Chapter 20 Stone Carving
"It doesn't matter what he is, as long as it's not a zongzi, run, the zongzi behind him is coming!" Ge Zhuang and I got up at the same time, pushed Chen Yun and ran forward, the tunnel was down, there were many turning and forks, and I ran forward for about ten meters, I found that the old Zhong and Qianyong in front of me didn't move, and quickly shouted, "Why don't you run?" ”
The old bell looked back at me, "It's water ahead!" ”
I looked intently, and found that after running out of the stone hall, there was indeed an undercurrent lying in front of me, and at this time the army of zongzi had already chased after us, less than five or six meters away from us, so close, I could already see the white fluff covering their faces, one by one like steel needles growing on their faces.
I was shocked and shouted, "Leave it alone, let's go into the water first!" ”
I rushed forward, pushed Lao Zhong and others to roll into the water, and jumped off the water, although the water was very deep, but it was not cold, but there was still some warmth, I quickly floated out of the water, and looked at the corridor.
When the zongzi chased to the water's edge, they stopped chasing and stood behind one after another, staring at us under the water.
Old Zhong also poked his head out of the water and said in a low voice, "Little pumpkin, what's going on?" Could it be that zongzi is afraid of water? ”
I didn't know about it, shook my head, and didn't respond.
Since the zongzi didn't catch up, I was no longer so nervous in my heart, my eyes continued to look towards the nearby beams, and then I looked at a statue sitting at the water's edge, this statue feels very strange, thin but powerful, if you don't look at its appearance, I just thought it was still a statue of the mountain god, so I said, "Strange, could it be that these statues can suppress and suppress the zongzi and make them afraid?" That's why you don't dare to chase after you? ”
"Let the fat man try if they are afraid!" Ge Zhuang picked up a touch of water under the water and poured it on the dumplings.
The water droplets fell on the body of the zongzi door accurately, and the strange thing was that those zongzi didn't seem to feel the existence of the water droplets, and let the water stain their bodies, Ge Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at me, "They don't seem to be afraid of water...... Then why didn't they chase it. ”
"It seems that they are afraid of this stone sculpture." Old Zhong breathed a sigh of relief before saying this.
The stone sculpture is still some distance away from us, and more than a dozen zongzi are standing near the stone carving, and we dare not poke out of the water to look, so we have to turn around and look towards this water.
This place looks like an artificial river, the tunnel we just ran through should belong to an entrance to this river, there is no light in the hole, the river water is as black as ink, very deep, it can't penetrate the bottom at all, fortunately, everyone knows water.
"Don't open it again, there are so many zongzi guarding over there, we can't go back, there seems to be an embankment on the other side, let's swim over first." After observing for a long time, Lao Zhong suggested.
The course of this artificial river is not too wide, about five or six meters away, and with the water nature of Ge Zhuang and me, it only takes two strokes to reach the opposite side. The other side of the artificial river is also a similar environment, we climbed to the embankment, all wet, the river flooded people's insteps, we first threw the mountaineering bag to the shore, the mood was suddenly much more relaxed.
There is no such surge on the other side of the artificial river, and two or three meters ahead is the stone wall, which is dark and smooth with strong sunlight.
Fortunately, the temperature here is not too low, and everyone is standing here, and they don't feel cold, but they can't find any other way out, and they feel a little bored in their hearts.
"Little pumpkin, look, those dumplings seem to have left." Ge Zhuang took a breath, and suddenly pointed to the other side and said. I looked up in response, and sure enough, when the zongzi saw everyone falling into the water, they did not continue to catch up, but were reincarnated mechanically collectively, and the sound of "Titicaca" became farther and farther away, and it seemed that they had given up on us.
There is also a flashlight left by Ge Zhuang in the corridor, and the white pillar of light shines on the stone wall of the corridor, a white miserable light, inexplicably weird.
Although the zongzi no longer chase us, but I am still a little uneasy, we seem to be trapped here, there is no way to swim over, once we go back to the original way, I am afraid that the zongzi can pounce again anytime and anywhere.
Our backpack is waterproof, take out the electric light to supplement the light source, strong light to the artificial river, the water quality is very clear, you can see the water within five meters, the water quality is very clean, and you can't see any creatures, the river water is extended to the left, the flashlight can't shine on the head, you can't see how long, but you can't hear the sound of the water, you can judge that the water flow is very slow.
Since there is air circulating here, at least it means that the tunnel is not sealed, and I am a little more relieved.
After a little rest, we still have to get back the other equipment that fell on the Yongdao, just now we only cared about escaping, and many of the equipment for the tomb were thrown into the bank of the artificial river, this kind of thing, Ge Zhuang and I are the best at it, and the salvage task is naturally handed over to us.
Chen Yun took the flashlight and stood against the stone wall, while Ge Zhuang and I slowly swam over, climbed up the corridor, and retrieved the flashlight left on the opposite bank first, not forgetting to glance at the statue next to it, feeling more and more strange.
The statue is very vague, only the outline of a human being, unlike the stone sculptures we have seen before, its eyes are staring at the opposite side, as if it is observing something, but there is nothing under the surface, and what is the point of putting a statue here?
I glanced a few more times, and then jumped into the water again, and before I could afford to observe, I felt that there was a keen gaze behind me, staring at my heart, ignoring anything, swimming directly to the opposite bank, and Ge Zhuang stood up with support, leaning against the stone wall and squinting back.
The statue was still standing upright, motionless, but as I looked closely, the strange feeling in my heart became more and more obvious, and I felt that the statue at the exit of the tunnel was a living thing, looking at us with its eyes.
He was like a petrified man.
I looked a little distracted, which couldn't help but make Ge Zhuang a little puzzled, waved his hand and shook my face, and asked suspiciously, "Little pumpkin, what are you looking at?" ”
I'm very unsure in my heart, saying that we are a tiger falling into Pingyang, and we were actually forced into the water by a bunch of stupid zongzi, and after the rifle is dry, I want to go over and find the field back.
Chen Yun cleared her throat and asked me if I found that statue strange?
I was uneasy in my heart, but I still shook my head and said, "Isn't it just a stone sculpture, what's so strange?" ”
Maybe I was too nervous before, so I was all the soldiers, and when I looked up at the statue again, the strange feeling was gone, and I wasn't sure if the feeling of being spied on inexplicably before was my own psychological effect, so I didn't say it, so as not to cause too much panic.
Chen Yun said again, "No, I still feel that there is something wrong with the statue, when I fell into the water just now, I don't know if you found it, I always feel that the statue seems to be alive, looking at us from behind." ”
Ge Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and said You also feel this way? Hearing the conversation between the two, my heart also began to feel empty, I thought that I was the only one who would have the illusion that the stone statue was alive, but I didn't expect that even Ge Zhuang and Chen Yun felt the same, so they said, "Don't think about it suspiciously, no matter whether this statue is dead or alive, since it hasn't moved, there is no threat to us, so why scare yourself?" ”