Dai Shiya walked cautiously along the narrow passage, and the rough touch of the cold wall left clear marks on her fingertips.
The air was filled with dampness and mold, which made her feel suffocated.
The passage was lined with hard rocks on both sides, and the top was low, so she had to bend over and almost crawl forward.
Every step was like stepping on the tip of a knife. The silence around her made her nerves tense, as if countless eyes were lurking in the darkness, watching her every move.
The passage was winding and tortuous, like a maze.
With amazing perseverance, Dai Shiya groped forward step by step.
The weak light of the flashlight could only illuminate a small area in front, adding to the mystery and depression.
Suddenly, she felt a different bulge under her feet.
It was not the roughness of the rock, but a metallic texture.
She squatted down and shone the flashlight carefully, and found an inconspicuous metal plate on the ground, which was almost integrated with the surrounding rocks. She
was shocked. Could this be the entrance to the secret room?
Dai Shiya recalled the note she had found on the burly man before, on which was scribbled a string of numbers: 7241.
She took a deep breath and entered the string of numbers into the combination lock on the metal plate.
With a "click", the metal plate slid to one side, revealing a dark hole.
A cold wind blew out of the hole, carrying a faint smell of blood.
Dai Shiya jumped down without hesitation.
The secret room was darker than the passage, and the light of the flashlight was almost swallowed up.
Dai Shiya looked around and found that there was nothing here, only bare walls and the ground.
An inexplicable sense of excitement surged in her heart, and she had a hunch that she was getting closer and closer to the truth.
"There's nothing here...?" A voice sounded behind her.
Dai Shiya turned around and saw that Wei Qing had jumped down at some point, frowning and looking at the empty secret room.
"Don't worry, there's nothing here." Dai Shiya's eyes wandered over the wall, her fingers gently touching the wall, the rough stones leaving a slight tingling sensation on her fingertips.
She noticed that the wall was not irregular, but there were some faint lines, like some kind of ancient runes, or like naturally formed geological textures.
She squatted down and carefully observed each line, the light of the flashlight moved with her eyes, illuminating those subtle details clearly.
Those lines seemed messy, but in Dai Shiya's eyes, they seemed to form a hidden map.
She tried to piece the lines together in her mind, and a vague pattern gradually became clear.
It was a circular pattern, with several lines connected to the center point, spreading outward like a spider web.
"I seem to have discovered something." Dai Shiya whispered, with a hint of excitement in her tone.
"Look at these lines, they seem to point to somewhere."
She moved slowly along the lines on the wall, her fingers gently sliding on the stone wall, looking for the place where the lines converged.
Her heartbeat gradually accelerated, as if she had a premonition of the upcoming discovery.
Suddenly, her fingers touched a slightly concave stone, which was almost integrated with the surrounding stone walls and could not be found without careful observation.
She pressed down hard without hesitation. With a light "click", the stone sank inwards, and a small secret compartment appeared on the wall.
"Oh my God!" Wei Qing exclaimed, her eyes widened, and she looked at everything in front of her in disbelief.
A metal box lay quietly in the secret compartment. There was no decoration on the surface of the box, but it exuded a cold luster.
Dai Shiya picked up the box carefully, and a cold touch spread from her fingertips to her whole body.
She took a deep breath, opened the box, and a stack of documents came into view.
These documents were the core secrets of the mysterious force she had been pursuing!
Dai Shiya picked up one of the documents and browsed it quickly. Everything around her seemed to disappear. Her world was left with only the documents in her hands. She could feel her blood boiling in her body.
"We succeeded!" There was a tremor in Dai Shiya's voice. She held the documents tightly and felt that the whole world became bright.
She slowly raised her head, a triumphant smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Just as she was about to say something, she found that Wei Qing's expression was very wrong. At this moment, Wei Qing was staring at a place behind her. Dai Shiya's
heart tightened. She turned around abruptly, but found that there was no one behind her.
"What's wrong?" As soon as she asked, she heard a hoarse voice coming from the depths of the secret room, "It seems that your luck has ended here."
Dai Shiya tightly grasped the metal box, her knuckles turned white, and fine beads of sweat oozed from her palms.
The cold touch of the box formed a sharp contrast with her excitement at the moment.
She knew that this was not just a victory, but also a new beginning.
Those documents, like a key, opened the door to another unknown world, which might hide greater secrets and more dangerous enemies.
The gears of fate have turned, and she could not predict what was waiting for her ahead, but the determination in her heart never wavered.
The air in the secret room seemed to be frozen, heavy and suffocating. The damp musty smell mixed with a faint smell of blood stimulated her sense of smell and made her feel nauseous.
She took a deep breath and tried to calm her excitement. There was a complex light in her eyes, with both the joy of victory and worries about the future.
"Shiya, we succeeded! We really did it!" Wei Qing's excited voice broke the silence of the secret room.
She hugged Dai Shiya, her eyes slightly red.
The two hugged each other tightly, and each could feel the other's heartbeat.
In this cold and damp secret room, this warm hug seemed particularly precious, and it also made the deep friendship between them stronger.
"Yes, we succeeded." Dai Shiya patted Wei Qing's back gently, with a relieved smile on her lips.
But behind the smile, there was a subtle solemnity.
She looked down at the metal box in her hand. This was just the beginning. There were more difficult tasks waiting for them.
Suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps came from the depths of the secret room, breaking this short warmth.
The two of them became alert instantly, and their eyes were all cast in the direction of the sound.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they were particularly clear in the silent secret room, as if every step was stepping on their hearts.
"Who?" Dai Shiya shouted sharply, and her voice echoed in the empty secret room.
The footsteps stopped abruptly, and a low voice slowly sounded: "It seems that the good show has just begun..."
Dai Shiya carefully turned the first page of the document, and the yellowed paper made a slight crisp sound, like an ancient spell, slowly revealing the dusty secret.
The words on the document were beautiful and neat, but they recorded a creepy conspiracy.
She flipped through the pages, her eyes moving with the words, and her eyes gradually became sharp, like a sharp sword, piercing the core of the conspiracy.
Every line of words, every name, was like a nail, nailed hard into her heart, making her feel suffocated.
As she read deeper, Dai Shiya's breathing became faster and faster, and her chest felt like a huge rock was pressing on her, making her breathless.
The document records in detail the planning, implementation and list of participants of the conspiracy. Every detail is clearly visible and shocking.
It turns out that all this is not accidental, but a carefully planned conspiracy. The mastermind behind it is the person she once trusted the most.
"My God..." Wei Qing looked at the contents of the document and her face turned pale. She couldn't believe her eyes. Her former friend was so vicious.
When Dai Shiya turned to the last page, she finally uncovered all the mysteries. The truth was like a flash of lightning, breaking through the darkness and illuminating all the hidden corners. After
learning the truth, the people around her cast admiring eyes on her, applause was thunderous, and the atmosphere on the scene reached a climax.
Dai Shiya breathed a sigh of relief and a relaxed smile appeared on her face.
She slowly closed the document, and the metal box made a crisp sound in her hand, as if announcing this victory.
She looked around and saw the excited expressions on everyone's faces, and her heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
However, just when she thought everything was over, her eyes fell on the document in her hand again.
She suddenly remembered that there seemed to be something on the last page.
She opened the file again, her eyes quickly swept across the last page, and her face instantly became solemn.
"What...what is this?" Wei Qing noticed the change in Dai Shiya's expression, and an ominous premonition arose in her heart.
Dai Shiya did not answer, her eyes were fixed on the last line of words on the file, as if she wanted to engrave it in her mind.
The line read: "This is just the beginning, the bigger conspiracy is still to come..."
"Shiya, what's wrong?" Wei Qing asked anxiously, with a tremor in her voice.
Dai Shiya slowly raised her head, her eyes filled with complex emotions, she took a deep breath, and said slowly: "We...may have gotten into bigger trouble..."