Volume 1 Kurosawa Domain Chapter 86 Occupy the mountain as king

After everyone rested seven or eight times, this brilliant underground cave like a galaxy finally came to an end, although there were still some zigzag cave branches in front, but there were no fireflies in sight, and the front began to fall into darkness again.

After passing through this fantasy world that hangs upside down like a galaxy, they can only take one last look with nostalgia, and everyone groped their way to the endless darkness and danger ahead.

After searching the branches of the cave but finding nothing, everyone turned their eyes completely on the mouth of the hideous ghost beast that the light of the fireflies could shine on.

This is a huge relief attached to the natural stone wall, carved with the head and face of a hideous ghost-like giant beast, with angry eyes, open bloody mouths, fangs, and want to devour people.

One of the faces of this giant beast was already carved hideously, and it opened its mouth to eat people, and in this gloomy underground world, you suddenly saw such a terrifying monster, and you couldn't help but feel weak.

And the most terrifying thing is that this ghost has a scar on its face that is transparent up and down, not only on its face, but also on the stone walls above and below this ghost face have been cut open by this shocking knife, making this ghost monster look even more hideous and terrifying.

After studying for a long time, everyone found that this was not a sword slashed by some immortal or the god of the underworld, but an underground crack, and the head and face of this ghost monster were carved on this crack.

With a flashlight, the beast's mouth is a hole in a black hole, and I don't know where it leads.

Since there are traces of artificial carving, what else is there to say? The only way to go in and explore.

However, when entering the mouth of this beast, Bai Yunfei suddenly had an ominous thought for no reason: everyone took the initiative to send themselves to the mouth of this ghost, and they would never come back alive, right?

When I entered the black hole in the ghost's mouth, I turned down the stairs sharply along the crack, and I saw a messy yin wind blowing upwards in this black and secluded crack, and I didn't know whether it led to hell or where.

Cao Longxuan checked the compass on his watch, and the direction in front of the crack had changed from southeast to southwest.

And sticking his head out to look at the endless abyss-like cracks below, those countless stairs were all made of bronze chains covered with green rust, one at intervals of about half a meter, and stretched horizontally on the rocks to the left and right of the crack, extending downward according to a certain angle of inclination.

The crack can be as wide as two people standing side by side, but of course it will widen or narrow from time to time as it goes down. Although the stone walls on both sides are blown by the wind, they are still damp, and there are still spots of moss on them, which are slippery and do not leave your hands.

Exploring downward in such a situation makes people's legs tremble, but there is no other way, everyone gritted their teeth and reminded each other to pay attention to safety, but in fact, they cheered each other up, strengthened their courage, and groped their way to the depths of this hellish abyss.

Although the bronze chain was rusty, it was also very slippery, and if you were not careful, you would slip out, making everyone tremble when they climbed down from it.

There were a few times when I almost fell from the gap between the two chains, but fortunately, it was clear in advance that I should grasp it with my hands, and after the danger, we simply strung it with a climbing rope, like a grasshopper on a rope, to prevent once the hand could not grasp the bronze chain, there could be follow-up remedies.

After descending, the stone walls and bronze chains on both sides were not so slippery, and even very dry, because the yin wind blowing up below was no longer cold, but became hot, and the smell of sulfur was getting stronger and stronger.

Everyone's hearts were shocked, could it be that they were about to go to the underground magma?

In this way, everyone slowly descended in the cracks of the abyss, which was blowing in the scorching yin wind, and climbed until they couldn't walk, so they rested in unison, and after about half a day, the bronze chain staircase finally came to an end.

The downward trend of this underground fissure is almost over, but the trend ahead is still endless, and a square passage appears in the rock wall to the right at the end of the bronze chain.

At this time, everyone was already sweating from the hot wind blowing up, their mouths were dry, and they didn't dare to drink more of the limited mineral water in their backpacks.

The passage was still sloping downward, groping its way in the dark, and the feel from the stone wall was hot, and the further you walked, the higher the temperature of the stone wall.

Han Debang was scared, and shouted that this was going to the center of the earth, if not, he should retreat quickly, it was better than being burned to death by lava.

Bai Yunfei comforted him a few words, and then Cao Longxuan saw that everyone was also apprehensive, so he said a few words to boost morale, and everyone continued to explore.

After descending for a long time, the front suddenly opened up, and a huge cave appeared in front of everyone.

The temperature was still high in this tall and spacious cavern, and the interior was like a town hall, with a flat and open floor, and there was nothing else in the hall except a hill the height of a three-story building.

This tall hill is a huge rock, black and shiny, exactly the same stone texture and color as the whole cave, and it is conical in shape.

From the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are all kinds of statues carved on it, there are nobles wearing luxurious official uniforms in the ancient Western Regions, or civilians dressed in plain civilian clothes, there are generals and soldiers who are mighty and brave and fighting, there are monks who believe in piety and benevolence, and practice asceticism, there are fierce and domineering, strong chariots, baggage, there are graceful and elegant horses, there are gentle camels, there are fierce and cunning, bloody and cruel lone wolves, and the evil and evil, corrupt and ugly vultures...

And on the top of the mountain, there is a large throne, on the throne sits a mighty, domineering, with a kind of domineering momentum overlooking all living beings, presumably this is the statue of King Abraham mentioned on the anonymous inscription.

The crowd circled the hill and observed the hall for a week, except for a wide passage in the depths of the hall, which was open.

Not far from this passage, there is also a very tall passage, but it has been blocked, everyone studied for a while, smashed a few times with a sledgehammer, and listened to the sound blocked very deep and strong, there is no echo of the empty sound, and there is no difference from the stone wall of the dead heart.

Except for the two passages that were open and blocked, a careful inspection of the surroundings did not reveal any clues, such as secret passages, mechanisms, texts or murals, only the bare stone walls that had been repaired.

The ground and the top wall were also examined in detail, and no suspicious clues were found, so everyone temporarily focused on this mountain and the statues on this mountain.

Because the observation of these statues requires careful examination of some details, and the range of the flashlight's cluster light is limited, everyone took out some fluorescent bombs and threw them on the mountain from all sides, and the fluorescent liquid was scattered and splashed, and suddenly the hill was full of fluorescence, and the whole mountain was bright.

The crowd observed the statues one by one from the bottom of the mountain, and while studying their external features such as their identity, expressions, postures, clothing, and manners, they also groped and pulled them one by one to see if there were any organs or messages.

Of course, when checking whether there is an organ or information, everyone is cautious, for fear that if they accidentally trigger any organ that harms people, the consequences may be unimaginable.

But before the bottom of the mountain reaches the mountainside, this cautious caution is gone, because the statues are all the same, carved out of the whole rock of the mountain.

There is not a single crevice, no holes or external inlays, the surface is smooth, and the whole mountain is completely one, nothing more than a carved appearance of people or other things.

Those who wore official uniforms or monks' attire were either majestic or pious and submissive, and those generals or soldiers wore war helmets and armor, and held spears, swords, and round shields, raised their eyebrows, and roared and shouted.

These figures all have toned and powerful bodies, and the carving techniques are delicate, and even the lines of clothing and utensils are vividly depicted.

And those chariots, horses, camels, wolves, vultures, and other things are carved in equal proportions, lifelike, vivid, and extremely capable of carving.

All the carvings on the whole mountain, like a wordless regional history, show some of the characteristics of people and things in that historical period in a vivid way, and I believe that there are archaeological staff here, who will be extremely happy.

When the crowd reached the top of the mountain, the only last statue remained.

First of all, everyone first checked whether there was any mechanism or news in this key part, and after careful inspection, it was still the same as other statues, completely carved from the mountain stone, and there was nothing suspicious.

Including the statues at the bottom of the mountain, everyone knocked on it while groping to see if it was hollow, but it was disappointing, along with the king on the mountain, it was all solid carving.

This king has a wide nose and a wide mouth, high eyebrow bones, deep eye sockets, a pair of sharp eyes like a god's glare, the lines of his face are resolute and sharp, and his cheeks are clenched.

He wears a high crown with a carved shape inlaid with gold and jade.

Dressed in a robe surrounded by a hundred dragons, this costume shape is really surprising, because in the Western world, whether it is a statue or a portrait of a king, it will not reflect the mysterious thing "dragon" on the robe, only those influenced by Eastern culture will reflect it on the emperor's clothing.

However, for thousands of years in China, from the Qin Emperor and Han Wu to the Tang Dynasty and Song Ancestors, these emperors who have gone down in history have only reflected nine dragons on the "dragon robes" of the emperors, in order to show the body of the "Ninety-Five Supreme" and dominate Kyushu China.

Unexpectedly thinking of this King Abraham, everyone can only suspect that he is this King Abraham, because after entering the underground palace, there is no information to confirm that the king in front of him is him.

Unexpectedly, King Abraham actually painted hundreds of dragons on his dragon robe, which also reflects the inheritance of ancient oriental civilization and cultural heritage, but how to look at it feels like a challenge to tradition.

He wears eight treasures gilt belts with relief beasts, cranes, bats and other auspicious things around his waist, and hangs Qiankun Fushou on the belt.

The feet climb the clouds and float around the mountains and rivers, and the boots are the head shape of the hideous and vicious beasts.

Under the seat is the carved dragon throne of coiling dragon knots, there is a phoenix hovering, auspicious clouds linger, mountains and rivers are looming, and the momentum is extraordinary.

After all the statues on this mountain were observed, except for the exquisite carving art of the ancients, no valuable clues were found.

Coming down the perilous and long bronze chain steps, exhausted and baked in the heat, and with indescribable fatigue, they all went down the hill and decided to sleep well.

After arranging the shifts on duty, everyone replenished some fresh water and fell asleep.

It's hot, but it's better than sleeping in those cold, damp places, and everyone sleeps soundly.