Chapter 21: The Monster in the Door
Liu Yang was quite good at throwing stones over there, and took advantage of the gap to throw the stone on the bronze lock with his backhand, smashing it with a "bump". The bronze lock was only smashed off a few pieces of patina, and it was unimaginably strong, so he had to shake his head and sigh, and said, "Master Jin, it seems that it can really only be handed over to you." β
Kong Xian moved quickly, and with a turn, he handed me the multi-purpose Swiss Army knife in his hand, then took the wire from my hand and began to tie the bronze lock bar.
Sister has been fighting and fighting for nothing over the years, nothing else is good, brute force and technology are still a little bit of it, carrying a knife is like Lei Gong has a hammer, Fahai has a tower, and the inner drama stages all kinds of fighting scenes, thinking that a few knives must be a knife to seal the throat.
The reality is not bad, although the skin of the fire pine nut is rough and hard, but I have an advantage in height, and this is the first time I feel that being short is also an advantage. The fire pine nuts are basically a head taller than me, and the knives in my hand are prepared for their necks.
I automatically shield all the attacks of the fire pine nuts, and when one comes, I will drill into its arms, and when I find the neck, I will start, and my face is full of unknown liquid from their bodies, and I can only pray silently, this thing must not be poisonous or corrosive, my hands are already disfigured, my face is going to be gone, I guess I don't plan to go out again.
Liu Yang was very happy to see me killing, and couldn't help but admire: "Little brother, okay!" I didn't see that you were playing with knives so slippery. β
I couldn't help but feel a little proud, and was about to respond, but I saw that the number of fire pine nuts was increasing, and all of a sudden it reached a realm where we couldn't parry, if my knife could kill ten in one second, maybe it could last two seconds. The reality is, however, it would be nice if I could take one out of ten seconds. What's more, there is still a cliff next to it, and if a random fire pine nut pulls me along, I will have to play bungee jumping.
"Hurry up! Master Jin! Liu Yang couldn't hold back and shouted, he and I had no strength to fight back, and slowly retreated behind Kong Xian.
"Alright." Kong Xian whispered.
Liu Yang and I let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, and the three of us pushed the bronze door open and rushed in. I didn't have time to look at the environment inside, so I hurriedly blocked the door desperately.
There were two fire pine nuts that didn't know what to do, and they broke in with us, and they were killed by me and Liu Yang one by one, and I almost cut off my entire neck, and Liu Yang's one was no better, and the brains were smashed out.
Kong Xian looked a little overwhelmed against the door, and shouted: "Find out if there is a deadbolt or something." β
I held the headlamp and shook it around the door, and found that the internal structure of the bronze door was very strange, and there was a painting carved on the door, some of which looked like a kind of sacrificial ritual, three people wrapped in turbans, surrounded by a large cauldron, and in the pot was a monster with a very hideous expression.
I didn't have time to take a closer look, Liu Yang moved a one-meter-long copper pillar from the side, and he and I took it one by one.
"Master Jin! Get out of the way! Liu Yang shouted, and Kong Xian quickly jumped aside. We rushed over and hung the brass pillars across the door, hanging the brass rings on either side. It seems that this copper pillar is the matching deadbolt of this door.
The number of fire pine nuts outside continued to increase, and we heard the sound of the bronze door being smashed, like a gong.
As soon as a few of us relaxed, we felt weak in our hands and feet, paralyzed, and it was not a labor-saving thing to swing on the thin silk thread, but there was a big war just now, coupled with the psychological tension, it can be said that all the strength in our bodies was spent. I didn't want to move anymore as soon as I sat on the ground, and Liu Yang even lay down directly. Kong Xian was cautious, holding his headlamp and looking around.
"This is really scary, I have never seen this kind of monster in the rivers and lakes for so long, and I have never even seen it broadcast in the animal world. It's not enough for the gray to come, there is also a wave of black, is this underground going on the Olympics, the same world and the same dream, there are really any races. Liu Yang gasped and muttered.
Kong Xian looked at the two fire pine nuts that we killed on the ground, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this kind of thing is not generated in nature, it may be mutated, and it may even be artificial." β
I looked at him a little inexplicably and asked, "Mutation or something, you can't watch too much sci-fi, right?" β
He chuckled and asked rhetorically, "Do you remember that I have an app on my phone that can automatically identify plants?" β
I nodded, and he continued: "Two years ago, when I went to Wuhan to look for someone, I once passed by a chemical factory and stumbled upon a special tree. Its leaves are divided into two types, one is a normal small round leaf, and the other is a small round leaf covered with thorns, I find it interesting, and I also took a picture to let you guess what kind of tree it is, do you remember? β
Two years ago in the spring, I was taking the driver's license test, and suddenly received a WeChat message from Kong Xian, saying that he would show me something good. At the time, I thought he had found some agate diamond night pearl, but I didn't expect it to be just a few leaves.
"Later, I used my mobile phone to look up the name of this tree and identify the thorny leaves, but many times it was unrecognizable, and finally it even showed that it was durian. Later, I identified the leaves, only to find out that they were actually ordinary landscape plants, camphor trees. β
After Kong Xian finished speaking, Liu Yang asked with a puff of teeth: "Master Jin, I recognize that you said that there is a lot of radiation near the factory, and I have also seen deformed plants next to the factory." But the radiation hasn't been able to mutate people and animals. Besides, the place we came to is in the wilderness, and there are no factories. β
Kong Xian shook his head and replied, "It is impossible for the factory to have such a large radiation, but there will be other things besides the factory, such as meteorites. I've heard that there was an earthquake here a few decades ago, and a lot of things on the ground were buried in the ground, and it is possible that a meteorite was buried in it. β
After listening to this, I nodded, felt that it made sense, thought about it and asked, "Then you said that it may also be artificial, what do you mean?" β
Kong Xian pointed to the space where we were and said, "This place looks artificially built, and I have seen the location of several artificial traces after I was separated from you. Not to mention the distance, there are still more than 100 years of history, and the structure here is very strange, some like studying something underground. β
When he said this, I remembered the stone tablet there in the zigzag route, with the word "Danfang" written on it, I don't know if the ancients were smart or not, but they can really toss.
I looked at the painting on the bronze door again, and the more I looked at it, the more strange it became, and Kong Xian also looked at this painting with fascination. But it's not just the painting that's weird, it's the layout of the space we're in.
Behind the bronze door where we are is a triangular space, the walls around which are not only very flat but also very delicate, densely packed with ancient characters and some carved paintings.
In the three corners of the space, there are three stone statues, all of which look like young people in their 30s, with their heads wrapped in turbans. It's exactly the same as the one painted on the bronze door, except that a cauldron of stewed monsters is missing from it.
"Eh, you say." Liu Yang suddenly pointed to the monster in the pot and asked, "Is this thing a fire pine nut?" β
I nodded and shook my head, and said uncertainly: "It's a little bit like that, but if you look at his teeth, the fire pine nuts don't have such long fangs at all, and the two teeth of the monster on the painting can almost be made into ivory ornaments." β
Liu Yang smiled and said: "I don't care if it is ornamented or not, Lao Tzu doesn't want to become this kind of health food, it is better to be boiled into a perfect tonic soup by the three people above, eat it and pull it out, turning it into a bubble of stinky." β
When Liu Yang said this, I suddenly felt a little flustered, and I always felt that something was watching us, I don't know if it was an illusion, ghostly. I pushed Kong Xian and asked him, "Master Jin, did you just check out the problem, is it safe here?" β
Kong Xian replied with some uncertainty: "It seems that there is no problem at present, let's rest for a while, everyone be vigilant, accumulate some physical strength and then find a way." β
I nodded, and lay down like Liu Yang, Kong Xian sat against a stone wall in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
Liu Yang also has a big heart, and after only a minute or two, the snoring sound was like thunder. I'm a bit of a bed-savvy person, and it's hard to sleep in a new place, not to mention that it's still underground where safety can't be guaranteed.
"What time is it?" I asked Kong Xian.
"Seven-fifty."
He has a mechanical watch in his hand, and he has been with him for many years, and when I asked if it was given by his girlfriend, he always joked sadly, "It was given by my boyfriend." β
"How long have we been underground?" I can't tell the time from what time it is, and I was in a coma for a while after falling from the collapsed place.
Kong Xian estimated it and replied, "It's been about a day and a half." β
I sighed and stopped talking, in this case, without food and water, our physical strength will only get worse and worse, and if we still can't find an exit after five hours, the road ahead will be as difficult as you can imagine.
"Kong Xian." I called him.
He made a silent gesture, and I understood that he was afraid that Liu Yang would be in a light sleep, or pretend to be asleep. So obediently changed his name to Jin Ye.
"Are there any of your people in the underground?" I asked softly.
Kong Xian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "You are too naΓ―ve, there are no people from me in this world, let alone this underground." There are some things you don't want to ask, but you have to remember one thing, no one in this world can be trusted. β
I paused, looked him in the eye, and asked, "Then should I trust you?" β
"No!" He replied categorically: "But you have to believe that I will never harm you." β
"Huh." I chuckled and joked: "If it is placed in ancient times, the two of us choose a concubine to enter the palace at the same time, and I really can't compete with you if we are scheming." β
He was amused by me, and said with a smile: "I won't compete with you for the emperor, I want to fight for the throne." β
I snorted and teased: "What about returning to the throne, there is a lack of a chief eunuch around the palace, will you come?" β
He stared at me for two seconds, shook his head, and said, "I'd better leave such a good errand to your future husband." β