End of ten days

"Is there anyone outside?!" Qi Xia listened carefully to the old voice, and it seemed that it did not come from the alley, but from a farther place. But how could such a distant voice come from this narrow alley that can be walked to the end in just a few dozen meters? "I heard footsteps!" the voice shouted, "If there is someone, please reply... I am not a bad person! Is there anyone there?" Qi Xia looked at the black bead between his eyebrows coldly, and then whispered: "Yes." "Bang". The black bead shattered after Qi Xia spoke. He wanted to take the opportunity to leave, but he was a little curious about the scene deep in the alley, so after thinking for a few seconds, he walked forward step by step. He had just walked less than halfway when his feet made a "crackling" sound, as if he stepped on something. Qi Xia carefully moved his feet, then squatted down and picked up the thing on the ground and took a look. It was a piece of brittle thigh bone. What made him feel strange was that the owner of these bones looked like he had been dead for a long time, and there was even a little dirt on them. "Young man?" The old voice came again, "Move forward a little, be careful!" Qi Xia thought for a while, looked at the beads on his head again, and suddenly had a new idea. "What should I be careful of?" Qi Xia asked. As soon as the voice fell, the black beads on his head flew out, and it was unknown where they flew in the darkness. "Be careful of the big pit!" The old man replied, "Go forward a little further, there is a pit! Be careful not to fall into the pit!" "Pit?" Qi Xia threw the bone fragments in his hand on the ground casually, and then walked forward tentatively with his feet. The walls on both sides of the alley were very high, almost completely blocking the light. Qi Xia could only slow down his pace and quickly think about the other party's motives. Did this old man trick people in and kill them? But why did he choose such a hidden alley? If he hadn't walked into the alley according to the map, it would be impossible for anyone to pass by in such a dark alley. "Where are you?" Qi Xia asked. "Go a little further!" the old man said, "Come and help me!"

"Help?"

Qi Xia walked another five or six steps, and felt that the stone road under his feet was already covered with sand, and there was a "rustling" sound when he walked on it.

After another three or five steps, his feet suddenly felt empty. He used his feet to test the left and right, and found that there was indeed a big pit in the invisible place in front of him, which was completely across the alley.

If it weren't for the old man's reminder, he would have fallen down.

"Are you here?" the old man shouted again, "Here!"

At this time, Qi Xia heard that the old man's voice actually came from the pit.

He squatted slowly, and then looked down. Before he looked, he had almost made all mental preparations, but he didn't expect that the scene in the pit was nothing special at all.

An old man with a dusty face stood in a deep hole more than three meters deep. At this time, he held a shovel in his left hand and a kerosene lamp that was about to burn out in his right hand, and he was looking up hard.

The light of the kerosene lamp was about to disappear, and it could only gather in the pit and could not be emitted.

"Are you a young man?" the old man asked, "Can you see me here?"

Qi Xia paused after hearing this and said coldly, "What are you doing down there?"

"It's a long story..." the old man said, "Anyway, I'm digging a pit, and now the pit is too deep to get out... Can you help me?"

"Digging a pit..."

Qi Xia frowned and looked at the deep pit in front of him. It was about two meters wide and three meters deep. If it was really dug by this old man, it should have taken a long time.

"I can save you out." Qi Xia said, "but you have to tell me why you dug the pit."

"I was afraid you wouldn't ask!!" The old man said happily, "I seem to have found something incredible! Pull me up quickly, I'll tell you now! Fortunately, someone came before the oil lamp burned out, otherwise I really don't know how to get out!"

Qi Xia nodded. He really couldn't feel the breath of danger from the other party, so he could only agree to the other party.

This old man looked different from Wei Yang. He was very conscious.

A person who was not crazy was digging a pit in the dark alley. Qi Xia was very curious about the other party's motives.

"Put your shovel up." Qi Xia said.

"Ah? Why?"

"The distance is not enough, I will use the shovel to pull you up." Qi Xia said, "Otherwise, how can I save you with my bare hands?"

The old man held his shovel and thought for a long time. The shovel in his hand looked like a weapon for self-protection, and he couldn't give it up easily, but after thinking carefully, there was really no better way.

"Young man, I told you in advance..." The old man said seriously, "I found the "big secret" of this place! As long as you pull me up, I will share this secret with you!"

"The "big secret"..." Qi Xia raised his eyebrows, feeling that this trip was right, "Don't worry, if I want to kill you, I can fill the pit with soil first, there is no need to be so troublesome."

"Uh..." The old man nodded after hearing it, "It seems to be right... Wait a minute!"

The old man lowered his head, took off his clothes, and then wrapped a ball of things in his clothes, and finally tucked it under his armpits.

After packing, he raised his head and slowly raised the shovel in the direction of Qi Xia.

"Sorry to trouble you! Young man!"

Qi Xia took a deep breath, squatted down and held the shovel. With the two of them working together, the old man pulled the shovel and walked up on the edge of the pit.

Although the hole was not deep, the two still spent a lot of effort.

Although the old man looked very strong, he insisted on using only one hand. As a result, Qi Xia had to use all his strength to steady the shovel before pulling the old man, who looked to be weighing a hundred pounds at most, out of the hole.

Qi Xia threw the shovel aside and said, "Okay, let's show you your 'big secret'."

The old man lay on the ground panting for a long time, then raised the kerosene lamp to his face and looked at Qi Xia.

"Why are you so rude, young man?" the old man asked.

"I saved you, do I still need to be polite to you?" Qi Xia replied.

"Hey, that's right." The old man mysteriously took out the clothes under his arm and waved them in front of Qi Xia, "What's wrapped here is the "big secret"!"

"Oh?" Qi Xia wondered expressionlessly, "What is this?"

The old man put his clothes on the ground and put the kerosene lamp aside.

Only then did Qi Xia see that there were many broken bones of human corpses nearby, and the one he had just stepped on was just one of them.

What confused him even more was that the broken bones looked like they had just been dug out.

The old man carefully opened the cloth bag on the ground, as if showing Qi Xia an undiscovered treasure.

"Young man... you are lucky to be able to see me here..."

Qi Xia used the faint light to look at the contents of the cloth bag and found that it was a dirty skull.