Chapter 4 The Temple of Strange Things
Ling Moyu didn't ask any further, the top priority now was to get out of here, and the three of them divided into different directions to find a way to escape.
At first, they were still in a period of excitement, looking for an exit everywhere, although this place was very large, but it didn't take long for them to look for it, except for the collapsed part, the rest was made of hard granite, and there was no exit at all! There was so much sand and gravel in the collapsed place that they couldn't dig a hole with their strength alone!
Soon they were exhausted, and the great disappointment added to their fatigue, and the air here became more and more muddy, and it was not long before the three of them fell asleep groggily. In this underground space, there was no water or food, only the light brought by Ling Moyu's portable tactical flashlight, which could not be turned on often in order to save electricity. Time was passing with difficulty, and Ling Moyu's military watch stopped spinning at some point, perhaps damaged during the battle.
It's better to die on the battlefield and be trapped here! They had almost exhausted all the means they had used to escape, but they still couldn't escape, the battery of the communication equipment that Ling Moyu was carrying was exhausted and out of power, and they could no longer communicate with the outside world, this place was like a tomb prepared for them.
Ling Moyu's tongue became swollen because of dehydration, and his consciousness was a little blurred, and blood would start to bleed from his nose and lips. The torment of the severe lack of water made him miserable, and he looked at Hasanna, who had been beautiful and round, whose face had become shriveled and rough, with large bright brown eyes, lost their brilliance, and messy hair.
People who die of thirst will gradually lose consciousness before they die, he used his left hand to help Hazanne try to make her feel comfortable, but he didn't expect that his left hand didn't feel laborious, but it was very powerful, just like when he was in the best state, even more powerful than the best time.
He laid the groggy Hasanna in place, and with the last of his strength, went to the middle column to see what the mechanism was. His spirit was on the verge of collapse, and if it went on like this, he would go crazy before he died of thirst! Even if you burn your last life, you have to try to find a way out.
Obviously, the pillar they had inspected many times was not moving, there was not a trace of a gap, Ling Moyu became manic, a nameless fire ignited in his chest, his left hand hugged the pillar tightly, and he roared angrily, just like Lu Zhishen, he wanted to pull it out of the ground!
Unexpectedly, he really pulled it out, Ling Moyu pulled up the pillar little by little, and the pillar did not fall back, as the pillar rose, it seemed to resonate with the surrounding pillars, and the earth began to vibrate and make a "buzzing" low sound.
Seeing this, Hazanna and Yoshida Kokazu also came to their senses, struggling to crawl this way, and when they gathered around Ling Moyu, the pillar in the center was already at the level of the surrounding pillars. No matter how hard Ling Moyu exerted, the pillar was still rising, but the bottom of the pillar was already exposed to the ground, without any support, and it was actually suspended in the air! The central pillar was about 1 meter higher than the surrounding pillars, and Ling Moyu couldn't pull it out anymore.
It's a strange thing, a huge pillar is suspended in the dark mid-air, and there are pale green beams of light on the pillars around it, and the glowing light is extraordinarily bright in the dark temple, and the whole hall seems to be transparent. The light gradually increased, and the 12 beams of light expanded to form 12 light curtains, and the left and right pillars were also connected by light, forming a three-dimensional light cone. It makes people feel inexplicable awe, as if they have come to another world, and the fire of life that was originally dim is rekindled again.
There should be a control panel or something, Ling Moyu looked around, the pillar was as smooth as a mirror or he still didn't find anything like a switch, and after tossing for a long time, Ling Moyu finally exhausted his last lady's physical strength, and sat down between Hazanna and Yoshida Koichi one by one. At that moment, he seemed to see a trace of red at the bottom of the pillar, so he sat on the ground with his right hand and pressed the ground, and reached out to the ground with his left hand, groping carefully.
This is the last hope, there must be a mechanism to open the door, and it is better to send us all out at once, thinking about it, his hand touched a recessed place.
He groped carefully to see if there was any switch, and suddenly felt a huge suction force to suck his hand in whole! This force is so great that it is like a chicken that has been picked up by someone, so that he has no room to resist at all. Like a vacuum cleaner, the flesh and bones of his arms were shattered, followed by his shoulders and skull, and he could almost hear the sound of bones shattering, and with the crackling sound, the whole person fell into a void from which he could never recover!
It's an elusive space, so small that it feels like the whole body is cramming this space, and every part of the body seems to cling to the shell like an egg, and at the same time it can be vast and boundless, no matter how you stretch, there is always infinite room for it, there are no restrictions. The body has no specific form, only a point or a lump, and I don't know where to go.
There were countless choices before him, doors or paths, and he had lost the ability to think, all of which depended on various senses, and these sensations were extremely sensitive, and the slightest difference would have been extremely uncomfortable, like all the bones of his body were out of place at once.
In an instant, all his senses vanished, and immediately countless images, sounds, and images flooded into his brain. These images, sounds, and images are completely different from watching a movie, and the feeling that each picture, sound, and image is inseparable together, as if he had experienced it himself.
So much content invaded the brain, the dove occupied the magpie's nest, Ling Moyu couldn't tell it at all, he tried to preserve his original consciousness, like a sailboat in a strong wind, he slipped down on the top of the high sail, and clung to a cable of memory. He had to hold on to the cable in his hand to make sure his consciousness was not swallowed up by the raging black water.
Drifting helplessly in such a huge torrent of consciousness, without the concept of time, whether the sea of stars is real or illusory, everything is beyond the original cognition, and self-consciousness is quickly lost in the vast sea of stars.
After a burst of cold, Ling Moyu woke up from his nightmare, a waning moon hung in the sky, dots of stars covered the sky, and the light of the silver stars and moon shone on the broken ruins of the Gobi and the shattered chariots, adding infinite desolation. He had already returned to the ground, and Hasanna and Hikazu Yoshida were lying on their stomachs not far from him, and he felt the pain and cracking, and the joints of his body seemed to have no lubricated bearings, and he could hear the "click" sound when he moved.
He knew it was caused by severe dehydration and that he had to rehydrate as soon as possible. Ling Moyu glanced around, there was a deflated kettle behind a pickup truck that was blown up by a bazooka, and when he got the kettle, he found that there was actually half a kettle of water inside! He had a huge urge to swallow the whole kettle in one gulp, but he knew that he had been dehydrated for a long time, and he could not drink fresh water directly, nor too much at once.
He touched his backpack, but fortunately the contents of the backpack were still there, and there was a prepared salt packet in it, which was suitable for drinking with an appropriate amount of water. After the water was ready, he did not drink it himself, but first came to Hasanna, picked her up, and moistened her chapped lips with water, and under the influence of the water, Hasanna opened her eyes. Seeing the water in front of her, she drank it all and regained some strength, Ling Moyu settled her down, drank a glass of water herself, and then gave Yoshida Koichi a cup and let him drink it.
"How did we get out?" Hazanne asked Ling Moyu.
"I don't know, it seems that we collapsed the temple and came out." Ling Moyu didn't know how to answer her.
"Mr. Ling, where are we and how far are we from a safe place?" Hikaru Yoshida asked one by one.
"This is where government forces and extremist forces are stalemate, and we are more than 100 kilometers away from safety! To traverse such a long distance, there are many unknown dangers on the road, and it is difficult to do without a vehicle, now it is necessary to find a car and get out of here as soon as possible. Ling Moyu said as he looked around for the vehicle.
There are ruins everywhere, and there are many vehicles, and most of them are scrapped wreckage. Ling Moyu climbed up a ruin and looked around, and saw that in a clearing not far away, there were several cars surrounding the city in a circle, and it seemed that a small group of extremists had camped and rested here.
It was already late at night, and the team lit a bonfire in the middle of the big circle of vehicles surrounding the city, and the people fell asleep in a circle around the bonfire, and several mobile sentries placed on the periphery also fell asleep with guns leaning against the ruins or vehicles, just taking the opportunity to grab the car!
Ling Moyu came down from the ruins with his body bent, and the three of them leaned together, "Do you see that intersection in the middle of the ruins?" You're waiting for me there, and I'll sneak over to find the car, and I'll get the car and pick you up. Ling Moyu pointed to the front and said.
Hasanna and Hikaru Yoshida nodded at the same time and walked towards the intersection, while Ling Moyu quietly walked around the ruins and touched the clearing.
Ling Moyu took a fancy to a pickup truck closest to the intersection, so that when he got the car, he could immediately get away from other vehicles and escape quickly. However, there was a sentry sleeping on the wheels, and Ling Moyu slowly approached the sentry.