Chapter 25 Underground Ancient Cities
After walking for a long time, my leg injury was no longer able to support it, so we found a place to rest.
Sweat continued to slide down my face and back, and some of it flowed to the wound, irritating the wound like a pinprick.
I looked at the wounds on my arms and legs, due to the intense action in front of me, they began to bleed again, stained red with bandaged gauze, and now we didn't have any equipment on us, and we couldn't change the dressing, what should I do, I closed my eyes and kept suppressing the panicked mood. Calm down, I need to be calm. Sister Yue looked at my wound with a very anxious expression.
"Grass, you rest. I'll see if we can go up where we fell. β
I nodded. Sister Yue quickly ran in the direction we came.
As time passed, I gradually calmed down, looked at the dark space, and my thoughts began to think uncontrollably.
If I walk with Sister Yue, there is no food, no water, and my injuries, we may not be able to last long. It's such a huge underground space. When will we be able to get out? Both could die. If, if Sister Yue goes by herself, her actions are fast, maybe she can still meet John, although it will be more dangerous, but at least she can save one person's life, if they can find me, I may also have hope of living, if I can't find me,---- I may die here. Dusty Wind and Brother Dong can't come here without a guide... Alas. I closed my eyes and frowned, thinking about all possibilities, and then looking at the wounds on my arms and legs, despair slowly came over me. In the face of death, the inner contradiction is more intense, I have never been so close to the real human nature, only when life and death come to my head, can I understand what is called human nature, I do want Sister Yue to take care of me now, but, but I can't deprive her of the hope of survival! Conflicted feelings and the pain of the wound, I gradually lowered my head and silently made a decision,
Sister Yue came back after a while. "The place where we fell is not good, the sand has been blocked on it, it seems that we should find a place to go out again." Sister Yue was a little deflated. After saying that, sit next to me. Seeing that I kept my head down and didn't speak, he took out some medicine from my coat pocket and gave it to me.
I looked at the pills, "Sister Yue, you see me like this, I may not be able to get out alive, you can keep the medicine, maybe you can use it later if you are injured." β
Sister Yue was stunned for a moment, didn't speak, and just put the medicine to my mouth, and I slowly turned my head away.
Suddenly, Sister Yue slapped me in the face, and I covered my face and looked at her in surprise.
"Do you know that it's often not a weapon or a disease that kills a person, it's your own brain, and if your mind has already decided that you're dead, no one can save you. Give me the medicine! Otherwise, I'll chop you now! Sister Yue said, anxious tears flowed out. I really don't want to see someone cry because of me, and it's the first time I've seen someone cry while scolding.
My nose is also a little sour, but I'm a man, I can't cry at this time, I silently lowered my head, took Sister Yue's medicine, and ate it in one bite. The bitter medicine melts in the mouth instantly. This medicine is indeed bitter, but it is really nothing compared to death. After resting for a while, Sister Yue tightened the bandages on my arms and legs, and we continued walking.
There are a lot of thick pillars, each about two meters in diameter, and the huge dungeon is supported by thousands of such pillars, and this space is a bit like an underground aquifer, which was remodeled after the water emptied, and there are many ruins and broken walls everywhere, and there are grooves that resemble beds, as if they were once inhabited. Many dry bones are scattered throughout the ancient city, and due to the rough production of various utensils, it feels like they should be thousands of years old. Could it be that the ancestors of the ancient city of Saya lived underground? And the appearance of some corpses, as if they had experienced a tragic war, suddenly thought of the word "slaughter of the city", yes, it seems to be slaughtered here.
We kept walking towards more and more ruins and broken walls, and when we got to the back, I basically relied on Sister Yue's support to walk. Due to sweating, our physical strength decreased rapidly, and I could see the sweat on Sister Yue's forehead sliding down. This really doesn't work, it's time to separate. I found a place to lean on, sat down slowly, and said to Sister Yue:
"Yue, Sister Yue, it's no good, I can't walk, you go to the rescue first, whether it's John or Brother Dong, they're too slow to take me, you move fast, only this is hope." Sister Yue shook her head and wanted to continue to pull me up.
I blocked the outstretched hand, "Sister Yue! Listen to me! This will drag both of us to death, you go to find help and come to me, maybe we still have hope! "I'm afraid that Sister Yue won't listen to it, so she yells hard.
Sister Yue looked at me, and I saw in her eyes that she was anxious, helpless, and worried, and her eyes were a little red.
Then she rubbed her eyes and said, "Then you can listen to me!" When I don't come back, you are not allowed to walk away by yourself, and after a while it is time to take the third medicine, you must remember to take it! Finally, don't think nonsense, my Yue Xiaoye said that he would come back! β
I smiled. Finally persuaded her.
"Did you hear me clearly?" Sister Yue roared.
"Got it, got it" I continued to pretend to smile.
After speaking, Sister Yue stuffed the medicine into my hand, took the flashlight and ran immediately, I looked at the direction she ran away, my heart sank, Sister Yue's flashlight was getting weaker and weaker, until I couldn't see it, I slowly turned off my flashlight. I'm the only one left in the endless darkness.
I don't know how long I sat there, my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, and the loneliness came over me in an instant. The pain in my leg kept coming, and the blood loss made me feel colder and colder. I can even hear my breathing, my heartbeat, maybe when a person is in such a quiet environment, he will think about his life well.
In this ancient dungeon, I may be about to draw an end, I began to recall, since I was a child, how smooth my life was, when I was a child, I climbed trees to steal peaches, I jumped over the wall and skipped class in middle school, and I fought with others for a girl in college, how naΓ―ve and precious the experience was now, and now it has all become my wealth, the wealth I can recall, and it is because of this that I can be so calm. Only when I think of my parents, the affection in my heart is difficult to calm down, and I don't know when the tears have flowed into my mouth.
I looked overhead, but unfortunately it wasn't the sky, and if it were, I could still see the stars.
Hey? What is that? Are they really stars? I saw that there were so many points of light on the top of the pillar, which was as beautiful as the starry sky. Am I hallucinating? I looked at the table below, and it was already past 12 o'clock in the evening. Should I sleep for a while, I want to conserve my strength as much as possible, so I lay on the ground, and the special starry sky above my head looked so mysterious and wonderful.
Gradually, I noticed that there were more and more 'stars', and they began to fall slowly from above, could it be fireflies? The points of light became denser and denser, and as these 'firefly'-like highlights fell, the whole space became brighter, and it could be seen that there was a large dome and tall pillars above, and there were many arches linked to the top, but the carvings and patterns on it were not clear.
It was so amazing that I sat up and looked at the little dots of light that looked like it was snowing. I slowly took it with my hands, but strange things happened, and the points of light passed through my palms and passed through the other side. It continued to fall to the ground, but it did not penetrate and rolled on the ground. I was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed my hand and squeezed it, but fortunately, I felt that I was still an entity, not a soul. I quickly patted myself on the head again, it hurt, not a dream. Just as I was confirming that I was alive. I turned my head to see that small spots of light in the distance began to gather.
After gathering, the light points slowly piled up in the shape of a human being, and gradually the shape of many people appeared, and they walked forward while gathering, everyone's eyes, nose and mouth were black holes, looking like skeletons, very scary, watching them come like me, I climbed behind a pillar with difficulty.
The human form formed by these points of light gradually converged into a long procession, the people walking in front of them had high hat-like things on their heads, and the people behind them held things with both hands, and some held signs, they walked step by step, very neatly, like a saint in the pilgrimage to move forward slowly. And at the end of the procession I saw a huge mount, bigger than an elephant, not like a lion, not like a tiger, with a pair of green eyes hidden in the golden hair, and a look full of disdain, on his back hung a seat, and the sand tent fluttered around him, and in it sat a man, this figure seemed to be a woman, she was half sitting and half lying on the chair, her posture was very graceful, her hair was in a high bun. This phenomenon is completely beyond the scope of my comprehension, I can only look at it in a daze, cover my mouth, and dare not make a sound or disturb.
And when the huge mount walked past where I was hiding, it suddenly stopped. The mount turned its head and looked at me with wide eyes, I panicked, what should I do, was it discovered, I was a little trembling with fright, and hurriedly stepped back from the position where I was sitting. At this time, the graceful female figure also turned her head to look at me, her eyes were not black holes, she looked like the flying sky in the Dunhuang murals, she slowly floated down and walked towards me. I thought these things were some kind of illusion, but were they conscious? Could it be the zombie that Brother Dong said? Zongzi? No, my escape, just as I struggled to prop up my legs to run, I suddenly felt my arm being grabbed, I hurriedly looked back, the hair stood up, it was the woman, she grabbed me, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't break free. I'd rather die quietly than be eaten by zongzi! Fight! I pulled out the knife and stabbed it with my other hand, but my knife and hand actually went through her body, and I couldn't get anything, the light just shook a little, and then returned to its original position. Could it be that I was caught by a vision, so I struggled hard, and covered my head with my hands in fear, and the woman's face was getting closer and closer, and suddenly there was a voice in my ear:
"You're finally here."
Instantly, I felt like I had been enchanted, and I couldn't move.
I could only open my eyes and look at her, only to see the golden woman slowly hold up my hands and lead me, and then suddenly tugged, I saw a figure with the same light detached from me, her long hair, so familiar, this, this seems to be the woman in my dream, the female ghost!
Then, I saw two women holding hands and floating forward. And I knelt down on my knees as if I had collapsed, and then I shook and fell to the ground, and my eyes were confused as they walked farther and farther, farther and farther, and slowly disappeared.