Chapter 1: Glacier Exploration
Han Ye never thought that the first National Day holiday after entering college would become the end of his life.
Three days ago, he was suddenly pulled into an expedition by his uncle to the Tibetan Plateau.
He has often hiked and adventured with his uncle since he was a child, and originally thought that this time would be the same as before, thrilling, but not dangerous.
Who knows, their expedition team first encountered an avalanche in the mountains 70 kilometers northwest of the Kunlun Pass, and finally escaped death and reached the destination after a lot of hardships, but the glacier suddenly cracked!
The frightened survivors suddenly fell into the bottomless abyss one by one like dumplings.
Now, except for him, Master Wang, and Professor Zhang, the whereabouts of the remaining ten members of the expedition team are unknown, including his uncle.
Standing at the bottom of the glacier crack, Han Ye tilted his head and looked at the glacier crack above his head from afar.
The fissure, which was 100 meters wide, was almost unrecognizable in sight and so thin that even conservative estimates showed that the depth of the glacial fissure exceeded that of the Burj Khalifa, and even the light could hardly reach his location.
The cold air poured out from the ice walls on both sides, surrounding it, and it was so cold that even if you were wearing a thick jacket, you couldn't completely block it.
Darkness enveloped the entire space, barely reaching your fingers.
The surroundings are as quiet as scenes from a horror movie, and even the sound of gentle breathing is as loud as an old-fashioned steam locomotive here.
There was a faint stench wafting in the air, like the smell of ** after a long time of decay.
Han Ye stomped his feet, feeling that his ass was about to freeze off, and his mood was as bad as his current situation.
Although the strange air currents gushing from the bottom of the glacier crevasse saved him from falling to his death, it didn't take long for him to freeze into freshly baked human meat popsicles in such a natural freezer.
However, the satellite phone has long been lost, and there is no hope for external rescue, but fortunately, there is still some food and outdoor items in the backpack, which can provide some time to find a way out.
Han Ye dug out a camping lantern in the dark, intending to check the surrounding environment.
As soon as the lights came on, the eye-catching scene made the hairs on his back explode!
Skeleton!
The skeletons of man and beast covered the bottom of the crevasses of the glacier as wide as 100 meters, forming a majestic river that circled past the boulder on which he stood.
He stood in this river of bones, like a small wave, which could disappear at any time!
How could there be such a huge amount of corpses under this glacier that is thousands of meters deep?
Where does this river of bones originate and where will it flow?
Han Ye took the camping lantern and looked to the left, and the surging bone river meandered from the darkness, and there was no origin in sight.
He took a picture to the right again.
He was taken aback by the sight!
At the limit of what the light could reach, at the end of the river of bones, there were two huge bronze gates towering into the sky!
The upper part of the bronze gate is hidden in the darkness that the light cannot reach, and the shape is simple, thick and stocky, like a solid city wall, separating this glacier into two worlds!
The gate is engraved with exquisite and peculiar lines, which seem to be like a god and a demon, which is reminiscent.
The bronze giant door has opened a gap more than ten meters wide, and a faint dark red light shines out from the door.
The light was like blood, like magma, rendering the cracks of the bronze gate like the entrance to hell, devouring all living beings.
Han Ye looked at these two giant doors in shock, and the questions in his heart became more and more.
These two bronze giant doors do not know whether they weigh tens of millions or hundreds of millions of tons, even with modern engineering technology, the construction of these two giant doors is a huge project, and with the ancient backward technology, how to accomplish it?
Why did the ancients build these two bronze gates at the bottom of a glacier thousands of kilometers below?
And at the end of the long river of bones, behind the two bronze gates, what kind of world is it?
Han Ye turned his head and looked at Professor Zhang beside him with anticipation, hoping that he would be able to give some comforting information.
This top archaeological expert in China has a look of surprise on his face, obviously for unknown reasons.
Han Ye set his eyes on Master Wang again.
On the old face of this feng shui master, there is no expression.
He didn't speak, just silently climbed down the boulder and slowly walked towards the bronze gate in the distance.
Han Ye looked at Master Wang's back, and the two emotions of fear and curiosity rolled endlessly in his heart.
He hesitated slightly, scolded his mother in a low voice, and jumped into the river of bones.
With his current situation, there is no other way out except to move forward.
Struggled through the long river of bones and stepped into the bronze gate.
The moment Han Ye stepped into the bronze gate, a never-before-seen picture suddenly rushed into his sight!
The impact of this picture was so strong, like a thunderstorm in the nine heavens, which hit his heavenly spirit directly, making his brain blank, and the whole portrait was immobilized, unable to move.
If the Huangquan Bone River made him frightened, and the bronze giant gate shocked him, then the picture in front of him made him feel extremely trembling!
It was a shudder from the depths of the soul!
He had guessed countless possibilities about the world behind the door in his heart, but when this picture jumped into their eyes, it was far beyond his imagination!
In front of him, there were eight dried corpses of ancient gods hundreds of meters high!
These dried corpses are extremely tall, almost the same as the Oriental Pearl Tower, like majestic peaks, reaching into the sky.
They are dressed in golden armor, with yellow scarf streamers wrapped around their arms, and gold rings that have lost their luster on their backs, like the legendary Yellow Turban wrestlers!
Although tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years have passed, the skin has dried up, and the muscles have atrophied, but they are still powerful, like an abyss, like a prison, covering every inch of space, which makes people tremble!
Standing at the feet of the Golden Lux, Han Ye felt as small as a speck of dust, and a light breeze could blow him away.
These eight gods are corpses, kneeling on one leg, as if they are from the eight pillars of the eternal sky, carrying a large-scale dark red palace on their shoulders!
This palace is majestic and dignified, magnificent, with heavy eaves and continuous arches.
The surroundings were covered with white clouds and mist.
The palace seemed to be made of blood-red jade, emitting a blood-colored glow that stained the entire underground space in a dark light.
Standing on the ground, looking up from afar, this palace seems to be a blood-colored heavenly palace floating in the air, mysterious, gloomy, and out of reach.
The river of bones that flows into the bronze gate completely defies gravity and continues to extend upwards, forming a white bone ladder that goes straight to the Heavenly Palace!
Han Ye looked up at the eight huge god corpses in a daze, looking up at the majestic Heavenly Palace hanging hundreds of meters in the air.
He never believed in ghosts and gods, but everything in front of him subverted his worldview and scientific outlook to nothing!
Han Ye's gaze was firmly attracted by the Scarlet Heavenly Palace, and he even forgot the existence of Master Wang and Professor Zhang.
He involuntarily quickened his pace, rushed to the White Bone Heavenly Ladder, and climbed towards the Heavenly Palace,
Along the long white bone ladder, he climbed onto the shoulders of the Yellow Turban Lux, and walked to the huge palace gate engraved with exquisite patterns, emotions such as excitement, fear, curiosity, and worry all poured out of Han Ye's heart.
Han Ye felt that his heart was beating very strongly, as if he was about to rush out of his chest, his breathing involuntarily became short, and his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably.
Behind this huge blood-colored palace gate is the heart of this magical world, the source of all secrets, and the place that the great emperors and legendary monks of the past and present have been searching for.
He couldn't imagine what secrets were hidden behind this palace door.
He only knew that once this palace door was opened, the whole world would change dramatically, the entire human race would be shocked and sensational, and the fate of countless people would be different, and his life would also change dramatically.
Of course, behind this palace gate, there may also be endless darkness and death.
But even if he died, he must push open this palace door and take a look at the world behind the blood-colored palace gate.
Han Ye took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his chaotic emotions, and together with Professor Zhang, Master Wang, he pushed the gate of the Heavenly Palace hard.
With a dull roar, the gate of the Heavenly Palace, which had been sealed for a long time, finally slowly opened.
The gloomy and cold air rushed out from behind the palace gate, which made people can't help but get goosebumps, and the air was filled with the smell of staleness, which was almost suffocating.
Han Ye held his breath and looked into the hall, and his scalp suddenly exploded.
In the entire Scarlet Heavenly Palace, from near to far, there were clusters of miserable white flames floating densely, it was like an uninhabited tomb in a barren mountain and a wild mountain!
The Scarlet Heavenly Palace has been closed for a long time, so long that even a god like the Yellow Turban Lux has become a dried corpse, why can these flames still burn for a long time?
Han Ye walked into the empty Heavenly Palace Hall in confusion, walked to a ball of flames, and while observing, he stretched out his hand and tentatively touched the edge of the flames.
Master Wang, who was behind him, suddenly shouted loudly: "Don't touch!!"
Han Ye looked up in surprise, only to see that Master Wang's face had changed color in shock.
"Boom!"
At the moment when his fingers touched, the ghost fire suddenly swelled, instantly erupting dozens of meters high!
Boundless evil aura and killing intent surged out of the ghost fire!
This evil qi was so violent and intense, like a storm, it rushed out of the Scarlet Heavenly Palace and filled the entire underground space!
The magnificent Scarlet Heavenly Palace also began to shake violently, as if the eight Yellow Turban wrestlers who were shouldering the Scarlet Heavenly Palace had sensed this violent and incomparable aura, and they were trembling slightly.
The evil qi was like a mountain and a sea, like a storm and a huge wave, bombarding Han Ye's body from all directions and tearing apart his soul, making him cut his body like a thousand knives, and it seemed that he could be cut to pieces at any time.
Master Wang was too old and frail to resist such a terrifying aura, so his legs weakened and he knelt down.
And Professor Zhang sat on the ground with his butt, shaking all over his body like chaff.
In the midst of this monstrous aura, a huge and powerful ancient demon strode out of the flames and appeared in front of Han Ye!
This demon body is dozens of meters high, with a bull-faced human body, a copper head and an iron forehead, a whole body with muscles, a black armor, a pair of mountain opening giant axes, and a powerful five-clawed golden dragon tied around his waist, like a steel hill that has moved to the steel hills.
On the rock-like huge head, with a pair of curved giant horns on the top, and a face full of black hair, blood-red eyes spewed red light several feet long, exuding boundless killing power!
"I am the Lord of Jiuli, why are you disturbing my sleep!"
Rolling thunder came out of the demon's mouth, reverberating in the heavenly palace, shaking the dust and falling.
Chiyou!
Chiyou, one of the ten great demon gods of antiquity!
Han Ye's face turned pale, and cold sweat couldn't stop breaking out.
The name is so loud that it rings like thunder.
In ancient times, there were 81 people, millions of demons, and they raised their banners to rebel.
The soldiers are indestructible, and millions of flags are sweeping the world!
Chi You won consecutive battles, blood flowed, and corpses piled up like mountains, forcing the Yellow Emperor, one of the three emperors of ancient times, to have almost no way out.
It was only because he was so murderous that he alarmed the Nine Heavens Xuannu to lead the gods to help the Yellow Emperor, which turned from prosperity to decline, and finally defeated Zhuolu and died in disrepute.
Although he died in battle, his fierce reputation has been passed down through the ages, and it has not fallen to this day!
Han Ye had heard the myths and legends of the Yellow Emperor fighting Chi You since he was a child, but he never thought that he would release this demon god with his own hands!
"Chi ...... Chiyou ...... Han Ye, you ...... Good deed!" The fat on Professor Zhang's face trembled, but his eyes were rolling around, as if he was looking for a way out.
Master Wang is colorless, and the previous city government and calmness have long been gone.
Han Ye barely showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, he died by himself, and he really couldn't complain about others.
With his eyes closed, he waited for most of the day in torment, but the expected death did not come.
Han Ye opened his eyes a little strangely and stood in front of him, staring at himself with huge eyes, looking at himself condescendingly, and did not make any further movements.
He took a closer look and was surprised to find that the demon in front of him was not an entity, but a translucent phantom!
It's just that because of the impact of the evil qi, he didn't distinguish it for a while.
Han Ye's whole body was relieved, and his whole body almost collapsed to the ground.
God forbid, fortunately it is only a phantom and not a real body, and he finally picked up a small life, otherwise he would have been crushed into slag.
He wiped a cold sweat and was about to sit down and catch his breath, when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind:
Since this flame is Chiyou's remnant soul, what about the other flames?
Han Ye suddenly forgot the lesson just now, and hurriedly reached out to touch another flame.
This time, the demon god who emerged from the flames made him shudder even more!
This demon god has a withered appearance, a thin body, wearing red and black battle armor, stepping on the six-winged god corpse, and his breath is as cold as ice.
His nails were as black as ink, several meters long, hard as iron, curved like hooks, and two huge skulls of demonic beasts like small mountains were pierced by his nails, and they hung on their nails like this.
This demon god is the ancestor of the zombies of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the corpse emperor of the Emperor Ten Thousand Corpses Dynasty Sect won the hook!
The corpse emperor Yinggou was originally a god who guarded the Huangquan Styx Sea, but because the female lu fell into the Huangquan Styx Sea.
Ying Gou was accidentally contaminated with the blood of the female corpse, and absorbed the netherworld qi of the Yellow Spring Stygian Sea to the Yin and Evil, and his body and mind have undergone great changes.
He went berserk and transformed 100,000 divine soldiers into 100,000 divine corpses.
Since then, with the gods and demons as the prey, the flood as the hunting ground, hunting the gods and demons, devouring the flesh and blood of the gods and demons, absorbing the souls of the gods and demons, and setting off a monstrous bloody storm in the flood wilderness!
Where the corpses of 100,000 gods passed, the bones were thousands of miles, and the gods and demons were destroyed.
The emperors of the flood wilderness were furious, and led the gods and demons to jointly encircle and suppress them, and launched a bloody war that lasted for 10,000 years.
Although the corpse emperor won the hook and finally the army was dispersed and the country was destroyed, the gods and demons of the flood desolation also sacrificed countless people and paid a painful price.
After listening to the introduction of the Ying Gou Phantom, Han Ye turned his head to look around at the flames of the dense Heavenly Palace, and felt that his breathing was about to stop.
These flames are the remnants of the soul fire of the ancient gods and demons, and each flame represents a once famous god and demon.
In this magnificent Scarlet Heavenly Palace, how many soul fires are preserved, and how many great ancient gods and demons are sleeping?
"Look at what we've found? The soul of the gods and demons! We have found the souls of the gods and demons!" Master Wang reverently touched the phantom shadows of the ancient gods and demons, his face turned red from extreme excitement, "How many mysterious and terrifying immortal magic magic methods are sealed in the dust of the soul fire of these gods and demons? How many secrets that shock the world are sealed in the dust?! Every soul and every flame here is an endless treasure! Even if all the wealth in the world is exchanged, it is not enough to exchange for any soul fire here." ”
Professor Zhang, who had been sitting on the ground, also got up from the ground and shouted, like madness:
"What is the wealth and fame in the world? As long as we have these soul fires, obtain their immortal magic and magic methods, and obtain those earth-shattering secrets, we will become gods! We are gods!!"
Han Ye looked at the two of them who were a little crazy, grinning and smirking.
The expedition, though treacherous, was nothing compared to the gains.
Out of nowhere, he strode into the depths of the Scarlet Heavenly Palace, frantically touching every soul fire he could touch.
With his touch, one phantom after another of ancient gods and demons appeared in front of his eyes:
"The Great Demon God of the Flood Desolation!"
"Heavenly Realm Golden Immortal Jade Heavenly Taiyi True Monarch!"
"Zhongtian Arctic Crape Myrtle Emperor!"
"The Great Demon Master of the Flood Desolate Demon Clan, Nine Heavens Kunpeng!"
“……”
“……”
Each of them is a great god and demon who dominates the side in myths and legends!
Every name is like nine days of thunder, deafening.
Looking at these earth-shattering names, Han Ye felt that he had never been small, as small as ants and dust, almost negligible.
But these names stimulated his nerves and made him extremely excited.
Because he is small, he is about to have these great gods and demons souls!
Han Ye was driven by the excitement to keep moving forward, and unconsciously came to the deepest part of the Heavenly Palace.
A huge dark space appeared in front of him without warning, like a bottomless black hole, devouring all light.
In this space, there was no soul fire, not even the soul light of the ancient gods and demons, which could not be shot into, only a statue of a god with a dark body, sitting high on the throne at the end of the darkness, overlooking all living beings.
The statue is about ten meters tall and is carved so lifelike and meticulous that even the fluff on its body is exquisite.
But the strange thing is that this statue has no face!
People in the world build statues of gods, either to worship the gods for protection, or to suppress evil spirits with the help of the power of the gods, even if the three-headed six-armed bull-headed horse face is commonplace, but only the faceless god statue is unseen and unheard of!
If there is no face, who knows which god is worshipped?
Han Ye looked the faceless idol up and down, and the more he looked at it, the more terrified he felt.
The statue seemed to exude some kind of palpitating aura that made him shudder.
He stood at the edge of the dark space, reluctant to take a step.
For some reason, he had a vague feeling in his heart that once he stepped in, it would bring unpredictable consequences.
"Master Wang, Professor Zhang, this statue is strange!" Han Ye stared at the statue and shouted without looking back.
To his surprise, after a long time, neither of them responded.
The entire Heavenly Palace was dead silent, as if there was no one alive except him.
A chill rose in Han Ye's heart, and he felt that something was wrong, so he slowly turned around and looked back.
The eye-catching scene made his face change suddenly!
Professor Zhang fell into a pool of blood, motionless and lifeless.
Master Wang was lying on his back beside Professor Zhang, covered in blood, his eyes bursting out, and his death was terrifying!
The two of them, who were still alive just now, have turned into two cold corpses in the blink of an eye!
Han Ye was suddenly so frightened that his face was bloodless, and his hands and feet were cold.
These two people were not far from him, and they died silently, and they died so miserably!
What the hell killed them?
Han Ye felt that his heart was grasped by an invisible hand, and he could barely breathe well, and his legs were trembling so much that he couldn't stand steadily.
He kept scanning the surroundings, only to feel that in the huge heavenly palace, there were many ghosts, and everywhere was mysterious and dangerous.
The phantoms of those gods and demons seemed to pounce on him at any moment, tearing him apart and devouring him.
After a long while, Han Ye mustered up his courage and slowly moved to the corpses of the two to check on their situation.
As soon as he leaned down, Professor Zhang's corpse bounced up violently and jumped into his arms like a tanuki!
Han Ye only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw a dagger, deep in his left chest.
He staggered back and looked at the fat figure in front of him in shock.
On that fat white face, the previous madness and impetuousness have completely disappeared, replaced by indifference and ruthlessness.
Han Ye finally understood that Professor Zhang's previous emotions such as greed, fear, excitement and other emotions were all ridiculous disguises, this was his true face!
This man's city is terrifyingly deep!
I thought it was ghosts and gods just now, but in fact, what is more sinister than ghosts and gods is the human heart!
"For ...... What? ...... you? If you kill us, you won't be able to get out of this glacier!" Han Ye asked as he stared at Professor Zhang and gritted his teeth.
Professor Zhang smiled sarcastically: "Don't worry about you, we have our own way." ”
"You...... You guys...... Who are they?"
Professor Zhang pulled out the dagger and kicked it on Han Ye: "Go to the underworld and ask your uncle!"
Han Ye covered his wounds, staggered back again, retreated into the dark space he had been reluctant to set foot in, leaned back against the faceless idol, and sat down weakly.
Blood poured out of his fingers, down his body, down to the ground, and spread.
His strength was running out quickly, and his body was getting weaker and colder.
Memories of the past, like fast-forward old movies, turn over in my mind one by one:
The familiar sounds and appearances also emerge clearly one by one:
Loving parents, missing uncles, and bewitching cousins making good friends......
The last thing that came to his memory was a pair of bright and sly eyes.
These bright eyes had smiled at him, delighted him, and attached to him.
He had been so close to the owner of these bright eyes, but he was getting farther and farther away from her until he was out of reach.
He would never see these familiar faces again, and he would never see the owner of these bright eyes again.
He will be buried in the cold heavenly palace, a pile of white bones, and these familiar faces will never be seen again. The earth-shattering treasures that have been found through life and death will also be handed over.
"No...... Willingly!"
Han Ye sighed deeply, his head slowly lowered, and his gaze gradually drifted.
In a trance, he seemed to see the blood flowing to the ground, as if attracted by some kind of attraction, and seeped into the faceless idol like madness.
Immediately after, a pair of huge and strange golden pupils suddenly appeared on the face of the faceless god, looking at him condescendingly!
Two evil gazes shot out from the golden pupils and pierced straight into his heart!
A cold voice roared in his head like a flood of bells:
"Mortal, you're dying!
But I can give you a new life!
You will have the souls of the ancient gods and demons!
You will become a super powerhouse in the past and the present, and embark on the road to immortality!
But if one day, when I need you, you must answer my call.
You...... Would you like to?"
Han Ye's mind was already blurred, he thought it was just a hallucination before death, but he still replied with the only remaining consciousness:
"I ...... Willing. ”
Anyway, he has nothing to lose.
At the moment when Han Ye agreed, two dazzling golden pillars of light shot out from the weird golden pupils, injected into his body, and began to spread outward.
As the golden light spread, the space began to distort, and the entire Scarlet Heavenly Palace began to shake violently.
Then, Han Ye saw Professor Zhang's face distorted and distorted from horror.
Finally, the sound of an explosion reached his ears.
He was plunged into endless darkness.