Chapter 154: Human, Inhuman
At this time, the four of them came to a corner again, not much different from before, and the lamp stands hanging on the wall were the same. There will be a candlestick at every other distance.
But then, walking and stopping along the way, the naked eye passed basically the same place, and under the dim light, it was not even clear whether it was lost or an evil spirit.
However, in order to prove the conjecture in his heart, Xu Ran left a mark every time he passed a corner, and this mark was painted very peculiarly, and each one was different.
In this way, Xu Ran led the three of them for a long time, and in the end, he found that he had returned to the original starting point.
Is it a labyrinth?
The four of them raised their eyebrows, only then did they realize that they were trapped here.
It seems that the night pearl just now is actually a key to unlock the mechanism.
"What to do, we seem to be trapped." Li Donghai was a little anxious and slapped the walls around him, but he didn't find any mechanism.
Xu Ran nodded, he didn't have any good way.
But at this moment, Sun Lili found that there was a candlestick hanging on the wall not far away, so she couldn't resist her curiosity, pointed over there and said, "You see, will that lamp be a mechanism?" ”
"It's possible" Xu Ran looked at it quietly for a while, then stretched out his hand to Sun Lili and said, "Give me that night pearl." ”
Sun Lili didn't think about it at all, so she put the night pearl in Xu Ran's palm, and she had reached blind trust in Xu Ran.
"You wait here, I'll go by myself." Xu Ran held the Night Pearl in his hand and walked over with a calm face.
It was true that a candlestick hung in front, but no one noticed it because it was not lit.
Xu Ran put the night pearl in the center of the candlestick, and after a while, the candlestick lit up with a light blue light. Then there was a shaking of the ground, and from the corner in front of it, a wall rose up, and then a doorway appeared in front of me.
"Let's go over." Xu Ran was walking in front first, and suddenly a voice behind him attracted him, frowning his brows, as if he felt that the voice was getting closer and closer.
He quietly slowed down, then glanced at Li Donghai and the others, and slowly fell behind.
His face was very calm, and curiosity arose in his heart, he wanted to see who was so bold that he dared to pretend to be a ghost in front of him.
After walking for a while, they were more than three meters away from Li Donghai, and the subtle sound became more and more obvious, Xu Ran became more cautious at this moment, and his steps slowly relaxed, as if he was stepping on ice, like walking on thin ice.
The voice sounded faintly behind him, which seemed to overlap with Xu Ran's footsteps, and the sound was very continuous, as if it was close to him, but when he turned back suddenly, he found that there was nothing behind him.
This is strange, Xu Ran must have heard it correctly, the footsteps he landed on the ground just now were very slight, and he could hardly even hear himself, how could he make a sound.
There must be something strange here, but where the weirdness is, Xu Ran doesn't know.
But he is a bold man, and it feels normal to hear it, but for a city person, it is undoubtedly like a nightmare.
"Brother Xu, did you find anything abnormal." Li Donghai stood up and looked back at Xu Ran, who was walking this way.
"Nope!" Xu Ran shook his head, looked ahead and said, "You have to be prepared, there may be other creatures here." ”
The three of them nodded, and then they all showed frightened expressions, who could stand being stared at by a pair of unknown eyes behind them, except for Xu Ran, it is estimated that no one can be so indifferent.
But after the four of them walked for a while, they heard the footsteps, which suddenly disappeared, as if they had never appeared, which was strange, but no one said it explicitly, because once they said it, it was easy to cause panic.
The four of them kept walking forward, and after passing through this corridor, there was still a dark corridor in front of them, and it seemed that no matter where they went, they could not leave this deep corridor.
After walking for so long, I don't need to be reminded, but I also know that this is an underground palace, whether it is built and styled, it is very national.
"You say, could this be an ancient tomb?" Li Donghai looked around and suddenly asked questions. ”
"I think the structure here is like an ancient tomb." Feng Gaojie said, suddenly staring ahead, his face became very strange at this moment: "Look! There seems to be a bridge over there. ”
She pointed to the front, and there was indeed a wooden bridge hanging not far away, but the chains tied to it were rusty due to age.
"Could this be the place Fang Junwei is looking for?" Sun Lili stared at the wooden bridge with wide eyes and curiosity.
This bridge, Xu Ran saw in the book, is called the Hanging Bridge, and the book also records the size and area of the Hanging Bridge, which is the only way to the tomb.
But the arrival here is enough to show that they are not very far from the burial chamber.
But they now have to face a problem, that is, how to walk over the bridge, don't look at the plank intact, but after years of devastation, it is very likely to step on the air and fall directly under the cliff.
In the face of this safety problem, except for Xu Ran, the rest of the people were staring at the bottom of the cliff tremblingly, for fear that one would fall directly if they were unstable.
"I'll go first, you wait here." Xu Ran walked to the edge of the cliff with a flat face, a few stones fell off the cliff because they couldn't stand the gravity squeeze, Xu Ran didn't care about being in danger, his eyes stared for a moment, and he stepped on the plank.
His foot made several people's hearts hang, but fortunately, the first foot stepped on it firmly, and there were no accidents, followed by the second foot, the third foot, and he walked directly to the middle of the suspension bridge. The three people who stood on the edge of the cliff and watched were relieved.
However, don't look at the length of this wooden bridge, but you have to be very careful every step you take when walking on thin ice.
Finally, after walking for about three or four minutes, Xu Ran had already walked two-thirds of the way, and when everyone thought everything was safe, suddenly a wooden board fell below, Xu Ran staggered and shook, and when he was about to fall, he held on to the chain, people were shaking, and the bridge was shaking.
It's dangerous!
The three of them all pinched a cold sweat for Xu Ran, and then saw Xu Ran walk over, this time there was no accident, Xu Ran quickly walked to the opposite side.
"Come here one by one, it's safe now." Xu Ran's words made the three of them feel a lot more at ease. Feng Gaojie walked over first, because Xu Ran had explored the road in front of her before, she crossed the bridge quite quickly, and it took less than three minutes to stand by Xu Ran's side.
Then, it was Sun Lili, but she was less bold and reluctant to go ahead, so this time she could only let Li Donghai go first.
"Lili, then I'll go over first." Li Donghai was not polite, raised his toes and trotted over, a few points faster than Feng Gaojie.
In the end, Sun Lili, but she always hesitated, her front foot stepped on the plank, and the back foot retracted, hesitated for a while, and under the persuasion of everyone, finally both feet stepped on the plank.
She walked even slower than Xu Ran, and she would be stunned for a second or two with every step, and then her body swayed, and then she took the next step in fear.
Li Donghai and Feng Gaojie, who were standing opposite, both sweated for her, and almost didn't lift her away.
But suddenly, there was a sound of a heavy object hitting the ground from the bottom of the cliff, and the sound was very dull from the bottom up, and when I heard it, I knew that a big guy was coming up.
Li Donghai and Feng Gaojie's expressions were very nervous, obviously not only Xu Ran heard this voice, but even Li Donghai and Feng Gaojie also heard it.
At the bottom of the cliff was a pitch-black thing, which was too dark to see at all, and could only be judged from the vague black shadows that he looked a bit like a human figure.
"What's that?" Li Donghai exclaimed, Feng Gaojie turned pale with fright, and Sun Lili, who was crossing the bridge, was even more frightened and screamed.
Only Xu Ran was the calmest, after all, he had seen a lot of monsters, and he was almost used to it.
Xu Ran squatted down, put the backpack on the ground, then opened the zipper, took out a strong flashlight, and put the bag behind him, then stood up, touched the button with his fingers, and pressed it gently.
A bright white light shone towards the cliff, instantly shining on the black figure.
Xu Ran didn't know what the other people's expressions were, but he knew that he was slightly stunned after seeing the figure of the monster, and then remembered incredibly what the hotel owner had told him that day.
Wu Shen's wife gave birth to a child with a cat's face.
To be exact, it didn't look like a person at all, but a monster with a human body.
I saw that the hair on its head was very black, smooth and shiny, thick and out, covering the entire back, if you didn't look at its front, it would be exactly like the long-haired waist-length beauty mentioned on TV.
It's just that its fingers are very white, and much longer than an adult's hand, and it grips the rock wall very firmly, and its nails are crescent-shaped, a bit like a cat's claws.
When Xu Ran's light shone on this monster, it made a beast's cry, very low, as if it was afraid of bright light.
Xu Ran urged Sun Lili on the bridge, but she was like nailed to the wooden bridge, stunned in a daze, at a loss, without any movement, like a shell that had lost her soul.
Li Donghai and Feng Gaojie on the side were so anxious that they broke out in a cold sweat and called Sun Lili's name vigorously.
But no matter how loud their voices are, they can't pull Sun Lili back to reality.
This girl can't really be scared silly, right?
Xu Ran sighed slightly, and then threw the flashlight to Li Donghai.
"That monster is afraid of light, you take it, I'll save your classmates."
Even though Li Donghai nodded in agreement, but in this flash, the monster moved again, crawling on the wall on all fours without hindrance, as if walking on the flat ground very quickly, and suddenly jumped to the wooden bridge.
"Sun Lili!" Feng Gaojie stood on the edge of the cliff and called her name vigorously, but no matter how she shouted, Sun Lili didn't react at all. "It's a real rush."
Feng Gaojie walked around the edge of the cliff, looking very anxious.
However, at the moment when the monster jumped onto the wooden bridge, Xu Ran finally saw its full picture.
It was a very ugly face, the face was covered with black hair, and at first glance it did look like a cat face, but it was actually a human face, but it had a strange appearance, and people mistook it for a cat face.
As for why it evolved into this way, Xu Ran couldn't say clearly, maybe it had something to do with the pattern on the wall.
It's the god component again! Xu Ran gritted his teeth secretly, of course he remembered the symbol of the God Organization. When he saw the pattern, he already knew who was behind it.