Chapter Twenty-Three: The Nine-Story Demon Tower
"Corpse, there's a corpse!"
Hearing Satipeng's frightened voice, everyone also became nervous. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chu Nan took the flashlight and shone it in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, behind a big stone, there was a corpse upside down, but the climate here was dry and the temperature was extremely low, so the corpse was very well preserved.
"Lao Hu, is this your comrade-in-arms?" Chu Nan asked.
Hu Bayi just glanced at it and denied it, "No, the clothes and equipment are completely different." ”
However, Shirley Yang took the initiative to come over.
"Be careful!" Chu Nan reminded.
Shirley Yang's face did not change, and there was no fear of an ordinary girl facing a corpse, but instead squatted down in front of the corpse.
"He was supposed to be someone from my father's expedition, they were all about the same equipment, I had seen them before, and I remember them very well. As he spoke, Shirley Yang directly picked up the pistol held in the corpse's hand, and after a little inspection, he skillfully withdrew the magazine.
Chu Nan stretched out his head to see that the magazine was still full.
Shirley Yang pushed the magazine back and loaded it, and finally she searched the few spare magazines in the corpse's pocket.
"How did he die here?" Chu Nan asked casually.
Hu Bayi couldn't answer Chu Nan's question, but he also came to a conclusion with a careful mind:
"No matter how he died, but now at least it can be proved that the signal that Miss Yang received before was accurate. ”
Shirley Yang also nodded when he heard this.
"Captain Chu, I've looked around here, and there's only one direction to go. At this time, Gawa, who had volunteered to reconnoiter the situation, returned.
Chu Nan nodded, and then looked at Professor Chen, "Professor, how is your body now." ”
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Comrade Xiao Chu. ”
Chu Nan glanced at Lao Hu, Lao Hu knew it, and lit up the signal transmitter on his waist, "The instrument signal is normal." ”
"Well, let me stress again, you must not be too scattered, do not fall behind. There are many magical places in Kunlun Mountain, and there are also many magical things, so everyone must try to keep quiet, don't make too much noise, now everyone follow me and set off. ”
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"This direction is due south, and this gap should be the gap between two mountains.... This is due east, and further on, we are directly below the glacier. ”
Professor Hao Aiguo held a compass in one hand and a map in the other, making the most basic location judgment.
Another twenty minutes passed.
"This is mica, looking at their dark color, then their previous geographical location should also be very deep, and we can see them at this altitude, completely as a result of the movement of the earth's crust..."
With Professor Hao's chatter on popular science, everyone quickly passed through the bizarre and narrow passage covered with mica.
After taking a few steps forward, Chu Nan faintly heard the sound of flowing water.
"Notice, there's a sound of water running ahead, it should be an underground river. ”
"Underground river, I've never seen an underground river. "Gava seemed very active.
You will see, Chu Nan said silently in his heart.
Of course, there is a big surprise.
After a short while, the crowd came to an underground river.
Looking at this wide underground river, Chu Nan said, "Professor Chen, we may have to wade through the river. Let's rest on the spot first, and Lao Hu and I will go to try the depth of the river first. ”
Chu Nan and Hu Bayi put down their backpacks and took the ice axe to the river.
Hu Bayi picked up a stone casually, and then threw it into the river, only to hear a pop on the ground, splashing a splash, it seems that the river is not deep.
However, this is only the simplest judgment, and it is not accurate, so Lao Hu went directly to the river, and then used an ice axe to test it far away.
"Old Hu, how is it?"
"It's okay, it's not deep. ”
At this moment, I heard Professor Chen shouting not far away: "Come here, everyone!"
Lao Hu and Chu Nan were also attracted to attention, and they saw Professor Chen and them taking searchlights and flashlights to shine on the stone wall overhead.
Through the bright light, Chu Nan saw that the ghost-like characters were deeply engraved on the stone walls, looking at the shape, it was exactly the same as the ghost cave inscription on Wang Fatzi's jade pendant.
Professor Chen and the others immediately took out their notebooks and cameras, recorded the records, and took pictures.
"Old Hu, do you remember the text on the fat brother jade pendant?"
"You mean?"
"They are all the same script, which was used by the Elite Kingdom back then, and is now called the Ghost Cave script. ”
"No wonder it looks familiar. ”
And while the two were chatting, Professor Chen pointed to the stone wall engraved with ghost cave inscriptions, and he was already so excited that he couldn't help himself:
"Today's discovery will open a new chapter in the archaeology of the Western Regions! Shirley, it seems that your father's detour to the Kunlun Glacier makes sense. Patriotic, hurry up and take the students to record all the words here. ”
"Yes. ”
"Comrade Xiao Chu, Comrade Xiao Hu, let's hurry up and move forward. ”
"No problem. ”
Hu Bayi opened the road in front, and behind the Chu Nan Palace, the remaining few people supported each other and carefully waded across the river.
"I didn't expect the water to be quite comfortable, not cold at all. ”
"yes, yes...."
The people of the archaeological team were all happy, only Lao Hu was dignified. Of course, Chu Nan knew what he was worried about, and since everyone felt comfortable, then some other things would also feel very comfortable.
Now Chu Nan's perception has been opened to the maximum, and no matter how turbid the river is, it can't stop Chu Nan's heavenly eye. In Chu Nan's sight, the most thrilling were the several human skeletons lying horizontally, according to Chu Nan's guess, these skeletons should also be from Shirley Yang's father's expedition.
It didn't take long for the river to pass more than ten meters, fortunately, there were no living creatures approaching, and it was estimated that the creatures in the river were all eaten by the big guy.
On the opposite bank, I saw a square hole appear in front of everyone's eyes, and around the hole, you can clearly see the traces of artificial excavation.
"You wait where you are, Lao Hu and I will go to the front to have a look. ”
But when the two of them climbed the stone steps, they were stunned by the strange and magnificent scenery in front of them.
In the stone cave in front of him, there is a "golden" shaped wooden tower made of thousands of giant trees, there are countless blue flashes dotted on the tower body, through those faint flashes of light, the base of the wooden tower is nearly two hundred meters wide, rammed with mud and stone, the thousand-year-old cypress wood is built into the tower body, it is divided into nine layers, each layer is hung with dry bones wearing peculiar ancient costumes, men, women and children have it, each big tree is engraved with the secret text of the Tibetan people.
Is this the legendary nine-story demon tower? It's breathtaking!
After the shock, the two turned off their flashlights in unison.
Perhaps it was too strange for the two of them to turn off the flashlights, Professor Chen hurriedly asked, "Comrade Xiao Chu, Comrade Xiao Hu, what's the matter?"
Chu Nan remained silent, just beckoning them to follow.
Looking at their lighting equipment, Hu Bayi hurriedly reminded in a whisper: "Turn off the headlights, and don't shine the flashlight directly." ”
Hu Bayi's thoughtful appearance attracted the attention of several people, and Chu Nan also had a solemn expression, so several people did the same.
And the moment they climbed the steps, they were all dumbfounded.
At this moment, a few people only heard a plop, and Gava knelt down towards the nine-story demon tower.