"Let's go, this is not the place to talk, the aftermath of the earthquake above will soon be transmitted to this side, this place will collapse sooner or later, we must pass through this crack as soon as possible!" The old bell had already put away all the equipment and carried it on his shoulders.

The crack in front of me is very long, and I can't visually inspect it in the dark, the only thing that can help us get out of here is the iron chain under our feet, I stood up and tried it, and found that the load-bearing capacity of this iron chain is still good, it should be enough to support the four of us.

Lao Zhong pinned the flashlight to his waist, and was the first to climb up to explore the way, and then it was me, when I was about to climb up, Chen Yun gently dragged me behind me, and said Sima Nan, do you think something is wrong here, why is there such a big crack under the tomb of the Gong descendant, it looks like it is very deep, I am afraid that it can directly lead to the core of the earth.

I said, "I don't have time to explore those mysteries now, it's better to run for your life, go up, I'll help you!" ”

I asked Chen Yun to climb on the iron chain for the second time, and he and Ge Zhuang lay behind the back of the hall, the chain looked extremely worn, and the rust on it was very thick, perhaps because the age was too old, our feet stepped on it, and from time to time slipped off the rust covered on the skin of the iron chain and fell below, I secretly prayed in my heart, this iron chain must not be broken, otherwise we will all have dumplings!

We don't know where this chain leads, but fortunately, looking at the trend of the chain extending in the past, it should be all the way up, which makes me feel a little reassured, at least we won't go all the way to hell along the chain!

This chain is relatively thick, and it is quite smooth to walk from above, similar to the feeling of walking on a single-plank bridge, but the single-plank bridge is generally only about ten meters, and we have no way of knowing how long this chain is, and we can't even see the end of it, and I am really worried that we will starve to death on it before we climb to the end.

Our flashlights are provided by Chen Yun's sight, this kind of strong light flashlight is extremely penetrating, more than the general wolf eye flashlight effect, the direct effect can reach 200 meters, but I climbed on the chain for two half a day, and lifted the flashlight again, there is still endless darkness in front of me, and there is no end at all.

The most terrible thing in this environment is the psychological pressure of people, we have crawled out for a long time, away from the place where the tomb is shaking, and from time to time I can still hear the sound of the adobe layer collapsing, I looked back a few times on the way, and found that even the secret passage leading to this crack in the ground has been completely shrunk in the squeezing of the rock layer until it is no longer visible, and there is no turning back at the moment.

It may be the reason why the chain is thicker, walking on it is relatively stable, the actual difficulty is not great, the only thing that makes me feel pressured is that I don't know where this chain can lead, this process is extremely long, boring, except for the sound of my own breathing, almost nothing can be heard.

I even expected Ge Zhuang to nag at my feet, so that at least I wouldn't be too lonely, but Ge Zhuang seemed to have learned to be obedient this time, pursed his mouth tightly from beginning to end, didn't say a word, and the sweat droplets on his face could almost be connected into a line.

The more nervous people are, the less desire to speak, presumably everyone is like this, walking slowly forward on this "endless road", I don't know how long I walked, the light of my flashlight gradually dimmed, it should be that the reserve power in the battery has been exhausted.

I finally found a chance to speak, turned back to Ge Zhuang behind me and said, Fatty, find a few dry batteries to come out and replace them.

Ge Zhuang immediately freed up a hand, stretched out into the bag to find the battery, our flashlight lighting intensity is too large, the power consumption is also very obvious, the hand rod of the battery is more than 20 centimeters, can be stuffed with six dry batteries at the same time, Ge Zhuang found out, handed it to me one by one, reminded, "Little pumpkin, at this time our last few batteries, if you light up before the use, there is still no way to climb to the end, you can only take a lighter to illuminate." ”

I carefully put on the battery and tightened the cover, when Chen Yun in front suddenly looked back at me and said don't talk, we should have finished half of the climb.

I said, how can you be sure? Chen Yun explained, "A suspended iron chain will definitely fall down in the middle because of its own load-bearing, and now the iron chain has obviously been raised, indicating that we will soon come to an end." ”

Chen Yun's words rekindled a little hope in my heart, I beat my spirit, wiped the sweat off my face, and moved forward at a faster speed.

The iron chain gradually showed an arc that bent upward, proving that Chen Yun's words were right, because of the arc on the iron chain, we had no way to keep walking upright, so we all squatted down, and began to be afraid of moving forward with our hands and feet.

After crawling forward like this for about fifteen minutes, the beam of the flashlight in my hand finally shone to the end, and in front of me was another pitch-black stone wall, and the chain stretched upwards, and at the end there was a small black hole, which must have been the exit!

Seeing this, my tense heart felt a little better, and I hurriedly said to Ge Zhuang, who was panting heavily, "Fatty, work harder, we will soon climb to the end, if this is really excavated by the craftsmen who were responsible for building the tomb of the Gong Descendant in ancient times, we will definitely be able to get out." ”

At this time, I heard Chen Yun in front of me say, "Sima Nan, you think it's really simple, how can such a large crack in the ground be artificial, the only explanation is a naturally generated wonder, and such a thick and long iron chain, with the technology of those craftsmen in ancient times, there is no way to fix them here." ”

I said, "How do you explain the existence of these chains?"

Chen Yun frowned and said I don't know, we have climbed at least nearly three kilometers all the way, according to the density of this iron chain, I am afraid it can only be measured in 10,000 tons, who built such a wide iron chain here? Even modern times do not necessarily have such technology.

I laughed and said, don't you always say that we underestimate the wisdom of the ancients? I can think of one of them.

Chen Yun said, have you thought of a way to build such a heavy chain? Say it and I'll hear it! I pointed to the deep darkness beneath my feet, and said that the only plausible explanation was that there was no crack in the ground, but a long, straight chain that had been laid flat on the ground, because the earthquake had caused the surface to collapse or crack, and then such a natural abyss had been formed.

Hearing my analysis, Chen Yun frowned, and didn't seem to find any suitable reason to refute me, so she had to acquiesce.

At this time, Ge Zhuang patted my calf and said Little pumpkin, you put the flashlight down first, fat man, I seem to have found something on the stone wall, and I can't see it clearly.

I did as I was told, shifted the flashlight down two inches, and the strong light hit the stone wall that connected the end of the chain, and then, I saw a lot of "lotus platform" like things, and on each "lotus platform" there was an ink-colored plant growing on it, perhaps because this place could not receive light, so the color of the vegetation was not green, but very deep, and it looked as if it was carved out of black jade.

I sighed softly and couldn't help but wonder, "What is this?" ”