Chapter 23, A
And now, this horrible little creature was rolling in the water incessantly, making a high-pitched and piercing cry, like countless fingernails scraping against glass.
"It's finally out, it's really fast, I thought you were playing abnormally."
Ah Chuan opened his mouth, his tone was very relaxed, and his eyes looking at Xiao Qi were full of banter.
"If I hadn't just come in and was unprepared...... Xiao Qi snorted coldly.
I couldn't interject at all, but I seemed to understand that this strange thing should be the son of the broken mother, but I don't know why it's here.
I took another look at the cave, and saw that the water was converging here from all directions, and there must be a corner here leading into the tomb.
The thing soon stopped moving, and I saw puffs of black water coming out of its mouth, and quickly took two steps back.
"It's a shame that you're still wearing a diving suit, I'm not afraid that you're afraid of a bird." Ah Chuan looked at me and smiled.
I don't know why, but even though the mask on his face was wrinkled and scary, I could still feel that he was smiling cheaply, and this person always gave me the impression that he was very improper.
The black water spread, and I saw a small thing popping out of the thing's mouth, with eyes the size of a grain of rice, earthy gray, a very pointed head, a slender body, covered with dense scales, and a long tail dragging on.
At first glance, this thing looks like some kind of lizard, but the scales look more like pangolins, and I've seen pangolins, and they don't look like it.
The little thing came out of the water, climbed up along Ah Chuan's legs, and rolled up very obediently and wrapped around his wrists.
I looked at him in surprise: "What's that?" Why haven't I seen you take it out all the way? ”
"A," Ah Chuan raised his hand and touched it, "Are you sure you haven't seen it all the way?" ”
I was startled, and when I think about it carefully, I seem to have really seen it, the first time was in the cave where the dried corpses were hung, and it should be the one who hid behind the beam and bit off the rope, and the second time was in the corridor, I vaguely saw a shadow running towards the fox, and then I heard the fox's scream.
I looked at Ah Chuan, and I felt more and more that he couldn't see through it, I didn't know what this little thing called A was, just its speed and power could make my intestines rot in minutes.
A is terrible, but what is even more terrifying is its owner, this guy who speaks without a proper attitude and always laughs, who is sacred.
The water was already up to her waist while talking, Xiao Qi was still motionless, I knew that she wanted to use the buoyancy of the water to get close to the sarcophagus.
But the speed at which the water level rises is so fast that even if we float to the height of the sarcophagus, we must take out the jade within tens of seconds, otherwise the sarcophagus will be completely submerged by the water.
The cave was designed with an ulterior motive, and I felt that all the water in the vicinity had converged here, and it was as strange as the designs in the tombs outside.
I don't know what the purpose of the person who designed the tomb was, why he placed the coffin in such a place that is very susceptible to corrosion, and why he submerged the coffin during the rainy season.
Ah Chuan looked at me and smiled: "The mechanism in this tomb that broke the flow of the Yangtze River has been closed. ”
I looked at him, and what did he mean by saying that suddenly?
I thought about it, and I felt as if I had caught something, but I couldn't be completely sure, according to common sense, if the mechanism was not closed, then where would all the broken water go when someone entered the tomb?
I suddenly became excited, and I felt that I had discovered a terrible secret, that the missing Yangtze River water must have been channeled into this tomb in some way, and the coffin would be completely submerged, and it would become a forbidden place beyond the reach of tomb robbers.
It is no wonder that the burial goods were placed at the door of the house, and the designers of the tomb hoped that the tomb robbers would leave as soon as they took the valuables, and did not disturb the peace of the tomb owner.
If they insist on coming, there will be a dangerous thousand corpses in front of them, which is also a warning, even if someone does pass through there, they will face these salt water and sigh.
Now that we have wetsuits and all kinds of professional tools, it is not easy to enter here, let alone the conditions in ancient times, even if there is a person who knows water like a white stripe in the waves, he will lose water and die after soaking in this saturated salt water for a long time.
The designer of this chamber is a genius, and I can guarantee that his mechanism for attracting the water of the Yangtze River must have been even more ingenious.
Such an elaborate design, such a complex system, how did people come up with it more than 2,000 years ago, and how did they create it with their own hands?
I can't help but marvel in my heart that the industriousness and wisdom of the ancients are far beyond our imagination.
I'm sure this is the main coffin, but my ancestors had already entered the Yuan Dynasty and put that piece of jade in, and I can't imagine how much they paid to make it happen.
But compared to the blood curse of the family from generation to generation, these efforts are definitely worth it, but for some reason, it suddenly loses its suppressive effect.
Is it because something has happened to this ancient tomb?
I can't guess that there must be a deeper secret in this, otherwise it wouldn't have attracted so many people to participate.
The water level had risen by almost two meters, and we were completely floating, and the salinity here was far greater than that of the Dead Sea, and we floated effortlessly, even those who couldn't swim at all had to worry about drowning.
Once again, I was immersed in the corpse water, and the swollen salt corpses floated not far from me, and the water here was so vast, but they seemed to be conscious, desperately trying to get closer to me.
These corpses are most likely the ancestors of Zhenyu back then, and when I see them, I can't help but think of my great-grandfather, who has turned into black hair.
Zisha was also nearby, the black water in its body had been exhausted, and the two blood-red eyes were staring at me with a fierce spirit, as if they could be resurrected at any time.
I felt numb all over my body, but Ah Chuan and Xiao Qi were also soaked in the water, their faces did not change, Ah Chuan was not wearing a diving suit, and Xiao Qi was a woman, I didn't expect me to be so useless.
I was so depressed that I could only look up at the sarcophagus, trying not to think about my surroundings.
The sarcophagus is getting closer and closer, and the figures inside are getting clearer and clearer, I turned my head to look at Ah Chuan: "The salinity here is so high, they work hard to prevent tomb robbers, so they don't care that the tomb owner is salted?" ”
Ah Chuan shook his head and said mysteriously: "I don't think so." ”
I looked up at the sarcophagus again, and when I got closer, I realized that this sarcophagus was really made of white jade, although I didn't study much in college, but jade and stone can still be separated.
That's a lot of money!
I was amazed in my heart, all kinds of designs of this tomb are revealing the tomb owner's "not bad money", especially the set of giving up wealth and seeking security outside, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a man did it in order to protect his beloved woman.
I have already decided in my heart that this is an imperial mausoleum, and except for the emperor, no one will have such financial resources, material resources and manpower to design such a set.
You must know that there is a woman buried here, in ancient times, the status of women was very low, for a woman to build a teacher, this emperor must be an infatuated species, and it is also likely to be a faint king.
We are closer to the jade coffin, I looked carefully at the pattern on the coffin, but I didn't see the dragon and phoenix pattern, I couldn't help frowning, the royal ritual system can't be without the dragon and phoenix pattern, this jade coffin is not buried in the royal people.
I was stunned all of a sudden, who else would it be if it wasn't royalty?
We were still about a meter and a half away from the jade coffin, but Xiao Qi next to us suddenly moved, only to see her kick the water a few times in a strange posture, and then jumped out of the water like a fish.
She jumped into the air, grabbed the bronze chain wrapped around the jade coffin, and then swung her body, and threw her whole body into the air in a graceful posture, landing steadily on top of the jade coffin.
I was dumbfounded as I watched below, these thick bronze chains were made up of countless thin chains, and the place she had just grasped with her hand was only a bulge two fingers wide, how much strength did her fingers have to use this little bit of force to flip her body up?
The most important thing is that her body is bent in reverse, the human body structure is destined to bend forward easily, but it is difficult to bend backwards, people with good body flexibility can lower their waists, but that is on the flat ground, now it is hung with one hand, the whole body is suspended in the air, there is no force point under the feet, it is impossible to bend the body in the opposite direction.
But all the impossible is happening right in front of me, and all I can say is that her fingers have a power that I can't even imagine.
Who the hell is this woman!
Ah Chuan reached out and lifted my chin: "This is stunned?" ”
I turned to look at him: "You don't go up?" ”
"Poof!" Ah Chuan laughed, "Do you think anyone can do this kind of action?" ”
"You can't?"
I was surprised, I always thought that Ah Chuan was more powerful.
"Nonsense! If only I could still soak here? Ah Chuan gave me a big look, "Originally, we expected Xiao Qi to be able to take out the jade by himself, but who knew that there was a fierce evil here." ”
"She took the jade out, what about me?"
"You?" Ah Chuan pursed his lips and didn't say any more.
I knew it must not be a good word, they didn't intend to give me the jade in the first place.
"Achuan, A." Xiao Qi poked his head out from the side of the coffin.
The armor, which was motionless like an ornament, suddenly moved, still at a speed beyond the reach of the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it jumped onto the sarcophagus and disappeared from my sight.
"Your ancestor really invited someone to touch the gold, this coffin can't be opened, you can only use the skill of touching the gold to explore the cave, there are many capable people in the past, but it's a pity that it's gone now."
In fact, there are quite a few capable people now, such as Xiao Qi and you.
I couldn't bear to say it, and if I did, I didn't know what this guy should do.
A sudden sense of sadness arose in my heart, just with this jade coffin, my great-grandfather could not take out the jade, even if he did not die in front, the blood curse could not be unraveled.
We were less than a meter away from the jade coffin, and I looked carefully at the patterns on the coffin, and there was indeed no dragon and phoenix pattern.