Chapter 450: Guge Castle
I rested in place for about two hours, looking at the huge space in front of me, to be honest, I really don't want to go in, for this unknown area, I am always full of fear, the ghost knows when to encounter a deadly mechanism, or a man-eating beast, even if there are none, such a large area, once lost in it, the result is starvation.
After the discussion of the four of us, Huzi and Qiye said that they wanted to go in and have a look, while Wang Chuyi and I preferred to go back, although the mouth of the huge stone statue was closed when we came in, but as long as we found a way, it would always open.
The two of us were at a stalemate, Huzi sat down on the ground, and said, "Damn, Lao Tzu is determined to go in and have a look this time, Lao Bai, if you go, I won't stop you, if I can't get out, don't forget that on the fifteenth day of the first month, burn a handful of paper money for Lao Tzu, if I can go out with the artifact, I will definitely share half of you." ”
Huzi's words are very bleak, I am very helpless, so many years of brother, I really don't want to watch him go on an adventure alone, to be honest, his words are considered to poke at my weakness.
Wang Chuyi looked at me, and saw that my attitude was a little hesitant, so he let out a long sigh and said, "Forget it, die or die, everyone will die together, go in and have a look!" ”
Originally, I was still wavering, but now that Wang Chuyi is also relieved, I have made up my mind to break into this dark world and see what it looks like inside!
Not much to say, after we finished counting all the equipment, Huzi took out the flare gun, towards the huge dark space in front of him, and shot out, the signal flare drew an arc in the air, and it didn't even touch the top of this space, which made us even more panicked, it seems that this space is not only large in horizontal space, but even in height can not be seen.
With such a worried heart, a group of four of us walked towards the boundless darkness, before entering, Huzi twisted a light stick, put it on the ground, and said, "Take a look, I don't know if it's useful, just take it as psychological comfort." ”
This glow stick doesn't last long, and given the sheer size of the space, I'm afraid it should have been extinguished long ago when we wanted to turn back.
We walked forward like this for a while, the light of the flashlight still did not end, at the beginning of the period I turned my head from time to time to look at the glow sticks we left behind, but after walking far, when I turned my head to look at the glow sticks again, I could only see a faint point of light.
There was not the slightest wind in this space, as if everything was still, and there was no sound except for the four of us, which was a good thing, and it would be terrifying to encounter some other sounds in this dark space.
I looked down at my watch, we had been walking in this dark space for about an hour, and by my senses, we should be walking in one direction, and when I raised my flashlight, I suddenly noticed that there was a cliff in front of us, and it seemed that it was almost at the end!
This makes me excited, one walks in the dark space on all sides for a long time, the human spirit will not be able to stand it, and the sudden appearance of the cliff seems to be my hope, and I can't help but speed up the pace under my feet.
When we got close to the cliff, I raised my flashlight to shine upwards, but the cliff was so high that the light from the flashlight still couldn't reach the top.
When we arrived at the foot of the cliff, we really saw the appearance of this cliff, on this cliff, it turned out to be a vast area of ancient castle! Seeing such a scene, even the experienced Seventh Master couldn't help but gasp.
Because the space here is too large, coupled with the pitch black, relying on the light of the flashlight, I can't estimate how long this cliff is, and I don't know how high, but this cliff is full of cave-like buildings, I just looked up like this, and found that there are at least hundreds of caves, most of the cave entrances are square, and there are stairs extending outward outside, I walked forward for a while, and carefully observed that this cliff is actually an underground mountain, and the ancient city on this cliff is actually built on the mountain, and the scale is very grand.
At this moment, the Seventh Master shouted to us, "Come and see, there is a tablet here!" ”
We hurriedly ran towards the Seventh Master, walked in and took a look, and sure enough, there was a square stone tablet standing in front of us, the stone tablet was more than ten meters high, three or four meters wide, and only two big characters were written on it. ’
Seeing these two words, I was shocked in my heart, I am no stranger to the Guge Dynasty, this Guge Dynasty, which was once very strong in history, should have lived in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, how could it suddenly appear here?
I can't help but wonder in my heart, the predecessor of this Guge dynasty can be traced back to the Zhangxiong Kingdom, which was established from about the 9th century, after the collapse of the Tubo Dynasty that unified the Tibetan Plateau, and ended in the 17th century, with 16 hereditary kings. It is a local government established by the descendants of the Tibetan royal family in the Ali region of western Tibet, and its ruling scope covers the entire territory of Ali at its peak. This is all I know about the Guge Dynasty, and all the historical records show that the area of activity of this Guge Dynasty is all along the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, could it be that this is also the Guge Dynasty?
I thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out, and finally Huzi said, "Damn, why do you care about him so much, history records that the Guge Dynasty is destroyed, so you can't have some remnants?" Maybe this is the remnant of the Guge Dynasty, who came to this mountain and built this ancient castle! ”
It is not impossible for Huzi to say this, when each dynasty falls, there will be some remnants to a greater or lesser extent, and these remnants are often dissatisfied with the rule of the new dynasty, so they find a more secret place and live in seclusion.
Due to the lack of information and evidence, I can only assume that this is an ancient castle built by the remnants of Guge.
After the seventh master raised his flashlight to check it, he said, "This time Huzi may be right, this should be the ruins of the Guge Dynasty!" Do you think this castle built on the cliff wall is similar to some buildings? ”
I looked up, only to feel that the ancient castle in front of me is surprisingly big, although it is built on the cliff, but in general it is still an underground mountain, which is built on the mountain, plus this Guge Dynasty is actually the descendant of the Tubo Kingdom, according to this clue to think, suddenly I thought of a building, and the ancient castle in front of me is a little similar, and hurriedly said, "Potala Palace!" ”
The most famous building in Tubo is the Potala Palace, the Potala Palace is also built in the river valley by the low mountain, in terms of architectural style, the Potala Palace is very similar to the huge ancient castle in front of us, the structure is basically the same, all with the help of the mountain to build, so that not only can save building materials, but also durable, on the whole, are easy to defend and difficult to attack the solid fortress, it seems that the inheritance culture of the Tubo country has been completely preserved here.
When the seventh master heard me say about the Potala Palace, he also nodded, and said, "Yes, I also feel very similar, if this is the case, it seems that there will be a big harvest this time!" ”
As soon as he heard that there was going to be a big harvest, Huzi immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "What is the big harvest?" Seventh Master, is there a lot of artifacts in this tomb? ”
The seventh master nodded and said, "Represented by the Potala Palace, the architecture of the Tubo Dynasty often concentrates palaces, castles and monasteries together, and the highest part of this cliff should be where the palace is located!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Huzi immediately jumped up excitedly, and then raised his flashlight and began to walk along the cliff, trying to find a way up.
Because I can't tell the direction here at all, when I saw Huzi walking forward, I and the seventh master didn't stop it, but we followed behind him, and after walking for a while, suddenly a gust of wind blew, I only felt cold, and the whole person seemed to be about to freeze, and then I smelled a special smell!
"Stop!" The seventh master hurriedly shouted, and all of us stopped in response.
At this point, all of us began to tense up on our faces, because the smell was so familiar, it was the smell of coffins! Corpse smell!
For those of us who are inverted, this smell is all too familiar, and to be able to smell it here proves that there must be a huge ancient tomb hidden in this huge castle above us, and the scale is definitely not small.
Although this smell is quite tempting for us, it also brings danger, because we all know that wherever there are ancient tombs, most of them have hidden mechanisms, and even some poisonous insects and beasts, which are by no means easy for ordinary people to approach, and can smell the smell of the ancient tomb here, which proves that the entrance to the ancient tomb is not sealed, in this case, now we have entered the most dangerous area, and every step forward, we may encounter traps.
After the seventh master reminded everyone to be careful, we slowed down and walked forward cautiously, about forty minutes or so, Huzi whispered, "This, here, there is a staircase to go up!" ”
Looking in the direction of the Huzi flashlight, I saw a two-meter-wide stone staircase in sight, and when I walked to the front of the staircase, I found that the staircase was not straight up and down, but winding and rugged distribution on the cliff, the stairs have been extending upward, I can't see how high it is, but this step should be the entrance to the cliff.
The seventh master stepped forward, carefully touched the steps with his hand, frowned, and said, "The texture is very hard, it seems that when the relics of Guge were excavated, they put a lot of effort into it, how could such a big ancient castle be built underground?" Could it be that someone was hunting down these remnants at that time? Or ......"
Before the seventh master finished speaking, Huzi waved his hand and said, "Whatever the fucking reason, let's go up first!" With that, he lifted his feet and walked up.