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Chapter 216 The Cave

The slits of the rock are not narrow, and they can allow two people to pass side by side. Behind the slits is a long upward ramp, which makes people unable to see the inner space through the slits. Holding the crystal energy lamp high and walking inside the slits, the surrounding environment is as quiet as the world after death, with only the subtle and monotonous ticks constantly echoing. The clearly weak sound sounds as amazing as thunder in the quiet environment. It is a water-attribute element hiding in the humid air. After being cooled by the cold rocks on the cave, it turns into dew and keeps falling, forming several shallow puddles on the ground.

Going up the slope, the sides of the slope are covered with messy gravel, but the middle is very flat and no gravel is left. It is certain that someone has gone deeper here at a glance. When you climb the slope, you can see an irregular elliptical cave. The cave is actually not small. At least the seven members of the expedition team will not feel cramped at all when they are moving inside.

"Once it rains when they pass by, they have a very great chance to camp here, which is almost certain." Panis pointed to the environment of the cave: "Look, it's really suitable for camping. Well, there is another gap there as an exit. Now there must be multiple entrances and exits to solve the problem."

Panis is right. This is indeed a good place for camping. It is like this in all aspects. It is obvious that they are not the only one who thinks so. When they step into the oval cave, they see an abandoned fire. It can be seen that the previous user of the cave was not in a hurry to leave. Not only did the traces of life be cleaned up next to the fire, but they were carefully extinguished with water to avoid unnecessary trouble from the embers.

The foot in the cave was the only obvious trace left by the previous user besides the fire. There was a small pile of firewood and some gravel, which were probably all the supplies left over from the camp. Unfortunately, the firewood had long become wet and decayed. It turned into debris with a slight touch. Only the gravel next to it might be useful, but the most in this cave is gravel.

"It's really good. It's very suitable." Catherine approached the abandoned fire, drew her sword and tested it in it, and waved her hand: "Then let's move, Lina and Freya, you two go get some gravel. Increase the outer edge of the fire, Pannis and Mr. Dillie, you two are fast, so please go to the foot of the mountain to get the firewood we collected on the way back. Vivian, you prepare the subsequent drying work of the firewood, oh, not just firewood. Ava, you can prepare the sleeping bags and other supplies with me, and you don't need the tent, you don't need it in the cave."

"Where are me?" The voice came from Lina's backpack: "Sister Katherine. What should I do?"

"Just stop playing with that skull." Catherine sighed and said helplessly: "Don't try to install it on your cervical spine. If you make a fuss, go back to the box."

"Woo, I understand." The deer whimpered, retracted back into her backpack, pretending that she did not exist anymore.

The girls who were used to adventure life had long been accustomed to the wild survival work under various terrain. With Catherine's instructions, everyone quickly took action. Within ten minutes, a small camp had basically taken shape, and the warm flames began to burn, illuminating the entire cave.

For life in the wild, fire is the most important existence. Whether or not a campfire is ignited in a camp gives people a completely different feeling. Even if the crystal lamp and crystal energy furnace are used at the same time, it cannot replace the campfire in terms of feeling. The camp, which was still dark and cold just now, became full of vitality as the first ray of flames rose up, just like a rigid picture suddenly came alive.

Next to the campfire, the girls were very close to the campfire and baked their wet clothes and equipment with the temperature of flames. However, the girls did not focus on baking, but carefully checked some things they found in the cave not long ago.

The cave is not small. Even if the ex-user leaves without haste, according to the habits of adventurers, they clean up the traces left by themselves before leaving. However, these cleanings are often focused on safety and hygiene matters, such as dealing with daily garbage, extinguishing flames, and taking away all dangerous goods. The purpose of cleaning is to protect rather than to hide. Therefore, in a camp, some information about the ex-user will always be left behind. What everyone needs to do now is to interpret these trivial information and understand as much as possible what happened to the expedition team decades ago. If you can figure out everything that happened back then, it will be of great help to find the nest of the servant of the gods and avoid possible dangers.

However, this is not easy. It is a blessing to find a note of the deceased like before. It is an unreplicable accidental encounter. Therefore, if you want to restore the process of that year, you need to deduce it bit by bit from the fragments of the past that you are constantly discovering.

"They lived here for three to four days." Panis baked his hands on the flames: "It can be seen from the firewood left. Comparing the traces they had left when they collected the firewood and the amount of remaining firewood was almost estimated."

"Why did it take so long?" Lina asked in confusion: "Realistically, shouldn't they enter the core area as soon as possible to start exploring work? Is it because they encountered a long-term heavy rain?"

"No, there are very few long-term heavy rains in the Death Forest. Even if there is, do you think if we encounter long rainfall, we will delay the trip for three or four days?" Panis shook his head and said, "Actually, I think it's normal for them to spend more time here. It's strange that they'll leave overnight like us."

"Why? Ah, I understand." Lina just asked the question and found the answer: "They don't know at this time that the specific area of ​​the Temple of Danakus should be only a rough range, so from here, they need to explore carefully. Well, since they finally left ready, can it also be said that they did not gain much in the surrounding area, so they turned to the next location."

"Well, I think I can think that." Panis said as he stared at an item that was dark like a wooden material: "Catherine, come and see this."
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