Sun Hu knew that there might be a cave under the ancient well, so he hurriedly ran out, saying that he was getting equipment.

The rain fell for another thirty minutes before it stopped.

The rain stopped, and the water level in the ancient well began to drop slowly.

The three of them gathered around the edge of the ancient well, and finally decided that Qin Beige would go down to take a look first, and the Yan Snake found a rope to tie around Qin Beige's waist, and he and Chu Yu took it with him on the edge of the ancient well, so if there is anything, it is good to take care of it as soon as possible.

In fact, he originally planned to let the Yan Snake go down, because Qin Beige was afraid of the dark, and the Yan Snake was not very proficient in the formation, so Chu Yu found a flashlight for Qin Beige.

At this moment, Sun Hu ran back, carrying a snakeskin bag in his hand.

Throwing the bag on the ground, Sun Hu took out a miner's hat and an instrument similar to that of his big brother.

"The device is able to test the oxygen content, including the presence of harmful gases underneath. ”

After finishing speaking, Sun Hu connected a tube to the instrument, and after throwing the tube down, he began to stare at the value on the instrument.

After looking at it for a while, Sun Hu said uncertainly: "It should be... It should be normal. ”

"What is called should be normal. Chu Yu looked at the values on the instrument and said: "Normal is normal, if it is not normal, it is not normal, why has the number on the instrument not changed." ”

"It seems that the ancient well is too deep and the pipe is not long enough. Sun Hu scratched his head: "No, that pipe is at least five meters long, how deep is this ancient well?"

Qin Beige, who was a master of art, smiled slightly, tightened the rope, and jumped directly into the ancient well.

Not long after Qin Beige jumped down, the rope moved twice, meaning that it was already to the end.

After a while, the rope moved twice, meaning that it was safe.

There is no way, if the ancient well is too deep, it is very likely that there will be no signal, and you can only pull the rope.

After a little more waiting, the rope didn't move.

Chu Yu and Yan Snake looked at each other.

Pull the rope twice, it means safety, pull it three times, it means that there is danger, if you pull it four times, or pull it once, it means let the snake quickly pull him up.

But what does it mean to be motionless at this time?

The rope is more than twenty meters long, it can't be that the ancient well is twenty meters away horizontally, if that's the case, Qin Beige can only untie the rope below to continue to explore deeply.

Sun Hu walked over and pulled the rope, and sure enough, he pulled the rope up after a while.

Yan Snake was a little worried, and glanced at Chu Yudao: "Why don't we go down too?"

Chu Yu hesitated again and again, and finally decided to go down and take a look, after all, he was sleeping on it, and he couldn't sleep well if he didn't go down to see what was going on.

In this way, Chu Yu tied the rope around his waist and slowly hung it down.

After the end, the flame snake shouted on it, "How deep?"

"Less than ten meters. ”

As soon as the word "bar" fell, the Yan Snake guy jumped down directly, almost missing Chu Yu's neck.

Chu Yu turned on the miner's lamp and saw that there was not only a cave under this ancient well, but also had been excavated, not to mention, it was very empty.

It was even paved with marble tiles.

The two of them walked in through the light, and the more they walked, the more suspicious they became.

Because the deeper and deeper, the marble bricks are paved on the flat soil surface, and there are steps after walking a few hundred meters, and they are also steps paved with jade, in addition, there are many murals hanging on the wall.

Chu Yu squatted down, and after looking at it for a while, his brows were twisted into Sichuan characters.

The jade steps have patterns on them, which are obviously modern techniques, but the patterns of these jade steps are very complex.

Chu Yu held the lamp and identified it, and finally determined that this should be the family crest of an ancient European nobleman.

Pointing to the pattern above, Chu Yu said to the flame snake: " Look, this pattern is obviously a kind of family coat of arms of European royalty and nobles, the bottom is purple, purple also represents the dignity of the royal family, monarchy and justice, and those uneven edge of the picture, and represents the ups and downs of the journey, as for the griffin in the middle, it represents the warrior who can dare to fight against all dangers and enemies with his fearless spirit, and at the same time represents that he would rather meet the goddess of death than be captured by the enemy, and this wheel is a symbol of fate, you see, this wheel is tattered, it represents the meaning of ill-fated。 ”

The flame snake tilted its head and looked at it for a long time, and shrugged its shoulders disapprerovingly.

As soon as Chu Yu said this, he just listened to it, and he was not very interested in this knowledge.

He just felt that there was something evil in this underground space, and it was really weird enough to artificially dig such a large space underground, and the stone murals that could not be seen clearly, and the steps paved with jade after the end.

I always feel that this place doesn't look like it's being suppressed or something, and even the roads are paved with marble, so it feels like someone lives here.

Chu Yu continued as he walked: "The badge first originated in the twelfth century, and was widely used on the battlefield, mainly to identify the identity of the knight whose face was covered by the mask from a distant place, and the patterns on these marbles have many similarities with the badge patterns at that time, they are very complex, and each detail represents a lot of meaning. ”

Yan Snake asked puzzledly, "Didn't you say that these marble and jade steps are all modern craftsmanship?"

"yes, that's where I'm weird, these patterns, should be the least... At least in the twelfth century, the pattern must be custom-made, and ordinary people would not ask for such a complex pattern. ”

The steps paved with jade were very long, extending downward, Chu Yu had an extra heart, and when he came down, he counted it, and it was exactly seventy-seven steps.

And these seventy-five to seventh, which are seven steps, are completely superfluous, because they are paved flat, and not extended downward.

The two extra steps look very twisted and particularly incongruous.

Because of this, Chu Yu counted it from the beginning again.

After determining a total of seventy-seven steps, Chu Yu said: "The one who excavated this place must be a European, at least it was also designed by Europeans, and it is also after the ancient nobles of Europe." ”

"How do you know?"

"In Western culture, the number seven is universal

In the eyes of Westerners, seven is a number of lives, and the god of the people used seven days to create the world, and there are seven doglegs around him, that is, the seven archangels, and there are seven days in the end of the week, and the Egyptians also have seven sages, and the Egyptians think that the seven heavens and seven earths, and the color of the rainbow is seven, and the notes of the scale are also seven, and many things are related to seven. ”

The flame snake said: "There are also the first seven and the last eight." ”

"Fuck your uncle!"

Yan Snake said happily: "It's like we Huaxia likes six and eight, and we don't like four, right." ”

"Yes, that's about it. Chu Yu continued: " Generally, Westerners like to regard seven as a lucky number, and at the same time especially hate the number thirteen, thirteen represents a lot of bad things, such as the thirteenth disciple of Jesus, that is, the traitor Judas, including the Norse mythology of the evil and cunning Loki is the thirteenth god among the gods, and the ancient Persians believed that there are twelve zodiac signs in the sky for twelve months, each sign will rule the earth for a year, and when the twelve reincarnations are over, that is, when the sky and the earth collapse, that is, the end of the world, so on the thirteenth day of the Persian calendar, people will go out, because they think that this will avoid bad luck。 ”

"In the Netherlands, there is no building 13 or house number 13, and in England, you can't find 13 rows and 13 seats, and even in France, the middle of the 12th and 13th rows of the theater will be designed as a pedestrian passage, and Europeans are taboo about traveling on 13, taboo about 13 people dining together, and they can't accept 13 dishes, etc., etc. ”

The two of them walked inside while chatting, and walked almost 200 meters before they saw Qin Beige.

Qin Beige was squatting on the ground fiddling with the miner's lamp, and when he heard the voice, he turned his head with a bitter face.

"Senior brother, what are you doing squatting on the ground?"

Qin Beige stood up and shook the miner's lamp, Chu Yule couldn't support it, because this thing was out of power, and Qin Beige was still afraid of the dark, so it was not possible to move forward, nor was it to retreat.

In fact, Qin Beige is not afraid of the dark, but he is born with a road idiot, afraid that the following is accessible in all directions, and it is pitch black, if he gets lost, he will be completely dumbfounded.

Qin Beige had an experience when he was a child, and it was also the closest he was to death.

Hunting near the gate of Yanhuangfeng, it turned out that it was dark, and he got lost again, in the deep mountains and old forests, he was getting more and more deviated, and there were fewer and fewer small animals, if the elders hadn't found him, this chief senior brother of Yanhuangfeng could starve to death because he was lost.

After the three of them converged, they continued to walk inside.

After walking for a while, everyone finally came to the end.

But when the miner's lamp shone through, Qin Beige and Yan Snake's faces changed, and one left and one right protected Qin Beige's sides.

Chu Yu was taken aback.

Yan Snake said coldly: "There is something strange here, just now the searchlight can illuminate at least a distance of more than twenty meters, but now you see, this light is as if there is no darkness to swallow it, and you can't see anything." ”

"Could it be that you are mistaken

？”

"Why, just now the light has reached the end, it is a strange wall, and in a flash, the light is swallowed up by the darkness. ”

Chu Yu glanced at Qin Beige, who nodded and agreed with what Yan Snake said.

The three of them did not dare to be careless, and continued to move forward against the wall.

Seeing that it came to an end, I don't know why, the light of the searchlight was getting dimmer and dimmer.

Chu Yu always felt that there was a pair of eyes in the dark, and he looked at himself from time to time.

Qin Beige and Yan Snake also felt this way, but no matter whether they listened or watched, they couldn't detect the existence of a fourth person here.

Chu Yu took off the miner's hat and changed it into a flashlight and swept it around privately, and finally, the lights gathered on a solid wood carved stool.

(End of chapter)

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