Chapter 40: The Place of Sacrifice
The door closed inexplicably, everyone's hearts were empty, Lu Shui showed his saber, ready to shoot at any time, Sha Dutian picked up the gun and shook it around, the ice palace was very quiet, even the iceman in the ice wall was quiet.
Zhao Ruozhi whispered: "Shall we go over and see what's going on at that door?" ”
Everyone had a lot of doubts in their hearts, but no one said it, Zhao Ruozhi was scared and said that he was going to come out. Everyone understands that even if you get what you need here, if you can't open that door, it's in vain.
Qi Lenghan held the short knife in his hand, took a step forward and said, "I'll go over and take a look." "Since he came in just now, he has been holding the short knife in his hand, and he relaxed slightly, and just as he was about to put away the short knife, there was a sudden change, the ice door was closed, and the knife in his hand was held even tighter.
Dr. Lu volunteered, "I'll go with you." Yun Hai's eyes flashed with disbelief, he didn't expect Dr. Lu to have such courage.
Yun Hai and the others didn't go inside again, they stayed at the entrance of the passage, waiting for Qi Lenghan and Dr. Lu who went to investigate.
Qi Lenghan and Dr. Lu walked back into the passage again, and on the ice walls on both sides of the passage, there were icemen with open eyes, with strange snake heads and cold faces, which were creepy.
The ice wall is static, but is the iceman inside?
The two of them walked towards the door step by step, Qi Lenghan's eyes kept looking at the ice walls on both sides, for fear that an iceman would suddenly come out of the ice wall.
The hand that came out of the ice wall was motionless, and I don't know how he came out of the ice wall, there was no sign of chiseling on the ice wall, and there was no broken ice on the ground, and the arm was suddenly there as if it were piercing through the air, it was really magical.
Dr. Lu looked at the arm and said, "Do you think there is anything unusual about this arm?" By this time, a third of the arm was already outside the ice wall, and he felt that the arm was slowly reaching outward, but it was too slow to notice.
Qi Lenghan frowned and was silent, staring at the arm, he wanted to look at the arm with a knife, but after thinking about it, if there was any change in the future, such as whether the icemen in those walls would be stimulated and all broke the ice, it would be troublesome.
After weighing it again, Qi Lenghan walked straight to the door, and Dr. Lu no longer looked at the arm, the snow-white arm was bloodless, if it was really a human, it was estimated that it would have been frozen into an ice mummy.
The two of them walked to the door, only to see that the door was closed as if there was no trace, as if the door had never been opened. Qi Lenghan frowned, not knowing what to do.
Dr. Lu stared at the door, looked at it carefully, and found nothing, according to common sense, there must be a mechanism button here, but it was all smooth and cold, and there was no clue at all.
Qi Lenghan held the knife in his backhand and struggled towards the ice, he wanted to try brute force, but it was not advisable, "Zheng." A crisp sound came, and then the short knife in his hand actually broke, and the broken blade fell to the ground with a muffled snort.
Qi Lenghan was startled, the knife he prepared, but the best saber, how could it be useless here, and it was broken into two at once.
The solid fuel had already run out of fuel when it was outside the door, and now that it was impossible to roast it over the fire, he began to feel worried.
Dr. Lu was suddenly surprised and said, "This door is probably deliberately closed, we are careless, huh?" He saw that there were words written on the ice wall next to him.
I saw that the ice wall was written: "Land of sacrifice." ”
Dr. Lu was taken aback, he turned to look at Yun Hai and the others, Yun Hai and the others were also looking at them anxiously, this short passage seemed to have become even more weird.
Dr. Lu said to Qi Lenghan, "It's not good, let's hurry back." ”
Qi Lenghan also saw the words on the ice wall, but he didn't know as much as Dr. Lu, so he didn't realize the seriousness of the matter.
Seeing Dr. Lu walking back, Qi Lenghan thought to himself, "I can't see why I came here when I stay here." He didn't hesitate anymore, and simply turned away. The moment he turned around, he saw that the people in the ice wall seemed to move outward a little more.
Qi Lenghan really couldn't understand what the iceman inside the ice wall was, why it moved outward, could it be because they had discovered the intruder? And what is the force that can make them move? Is the so-called sacrifice for these people? He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
Dr. Lu quickly ran back, and Yun Hai hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Dr. Lu kicked and said, "Maybe we are all wrong, this is not the mausoleum of the snake king, this is the place of sacrifice. ”
"The place of sacrifice? What is that? Zhao Ruozhi asked, he had seen similar murals under the cellar before, and in his impression, there should be an altar in the place of sacrifice, and this place was clearly a woman's boudoir, how could it be a place of sacrifice, it was really incredible.
Yunhai took a deep breath and thought to himself, "The place of sacrifice? Are we in the wrong place? ”
At this time, Qi Lenghan also walked back, he didn't use the way of running, in his heart he didn't bother to scare himself with the way of running, if the iceman really gushed out of this passage, he was completely confident to kill the iceman.
Yun Hai was confused, and he asked, "What is the situation?" What place of sacrifice? ”
Dr. Lu said with a frightened look: "The place of sacrifice is written on the ice wall at the door, I have studied it before, the sacrifice of this tribe is very terrifying, but I didn't expect that we stumbled into it by mistake and ran to the place of sacrifice." ”
Zhao Ruozhi only understood one thing, that is, there was going to be a terrible sacrifice here, and he thought to himself: "Could it be that we people are going to be sacrificed?" ”
Yun Hai asked, "What kind of sacrifice is it, you can make it clearer." He was a little unhappy, because Dr. Lu didn't tell him in advance about such an important matter, which was really unreasonable.
Dr. Lu explained, "I don't know exactly how to sacrifice, but it is mentioned in the record that the fall of the Snake Kingdom is likely due to a sacrifice. He thought to himself, "You have taken all my information, haven't you read it?" ”
Before coming, Yunhai had a lot of things to deal with, and he didn't have time to read those materials at all, so he handed it over to Qu Yuanqian to deal with, but Qu Yuanqian had no news so far, so it was normal for him not to know about this matter.
Yun Hai asked again, "Then how did you know that the sacrifice was about to start here?" Yun Hai asked the point in one sentence, and this question was exactly what Zhao Ruozhi was puzzled about.
Dr. Lu raised his right hand and pointed into the passage, and he said, "Look. At this time, several arms stretched out in the passage, but strangely only the arms were stretched out, and no iceman came out. He continued: "Do you remember the iceman outside the door? If I'm not mistaken, they must have closed the door, and since this is a place of sacrifice, I suspect that there will be a sacrifice here, and the object of sacrifice is us. ”
Zhao Ruozhi asked: "But one thing is very strange, if the iceman outside and the iceman inside are the same kind, why can the iceman outside get out of the ice wall, but these icemen inside have not walked out of the ice wall for a long time?" ”
Dr. Lu took a deep breath and said, "It's very likely that they are waiting for something. ”
Zhao Ruozhi continued to ask, "Dr. Lu, is there a way to crack it?" Dr. Lu had never encountered such a thing, so he didn't know how to crack it, and he said helplessly: "I don't know." ”
Yunhai was a little irritable, and there was no solution to it, if this was really a place of sacrifice, who was it to sacrifice to? Is it the Snake King? But the Snake King has been dead for so long, how can he still sacrifice to her? He felt it was time to see the true face of the Serpent King.
Yunhai said lightly: "Whether it is a place of sacrifice or not, let's go into the igloo to find out, whether it is dead or alive, we have to face it." He was right, even if this is a place of sacrifice, he can only bite the bullet, the way back is blocked, and only by moving forward can there be hope of escaping.
Yunhai's words made everyone dissipate a lot of fear at once, and they nodded in agreement and walked towards the igloo.
"Hehehe." The sound of laughter came from nowhere, and the voice was sweet and melodious, very much like an innocent girl laughing happily.
Everyone stopped and looked around, there was no one else except the nine of them, Yun Hai looked puzzled, and thought, "Could it be the laughter of the snake queen, she is not dead?" ”
The crowd besieged the city, for fear of a sudden heresy in an invisible place, and the strange laughter never sounded again, judging from the direction of the sound, it was most likely from the igloo.
Everyone hesitated, Yunhai was a little troubled, and at this moment, Shen Zhutian stepped to the front and said, "President, I'll go and see the situation, there must be an explanation for whether it is a person or a ghost." ”
Yun Hai hurriedly stopped: "Don't be reckless, let's take a look at the situation first, maybe it's a trap inside." ”
Shen Zhutian sighed, and finally didn't set foot in the igloo.
Sha Dutian stared at the mysterious igloo and said: "This place is really a fucking evil door, let me Lao Sha go and give her a shuttle, I don't believe that bullets can't kill her, and she won't be safe when she dies, and she can't come out and harm people." ”
Dr. Lu's eyes lit up and said, "Could it be that she is really waiting for something, the so-called sacrifice is to resurrect herself?" Sha Dutian was slightly stunned, and thought: "This harmful thing, Lao Tzu must shoot her today to eliminate harm for the people, is she powerful?" If it's very powerful, wouldn't my old Sha suffer a big loss. ”
The igloo was unusually quiet, and the dresser and ice curtain inside could be seen from the outside, and as for where the snake queen was, it was impossible to see at all, and it was likely that she was lying on the boudoir in the inner room.
"Is it a hallucination?" Yun Hai thought to himself, at this moment, Shen Zhutian couldn't hold back at all, he stepped into the house with a gun, and didn't even listen to Yun Hai's words. Sha Dutian was not to be left behind, and followed with an arrow step, he was thinking of the treasures that had been collected.
At this moment, a black mist rose in the passage where they entered, and the black mist was so faint that Zhao Ruozhi didn't notice it at all.