Chapter 69: Bronze cast

The inside of the grotto was unexpectedly deep. There were sections of stone

ladders spiraling down under his feet. With the help of the dim light, he

could see multiple slide rails embedded on the rock walls on both sides,

probably used to place movable gates. However, due to disrepair, these grooves

have been blocked by moss, and the slabs used as gates are broken all over.

Obviously, this is by no means a facility such as an ancient tomb or a

mausoleum. It used to not only be entered and exited by people, but was also

permanently guarded.

After walking about twenty or thirty meters, Xia Fan suddenly heard a strange

sound.

It's a bit like a background noise, rustling when the radio has no signal.

This made the goose bumps on his back come out.

The radio is a product of the electronic age, and it is absolutely impossible

to appear in this period. Because of this, it looks extremely lame!

Someone behind him pulled the corner of his clothes.

"What, what sound is this?"

He originally thought it was Wei Wushuang, but when the other party opened his

mouth, he realized that it was Shangguan Cai. There was a rare fluctuation in

her voice.

"I don't know." Xia Fan looked back at her in surprise, "Aren't you scared?"

"Isn't it human nature to be afraid of the unknown?" Shangguan Cai replied

through gritted teeth.

"But you are not afraid of the ghosts before."

"That's just a physical thing. What is there to be afraid of. It can be

destroyed by touching it. Isn't it the same as the situation here?"

seems to make sense.

"Brother Xia, I am also a little scared..." Wei Wushuang couldn't help but

echo, "This place always feels so evil..."

At this time, the rustling sound is getting louder and louder, it has changed

from if there is nothing to ubiquitous, and the more it sounds, the more it

looks like electromagnetic noise.

This made Xia Fan feel a little confused.

But when he thought that the answer was close at hand, he bit his head and

stepped forward.

"Look down again. If there is no one, we will return to the entrance."

Fortunately, they arrived at the bottom of the grotto not long after this

time. At the end was also a thick stone gate, but on the other side of the

gate, he saw a faint of fire.

This means that the Du Brothers are not far away.

They finally caught each other's tail!

Xia Fan turned off the oil lamp, made a "ready to meet the enemy" gesture

behind him, and then drew out the peach wood sword on his waist.

This also made the other three people's mood settled.

Although the weird voice is still there, since I found someone from Huzhi

County, it proves that this place is not as dangerous as expected.

When everyone walked through the second stone gate with their waists down,

after a few steps, the target's figure finally appeared in the field of

vision.

It was a cave-like cave with torches hung around it. I don’t know if it was

originally there or was added later. There are still several openings around

the grotto, but they are not deep and you can see to the bottom at a glance.

Judging from the fence at the door, those small cavities are probably used as

cages.

The Du Brothers were busy picking up a pile of clothes, as if they were

planning to burn them on the spot, without noticing someone sneaking in at the

door.

There will be no better chance than now.

Xia Fan stretched out his hand and compared gestures of three, two, and one in

sequence.

"Action!"

The four rushed up from four directions and rushed straight at the two

brothers.

The distance of less than ten meters is no more than a blink of an eye for the

opponent, and the huge background noise concealed the sprinting footsteps. The

moment the opponent just heard the noise, Xia Fan and others had already

killed him.

The two brothers may have learned a little bit of martial arts, but in the

face of the overwhelming speed advantage, they didn't even have a chance to

fight back. One of them was knocked over to the ground in an instant, while

the other one rolled on the spot trying to escape, but was shot by Shangguan

Cai's ankle with a precise shot and fell to the ground.

A terrifying thing happened, and the person who was shot foot disappeared

instantly when he landed, as if he had melted.

"No, silver brother!"

Another person screamed horribly. He twisted and wanted to go to where the

opponent disappeared, but Wei Wushuang was sitting under him, unable to move

half an inch.

Such a big living person, can you still say that there will be no one?

Xia Fan hurried forward two steps, but stopped abruptly.

He couldn't help taking a deep breath, and almost subconsciously spit out the

word "fuck" in his mouth.

suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, it was a huge bronze disc!

It is almost five meters wide, and it is placed horizontally in the center of

the cave. Because of its low terrain, it was not seen by everyone at first.

Inside it, there are more than twenty hexagonal openings, each with a diameter

of nearly fifty centimeters, enough to fit an adult, these openings are neatly

close together, like a honeycomb made of metal!

In Xia Fan’s impression, the largest bronze artifact discovered by archeology,

the "Houmu Wuding", is only over one meter long, but the bronze creation in

front of him is already five times the former, and the internal complexity is

not on the same level.

More importantly, in this dark cave, why is it necessary to cast such a huge

bronze disc?

Xia Fan carefully followed the edge to search, and soon found the trace of the

fallen person in an opening.

Since that person called him Silver Brother, Du Mingyin must have fallen.

He seemed to be temporarily in a coma due to the impact. The whole person was

stuck about half a meter from the ground, and only his head could be seen from

above.

However, Xia Fan quickly discovered that there were barbs sticking out of the

small bronze wall on top of Du Mingyin's head, which was obviously designed to

prevent people who fell from climbing out. At the same time, he also noticed

that the whole casting "honeycomb" was covered with brown hard scabs,

especially the inside of the opening. Some of the hard scabs were relatively

new~www.mtlnovel.com~ showed dimness under the light of torches. Blood red.

This is a mixture of blood and bronze. He realized that bronze was oxidized

over the years, and the surface gradually peeled off. When these raised

surfaces were soaked in blood, they would form agglomerates like scabs.

He suppressed the chill in his heart and hurried back to Du Mingjin, "What the

** is going on!?"

"My brother... can you save my brother first!"

Du Mingjin looked desperately at the place where his brother fell.

"There is a metal barb on the top. Without a handy tool, it is impossible to

get him out. If you tell me everything you know, I might still consider saving

his life."

"No... it's too late. That thing will shrink soon."

"What do you mean by shrinking?" Xia Fan grabbed his collar and shouted, "What

is that thing for?"

Du Mingjin was shaken, his eyes a little blank.

"You haven't interrogated anyone, right?" Shangguan Cai came over.

"Do you have experience?"

"I haven't done it myself, but I have seen it many times," she did not know

when she had picked up the half-length spear. "You can't ask anything in a

gentle way like you."

Xia Fan consciously stepped aside.

Shangguan Cai squatted down, motioned Wei Wushuang to lift him up, changed to

a face-to-face sitting position, and then waved and slapped him away——

"Snapped!"

The strength was so great that blood was dripping from the corner of Du

Mingjin's mouth.

"look at me."

Shangguan Cai picked up the tip of the gun and shook it in front of him, then

stabbed it hard.

"Ah, uh————————!"

A shrill scream suddenly overwhelmed the rustling noise in the grotto.