1

Go back to three days ago.

When the first rays of sunlight shone through the clouds, Sagir and his party of six had already arrived at the Heavenly Ladder Canyon of the Dragon Tomb.

"Is this obviously a glimmer of heaven, how can it be called Tianti Canyon?"

Sagir stood in front of the deep canyon crack, looking up, the gap between the two mountains, less than a finger wide, made people unconsciously depressed. He inspected his equipment one last time, and at the same time asked the guide he had hired at a high price, Poison Eye.

"It's been called that way all the time. Who knows why it's called that. Anyway, according to my father, no one has ever actually walked to the deepest part of the canyon. Maybe we'll go in today and find out why. ”

Sagir's "expedition team" consisted of six people. He brought two experts from Titan City, and invited this "poisonous eye" as a guide in the local area. Of course, "poisonous eyes" is Jiang Hu's name, which means that this guy who is 1.65 meters tall, has wide shoulders and long arms, and has vigorous hair, looks like a serious atavistic guy, and his eyes are extremely vicious. When trading with him, often the other party's things are only taken out, and before they get their hands on it, they can accurately judge the age of the thing, and even from which tomb it comes from. In addition, there is another reason that few people know, that is, this "poisonous eye" often stands on the top of the mountain and looks nearby for a while, and can accurately judge which location there will be a tomb, what level the owner of the tomb is, and how valuable the burial goods in the tomb may be......

In addition to this Poison Eye, there are two other locals, the Earth Tiger and the Leopard, who are strong men invited by Poison Eye. It is said to be a strong worker, but the fierce aura of these two people is by no means the kind of honest person who eats hard work can have.

"Professor Cheng, it is said that this canyon is quite strange inside, and in the past ten years, explorers have disappeared every year. The rescue team was only able to explore a third of the position, and no matter how far it went, it could not avoid losses......"

Sagir said to the real organizer of the expedition, Professor Cheng Wanlu.

"What? Are you scared? ”

Professor Cheng glanced at Sajir with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. Unexpectedly, this professor is actually a young and beautiful woman.

"How could I be afraid! What I mean is, you just stay outside and command, and a few of us can go in. Sagil reluctantly discerned. For men, being told by a beautiful woman that they are afraid is the same as saying that they can't do it is an unbearable accusation.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, I've been to more tombs in the world than you've been in nightclubs." Professor Cheng put on a CNC protective goggle, patted a young man in a white tights next to him and said, "Let's go." ”

Obviously, Professor Cheng is the real leader of this expedition organized by Sagir.

2

In the ladder canyon, the top is narrow and the bottom is wide. Even so, the space below is still very narrow. Not to mention the wild grass, only the chaotic dead vines greatly blocked the already small amount of light, and those vines were criss-crossed, and it was often necessary to cut off the vines in front of them to clear a passage for people to pass through.

At this time, the two strong workers found by Poison Eye gave full play to their role. Each of them had a machete, and they took turns swinging at the vines that stood in their way. Another swayed a powder mixed with realgar and white ash along the way.

"That's why winter came in." Professor Cheng said to Sagir as he walked: "If it's summer, the vines here are lush and leafy, and it is even more difficult to walk. Moreover, not to mention poisonous insects, snakes and scorpions, mosquitoes alone can eat us. ”

"Yes, you're Shengming." Sajir licked it, took out his mobile phone and looked at it: "It's only been more than ten meters in, and there is no signal." ”

"There should be large magnetite mines in the mountains on both sides, not to mention the mobile phone signal, even the compass is not working." Professor Cheng glanced at the portable compass on his wrist and said.

"! It's the end? ”

The ground tiger at the front of the team suddenly cursed.

At this time, it was only a few dozen meters into the canyon, and they had already reached the end in front of them.

3

"Climb up, I now probably know why it's called 'Ladder Canyon'." Professor Cheng looked up and said calmly.

This time, it was the strong man named Leopard, who gave his backpack to the Earth Tiger, spat and foamed on his non-slip gloves, and then grabbed the vines and climbed up the rock deftly.

Three minutes later, a protective rope was thrown from above, and the leopard shouted from above: "About five meters, climb up!" ”

The group grabbed the rope and climbed up one after another, and there was a narrow passage above, and it was still necessary to clear the passage with a machete before they could pass.

Then, after a gentle passage of dozens of meters, there was another five-meter-high cliff.

By the time this was repeated for the fourth time, everyone was exhausted and out of breath. So everyone had to stop, drink some water, replenish some energy, and regain their physical fitness.

Sagir sat on the edge of the cliff, took out a bottle of energy drink and drank it, looked down in the direction he came, and said: "No wonder this place is called 'Ladder Canyon', let's come all the way, and look back it really looks like a staircase." ”

"Unless it's a giant more than twenty meters tall." Professor Cheng Wanlu sat side by side with him, playing with a black diamond-shaped stone in her hand, and said with feeling: "I have summarized the explorers and tomb robbers who died in the past, and there are records to prove that they all happened in spring, summer, and autumn. So I chose to come in in the winter. ”

"Professor Cheng, according to the difficulty of our entry, it is still with the help of modern tools. Do you think it is really possible for the legendary king from hundreds of years ago to build his tomb here? ”

"I can only say that I am more sure now." Professor Cheng replied.

4

In the same way as before, they marched up five floors, and this time when they finished climbing and were about to rest, the leopard suddenly cursed and said, "Nima!" ”

Everyone followed the prestige and found that in the place where the leopard was about to rest, there was a skeleton hanging on two vines.

"There's that too."

A little deeper, Poison Eye used the special trekking poles he carried with him to pick open the vines, and sure enough, against the cliff wall, there was another white bone.

"I'm afraid there's more to it."

Professor Cheng took out a tactical flashlight and shone it upwards along the vines, and soon, he found that a few meters away from the ground, there were two skeletons hanging in the air against the cliff.

"Brother Poison, this is a little fucking scary." Dihu spat on the ground and said with a depressed face.

Poison Eye replied dismissively, "What's scary?" The men died here, their flesh gnawed clean by insects, and their bones were carried into the air by vine growth. Hum! This bowl of rice is not something that anyone can eat! ”

"Anyway, you have to be more careful. All these people have left is bones, and it is impossible to see how they died. So, be careful of any unknowable dangers at all times. Professor Cheng turned off the flashlight and whispered to Sagir and the young man in white.

Sagil nodded. The white-clothed young man squinted his eyes, took out a strangely shaped weapon from behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "I'll open the way ahead." ”

……

On the road after that, sure enough, the young man in white walked in the front. The weapon in his hand was a bit like a scythe with an elongated rod, and although it had a strange shape, it was extremely effective at cutting vines. Therefore, it was up to him to break through the vines that stood in his way in front of him and move forward efficiently; Ground tigers and leopards are responsible for widening the road with machetes behind; Poison Eye is responsible for splashing the powder that repels poisonous insects on the road it passes. It's faster than before.

It's just that from this level, you can find white bones hidden in the vines on each floor. Some were in the corners, some were hung in the air by vines.

In this way, they marched up three more floors, and when they reached the cliff, it was the leopard who climbed up and threw the safety rope down. As a result, when he was about to grab the vine, the young man in white suddenly grabbed the clothes on his back and pulled him back.

"Be careful!"

"Xiaoyu, what did you find?"

Professor Cheng immediately leaned over and asked.

Xiao Yu didn't speak, but used his "long-handled sickle" to cut off all the vines on a cliff wall in front of him in three or two strokes.

When the vines fell, revealing the cliff wall, everyone couldn't help but gasp at the same time!

5

On the cliff wall, there are sharp stone nails one by one!

The texture of this cliff is mostly bluestone. It's just that in this piece of bluestone, every other foot, a sharp, black stone nail pokes out of the cliff wall. The length of the stone nails varies, some are about two inches, others are close to half a foot. The years are long, and they are hidden behind those withered vines. If it weren't for Xiao Yu's vigilance, he would inadvertently be pierced by this stone nail when climbing, and it is also possible that his body would be nailed to this stone nail if he was unlucky.

"It's insidious!"

The leopard scolded, if Xiao Yu hadn't grabbed him just now, maybe he would have been pierced by this stone nail by now. At this time, the leopard couldn't help but get angry from his heart, raised the machete in his hand, and smashed it at a stone nail with the back of the knife!

With a "dang" sound, the stone nail sparked everywhere, and the knife in the leopard's hand almost escaped, but the stone nail was not damaged at all.

"Is it so sturdy?"

The tiger next to him leaned over curiously and took out a hammer from the tool bag he was carrying: "Try this." ”

This time, because of the preparation, the earth tiger stood firm, held the handle of the hammer tightly with both hands, found a good angle, rounded the hammer, and went up with a heavy hammer-

"Dang!"

The violent vibration bounced back, and the Earth Tiger's hands went numb for a while. As a result, the black stone nails were still intact.

6

"Alright, don't get along with this thing. Even if you can smash it, there are so many here, can you smash them all? Save some effort, you have to climb up. ”

The poisonous eye stopped the earth tiger that was about to continue to smash again, and continued to march upward.

"Hehe, although this vine is broken, this stone nail has just become a stepping thing. Okay, I'll go up this time! ”

The earth tiger put away the hammer and reached out to grab the stone spike, which was used as a climbing aid to climb the rock.

Every time it climbs up, the tiger cuts off the vines on the top, revealing the stone nails, and then continues upward.

As you go up, the vines at the top of the sky become denser, and although the vines dry up and have no leaves in winter, they still block most of the sunlight. So, when you look up, it's already blurry a few meters away.

Waiting for the tiger's body to disappear on the cliff, everyone waited for him to throw the safety rope down, but as a result, a few minutes passed, and there was no movement at all.

"Earth Tiger! Earth Tiger! What the are you doing? Dead on the top? The leopard was in a hurry, and the first one got impatient and threw up his head and shouted.

……

There was no movement on it.

Everyone looked at each other.

Isn't this going to be the case?