Endless route

Chapter 12 12. Underground Corpse Lake [Seeking further reading]

The ice reflects the light, making the dark cavern shine like water ripples. The five people standing on the ice are in stark contrast to the thick ice and the large number of corpses under their feet.

The air was dead.

Everyone was silent.

Zheng Yun was breathing rapidly and looked at the corpses at his feet, unable to tell how they died.

Some of them wore down antifreeze suits, and some carried diving oxygen tanks. They obviously came here specifically to explore, but they all died here.

What's even more weird is that there are still so many corpses in the mine on the sixth floor. The weirdness of this abandoned mine is deeper than they imagined.

There is a seventh layer below the sixth layer. If the corpses are floating downward as the water recedes, there may be corpses in the depths, and the more you go down, the more corpses there will be.

This is not the end yet.

The depths may be even more terrifying, and there is no telling what weird scenes are waiting for them ahead.

Are you still leaving? Sister Wang asked.

We are already here, let's go. Hu Ruihua glanced at Zheng Yun, who nodded.

The positioning device has failed. Demona has a strong desire to survive and specially found a ventilation pipe that leads directly to the second floor, otherwise the signal will not be transmitted.

Hu Ruihua sighed, after all, it was a human life, and the search and rescue team also relied on reputation. After they received the money, they had no reason to back down.

Zheng Yun is the same.

There was no way he was giving up.

So a few people continued on their way.

They could only rely on their general memories to keep moving deeper. The entire path was covered with ice, the shallow areas were as deep as a palm, and corpses were everywhere.

There are hundreds of them in total.

They felt numb after seeing too much. The few people said nothing and just walked forward. They didn't even look at any corpse pits they encountered. At most, they just left a mark to prevent them from getting lost.

Wandered around for a while.

Hu Ruihua raised his cell phone and whispered to everyone: There is signal again, it's right in front.

A few people were more cautious. Not long after walking forward, they found a downward mining tunnel that was half submerged in ice. The ice layer was nearly two meters deep. There was a space of less than one meter high at the top of the mine tunnel. People could only squat. Only then can you enter.

Shine your flashlight over it.

The mine tunnel is open, but the height of the ice layer has not changed. The gap left at the top of the downhill mine tunnel will become lower and lower. The last few meters are only twenty or thirty centimeters high. You must take off your backpack and move forward close to the ice. climb.

Everyone had different expressions.

The stench here is the strongest, probably from the rotting corpses.

If you want to lie down, you will almost be face to face with the corpse below through the ice. If you lower your head, you will be the corpse, unless you lie face up on the ice and slide across it.

When the water is too deep, it cannot freeze. They can all see that there is living water under the ice. If the ice breaks and someone falls in, it will be very dangerous.

And further down is the seventh floor. At this height, white mist should have entered. Although the white mist did not diffuse into the mine tunnel, Zheng Yun still felt dangerous.

They didn't know what was on the other side of the mine tunnel. Their movement was restricted in the gap and they were in a dilemma. If the figure from before returned, they would be hard pressed to fight back.

Come on, I'll go first.

Hu Ruihua drew his gun and got into the gap.

Zheng Yun followed closely, and the others had no choice but to go in. The five of them moved forward bit by bit from squatting to crawling between the ice and the rock wall.

After losing weight, he kept retching.

Hu Zi was about 1.8 meters tall and relatively large. He was suffocated in such a closed space, with his chest pressed against the ice and unable to raise his head. He could only have close contact with the corpse under the tip of his nose.

After about thirty or forty meters, the front finally opened up, and everyone slipped into an open space through the gap.

This seemed to be a mine that was in the mining stage. The entire space was extremely large and deep. It was the largest area they had seen since entering the mine.

Zheng Yun looked up.

The ice surface is about five meters away from the dome. There is a row of extremely deep ventilation holes above the head. The ends are wrapped in barbed wire and blocked by several rows of pipes.

It should be here.

Every detail is right.

What's going on in this ice lake? I'm really... sick. The sound of Huzi's retching sounded in his ears.

Zheng Yun heard the sound and looked at his feet. He was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him and could not say a word.

There are iron corridors and fences below the ice, about one and a half meters deep. If there were no ice obstruction, you would step on the corridor when you walk out of this mine entrance.

This iron corridor was built halfway up the mine pit and circled close to the wall at the same height. There was a ventilation hole six and a half meters above the head, and a mine pit dozens of meters deep below. It was completely cut off and there was no way to get down.

At this time, the entire pit was covered with ice, but due to the depth and temperature of the water, there was turbid water below one meter, like a frozen underground lake.

in this lake.

Soaked in a large number of humanoid objects.

The ice contained impurities and the water was turbid, but they could still see a large number of densely packed corpses floating in the yellow lake water under the ice.

They stepped on the ice.

Only one meter away from the body.

The flashlight light penetrated the ice and cast dark yellow light pillars in the turbid water. The corpses below were even floating in groups. The scene was indescribably weird.

What's going on? Why are there so many corpses? Sister Wang looked at the others tremblingly, her face drained of blood.

The others were not much better. The emaciated young man had just crawled out when a face with all the flesh soaked floated in front of him, with dark eye holes staring at him through the ice, which frightened him so much that he almost peed.

Huzi's arms and legs were trembling, and he closed his eyes and did not dare to look. However, his appetite kept churning, and even Hu Ruihua was trembling.

Zheng Yun also felt a coolness running up his tailbone, directly to his scalp, and his entire scalp was cold.

He closed his eyes and took a closer look. He endured the fear and took a closer look. The corpses in the lake were not explorers, but miners, thousands of them.

Their flesh and blood were almost boneless, and the remaining parts were covered in crumbs, but occasionally some of them were still wearing clothes, all of which were miners' uniforms of the same standard.

Looks like someone from the last century.

It has a history of at least several decades.

This place is too weird. This deep pit is like a corpse pit, and the roads up and down are cut off. It seems that these miners were deliberately trapped and killed here.

Zheng Yun, Demona is right in front, but look what it is. Hu Ruihua suddenly spoke, his tone was extremely unnatural, and his expression was extremely strange.

He shined his flashlight into the depths.

This cave is not only deep and wide, but also extremely long. It is estimated to be hundreds of meters in front.

The flashlight beam shines on the dim corner in front of them. There is also an iron corridor under the ice there, and next to it is the mine entrance. It has the same layout as they have here.

There was a faint red light coming over there, just like what they saw above. Zheng Yun didn't notice this red light just now, so it must have just been turned around.

The target should be there.

Only after seeing them did he use a red light to call for help.

But the problem is that the red light does not come from the ice or the gap at the mine entrance, but above the ice, three meters higher than the ice, close to the wall, directly below a ventilation hole.

It all fits.

Based on what was seen through the iron wire in the ventilation hole under Huzi, the target should be lying among seven or eight corpses, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Those three meters were pitch black.

The flashlight can only illuminate the outline.

They all looked like corpses.

The target seemed to be lying on a pile of corpses. The corpses were piled three meters high on the ice. Only in this way could Huzi's perspective be completely matched.

After discovering this.

Zheng Yun's back was wet with cold sweat.

Because he realized that this pile of corpses was man-made, even piled up by a group of people.

All the corpses they saw along the way could be understood as being washed together by water, but the one in front of them was an exception. Water could not wash out this shape.

Zheng Yun and Hu Ruihua looked at each other.

This should be the most dangerous moment since they entered the mine, because there are too many unknown factors.

They don't know the cause of death of so many corpses, who made this pile of corpses, and why Demona is lying on top of a group of corpses.

Maybe the next moment.

What happened?

They will also become part of the corpse pile, lying deep in this abandoned mine forever, never being able to get out again.

What's wrong? Huzi didn't understand the situation. He looked up and discovered the red light and exclaimed in a low voice: That's the red light, the target is right there!

Are you still alive? Zheng Yun asked.

Alive. Hu Ruihua nodded.

Then what are you waiting for? Let's go over and get her back. The mission is over. Huzi said confused.

Get it back? Can you go up? Hu Ruihua looked back at Hu Zi and sighed deeply.

Can't you go up? Huzi frowned and took a closer look, only to realize that the red light was three meters higher than the ice surface, but he still had doubts on his face: It's only three meters. If there's anything you can't climb, you can climb up a straight wall. .”

What if it's a pile of corpses? Can you still climb up? Do you have the guts to climb up?

Hu Ruihua glanced at Hu Zi. He was so frightened that his legs were weak and he was vomiting. Hu Zi probably joined directly on the spot as he climbed up the three-meter pile of corpses.

Huzi shuddered.

Three meters is not high. Carrying a person back is just physical labor. But if it is a pile of corpses three meters high, it is not only a test of physical strength, but also a test of courage.

If you are not brave enough, climbing three meters is too difficult. Even if you close your eyes and grit your teeth, you may not be able to climb up in ten minutes, let alone bring someone back.

Moreover, this matter also tests the ability to adapt. Who knows what is out there. People are naturally frightened. If something happens, who can react?

Shall we go together? Sister Wang asked aloud. She looked very sad, but she still made a suggestion.

Brother Zheng and I will go. Hu Ruihua waved his hand. He glanced around and knew that no one else could do the job. Only he and Zheng Yun had fun.

If they were frightened and paralyzed when they arrived, it would be pointless for them to carry one more person on their backs.

Let's go. Zheng Yun nodded.

This was the first time he went to sea. He would be lying if he said he was not afraid, but again, he was short of money. Jiang Meng was still in the hospital, staying in a small ward every day. Without money, he could only wait. die.

There is only one last step left.

As long as he crosses this threshold, he can get a full one million, which is almost worth two rivers.

He made mental preparations before going to sea. As long as he could get his money back, nothing else mattered. There was nothing to be afraid of when he got to this point.

He will never take this million for nothing. Since he wants to take money, he must do it for him!

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