Chapter 43: Running to the Moon

Uncle Ming divided the two short swords of the "Hate Tianshi" scraping the mussel and slaying the dragon to me and the fat man, he said that if you want to dive in the ruins to find a way to survive, you basically have to be prepared to have no return, God knows what dangers are in the depths of the water, there is the "water sword" of the ancestors of the Tan people to defend yourself, at least more reliable than diving knives and spearguns, I and the fat man secretly scolded Uncle Ming and wanted to push us out as a shield.

But at this moment, I can't afford to worry about him anymore, I hurried up to tell everyone, it seems that there is going to be a big "tide" on the sea, and the ruins may be filled with sea water at any time, and there is only one dead end to stay here and be burned by dragon fire...... Then I don't need to say the result, in short, remember three points, first, team action, advance and retreat together; Second, don't waste time; Third, at the last moment, we must resist psychological pressure, we must be open-minded, desperate, and we must not turn back.

At this time, everyone is not clear, with the scuba oxygen we carry, if we want to escape from the ruins without determining whether there is an exit at all, the probability of getting out alive is probably not even one in a thousand, but staying in this is not the surge overturned the boat and fell into the water to feed the sharks, or was burned to death by dragon fire and hot springs, the situation is a sharp turn, and there is no time left to think about it for a few minutes, seeing that there is no way to live if you don't take action, as Uncle Ming said: "If you don't gamble, you don't know the luck is high", no matter how little the opportunity is, it is also an opportunity, Instead of waiting to die, why not take the plunge while you have the energy to do it now? Even if they have made up their minds.

At this time, the fire rain suddenly stopped falling, the sharks on the nearby water surface were snatching the body of the snapper, the water had risen to the head of the bronze slave, and the water surface was densely packed with a bronze human head, and the sound of the surrounding water was like hitting a giant bell at the bottom of the sea, at this time the atmosphere was indescribable, but I saw that it was the opportunity to enter the water, and made a gesture to everyone, buckled the frog mirror with a breathing tube, and was about to take the lead down the "楥木" into the water, but was pulled by Gu Chai by the arm.

I pushed the goggles away and asked, "What?" Flinched? Seeing that Longhu Guchai's face was full of surprise and horror, he said to everyone, "You can't go...... I saw...... A white "color" ...... The white sun! ”

I heard Gu Chai say that I saw the "white" sun", and I didn't understand what this kid was talking nonsense about, and thought that he was too nervous and frightened, after all, the strong psychological pressure caused by despair was not something that he, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, could bear.

Uncle Ming was taken aback, it is not a good omen to see the white sun on the sea, and those who know the walrus queen know that "the sun is miserable and the storm is in the sky", which is a sign that the sea disaster is about to occur, and he almost sat on the ground, but fortunately he was helped, Shirley Yang asked Gu Chai: "Don't worry, make it clear." ”

Gu Chai hurriedly pointed to the top of his head: "Look, the sun is white...... everyone didn't expect that the sun he said was overhead, and in the ruins where the terrain resembles the belly of a whale, how could they see the sun in the sky? When he was about to cast his eyes upward, he saw a round object with white mangs hanging overhead, facing the top of the arrow stone embedded in the "azalea wood".

Just now, the sea and air were agitated, the dragon fire in the rock formation splashed, and a fire rain fell, and half of the air was the mist formed by the yin fire burning the sea, because no one had paid attention to the situation above, my heart was first cold, some "touch" was confused, and wondered: "What is that?" "It happened so suddenly, I couldn't come back to my mind for a while, I was at a loss, but I knew that it was definitely not the sun.

Shirley Yang stared at the black dome in the rock formation, which was obviously bulging from the surrounding area, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and said happily: "Ghost Island! "It turns out that the halo of white mangmangs is not the sun described by Gu Chai, but a "skylight" in the ruins that is not covered by the sea air, where there is a gate of heaven and an underground current, so as to keep the vitality undiminished for thousands of years, when we just entered the coral spiral, it was when the great "tide" receded, and a black "colored" island was "revealed" on the sea, which was a "ghost island" that appeared from time to time due to the action of the "tide".

When the "tide" water rises, the island will not be underwater, and when the "tide" level is low, it will appear on the sea surface again, at the beginning we mistakenly thought that the ghost island was the back of the giant whale out of the water, but we were afraid that it would be bombarded by the sea god cannon, confirmed that it was a lonely island on the sea, the ghost island divided the coral spiral into two areas, east and west, we were attacked by the "sea snake", sinking into the sea eye from the east side, and we could not think of the ancient monuments of the Hate Tian clan in the ruins, which are being built directly below the ghost island.

I didn't expect that there is a skylight-like cave on the ghost island, only through the sea, the "color" of the sky must be clear, and the "exposed" disc-sized piece of skylight was mistaken by the ancient guess to see the white sun before the big storm, it is estimated that this wellhead-like cave was not collapsed by the "earthquake cannon" on the trident, look at this "shooting" sun artifact "楥木", like a big tree, with the arrow stone embedded as the umbrella cover, do the momentum is about to come out, it turns out that this "shooting" day totem layout is rigorous, all have deep meaning, Now I feel that the haters have painstakingly built a fabulous scene, which is not just as simple as putting on a show, but also seems to be hiding some greater secrets, since the Shang Zhou, some people have used the sun, moon, stars and fish, dragons and beasts to represent the defense, judging from the broken bronze ornaments on the sacred tree on the seabed, the sky window is in the position of the moon, I really can't guess why it is arranged as it is.

The fat man asked everyone: "Everyone, I said let's stop patronizing and marveling, didn't you see the water rise, should we climb up along this Dinghaishen needle, or dive into the water to find another way out?" Without further ado, we must make up our minds as to what to do. ”

I saw that the ghost island is the living gate that leads directly to the sea, and I heard the rumbling sound around me, which is a signal that the big "tide" will rise, and after the "tide" level increases, this ghost island will also have to be submerged under water, so I can only seize the opportunity to climb the sacred tree and leave the ruins, and the rest of the things will not be too late to wait until I return to the sea.

I thought of this, and was about to make a decision, Shirley Yang suddenly stopped me and said: "I had at first felt that the use of azalea wood to make giant arrows, some of which are inconsistent with those ancient legends in Chinese civilization, although the Hate Tian clan claims to be the descendants of the 'shooting' day totem, but the azalea wood is a shade of the wood, it is said that it itself is an ancient sacred tree, which can grow from the bottom of the sea to the Moon Palace, and the skylight-like cave is located in the moon position, which must be a symbol of the bright moon. But there is a legend of the moon after the death of the hated Tian, this is probably not the totem of the "shooting" day, but the underworld of the moon, which is used by the dead and undead, we climb up from here, will there be danger? ”

Everyone's heart sank, it turned out that "楥木" is not a "'shooting' sun" war totem, but a symbol of the underworld of "running to the moon", in the final analysis, this crater is really a "tomb" that exists outside of common sense, in the coral spiral sea area due to the condensation of sea air, and so on to see the starlight moon "color", the "楥木" at the top of the white mangmang's skylight, indeed like a full moon, this to the soul of the soul of the sea of the sacred tree, seems to be only one step away from the bright moon, as long as you climb to the top of the "楥木", Leap to leave the sea of chaos with no exit.

Uncle Ming saw that the sharks on the surrounding water were chaotic, and it was inevitable to fight with the sharks when diving in the sea, he had been on the sea for many years, and naturally knew that it was powerful, and now the situation was that he would rather go up and down, and he was busy saying to everyone: "Miss Yang is right, there is indeed an old legend of the Shenmu going to the moon on the sea, but even if it is a Shenmu with unjust souls running to the moon underwater, it is now also the road to heaven for us to put it to death and be born......" After that, he took the lead in climbing the slope of the ancient tree covered with the rough skin of dragon scales, and slowly climbed to the skylight above step by step, He still hummed the bitter tune of the egg people in his mouth to give himself courage, and he was as tragic as a wolf howling and crying: "My sea god, save my bitter man, I am not afraid of the bottomless waves, I am afraid that I will not be able to return home after death......"

I saw that Uncle Ming had preemptively gone to the Shenmu that seemed to be able to lead to the bright moon, a person in his sixties, and he did not hesitate to say it, but his hands and feet were also serious, and he scolded him in his heart for being a self-centered tendentist who only cared about the individual and ignored the collective, but his actions also dispelled our concerns, and the cauldron was sunk, all in one move, and at this time the whole team had to climb up the exit in order to escape, but the scuba frog equipment could not be thrown, gritted his teeth and climbed up, in case he couldn't get out of it, he could also retreat into the water.

The second to climb the "tree" is the fat man, he is carrying scuba and a large bag of green heads, although the weight is heavy, but a piece is reluctant to throw down, the weight can be coped with for him, but the act of climbing the ladder has always been his weakness, things are "forced" to this point, and he has to let go, he closed his eyes, "rubbed" a few steps from the sloping giant tree to climb a few meters.

Everyone climbed in a string on the tall "楥 wood" hung with copper chains, and I don't know if this tens of millions of years old wood can still stand it, leaning down and looking down, the surrounding sea water is tumbling, and the water surface at the bottom of the feet can also see the figure of countless bronze slaves, and there are many sharks circling and swimming in the water, most of the ruins of the entire circular ancient city have sunk into the water, I am worried that the fat man will fall down if he is too nervous, so he shouted to the fat man lying in front: "Commander Wang, open your eyes quickly, we are about to climb to the moon, the little widow in the Moon Palace" The woman and her elixir of immortality are still waiting for you to receive. ”

The fat man felt that the water under the giant tree was strong, and the cold wind poured down from the height was blowing in his ears, where did he dare to open his eyes, but he could still support his mouth, and shouted: "Hu Bayi, when is this, why did you start to break the water and lack virtue again, you don't know that this commander has such a little Yaxing in his life, and when he goes up to a high place, he likes to close his eyes and meditate and play a little deep, we are like a mirror in our hearts, not only can I not see the little widow when I open my eyes, but I have to fall down to feed the fish, and then I will have to pull your back with a smoking cushion for lack of virtue and smoke......

In the sound of the angry waves, the six people climbed to the top of the sacred tree under the sea, and at this time they were already oppressed by the heavy objects and had a sore back, although their hands and feet were weak and no one dared to let go, they could feel that the air on the sea surface had blown to their faces, and a white sky was clearly visible, but at the bottom of the "楥木" seemed to be very close to the exit, but when they came to the front, they found that they didn't want to go out without "inserting" their wings, Uncle Ming stood up tremblingly at the highest place, stood up on his toes, and reached out to reach the edge of the cave without giving up, but it was too far away, was still more than ten meters away, and suddenly felt disheartened, and almost fell off the sacred tree and planted it into the water.

I secretly scolded this careless, I didn't go to sea with rope hook guns and flying tiger claws and other climbing equipment, although at the moment there is only a few steps of height, but empty anxiety, there is nothing to do, at this time everyone understands that mortals are not Chang'e who has taken immortal "medicine" and soars lightly, life is in the world, they are all flesh and blood, and their quality is turbid, even if it is the two sons of Confucius and Mencius, who are holy and sage, have the talent and learning of heaven and earth, or are as brave as the overlord of Western Chu, and have the divine power of tearing the nine oxen from the ground, they are not immune to gravity, You must not take a step away from the ground out of thin air, and the situation of "running to the moon" will only exist in myths and legends.

I climbed to the arrow stone embedded in the wooden end, this arrow stone has become a fossil, it is still tough and firm after being washed by the sea for a long time, I tried it and it was quite strong, only to see the dragon fire in the rock layer "forced" the sea air hazy, in mid-air, like a cloud on the soles of the feet, dozens of meters below is a churning and turbulent chaotic water, the water potential is still gradually increasing, at this time everyone's faces are full of sweat and moisture, seeing that the road to the "running to the moon" is a dead road, they are panting and helpless.

Uncle Ming still came up with a whimsical idea, maybe when the water rises, he can swim out of the cave by the water gushing, Gu Chai and Duo Ling looked left and right, and they were also at a loss, I heard the sound of the sky above my head like a cracked pocket, and there was a whistling back and forth, thinking that the sky outside was just bright, it was the time when the early "tide" was born, I am afraid that in a few moments, the ghost island would be flooded by the rising "tide" water, and the sea water would pour in from this skylight, and if you stay here, you will definitely be washed into pieces by the torrent, it seems that the sea has to go down from the waterway, when you look down, I saw a group of sharks and vicious fish tumbling and rolling in the water, which was really terrifying, and there was no shelter from the groundwater, not to mention that if you wanted to dive into the depths, you were afraid that as soon as you entered the water, you would be eaten by the sharks.

At this time, Shirley Yang suddenly "huh", this inclined number of bodies, there are many arrow stones with a diameter of several meters long, just like the crown umbrella of an old tree, the arrow stone is the fossil of ancient sea creatures, and the shade sunken wood is also an ancient wood deposited on the bottom of the sea for thousands of years, we can no longer judge whether the arrow stone embedded in the shade sunken wood is naturally generated, or artificially embedded in the decoration, but in the sparse place of the arrow stone on the wooden body, there is a copper door, the texture on the heavy copper plate is like scales, and the black "color" scales on the wood trunk are very close, If it weren't for the Shirley poplar staying on the slope of the wooden body, it would not be easy to notice.

We didn't expect that close to the top of the "楥木" on the wooden body, there will be such a large copper door, with the hand to help the seaweed and other things on it, there is a sea sea god tree in the copper pattern connected to the sea water and the bright moon of the blurred marks, those in the Western Zhou Dynasty Yin Shang tomb can also see the flying death bird totem, but also proved that this is the tomb of an ancient tomb, suddenly reminiscent of the "楥木" hollow, there is a hidden passage inside, a passage for the deceased to step on the sacred tree to the moon, the passage must be the ancient tomb of the "Hate Tian", This is similar to the "Heavenly Gate" left at the entrance of the underground palace to let the tomb owner ascend to the immortal, except that the "Heavenly Gate" of the dead soul running to the moon in order to seek immortal "medicine" is opened above the sacred tree that leads to the Moon Palace.

At this time, the big "tide" on the surface of the "Coral Spiral" sea covered the sky, and the foggy sky suddenly darkened, and everyone knew that this "tide" water would immediately pour down as soon as it passed the ghost island, and the water under the "azale" also rose again, and the sharks had eaten up the "deep-sea goldeneye bream" that was killed by a cluster grenade, and now going into the water was tantamount to looking for death, in front of the fangs of the sea, in a dilemma, no one could be a hero, all of them were already like ashes, firmly holding on to the arrow stone at the top of the sacred tree on the bottom of the sea and panicked. Chaos'.

I saw that the bronze door was slightly sunk into the wood, and it was very tightly sealed, and I don't know if the ancient tomb had already been filled with seawater, but I had no choice, only by sliding into the ancient tomb from the tomb passage, I could avoid the danger of the torrent and the sharks below, and pointed to the bronze door to Shirley Yang, and said: "Since we can't go up to the Guanghan Palace, we can only go down to the cemetery." ”

Shirley Yang nodded, and then used a diving knife to pry the closed copper door, I backhanded out the "Water Dividing Ancient Sword" that the Hate Tian clan took the dragon jaw, at this time, I didn't care how precious this bronze sword was, only as a crowbar, but the blade was sharp and tough, and after a few strangulations, I cut the chain tied to the copper door.

At this time, the sea water overhead has been poured down for a while, and the big "tide" has not yet flooded the ghost island, but under the surging of the sea "tide", the "tide" has reached the top, and the time is becoming more and more urgent, Uncle Ming and Gu Chai and others are anxious, and they also squeeze over to help, and work together to open the copper door on the wet ancient tree, the heavy copper door has not been opened for thousands of years, and it is opened at this moment, but there is no gloomy atmosphere, just mildew, disgusting, "exposed" a wide passage in black paint, extremely wide and deep, bottomless, as if straight to the underworld.

Shirley Yang threw down a "inch of phosphorus" with a mark, measured the air circulation, harmless to people, and immediately said to everyone: "There is no sea water in it, and the air is safe, you can go down!" ”

As I spoke, the "tide" water reached the top of my head, and I didn't want to think about it anymore, I pushed the people around me one by one into the passage in the "楥木", followed them and drilled in, and re-fastened the copper door with my hand, and in the darkness I felt that the whole space was like a sound of rolling thunder, and the torrent of the sea water hit the bottom of the sea and the sacred wood made a loud sound, and it sounded deafening inside the big wood, and the muscles and veins of the whole body seemed to be about to be shattered, and the copper door was broken by us, and it was constantly seeping water.

I didn't dare to close my mouth wide open to prevent damage to my eardrums, someone had turned on the diving flashlight in the dark wooden cave passage, this lighting tool was not effective in the waterless environment, but it could be hung on my body, free up my hands to do something else, I also twisted the diving flashlight on my chest, only to see that in this indescribably large wooden tomb, the surrounding wood is dense and abnormal, the inner wall is rough, although it is quite "damp", but it is constantly slippery, and the weight on everyone's body is extremely heavy, and it is easy to go up and down in the inclined tomb, I had to pierce the wooden wall with a diving knife, grit my teeth, and move slowly down inch by inch.

I don't know how long I was afraid to climb down, the sound of the sea 'tide' hitting the sacred tree was already small, I don't know if the water in the ruins was full, or the big 'tide' receded, but I just couldn't see the end of this tomb, the deeper the fishy 'tide' gas became, the more pungent it became, and finally I heard the sound of rushing water, and the giant tree was in the end.

Shirley Yang Teng threw a phosphorescent bullet down with one hand, the light reflected the water, it was only ten meters away from the water surface, and below was a pool of secluded water, far and near there was no landing, I asked everyone to first tear open the inflatable rings of the two inflatable backpacks, throw them on the water, and then fall into the water one after another, all struggling to swim to the side of the air bag to breathe, recalling the danger just now, I can't help but be a little afraid.

I looked up in the gloomy phosphorescent light, at the bottom of the black tower-like giant tree, fell into a cave formed by the remains of an ancient coral reef, the lower area was full of water I don't know how deep, the copper door led to the water surface of the cave, the hole was full of tortoiseshell keels as large as a millstone, the bone armor was densely packed, all of them were ancient symbols and marks for deducing divination, but they had been soaked in the sea for too many years, most of them were blurred and difficult to identify, and on the reef not far away, there was a skull of an ancient creature similar to a giant whale, and there were dozens of raised human figures in the skull. It may be the place where the corpse is parked in the ancient tomb, and it is thought that it is an ancient corpse that contains "Zhuyan Pearl" in its mouth and has not melted at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years.

I subconsciously "touched" the diving bag, and then I remembered that I didn't bring the "black donkey's hooves", but there was a cold and hard "Qin Wang Bone Mirror", and I suddenly calmed down and wanted to see the depth of the water, but I found that the index on the dial had reached the head, and I don't know if it was broken, or the water in the coral cave was unfathomable.

When the fat man came down just now, he was so frightened that his legs and stomach cramped, but when he saw that there were dead people in this strange ancient tomb, he suddenly became emotional again, and pulled everyone to go to the water to see what was going on.

Everyone climbed the reef tiredly, and saw a fish paste lamp and candle made of mermaid dried corpses poured with grease, the merman's ointment does not dry for ten thousand years, and the ignition point is very low, as long as a little air can burn, it can just replace the saving flashlight, Uncle Ming immediately raised the "fish candle" and lit it, shining on several dead corpses in the whalebone, muttering to himself: "Lose your old mother, there is really an ancient tomb of the Hate Tian clan in the South China Sea, these genuine underwater zombies are worth a lot of money......"

We have not yet seen the blurred face of the ancient corpse under the candlelight, but first found that the tortoise shell in front of the whalebone, there is a mark of "earthquake up and down", because it has been seen on the sea two or three times, even Uncle Ming and the fat man have recognized, this is the hexagram of "shocking a hundred miles", what is the deep meaning of this ancient hexagram that repeatedly appears in the ruins?