Chapter Twenty-Three: Falling into the Bottomless Pit
Before he could speak, a strange sound suddenly came from the cave. The sound was like a roar from hell, and people couldn't help but feel furious.
"Oh no, the living corpse is out, let's hurry up. The father jumped off the stone platform and said nervously.
Now I can only move on, and there is no turning back. We continued to run along the hole.
The road in the cave was not easy to walk, and we almost fell down several times.
The voices behind us were getting closer, and we couldn't outrun the living corpses.
Father took out the invisibility talisman, we found a high place, quickly climbed up, and then used the invisibility talisman to sit on the ground and quietly look down.
After a while, all the living corpses came running, their speed was amazing, and after running here, they all stopped, could they see us?
I rolled my eyes, but I didn't dare to turn my head to look at my father, I knew that any movement would allow a living corpse to find us.
The living corpses in front of him, each of them were soaked and swollen, and there was no skin on their bodies, only red swelling was exposed, and they looked like carrion in a stinky gutter.
They are like dogs, sniffing around with their noses.
"Not good, they have a sense of smell, run. "My father pulled me.
We got up and ran forward, the living corpses roaring and chasing after us like crazy.
"Why don't you play the flute quickly, aren't they afraid that your hundred ghosts will hear it?" I reminded him as I ran.
"They're not ghosts, my flute is useless. They are now corpses, living corpses of flesh and blood. He replied breathlessly.
It doesn't work for a hundred ghosts to listen to it, so wouldn't my lightning strike wood also be useless.
Two forks in the road suddenly appeared in front of me, and my father looked at it and said anxiously: "It can't go on like this, we can't run away from them if we are tired." Find a place to hide, did you bring that book with you?"
I touched my pocket, but fortunately "Demon Suppression Record" was on me.
"With me. I replied to my father.
"There must be a way to crack this book, let's find a place to hide first. With that, my father ran into the fork in the road on the right.
I also ran into it with He Cong, there were many small holes on this fork in the road, and my father took out the yellow charm.
"Into the cave, Lixin reads the way to solve the book. I have two more talismans here, and you'll need to find a way to deal with the living corpses before the rune paper burns out. Father said anxiously.
I nodded, looked for a slightly larger hole, and quickly climbed in. The hole was shallow, just enough for me.
I flipped through the book in a panic, it was thick and old, and many of the handwriting had been blurred. I looked closely, and it was a handwritten note, not an ordinary book. Father said that these are all records of the Mo family's demon subjugation.
I searched for most of the day, but I didn't see any record of living corpses.
"Dad, I can't find it, there's no living corpse. I shouted anxiously.
"Don't panic, look carefully, it's impossible not to have it. It's okay to find a corpse. "My father was guiding me outside the cave.
I stabilized my mood and looked through the notes again, I vaguely saw the words living corpse on the last page, and I turned over excitedly, it was already a note about the tomb.
Oops, the page that was torn off is probably the record of raising corpses, and living corpses.
I wiped the sweat from my head and crawled out of the hole.
"It was torn out, and there is no record. I said to my father in despair.
My father looked at me in disbelief, and at this moment we knew that there was really nothing we could do.
Several living corpses ran over quickly, and the father ignited the yellow charm and was still on the ground. The living corpse immediately did not dare to move forward.
"Run!" shouted the father.
We kept running, and the hole seemed to have no end, and the road ahead was getting narrower and narrower, and I was so afraid that there was a dead end ahead.
"Ah...... Be careful. My father screamed and slid from front of my eyes to the ground.
There was a hole at his feet, like a bottomless pit, and it was dark and difficult to see. My father just fell underneath, and I didn't hear a sound for a long time.
"Dad, how are you? Dad. I shouted.
"Lixin, where do you come down? Father's voice sounded in the cave.
Listening to the voices of the living corpses behind us, we didn't have time to think about it. I closed my eyes and jumped.
I only felt my body fall hard, and suddenly I was supported by an arm, I opened my eyes and saw He Cong hugging me. His other hand was clutching a piece of hemp rope.
I looked along the rope and it turned out to be the rope that my father had thrown down. The father stood on a high place and tied the rope to the boulder.
Look below, it's pitch black, and you can't see the bottom at all.
At the entrance of the cave above, there were constantly living corpses jumping down, and then falling down heavily, and there was no sound.
Father pulled us up, and we saw all the living corpses, like dumplings, falling out of front of our eyes.
"It's not going to be a bottomless pit, is it? Why can't you hear anything?" I asked my father.
The father didn't speak, but lit the fire in his hand and threw it down. The light of the fire was only for a moment, and we saw nothing but the stone wall.
He Cong pulled open his backpack and took out two flashlights, and when he handed them to his father, I saw that there was a deep scar on his hand, and it was still bleeding. I know that he must have been injured just now by pulling the hemp rope.
"There's not enough flashlight, Lixin, you can follow us. He Cong's voice was very warm.
I nodded, and tore a side of the sleeve of my coat. The clothes are pure cotton, and the fabric is particularly soft.
"Your hand hurts, I'll bandage you. I passed the hem of my sleeve.
He Cong's face in the light was a little misty, and he hesitated for a long time before reaching out his hand.
The wound was a bit deep, apparently cut by a stone, and aggravated by a hemp rope.
There was no medicine, so I could only bandage him temporarily. When I gave him the bag, I saw him grinning at the corners of his lips.
"It hurts a little, you bear with it. "I slowed down.
"It doesn't hurt, it's just a little itchy. He Cong's voice is still so clear.
I smiled: "How can there be anything that doesn't hurt and itch, it will only itch when the wound heals, and you won't lie." ”
"Really, or you try. He said, took my hair and brushed it over my face.
It turns out that he said this, and it's really itchy.
"I'm not lying, am I?" asked me.
I looked up and saw He Cong's serious face, no smile, just a serious face.
I nodded and didn't speak.
A rock fell in my ear, and I turned to see my father, who was trying to climb against the wall.
We got up and went over, and I asked my father, "Dad, what are you doing?"
"I saw words on the stone wall, it didn't look like a spell, I should be able to understand it. Father said as he crawled.
"Uncle Yun, I'll help you. He went over and put his hands on his father's feet.
The father stepped on He Cong's hand and successfully saw the words on it.
He shone it again and again, as if he had confirmed it, and then slowly came down again.
"What's written on that?" I asked anxiously.
"Immortality. Father said with a frown.
He Cong's face was at a loss: "Climbing so high, just to write four words, is there any purpose?"
The father shook his head: "I don't know yet, let's go up first, and as for other things, we'll talk about it when we get out of the hole." ”
We looked closely at the wall and it was possible to climb it. Climb to the hole where you fell, and you can go back.
The stone wall was a little smooth, and my father had a hard time climbing it, and it took a lot of effort to get up. He let me be the second one, and he watched me from behind.
My legs were shaky and I didn't dare to look down, but the stone wall was too smooth for me to hold onto. My feet slipped, and before I could react, I fell.
"Lixin!"
"Lixin!"
I heard my father's shouts, but I couldn't catch anything, so I let myself fall.
The wind whistling in my ears, I only felt that my heart was sinking hard.
"Dad!" I cried out with my eyes closed.
I didn't dare to open my eyes because I was afraid of heights.
The same image flashed through my mind, and I was covered in blood, and I kept falling. There was a voice in my ear, and I couldn't hear what he was saying. When I opened my eyes, I saw only a white figure.
It was a man in white, I couldn't see his face clearly, but I could feel his hand brushing my face gently, he kept talking, but I couldn't hear anything.
I felt a pain in my body, and I came to my senses completely.
Out of thin air, many interlaced chains appeared, each as thick as a wrist. I just fell down, and I was blocked by the chain, and I felt a burning pain in my waist.
With an outstretched hand, I grabbed the chain and slid down it, and I finally reached the bottom of the hole.
Standing on the ground with both feet, I feel that the land is so beautiful.
The area around it is very large, like a building. The criss-crossing chains, jutting out of the cracks in the stone, are finally wrapped around an oversized barrel.
I couldn't resist walking over to the barrels, which were made of solid rock with some hideous images carved into them.
Those images are like hell judgments, all of them are ghosts, punishing ghosts who have made mistakes. The picture is extremely bloody and terrifying.
I'm more concerned about what's in this barrel, why are there so many chains, is there something more terrible than a living corpse?
I turned behind the barrel and found something even more terrifying. Near the back of the barrels, there were many shriveled corpses, dozens of them.
The corpse was facing outwards, apparently in a fleeing stance, but was sucked back by some force and turned into a dried corpse. In the end, he was unwilling to lie on the ground, without any life.
I suddenly had a bold guess that these dried corpses could be the living corpses that had fallen and been sucked by the contents of the keg.
Thinking of this, I felt a chill in my body, if this thing can still hurt people through the barrel, then my situation is very dangerous.
I took two steps back, turned and ran towards a stone gate, whether I could get out or not, I must not be able to stay here.
I had just run two steps when I suddenly heard a strange sound, it sounded like electricity, but it was a complete sentence.
"One day, when you break through the barrier, you will be cut off from your children and grandchildren. The voice was pieced together, and it was this sentence.
When I looked back, the barrel had moved. As soon as the barrel moved, the whole body glowed with yellow light, and I could see clearly that there were dense runes engraved on it. And those lights are coming from the runes. Just now, I just looked at the paintings, ignoring these little runes.
Obviously, there's something trapped in here, and it's a pretty powerful thing. That sentence just now is what the thing in the barrel said, and it is very resentful!
I didn't expect this cave to hide so many secrets. I was about to hesitate what to do when I heard the rattle of chains. I was shocked, I didn't have time to think about it, I turned around and ran, I didn't want to die here.
But I found that there was a strong gravitational pull behind me that forced me to fall back, and my heart sank, and it looked like I was going to die here.
I struggled with all my strength, but it didn't work, I fell to the ground by gravity, and I headed for the barrel, and at this moment I seemed to see those living corpses, trying to flee in pain, but they were all sucked dry, and I would be like them, I am afraid that I will sleep here forever.
I watched myself get closer and closer to the barrel, and I felt a pain in my body, as if I was about to be torn apart.