Chapter 58 Passers-by

The pit was pitch black and stuffy, low and narrow, and Song Yang couldn't raise his head at all below, but because he could only crawl on his side, he also saved the wound tuǐ force, relying on his hands and his right tuǐ, which was enough to maintain the forward speed. 1５

Needless to say, the pit is rugged and difficult to walk, but it also has the same benefit: there is no fork in the road, so it is winding the first dòng, Song Yang at least does not have to struggle to distinguish the direction, and it is a lot easier to track.

Song Yang was crawling hard, and before he could chase too far, he suddenly made a clever move, and with both hands he held on to stop the momentum of moving forward, and then raised his knife and shovel at the same time, squinting his eyes and staring at the front.

This place is only a zhang away from the ground, the darkness in the dòng is more dense but not pure, Song Yang's night eyes can come in handy, he can see clearly, just a few feet away in front of him, there is a strange lizard lying on his stomach, facing him head-on, and the dim yellow eyes are staring at him.

The strange lizard still has a little baby in its mouth, but the baby's face is bleeding from the blue and gray seven orifices, and it is already dead and hopeless.

Song Yang stared at each other, and he wasn't very nervous in his heart......

Since he dared to jump into the tunnel, he had overestimated the danger that might occur. There are only two situations that are really troublesome, one is that there is a strange lizard chasing after him and biting his feet; On the other hand, a large group of monster lizards found that someone was following them, turned their heads and scattered, outflanked them from all directions, and attacked in groups.

But he is now at the back of the enemy's line, and he is the last, and there is no need to worry about the enemy behind him; And the tunnel is narrow, and if the monsters in front want to besiege him, they have to disperse their 'long snake formation' first, and then dig a new way to complete the outflanking, if that is the case, Song Yang has no other way but to rush to the ground and escape far away.

And Song Yang is in the pit at the moment, almost every inch of his body is in contact with the soil, if the strange lizard opens a new way and turns around to surround him, it is impossible to hide the movement when digging the soil, at least he can detect the danger in advance and escape in time.

It was clear that the lizards were not attacking with any ferocity, but one of them turned in a different direction and turned back to see what was following them behind them.

In the pit dòng, facing the strange lizard head-on, Song Yang was not worried.

In such a terrain, if the other party attacks, he can only swallow or let go of the body of the little baby and then rush over and open his mouth to bite Song Yang, he is ten percent sure of such a close distance, as long as the strange lizard opens its mouth, the sharp weapon in his hand will jīshè and cut directly into its throat. Song Yang also tried it at dawn yesterday, and the strange lizard did not have a thick dermatoma nail in its mouth, and it was very soft.

Now Song Yang only has one suspicion and one hesitation, doubting how the other party turned around and turned around, and the hesitation is whether to throw the knife in his left hand or the shovel in his right hand...... Unexpectedly, the strange lizard's nostrils contracted twice, and it seemed to sniff carefully, followed by a sneeze like a sneeze, and began to slowly retreat, which was not unfavorable to Song Yang.

The enemy retreats, can I advance?

The dead doll in the lizard's mouth, at best, three or four years old, grew fat, it could be seen that he was extremely favored at home, but at this moment he had become a cold corpse, the fear and pain before death were forever frozen on the little face, a pair of eyes were not completely closed, there was still a line of gaps, leaking some lifeless eyes, looking at Song Yang quietly.

The enemy retreated, and Song Yang advanced.

The lizard retreated very slowly, Song Yang was in a hurry, it was useless, if he really wanted to kill it, it would definitely arouse the vigilance of the strange lizard in front of him, and it would also block the tracking road, so he could only be patient, and as it retreated, it followed foot by foot, and climbed dozens of zhang like this, and the surrounding tunnels suddenly became wider, but the height did not change, and it was still so overwhelming that people could hardly raise their heads. This space was circular, almost more than an acre square, and the strange lizard was finally able to turn around, ignore Song Yang, and follow the direction of the original advance army, and quickly chased after the same kind in front of him.

After passing through the open place, the tunnel was narrow and rugged again, and Song Yang lowered his head without saying a word, and climbed violently, closely following the strange lizard in front of him...... After climbing more than 100 zhang, a disk-like open area appeared in the tunnel again, and Song Yang also suddenly realized that when these lizards were digging dòng and marching, they would make such a spacious place every other distance, ready to turn or rest collectively at any time. No wonder the strange lizard in front of him could quietly turn around and turn back, staring at him.

The strange lizard also seemed to agree with Song Yang's identity, and let him follow behind, neither hostile nor defensive...... Song Yang wondered in his heart, he had already found out that someone was following, but they didn't care?

After thinking about it, Song Yang found an explanation for himself: If there is a bowl of grilled beef

òu followed him home with him, and he didn't squeak. Guess it's the same thing? It's rare that someone follows them without dragging, and it's too late for the big lizard to welcome them, right?

In fact, Song Yang didn't understand one thing.

Strange lizards have eyes, but when they are in the dark underground, they will have a dull yellow skin in their eyes, and it seems that they still have eyes, but in fact, at this time, they themselves have lost their gaze, whether they catch prey or distinguish their companions, they rely on their sense of smell, which is almost the same as the loach monsters in the huā sea.

The strange lizard didn't look at Song Yang at all just now, but was sniffing him. You must know that Song Yang is still wrapped in the lizard skin that he picked off this morning, and the fishy smell falls on the smell of the strange lizard, and the information indicated is very simple, and there is a similar kind of person who follows him.

After all, the strange lizard is a cold-blooded beast, more than ferocious but has no wisdom at all, they can't think and only know how to follow instinct, although Song Yang who is following behind is still not right, although Song Yang is inexplicable, but the authentic taste of the same kind on his body is enough to dispel all doubts.

But for Song Yang, in the eyes of the lizard, he is a 'pickpocketed cow.'

It doesn't matter if it's the same kind or whatever, he continues to chase and be careful, and continue to do what he did before, and what he will do now......

The strange lizard moves quickly in the tunnel, crawls fast, and this kind of thing has amazing endurance, Song Yang can still keep up at first, but after chasing for a while, with the physical exertion, the speed is getting slower and slower, and the injuries dragged behind him are getting heavier and heavier.

The monitor lizard in front didn't stop and wait for its 'companion', but just hurried forward with its head down, leaving Song Yang far behind.

Song Yang crawled alone, and after a long time, when passing by a 'disc', Song Yang paused his advance, turned over and lay on the ground, gasping for breath. The monitor lizard in front of it has long been gone, and according to common sense, the hard work and danger of chasing along the way have all been lost by now, and there is no need to chase it anymore - the time has been delayed for too long, and the dolls that have been caught are afraid that they will have no bones at this moment.

But Song Yang rested for a while, turned over again, and continued to track...... He had a suspicion: What does the strange lizard do when it catches the little sand people? If it's just to fill your stomach, swallow it in three or two bites when you catch the baby. You must know that this is a wasteland, the soil is barren, food is scarce, and the predators here may not be able to eat a full meal in ten days and half a month.

Song Yang didn't delve into the reason, but he could understand that this doubt in his heart might be the hope that some little babies would survive.

After crawling for a while, the tunnel finally had some changes, and Song Yang could feel that the tunnel was slowly descending, stretching out towards the depths of the center of the earth little by little.

Song Yang stopped again.

Although the tunnel passed before was rugged and difficult, the depth remained the same, and he always kept a distance of about one zhang from the ground, because the soil layer was shallow, so Song Yang was sure that once the fierce beast attacked, he could use his strength to break the soil and stones, and quickly jump on the ground to escape for his life; But now if you chase it down, the tunnel extends downward, and every time you crawl a section, you will be farther from the ground, and it will be difficult to rush to the ground if you encounter danger.

Self-protection has become a problem, do you want to continue to save people?

After hesitating for a moment, Song Yang exhaled lightly, clenched the blade in his hand tighter, and moved his body again, continuing his tracking......

The dark tunnel, time has completely lost the concept, Song Yang can't calculate, and he doesn't bother to calculate how long he has crawled, his mind has become groggy, the tunnel has been extending downward, away from the ground, the air has become turbid, maybe it is caused by fatigue, maybe it is poor breathing, there have been several times Song Yang almost fell asleep, fortunately, he still understands that if he falls asleep in such an environment, he may not be able to wake up again, so he has to grit his teeth and persevere.

This way was too far, and twice during this time, Song Yang had to stop and eat some dry food and drink a little water in the tunnel, otherwise his physical strength would not be sustainable. What kind of concept is it that you have to eat to climb to the point where you have to eat? Even if you can't calculate the time, at least you can know that this tracking is no longer a matter of a few hours, at least two or three days!

In order to track a few irrelevant little babies, Song Yang has stayed away from the sand people, but the march of the brigade will leave obvious traces, as long as they can go back safely, it is not difficult to track down the sand people.

After climbing like this for an unknown amount of time, the air finally became fresh, Song Yang breathed heavily, and at the same time knew in his heart, the air began to flow, and the exit should not be far away.

Sure enough, after more than 100 zhang of march, a small dòng mouth appeared at the end of his gaze.

It was pitch black outside the dòng mouth, and I couldn't see what was outside for the time being, but I vaguely felt that the space outside was spacious, and it was a very large place......

Outside should be the nest of the strange lizard, Song Yang didn't dare to rush up directly, intently and listened carefully.

Neither the movement of the monitor lizard, nor the cry of the doll, there was no sound outside the dòng, as if it was as silent as death, Song Yang couldn't hear anything, but in the trance, his eyes caught a glimmer of light.

It flashed like a ghostly fire, and when he tried to take a closer look, it was dark again.

At this moment, I don't know how far away from the ground is, deep underground, how can there be light? Song Yang lay quietly on his stomach, waited for a while, and never saw the 'ghost fire' flash, and still couldn't hear a sound in his ears, waving his knife to cut off a piece of lizard skin wrapped around his body and throwing it out, only the first sound of 'pop' echoed on the ground, and then silence returned.

Song Yang didn't wait, he didn't chase after him for the sake of lying on his stomach to listen to the sound, he moved his body carefully, his movements were so slow that he couldn't make a sound, he kept approaching the dòng mouth, and after finding a good position, he stretched out his head to look out, and then poured a breath of cold air.

He had planned to just take a quick look and retract his head immediately whatever he saw, but he never imagined that there would be such a scene in front of him!

Dòng is unprecedentedly spacious and spacious, a bluestone-paved avenue goes straight forward, there are some corpses scattered on both sides of the avenue, occasionally there are phosphorescence flashes, the glimmer he inadvertently glimpsed just now should be the phosphorescent ghost fire that exploded on the white bones, this is not surprising, what really shocked Song Yang's heart was that there were people on the bluestone avenue, many people.

The road is bustling with pedestrians, some driving cars and horses, some carrying baskets, and more are moving forward empty-handed, at first glance there are no less than hundreds of people on the road, and at this moment all the people who are rushing are doing the same action: turning back...... Everyone had their backs to Song Yang, but it was as if they all knew that there was someone behind them who was snooping, so everyone was looking back at Song Yang.

Obviously he didn't hear the slightest sound just now, Song Yang never dreamed that there was such a scene in front of him, and after looking at it for a while, he only felt that his scalp was exploding, and he hurriedly retracted his head.

This kind of fact is too prickly, no matter how bold Song Yang is, he can't stand it, his heart is beating like a drum, his breathing can't help but tremble slightly, and the palms of his hands holding the sharp blades are dripping with cold sweat.

If you listen closely, it's still dead dead outside...... Song Yang eased up, and after calming down, he sensed that something was wrong, and poked his head out again to look.

Everyone on the road was still looking back at him, compared to the movements just now, no one made a sound, not even breathing, this time Song Yang really saw the clue, sure enough, just like he guessed, all these 'things' on the road are not alive at all, all of them are stone sculptures.

It's just that the craftsmanship of the craftsmen at the beginning, each statue is carved lifelike, and after completion, it is also sè, so that they have different clothes, different hair, and the eyes of the sculpture are even more expressive, as long as they are behind them, no matter from which angle, it seems that they are watching themselves.

Song Yang stabilized his mind, his eyes turned and made a careful observation, there was no trace of the monitor lizard around, and he immediately jumped out of the pit, jumped a few times, and stepped on the road paved with bluestone slabs.

Under his feet were hard stone slabs, and since he was afraid that the strange lizard could still attack from below, the fierce beast had no chance to sneak attack, so Song Yang carefully observed these stone carvings on the road.

It is completely life-size, the proportions are accurate, and the carving is good, especially the design of the 'everyone is turning back' is more ingenious and unique.

Song Yang was amazed, the craftsman who designed these sculptures seemed to have expected that there would be future generations to visit after thousands of years, so he asked all the 'people' on the road to turn around, and whoever came had to be scared half to death first.

Using such a wonderful craftsmanship to prank, those craftsmen still have fun.

I was frightened just now, but now that I have figured it out, Song Yang is so angry and funny, and he even thinks in his heart, if he has time and opportunity in the future, he will be tired and sweaty, and he will have to turn them all in a different direction, so that the stone carving will change from looking back to look at the road, while thinking about it, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and pushed a stone statue next to him to try the weight, but the stone statue did not move at all.

After looking down carefully after being surprised, Song Yang suddenly realized...... The stone carving is closely connected to the bluestone slab under the foot, and it is simply a stone.

This is true of every stone carving, they are not put on it, the soles of the feet and the slabs are integrated.

Song Yang was stunned, in ancient times, craftsmen accumulated years and months, chiseled a piece of boulder, while grinding out a big road, but also carved out countless stone statues, and this road straight forward, at a glance can not see the end, such a process and such a scale, how much manpower and material resources will be consumed?

Song Yang, who has no memory, is immeasurable.

Look at the bones and skins on both sides of the road

òu The clothes have long since rotted away, and there are occasional copper and iron tools scattered between the bones, all of which are rusted and broken by the slightest touch of the hand, apparently very old, perhaps they are the craftsmen who excavated this miracle? Before his death, he had extraordinary skills, but when he died on the way to work, he was thrown by his companions on the side of the road and not even buried.

At this moment, the surrounding area is empty, but strictly speaking, it is still a tunnel, but it is countless times wider than the dirt road dug by the lizard before, and the direction has not changed, and there is no other way out around. Song Yang no longer entangled with the stone statue, and continued to move forward with the god jīng, from the beginning of his 'entry into the ground' to now, the slowest has been more than two days, if he can't find the little sand people who were taken away by the strange lizard, even if they are not bitten to death or eaten, it is difficult to survive.

Running forward with one foot and one foot heavy, stopping from time to time to smell the smell, the 'crowd' around him is still bustling, but after running out of a section, the stone statues on the road have become normal, no longer looking back, but looking ahead, making a hurry.

Even though he knew that the people around him were just stone statues, but after walking on this road for a while, a chill gradually rose in Song Yang's heart. The carvings of the stone statues are so out of the blue, that everyone is in motion, so that after a little time, it will give people the illusion that they are all still alive, as if the next moment the wrinkled laugh lines on their faces will spread, their slightly open mouths will come out of the voices of talking, and the forefeet they lift will step on the ground!

On the stone pavement of the strange yīn forest, it is not the cold stone figure that freezes, but time. Just when Song Yang was unconsciously in a deep cold sweat on his back, the light in front of him suddenly became much stronger...... It was still a phosphorescent ghost fire from the bones, but before there were only a few corpses scattered occasionally on the side of the road, and the ghost fire that came out flashed away, but now, not far ahead, there were mountains of corpses piled up on both sides of the road.

The number of corpses has skyrocketed, and the flickering of phosphorescent light has become more frequent, dotted with stars, and at first glance it seems to be a galaxy of bright stars, but unfortunately there is no night here, only infinite yīn forest.

The next moment, Song Yang heard the cry.

The cry was faint and intermittent, and if it weren't for Song Yang's strong ear strength, there would be no chance to detect it.

Following the sound, Song Yang looked up at a pile of corpses, and the cry of the little baby came from the top of it.

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