Xiangxi Shadow Chapter 31 Cave Horror (1)
When I heard the sound, I rushed over to take a look, and saw that a large hole had been carved into the large stone slab at this moment, and in the gap, it seemed that half of the cave mouth was hidden inside.
After a while, the man who was constantly operating the machine next to the entrance of the cave suddenly shouted, "Go away!" ”
We quickly flashed to the side, and with a loud bang, a stone slab next to the entrance of the cave fell, and when the dust dispersed, an irregular hole about three meters high and two meters wide appeared in front of us.
"Sure enough, there are ghosts!" I couldn't help but shout when I saw this, which immediately drew laughter from the people next to me.
We guessed and guessed, left and right, etc., and finally waited for the moment when the truth was revealed, and now, the truth is as we expected, and everyone naturally takes those suspicions and ghosts as a joke.
Qiu Yan took the first step to enter the hole, but I grabbed her and said:
"Wait a minute, this hole doesn't see through the wind, let the air flow first."
After persuading Qiu Yan, just in case, I asked the others to bring all six oxygen cylinders, and then lit all the remaining torches from before.
After that, I ordered two men to stay, one to guard the camp, and the other to stabilize the two boatmen and mules and horses who remained on the top of the hill.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, I looked at the team that was ready to go, and with a wave of my hand, twenty-three people set off in a majestic manner.
For the sake of safety, I let Qiu Yan and Erwa walk in the middle of the team, and I took the lead with Long Quan, and Xiang Wei and Xu Jinshan were behind.
As soon as I entered the cave, I felt a chill, although the outside temperature is not too high now, but in comparison, the inside of the cave is much colder than the outside.
The sides and top of the cave are naturally generated, only the feet are paved with stone slabs, and at the entrance of the cave, the size of the cave is not visible, but after walking about ten meters inside, we have to be amazed by the size of the cave.
To be precise, this place should not be called a cave, but a cave, because of the cave. It was not a narrow passage, but a huge cave where we could not distinguish the boundary, the top of which was about three or four meters above our heads, and the bottom of which we could not see, all I could see was a misty darkness, and the road under our feet also extended into this darkness along the edge of the cave.
We wouldn't have been so shocked if it were only because of the size of the cave, but what was even more amazing was that the road that stretched out under our feet was paved with stone slabs that were undulating and had steps that led to the bottom that we couldn't see, and that there were copper trays sticking out at intervals beside the road, and I don't know what kind of grease was in them, but it was certain that they were all for lighting.
We lit a few trays nearby, and as soon as the lights came on, a part of the cave was revealed.
Under the firelight, we can see that the cave has not been overly decorated, except for the stone road under our feet and the lampstand next to the road, the rest of the place is naturally generated, those stalactites, those moss, all show a strong mountain smell.
At this time, the dragon next to me folded a glow stick, and then threw it to the bottom of the cave, and everyone stuck out their heads and watched the trajectory of the glow stick without saying a word.
After falling in the air for a while, the glow stick suddenly touched something and deviated from its direction, and then, the glow stick changed direction several times in a row, and finally disappeared without knowing where it was bounced.
It seems that this cave is not straight down, I thought to myself, it is not a bottomless pit.
The crowd looked at the spot for a while, and then I beckoned everyone to continue on their way, for for now, the cave was safe, and we had to go in early and get back before dark.
Although there is a smooth stone road under our feet, and there are some simple handrails on the side of the road, these handrails are too far apart, and the ghost knows if they are unreliable, and the dampness in the cave is very heavy, and the dew drips on the head from time to time, so the stone road is a little slippery, and someone in the crowd falls down from time to time, causing a burst of exclamations, but fortunately, in the end, there is no danger.
We lit the lampstand on the side of the road as we walked, and after walking for more than an hour, we finally came to a square.
The square was about the size of two basketball courts, and at the end of the square there was a man-made wall with carvings on the wall, a stone gate, and a few hollowed-out stone lampstands in front of the door.
But this is not the bottom of the cave, behind us, the cave is still stretching down, but the stone path has reached the end of the square, and it does not continue down.
Standing at the edge of the cavern, I seemed to hear the sound of running water from below, but it was so loud that I thought I had misheard.
Who knew that at this time, Qiu Yan leaned over, she pointed to the bottom of the cave and said:
"It looks like there's an underground river down here, and the waterhole at the end of the canyon should be the way here."
Qiu Yan's words proved that I was not mistaken, but they also surprised me.
"No, it's so deep here, how does all that water come up? Don't forget, at this end of the canyon, there is also a river flowing into the Youshui River! ”
Qiu Yan didn't seem to think of this, and after listening to my words, she looked at me in surprise and said:
"There may be other secret paths!"
At this time, I glanced at everyone, and saw that everyone was attracted by the wall, so I lowered my voice and asked Qiu Yan:
"Qiu Yan, don't you know feng shui? In your opinion, is this a mausoleum or a place of sacrifice? ”
Qiu Yan quickly replied:
"I was about to say that! In fact, I have observed it early in the morning, although I can't see the stars on my head, but from the perspective of the leyline water method, this place should not be used as a tomb, but in Lin Feng Farm, you have also seen that in order to conceal the true identity of Wushan Tusi, even such a hidden place can be used as a tomb, so it's hard to say, you look at that wall, if the people here are also like the people who buried Wushan Tusi, if they want to hide anyone, it is not impossible to use this place as a mausoleum. ”
I looked at the wall, and to be honest, I had never seen a large mausoleum, and I imagined that if there really was such a magnificent mausoleum, it would be what I would look like.
At this time, someone had already taken steps towards the wall, and who knew that the person had not taken a few steps before he was pulled back by Long Quan.
"Be careful!" Long Quan said very seriously.
I can't help but feel funny, what's there to be careful about, there are all directions here, and I haven't seen any secret passages, could it be that Cheng Long Quan really thinks that there will be some hidden weapons here?
I turned to Qiu Yan and said:
"Let's go over and have a look."
With that, I walked towards Long Quan.
"What's wrong? Did you find anything? I asked at Long Quan.
Long Quan grinned and replied:
"I didn't find anything, I just thought it would be better to be careful."
I just wanted to laugh at Long Quan's two sentences, but Xiang Wei beside me had already stepped forward, and turned back to us as he walked:
"Why are you still stunned, let's go!"
Looking at Xiang Wei's appearance as a charging general, I couldn't help but be stunned, is this still Xiang Wei, who was cautious in Dongergou and suffered from confinement phobia? What's stimulated by this buddy?
However, I quickly came back to my senses, because in my opinion, there was no danger here, so I followed Xiang Wei and walked forward.
Just as more than 20 of us were walking forward in unison, I suddenly heard the sound of stones rubbing under Xiang Wei's feet, which was exactly the same as the sound of triggering the mechanism in those movies.
"Stop!" I shouted.
Everyone immediately stopped, and Xiang Wei also stood in place, looking back at me in confusion.
I didn't explain, but followed Xiang Wei's footsteps and looked forward.
However, I haven't been able to find any bricks that have been stepped on by Xiang Wei, and I heard a crisp "whoosh, whoosh" sound on both sides of the square.
At this time, even if I knew what was going on, I hurriedly beckoned everyone to retreat, but it was too late, I heard a few screams from the crowd, followed by someone lying on the ground.
I couldn't help but be startled as I dodged the arrows that came at me while searching for the source of the arrows, and by this time Long Quan had already drawn his short sword and stood in front of the crowd dancing to help everyone resist the arrows that came from the fire.
The bow and arrow lasted for about a minute, and soon stopped, and I couldn't find the source of the bow and arrow, and I couldn't help but blame myself: I blamed myself for being too careless, causing everyone to fall into the trap, and watching this group of people cry wolf howl, I don't know how many died!
I rushed into the crowd with a bitter face, and found several people lying on the ground wailing loudly, their hands covering different parts of their bodies, as if they were seriously injured.
But I also noticed that there were no injured people around me, and they seemed to be very puzzled, and some of them even picked up the bows and arrows beside them, and looked at them in their hands.
I crouched down to check on the injuries of one of them, but the moment I crouched down, I noticed something strange: there was no blood in the place where the men were holding, and there was no bow and arrow in it, and their cries were louder and louder, and there was no sign of weakness.
Long Quan withdrew his short sword at this time, knocked on the person in front of me with a cedar stick, and said with a smile:
"Alright, get up, don't get in!"
As soon as Long Quan's words fell, I saw that some of these people sat up by themselves, and some were helped up by the people next to them.
I was puzzled, Qiu Yan handed over a bow and arrow at this time, I took it in my hand and looked at it, and immediately understood.
It turned out that these bows and arrows had decayed because of the passage of time, perhaps because the strength of the shot was too great, and the arrows of these bows and arrows were shocked down in the air, and what was shot on these people was just some bamboo sticks that would break at the slightest touch.
I let out a long breath and thought to myself that I hadn't made a big mistake, and that I couldn't forgive myself for even the death of a person here.
However, with this lesson, we no longer dare to rush forward, this time we are lucky, the rotten bow and arrow did not hurt us, but even if there is one of them that is not rotten, it is a risk for us not to be underestimated, and since the people who built this place have set up a mechanism, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not set up a few more, I don't want to risk the lives of my teammates.