When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

As you step into the underground cave, the lights on the stone walls illuminate the entire passage very brightly, so bright that you can easily see the murals carved on both sides of the stone walls.

The little figures carved in the murals have extremely strange postures. Their bodies are hunched over, all facing the same direction, with one hand behind the back and the other hand placed on the mouth and nose, as if they are dragging their old bodies to walk with difficulty.

Because of this, their gazes were fixed on the same place, and their sturdy bodies made their gazes seem even more determined.

The posture of bending over and covering the nose seems as if the body is bent over due to severe coughing.

Further on.

The little man carved on the wall gradually became emaciated until he was no longer able to move forward and fell to the ground.

What is even more strange is that after the prone position, there is a new posture of moving forward, and then lying on the ground again, and so on, over and over again.

Looking at the stone carvings on the wall, Lin Lezhi's gaze became deeper.

The little figures carved on the stone wall, on both sides, all converge in the same direction as the cave becomes increasingly narrow.

The narrow tunnel is only wide enough for two people to pass through.

"Why did you suddenly stop leaving?!"

Because Xiao Yihuo and Lin Lezhi, who were walking in front, stopped at the same time and followed behind, Guan Ziheng could not see the situation clearly for the time being. He did not understand what was going on and immediately said with a look of fear and vigilance on his face.

Guan Ziheng was curious, but he didn't dare look straight ahead. He raised his eyes half an inch before lowering them again because of fear in his heart.

Liu Yunhe, standing beside Guan Ziheng, also immediately became alert, his eyes full of caution. He immediately used the uneven stone wall as a step, stepped on the protruding stones, and passed over the heads of the crowd, looking forward with a vigilant look. After witnessing what he saw, Liu Yunhe's eyes widened with shock, and he froze in his place.

"This……"

He was so shocked that he could only utter this one word through gritted teeth and nothing else.

Seeing that no one made any further movement or sound, Guan Ziheng concluded that there was no danger for the time being and mustered up the courage to look forward.

Just like everyone else's shocked gaze, Guan Ziheng was also stunned.

At the narrow exit, which was only wide enough for two people to pass through side by side, a banyan tree, which was not huge but terrifying enough, stood before everyone.

Shocked at.

This banyan tree is not a living thing. It is black all over. Under the light, it emits a faint cold light. Its branches are twisted and coiled, and the black color makes the red cloth strips tied on the branches look even more red, as red as blood.

Hidden in the branches are small snakes. If it weren't for the unique patterns on their backs, they would be recognizable. They almost become part of the banyan branches, blending seamlessly with the twisted and coiled branches.

The twisted and forked shape of the banyan tree's trunk is almost identical to the marks on the shoulder blades of the corpses of Xing Tianqi and Ya Renzhuang.

But what shocked everyone was not the banyan tree standing at the back of the entire space.

After exiting the cave, the entire space became dozens of times larger, much larger than the canyon outside. Countless gold and silver treasure chests were scattered on the surrounding stone walls and ground.

But the largest number of things were not treasure chests, but the coffins that filled the walls and could be seen everywhere, all of which were wooden coffins.

The number is difficult to estimate, reaching hundreds or even thousands.

But there was one exception: there was only one body that was not in the coffin. It was exposed and lying next to the trunk of the banyan tree.