Chapter 263: Human Skin Seal
Ah Chuan and Eleven's bodies gradually relaxed, no one sat down, they must be in a hurry, the drums were urging us again and again, no one knew what would happen if they delayed any longer.
"Eleven, what do you think?" Ah Chuan didn't make a decision, but asked eleven sentences.
Eleven's gaze turned to the other side, his expression was very focused, as if he was sure of something, and I also looked at it, only to see that the direction he was looking at was the Shengmen pointed out by Agawa.
"Someone ......"
Eleven suddenly spoke in a low voice, raised his feet and walked towards the rock crevice, I was startled, and turned my head to look at Ah Chuan, who nodded at me and motioned for me to follow.
I hurriedly put my gear on my back, walked around the furnace, and hurried to keep up with Eleven's footsteps, Eleven's footsteps were not as light as before, he was trotting all the way, he must have heard a human voice, either talking or footsteps, otherwise he would not be so sure that it was a person.
I was very flustered, if it was a god brother, they would definitely not have to hide, it must be the enemy, it was probably that fake Achuan, I took a deep breath, I didn't know what posture to use to face him.
Rapid drum beats and footsteps, as if there is a monster chasing behind, this rock crack is quite straight outside, but there are forks in the road everywhere, a chaos, the island has always been a large rock, but there are a lot of cave-like terrain here, a piece of stone ridges hang upside down, the foot is also uneven, there are many wide or narrow gaps between the rocks, and it is completely different from what I have seen before.
But where we walked, there was not, this is a road that has been carved out, and it is the first time I have seen artificial traces on the island, although it has long been washed by the sea to look like a natural shape, but a comparison with the surrounding environment can find clues.
There must be people walking here often, I became more and more worried, but Eleven's pace was not slow, I don't know what it means, Ah Chuan said that this is a life gate, does it mean that you can escape from here?
There was a little more hope in the restlessness, but fortunately it was visible here, and there was no shadow of a monster, although the feet were uneven, there was almost no seaweed or anything like that, except for the pain in the chest, it was okay to trot.
The rapid drum was still loud, but now it was getting smaller, and we were getting farther and farther away from its source, and I felt that the cave was the center of the drum, and if the fake Achuan was right, there must be a cavity under the cave, but we couldn't go down, and there was probably another layer down there.
I don't know what I'm thinking, we're following the human voice, I don't know how far away he is from us, I haven't heard the footsteps, he's going to make a lot of noise if he wants to get past us, but now it's just our voice.
The drums were the biggest distraction, and we trotted for more than a minute, and Eleven's pace slowed down, and he gradually stopped, listened for a while, and shook his head at Ah Chuan.
"What? Did you run away or hide? ”
Ah Chuan held a flashlight and swept around, there is not a small space here, there are rocks and caves everywhere, if you hide and hold your breath, and there is a drum to cover, it is indeed difficult for us to find.
"It's all possible." Eleven's voice was cold.
Ah Chuan laughed: "That's it, the nest-headed rat can only drill holes, and when they see the three of us together, they don't even dare to show their faces." ”
Ah Chuan's voice is not small, as if he deliberately said it to that person, but there is still no abnormal sound around, there are many forks in the road this way, although it is not easy to walk, it is easy to hide, that person may have been hiding a long time ago, or he may have taken advantage of us to cross over, and come out again, and return to the cave to find another way.
It's hard to find someone to hide, I'm a little frustrated, in fact, I really want to see what that fake Ah Chuan looks like, I glanced back at Ah Chuan, but his expression was not as relaxed as his tone, I could feel his disgust for that person, although it was hidden deeply, seeing me look at him, his expression immediately changed again.
I was a little depressed, and I turned around and wanted to return, but Ah Chuan grabbed my wrist: "It's all here, you might as well walk a little more, I want to see what is different about this life path." ”
I knew that Ah Chuan was just not at ease, and I also knew the feeling of letting the enemy hide in the shadows and watch like a man's back, I didn't say anything, and Eleven didn't object, and we moved deeper.
Ah Chuan held up the flashlight and looked left and right, looking very carefully, I knew he wanted to find that person out, but we didn't see anything, and the deeper part was pitch black, if you want to see the bottom, you can only go in, Ah Chuan didn't go, I also feel a little annoyed, if that person can really hide so deep, just let him go, our ultimate goal is not to get rid of them.
The road ahead was getting more and more chaotic, but fortunately there were no obstacles on this main road, and the echoes around were very heavy, and there was the sound of water ticking, I thought that the passage here would be very long, but it was much more than I expected, and we walked slowly like this, and in less than two or three minutes we came to the end.
Suddenly in front of us, the complicated stone fork road has disappeared, into a cave of about 100 square meters, facing us is a horizontal stone wall, there are many very narrow cracks on the stone wall, a stream of water flows from above, converges to the recess to form a small pool, the bottom of the cave is completely covered.
The waterhole was very shallow, the deepest was only twenty centimeters, and it was surprising that there was a well in the very center of the waterhole, which was covered with a thick white flower, like a large mass of fat, which completely sealed the wellhead.
It was so strange that I held up my flashlight and scanned the surroundings, there was no exit here except where we stood, and sure enough, we lost it, and the man must have been hiding in the complex rubble outside.
Obviously it was a life, but it turned out to be a dead end, I looked at Ah Chuan, only to see his eyes staring at the well without blinking, Eleven's eyes were all on the well, indeed, it was too inconsistent to suddenly appear a well here.
There is water everywhere here, and the floating islands are filled with water after sinking to the bottom of the sea, so what is the use of a well, it is almost like it was moved from somewhere else.
But it is indeed a well, and it is beautifully built, and the round well is carved with regular patterns along the edge, but unfortunately it has been eroded by the water for too long, only a few rough lines can still be seen, and the rest of the place has become pimple, and the original appearance can not be seen, the wellhead should be made of local materials, and the surrounding rocks are all black.
I didn't know what to do with the abrupt well, even Ah Chuan didn't speak, no one could describe how strange this scene was, I looked forward to seeing artificial traces all the way, but all I saw was incomprehensible.
There were still scattered utensils on the water, which should be made of bronze, corroded to the point of pits, as if they would shatter if touched, Ah Chuan walked into the water, picked up the nearest urn-shaped vessel, and the sea water fell from above, and I clearly saw a pair of ears sticking out on both sides of Weng's mouth, and there were two round holes in the ears.
I took it with my hand, it was lighter than I expected, it was thin, and it was not as sturdy as it looked, and when I looked at the well in front of me, I could figure out that the hole in it must have been used to draw water through a rope.
I became more and more curious about this well, why did I have to draw water from that well, even though there was water all around, could the water in it be different?
Ah Chuan took a flashlight into the urn, went into the water again, and picked up another kettle-shaped vessel, which I saw also had a pair of perforated ears on both sides, needless to say, the same for those scattered in the water, they were all specially made for water.
I saw Agawa put his hand into the kettle, and then I heard a scraping sound, and I saw that there was a thin blade in his hand at some point, and the blade was stained with some strange dark powder.
Ah Chuan raised the blade to the tip of his nose and sniffed, and laughed: "Interesting." ”
I was inexplicable, and I also took out a small sharp weapon from the hidden bag, and scraped it in the urn, these utensils were already soaked black, I didn't see anything wrong at all, and now I found that there was a layer of strange things tightly stuck inside, like old scale, the color was black, and it was difficult to scrape off without force.
"What is this?"
I sniffed it and didn't smell anything, and then I put my face into the mouth of the urn, and it was full of old seawater and metallic smells, and it seemed to have a strange smell, but it was so faint that I couldn't tell what it was.
"The smell of blood." Eleven also picked one up, sniffed it and said.
"So we might as well guess what's in that well?" Ah Chuan's voice was raised, and he looked at me with a smile.
I shuddered, raised my hand and threw away the urn in my hand, Eleven also walked into the water, and went straight to the wellhead, I followed Ah Chuan forward, and when I got closer, I found that the seal of the wellhead was not fat at all, but bleached white leather, and there was more than one, layer upon layer, at least a few hundred.
They have long been sealed with salt, layer by layer glued together, the surface is full of white salt crusts, from the side you can see the irregular corners, these leather seems to have been placed at random, but completely cover the wellhead, plus the thick salt crust, the sea water will definitely not penetrate.
Eleven drew his sword and slashed against the leather surface, and the salt shell flew out as he picked it out, and I could clearly see a face with flat features on the top left of the first layer of leather.
I was startled, my body jerked back, and I stumbled for a moment, I had long thought that these leathers were weird, they were actually layers of human skin!
This human skin is obviously not as delicate as the human skin figurine, the eye sockets and mouth are not sewn, and there is no pigment to color, it starts from the back of the head, it is cut along the backbone, the knife edge is sharp and straight, and if you look closely, you can see that there are damages in the human skin.
"No wonder, I said that those human skin figurines are so exquisite, there should always be some defective products, you see, these unbroken ones are used to seal the wellhead, I don't believe it will reveal a few more." Ah Chuan's voice sneered.