You nodded; you had been pondering this question from the beginning.
"After hearing the gunshots, we got to the cabin as fast as we could and then delayed at most for two more minutes. Yet now, their shadows are nowhere to be seen; there must be something wrong," you said, looking at the Thousand Paper Cranes floating in mid-air, licking your somewhat dry lips, "If it weren't for the Thousand Paper Cranes constantly guiding us, I would suspect they aren't in the cave at all."
"Could it be that they really aren't inside the cave?" As he spoke, Zong Wangyue picked up a stone next to him and threw it inside.
Following that, the sound of the stone repeatedly hitting the ground could be heard.
"Eh? What's going on?"
Zong Wangyue was somewhat stunned.
He pointed his Wolf's eye flashlight on the ground, and soon you both discovered that the path ahead began to slope, with the angle of the slope getting steeper and steeper.