Chapter 568 Claw Marks

There were no more attacks in the second half of the night, but even so, Han Qingqing and Connie still had a slight look of fatigue on their faces the next morning. Obviously, the frightened two people did not sleep well in the second half of the night.

Everyone packed their bags and set off. Colonel Harry took care of Princess Connie and did not walk too fast.

Although they encountered wolves on the first day and encountered danger, the next few days were smooth.

Although they saw poisonous snakes wandering in the grass, wild bears foraging in the woods, and crocodiles like dead wood in the river on the way forward, they did not encounter any more attacks. After five days of travel, they finally arrived near the destination.

"It should be near here."

Allen held a map in his hand, compared it with the nearby terrain, pointed to the distant mountain, and his face was full of excitement.

As an explorer, it is an incomparable honor to be able to participate in the treasure hunt of the Ingle royal family!

When everyone heard that they had arrived at the destination, they were immediately excited and surrounded them, looking at the map in Allen's hand.

Qin Yang was not in a hurry to look at the map, but looked at the mountain opposite.

This is a continuous mountain range, which is not too high, but covers a large area, and you can't see the end at a glance.

The treasure can't be on the surface of the ground, so it can only be underground. There should be a cave entrance. It's impossible that these things are buried underground and then completely buried by the mountain.

If that's the case, I guess there's nothing else I can do except carving "XX was here" on the rocks.

Allen looked at the map for a long time, and pointed to a canyon under the mountain: "If the map is correct, the entrance to the treasure should be at the end of the canyon."

Connie asked excitedly: "So, the treasure is under this mountain?"

Alan shook the map in his hand: "If there is a treasure, it must be hidden under the mountain, and the entrance to the treasure cave should be very secret. There is no mark on the map. We can only look for it in the canyon."

"Let's go, let's go, I can't wait to know what's there."

The crowd went down the mountain along the hillside and entered the canyon.

There is a river about six or seven meters wide in the canyon, and the riverbed is covered with pebbles on both sides. Everyone followed the pebbles all the way to the upper reaches of the river, that is, all the way up to the end of the canyon.

After walking about two kilometers, the canyon became narrower, and the cliffs on both sides became steeper. The original cobblestone road was gone. If you want to continue moving forward, you can only go upstream by boat.

Allen and the other man discussed the map, then turned to say to everyone: "According to the location marked on the map, it should be about one kilometer ahead. We must take a boat."

Colonel Harry waved at the soldiers and said: "Find materials to make a boat."

A group of soldiers quickly got busy, while Connie and others sat on the river beach to rest. Not long after, the soldiers found a bamboo forest by the river, cut a lot of bamboo, and made three bamboo rafts.

After lunch, everyone rested for a while, and the eighteen people were divided into three groups, riding three bamboo rafts upstream.

After walking about one kilometer, Qin Yang's eyes suddenly stopped, staring at the cliff on the left. About twenty or thirty meters away from the water, there was a large area of ​​rock collapse, and in the middle of the collapsed cliff, there was a big black hole.

All three bamboo rafts stopped, and everyone saw the black hole on the cliff.

Connie pointed at the cave with excitement and shouted: "There is a cave here. Could this be the entrance to the treasure we are looking for?"

Alan took the map and compared it; "If it is as shown on the map, it should be here, but if this is the entrance, isn't it too simple?"

Professor Consel carefully looked around, pointed to the top of the cave and said in a deep voice: "This cliff has collapsed, and it seems that the collapse should have occurred in the last few decades. Could it be that the cliff collapsed and caused the entrance to collapse, and then directly leaked out of the cave?"

Colonel Harry said in a deep voice: "You will know if you go up and see it, Bagel, go up and see with the rope throwing gun!"

A burly soldier agreed neatly, and then took out the rope throwing gun from his backpack, and after getting ready, he aimed at a tree on the cliff and pulled the trigger.

After fixing the rope, Bagel climbed up quickly, and then swung to the entrance of the big cave with the help of the reverberating force.

Bagel took out a powerful flashlight, shone it into the cave, picked up a stone and threw it down, then turned around and reported: "Colonel, the cave is very big, I threw a stone, it's very deep inside, and I can't see the end."

When everyone heard this, they all showed some expectation on their faces.

A very big cave!

Did everyone find the treasure so easily?

Harry turned around and reported: "Your Highness, the cliff is steep and the cave is deep. Let's wait for us to go in and check. For safety reasons, you should wait outside first."

Connie's eyes were eager to try, and she shook her head and refused: "Let's go in together. It's just a cave. Anyway, we are well equipped. Since we are here to explore, what's the point of always hiding in a safe place?"

Seeing Connie's insistence, Harry nodded: "Okay, let's go in together, let my people go in front, and you follow behind. If there is any danger, you will return the original way as soon as possible."

"Okay, Colonel, we will follow your instructions!"

Bagger, the first soldier to go up, walked a few steps into the cave, found a huge rock, fixed a soft rope ladder, and then threw the rope ladder down.

Harry left the two soldiers who had been injured before to look after the bamboo raft and support outside, and he led everyone up the rope ladder and came to the entrance of the dark cave.

Qin Yang took care of Han Qingqing and climbed up all the way. When he was about to climb to the entrance of the cave, Qin Yang's eyes accidentally passed over the rock wall, but suddenly found a few scratches on a slanted rock wall.

The scratches were thin at the front, thick in the middle, and thin and slightly inward at the end, which seemed to be the claw marks of some kind of cat.

Qin Yang's eyes swept across other places, but he did not find similar claw marks, and this claw mark did not look fresh, and it seemed to have been there for some time.

Qin Yang retracted his gaze, continued to climb up, and soon climbed to the entrance of the cave.

The soldiers in front had already put on their headlamps, turned on their exploration lights and powerful flashlights, and the surroundings suddenly became bright.

The entrance to the cave was five or six meters wide, but when everyone entered, they found that it was even more spacious inside, and the cave ceiling was very high, at least twenty or thirty meters high. The light of the powerful flashlight shone into the distance, but it disappeared in the dark sky, and there was no end to it.

The mountain was hollow, the cave was long, and no one knew where the road under their feet led to...

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