Chapter 209: Dry Bones in the Rock
I stretched out my arm so hard that I could touch the edge of the flashlight, just a little bit, my fingertips moved the flashlight slightly, but I couldn't pick it up, I stretched out my hand, twisted to avoid the stone ridge, the rock crack became narrower and narrower, and the flashlight was jammed.
It was impossible to get it, and I was a little angry, and I got up and kicked the rock, and it immediately moved like a piece of soft meat, and I heard a series of crisp sounds, and the flashlight stumbled and fell into the depths of the rock.
I could only give up, take out another one from the backpack, open it and see that this is a cave of about three square meters, the roof of the cave is sealed, the four walls are all uneven rocks, there are many rock crevices, but the widest one can only be stuffed into one hand, I can't help sighing, and thought it was a desperate life, it turned out to be just from a large cage to a small one.
The air was damp, and there was water in the crevices of the rocks beneath your feet, and this cave was different from what you had seen along the way, and the marine life was especially thriving, much like near the entrance, but it was already deep in the center of the floating island.
Even though there is nothing here, I still don't dare to let my guard down, the rocks under my feet and around are covered with seaweed, a piece of black and brown, pinching it will flow out of the water, and the stone walls on both sides are also very wet, as if I have just been soaked in the water.
I can't help but think of the gourd-shaped cave, which must have had a hole of water not long ago.
I subconsciously looked at my feet, and all I saw were large rocks, but the stones here were very fine, they were criss-crossed, tightly pressed together, and there must be an exit below.
I hesitated, I didn't know whether to stimulate this maze again, if I thought wrong, maybe I would be squeezed to death here, my heart was still beating for the thrill of Fang Cai, I hesitated for a long time, but still sat down.
The seagrass had accumulated an abundant amount of water, my pants were wet again, and under the seagrass were dense shellfish, it was very uncomfortable to sit, and this was really not a good place to rest, so I looked around carefully, and there was indeed no way out or danger, so I turned off the flashlight.
I don't know what to do at all, the maze is regular, these rock crevices will open sooner or later, but I can't do anything after leaving, I don't know the right route, it's just a waste of effort to walk around, it's better to wait here quietly for the gods to find me.
I know how important I am, I can't get the jade without me, they will definitely come to me, now that I think about it, the words that I didn't hear when Nineteen shouted at that time may be to make us wait where we are.
It turned out that it came to this point, the rocks here are all solid, the sound insulation is very good, I don't know if Brother Shen heard my scream, but I couldn't hear him, that piercing scream is still in my ears, now that I think about it, the thing that made the sound must be very close to us.
The rock under my feet suddenly moved, I was startled, I quickly jumped up and turned on the flashlight, the rock wriggled under my feet, like a wave of flesh, the stone wall was not divided, the large and small rock crevices began to twist and move, I turned around, and I didn't find any to get out.
They are still too narrow, the widest one can only accommodate me to pass sideways, the equipment cannot be carried on my back, they are still moving slowly, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, I dare not rush in.
There was no crack under my feet, I found a flat rock and squatted down, the chaotic movement made me dizzy, I don't know how long it took, the movement finally stopped, there was no more friction in my ears, I stood up and looked around, which rock crack was the widest I saw at first had been tightly closed, and the side was open, but still none of them could get out.
I vaguely saw a figure standing in a few crevices, but unfortunately the entrance was too narrow to squeeze into, and I was soon caught by one of the crevices that had just been opened, and I saw a rotten and blackened human hand bone visible under the seaweed at the entrance of the crevice.
My heart tightened, and soon calmed down, just bones, nothing to be afraid of, it looked like it was a long time old, it had been deeply embedded in the rock, I squatted down and looked carefully, only to see that the bones of the hand had grown together with the rock, the surface layer was polished smooth, the joints were almost rotten, only the longer bones could barely see the shape.
I cautiously reached out to remove the seaweed around me, only to see a whole skeleton embedded in the rock crevice, it was crooked, its body was twisted, it was forcibly crushed many times at a glance, the black of the bones was very abnormal, as if it had been poisoned to death, except for the seagrass hanging above, there was no creature nearby, it looked very abrupt.
I swallowed, and the scalp was tingling to see a skeleton up close, and though it was mostly rotten, I could still see the shape of the human body, its spine bones ground to the edges and corners of it, twisted in the middle.
If this is the case when this person dies, I don't know how much it hurts, I quickly dispel this thought, it can only be caused by being crushed after death, I can't imagine anything that can twist a person alive.
It must have been a man, and a rather strong man, it had a large skeleton, the environment here was not suitable for preserving corpses, I couldn't tell how long he had been dead, this floating island was much more complicated than I thought, I didn't expect to see human remains here.
Floating islands have existed for too long, and they must have been discovered more than once, just like the fishermen at the beginning, people are always curious about the unknown, and if I suddenly see an island appear out of thin air, I will definitely come to find out.
I shivered and shivered as I felt the chill all over my body, and my eyes were fixed on its skull, which was so hard that it was the easiest of all the bones in the human body to survive, and I saw that there were two small holes in this skull, which pierced the strong skull completely.
I couldn't help but reach out and touch it, the small hole is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, as if it was bitten out by something, if the wound is on the flesh, it is probably the appearance of being bitten by a poisonous snake, the skull of a normal person is one to one and a half centimeters thick, looking at the appearance of the wound, the thing that bites it has fangs at least two centimeters long, and the bite force is very large, and one bite pierces the bone.
I quickly stood up and looked around, there was nothing, the thing that attacked him was not here, I was still not at ease, and looked again at the rock crevice, there was no shadow of any terrifying creature, I knew that I was too grassy and woody, this person has been dead for I don't know how many years, even if there is something, it is impossible to stay here forever.
I crouched down again and looked closely, and there were no other wounds on the bones except for the two strange little holes, and I couldn't tell how he died, whether it was from a skull wound or poison, and the most likely thing that bit him was poisonous.
I suddenly felt very thirsty, took out the water and took a sip, there was a crisis everywhere under the calm, the maze itself that can crush people is terrible enough, but there are also unknown horror creatures hidden, what bites him is not the same as the "ghost" who caught me three times, if he can die in one bite, that guy will not choose to catch me.
It's really hell here.
The rock began to move slowly again, the top of the head was closed, it was not before it fell, the floating island does not seem to be big, but I don't know how many layers there are, in fact, it can't be calculated by layers, the terrain is complex, the people who built the labyrinth themselves are to build it into an impossible fortress, I have experienced so many difficult predicaments to get out, here is the smallest one, but the most complex and difficult to walk.
"Smack."
There was a sudden thud from under my feet, and I jumped backwards in fright, and under the light of the white flashlight, I saw something fall out of the crack in the rock.
It was a strange piece of metal, diamond-shaped, very small, only about two centimeters long, badly corroded, with barely visible patterns on it, and a slight grayish-green tinge, probably made of bronze.
I took a closer look, and then I saw that it had fallen out of the skeletal hand, which was tightly curled up, better preserved than the other, but it only looked like this, its bones were already crispy, and just as the rock moved, it just squeezed it, and squeezed out two of its finger bones, and this thing fell out.
I couldn't help frowning, bronze is the earliest alloy, it is very stable, not easy to be corroded, like the Shang and Zhou dynasties can survive the cultural relics are basically bronze, but in the late Warring States period there was already a preliminary steelmaking technology, bronze was gradually eliminated, as long as you see bronze, it will make people feel ancient, is it possible that this person has died here in the Shang and Zhou dynasties?
How old is the island? I don't dare to think about it, I think too biasedly, although bronze represents an era, but future generations can also cast bronze, this thing doesn't mean anything.
I hesitated, but picked up the bronze piece, but I didn't expect it to be the back, and the front of it was also engraved with a pattern that was no longer clear, and there were three strange numbers engraved on it.
The number is vertical, it is a Chinese character with a capital case - twenty twenty, but the Chinese character is a little strange, the two horizontal lines of the word "two" are a length, and the same is true of the word "ten", more like a "+" sign, I don't understand what this means at all, if you want to express two hundred and twenty, it should also be two hundred and twenty, what is twenty and twenty?
But it seems that he has not been dead for long, and there will definitely be no such Chinese characters in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, so I hesitated for a moment, and stuffed the metal piece into his coat pocket, and he still held it tightly before he died, which must have been something very important, maybe it was brought out from the depths of the mausoleum.
The rock was still moving, and it was getting more and more violent, and the maze was active again, so I ignored it, retreated to a relatively large rock, and spun around with my flashlight.
The skeleton was swallowed up by the moving rock, and I couldn't see it anymore, and the whole cavern wriggled as if it were alive, and the water was spilling in little by little under my feet, and it was still very fast.