Chapter Twenty-Four: The Shriveled Head
Kong Xian suddenly turned his head and smiled at me, and then said to Liu Yang: "If Mu You agrees to go to the thunder, I will naturally have a way to tie the rope over." ”
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After listening to him, I almost couldn't help but reach out and push him down from the abyss in front of me, this thing really has the face to say it, people say that ladies come first, and he will only let me have priority when I am born and die, what? Is it my Mu Youchang's biao, or is he Kong Xian pampered?
I squinted my eyes and looked at Kong Xian suspiciously, and said without a tone: "The old lady is unwilling to ......"
Lin Su also hurriedly followed the round, pulled Kong Xian's sleeve and persuaded: "Master Jin, Mu Mu still has injuries on her feet, don't toss her anymore." ”
After listening to us, a smile bloomed on Kong Xian's face, like the warm sun on a spring day, he touched the top of my head, and said in a gentle tone: "Since Mu You is unwilling, then forget it, how can I force you to do something you don't want to do?" ”
Seeing that he pretended to be a warm man, I raised my eyebrows and said in my heart: Is this using me as a fool? Just Lin Su, this simple girl, believes your nonsense. Have the ability to cover your half-eaten conscience and say, is it the first time my sister has been cheated by you?
Kong Xian raised his head at Liu Yang, who was holding the rope, and motioned for him to tie the rope to the beam of the house not far away, and then glanced at Mo Ranchen.
The two immediately understood what he meant, Liu Yang went to the beam of the house to tie the rope, and Mo Ranchen tied the other end of the rope to his waist. I couldn't help but sigh when I saw it, I remember that Bai Zechen said when he asked me to go on a mission that these people would all obey me. However, now that they are all under the orders of Kong Xian, I don't have the life of a leader.
"Mo Zhanchen, you don't want to jump over, do you?" I saw him standing on the edge of the cliff, estimating the distance, and I asked a little uneasy. After all, the distance of four meters wide is already a very big challenge for us ordinary people, and the winner of the Guinness World Record is only four meters and forty-three, which is still completely flat ground, and we are now facing an abyss, and there will be some psychological pressure anyway. But...... It's true that Mo Zhanchen has long legs.
He nodded and replied, "It's not too difficult, plus there is rope insurance, there is no problem." ”
Even though he said that, we still tugged at it. I frowned and asked Kong Xian, "Do we have the need to go over?" Maybe the entrance is here? ”
Kong Xian shook his head and said uncertainly: "Where is the entrance, I can't cut it off, but if we explore inch by inch of land, this half of the area is enough for us to find half a month, and it is not a good thing for us to spend so much." The black ball under the eaves on the opposite side looks a little weird, and there may be a bigger chance in the different places, so let's go over and have a look first. ”
It's a bit hasty, but it's the only decision we can make right now, and maybe we'll be lucky enough to find the entrance on the other side.
Mo Ranchen stepped back seven or eight meters and entered the starting state, I felt more nervous than him, and I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart. Although he didn't have much expression, he could still see that he was very relaxed.
After a second or two, he lunged forward. He was so fast that it was just a black shadow dangling before my eyes. When he reached the boundary point, he jumped up with a slight bend of his knees, and in the blink of an eye he landed smoothly on the opposite bank. Then, without making any further stops, he untied the rope from his waist and tied it to the beam of the opposite house.
But when he tied the rope, something suddenly went wrong. He had chosen to hang the rope in the nearest place, near the black thing hanging under the eaves opposite. But he jumped up to look at the thing, paused, and jumped off at once, and then tied the rope in a farther place.
Since he didn't have a flashlight and relied entirely on the light from our side, I couldn't read his expression clearly, but seeing his pause and then quickly change his position, I suddenly had an ominous premonition in my heart, and the black object under the eaves was instantly covered with a strange atmosphere.
After tying the rope, Mo Ranchen waved at us, signaling that we could go over. Since he let us go, it must be safe over there, Lin Su gave himself the courage to put on the rope one by one.
Lin Su looked a little afraid of heights, and she didn't dare to look down with her eyes closed, but she was very agile, and after a few twists, she jumped to the opposite bank, and I quickly gave her a thumbs up as a sign of encouragement.
Then Kong Xian stepped forward and hugged the rope and prepared to go over. He frowned though, apparently the wound on his back was being pulled by the force of his arm. He is still standing on the ground with his feet now, but he has such a big reaction when his arms are raised, if his feet are off the ground, he has to rely on the strength of his arms to support his own weight, I don't know if he can stand it.
Kong Xian stood on the side and took two deep breaths, and only then with the help of Liu Yang, he hung his feet on the rope with difficulty, and stayed for another two seconds before he began to climb forward. Just climbed out a meter away, and a cold sweat already broke out on his head, glowing with crystal clear light under the flashlight. I watched him crawl forward, and I was really nervous than I was when I watched Mo Ranchen jump over. Fortunately, in the end, he gritted his teeth and reached the other side with difficulty.
Liu Yang is much simpler, he is muscular and strong, and his strength is still very sufficient, so he jumped over in a few clicks.
"How are we going to collect this rope later?" I shouted over there.
However, their attention is not on me. They were all standing under the roof, looking at the black object. Immediately afterwards, Lin Su seemed to see something that frightened her, and suddenly shrank into Kong Xian's arms.
Liu Yang heard my question, walked to the border, waved his hand at me and said, "Don't worry about it, come over quickly, since my Dayang can be fastened, it can be opened." ”
Hearing him say this, I didn't ask any more questions, and quickly dragged the rope to climb over there, to be honest, I felt quite thrilling to watch them move on the rope, but as soon as I got started, I felt that it was not a problem, and I climbed over after a few clicks, as if I was joking.
As soon as I landed there, I hurried to look at the black ball that made them react so strangely, but when I held up the flashlight and looked up, I couldn't help but shake the flashlight in my hand, which was a complete idea of why they reacted like that.
The black ball hanging under the eaves was not a lantern at all, nor was it an ornament, or something used to ward off evil spirits. It turned out to be a shriveled human head, the skin on it was all attached to the skeleton, it had been shriveled and blackened, and the position of the eye socket and nose, there were only three black holes left, and the flashlight was shining into it, and you could vaguely see what was in the skeleton's brain.
"My mother, do the people in this ancient city hang bacon jerky on their heads?" Liu Yang rolled up the rope and put it in his bag, shook his head and sighed.
I pointed to the skull and asked, "Do you know what's in there?" ”
Mo Ranchen said: "It should be a candle, I looked at it when I tied the rope before, and it has burned two-thirds of it." ”
"Candles?" Lin Suxing's eyes widened, "They use human heads as lanterns?" Is it some ancient custom or exquisiteness? ”
"If this is a custom or exquisite, then it really deserves to die so miserably for the aborigines in this ancient city, this is all self-inflicted." Liu Yang sighed and shook his head as he spoke, making him look like a melancholy poet in ancient times.
But looking at the lantern in front of me, I suddenly had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if I had seen this scene somewhere. After wandering back and forth and thinking for a moment, a scene suddenly flashed in my mind! No wonder it feels so familiar, I've seen it in my dreams.
It was when Bai Zechen had just handed over the map of the city to me, and that night I had a dream that I had walked into a ruined ancient city, as if I was looking for someone. In that dream, I saw a large number of yellow lanterns, and when I walked in, they were all human heads with candles. That is, because of this dream, as soon as I woke up, I quickly deducted a phone call to Kong Xian.
Why does what I see in front of me coincide with what I dreamed about? This is so unusual, could it be that something in the dark is really predestined?
When I came back to my senses, I glanced at Kong Xian and found that he also had a contemplative expression. Seeing me looking at him, he raised his head and smiled playfully, winked at me and said, "Familiar, right?" ”
I nodded, didn't mess with him, and asked seriously, "What do you think about this matter?" ”
"I don't think much of it." His expression was very natural, as if he had expected this scene for a long time, "There may be a scene more similar to your dream in the future, don't be so surprised, we are here, and it is related to you." ”
What does it mean to be related to me? I didn't ask, but I was confused. Yes, it is true that I took Bai Zechen's task, and then involved Kong Xian, but this does not mean that this matter has something to do with me.
Now I am even more sure that Kong Xian must know a lot of things related to me about this strange city, but he just won't tell me, so it means that what he knows must have a great impact on me.
"Go ahead, don't waste it here." Kong Xian greeted and took the lead in the front, and we all hurriedly followed.
The streets of this area are a little different from that side, this side is quite prosperous, all kinds of restaurants, quyi gardens, and green buildings are all in this area. But what makes people feel very uncomfortable is that all the buildings in this area have human head lanterns hanging under the eaves, which makes our whole back hairy. I'm afraid that these shriveled heads, like in a horror movie, suddenly open their eyes and say a string of words to us without pulling or pulling. I knew that today, I should have brought a bottle of fast-acting heart pills to ensure that I could use it.
The further I went, the cooler the temperature became, and the street in front of me looked quite smooth, with occasional gusts of cold wind, which made us shiver shivering as we wrapped our clothes tightly.
"Oh my god, why is this place so cold? Followed up on the netherworld. Liu Yang was chattering, his teeth chattering.
I hurriedly told him to stop, "What are you mentioning at this time?" I don't think I'm stressed enough right now, right? ”
As soon as I finished speaking, Kong Xian in front of me suddenly stopped, he shook the flashlight in the distance, and said in a cautious tone: "There is something on the wall in front, let's be careful." ”