Chapter 19: The Pagoda
The old prostitute walked over and saw that there was a big stone on the ground behind the rockery, and the material of the stone was the same as that on the rockery. It seems that Tianxiang and they got it down from the rockery, and there are traces of freshly pried on the stones.
In the original position of the stone, that is, in the corner behind the rockery, a vertical hole one meter wide appeared.
The old prostitute glanced down and saw that a guy had gone down, and Tianxiang on the side was talking to the people below, asking what was going on inside.
The guy below said that the space inside is small, all wooden structures, there are no landmarks, and it is difficult to judge whether it is a building from that period. However, there was a staircase leading to the bottom, but the staircase was also wooden, so the guy was a little worried, afraid that the staircase would be corrupted, and he didn't dare to try it.
When the little wolf came over, he said that he was going down to have a look, but the guy inside didn't do it. He thinks that the little wolf is taking a risk, because most of the wooden planks of the staircase have been corrupted, and once the fulcrum of the staircase is damaged, it is easy to cause a large-scale chain reaction, which means that the entire wooden building may collapse.
That guy built yƬ, if you have to go down, you can change the way, there is no need to take such a risk, once the building inside collapses, it is difficult for the people who go down to have a chance of survival. He built a hole outside of the wooden building, after all, the ground here is no longer sand, and it is still very convenient to make a hole. It's time-consuming, but it's much safer.
Although the guy had some truth in what he said, the little wolf insisted on going down on his own. For safety reasons, he had two ropes tied to his body. One was held in the hands of the old prostitute, and the other was tied to the nearest ancient tree.
The old prostitute said that it was the little wolf's insistent adventure that allowed them to find the right way to the bottom, otherwise they would not have succeeded in finding the right direction.
As I listened, I knew that the old prostitutes had finally found the land of white sand. I was very glad that the little wolf had really been found, and although I was curious to know how the old prostitute had finally escaped, I was more anxious to know what was going on in the White Sand Land behind me, and I was more anxious than usual.
"You don't have to tell me these details, just tell me the result." I continued, "Is the land of white sand just down here?" ā
The old prostitute shook her head and said, "No, it's not down there, it's in a cave." Don't worry, don't I have to start from the beginning, I said that the above is meaningful, this is the only way to go down. What happened next is the key, I can only tell you what happened, but some things are not clear, only if you experience it yourself, can you feel the strangeness of that time. ā
"You mean the Land of White Sand is in a cave?" I looked at the old prostitute suspiciously, he nodded, and I muttered in surprise, "Will there be mountains in the desert?" ā
"Xiao Qi, don't be surprised, I thought it was impossible before this, but it was true that I saw the mountain and walked into it myself, but the mountain was not on the desert, but under the sand." The old prostitute explained.
I motioned for him to continue, and the old prostitute began to speak.
The little wolf came back after going down for more than ten minutes, and when he came up, he told everyone about the following situation. The little wolf said that the wooden building below is a nine-story pagoda, and although some of the wood is corrupted, there are traces of reinforcement, including the stairs below, and there is a wooden square under the wooden planks of each staircase to bear the load, so you don't have to worry about collapsing, you can walk around with confidence.
He walked up the stairs to the bottom floor and saw the exit of the pagoda, and there was a passage outside the exit, which extended behind the pagoda. The little wolf also said that there was an ancient city down there.
After listening to the little wolf's introduction, they began to prepare to go down, after all, the little wolf said that the stairs of the pagoda had been reinforced, so there was no need to think about the stairs collapsing.
When going down into the tower, Tianxiang found that the walkie-talkie was not easy to use any further, so he returned to the rockery and communicated the situation they were going down to the people on the ground. And tell them a safe time node, once the people below have not used the walkie-talkie to contact the above after 24 hours, then the people above will follow the route Tianxiang said and come down to rescue.
After Tianxiang finished explaining, he also followed. The old prostitute said that this was their last call with the above. It was Tianxiang who miscalculated this safe time node, and finally led the people who came in to rescue the whole army.
"Tianxiang misestimated the time, and the whole army was wiped out?" I looked at the old prostitute and asked suspiciously.
"Yes, it was Tianxiang's mistake, but it was unintentional, because he didn't expect such a strange thing to happen next." The old prostitute continued: "Tianxiang thinks that one day is enough time to come back here and keep talking to the above, and he also has a kind of luck mentality, thinking that the walkie-talkie will still be used normally somewhere after going down, and it is Tianxiang who thinks about the following situation simply." At that time, the situation was that after the day had passed, they had not yet encountered a real danger to their lives, but they could not notify the people above, and the people above mistakenly thought that they were in danger, so they hurried down to the rescue. ā
"What does it mean to be unable to notify? Are you guys trapped? Can't you send someone back to the garden to contact the people above? I asked.
The old prostitute thought for a while and said, "It can also be said that we are trapped, but it is not considered a danger, but we have not found the right way yet." ā
After the old prostitute finished speaking, I asked me not to interrupt, listen to him, and then he continued.
When the old prostitute walked to the bottom of the pagoda, he saw that it was an offering tower, because there was a statue on the first floor, and in front of the statue there was an incense tripod, although the incense tripod had fallen to the ground, but there was still a large amount of incense ash inside.
This statue is the same as the one seen in the temple above, but when the old prostitute sees the statue here, she naturally has a sense of awe. And he said that the statues here look like gods, souls, and life. After looking at this statue and thinking back to the statues in the temple above, I feel that the statues on it are all fakes.
After leaving the pagoda, they saw a messy scene in front of them, the flashlight through the unblocked gaps, they could see clearly, the front were all ancient houses, this should also be an ancient city.
It's just that the ending of this ancient city is completely different from the above, the ancient city above is buried by wind and sand, and the ancient city here is obviously washed away by the river and buried by silt.
The terrain here in the pagoda is relatively a few meters higher, and the exit is still a few dozen meters away from the house in front, this distance is supported by a wooden frame built by man, and the ground is clean, unlike the mud that has dried up in the distance. The old prostitute walked to the nearest old house and looked through the cracks, which were full of mud and cracked holes.
The passage cleared out of the pagoda does not lead to the ancient city, but along the side of the pagoda, leading to the cave behind.
Five meters away from the entrance of the cave, there was a closed stone door with a five-degree robbery lock on it. The old prostitute saw the five degrees of lock robbery and thought of my experience of unlocking in Temple Mountain, and wanted to show off her skills in the past, but she didn't expect to be preempted by the little wolf, and after the little wolf found the mechanism, he directly opened the stone door.
After the stone door was opened, they were surprised to find that there was air flow inside, and the air flow inside was very fresh, unlike the outside air, with a strong earthy smell. This gave them a hint of doubt, suspecting that the passage was leading to the outside, not like it was leading to a deeper level.
After a short discussion, they agreed to go inside, even if they went out, the big deal was to go back to the top to rest, and then come back tomorrow and go somewhere else.
At first, they didn't know that the passage was in a cave, after all, they couldn't see the outside of the mountain, only the entrance to the inside. When they first entered, they thought they were walking into a stone building, but the more they went inside, the more wrong they found that the stones inside were not the same as they had been when they first entered.
When they first entered the hole, they saw that the stones were smooth and polished, so they thought they had entered the building. But it's different when you go inside, the stones inside are all hewn out without any external treatment. The traces of excavation were clearly visible, and they knew that they had entered the stone mountain.
The cave was a straight passage, and there were no detours, and they walked for more than twenty minutes before they came to another stone gate, which was also locked five times. This time, the old prostitute didn't give the little wolf a chance, so she ran ahead and opened the lock of the fifth robbery.
When they walked into this stone gate, they found that they had entered another mountain, the color of the stones here was completely different from the color of the mountain on the other side of the stone gate, the original stones on that side were ordinary blue and blue stones, and the color of the stones here was slightly black, and the flashlight shone on, the stones here would be reflective.
As they progressed, they noticed that the material of the stone was constantly changing, becoming more and more crunchy. They were able to pull the stone off the cave wall as soon as they reached out, which made them feel bad because the mountain could collapse at any time.
To be on the safe side, they began to slow down and try not to make a loud noise.
But what they didn't expect was that the unthinkable happened quietly, they walked in this crunchy passage for more than two hours, but they didn't reach the end, and they didn't see any other passages, which made them feel very strange.
Although it is a little slower, it takes more than two hours to walk a few kilometers, just imagine, what kind of mountain will be as long as several kilometers, unless it is a mountain range, otherwise it is impossible to walk for such a long time.
For a moment, everyone stopped and began to discuss this strange phenomenon, and everyone thought that the passage of the mountain would not be so long, and unless they were going around the mountain, they should have walked out of the mountain a long time ago.
To verify this claim, they began to make marks where they walked and continued to walk forward.
Walking in the front was a guy from Tianxiang, who walked for about ten minutes, and suddenly he stood in front of him, and his face became extremely ugly.
Seeing this, the old prostitute thought that she had walked to the mark, and hurriedly looked at the stone walls on both sides, but she looked left and right for several meters, and did not see any marks left by them on the stone wall.
After a careful inspection, he found that there were no marks before and after, and he didn't see any danger, Tianxiang walked behind the guy, looked at the back of the man's head, and scolded: "Damn, you are stupid!" Can't walk? ā
The fellow turned around, pointed to a place on the ground, and replied in a trembling voice, "Look here, you." ā