The Scourge of Witchcraft Chapter 47 The Stone and Wood Coffin
I clung to the rope with the last of my strength, thinking that after tossing for so long and not dying, it was impossible to give up at this time.
In a daze, I seemed to feel myself moving, so I steadied myself and looked up, and sure enough, as soon as I looked up, I saw that the rope was moving upward, as if someone was pulling me on it.
But I could clearly see that there was no one on the beam!
At this time, I suddenly saw that the statue hanging on the other end of the rope seemed to be moving, but he was falling, and I realized that the weight of the zombie and the armor was greater than my weight, and it was precisely because the statue was falling that I was pulling up on the end of the rope.
I suddenly felt a little sad, these zombies don't know how many sins they suffered in their lives, and they don't know how many years they stayed in this ghost place after they died, they were put on armor and guarded in this dark world as grave keepers, and in the end they ended up like this.
Watching the statues fall into the fog little by little until they were finally out of sight, I secretly decided in my heart that if I could get out alive, I would definitely set up a tombstone for them, and although they could not be buried in the ground, this tombstone would at least prove that they had lived in this world.
As the rope left on my side got shorter and shorter, I ascended faster and faster, and by the end I was almost flying, and then I realized that if I couldn't avoid the beam at this speed, I would probably be knocked to death, and if I didn't die, I would have to be knocked off.
I couldn't help it, I was only focusing on the opposite rope, so I took the opportunity to kick the opposite rope with all my might when I was about to hit the crossbar, and then I was thrown onto the crossbar.
But this is not over, because of inertia, my center of gravity shifted forward, I kept waving my arms in the air to adjust the center of gravity, it took a long time for me to finally stand firm, and after standing firmly, I found that I had broken out in a cold sweat.
The beam was only one person wide, and I suddenly stood here and looked down, even I felt a little dizzy, I quickly made it down, and then looked around the scene.
By this time the floor had all fallen, and from the hazy mist, I saw eight beams sticking out of the walls of the hall like those under my feet, and then converging in the middle of the hall, these beams were made of unknown materials, there were no seams in between, but they didn't feel like cement, and at the confluence of these beams, there was something square, like a stone platform.
In addition, there were the chains, which, as I had imagined, were wrapped like spider webs under the beams, and were presumably able to bear the weight of the entire hall floor.
After looking around, I remembered that I should report that I was safe, and I had to let Qiu Yan know that I was still alive, so I opened my throat and shouted, "Hey, are you okay?!" I'm alive, I didn't fall! ”
As soon as I finished speaking, Qiu Yan's voice came from there: "Zimu, is it you?" Where are you? ”
Listening to Qiu Yan's slightly hoarse voice, I was a little moved and a little distressed, but before I could answer Qiu Yan, voices came from here and there in the hall.
The sounds of greetings and joy were so mixed that I didn't know who to answer first, until at last I couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Okay, now is not the time to be happy, does any of you have a way to get out?" ”
After I finished speaking, everyone fell silent for a while, and then they all said no, saying that they were just staying in the doorway, and that the doorway was dug directly from the wall, so there was no danger for the time being.
At this time, Qiu Yan asked me where I was, and I replied: "Qiu Yan, don't worry, I'm safe now, I have some beams here, which seem to be sticking from the wall, do you see?" ”
"See, see, Zimu, there's a beam at this door, are you on the beam?"
"yes, what about the others, do you see the beam?"
"See, Brother He, it's at the foot of the door."
"We have it here."
"He boy, it seems that these beams are stretching out from under the doorway, why don't you try to come over."
Hearing this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, there is no endless road, it seems that I can't die for a while!
"Old man Chen, I saw eight beams, and if I guessed correctly, there was one under each of the eight doorways, and these beams were joined together in the middle of the hall."
Chen Fangyuan immediately replied, "Really? That's great, come here! ”
"Wait a minute, there seems to be a stone platform where the beams meet, I want to go and have a look."
"Stone platform? Isn't it a coffin? Wait, I'll come here! ”
"Don't, don't move yet, there is no support under these beams, and I don't know how much weight they can bear, I'll go over and take a look."
"He Zimu! It's all here, what can you do? Come back to me! ”
"Hehe, Qiu Yan, such a big movement didn't kill me, then I definitely won't die, don't worry, I'll be careful!"
"He Zimu! You bastard~~~~~"
"Mr. Bi, please take care of Qiu Yan, don't let her run over!"
"He Zimu! You~~~~ You're a stinky bastard~~~~ Let go of me, you let go of me~~~~~"
I shook my head helplessly, and then crawled over to the stone platform.
After climbing for about four or five minutes, I finally climbed to the side of the stone platform, and I saw that this stone platform was a cuboid, which was connected with eight beams, and there was no gap in sight, and there was a circle of gaps four or five centimeters below the stone platform.
"Old man Chen, it's really a coffin!" I immediately shouted.
"Really?! It seems that this is the owner of the tomb, can you see if you can open it? ”
I just wanted to answer and try it, but the old man Li shouted again: "No! How can anyone raise a tomb without lighting a candle? What if it's a big dumpling! ”
"Okay, Lao Li, it's time like this, and you're still playing with your ghost blowing lamp! You don't look at what kind of place this is, can you light the candle and say, this hot wind comes and goes, what fire can't be extinguished? ”
The person who spoke was Lao Guo, and after so long of contact, I also figured out the temper of this old man Guo somewhat, I thought that this old man just looked at me unpleasantly, where did I know that this old man was a white-eyed wolf, who had to scare whom, it was simply a scolding of the world.
But I didn't expect Lao Li to eat him at all, "No, the master has training, people light candles and ghosts blow out the lamp, and the rooster cries and the lights go out without touching the gold, even if it's a cutscene, you have to go!" ”
"I said Lao Li, who is your master? Why can you toss it so much?! ”
"Lao Guo, you are endless, my master's surname is Hu, what's wrong!"
Listening to the two old men arguing, I had to bother to pay attention to them, thinking that they couldn't see anyway, and I didn't care if others lit candles and ghosts and blew out the lamps.
So, I was going to find something to pry open the lid of the coffin, but I touched it again, and I couldn't touch anything, I just remembered that I had thought about saving Luo Laodao before, and I threw away everything I could throw on my body, even the dagger I was carrying.
There was no dagger, so I tried to push it with my hand, but no matter how hard I tried, the lid of the coffin did not move.
I had no choice but to find a helper!
"Old Li Tou, have you lit the candle? If you have the guts, come here, I can't pry here, I need help! ”
"You~~~Hey~~~ I really don't know how thick the sky is, if you open a big zongzi, I'll see what you do! Alright, you wait, I'll come here! ”
"Zimu, you better come back, it's a problem how we go out now, you don't care about this!"
"Qiu Yan, if you wait patiently, I want to see who has put such a hell on earth!"
After a while, Old Man Li crawled over, and after coming, he first carefully inspected the coffin, and then looked through the cracks.
After looking around, Old Man Li sat down next to me, knocked on the coffin and said with a smile: "He boy, do you know what kind of material this is?" ”
I shook my head.
"Hehe, the world says that golden silk nanmu is the number one coffin material, only the emperor is qualified to use it, but few people know that in fact, the best coffin is stone wood!"
"Stonewood?" I asked.
"That's right, Ishaki! To put it bluntly, it is gloomy wood, but unlike gloomy wood, this kind of wood has been completely fossilized, to put it simply, it is a fossil of wood, a coffin made of this stone and wood, not to mention that it will not rot for ten thousand years, even if it is put to the end of the earth, it will not rot, and the most important thing is that this material is very dry and will not attract insects, so the people buried in this coffin will be preserved quite well! ”
Listening to Old Man Li's relish, I couldn't help but be curious, "Then according to what you say, this coffin is very valuable?" ”
"Hahahaha, it's not just valuable, it's priceless, do you know why so few people know about this material? It's because it's very rare, even if the emperor wants to use it, he can't find it without luck! ”
After listening, I touched the coffin and said curiously: "But there are no lines on it, as far as I know, even if it is gloomy wood, it will retain the original lines!" ”
"Hehe, the outside of the coffin and these beams are covered with a layer of mud and ash, and I cut it out of the cracks!"
"yes, then you have to open it up and take a look! Do you still light candles? Let's do it if you don't order it! I urged.
Old man Li patted his head at this time, and seemed to remember that he had come to the tomb, only to see him unload his backpack, take four very delicate white candles from it, and take a windproof lighter out.
He placed four candles on the four corners of the coffin, and tried to light them with a lighter, but he struck them a few times, and the flames of the lighter came together, and before they could get close to the candles, they were blown out by the hot air rising from below.
I lit it several times, but Old Man Li didn't light it, and gradually he became impatient, scolding and scolding in his mouth, and finally, he kicked the candle off with one kick and said fiercely: "Fuck it, Zongzi is Zongzi, Lao Tzu is still afraid that you can't do it!" ”
After speaking, Old Man Li picked up the sapper shovel he had brought and reached into the gap in the coffin.
Old man Li pry twice and didn't move, I took the shovel and tried it again, but a sapper shovel was really not good, so I called a brother with a gun and asked him to bring an extra shovel.
In the end, with the cooperation of the three of us and three shovels, the coffin lid was finally pried open.