Chapter 18: The Secret Path
My brain was instantly confused, and I subconsciously let out a sharp scream, snot and tears flowed down together, I stood up and ran with my legs, just ran a step, stepped on something, the soles of my feet slipped, and I fell heavily on the ground again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The severe pain made me come back to my senses a little, light, now what I need most is light, the thing I stepped on should be my mobile phone, so I covered my mouth and nose with one hand, trying not to make a sound, and touched it with the other hand, this time I finally picked up my phone, and the cold touch of the metal body moved me to the point of crying.
I turned on the flashlight and walked behind me, I had to see what I had just touched, but my back was empty, I first felt strange, and then there was inexplicable fear, although it was only for a moment, but I could clearly feel that it was a pair of human feet, extremely cold, without body temperature, obviously not alive.
However, how could a corpse suddenly disappear silently?
Is there really a ghost in this world?
"Who, get out of here!"
"Your grandma's!"
"Mom sells batches, mom sells batches!"
"Eat grapes without spitting out grape skins!"
"Help, help!"
I roared hysterically, not knowing what I was shouting, until my voice was hoarse and I had no strength.
I shouted for so long, if anyone could hear me, they would have come to my rescue a long time ago, and my phone had no signal in this hellish place, I tried dialing 110 twice to no avail, and that's when I realized that I had to rely on myself.
People are like this, when there is still a way out, they will always seek the most comfortable and easiest way, but once they fall into a desperate situation and need to face it independently, they will often grow a lot in an instant.
With 28 percent of my phone still charged, I turned it off and sat down, shivering and lighting myself a cigarette.
I don't have a habit of smoking, but I carry a box with me, and I meet acquaintances when I go out and give one to people, which seems enthusiastic.
I lit myself a cigarette to distract myself a bit, and to calm myself down and think about what to do next.
My ankle hurt more and more, swelling and swelling, making me unable to concentrate, I took a picture with my phone, and my ankle was already swollen, and the bulging sac was like a bun.
I simply snuffed out the cigarette butt, crumpled the tobacco, put it in my mouth and chewed it, the taste was not pleasant, but I still couldn't help but not spit it out, this is the method taught to me by Lao Zhao, which can refresh and relieve pain.
I chewed several cigarettes in a row, first picking out the rust from the wound with my fingernails, and then spitting out the chewed tobacco paste on it, and the pain finally eased a little.
Then I remembered the metal ring that tripped me up, and shone it with a flashlight, and it was still there, and it suddenly disappeared without giving me any fun.
I limped over and looked at it with my flashlight, and the metal ring was supposed to be made of copper, and there was something carved on it, but it was covered by a turquoise patina, and it was a mess, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
This thing doesn't appear here for nothing, it must be meaningful, most likely a mechanism, I took a pack of tissues from my pocket, took two of them, folded them and wrapped them around my hands, and tried to pull them a few times.
I pulled up the copper ring seven or eight centimeters, and there was half an iron chain attached to it, but then, no matter how hard I tried, this thing just couldn't move a bit, at first I suspected that the iron chain was rusted underneath, and after pulling it a few times, it didn't feel like the iron chain was stuck by something.
Could it be that the direction is wrong?
I held the iron ring, tentatively twisted a circle, "click" sound, as if fastening some button, I was happy in my heart, pulled up suddenly, "bang-la-la", the chain was pulled out by me three feet long, I felt a shock under my feet, as soon as I let go, the chain "rattle" itself fell back, with the movement of the chain, it was a series of "click-la-la" sounds.
"Boom", the ground with the copper ring as the center of the two meters square suddenly collapsed, a warm red light rose, I rubbed my eyes, the first thought in my mind is is is there someone down here?
But soon I found out that it was not, there was a dark passage below, to be exact, it was a tomb road, the bottom of the tomb road was a step made of bluestone slabs, very steep, almost vertically down, on the walls on both sides of the tomb road, every ten meters or so, there was a red candle, the candlelight that was beating slowly, it turned out to be a strange red, as far as the eye could see, I could only see a red candle flame stretching down, like two red lines, at the end of the line of sight converged into a red dot, this deep tomb road, it seems to lead all the way to hell.
By the light of the red candle, I saw some murals painted on the walls dozens of meters away, and I could vaguely identify some of the characters in the paintings, but I don't know what they are.
Could it be that there is an ancient tomb under this library?
This is too nonsense, it is rumored that not long ago the supermarket in the old town of our county was demolished, and a lot of bottles and cans were inadvertently dug up, and people were sent to check on it, and found an ancient tomb during the Zhou Dynasty, which is still surrounded by iron sheets.
And the candle on the wall, which is still burning, could it be a mermaid candle too?
I lifted my nose and smelled it, and as I expected, although my nose was injured, I could still smell a faint fragrance, which was a bit like sandalwood, and there was a faint calming effect, which made people feel comfortable, exactly the same as the mermaid candle I smelled in the tomb of King Zhou.
Could it be that this tomb is related to the one in Python Mountain?
Although I was very curious in my heart, I didn't want to go down to find out, just kidding, all the big tombs, the anti-theft organs are very tight, what situation I am in now, I don't even have any equipment on my body, just a broken mobile phone, and the battery is almost out, and the most basic food supply is a problem......
Speaking of food, I reached into my pocket, pulled out a piece of chocolate, peeled off the wrapper, and took a small bite.
The taste of the chocolate was pure, and I sat on the floor and felt the chocolate slowly melt on the tip of my tongue, a slightly bitter sweetness slowly spreading, and the strange taste that had come up from my stomach after the fear in my mouth was suppressed little by little.
I carefully wrapped the rest of the chocolate, which would make me fat if I ate too much, but would give me a little more sugar if necessary.
I put the candle beside me, the warm red light can bring me a little comfort in my heart, I turned on the phone and tried a few times, but there was still no signal, I was trapped in this darkness, there was no way to go to the sky, there was no way to enter the ground.
Of course, there is still a way out, and the mermaid candles in the tomb have been burning, indicating that the air below is flowing, so I may be able to find a way out if I go below.
But I didn't dare, Lao Zhao and Xiao Zhang were not by my side, and I couldn't overcome the fear in my heart and go down to the gloomy tomb.
As the minutes ticked by, it was cold in the library, but the tip of my nose was still oozing beads of sweat, and in the end, I managed to convince myself that I was determined to go down there and find a way out, but I couldn't go back the way I came.
I stood up and patted the dust off my body, and walked into the narrow graveyard step by step, knowing that there was very little hope, that there might be a yin and yang separation, and that there would be no turning back, but it was better than sitting here and waiting for death.
At this moment, I have no choice.