No matter how many monkeys there are in the cave, they would never make such a noise. Everyone shrank their necks and focused their attention below us. After a few seconds of hesitation, there was another violent tremor. Dust from above fell on our heads.
My way of thinking is different from others, so I fell into deep confusion. I knew the width and height of the well outside, and this intense vibration indicated that a large mass had crashed into the pile of jars below after being accelerated.
The width and height of the passage outside couldn’t accommodate anything too large, and I couldn’t figure out what it was.
I exchanged a glance with Xiaohua, and his eyes were filled with confusion as well.
Another massive tremor shook the ground, and dust poured down, mixed with many small insects. I blinked my eyes and had to keep shaking my head. The stone slab above us began to crack. Then we heard the sound of jars being moved from above.
“It’s a bird,” Wang Meng said in terror.
I shone my flashlight into the crack in the stone slab and saw a dazed giant eye squeezed into the gap, its golden pupil shrinking in response to the light. Then came the sound of claws scratching at the jars. Dust fell down. Xiaohua swung his stick up, and chaos erupted above. Soon, the stick was grabbed. Xiaohua had no choice but to pull it back.
Another massive tremor caused the crack to widen further. The debris on the stone slab began to fall through the gap. Kanjian raised his hand and threw a piece of broken tile up, but he missed. Then we heard the clear calls of the monkeys from below the pile of tiles.
It seemed that the impact had caused our barrier to start collapsing, creating gaps. Forgetting about what was above us, I was just about to speak and suggest someone go reinforce it when Wang Meng suddenly collapsed. He shouted loudly, jumped down, and picked up tiles to smash them against the ground, as if that would scare away whatever was outside.
After a few minutes of shouting, there was indeed no further tremor. Wang Meng’s subordinates saw that it was effective and all began to shout.
Almost simultaneously, a loud roar erupted from beneath the tiles, shaking the ground and knocking everyone down.
It was a piercing, powerful roar, so close it felt like stepping on a high-pitched speaker.
I thought to myself, this is bad; the earlier impact wasn’t in the passage but below the well, where something was crashing against the bottom of the well. Then came a loud bang, and the tiles below bulged up. Then they began to collapse.
The bottom of the well had been breached, revealing a black hole. Chilly air rushed up from below. Tiles clattered down into it. Wang Meng and his subordinates were caught off guard and all fell in.
The monkeys outside jumped up and began climbing towards us along the well wall.
Kanjian aimed his slingshot at the hole below and shot down the monkeys that charged in, while Xiaohua poked the climbing monkeys with his stick and shouted at me, “What’s down there?”
I shone my flashlight into the dark hole and saw Wang Meng and the others clinging to the wall, not looking at us but staring at their feet, trembling all over. As I moved the flashlight to their feet, I saw a big white face poking out.
I shone my light on him, and he squinted, cursing, “Damn it, when two paths cross, could you not use high beams? Workers should have some quality.”
“Fatty, how did you come out from underground?” I shouted angrily, wanting to use a technique that would send him back to where he came from.
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