From the moment we crossed the first line of heaven leading to the canyon, the further we went, the wider the road became. From the width that could accommodate four people at the beginning, to now there are more than a dozen of us side by side.

We stopped before the slope, and the fat man shone his flashlight around and said, "What a big hand, no wonder the scorpion sent a message that the space under this place is extremely large." I really didn't expect that in the depths of the vast Gobi, there would be such a hidden space. ”

I also shone my flashlight around me and over my head, and I noticed that the cracks above my head were not man-made. Rather, the closer we got inside, the closer the upper part of the hills on either side of the canyon became. It wasn't until we got to where we are now that the upper part of the hill on both sides was completely together!

In other words, at this moment, where we are, a hill has been pulled out of the middle! Or rather, a hill that takes on a triangular posture that covers this wide passage underground! If we were to stand above us at this moment, we would see an entire hill and a large canyon with a crack in front of it.

If, as the fat man analyzed, the ramp that sloped down in front of us was the entrance to the Inner Kingdom. I don't know how after thousands of years of wind and frost, this hill and canyon, which is not too hidden, escaped people's ears and eyes without being discovered.

Perhaps thousands of years ago, the circular depression outside the canyon was not what we see, but should have had a more hidden form.

After reaching this downward slope, all of us stood at the top of the slope. More than a dozen flashlight beams shone under the slope in unison, and there was no end in sight!

The chasing scorpions and Ah San are nowhere to be found! The fat man raised his voice and shouted a few times inside, but no one responded, not even a response, indicating that the bottom should still be open, not like an ordinary cave.

Before I went down, the fat man told me: "Xiao Su, you have to keep the black donkey's hooves and other things in the package I prepared for you!" The legends of this Inner Land are more evil, these things are not the best, if you really get what you say, this package behind you can be more effective than a whole pack of bombs! ”

I touched the package behind me and nodded at him.

The fat man was satisfied, and then told Yiyi to let her follow, don't fall behind.

With that, I took my first step towards the slope!

Sister Ning saw that the fat man was the first to go down, and made a gesture to the team beside her, and then everyone checked the equipment together, and the weapons in their hands were loaded with bullets, and then put the strong flashlight back into the backpack and replaced it with a miner's lamp.

This kind of miner's lamp can not only illuminate, but also be used as a helmet. Yiyi and Xiaoqian and I also learned from them, changed into miner's lamps, and took out the pistol that Sister Ning gave us.

This downward slope is a continuation

The width of the canyon passage above is down, and the slope of the top wall is almost parallel to the bottom, about two meters high, and there are obvious traces of artificial chiseling. The slope at your foot also has a distinctly hand-hewn stone staircase, but it is a little rough and has a large span.

The fat man walked in front, Sister Ning and the fat man followed behind him two steps, and there were no more than two meters between all of us, almost walking down this slope side by side!

We didn't walk fast, and the light of more than a dozen miner's lamps illuminated the road ahead, revealing the mottled shadows on the walls on both sides.

The fat man said as he walked: "How can the entrance to this inner country be repaired like the entrance of the underground garage, it is a bit shabby. ”

Yiyi then the fat man said: "I don't think that the entrance to the underground garage here is a bit like the ancient stone steps in Chongqing!" ”

I haven't been to Chongqing, so I don't know what the stone steps look like when Yiyi is talking about. It gives me the impression that this place is more like the entrance to the ancient tombs I visited during my study of archaeology, except that this entrance is wider than all the ancient tomb entrances I have ever seen, and even more magnificent than the entrance of any imperial tomb in the materials.

We walked for about 20 minutes, and there was still no end in sight to the downward slope! I looked back and saw that the canyon was no longer visible when we came. On both sides were the same walls, and the top wall above the head became higher and higher, and gradually the slope became gentle. As if this diagonal downward path leads to the underworld, we are heading towards the underworld.

Walking in this environment for a long time can easily make people irritable.

As I walked, the fat man turned around and asked me, "Xiao Su, don't you think this place is a little familiar?" ”

After he finished speaking, looking around and the endless ramp passage, I also felt a sense of déjà vu. After thinking about it for a while, the same scene popped into my mind, and at the same time, my alarm clock buzzed with a bang!

Isn't this endless passage of slope stone steps exactly the same as the passage behind the stone gate in the Altay "Flat Dragon" mountain!

As soon as the idea came to me, I immediately stopped everyone. Sister Ning asked me what's wrong, I asked her if you brought lime down this time, and she shook her head.

My heart says, it's broken! I suddenly knew what the wooden boxes from the Europa trucks were for, and the lime in those boxes was exactly what they were for the "steppe stone man"!

At this time, Yiyi also noticed the similarity between this place and Altay Mountain, and pointed out the reason why I asked Sister Ning if she brought lime.

The fat man looked around, touched his chin with one hand and thought for a while, and then said, "Xiao Su, Yiyi, your worries are not unreasonable. If this place is really the same passage that we went through in Altay, there should be that terrifying stone man behind the walls here. However, the feeling here is a little different from that passage. And you

Listen carefully, there is the sound of the wind, there is the sound of water! ”

I said to him, "Big brother, can you stop being so sloppy!" This is the Gobi Desert, it has dried up for countless years, and I believe the rumors! ”

As I was talking, I heard a rattling sound in my ears, but it quickly disappeared! I immediately listened closely, and I could really hear the faint sound of running water, some distance away from us!

You can hear the sound of water and wind, which means that the exit of the slope is ahead! Sister Ning also heard the sound of the water flowing, and immediately called Xiaodou. Then I heard Xiaodou blow a whistle with a long end note, and after one blow, he immediately blew a second sound.

Soon, from the bottom of the slope, the same whistle sounded too!

The fat man shouted, "It's the scorpions!" Then he also learned to whistle as little as he could, but his whistle was haphazard.

With this response, we no longer worry about the stone people around us appearing. In fact, my fears were just a baseless speculation on my part, and if anything, it was the lime in the wooden boxes of Europa's trucks.

Down the slope, we continued on our way, this time at a fast pace. Every ten minutes, Shodou whistles, and after a while, a whistle comes back from below. And the end of the whistle kept being cut short, and I seemed to find the doorway for them to communicate. The length of the whistle represents the distance between us and the exit below. The shorter the distance, the shorter the tail note of the whistle.

By the end, I could tell where the whistler below was, and it wouldn't be more than twenty meters away from us!

The fat man shouted at the front again: "Brother Scorpion! I'm here! Prepare your food and drinks! ”

The fat man's voice was full of energy, a little higher than the decibel of Xiaodou's whistle. After waiting for a while, Zhang Xiuxiu's voice came: "Master Zhang, it's me, Zhang Xiuxiu, the scorpion and they chased into the city!" ”

Zhang Xiuxiu's voice is also very loud, but compared with the fat man, it is still weaker.

From the time we heard the whistle to now, we have traveled for about another twenty minutes. The further down we go, the smoother the ramp becomes, and this change starts from where we stopped. It's as if there was a demarcation point!

After Zhang Xiuxiu's voice came up, we walked down for a short time. Finally, under the light of more than a dozen headlamps, I saw the end of the slope!

Zhang Xiuxiu's figure was also at the end of the slope, standing in the middle of the road with a strong flashlight and trance at us.

The fat man was in a hurry, and ran down in three steps and two steps. As soon as I stepped out of the exit, I immediately stopped and looked ahead without saying a word!

I know that the fat man's temper, the sight of being able to stop him from speaking, must be extraordinary.

Soon, we all walked out of the ramp and came to the exit beyond the ramp! When I saw what was in front of me

After the sight, I was so surprised that I even lost my ability to speak.

It's not just me who has become like this, but all of us who have come out of the slope are in shock.

What we see in front of us is a space that has no boundaries in sight! In this space, there is a huge castle! Forward, backward, and around, it's all boundless! It's as if this place has transcended the world we know as it knows, and a new world has formed in this mysterious underground! What is even more surprising is that the city seems to be shrouded in a thin layer of ghostly light, and it does not seem to be completely dark.

The fat man was the first to regain his speech function, and said in an excited tone: "I... I say, everyone, we're in the legendary underground kingdom! ”

His expression stuttered a little because of the shock just now.

The scene in front of her made Sister Ning, who has a lot of experience, also a little distracted. Sister Ning, who came back to her senses, asked Zhang Xiuxiu about the direction of the scorpion's pursuit. Zhang Xiuxiu pointed to our left.

We came down to a slightly higher altitude than the city that was filled with ghostly light. As far as the eye can see, many gates are opened, like the jaws of giant beasts, ready to be devoured by those who step here.

The location that Zhang Xiuxiu was referring to was one of these city gates that I could see.

(End of chapter)