Chapter 140: A Hundred Ghosts Send Each Other
Twilight Jun and Zikun's eyes lit up, "So, there is indeed an exit to the outside in this stone cave, and this exit is most likely hidden in the crack in the stone of the mountain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½foβ
Sure enough, after cleaning the rocks around the stone crevices, the three of them found another stone gate. However, this stone gate was only half a person high, and after Lan Linyuan opened it, a black aura burst out of it.
The faces of the three of them changed drastically at the same time, becoming extremely ugly. Because they felt that this black gas was not an ordinary smoke or poisonous mist formed in a sealed environment, but a result of the accumulation of countless dead people's bones over the yearsβdead gas.
"I'm afraid the place that leads behind this stone gate is not so simple." Twilight said quietly.
Lan Linyuan nodded and said, "If you want to form a mass of dead qi that is so dark and thick just now, I am afraid that the bones needed will take tens of thousands. β
Zi Kun was puzzled: "In the historical records, Emperor Yu is a chivalrous and righteous person, and he is as evil as an enemy, so it stands to reason that there should be no bones in his dimensional space, and it is on such a large scale in tens of thousands. β
"Unless there's a possibility." Lan Linyuan seemed to think of something, and suddenly said, "When the Rain Emperor was about to die, he created this dimensional space...... As his own mausoleum, it is likely that these bones were funerary objects. β
"Let tens of thousands of people be buried for themselves, it seems that this Emperor Yu is also a hypocrite who is not worthy of his name and cannot get rid of the world." Zikun sneered.
Lan Linyuan continued: "If the Rain Emperor really uses this dimensional space as a mausoleum, then it is very likely that the other end of this mountain tunnel that we have discovered now is connected to the main burial chamber - the place where the Rain Emperor's coffin is placed. Even if it is not the main burial chamber, judging from the dead air wafting from the stone gate, it is likely that it is a burial pit, and this tunnel was opened in the mountain in order to allow the burial companions to go to the burial pit. β
"What Brother Lan said makes sense, but these are just our guesses, as for the real situation inside, we still have to take a look for ourselves." Twilight said.
The three of them bent down through the stone gate, and inside was a stone path only a few feet high, and people could only bend their waists to walk, and the long walk made Dusk Jun and the others a little miserable, and as long as they raised their heads slightly, their heads would hit the rocks above.
Because of walking on low waists, people are also very slow in the tunnel. After walking for a quarter of an hour, before they could see the exit, the three of them were already sweating profusely, "Stop and rest for a while, and if you continue like this, I can stand it, but my waist can't stand it." Zikun said.
Dusk Jun and Lan Linyuan also couldn't hold on a little anymore, and the three of them sat down on the spot, took out the water from the Mixu Ring, and drank it in a big gulp.
"Now I feel that this tunnel in the mountains does not seem to be for people. The height of the tunnel is too small, and people can only bend down to walk in it. What's more, now we are only three of us, and we have not seen the end after walking for so long. If this is really a tunnel to the burial pit, the time it takes for tens of thousands of people to pass through is probably a terrifying number. β
Twilight's eyes looked around the tunnel and said thoughtfully, "Now a question arises: is this tunnel really built to be a passage to the burial pit?" If so, then why build such a time-consuming tunnel? With the skill of the Rain Emperor, it is probably a matter of hand-to-hand to open up a passage in the mountain that is several times higher than it. β
"What if not? That means we're probably preconceived before. The tunnel is neither the main burial chamber nor a burial pit, but most likely leads elsewhere. Lan Linyuan continued.
Zi Kun said: "Whether it is or not, the only thing we can confirm now is that there must be countless dead corpses and dry bones ahead to welcome our arrival. β
While everyone was discussing and guessing, there was a faint sound in the darkness ahead, or singing to be precise. The singing was not very loud, and it was intermittent, as if it was drifting from a long distance, which was not really audible, but the three of them could be sure that it was a woman who was singing.
"There seems to be a woman singing in front of the tunnel......," Twilight said in surprise.
Lan Linyuan and Zi Kun also widened their eyes, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Listen to the voice that sings...... It seems to be very young, could it be one of Bai Ling and Ziyue and the others who came in with us? Lan Linyuan said.
Zi Kun shook his head and denied: "I can be sure that the song must not be sung by Yue'er, her singing voice is too familiar to me." As for the others...... There doesn't seem to be any reason to sing. And ......"
"And what?"
"And the content of this song seems to be related to the marriage of a girl...... Zi Kun said a little dazed.
Dusk Jun and Lan Linyuan listened carefully to the voice coming from afar, and the voice seemed to be gradually approaching them, "...... Silk ...... Double Loop Knot ...... Hairpin Zhu Yu ...... A ...... in Red Liyu ...... Temple...... The new dream moon is ethereal...... Wine glasses...... Who's young on Mo...... Relentless Abandonment ...... Marry ...... And re-...... Hugh ......"
The three of them were completely immersed in the singing, and the entire tunnel was filled with lingering sounds. The song is choppy and incomprehensible, but from the content of the song, it is already clear to everyone that it is a song sung by a young girl when she is married.
It's just that in the song, they don't seem to hear the joy and expectation in the heart of the married girl, but it reveals a deep despair, as well as endless sadness and sadness......
For a moment, the atmosphere in the tunnel instantly froze, and the three of them were silent, their eyes blank, and they seemed to be completely immersed in the singing. But in their hearts, there seems to be an urge to reject it extremely.
"We can't stay here any longer, the singing seems a little weird, and being stuck in the singing for a long time may disturb our minds." Lan Linyuan said.
Twilight nodded, "Yes, we'll get out of here right away." β
"Now there are only two choices, either turn back or ......" Zi Kun didn't continue, and Twilight Jun and Lan Linyuan continued: "Of course, keep moving forward. β
"Now that the sound has come here, it means that we are not far from the exit of the tunnel. After all, even if someone does get married, I don't believe they will take the opportunity to go from here. Lan Linyuan said silently.
Sure enough, after walking less than a few miles, they reached the exit of the tunnel, a stone platform jutting out of the mountain wall, and in front of them, an empty cave. The cave is hundreds of feet high, and the top is covered with rocks as always. Below the cave was a vast flat land, and in the middle of the flat there was a dry river, from which the song came.
When the three of them looked at the river, they were completely stunned. There is only one thought in everyone's mind: this is impossible, it must not be possible.
I saw that on the wide, dry river, there was a group of black figures.
At the front of the team, there are nearly ten people holding various musical instruments, including suona, flute, drum, board, gong, cymbal...... It seemed that the performance was in full swing, but Twilight and the others did not hear the sound of the instrument playing.
Behind the musicians is a big red sedan chair, carried by four people. The sedan chair is surrounded by a red silk curtain, but what makes people feel strange is that the embroidery on the curtain is not the usual auspicious pattern, but a hideous and vicious spider, and above the spider, is an elixir that exudes green light.
Twilight accidentally discovered that strange liquid had been gushing out of the four corners of the top of the sedan chair, but in the darkness Twilight couldn't see the color of the liquid, so it was difficult to tell what it was.
However, the singing that attracted everyone's attention came from the sedan chair.
When everyone's eyes moved to the scene behind the sedan chair, they were stunned again. Because immediately behind the sedan chair was a huge coffin, which was carried by eight people in front and back. The coffin was dozens of feet long, and although it was carved with veins, its surface was painted with a pitch-black color, and it was impossible to see it in the dark, but Twilight Jun vaguely found that there seemed to be a fox with several tails carved outside the coffin.
At the back of the procession were rows of men and women carrying lanterns, numbering nearly a hundred. All of them had a white veil on their faces, so it was impossible to see their faces and ages. The lanterns in everyone's hands were about the same, and flames faintly danced in the white lampshade. However, the light emitted by the flame was actually dark green, and from a distance, the entire lantern procession converged into a Styx river that seemed to flow out of the netherworld.
"What the hell is going on, why is there a welcoming team in the dimensional space of the Rain Emperor, is it possible that in the space of the Rain Emperor, there have always been people living and living?" Lan Linyuan said incredulously.
Zi Kun shook his head with difficulty and said, "I can't imagine it." There is no sunlight all year round, no arable land, and no water for daily needs. And you don't see it, there seems to be something strange about this welcoming procession. β
Twilight nodded, "There are indeed many places that make people feel weird. The front team had been playing since the beginning, but we didn't hear any instruments; The sedan chair, if you don't count the spiders embroidered with the curtain around it, just the strange liquid that has been flowing out of the sedan chair is already suspicious; There is also the coffin behind the sedan chair, why there is a coffin in the welcoming procession, isn't this a clash of joy and mourning?
At the end of the procession, there were nearly 100 people carrying a lantern that emitted a green glow, and from here, it seemed that it was not so much a welcoming procession as a ...... Funeral procession. β
Zi Kun also seemed to have discovered something: "Have you noticed that the expressions on the faces of everyone in this team are neither the joy and joy of welcoming relatives, nor the sadness and pain of sending off relatives, the only atmosphere that can be perceived is ...... Lifeless. β
Twilight Jun and Lan Linyuan looked at the team closest to them, and sure enough, as Zikun said, everyone's faces were extremely stiff, and they were expressionless, like a zombie that had lost its soul.
"Now I'm a little skeptical that these people are humans or ghosts, and we won't really encounter ghosts, right?" Zikun Road.
Lan Linyuan said, "Wait, do you feel any difference here from just now.....