Chapter 31: Tongwang Cave
When the fish rushed in, the mountain that seemed to heal itself had begun to secrete a viscous "paraffin" solution again, and the hole was beginning to shrink gradually, preventing it from being trapped outside and having to destructively smash the mountain.
Stepping out of the hot rainforest into this dark cave with a ghostly atmosphere and gusting winds, everyone's hearts are nervous, and their bodies are also suffering from the sudden cold and sudden heat changes.
Although in the hot summer, a person from the sweaty hot weather, into the cool cold storage or air-conditioned room, may feel very comfortable, without a sense of pain, but now the people are different, because they have formed a shadow-like subconscious psychologically, where is there comfort at all?
Entering the cave, everyone lit up the flashlight, shining around, only to see that this place is like a huge natural tunnel, the depth is not yet known, but the width can be faintly seen, it is more than ten times the width of ordinary highway and railway tunnels.
Such a large structure, whether it is natural or artificial, or artificially attached to the natural foundation, through the final formation of the appearance of the front after repair, in short, something too large will always give people a kind of spiritual impact and shock.
At this end of the "tunnel", that is, the end where the bull crashed, there is a large dense "mother nest" above the head, just like the nest of ants and bees, and the nest of white flowers and flowers hangs on the "tunnel roof" dozens of meters high above everyone's heads, completely covering the natural hole under the mountain at this end.
Following the flashlight, everyone looked up and looked at these nests attentively, only to see that the hot air blowing in from outside the cave was mixed with dust, and in the flashlight light, they could clearly see that they were rolling upwards and drifting straight towards these nests, this phenomenon is very simple, due to the specific gravity, the hot air runs upwards, and the cold air sinks downward, so the hot air outside the cave will float directly upwards after coming in.
And these nests, I don't know whether they grew here naturally, or thousands of years ago when the King of Wei built this "fairy beast country" specially cultivated here, these nests may be afraid of heat and cold, as long as they encounter the hot air blowing outside, they will begin to squirm non-stop, from their bodies began to secrete those liquid substances that Lu Wuyang called "natural paraffin", and then flowed down and quickly condensed, solidified into a rock of the same color and hardness as the mountain, which not only sealed the entrance of the cave, but also formed a camouflage that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
The ground of this long, seemingly boundless "tunnel" is straight and hard, and it is a real mountain rock.
Everyone looked left and right, and found that there were faint shadows standing near the distant "tunnel wall" on both sides, so everyone cautiously turned to the side.
When I got closer, it turned out to be a statue similar to the statues in the destroyed barracks, but the statues here, in addition to the fairy-like statue with a handsome face and wings behind it, were more of various strange monsters with huge bodies and hideous faces.
You can't even tell what kind of monster you're seeing, it's plausible, it's very miscellaneous
The feeling of chaos, like a child's puzzle, seems to put all kinds of animals together at random, which seems very grotesque and weird.
These statues have an even bigger feature: double-sided!
That is to say, in the direction facing the Wei King Valley, the expressions of the monster statues on both sides are smiling and gloomy, while when taking a few steps forward and looking out from the direction of the Wei King Valley, the expressions of half of the faces on the side of these monster statues are hideous and ferocious.
But whatever the expression of their half faces, they showed a humble half-bent gesture that seemed to be bowing, as if welcoming the arrival of people.
Bai Yunfei suddenly said: "I understand, this is the legendary Tongwang Cave!" Although there may be many places in Tongwang Cave, this is undoubtedly one of them. ”
"How so?" Although Cao Longxuan was puzzled, he asked with interest on his face.
"First, we all already know that the river leading to the 'Immortal Beast Country' established by King Wei here is called the 'Tongwangdong River', as the name suggests, perhaps this river flows from the cave leading to the 'Immortal Beast Country' of King Wei. And this is not the only way to pass through the Tongwangdong River, which means that there should be more than one place in this 'Tongwangdong'. But this should be the outermost and secret gateway. ”
Bai Yunfei explained:
"Second, this mysterious passage of such a wide and deep nature must be of great significance, whether it is naturally formed or artificially carved on a natural foundation.
Thirdly, even if it is natural, it is extremely unusual to erect a statue here, and to have these nests at this entrance, which can quickly generate 'paraffin' like the cliff rocks.
I estimate that this is the legendary Tongwang Cave, which is an important channel that can connect King Wei's 'Immortal Beast Kingdom' and the outside world.
Otherwise, how could those bull running formations like a frenzy come out of this trench-like valley mouth? How can you come and go freely? ”
"That makes sense!" Cao Longxuan's iconic smile actually made Bai Yunfei feel that he was confident.
This can't help but make Bai Yunfei a little depressed: no matter what problems this Cao Longxuan has, when he needs to make suggestions, he relies on himself now, and even sometimes he already has an answer or plan in his heart, but he still asks Bai Yunfei to give a plan and make an answer, and I don't know if he is testing or a manifestation of too deep scheming.
Bai Yunfei waved these thoughts away from his mind, straightened out his thoughts, and continued:
"The Bull Running Formation has been entering this Tongwang Cave for a while, I think we still have to follow them quickly, although it is basically impossible to keep up with them now, but as long as there are traces of their travel, it should be a path to guide us."
"Of course, it may be more dangerous to follow these monsters like fierce beasts, but if the danger is trampled by them, we will save a lot of trouble, and if they die a little more, we can still eat steak."
Han Debang lost no time in humoring, but everyone also thought that what he said had a certain truth, seeing the momentum and power of these "sword stabbing bulls" and sweeping everything, I believe there are more
Traps or traps will be razed to the ground.
Then they flashed their flashlights and walked to the depths of Tongwang Cave.
After walking a few steps, I heard Old Ghost Su ask Bai Yunfei:
"Bai family baby, you have a good brain, you tell us, those cows are powerful, but how do they know that there are holes in this mountain? Before they hit the paraffin shell of the cave that looks like a mountain, how do they know where the cave is and where the real mountain droplets are? You know, this one is careless, hit the wrong place, don't look at what kind of 'fairy beasts' they are, they are still dead. ”
This question really stopped Bai Yunfei for a while, he could only smile awkwardly and replied: "I really don't know this, I guess, they should be able to see it." ”
"What's that? Can you see it? Then they are really gods! My old cow is known as the 'iron bull', I think you also knew it when I was in the army, it was a well-known figure, just my eyesight, the bell, the material of the sniper, I can't see that the mountain is empty, how can they see it? Niu Gang asked Bai Yunfei a little unconvinced.
Bai Yunfei smiled, and while using a flashlight to shoot back and forth, he replied, "Big Niu, have you looked carefully at the eyes of those cows?" ”
"Look, it's blood-red, it's like having mad cow disease, it's scary to look at."
"I think the problem is their eyes, which look very scary, but they remind me of something, guess what?"
"What is it?"
"Infrared transmitters, or infrared receivers, such as the red light-emitting buttons on TV remotes or other remote controls, can send out signals that are invisible to our human eyes to start electrical appliances. Maybe this analogy is not right, they are not infrared, but we are in the army, the infrared night vision devices on the sniper rifles, you should know, these things, in the dark night without visible light, people rely on them, they can solve the problem of vision, can see things that people without night vision devices can't see. ”
As soon as Bai Yunfei explained this, Niu Gang immediately showed a clear expression and tone:
"Oh, I see, I see, that's what happened, so you mean that these cows can't have an infrared device like a contact lens in their eyes?"
Bai Yunfei was amused by him: "That's impossible, it should be in ancient times, when Wei Xiaoliang, who was known as the King of Wei, was alive, it had already been called 'genetic improvement' in today's terms, and it was impossible to test in ancient terms, anyway, it was through mutation or variant breeding, which could already make these cattle have such an ability." ”
"Yes," Wang Ziming agreed with Bai Yunfei's statement: "Thousands of years have passed, it is estimated that there are no living people in this so-called 'Immortal Beast Country', and there is only a group of wild monsters left. ”
Before Wang Ziming's words were finished, he listened to "Ah-━━! The scream was terrible and abrupt, and suddenly it broke the empty "tunnel" that was originally very silent.
Everyone was frightened unexpectedly, they were all trembling, subconsciously a quick dodge, turned around in horror, knowing that there must have been a bizarre and strange change, otherwise there would be no such piercing scream, it seems that the reminder of Bai Yunfei outside the cave is really very necessary, isn't this what you are afraid of?
Suddenly, all the flashlights shook in a mess, and they found their target and concentrated on one of Bodchin's soldiers.
I saw that the bandit was still howling, jumping on the ground, and at the same time slapping the back of his neck violently with his arm, and in his panicked beating, everyone had already seen a blue, green and faint thing, writhing at the back of his neck.
In such a gloomy and strange environment, in such a gloomy and windy space, with a pungent smell of decay, and a secret that is indistinguishable from a terrifying tomb, how can it not make people feel frightened when such a thing suddenly falls on a person's body?
Li Yulan, who hadn't said a word for a long time, suddenly screamed as if she was cooperating with that soldier and bandit: "Ahhh ”
Bo Deqin and his subordinates didn't know what kind of person Li Yulan was, but everyone in the "Eight Immortals" expedition knew her very well, this beautiful woman, who even looked a little weak, was actually a very stoic and persevering woman, no matter how much pain and tribulation, she would often not say a word.
From the time when I went to the Black Ze Country in the Western Regions to find the tomb of King Abraham and met the perverted Village Chief Luo, everyone was almost destroyed to death by this murderous maniac with strong martial arts, Li Yulan was also covered in bruises, and she fainted to death after being hit several times, without saying a word, it was enough to see her super endurance, and she was by no means the kind of delicate little woman cultivated in a greenhouse.
But everyone also knows that Li Yulan also has the weakness that other women have, that is, she is particularly afraid of hairy things, if it is a cat, dog and other domestic animals, it is okay, but if it is an unknown animal, especially a monster, if it is covered with hair, or it is extremely ugly, it looks particularly dirty and obscene, then she will be very scared when she sees it.
She is not afraid of bad people, not afraid of fighting, not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, but she is afraid of these things, such as a wet rat crawling out of the sewer, although small and non-lethal, can scare her half to death.
When everyone heard Li Yulan's scream, although they hadn't seen what it was for a moment, they had already determined that the green, blue, and blue thing was very likely to be a weird monster.
(End of chapter)