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Chapter 22 The Altar of Offerings

"Okay!" We nodded and trotted all the way into the deeper part of the cave.

Along the way, we paid more attention to the situation around us, hoping to find some clues. However, after walking out for a long time, we still found nothing.

I was suddenly very scared, afraid of what accidents would happen to Anaduo, and I was also afraid of how to explain to her father after going out.

As we moved forward, the speed of the water flow began to slow down, and the space ahead was gradually getting bigger, and some river shoals appeared again.

In this way, our location becomes a fork in the road, where we face a choice: whether to continue to move forward along the channel platform, or to turn down into the shallows of the river.

Yuanxiao's opinion is to continue to move along the hewn path platform. After all, there must be a reason for this construction. I think this shallow was exposed because of this rare drop in the water level. What appears in the river may be more valuable.

Yuanxiao looked at Wenmo, "Boss, go up or down?"

Wen Mo didn't say anything, but his eyes were staring at the river channel below.

Yuanxiao nodded, "It seems that the boss is the same as you, so that's it," Yuanxiao came up with an idea, "We will divide the troops into two groups. Anyway, we are not sure which route Andoannado has taken now, so it is safer to divide the troops into two groups."

I think the proposal of Lantern Festival is a bit risky, "No, no, we know nothing about it, it's too dangerous to act alone."

Yuanxiao really doesn't care, "It's okay, I'm walking on it, this is a normal passage, there will be no major problems, but you should be careful when you find another way. Even if you encounter danger, I can jump down and find you directly. If you are in danger, it will be difficult to get up."

"But," I wanted to say something, but Yuanxiao waved his hand, "Okay, don't be too slow, it's important to find someone first!"

"Okay!" I had no choice but to nod. Then the three of us divided into two parts. Wenmo and I went down to the shallows and searched forward along the river, while Lantern Festival followed the original channel platform.

On the shallows of the river, the river water took away most of the soil, and a lot of the rocks were exposed. It still looks very wet now, and when walking on the upper part, it will slip from time to time. There will be some huge rocks on the shallows. I don’t know if they collapsed from the mountain or were brought by the water flow.

I looked up and saw that the Lantern Festival walking in the passage above was about four or five meters away from us. Looking at the position of his flashlight, it should be right above us.

We walked a distance and a large rock appeared in front of us, about the size of a van. Suddenly we saw something above the rock. We walked closer and found that it was Anadu's hook knife, which was being inserted directly into the cracks of the rock on the ground.

There was a lot of moss growing on the rock, which was very slippery to touch. I took a lot of effort to climb up. I squatted down and pulled out the hook knife, turned to look at Wen Mo, but found that he was still staring at the river in a daze.

I shouted, "Boss! Come see this!"

Wenmo turned his head and looked at it, then jumped up with a leap, which was many times lighter than I just now.

He looked at the hook knife in my hand, "Where is it inserted?"

I pointed at a gap near one side and said, "It's here!"

Wen Mo squatted down and looked carefully at the position I pointed at.

At this time, Yuanxiao poked his head out from above, "Hey! Zhuoran, what are you doing? Have you noticed it?"

I shook the hook knife in my hand at him, "Finding Anado's hook knife!"

Yuanxiao said in surprise: "Oh? So did Anaduo walk from below?"

I nodded, "It should be like this."

Yuanxiao stood up and looked forward, "Then let's continue walking forward. I'm here to climb up and look far, and I can still serve as a lookout for you!"

I sneered, "What's the use of your watch whistle? You're so high and so dark here, you can see me and I can see it!"

"That's not necessarily true," Lanxiao continued, "After all, I'm here... Zhuoran run!!!" Halfway through his words, Lanxiao suddenly screamed!

I was so scared that I was shocked, but before I could react, Wen Mo grabbed the clothes on my shoulder and jumped off the rock.

I was pulled and staggered and fell to the ground. The moment I landed, I felt something rushing over my back.

I quickly turned around and looked for it, but I saw nothing. I looked up and asked Yuanxiao: "What is it?"

Yuanxiao shook her head, "I don't know, I didn't see clearly, so I saw something climbing up on the other side of the huge rock. Maybe it was the hunting leech just now."

I asked Xiang Wenmo again, but Wenmo just shook his head.

"It seems that the situation here is quite complicated! Let's speed up, otherwise Annaduo will be very dangerous!" I said.

The three of us continued to move forward in two directions. This time we were alert and wary of what had just attacked us again.

After walking for a while, although we did not encounter any further attacks, we noticed that there were many strange things on the shallows under our feet. There were broken clay pots, and some things that looked like metal, but they had already become rusted.

The strangest thing is that there are bones, a large number of bones, cow bones, sheep bones, etc. Many animal bones that I can't see.

I said to Wen Mo strangely: "How come there are so many bones here? Could it be that they rushed down from the upstream and then deposited here?"

Wen Mo shook his head, "It doesn't look like it. Even if it was brought by the river, there were too many bones. I think someone should have thrown it here on purpose!"

"Top here?" I didn't understand, "Why should I throw it here?"

Wen Mo thought for a while and said, "Maybe it was a sacrificial activity or other reasons, it's hard to say about this now."

Yuanxiao looked at the movements of us on it and was very anxious, "Hey! Have you discovered something again?"

I said to Yuanxiao: "It's nothing important, it's just fragments of bones and other things."

"Fragments?" When Lanxiao heard what I said, she repeated it in a low voice, and I immediately knew what the kid was thinking.

Sure enough, Lantern Festival said to me: "Zhuoran, see if there are any antiques, underworld objects, etc., get two pieces of them!"

"That's a big deal!" I said angrily: "There are fragments below!"

"You are looking for it." Lantern Festival is still on it endlessly.

I shouted at him, "Can you be quieter? You keep talking nonsense, there are some harmful things in this hole, you have attracted you!"

Yuanxiao had to close his mouth awkwardly, but he could see that he was still very anxious and held the flashlight and swayed around us.

I stood here and looked forward, and it seemed that the shallows were so big that my flashlight could not find its edge. I said to Wen Mo: "How could there be such a large shallow here?"

Wen Mo looked at the river next to him again, and then said, "The river has turned in front."

After saying this by the scriptures, I noticed that it can be heard from the sound of the water flow, which is much smaller than the rumbling sound of the river rushing just now. In addition to the relatively low flow rate of the river here, I also seem to feel that the sound of the water flow seems to be getting farther and farther away.

I said to Wen Mo again: "What you mean is that the river channel is actually a big bend here, so the sedimentation formed this large shallow."

Wenmo nodded, then pointed to a direction in the darkness, "The river should be at that location!"

I walked forward for a while and sure enough, I saw the river water flowing around the shallows and flowing deep into the mountain. A cave appeared again on the mountain, and the river water flowed in and disappeared into the endless darkness.

If we still want to track the direction of this river this time, it will be difficult. This time, there is no place to settle in the cave where the river flows into it. Unless we have a boat or have the ability to swim like fish, it is absolutely impossible to enter.

But then again, looking at the cave inside the mountain, it seemed as if it had reached the end of the world. I really couldn't raise the courage to go in and find out.

I stared at the black hole for a while, and the more I looked, the more I became more and more scared, and finally I felt a chill. I quickly withdrew my gaze, and I turned to look at Wen Mo, and found that he was also staring at the depths of the river.

I couldn't help but ask, "Wenmo, where do you think this river leads to?"

Wen Mo shook his head, "Who knows? Maybe it's just a way to another world!"

I was shocked when I heard Wenmo's words. I looked at his expression and didn't see the meaning of joking. Although I rationally thought this sentence was actually absurd, I don't know why my heart was trembling.

Wen Mo didn't say anything anymore, turned around and continued walking along the shallows. I quickly followed Wen Mo.

We walked on the shallows one after another. Gradually, I found that there were more and more various things under my feet, including metal and jade. Of course, the most were still bones, but this time, human bones appeared.

A large number of bones were scattered on the shallows, so many that people felt numb when they saw their scalp. Under the bright white light of the flashlight, I could not even tell that there were shallow rocks and various bones there, and I didn’t even know how to settle down.

I took two steps to catch up with Wen Mo in front of me and asked again: "Boss, what do you think of these bones?"

Wen Mo's face changed a little solemnly, "I used to think this was the place where ancient ancestors held sacrificial rituals here, but now it seems that it is not, otherwise there shouldn't be so many bones."

"So where is this place?" I asked quickly.

Wen Mo said word by word: "This should be an altar for offerings!"
Chapter completed!
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