America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 193 Dark clouds cover the sun

Originally, according to Chen Jianqiu's wish, everyone could take a short rest and wait until the next day before setting off.

But everyone said that time waits for no one, and wasting time is equivalent to wasting life.

Morale can only be followed but cannot be taken away.

So, except for a few people who couldn't eat lunch because of nausea, everyone else filled their stomachs and followed Chen Jianqiu towards the valley from the waterway.

Chen Jianqiu was the first to enter the water. He dragged a rope to lead the way. People behind could swim all the way along the rope.

They wrapped things that were easy to get wet in canvas, tied them with ropes to a few people who were better at water, and took them into the cave.

Everything went smoothly.

It was already approaching dusk when a group of people appeared wet at the entrance of the valley.

Now they are all fishy, ​​sour and smelly.

Chen Jianqiu rolled the glands on each of them fairly.

"Boss, do we really need to draw our guns?" Sean looked at the monsters glaring at him, feeling a little panicked.

When these monsters saw a group of "similar people" exuding the scent of the Venerable coming in, they tilted their heads and were a little confused.

Chen Jianqiu turned around, glanced at the cautious black man, walked up to him, took out the disgusting glands, and wiped it on his face again.

Then he stuffed the thing into the black man's pocket.

Sean had an overwhelming feeling in his stomach.

"Doesn't this make you feel more at ease?" Chen Jianqiu said to him with a smile.

Sure enough, the attitude of those monsters towards Sean was much better, and several "licking dogs" followed Sean.

"Don't lose the things in your pockets, this is our 'ticket' for entry and exit." Chen Jianqiu turned his head and walked back to the front of the team, "Take care of your 'licking dogs', they might be useful.

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Chen Jianqiu led everyone to start searching in the valley.

However, just like Chen Jianqiu's previous results, there was no gain.

They rummaged through every stone in the valley, carefully checking whether there were any clues on the stones and vegetation.

But such a thing does not exist.

"Will it be buried underground?" Hanif and Downey asked Holmes, each carrying a shovel on their shoulders.

"Even if it's buried underground, you have to know where to start digging!" Holmes glared at them.

In the end, the focus came to the cliff edge that Chen Jianqiu had never set foot on before.

That's the only place I haven't searched yet.

Everyone came to the edge of the cliff.

"No, it's really down there." Sean looked down the cliff.

Below is a dark deep valley. Due to the light, it is on the shady side and the sun cannot shine. Looking down from above, it is bottomless.

Chen Jianqiu picked up a stone from the ground and threw it down.

There was no sound of objects touching the ground. This deep valley was like a monster, always ready to devour anything that fell into it.

"Probably not. If there are really a lot of treasures hidden, how will they transport them?" Holmes shook his head.

The purpose of drawing a treasure map is to retrieve it again one day for yourself or your descendants. Otherwise, why draw a map so seriously?

This is the difference between treasure hunting and tomb robbing.

If it was hidden in the deep valley in front of us, there should be a way to go down. It would be impossible to just throw so much gold directly from the top of the cliff.

So everyone started looking for clues on the edge of the cliff again.

But I don’t know whether it’s because it’s been so long ago that the traces have been worn away by wind and sun; or whether the vegetation has grown wantonly and covered up all the clues underneath.

All in all, nothing was gained.

There are almost no human traces in this valley.

The sun has quietly hung on the top of the mountain and is about to set.

Holmes took his notebook and human skin map and sat down on a rock on the edge of the cliff.

A terrible idea appeared in his mind.

Impossible, impossible, I have studied this human skin map for a long time, whether it is the text description or the patterns in it.

Everything fits.

Except this valley is almost empty.

Among these people, apart from Chen Jianqiu, he is the one who cares most about this treasure, not only for the gold, but also for uncovering the history and past events.

He is a geologist and an archaeologist.

However, he now had to face a cruel possibility.

He looked at Chen Jianqiu blankly, his eyes full of despair:

"Chen, is there a possibility that the treasure mentioned in this treasure map is fake?"

These words were like a stone, dragging everyone's hearts deeply into the bottom of the lake.

Sean looked confused. The three Chinese boys didn't know much and didn't dare to say anything. Danny and his wife stared at the deep valley in a daze.

The experienced Hanif took a deep breath and came up with a more terrifying idea:

"Could this be a trap?"

"Why did the Apache Indians choose to leave midway? Are they not at all interested in these possible treasures?"

"Why have the Nahuas never been willing to come here? If there really is a treasure, why did those who drew this map not choose to protect it or take it, but instead used terrible fables to warn their own people?

Stay away from here?"

Hanif's reasoning was very logical and reasonable. Everyone began to look around with vigilance. The originally empty valley suddenly became dangerous.

Chen Jianqiu's face was as calm as ever.

Hanif's statement is still a possibility.

The person who drew this human skin map did come here, and then drew a treasure map, and used it as bait to attract enemies to come here, and then buried them here.

Not to mention anything else, those blood-sucking monsters alone are enough for them to drink a pot.

Not a bad idea.

However, he had already thought of this situation.

Countless nights, in the dead of night, Chen Jianqiu would go through the possible final results in his mind based on changes in intelligence.

This is just one of the twenty-three final possibilities he estimated.

Chen Jianqiu looked at Holmes. At this time, the geologist was like an eggplant beaten by frost, dejected.

"Holmes, are all the information you deduced before accurate?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

Holmes raised his head: "The source of wealth is right, the customs are right, the Aztec history is right, and even the migration route is right."

He shook his head: "But, the fact is, there is nothing here!"

Chen Jianqiu patted him on the shoulder: "You must trust your own judgment."

He whistled.

Before going into the water, he put the corn out.

Although nothing could be seen in the cave just now, Chen Jianqiu judged that this valley should not be far from the direction of the lake and waterfall.

I wonder if corn can be found.

The whistle echoed in the valley, and the valley was like a loudspeaker, amplifying the whistle.

Sure enough, after a while, a golden eagle appeared at the mouth of the valley and flew towards them.

"No one can get the final answer until that deep valley is searched." Chen Jianqiu dropped a sentence and walked towards the edge of the cliff again.

He gave instructions to Corn and asked the silly bird to go around the deep valley to see if he could find anything useful.

The only pity is that he, the best investigator, has no "common language" with him.

Chen Jianqiu stood on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his hands, quietly waiting for news about the corn.

The sun has already set below the mountain, and only the setting light illuminates the valley.

Holmes was already lying on the ground, looking up at the sky.

Unwilling to be reconciled, he took out the human skin map again.

This human skin map has been soaked in Chen Jianqiu's blood, and the new route map has covered the original map, leaving only the Aztec hieroglyphs exposed.

He was already familiar with the meaning of these words.

Alas, they are all myths, what’s so interesting about them.

He spread his arms, positioned his body into a "big" shape, and looked at the sky again.

You can already see some stars hanging in the sky. The sky is really beautiful when viewed from this angle.

Suddenly, a black shadow passed before his eyes.

It's corn. This guy flew up from the deep valley and rushed into the sky.

It dropped something and hit Holmes in the face.

That thing is still moving.

"Holy shit! What is that!" The geologist was scared to death and jumped up from the ground like a spring. He grabbed the thing that was still jumping on his face and threw it to the ground.

Everyone was also shocked.

They looked intently at the thing struggling on the ground.

This animal has a pair of wings covered with a layer of fur. It is extremely ugly and has pointed ears, like a mouse without eyes.

Mexican dog-nosed bat?

Corn's sharp claws scratched its body, and this guy was struggling on the edge of death.

Just when everyone hadn't realized what this meant.

They heard a huge noise coming from the direction of the deep valley.

A continuous "dark cloud" that covered the sky and sun hovered up from the deep valley, covering half of the sky and the afterglow.

Countless pairs of wings flapped in a continuous sound, whizzing past the edge of the cliff and flying towards the outside of the valley.

Chen Jianqiu stood on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his hands, staring at the dark clouds:

"We believe that the supreme Quetzalcoatl has led us to find our new home."

"But every time when night falls, the God of Darkness always comes like a dark cloud."

"We pray devoutly not to enter that boundless darkness again."

Stunned, Holmes remembered that what Chen Jianqiu said was the meaning of the symbols on the human skin picture!

He rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked for the direction in which the tens of thousands of bats were flying.

He found it.

A cave! Right below them! In the wall of the cliff!

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