Book 4: Chapter 6: Riddles

Book 4: Chapter 6: Riddles

As Fatty and I looked at each other again, I found that Poker-Face didn't seem surprised at all. He just continued to look up at the black gap.

Where are you? Fatty asked again.

"It's dark here, Black Glasses said. We don't know how far weve gone. But even if we did, its not like youd know the location. But youwhere are you?"

Fatty looked up at the huge black spot and said, "In front of the black spot."

The satellite phone was silent for a while, which I found a bit strange. For Black Glasses, this darkness was actually an advantage. As long as he had a match, it was just like he was living somewhere near the equator on a summer morning

I heard Black Glasses sigh, "Wheres Mute?"

"Right next to us," Fatty responded.

"Do you two have the confidence to knock him out and drag him out of this place right now?" Black Glasses asked.

Fatty looked at me, then at Little Brother, touched the gun in his handthis gun looked a little strange; it seemed that the herdsmen here had modified it many timesand then said, "I can't bear to hit my darling."

Black Glasses chuckled and said, "Apprentice, why don't you listen to your childhood friend?"

"Why? I asked. Where the hell are you guys? What's the danger to Little Brother here? Cant you share any information with us?"

"Look at that gap. After looking at it carefully, don't you find that you really want to go in?" Black Glasses asked.

I looked up at the gap. It was so huge and deep that it reminded me of the darkness I saw in the tomb door when I was lured here earlier.

I didn't dare look at it anymore as I asked myself, will we all feel a huge impulse to enter this gap after a while?

"Black Glasses, we saw a young man just now who was as white as an ox aorta(1) and holding something like a spirit flag. Do you know him?" Fatty asked.

Black Glasses let out an exclamation, "So you saw him. We saw him, too. But it was only a quick glance."

I wanted to keep asking questions, but Poker-Face suddenly came over, took the satellite phone, and asked, "Who are you?"

I heard Black Glasses laugh on the other end of the line, which left me stunned for a moment. I was familiar with Black Glasses' laugh. When I spoke with him just now, it was his normal laughter, but when Poker-Face asked, it wasnt normal at all.

But this really was Black Glasses voice, so what did Poker-Face mean by asking that?

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TN Notes:

(1) Ox aorta is a popular hotpot ingredient in Sichuan cuisine. It looks like a piece of smooth white jade.