After cleaning up, twenty soldiers spread out in front of the eight holes and checked to see if there were any traces or clues of the rat leader. They opened their eyes wide and searched everywhere, not missing any clues.
Liu Yiyi stood in the middle of the cave, observing the surroundings carefully.
The cave was round, with an entrance on one side, which was the direction they came in from, and eight entrances lined up on the opposite side. Facing these eight entrances, Liu Yiyi was a little troubled. She had not learned the sixteen-character feng shui secret technique, and had no way of judging which path to choose.
Moreover, this is not a tomb, but a mutant rat hole! It was dug fresh! She cursed inwardly.
but it does not matter.
She also has a mutant zombie pet, the Thornbearer, to rely on, so she doesn't have to explore the path one by one herself.
She decided to wait.
The Thorn Man came down before them.
Time passed minute by minute, and ten minutes later, Liu Yiyi decided to establish contact with her little pets.
She closed her eyes, concentrated, and used her special abilities to communicate with them.
In the dark cave, only her eyes emitted golden light, like two bright little light bulbs.
As time went by, more and more information flowed into her mind, and vivid pictures appeared before her eyes one after another.
It turned out that before they arrived, the Thornmen had already divided into groups and entered eight passages, and successfully explored the end of the passage. At this moment, they were fighting with the mutant rats. There were several mutant rats in each passage constantly digging tunnels.
In fact, they had not dug very far. There was no rat leader in the eight passages. These passages were just tricks to confuse the enemy. The Thorn Ones were stronger than the mutant rats. After a few minutes, they returned to her. Some of them were injured, but not seriously.
If none of these eight roads are correct, then there must be other roads in this cave.
After carefully observing the eight holes, I found that there were large empty spaces next to the first and eighth passages, which seemed to be places where roads could be dug.
So Liu Yiyi decisively ordered: "Soldiers, dig these extra walls for me to see if you can find the hidden cave."
"Yes, Chief!"
Twenty soldiers acted quickly, divided into two groups, took out engineering shovels, and began digging in the excess area.
At the same time, Liu Yiyi was not idle either.
She ordered the two Thornbane to return to the ten-kilometer-long passage they had come from, and had them use their tails to stab the walls on both sides to see if there was any hidden passage.
At the same time, she also ordered the other two Thornhounds to explore the edge walls of the first and eighth passages.
After receiving the order, the four Thornmen quickly rushed out from Liu Yiyi's side and ran to the corresponding passages to start their mission.
They use their tails flexibly to continuously stab into the wall, trying to find any possible loopholes or passages.
The whole cave was filled with a tense and busy atmosphere, and everyone was looking forward to making some discoveries.
Ding… "Did you find anything?"
Liu Yiyi looked down at the communicator in her hand and found that it was a message from her master. Her originally depressed mood instantly found an outlet, and she immediately replied with a video call request.
On the other side, Chen Bufan was observing the square through video.
At this moment, the cleanup work in the square has been basically completed. All the corpses have been burned to ashes, leaving only ashes on the ground. These ashes will be scattered to all parts of the world with future wind and rain.
All the relatively intact rat carcasses have been loaded onto the transport plane and are ready to be taken back to the base.
Due to the hot weather, these corpses will soon emit a foul odor if left where they are.
Therefore, they can only be transported back to the base and stored in cold storage.
If it is determined after research that these mice are edible, then everyone will be happy; but if they are not edible, they will be burned directly, just as a training opportunity for the soldiers. If they are edible but not brought back, it will be a waste.
Thinking that Liu Yiyi had been underground for some time, Chen Bufan asked about the situation, but unexpectedly, Liu Yiyi's video was sent to him immediately.
In the video, Liu Yiyi pointed her phone screen at the eight passages, then turned on the flashlight to shine on Chen Bufan so that he could see the structure of the cave clearly.
"Eh? Didn't you go to catch mice? Why are you robbing tombs? What are they digging for? Did they find some treasure? Or are there zongzi? Or corpse turtles and pheasant neck snakes?"
After taking a few glances, Chen Bufan suddenly became interested and asked with a curious look on his face.
After all, he had seen many movies about tomb robbery before, in which similar scenes often appeared: several roads were placed in front of the protagonist, and he needed to choose the door of life, the door of death, etc. He might also encounter various dangerous creatures, such as rice dumplings, corpse turtles, pheasant neck snakes, etc.
So, when he saw this scene, he naturally had such an association.
Chen Bufan’s words made Liu Yiyi speechless. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Although no one could see it, her helplessness could be felt from her tone.
"Master! This is not a tomb, but a rat hole dug by those damn rats! We have already explored these roads, and they are all dead ends. They are looking for a hidden door!"
After hearing Liu Yiyi's explanation, Chen Bufan suddenly realized, so that's how it is!
It seems that these mice are smarter than we thought and they know how to dig complex burrows to avoid being hunted.
Thinking of this, Chen Bufan couldn't help but sigh: "Oh! So that's how it is! This big rat is quite smart! Yes, if it wasn't smart enough, it would have died just now."
Chen Bufan leaned back in his chair, looking a little disappointed. He thought he had entered some huge tomb.
Liu Yiyi was about to reply when an image suddenly flashed through her mind. It was the news about the mutant zombies that had returned to the ten-kilometer corridor to spy. These two zombies had been back there for thirty minutes. They were very fast and might even be back to the blood pool in a little while.
The picture in my mind was that in the corridor, when the mutant zombie's tail stabbed into the wall, it hit a layer of stone partition. The stone wall was not thick, only half a meter. The zombie's tail easily penetrated the stone wall and inserted into the soil behind it. The soil was very soft, almost the same as when it was just piled up.
"Master, we seem to have found the next entrance. It's not here at all but not far from the previous entrance. These rats are too smart."
"Then be careful and wait for your good news."
Chen Bufan didn't say anything more and hung up the call.