America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 196 Sword of Damocles

Under the leadership of Chen Jianqiu, a group of people walked into the cave holding torches.

They all passed by the "senior" sitting at the entrance of the cave. Liu Dabao bowed deeply to him and said in half-baked English:

"Senior, I don't mean to disturb you. I hope you can keep us safe."

The black man behind him looked at him with a question mark on his face: "Hey, brother, this guy is an Indian. Can he understand you when you speak English?"

Liu Dabao looked confused and felt that what this black man said made sense.

"Sean! Can you come behind me?" Danny behind me called out the black man's name. "When you stand in front of me, I always feel like there is an empty person here. I am always afraid that I will miss the mark."

Sean turned his head and showed his white teeth: "Yes, big man!"

A group of people lined up and walked along the narrow road.

The roads in the cave have obviously been treated by someone and are not natural.

If the treasure is indeed what Holmes confirmed, it is the property that fell into the lake during the Aztec Kingdom's "Night of Sorrow" hundreds of years ago.

It is definitely impossible to transport these treasures without a decent way.

Chen Jianqiu and Holmes led the way. As they walked, they used the light of torches to look for the traces.

Things went surprisingly smoothly. Even if they encountered a fork in the road, they could just follow the path with human traces.

They shuttled from one cave to another.

"It's really shocking!" Holmes, a geologist, suffered from an occupational disease. He held a torch and looked at the dome of the cave.

Only then did everyone realize that the dome of the cave was very high, and where the torchlight reached, one could vaguely see the rugged stalactites hanging upside down from the top of the cave.

The shapes of these stalactites are all kinds of strange due to thousands of years of deposition, which makes people marvel at the wonder of nature's hand of creation.

"I have long heard that there are many karst caves in the southern part of New Mexico. The scenery inside is extremely spectacular. I didn't expect to see it in person today. It's so beautiful that I can't describe it in words."

Holmes suppressed his excitement and spoke in a low voice, as if he was afraid that his loud voice would wake up something in the cave.

I don't know if it was because the journey ahead was too smooth, but the geologist seemed to be on a geological research trip. He looked left and right.

Chen Jianqiu almost thought he was about to take out the pickaxe.

"Then, what, Master." Sean, who was at the back of the team, raised his neck and stared at the stalactites hanging on the top of the grotto. "Tell me, is there a possibility that these things will fall down?"

In his eyes, these stalactites were like swords hanging upside down, hanging on his head.

"Impossible, impossible. These stalactites took thousands of years, even hundreds of thousands of millions of years to gradually accumulate. If they could fall, they would have fallen long ago." Holmes

He shook his head and spread basic address knowledge to black people.

"unless……"

Holmes hasn't finished speaking yet.

"Ah ha, if you had just said that, that would have been the end of it." The black man straightened up and hummed a Dixie tune.

When Danny heard the songs from his hometown, he started humming along.

Their singing seemed to be amplified and echoed in the cave, making the trip look more like a tour, relaxing and enjoyable.

But Chen Jianqiu suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head and looked at the stalactites of different sizes hanging upside down.

Holmes also turned around suddenly, waved his hand at the people behind the team, and made a silencing gesture:

"Stop~sing~~, the environment of the cave here has not been visited by outsiders for at least a hundred years. We broke in, and our breath and torches have already brought changes to the environment here."

"Moreover, the structure of this cave is a bit strange. If your voice is too loud, it will resonate..."

The black man and Danny quickly shut their mouths.

However, it was too late.

Chen Jianqiu turned on the shooter mode. In his field of vision, he could see cracks appearing at the roots of several stalactites!

"Back off!"

Chen Jianqiu roared in a low voice.

However, it is said that it is too late and that is too soon.

A long and pointed stalactite had already plummeted towards his position, heading towards his forehead and heart.

Chen Jianqiu took a step back, knocking Holmes behind him and staggering him.

The stalactite fell to the ground with a crisp sound and shattered into pieces.

This sound was like thunder in the silence of the cave, creating a chain reaction.

When Chen Jianqiu looked at the dome again, it was not just the original ones that were crumbling.

"Exit this cave!"

Chen Jianqiu waved his hand back, and the tail of the team became the leader, with Sean in front and Chen Jianqiu in the back, and they quickly evacuated in the direction they came from.

But the cave seemed to have woken up, not wanting to give them too many opportunities, and several more long-pointed stone stalactites fell down.

These "Swords of Damocles" with different shapes are mainly composed of limestone, and their chemical composition is calcium carbonate. They are brittle but hard. If they fall from such a high dome, anyone who falls on them will be killed.

Sean ran very fast. On the one hand, he was hiding, but on the other hand, he didn't want to block the way of those behind him.

"Sean, be careful!"

Teresa in the middle of the team suddenly shouted because she saw a sharp stalactite hitting the black man's head.

Sean raised his head subconsciously, only to see the stone tip already in the air less than a few meters away from him.

"Done!"

Despair was written on the black man's face.

However, suddenly a torch flew from the back of the team, passed over everyone's heads, and the light stretched into a line, directly hitting the stalactite above Sean's head.

The stalactite broke, and the two fragments deviated from their original trajectory and fell in front of Sean.

"Run quickly, otherwise you will be smashed to death and your body will block the road!" Chen Jianqiu's voice came from the rear of the team.

Sean didn't dare to let go. He knew that he owed his boss another life, so he quickly lowered his head and rushed towards the entrance of the cave.

The stalactites on the dome fell one after another, and became more and more frequent.

The road is very narrow, and everyone has to escape while avoiding the falling stone pillars above their heads. This is a life-and-death game of strength and luck.

Everyone tried their best, moving around and around, and the broken stone pillars shattered at their feet.

They haven't hit the target yet. In addition to their own efforts, they also benefit from Chen Jianqiu, who is both father and mother at the end of the team.

He stared almost at the top of everyone's head in front of him.

As he ran, he picked up broken stalactite fragments on the ground, one on his left hand and one on his right.

Whenever he saw that the person in front of the team was in danger, he would throw the fragments in his hand with a flying knife.

For a time, the cave was filled with the sound of the breaking of stalactites, the sound of people's footsteps, and the mixed echoes of various sounds.

A few minutes later, Sean, Danni and his wife rushed out.

As the third member of the team, Liu Dabao has already reached the place near the cave exit. He only needs to run a few more steps to rush out of the cave.

However, at this moment, behind him, three stone pillars fell rapidly from the head of another Chinese boy, He Jiasheng.

Chen Jianqiu had quick eyes and quick hands, and the two pieces he had already pinched flew out.

Two stone pillars were smashed into pieces, while the third one still fell straight down.

"He Jiasheng!"

In desperation, Chen Jianqiu stopped shouting.

The young man named He Jiasheng was particularly alert. Hearing the shout, he jumped forward without hesitation and avoided the stone pillar.

He fell to the ground. The narrow road on the ground was full of gravel and debris, and his knees suddenly became bloody and bloody.

He Jiasheng struggled to stand up.

However, Chen Jianqiu saw from behind that another stone pillar was loose above his head.

Something is going to happen!

Liu Dabao heard the noise and quickly turned his head. He hesitated, stopped, and wanted to turn around and pull He Jiasheng.

"Don't look back! Run forward!"

Chen Jianqiu shouted again.

Before Liu Dabao could react, he saw Chen Jianqiu rushing towards him.

His young master held Holmes under one elbow and held a torch in his hand.

When passing by He Jiasheng, he pulled the young man up from the ground with his other hand and carried him on his shoulder.

He walked swiftly, and stone pillars shattered on the road behind him.

Liu Dabao was stunned.

When he came to his senses and was about to turn around and continue running forward, he was already kicked by Chen Jianqiu on the butt.

Liu Dabao felt like he was flying out.

The four people fell out of the cave together, and two stone pillars hit the exit of the cave, where Liu Dabao originally stood.

"Oh~ It's so dangerous." Holmes stood up and dusted himself off.

He looked back and looked inside the cave. The stalactites were still falling one after another without any sign of stopping.

Everyone was disgraced, both mentally and physically.

However, except for He Jiasheng's knee, which was slightly injured, everyone else was fine.

"I hope everyone is okay." Chen Jianqiu glanced at everyone. Not only did he run out with two people, he also picked up the torch he had dropped on the ground.

However, the road ahead with human traces could not be walked for the time being, so they had no choice but to find another way.

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