Ancient Gene [End Times]

"Qi Xiu also has a jade tablet?" Tiangui asked again.

"Xu." Qiuling replied.

"Ok?"

"Xu dog Hai pig's Xu. Xu Zhe, all things will perish. I once said that my brother is a god, that's what I mean." Possessing the ability to make living things perish certainly deserves the word "God".But at the same time, you have to bear the weight of life.

"Twelve jade cards...the world has just changed, so they come in handy. Does that mean that there is some secret on the 12 yuan jade card?"

"I don't know." Qiu Ling said bluntly.

Tian Gui glanced at her, apparently not believing it.

Qiu Ling curled her lips, and said again: "As I said, I don't know much about these things. If you ask me, it's better to guess by yourself, maybe you can get the correct answer."

"Then help me guess, will this disaster have an end?"

"For this planet, it does. But for humans, it's not necessarily so." Qiu Ling looked at the gray sky outside the window, "The catastrophe you think is just a blink of an eye for this planet. Maybe, now The situation is more comfortable for the earth."

The ghost no longer asked.He knew that even if Qiu Ling knew everything, she would not tell it.God knows what kind of things this young girl is hiding in her heart.

What is it that makes her have such a city.In fact, just looking at his face, this person looked younger than everyone in their team, but he was the one with the most eyes.If it wasn't for her young age, Tian Gui would have suspected that she was a brain-type superhuman just like her aunt.

More than 20 miles away, the car drove for two hours.I met two mutated fauna on the way, but luckily they were all safe and sound.

The car drove slowly and searched for a few minutes.The crack stretches very long and is easy to spot.

Drive to the middle of the crack, the middle part, the width of the crack is more than two meters.

Jumping out of the car, Qin An dealt with the mutated animals following around at any time, Tian Gui walked along both sides of the crack to check the surrounding traces, while Qiu Ling walked around, not knowing what she was looking at.

Because of the snow, there are not many traces left on the ground.Even if there were human footprints, they were stepped on after it snowed.

There are only a few scattered trees and some plants that are still green in the snow.

Tian Gui casually snapped off a leaf, it looked emerald green, but in fact it had been frozen solid for a long time, and with a little force, it could be easily broken apart.

Tiangui walked along the crack for a while and saw a big tree.Walk over quickly and scrape away the snow from the roots of the trees, there are traces of binding on it.And the rope is very thin, it is likely to be paracord.

Tiangui looked inside the crack again, it didn't look steep here, and it was very suitable for going down.

What I just don't understand is why take the rope away?It is very likely that an outsider took the rope away. If this is the case, the person who went down is likely to be trapped inside.

Another possibility is that the people below took away the rope by themselves.It's just that Tiangui really can't think of any reason to take away the only rope that can come up.

The cold wind blew, and the ghost was stunned.Suddenly he hit himself on the head.Well, why are you so stupid?The rope was taken away, and it is also possible that people have come up and left.Since the rope can go down, it can climb up.

Qin An dealt with the larger mutated animals nearby, and ran to Tian Gui: "Have you found anything?"

"Someone has gone down before, so there is no guarantee that they are still down there." Tiangui said.

"Go down and have a look." Qiu Ling ran over from nowhere, "My brother may have been here before."

"How do you know?" Sky Ghost asked.

Qiu Ling said: "Stones. I saw the distribution of stones around here. It is a simple formation diagram. There should be a basic formation below. The arrangement of these stones is to tell people who understand the situation below. And This sorting order is very similar to my brother's habit."

"Are you so sure?" Qin An was a little curious.In that tomb before, Qiu Ling told them about the concept of formation.But no matter how many times I've seen it, I still can't believe it.

"This habit is just like a person's handwriting. People who are familiar with it will know it at a glance." Qiu Ling said, "Go down and have a look."

"Aren't you afraid that there will be things that you can't handle?" Qin An asked.

"If there is any danger down there, my brother will leave a sign of danger. If you are afraid, you can stay on it." Qiuling stood by the crack, looking at the bottomless crack.

"Now?" Sky Ghost asked.

"Now." Qiuling took off her backpack and looked for the rope inside.

"How many meters does the rope need?" Qin An asked.

"More than 50 meters. This crack should not be too deep, and there should be a hole in it." Qiu Ling said, "Qin An, we walked through the maze."

When entering the cemetery, it was Qiu Ling who led everyone out of the maze.

"Although I don't know what you are thinking, but if you persist, let's go together." Tian Gui also took off his backpack and took out the rope he was carrying.

Everyone only brought 30 meters of rope. This is because of the weight problem, and everyone didn't bring a lot.

The rope refers to a special rope that is as thick as a head, and it is also equipped with a protective belt.

Tie one end of the rope to the tree with traces, pull it to make sure it's all right, Qiu Ling said again, "I don't know the direction of the formation below, so let me remind you first, listen to my command, no matter what Whatever you hear, whatever you see, follow me and don't wander around. Even if there is no danger inside, it will be a headache if you get separated."

Afterwards, Qiu Ling hung the belt on the rope and was the first to go down.Tian Gui asked Qin An to be second, and he was the last one.

Qiu Ling had some vague guesses in her heart, but she couldn't be sure, so she simply didn't say a word.This is her habit and her character.

From the beginning to the end, she has been looking for that person named Qi Yu, and her belief has never wavered.

Putting on gloves, grabbing the rope and sliding down, this requires a certain skill.Qiuling's body is nimble, this won't bother her, Tiangui is most familiar with this kind, and the speed of going down is very steady.On the contrary, Qin An would occasionally be caught off guard by the shaking of the upper and lower ropes.However, he is a mutant, and he can insert his hands into the rock in front of him at any time to fix his body.

"How much more?" Qin An asked Qiu Ling below.

"The rope is coming to an end, please pay attention to the nearby hole," Qiu Ling said.

Qin An looked around and evolved his eyes to see as far as possible in the dim environment.

"There is a hole on the opposite side to the right! About 30 meters." Qin An should be able to climb through it easily, and Tiangui can do it too.Only Qiu Ling is hard to say.

Qiu Ling turned her head and looked at the light spot of Qin An's flashlight.

"You take the rope over there! Then pull me over there!"

Qin An put his legs against the seam wall, took off the backpack with one hand, took out the rope from inside and tied it to the rope they climbed down, then unbuttoned his waist, hung it on the new rope, and held the backpack A rope, stick your hands directly into the wall, and crawl as far as you can towards the target hole.

Tian Gui fixed the rope to prevent it from shaking under Qin An's pull.

"Is it a maze after entering the cave?" Qin An asked.

"It's about the same." Qiu Ling won't know until she goes in.

The entrance of the cave was on the opposite side, and Qin An climbed to a higher position opposite the entrance of the cave.Pull the rope to make sure there is no problem, bend your legs and jump vigorously.

Jumping directly into the hole, Qin An protected his head and rolled around to grab the ground, and immediately looked inside with a flashlight.

"How is it?" Heavenly Ghost asked.

"The inside of the hole is very flat, it should be dug by hand." Qin An said,

"I've passed!" Tiangui reminded.

Qin An took two steps inside, his legs were steady, and he gripped the rope tightly: "I'm holding tight, come here."

Tian Gui turned the belt to the rope that Qin An was pulling.Say hello to Qiuling, climb a few steps towards the entrance of the cave, then jump hard and slide into the entrance of the cave along the rope.

Jumping down with Tian Gui's weight almost knocked Qiu Ling over.Waiting for the ghost to enter the entrance of the cave, Qiu Ling also untied her belt and climbed into the entrance of the cave along the rope.

"There are no footprints here." Qin An said, "You said that the tree had signs of being tied up. We put the rope down from the same place, but they obviously didn't come in here."

"It can only be said that there is more than one entrance to the cave." Qiu Ling said, "Let's go in, I also need to understand the process."

Qin An held up his flashlight and walked in the front, while Qiu Ling was about half a step behind him, watching the movements nearby at any time.After going out for nearly 50 meters, I saw a fork.

"Which way?" Qin An asked.

"To the right." Qiu Ling said.

In fact, it doesn't matter which side to go, but Qiu Ling directly gave him a choice, saving Qin An the difficulty of choosing.

After entering the right side, Qin An shines on the wall.In fact, this place was excavated directly in the soil, and the outer wall was fairly flat. After entering the fork, the wall looked much rougher, and even some traces of animal claws were seen.

"Is this a tunnel dug with mutated animals?" Qin An asked.

"How could such a scale be achieved in such a short period of time if it is purely artificial," Qiu Ling said.

Tiangui also agrees with this point: "Indeed, the traces here are very new."

"Then is it possible that there are animals digging holes here? Or is it simply the holes dug by mutant mice, and they are still digging?" Qin An asked.

Qiu Ling: "Even if you want to dig out the holes, the holes formed by the formation remain the same, as long as you find the rules, you can get out. But for now, we have to go to the very center of the formation. Don't try to rampage .Once you go on a crooked path, you may not be able to get back.”

There is another fork in the road ahead, continue to the right.Then it took two forks in the road.Qin An wondered if he would go straight to the crack in the ground.Everyone walked into an empty and relatively large space.

The inside may be kept ventilated, and the oxygen is sufficient.Qiu Ling lit a candle, which burned well.

Qin An scanned the surrounding environment with the flashlight, and frowned: "Counting the entrance we came in, there are actually nine entrances!"

Qiu Ling didn't have such good eyesight as him, so she turned on the flashlight and looked around, walked into the nearest hole, and saw some strange patterns painted on the hole.

"What is this?" Qin An asked.

"symbol."

"Nine palaces and gossip?" There are exactly nine doors here.

"Not really." Qiu Ling said, "It's much simpler than that."

"How?" Qin An asked.

Qiu Ling was also thinking.She walked around in this space, and said to Qin An: "You continue to lead the way. You walk into any road, and you will meet some similar rooms later. After you walk through five such rooms, I can basically Find out the way here."

Qin An nodded.After entering here, both he and Tian Gui belonged to the category of blind eyes, and they are similar wherever they go.

Qin An walked directly into the cave in front of him. After walking for a while, he encountered a fork in the road and continued to walk to the right.After passing through several forks, we entered another room.

The three of them walked for half an hour before reaching the fifth room.

Qiu Ling squatted on the ground, drawing something on the soil.Neither Qin An nor Qin An bothered her. After waiting for a few minutes, Qiu Ling's face became more happy: "It's fine. Let's go."

"Have you figured it out?" Qin An said.

"I have some doubts. My brother is the one who designed this place." Qiu Ling said.

"Because of habit?" Qin An asked.

"It's not just that. The formation here is just to the extent that I can break it." Qiu Ling said, "I told you, I'm on the formation, and I can only be said to be an introductory one, and I can't understand too advanced ones. Formation. The formation here happens to be understood by me, but if it is more complicated, I may not be able to decipher it."

"Then why did your brother leave this for you?" Qin An asked suspiciously.

"I suspect there is a jade token here." Qiu Ling said, "But he can't take it away for some reason, he can only give it to me, but he can't let others take it away."

"Will there be a second person coming here?" Qin An thought about the crack where they came in, even if someone came down to explore the crack, it shouldn't be such a coincidence to meet the jade card.After all, in such a deep place, even if someone encounters a large mouse hole, they will not easily go in.

Tiangui continued: "And he is so sure that you will come down here?"

Qin An suddenly remembered: "And you can perceive the existence of the jade tablet? If there is a jade tablet here, you should feel it when you are near here."

"I'm not a god, so I can't answer so many questions. Maybe the answer will be clear when I find the jade card. As for me, I can perceive the jade card. Do you remember the jade card of He Siming? It was He Siming I sensed his existence when the jade token passed by, and I didn’t realize it until the earthquake caused it. If there is no one who matches this jade token, I can’t sense it.”

"Your brother can sense it?" Qin An asked.

"He is the patriarch, of course. And, there may be another possibility now." Qiu Ling said, "That is, there is a second team here, and they have already taken the jade cards and matched them."

"How do you know?"

Qiu Ling pointed to a triangular mark engraved next to a hole: "Someone has been here and marked the place where they walked."

Tiangui walked over to take a look: "It's really not like the original one here."

"Now we can't be sure whether those people have left, so be careful." Qiu Ling said.

Qin An said: "Could it be those female soldiers?"

"It's possible." Heavenly Ghost said.Although this possibility is very small.

"Would you like to follow the mark and go over there to have a look?" Qin An asked.

"It's not necessary. These marks were recorded when they were on the rampage, and it is very likely that they have been taking detours. We can't find them for a few days." Qiuling chose a hole according to the symbols on each hole. , walked in the front and led the crowd.

Occasionally there would be some mutated animals in the cave, and there would be holes dug by some mutated animals, but these did not affect Qiu Ling's judgment.

Qiu Ling led the two of them back and forth for a while, and found that there were some marks at every fork in the road.These marks are all different, and are obviously marks of different times.

After walking for nearly an hour, Qin An could feel the desperation of the team that arrived here first when walking through the maze.

Now that they have Qiu Ling leading the way, they almost collapsed, not to mention those rampant people.

The bodies of some mutated animals that were killed earlier are still here. The smell of the rotting bodies is not pleasant, and some of them have traces of being cut by knives.

At this time, Tiangui found some traces of eating and excreting.The excretion places are properly covered with soil.If it weren't for the traces of shoveling on the edge wall to cover up, almost no one would pay attention.

Apparently these guys have been stuck here for a while.And there are still people with certain qualities.Because most people pass by wild places, they will leave directly after excreting, and few people will cover up.

"These wounds are very neat." Tian Gui looked at the corpse of a highly corrupt mutant mouse.The body of the mouse is only half a meter long, so it is not difficult to cross it.

"It should be good to reach out here." Qin An said.

Tiangui nodded: "It's a pity that he died for too long, otherwise he could still tell what kind of knife it is."

"We're almost at the core." Qiu Ling frowned as she spoke.She didn't know what her brother had left for her.If it's a jade card, she still can't perceive the existence of the jade card, so it's very likely that it will be taken away.

It would be fine if the jade token was taken away by someone who could match it, but if it was taken away by tomb robbers and traded as antiques, then the possibility of finding it in the future will be greatly reduced.

And even if the person who matched it took it away, it would be difficult for them to find that person again!

Thinking of this, Qiu Ling quickened her pace.

After going through several forks and a room, and finally walked into a space, Qiu Ling said: "This is it."

As the core of the formation, it is possible enough to be put into some important things.

Qin An was alert to the movements around him, while Qiu Ling and Tian Gui started to search around.

However, this space is not large, and the surrounding area is fairly flat.Only the very middle seems to have something.

Qiu Ling walked over quickly, her face paled a little.

Qin An walked over a few steps and saw a box lying there, and some broken talisman papers were stuck on the box.It was the same as the box I saw in the ancient tomb.

"It was taken away." Qiu Ling said.

This is the first time they encountered a situation where the jade token was taken away.Although they only have three jade medals in total.

"Maybe they haven't gone far." Qin An said such comforting words, but he didn't really believe it in his heart.

Qiu Ling smiled wryly: "Is this possible? The ropes above the cracks have all been taken away."

Qin An was speechless, and could find no other words of comfort.

"You should know how to search here as quickly as possible." Tiangui said.

"Is there still value in finding it?" Qiu Ling smiled wryly.

"Since there is a formation here, it stands to reason that ordinary people should not be able to get out." Tiangui said.

"I can't get out, but I can dig it out." Qiu Ling said, "Even mice can dig holes here, let alone people."

"Not necessarily." Heavenly Ghost said, "Think about it, how many mutated animals have we encountered along the way? There must be no less on the ground. There are obviously more prey on the ground than here. They stay here and can only talk to each other. They can't eat higher animals that are more attractive to them. Why do they still stay here?"

Qiu Ling's eyes lit up.Because she couldn't find the jade token, she was depressed, so she didn't think about it anymore, but listening to the reminder from the sky ghost, it was indeed the truth.

"That is to say, they are probably still here?" Qiu Ling said.

"This possibility is very high. Whether these mutated animals are attracted by those people, or these mutated animals are also trapped here. Those people may be here. If it is the latter, those who can make holes like mice Even mutated animals can't get out, and it's more likely that people can't get out." Tian Gui said.

Qin An patted Qiu Ling on the shoulder: "Let's look for it again."

Qiu Ling nodded, calculating the route in her head.There is no need to search for the road you have just walked, and other roads may be complicated to walk, but it is better than not looking for it.They still have at least one day and two nights, and even if they can't find them and leave, there is no big loss.

Qiu Ling drew on the ground for a while, planned the route, continued to walk ahead and began to walk through every line here regularly.

Walked for nearly two hours.Qin An looked at the time displayed on the walkie-talkie. They had been out for so long, and they forgot to contact He Siming.

He Siming was contacted through the jade card. At this time, He Siming was standing on the edge of the crack, looking at the rope sticking into the crack.

"How are you?" He Siming asked hurriedly.

"It's okay, there's no danger down there, it's just a maze. We're looking for things in it, and we won't go up for now. Don't worry, we're safe." Qin An explained.

"Why didn't you contact me earlier?" He Siming frowned, God knows how anxious he was at home waiting for no news from them.If Qin An contacted him later, he probably went down the rope to find them.

"I'm sorry, I've been walking the maze, so I forgot about you." Qin An was also very sorry, he knew that He Siming cared about him a lot.Even if there is no such relationship between them, Qin An should report his situation to his teammates in time.

"This is not an example. I'll wait for you up there." He Siming said.

"We may be looking for a long time, you should go back first." Qin Andao, "We have too many uncertainties now, and we are just grasping a little possibility to search."

"What's inside?" He Siming asked.

"The jade token. But someone took it away. We are looking for the person who took the jade token."

"Wait a minute!" Tian Gui stopped suddenly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and listened carefully to the sounds around him with his mutated ears.

Qin An talked to Tiangui in his mind: "What's wrong?"

"There are footsteps."