Chen Ziyan felt that the purpose of these people coming here was most likely related to some secret information possessed by the Zhang family.
It’s just that he is not sure about this and does not have any evidence, so it is not suitable to tell Wu Laogou.
And he doesn’t want the other party to see that he knows too much about the Zhang family. That is not a good thing, at least not at this stage.
Although the two sides are now allies, this relationship is not reliable. After all, for the people of Jiumen, the Zhang family is not a good person.
"That's true." Wu Laogou hesitated for a moment, and then said coquettishly.
He didn't doubt that Chen Ziyan was perfunctory with him, after all, his words were too ambiguous.
But after recalling what Zhang Dafo Ye had done in the past, Wu Laogou suddenly lost the confidence to refute, because even he felt that the other party sometimes did things unorganized.
"Fifth Master, let's go over there and have a look."
Although Chen Ziyan didn't know what Wu Laogou was thinking, he could hear the coping meaning in the other person's words, so he I took the initiative to stop this topic.
There are only so many clues on the body. If you want to find more, you must shift your attention to other places.
After observation, Chen Ziyan successfully deduced the direction from which the corpses came from based on factors such as their fallen postures and the distance between them.
Wu Laogou didn't need Chen Ziyan to explain too much. He just took a few glances at the corpses on the ground and understood what he meant. He nodded obediently and said, "Okay."
As a person who has been with fierce dogs for decades, he is also an expert in finding traces. Naturally, it is easy to understand Chen Ziyan's intention.
Knowing that he wanted to follow the corpse's path to find new clues.
It turned out that Chen Ziyan’s idea was right, because not long after they followed the path, they successfully obtained new harvests.
The harvest this time was a rusty dagger. Because the dagger was inserted into the branch of an underground plant, Chen Ziyan discovered this 'bright' clue as soon as he came here.
"Judging from the angle and position of this short knife, it should not be a deliberate mark, but rather a subconscious product after the body loses its balance." Wu Laogou walked around in front of the plant and said expressed his own opinion.
Perhaps for better expression, while speaking, he also made a staggering movement while running, which could be regarded as replicating the situation at that time.
Chen Ziyan nodded aside and further added: "From this point of view, the owner of the short sword was indeed moving quickly at that time, and the situation was very urgent, which caused him to pull out the weapon again. There is no time to come out.”
Hearing Chen Ziyan’s words, Wu Laogou couldn’t help but look at his nephew in his hand and said with emotion:
"Our luck is really good. We found this thing not long after we came down."
As expected, the short knife in front of him was left behind by the corpses in front of him. He is also a man who has experienced battles for a long time. Combined with With a little imagination based on the existing clues, I simulated the scene at that time in my mind.
Think about it again, if they were in the same situation, how could Wu Laogou have penetrated to this level? He would have withdrawn with a lot of losses.
"Yes, I am indeed lucky compared to them." Chen Ziyan was also quite emotional.
This underground space is really one after another. Without the living talisman of Nephew, how could they be so leisurely now? They must have followed in the footsteps of their predecessors.
"Little friend Chen, where do you think these people came in from?" Wu Laogou looked at the dagger for a while, turned his eyes slightly, and suddenly asked such a question.
Obviously, all these abnormalities made him doubtful.
Of course Chen Ziyan had thought about this a long time ago, and he said after hearing this: "It should be another entrance."
If there were no traces like the previous ones, he might still think that these people, He came in from the same position as them.
But no matter how you look at it now, it won’t be like this, because if those people also came down from the cliff, they would not leave any traces in front, but instead leave many traces deep in the underground jungle. trace.
In Chen Ziyan's opinion, this undoubtedly shows one thing, that is, the group of people who may be from the Zhang family entered here in a different way from them.
“Well, that makes sense.” Wu Laogou nodded with approval.
There is no reason for him to disagree, because all the clues discovered so far confirm this.
After staying for a while, Chen Ziyan and the others made sure that there was nothing else around, then they left here and went deeper.
Neither of the two touched the rusty short knife. This thing is now equivalent to a piece of scrap metal. Rather than taking it away, it is better to leave it where it is and mark it.
Because of the discovery of the short knife, Chen Ziyan thought that they would find more lost things during the next journey.
After all, judging from the previous situation, it all shows that the team was in danger and began to flee in a panic.
But what Chen Ziyan didn’t expect was that for a long way, he didn’t encounter any remnants. Instead, he discovered the ruins of a camp that had long been dilapidated.
“This place looks quite large.” Chen Ziyan said, looking at the outline of the camp.
Although only part of the tent here is left, the overall outline is still there, and the specific size can still be seen. "Yes, that team must have been quite large back then." The first time Wu Laogou saw the ruins of the camp, he came up with a rough answer in his mind.
Chen Ziyan didn't do much research on these, so he asked: "Fifth Master, do you have a specific number?"
If a more accurate number can be obtained, it will be better for their next exploration. There is some help.
Wu Laogou thought for a while and said: "This kind of tent is a very old style. I remember that it usually accommodated three to four people. There used to be six tents here. We will follow each tent according to the size of the tent. Counting all the people, the number of people in the original team should be between twenty and thirty."
Chen Ziyan thought about it and felt that this number was very reliable. In the early years, whether it was an expedition team or a team, The seniors who stole the door, too, acted in a much more flamboyant style than they do now.
Although not everyone worked as hard as Xi Ling, at that time, any force with some strength had to have dozens of people act together when doing things.
And there are Zhang family members in this team, so this number will only be higher, not lower.
Besides, it is still underground where it is difficult for outsiders to find it, so it would not be surprising even if the number of people doubled.
"Then we still have a lot of corpses that we haven't discovered. Mr. Wu, do you think those people were not wiped out at the beginning?" Chen Ziyan asked thoughtfully.
After confirming that the lanky monster was the Zhang family, he subconsciously thought that the original group of people had fallen here.
After all, they had seen the terrifying scale of the black-haired snakes with their own eyes, and even the Zhang family, who had special bloodline and unique skills, were defeated here, so they subconsciously thought that the entire team would not be spared.
But now the appearance of this camp and the estimate of the number of people make Chen Ziyan a little uncertain.
Because the number of corpses they found was too small and could not be matched at all.
Wu Laogou glanced around, shook his head slightly and denied: "This should be the depths of the underground jungle. It was difficult for those people to escape without my nephew. I think it was at a critical moment. They were fleeing in all directions, so we didn’t see all the corpses.”
But having said that, Wu Laogou still had a guess in his mind, that is, the remaining corpses were like the lanky monster. , became a black fly controlled by the black-haired snake, so he was not seen on the road.
It's just that he had no evidence to prove this, so he didn't say it. It would be embarrassing if it didn't happen.
Of course, the most important thing is that they have a nephew to protect them. No matter the black-haired snake or the black flying child, they will not come close, and the other party will even take the initiative to avoid it. It is meaningless to say it or not.
Chen Ziyan glanced around the dilapidated camp and felt that Wu Laogou did have some truth.
Although after years of changes, there are not many clues here, it can also be seen that when the accident happened here, the people here were in a very panic state.
Thinking of the black-haired snakes that were as endless as a wave, Chen Ziyan felt that it was normal for those people to be swarmed by the black-haired snakes and force them to panic without the protection of his nephew.
After all, in the face of such a situation, who can think about where to go.
Even if there were people in the team who were calm in times of crisis, it would be impossible to control the situation in an extremely chaotic situation.
After all, neither the expedition team nor the tomb robbers have the discipline to enforce orders and prohibitions like the army. When disaster strikes, it is the real norm to fly separately!
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan finally determined one thing.
That was the group of people who came here in the first place. Not all of them were from the Zhang family. There should just be some Zhang family members among them.
It is even very possible that the only person in the team who turned into a lanky monster is the Zhang family.
This is not impossible. Although the Zhang family has not fallen apart at that time, it is not impossible for the Zhang family to sneak into other teams. You must know that the job of laying eggs through borrowing money is not unique to the Wang family.
If we really talk about it, the Wang family learned it from the Zhang family.
"Fifth Master, do you think we are about to reach another entrance here?" Chen Ziyan thought of another question at this moment and looked at Wu Laogou and asked.
Now it is basically certain that the original group of people did not have Nephew, so they would definitely not rush deep into the underground jungle to camp. Doesn't this mean that this place is not far from the entrance where they came in.
When Wu Laogou was reminded like this, he also thought of this, but just as he was about to nod, he suddenly noticed something inconsistent: "No, if the entrance is nearby, why don't the people in this camp How about returning directly along the original path? "
You must know that instead of running into the unknown jungle, the path you came from is undoubtedly safer.
"This...unless..." Chen Ziyan paused for a moment and slowly said an answer: "Unless the way in is more dangerous in their opinion."
This is not a difficult problem. To solve the problem, you can get a reasonable answer with a little substitution.
"The way back is more dangerous?" Wu Laogou nodded: "This is very possible, otherwise there is no need to spread out. It would be safer to go back directly."
While saying this, his eyes roamed back and forth over the ruins in front of him, trying to see if he could find the direction from which he came.
Wu Laogou was very interested in the place where these people came down. If he could hold it in his hands, he felt that he might be able to take another more covert way to control this precious underground space. . (End of this chapter)