Chapter 4 Etching Tunnels
As the sky turns out to be clear, Kira and Somi say goodbye to the rescued villagers and continue their journey. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
"Big Profit~Big Profit~" Suomi was carrying a heavy backpack, but his steps were quite brisk.
Yes, the rescued villagers gave them four bottles of water, as well as a full bag of potatoes......
At least the food and water problems will not be worrying in the short term.
"Now, I say, in the future, when we are short of supplies, we will go and rob the looters!"
"Don't, I want to live longer. Kira didn't hesitate to deny.
"Oh, yes, it's still too dangerous for you. ”
Hey...... Isn't there a risk for you? Don't say it so easily......
"I just don't think there's any need to take too many risks. ”
"Hmm...... Meanwhile, the villagers told me that there was a tunnel to the northeast that led to a reservoir from which you could see far away. ”
"Uh...... So what?"
"I remember when I came here, I saw the reservoir, maybe I could go there and find my way back, and besides, it was safer to go through the tunnel, right?"
Is that so...... Why did he always feel that the gloomy tunnels would be full of ED infected?
That jelly-like gelatin, metallic bones, and twisted faces—monsters, things that can't be called human anymore. Just thinking about it in a little reverie made Kira almost throw up.
"It's up to you, and it's best if you can find your way. ”
"Uh-huh~ It's okay to go to the mountain, right?"
What? Can't you even tell which direction the northeast is?
Helplessly, Kira had no choice but to follow Suomi silently, and let him decide that there would be no result, so it was better to simply make a mistake.
Somi walked up the hill without hesitation, just as she had climbed over the ridge before, Kira was so tired that she couldn't breathe, and she still couldn't breathe.
Due to the cold and wind and snow, the trees on the mountain have long since died, and the bare slopes are covered in silver and slightly monotonous.
There is no obstacle to the view, not to mention the tunnel, not even a single highway can be seen. Kira reckoned they would have to look for a while.
"Hah, I found it!"
"What did you find?"
"Tunnels. ”
“……”
Kira found a hidden hole in the white expanse. If it weren't for this heavy snowfall, no one would have noticed it yet.
But no matter how you think about it, it's just a cave!
Without waiting for Kira to protest, Sommy stepped into the cave first. She turned on her flashlight, and the light shone into the long, narrow cavern.
Hey, the staircase, it doesn't look like this cave was formed naturally. Not only that, but the structure of the cave is also very peculiar, it is not made of stone bricks, it should be said that the cave is "cut" out.
Both the walls and the staircase have a smooth surface with sharp edges and corners, which is simply breathtaking.
Curiosity overcame Kira's resistance, and he didn't say anything, continuing to follow Somi deeper into the cave. As a result, what he didn't expect was that the cave became more and more spacious the further he went, and the stone walls were inlaid with a luminous substance, which served as the basic illumination, not losing the brightness of a flashlight.
"Suomi...... There is such a place in the world...... Kira said. He could see the god and stroked the stone wall with his hand.
"Don't run around!"
Kira was startled by Sommy's sudden words, and he noticed that Sommy's expression was solemn, and he was holding his gun, moving cautiously.
"Hey...... What's going on?" said Kira, "It's special, but it's not dangerous, is it?"
"Less nonsense, in short, concentrate on 12 points and pay attention to your surroundings. ”
I don't need to say it, I'm also observing......
The cave became a spacious interior, and a stone door stood in front of them. It's a pity that the collapsed stone pile completely blocked the gate and it was impossible to open it again.
"Somi, what the hell is this?"
"Kira, have you heard of the ruins?"
"Ruins, ruins of spilling collapse fluid?"
Somi nodded: "Yes, this is probably one of them." ”
"That'...... So what are we going to do?"
"Now that the entrance is sealed, we have no way of knowing the scale of this ruin. We can only make a note of the approximate location of this place and leave. ”
"There is no danger...... Is it?"
"Rest assured, there is no danger at the moment. ”
Kira breathed a sigh of relief and looked around, looking for a way out of the ruins. However, before he could see a way out, he saw something he hadn't noticed before.
Kira faced the wall and slowly stepped back, her gaze sweeping over the wall.
"Somi, come and see this ......"
The smooth stone walls and shimmering patterns form the frescoes, which are presented in front of Kira and Suomi's eyes.
Kira is sure that this is not a mere work of art, but a notch with practical significance. He could recognize some of these images, such as the sun, human beings, water, and other obvious paintings. Other irregular lines and graphics have no ornamental value, and are speculated to be the writing of ancient civilizations.
In this way, the mural looks like a picture book, with an illustration with a caption explaining the content of the picture. Since Kira couldn't read the ancient texts, he could only guess the contents of the mural based on graphics.
The content of the first and last verses is separated, and the sections during this period are mostly composed of various strange patterns of dumplings and the outlines of people. The first verse depicts a small number of dumplings, soaked in water with smoke still emitting from the water, as if they were boiling rice balls. And the last verse is mainly about a man with the moon in the upper left and the sun in the upper right, and he seems to be standing on a high place, looking down.
The last section, in particular, was of great concern to Kira, as it was separated by separate segments. In the corresponding textual description, there are no words that are repeated in the previous sections, and there seems to be no relationship with other subsections.
"Damn...... I can't decipher it!" Suomy, who had been staring at the wall for a long time like Kira, finally gave up reluctantly.
"It's an old thing, after all, and it's normal not to understand it...... Kira reassured.
"Well, no matter, let's go out, the exit should be here. ”
Somi walked into a passageway, stepped up a staircase inside, and began to walk up. The staircase rotates straight up, stopping abruptly in the middle. Connecting to the end of the staircase is a very small room with light shining through the ceiling.
Upon closer inspection, the iron bars embedded in the stone wall form a ladder leading to the light above. They just need to climb up and get out of here.
"Who's going to go up first?"
"You go first," Kira said, "you seem to be more experienced, far better than me." ”
"Hmm...... Then don't look up after you climb the ladder!" said Sommy's cheeks flushed.
"I'm not that kind of person......"
Convincing Somi to climb the ladder, Kira also proves her character with her actions. After climbing this ladder, they rose to the surface and emerged from an old well.
The place to be reached can no longer be a reservoir. The snow near the exit was shallow, but the clouds in the sky were thickening. The sun is bright and dark, and will soon be completely obscured by the clouds.
Is it going to snow again?
The red-brick houses shone like flames in the snow—neatly arranged in rows of flames.
Even though they seemed backward, Somi and Kira were able to enter the town. This means that they are at great risk, because there are a lot of deadly things in the town.
The ratio of good things to bad things happening is one to nine.