Chapter 32: The Ancient Giant Banyan Tree
The bottom of the shaft was pierced by densely growing branches to block the way, and it took a lot of physical strength to cut through the thorns and thorns all the way down in front, and at this moment Wu Xin was really powerless, so he called Shen Jinsan to come down and tune with her.
In fact, Shen Jinsan was already tired, because this shaft was only about twenty meters deep as Wu Xin said before, and it was clearly more than twice as much, and the coin that was thrown down just fell on the tentacle and bounced on the stone on the side and got stuck.
Shen Jinsan took the dagger, holding the rope with one hand and standing on these dead branches with his feet, it was also a little unreasonable, how could trees still be found in this dark underground palace, it was really a fantasy.
Although the branches looked to have been dead for years, they were still very tough, and it was a bit of a struggle to cut them with such a dagger that was not too big or small.
Shen Jinsan asked Old Man Zhuo and Wu Xin to climb back, and when they were farther away, Shen Jinsan kept raising and falling with his knife, and the crackling sound in the shaft was endless.
Before he knew it, most of the branches had been cut off, and they stretched in as much as three or four meters, Shen Jinsan leaned on the wall of the well and gasped for breath, and blood spilled from the palm of his hand, which had been strangled by steel wire.
Seeing that the height of the dead branch was already level with the exit of the shaft, and he was afraid that the main rod of the dead branch would not be able to bear his weight and break, Shen Jinsan wrapped some of the excess rope that fell on it around his waist, and after wrapping it, he continued to cut it with a dagger until he dug a hole that could be drilled through.
Turn on the flashlight and shine it, the escalator below has long been rotten and collapsed, although it is not very real, but from the gap it can be faintly seen that the part hanging under your feet is extremely deep, and the space is huge.
The light swept through the dark shadows in a trance, always making people feel like something was lurking, and the terrifying silence in the dungeon couldn't help but send chills down people's spines.
Seeing that Shen Jinsan was finally finished, Old Man Zhuo and Wu Xin slowly descended.
Without waiting for the two of them to ask about the situation below, Shen Jinsan only said "go", he grabbed the dead branch and climbed down, and the two had to follow together.
The branches of the tree were very strong, not as fragile as Shen Jinsan thought, and they were getting thicker and thicker, and when you looked up, you could see that the roots of many tentacles were actually growing with the branches.
It was really difficult to climb up with their limbs hanging underneath, and the three of them simply turned over and climbed to the front and lay on top together, which was more convenient to move.
Wu Xin took out two cold fireworks from his backpack and polished them, and threw them in two different directions, and the entire cave was instantly illuminated.
They were really stunned by the sight in front of them, it was like a naturally formed cave the size of a football field, with a drop of at least more than 100 meters, and there were several clear streams on the top of the cave in the distance, which were just converging in a deep pool on the ground.
It is no wonder that the stream in the cave above is so deep and the relatively low burial chamber has not been flooded, and it turns out that the water has been diverted here.
A huge banyan tree grows in the center of the sky, its unfolded branches occupy almost half of the cave, you can see countless tentacles hanging down from the branches, some go deep into the ground, some penetrate the stone wall, what is more terrifying is that many tentacles are still hanging dry corpses and human bones, and even there are large pieces of white bones and corpses on the ground, it is not surprising to think that there will be a strong smell in the shaft.
At this time, the three of them finally figured out that the tentacles they encountered earlier were actually the air roots of this banyan tree, which had probably surrounded the entire tomb of King Yue, and now the branches they were clinging to could allow them to stand was already thick, but compared to the main pole, it was simply more hairy than thighs, even if there were more than a dozen people, it would not be able to hold it, and this tree may have survived for more than a thousand years.
Shen Jinsan whispered: "My God, is this coming to hell!" ”
Shen Jinsan thought that he seemed to have stabbed a horse peak, or accidentally knocked over the first of a set of dominoes, and he didn't know what other surprises were waiting for him behind.
How many terrible secrets are buried under Longjing Village, which has lived for many years, it is not a big deal to have secrets buried in the long river of history, and it can even be calculated in the hundreds of millions, but there are only a few that have produced a butterfly effect that has continued to the present day, and the death of the mother is one of them.
I really always wanted to figure out the ins and outs, but I never thought it would unfold in this way, and now I have become a tomb robber, not all right, I should say that I am an explorer.
In order to seek excitement and a fat man, a tomb robbery that is purely in the nature of playing tickets can be linked to the affairs of his parents, whether it is arranged by God or deliberately guided by someone, it is still unknown.
How can you break into the underground world that may have been sealed for thousands of years, and what kind of dusty history will be revealed by yourself, which is no less terrifying than any horror movie.
Old Man Zhuo was already speechless with shock, which completely refreshed his worldview, although Wu Xin was well-informed, she couldn't help but be shocked, she calmed down a little and quickly called the other two people back to the real world.
Wu Xin: "Hey, hey, hey, don't think about it there, should we go down to the ground first."
Shen Jinsan untied the rope on his waist and tied it on the branch to be used when he went back, and then reminded everyone that now that there is no rope protection, they must pay special attention to it later, once their hands slip, they will be crippled if they fall and will not die.
After hearing this, everyone put away their thoughts and began to concentrate on climbing trees.
Carefully brushing aside the tentacles hanging in front of you and the hideous-looking dried corpses all the way, I found that these dried corpses were all wearing ancient clothes, some from the Tang and Song dynasties and some from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it can be determined that many of them should have been here for thousands of years.
These people must have been caught by the banyan tree's air roots when they were alive and sucked up their body fluids, and they don't know how much sin they suffered in front of them, which is really unimaginable.
As the cold fireworks burned out, the three of them fell to the ground safely.
The bottom is full of human bones, there is no place to put feet, and there are many dried corpses that have been tied, and it can be seen that at some point in history, some poor people were forcibly sent here and died.
Although they were immovable corpses, it was not pleasant to be surrounded by them.
The three of them took off their masks and turned on their flashlights again to take a closer look.
"Bell Bell Bell ......"
The main stem of the banyan tree was as hard as steel, and it made a sonorous sound, but it was still dug out of many small rectangular holes like Buddhist shrines, but most of them were empty, and some of them left some gray-black powder I don't know what it was for.
Looking from the bottom to the top, this big banyan tree gives people an extremely depressing feeling, some of the many dried corpses hanging on the tree are still intact, some of the rest of the body has long been rotted and fallen off, only the body is still above, some eyes are open, because the eyeballs have long been rotten and shriveled, only two black holes are left, and the people below will always have a feeling of being stared at all the time, which is really creepy.
There was not a single leaf on the tree, and the tentacles were basically yellow and withered, indicating that the tree had long since died.
Wu Xin asked the other two: "Do you say that it is the first tree or the first tomb, many of the clothes worn by the dry corpses are earlier than the Song Dynasty, if this is really the tomb of Yue Fei, then according to my judgment, this tree must be earlier than the ancient tomb, at least thousands of years old, have you ever heard of the bronze ancient tree?" ”
Shen Jinsan: "There are records in many historical documents, there are bronze ancient trees buried in the ground in ancient times, the ancient trees and the heaven and the earth have the same life, the essence of the heaven and the aura of the earth and the body, there are still Daluo immortals and various mythical beasts living on it, but so far the archaeology has never found a bronze tree, only unearthed a bronze ritual vessel similar to the shape of the tree, according to the research, it was only used for sacrifice at that time and did not represent the tree, according to your meaning, this one is?" ”
Wu Xin asked for the dagger from Shen Jinsan's hand and cut it on the trunk of the tree: "It's hard to be sure, but the color of the trunk is indeed a bit like bronze, and it's so hard, the dagger can only leave a very shallow mark on it, do you feel that these dead people may be used for sacrifice." ”
Shen Jinsan: "Eight or nine is not far from ten!" ”