There were several instruments on display inside. Tang Tang groped for a long time at the entrance but couldn't find the light switch. However, as soon as she walked in, the whole cave was instantly as bright as day.
"Damn it!" Sun Xu was startled by the sudden light. He jumped up and grabbed the hem of Tang Tang's clothes.
Tang Tang lowered her eyes and glanced at the hand holding her clothes. She just took a cursory look, said nothing, and continued walking inside.
There were all kinds of instruments, emitting a cold light.
It seemed that they hadn't been used for many years, and there was a faint layer of dust on them.
Tang Tang walked around. Her gaze fell on a small covered instrument in the corner. This should be the background wall where Tang Tang and Shen Tian took photos.
She had felt it was a bit familiar just now. Now that she saw it up close, it was not just familiarity.
She had seen an identical one before.
It was in her father's hospital.
Tang Tang walked behind the instrument and lifted a white curtain inside, revealing what was behind.
"Shit..."
Tang Tang covered her mouth and took a step back.
"What's wrong, sister?"
Sun Xu grabbed his stick and was about to rush over. He had been well taken care of by Tang Tang all the way and had never seen her like this before. Without thinking, he grabbed his stick and was about to charge forward. But halfway through, he was grabbed by the back of his collar by Tang Tang.
"Don't move," Tang Tang held Sun Xu's collar with one hand and covered his eyes forcefully with the other.
"Two choices. One, stay here, don't look at anything, keep your eyes closed. Two, go outside and wait for me."
But Sun Xu frowned. "What did you see, sister..."
As soon as he asked this question, Sun Xu knew that Tang Tang probably wouldn't answer. After weighing it, he said, "Can I wait for you outside the curtain? I won't peek inside. I know you must have seen something really scary. I won't look."
"I'll just stand there. Then neither of us will feel so creeped out. With me here, you won't be scared either."
Tang Tang pursed her lips. With the current gesture, she turned Sun Xu around and said, "Okay, don't look around."
After settling Sun Xu, she enclosed herself inside the curtain.
When she stood there for the second time, she realized what a stupid idea Sun Xu had come up with. She looked at the beds inside and fell into silence for a moment.
There were probably eight beds in total, and on them were all the corpses of children.
Tang Tang touched her watch and thought she was really brave. Anyone would feel creeped out if they suddenly saw so many children's corpses.
She was actually able to stand there again. Tang Tang looked at them one by one and found that they were all the missing children she had seen in the reports before.
Among these children, there was a memorial tablet with the name Shen Cheng written on it.
Tang Tang pinched her fingernails. She was a bit confused. What on earth was Shen Tian thinking? He locked them all here, designed such a game, and deliberately played hide - and - seek, waiting to gather four people. When she talked to Zuo Mu about this before, Zuo Mu said that Shen Tian had been twisted for decades, and no one knew how twisted he was now. It was just a perverted bad taste.
Now she finally understood. It wasn't a bad taste. He was using living people for sacrifice.
Tang Tang felt as if she had been drenched in ice - cold water from head to toe.
She couldn't help frowning and endured the discomfort in her heart. Her gaze fell on the children's corpses. Next to each corpse was a name tag.
She unconsciously walked to Shen Cheng's memorial tablet. She saw that on the tablet, there were not only incense and fruit plates for offering, but also a small booklet underneath.
There was a list of names written on it.
However, several of these names had been crossed out with a red pen.
When she first started learning to write, she was taught by Tang Gu not to write her name with a red pen or cross out the names she had written with a red pen because it was inauspicious.
Tang Tang lowered her eyes and looked at the names crossed out with a red pen. They were the eight people lying there.
Tang Tang searched inside but didn't find Sun Xu's name. However, she found a name, Sun Chao.
If she remembered correctly...
Tang Tang put the booklet in her schoolbag, bowed slightly to the children's corpses inside, and then turned to leave.
Sun Xu had been waiting for Tang Tang to come out nervously. Hearing the movement inside, when he saw Tang Tang come out, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He couldn't stop talking and said, "Sister, come here quickly."
"What's wrong?" Tang Tang noticed the colorful marks on Sun Xu's face.
Sun Xu pointed to an instrument. "Look."
"It's red. I was bored just now, so I leaned over and smelled it. The blood is fresh,"
Tang Tang, "..."
For a moment, there was a rare blank look on Tang Tang's face. She turned to look at Sun Xu and said in disbelief, "What did you say? Say it again. What's wrong with you?"
Sun Xu probably also thought his action was stupid, but since he had already done it, he said with a look of resignation, "I smelled it..."
Tang Tang looked at Sun Xu. "You're really bold. You don't even know what it is and you just go over and smell it. What if there's something dangerous?"
"When you get old, you definitely won't have to worry about heart problems. With such a big heart, how could you have any problems."
Sun Xu, "..."
Tang Tang leaned over to take a look at the bloodstain. After just one glance, she grabbed Sun Xu's hand and walked towards the entrance. "Let's go."
"Are you done looking?"
No matter how bold Sun Xu was, he was still a child after all. After being scolded by Tang Tang like this, he couldn't help but feel scared.
At this moment, he couldn't wait to leave.
Tang Tang glanced at Sun Xu. "If you haven't had enough, you can stay a while longer."
Sun Xu immediately shook his head. "I've had enough."
Tang Tang couldn't help but smile when she saw Sun Xu. She grabbed Sun Xu's hand. "Let's go. We'll stay here for one night and leave tomorrow."
"Can we leave?" As soon as Sun Xu heard that they could leave here, he was extremely excited. "Can we go down the mountain tomorrow?"
Tang Tang walked towards the outside of the cave. She looked at the cave, tapped her watch twice. Knowing there was no signal, she still sent out a location.
"Not sure. Maybe."
Tang Tang looked at the surrounding environment. "We'll stay here for one night first. We'll leave tomorrow morning. You never know what might happen in the mountains at night."
As soon as Sun Xu heard that they could leave, he was extremely happy. Although he had been scared by the things inside, he still followed behind Tang Tang.
Not far away, in a building, Shen Tian was sitting on a chair. "Did they come out?"
There were four people standing on the ground. Hearing Shen Tian's question, one of them stepped forward. "They came out, but then went in again."
Shen Tian raised his eyebrows and shook his head. "Really brave," he glanced at his phone. There was a short - haired woman on the screen. He hooked his lips into a smile. "In this aspect, she is like you."