Chapter 13: Penetration
Climbing this is definitely much safer than climbing the climbing rope, I am naturally relaxed, four people climbed up one after another, and saw that there was a gap in the mountain on the rock, this gap was much larger, and it was covered by some grass around, the fat uncle put on a helmet and turned on the searchlight, and did not hesitate to drill in.
One after another, we entered the crevice, which was a very narrow but deep mountain crack, probably caused by a large collapse, and it felt very uncomfortable to walk in it, as if it had been buried into the stomach of some animal.
The gap is very long, the fat uncle keeps smashing the protruding rocks with a pickaxe in front, and the cobwebs are all around, it seems that no one has set foot here for a long time, and it is normal that no one comes to such a high place, but how did they find here?
I followed the black blind man and asked, "You're still wearing sunglasses?" ”
Saying that, I stretched out my hand and wanted to take it off for him, but he immediately pinched my hand, and heard the fat uncle say in front of him: "Except for your father, everyone who has seen his eyes has gone down, do you want to follow along?" ”
The black blind man's face was solemn, and I slowly withdrew my hand, saying that wearing sunglasses in this place is a brain disease.
After going deep for about ten minutes, the fat uncle grinned and didn't leave, lit a cigarette and let us look ahead, and saw that the gap in front of us was suddenly much wider, the width of a car, and a heavy stone door appeared at the end of the gap.
The stone door is indeed engraved with the pattern of the snake and fish entangled, there is a doll lamp slave on both sides, I have seen this, I used to hear my father say that this is called "boy leading", this lamp holder is divided into two kinds, open the eyes of the lead to the earth, close the eyes of the Buddha of the gods, this is a kind of ornament with meaning.
The surnamed Zhang approached, touched the pattern on the stone door with his hand, and then went to see the lamp slave, and the fat uncle asked him how he was, he didn't speak, and made a gesture of opening one hand.
As soon as the fat uncle puffed out the cigarette butt, he immediately took out a can of liquid from his bag and poured it into the gap around the stone door.
Soon, the liquid quickly condensed into a solid, similar to the shape of foam, and a few minutes later, the fat uncle and the black blind man knocked all these solid foams down, only to see the stone gate collapse violently, stirring up a large cloud of dust.
This is supposed to be the bloat effect, although I don't really understand it.
As soon as the stone door fell, a cold air came from the door, and several people hurriedly leaned against the rock wall to carefully investigate the things behind the door.
Behind the door is a neatly built passage, the rock walls on both sides are dug neatly and consistently, the feet are flat, and the lamp slaves are all of a uniform height and a unified separation distance, so there is a taste of ancient tombs here.
"The construction is so fine, it seems that this owner has obsessive-compulsive disorder, everyone should be careful and pay more attention to their feet and heads." The fat uncle said and took the lead in entering.
It felt much better to walk in this wide passage, and as we continued to go deeper, we suddenly noticed that the man surnamed Zhang was suddenly standing motionless in front of a lamp slave, staring blankly at the lamp.
"Little brother, what's the situation?" Uncle Fat turned around, and we followed.
The four of them looked at the lamp slave like fools, and the surnamed Zhang said, "Don't you see it? ”
I also looked carefully, and then looked at the lamp slaves around me, but I didn't see anything different.
The surnamed Zhang squinted his eyes and said, "The two lamp holders outside the door are carried on their backs, and these lamp holders are held in the mouth. ”
We didn't look closely at the two at the door, and when we heard him say this, we found that it seemed to be the case, and there was a layer of stuff wrapped under these lampholders, like the tongue of this little doll, but it was too long.
A burst of cold air blew, and I shivered, goosebumps rose all over my body, and I thought to myself, I shouldn't have encountered anything bad.
"So what does that mean?" Uncle Fat asked.
The surnamed Zhang didn't answer, and the black blind man said: "I've heard of this situation, and there is a similar situation in a point in Guangxi, but I don't know what the specific meaning is, let's be careful." ”
A few people continued to walk forward, and I began to feel a little uncomfortable, and I would always unconsciously look at the dolls on both sides, and these dolls stared at me, as if they were also looking at me; Their smile always felt like they were deliberately doing it to me, and it made me shiver a little.
The fat uncle looked at the map while taking us to continue to go deeper, and for the next few hours several people were in the rhythm of boring walking, no one spoke, because they had to keep quite quiet to listen to the movements around them, which may be psychological, and they always felt that there was something hidden in the darkness around them, and they were staring at us all the time.
It wasn't until Uncle Fat stopped that he saw a fork in the passage in front of him, and a stone monument was erected in the middle of the intersection.
I took a closer look, and the same pattern was also engraved on the stele, but the surface of the stele oxidized and peeled off over the years, and some places were blurred; However, at the bottom left of the stele appears something different from the rest, with a strange symbol carved on one side.
Others also noticed this abnormality, and the fat uncle squatted to observe it carefully, and said, "Little brother, do you know me?" ”
The surnamed Zhang didn't speak, but looked at it for a moment and shook his head.
"I feel like this symbol should be a sign to guide the way." I said.
The fat uncle glanced at me: "I haven't been on the ground, so I don't have to express my opinions, fat man, I haven't seen a sign to guide the tomb robbers, so let's go to the right first, you follow me, Hei Ye and the little brother go to the left, no matter what the situation is, return to the rendezvous in ten minutes." ”
Before I could speak, the black blind man and the surnamed Zhang immediately went to the left, and the fat uncle shouted: "Why are you stunned, do you stay here like a person?" ”
"No, no, no......"
I'm still more relieved to follow the fat uncle to explore the way, looking at his appearance, he must be quite experienced, he must be a veteran, and he has always been the pioneer of the team, even if there is any danger, it is definitely not me who suffers first.
After walking through two corners, suddenly the passage in front of me was much wider, but the appearance of the inside of the passage was completely different, and the fat uncle asked me to stand still, and he went to see the situation himself.
The passage is completely unexcavated, but on the uneven rock face is carved a long row of stone portraits, half protruding and half embedded in the rock, as if they were about to climb out of the rock.
I counted thirteen of them, some on horseback, some with various weapons, and some wounded as if they had been in battle.
The eyes of all the portraits are particularly expressive, although there is no color, but it can be seen that the craftsmanship of the craftsman must be a famous teacher; I always feel that there is content in the eyes of these portraits, a little firmness, a little death and a little heroism, and I don't know what symbolism is to carve this.
The fat uncle returned and looked at me: "The road is dead, hurry back, quickly." ”
We hurriedly trotted all the way back, but it didn't feel right as we ran, it was obvious that we should have returned to the fork in the road at speed, but there was still no end in sight to the passage, and I couldn't help but ask the fat uncle what was going on.
He stopped abruptly and whispered, "Get the guy ready." ”
"What guy?"
He looked around with a dead look: "In the bag, wrapped in newspaper." ”
Seeing his nervous appearance, I also became nervous, and I hurriedly flipped through it, and found a pistol and four magazines wrapped in the newspaper, and said to myself, when did I have a gun in my bag?
"Will it work?"
I twisted the gun in my hand, nodded uncertainly, and said that I had never eaten pork and had seen a pig run, so I asked him what was wrong.
"The stone carving is called 'Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Jade Gate', which is a feat in ancient times, but the appearance in the ancient tomb means that we are dead." He said as he walked cautiously.
The atmosphere is tense to the extreme, I have heard this story, but I didn't think about it just now, the fat uncle should not look scary, I stammered and asked him where the enemy is, who do we shoot with a gun?
The fat uncle made a quiet gesture, I immediately shut up, and I heard a voice from the rock wall above my head, and the two of them held their breath and stared, and I reflexively put the pistol up.
The sound was strange, ticking, a bit like the sound of walking in high heels, and the frequency was very even, like an orderly catwalk.
"Get aside." The fat uncle said as he unscrewed a glow stick.
I shone on the rock at the top, and the fat uncle immediately threw the glow stick on it, but just as the glow stick was in the air, a black shadow flashed and swallowed the light at once.
The fat uncle immediately shouted: "Run!" ”
How could I have him reacted quickly, reflexively fired a few shots, and then ran away with him, only to hear the fat uncle shout again: "Turn off the lights." ”
In an instant, his searchlight was turned off, and I immediately turned off mine, and I could only hear footsteps, and I estimated that I was following the fat uncle in the direction, but it was obvious that I heard three footsteps, and the sound of the high heels just now was on my head behind me, following me.