"Is your leg okay?" Chen Jianqiu walked to He Jiasheng's side.

Teresa was doing a simple bandage on him.

"It's okay, young master." He Jiasheng put down his trousers and stood up again, "A little skin injury. When I was building railroads in Nevada, I often encountered this kind of thing. Just rub it with spit and it'll be fine. ”

"No joints were hurt." Teresa also stood up and wiped the sweat from her head.

"Yes." Chen Jianqiu nodded, and he looked at Theresa.

A corner of Auntie's black skirt was torn, and her whole body was smeared with monster glands just like them. It was smelly and fishy. Her face was mixed with dust and sweat, and it looked like a big painted face under the light of the torch.

Logically speaking, in such a narrow and complicated environment, Chen Jianqiu should not bring Theresa down. Firstly, she is not young, and secondly, her skirt is not convenient for movement.

But Teresa always insisted on following her. She couldn't worry about her husband, nor could she worry about the children who were following her.

And Chen Jianqiu also really needs a senior medical staff to be with him. At the critical moment, he might really be able to save their lives.

"Are you okay? You've been working hard all the way with us rough old men." Chen Jianqiu said with an apologetic look.

"Uh~ Yes, yes." Sean whispered.

"Yes, yes, wifey..." Danny stood next to Sean, just about to say something.

Teresa turned around, glared at the two men, pointed at them: "You two, shut up!"

Two people, one black and one white, one tall and one short, immediately shut up, like two children who made a mistake.

In the cave just now, it was most likely their homesick tune that "awakened" the stalactites that had been sleeping for many years.

Seeing that these two people were distracted, Theresa turned to Chen Jianqiu again: "Chen, what do you think we should do now?"

Chen Jianqiu walked to Holmes' side.

For professional matters, you have to consult professional people. On this point, he always chooses to believe in the professional abilities of the team members.

This cave doesn't look big from the outside, but the caves inside are connected one after another and are full of strange things. If you walk blindly, you will probably be trapped inside without finding the treasure.

The geologist was studying something with his eyes narrowed against the rock wall. Chen Jianqiu was holding a torch aside and did not disturb him.

"Chen, let's continue going down. If those descendants of the Aztecs really want to find a spacious place suitable for storing things, it should be at the bottom of this cave. There might be an underground tunnel there. River or underground lake.”

Holmes made a judgment from the perspective of cave formation, but he was still a little hesitant.

"However, I'm not very sure, and there may be many forks in the road."

"Let's go, we don't have many choices now." Chen Jianqiu said, "As long as there is air circulation, we will at least be safe."

He took a new torch from Liu Dabao's back, lit it, and handed it to Danny: "Let's keep going."

The formation of the team has not changed, with Chen Jianqiu and Holmes still leading the team and walking at the front.

Before reaching a fork in the road, Holmes carefully gave his suggestions, and Chen Jianqiu made the choice.

Chen Jianqiu replaced words with footsteps.

He knows that every choice he makes now is actually no different from gambling.

Despite this, Chen Jianqiu's steps were still extremely firm, without stopping or hesitating.

The road in the cave has many twists and turns.

After going around a few times, they entered another large cave.

The stone road ahead became narrow and steep, all the way down, extending into the darkness where nothing could be seen.

With the previous experience, everyone was silent this time. They even stepped softly. The cave was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

There is air current passing through the cave, and the light of the torch flickers, reflecting the uneven cave walls and the strange-shaped stalactites.

Their shadows and the shadows of the team danced on the cave wall on the other side, intertwining with the real scene.

This makes the scenery in the cave seem more bizarre and illusory.

"Boom."

The sound of a drop of water falling into a deep pool.

"Boom."

The sound came from beyond the range of the torch's light.

In the darkness, from an invisible place, perhaps from the dome or from other locations, drops of water were falling continuously.

"Is there water down there?" Chen Jianqiu turned his head and whispered to Holmes.

Holmes nodded.

They continued walking downwards and soon reached the bottom of the cave.

This is flat land.

Different from the uneven floors of other caves, the rocky ground in front of you was extremely smooth, as if it had been polished.

It's a surprisingly flat platform.

Chen Jianqiu raised the torch in his hand high. When he looked around by the light of the fire, he realized that he had greatly underestimated the size of this place.

The ground here is very open, so open that the light of the torches cannot reach the end of it.

This is not so much a platform as a square.

"You guys wait here for a while, Holmes and I will go around first." Chen Jianqiu said.

Chen Jianqiu walked forward along the outer edge of the square holding a torch. He wanted to try to measure the size of the square with his feet.

Every few steps you take, you will see some strange stones standing on the ground. Like the stalactites in the dome, they are also made of limestone corroded by carbon dioxide-containing water, so their shapes are naturally as random as you want.

Chen Jianqiu felt that the visual impact brought by these stones and their shadows was no less than that in the cave just now.

Both fantasy and reality.

After walking a few more steps, Chen Jianqiu found himself at the edge of a body of water.

He looked up and sure enough, there were water droplets dripping down from above and falling into the lake in front of him.

On the periphery of this flat land, there is an underground lake.

Chen Jianqiu walked to the edge of the square, squatted down, and looked toward the lake by the light of the torch.

The lake was pitch black, bottomless, and devoid of any life. Only a few bubbles would occasionally bubble upward.

This lake is like a pair of deep eyes, turning into a bottomless abyss. When Chen Jianqiu is staring at it, he is also staring at Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu felt something was wrong. He felt that if he continued to look at it like this, he would have an urge to jump in.

"Holmes, your guess is really accurate, but there won't be lakes like this on these three sides. Could it be that this flat square is an island?"

Chen Jianqiu stood up and said.

However, no one answered.

"Holmes?"

Chen Jianqiu turned his head and found that the geologist was standing there blankly, looking towards the center of the square expressionlessly.

There, beyond the reach of the fire, it was pitch black.

Chen Jianqiu frowned, sensing something was wrong with Holmes.

Even when geologists are kidnapped in various ways until they are hopeless, their expressions and states are not like this.

However, whether he was possessed by an evil spirit or was bewitched, Chen Jianqiu had his own way to get this person back.

This method was used by Butcher Hu on his son-in-law, and the effect was pretty good.

Just when Chen Jianqiu was about to give Holmes a "light" slap on the face, the geologist's body suddenly moved.

He spread his legs suddenly and ran towards the center of the square.

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