Chapter 841 Purgatory Upstairs
Chapter 841 Purgatory Upstairs
Jiang Jiyun sat up excitedly and shone the flashlight at the place. Sure enough, he saw a small mark that was difficult to find without looking carefully.
Her heart beat faster involuntarily, this was the key clue.
Then she lay on the ground again and searched the surrounding ground carefully like a detective, not missing any corner.
Finally, after some patient searching, she found another similar trace.
Jiang Jiyun carefully measured the distance between the two traces and felt certain in his heart: These must be traces of a ladder!
"Hiss..." A slight sound came from Jiang Jiyun's mouth.
Jiang Jiyuan heard the voice and looked back.
"Brother, come here quickly!" she shouted hurriedly, a hint of urgency in her voice.
Jiang Jiyuan heard his sister's cry and ran over quickly.
"What's wrong?" he asked anxiously.
Jiang Jiyun pointed to a place and said, "Brother, there's something suspicious here. Look, this should be where ladders are often placed."
Jiang Jiyuan looked in the direction his sister pointed and found some marks on the ground, which seemed to be the place where the ladder was often placed.
After Jiang Jiyun finished speaking, he took out the stepladder from the space.
When she reached the top, her eyes fell on a crevice.
The gap looked inconspicuous, but Jiang Jiyun's intuition told her that there must be some secret hidden in it.
She stretched out her hand, trying to reach out and pry open the gap, but when she couldn't reach it at first, she stood dangling at the top of the stepladder.
However, even though she used all her strength, the gap seemed to be welded shut and did not move at all.
Jiang Jiyun was unwilling to give up. She continued to push hard, even hanging on the roof, but the gap was still tightly closed.
Jiang Jiyuan was panicked when he saw his sister fighting so hard.
He was afraid that his sister would fall and get hurt, so he hurriedly climbed up the ladder and tried to pick her up.
Just when Jiang Jiyuan was about to climb to his sister's side, he suddenly saw that his sister's legs had left the ladder and her whole body was hanging in the air.
Jiang Jiyuan almost screamed out loud, his heartbeat instantly accelerated, as if it was about to jump out of his throat.
He took two steps at a time, quickly climbed up the ladder, and hugged his sister.
"Are you okay?" Jiang Jiyuan asked with concern, his voice trembling slightly.
Jiang Jiyun shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
Jiang Jiyuan placed his sister on the ladder and said, "You go down first. It's too dangerous here. I'll give it a try."
Jiang Jiyun nodded. She knew that her brother was stronger than her and might be able to open the gap.
She slowly climbed down the ladder, stood on the ground, and watched her brother's every move nervously.
Jiang Jiyuan climbed to the top of the ladder. He took a deep breath and grasped the gap tightly with both hands, his fingers turning white from excessive force.
He gritted his teeth, exerted all his strength, and pulled hard.
With a "creak" sound, the originally tightly closed gap was actually opened a small gap by him.
Although this small gap is not big, it is enough for Jiang Jiyuan.
Like his sister, he gripped the sides of the slit tightly with his hands and hung his body from it.
However, at this moment, an accident happened, and the gap that Jiang Jiyuan was holding on to quickly slid down.
When Jiang Jiyun saw this, he quickly put away the stepladder to prevent his brother from getting hurt by the ladder.
After Jiang Jiyuan's feet landed on the ground, his hands were still holding the bottom of the ladder. His body swayed slightly, but he quickly stabilized.
Just as he was about to climb up the ladder again, Jiang Jiyun had quickly climbed from his legs to his back, then stepped on his shoulders and used the force to climb up the ladder.
Jiang Jiyun's movements were smooth and without any hesitation.
After Jiang Jiyun reached the top of the ladder, Jiang Jiyuan also exerted force with both hands and climbed up.
"Ugh...it stinks!"
Before Jiang Jiyun could climb to the entrance of the cave, a foul smell hit her nose, making her vomit.
Jiang Jiyuan saw this and quickly said to her, "How about you keep watch down there?"
Jiang Jiyun nodded repeatedly, "Hmmmm..."
However, just as she was about to go down the ladder, she suddenly heard a cry for help.
"Help……"
The sound was very soft, but Jiang Jiyun still heard it.
She immediately stopped, took out a mask from the space, and sprayed some toilet water on it.
Then she handed Jiang Jiyuan a mask, quickly put it on herself, and continued to crawl towards the cave entrance.
The temperature up there was higher and the stench of rotting flesh was stronger. Jiang Jiyun saw people hanging with chains through the night vision goggles.
They all lowered their heads, looking at the people who had lost all their life and energy. The unpleasant stench seemed to be emanating from these people.
"Save...Save..."
The faint cry for help was particularly obvious in this deadly environment.
"Wow..."
Suddenly, the sound of iron chains rang out again. Someone moved his body, causing the iron chains on his body to move and make a crisp sound.
When Jiang Jiyuan heard the sound, he quickly turned on the flashlight and ran towards the direction of the sound.
The flashlight illuminated a corner of the darkness, and Jiang Jiyuan finally saw those people clearly.
Those people were hung tightly by thick iron chains, their bodies drooping lifelessly, like pork waiting to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse.
Their clothes were tattered, their bodies were covered with scars and dirt, and they looked very miserable.
Jiang Jiyun followed behind Jiang Jiyuan, and when she saw this scene, she was stunned.
She stared with wide eyes, looking at the people hanging in chains like livestock in disbelief, her heart filled with shock.
Jiang Jiyuan walked to the side of the struggling man and saw a thick iron chain tightly wrapped around the wooden pillar behind the man, and one end of the chain pierced deeply into his back, or to be precise, his scapula.
Jiang Jiyuan couldn't help but frown, because the disgusting stench was coming from this wound.
Jiang Jiyuan looked around and found that there were nearly sixty people hanging here. Their bodies were bound with iron chains. Some of them were lifeless and their bodies emitted a foul smell. If you looked closely, you could see maggots wriggling around.
After some inspection, Jiang Jiyuan found that only three of these people were still alive.
Jiang Jiyuan and Jiang Jiyun looked at each other, and they could see shock and heartache in each other's eyes.
They decided to rescue the only three remaining people first. The brother and sister acted quickly and carefully rescued the three people from the chains.
Because their injuries were very serious, Jiang Jiyuan and Jiang Jiyun had to knock them out first and then send them to the space operating room to wait for treatment.
Because the iron chains had penetrated their scapula for a long time, the wounds had become seriously infected and full of rotting flesh.
Jiang Jiyun thought about cleaning up the rotten flesh after he got out, and then starting medical treatment.
They have not forgotten those who have passed away.
The two men collected the remaining bodies along with the chains, and planned to find a suitable place to bury them after leaving this place.
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