"Hey... It's time to wake up..."

"If you don't wake up, your life will be gone..."

Li You was in a haze, feeling someone whispering in his ear. The voice was old and hoarse, as if it had come from far away, but it was unusually clear in my mind.

"Uh..."

Li You opened his eyes, and the voice in his head disappeared immediately. However, it was pitch black in front of him, and the torch in his hand had long since disappeared. Li You lay on the spot, not daring to make any movements, for fear of making any noise and attracting some terrible monsters, but his heart was pounding hard.

In the thousand-year-old tomb, surrounded by pitch black, and without any self-defense, what can a weak scholar do?

Li You lay on the spot for about half an hour, and finally couldn't hold it back. If you keep lying on your stomach like this, there is no hope of life at all, and you must be active to find a way out. So, he slowly stretched out his hands and began to grope along his body.

Judging by the feeling, I was lying on a flat ground. In terms of texture, this flat ground should be stony, but there are no lines, and it is as smooth as ice. Is this stone, like the stone that surrounds the cemetery, all white marble?

After groping for a while, Li You thought that there was no danger, so he sat up with his body, then took a deep breath, and then slowly spit it out. Although it is an ancient tomb, the air is not dirty. Judging from this, there should be a vent. With vents, there is a path to the ground. Thinking of this, Li You immediately saw hope, and his heart gradually stabilized.

In any case, we must not sit idly by, we must act. Haven't you always believed in ghosts, so why be afraid?

Thinking about this, Li You mustered up his courage and stood up.

"Finally stood up..."

"Who!" The voice in his ears sounded again, and Li You couldn't help but shout.

Who... Who... Who...

Li You's voice echoed in the sky and could not be calmed down for a long time.

Crash... Crash... Crash...

There was the sound of chains dragging on the ground behind him, and Li You immediately panicked in his heart, raised his legs and ran forward.

"Ahh

Knock knock!

He didn't run two steps, and his feet were empty, and the whole person fell out. After rolling several times in a row, Li You fell heavily on one of the steps.

"Uh... It hurts, it hurts..."Li You curled up on the ground and groaned, something flowed down his head, covering his eyes, Li You hurriedly wiped it with his sleeve, and a bloody breath came towards him.

The head should have been broken.

Crash... Crash... Crash...

The sound of chains grew closer.

Li You didn't care about the pain, and immediately sat up straight.

How stupid! When I was outside, I saw that it was a staircase, and I even ran away. Cause? Fluster. In a panic, he ignored the information he had obtained. Panic what! Before he knew where the sound of the chain came from, he was so frightened that he ran away, and he boasted that he could handle a big case. Lose face! Li You, don't you feel ashamed?

Self-examination! Reflect quickly when you find a problem. This should be Li You's biggest advantage.

So, Li You took a deep breath, calmed down, and slowly moved to the edge of the staircase where he was, stretching his legs forward to explore the location of the next step. After stretching out more than half of his legs, he finally landed on the ground.

He is 1.82 meters tall and his legs are about 95 centimeters, so if you look at it this way, the steps are about 60 centimeters high. How could such a high staircase be built! Li You secretly complained, while supporting his body, moving down step by step.

Maybe it's because I'm so focused that I can't hear the sound of chains behind me.

Was it just a hallucination?

Li You continued to move while pondering, and after moving for more than half an hour, he lost his patience a little. If you move one step in five seconds, you have moved nearly 4,000 steps, why hasn't you reached the end yet?

Thinking of this, Li You stopped and began to grope for the left and right ends of the steps, there were no walls at the left and right ends, and they were all empty.

What are the two sides? Is it a cliff or is there a way out? Do you want to give it a try?

Crash... Crash... Crash...

Call... Call... Call...

Just as Li You was secretly pondering, the sound of chains behind him sounded again, accompanied by the sound of heavy breathing. Li You hurriedly moved his body again and continued to move forward.

Another half an hour passed, and the stairs were still endless. Li You stopped again, and the sound of chains mopping the floor and heavy breathing came from behind him again.

What to do? Will it go on like this?

No way! That's definitely not the way to go.

If you can't go down, and there is an unknown danger going up, you can only try left and right. Li You made up his mind and immediately touched to the left. After touching the edge, he turned his back, clasped the edge of the steps tightly with both hands, and slowly tried to go down, and when he reached his chest, he still didn't touch the ground, and Li You had to climb the steps again.

If the left side doesn't work, then try the right side again.

Li You took the same way, slowly probing down, waist, abdomen, chest, hey! Still didn't touch the ground.

What to do? Is it just going to keep going down?

Li You propped himself up and fell into deep thought.

Just when Li You didn't know what to do, suddenly, something grabbed his foot!

"Ahh

Li You exclaimed in surprise and used all the strength of his body to climb up, but his feet seemed to be tethered, and no matter how hard Li You struggled, he couldn't break free.

Roar... Roar... Roar...

There was a strange sound from below, and Li You felt that something was spitting hot air at his feet, and his feet were pinched tighter and tighter, as if they were about to be pinched into his bones.

What to do? What to do?

Li You fell into fear and panic, he felt the things that grabbed him drool, licking his ankles.

Blood! Blood is coming out of the ankles! The thing underneath grabbed harder, and the force of pulling down was greater.

What to do! What to do!

Alarmed! Fear!

Am I going to be eaten?

No! No way!

Don't panic!

After a period of panic, Li You finally regained his self-consciousness.

Panic can't solve any problems, did you fall in vain just now? Now I can't get rid of it, and I don't know how deep it is, instead of being dragged down, it's better to take the initiative to attack, maybe there is a glimmer of life!

Thinking of this, Li You no longer hesitated, used all his strength to push his body up, and then pushed the edge of the steps with both hands, and fell backwards and down.

Yes! Yes!

Li You felt that he was constantly falling, but the things below were still clutching his feet. Li You curled up his body as much as he could, hoping that when he landed, he would all smash into the body of the thing below. In this way, you may still have a chance to live.

………

Bang! Yes! Burst!

Li You finally landed on the ground, and the huge impact caused his blood to surge, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. However, Li You found that he was not seriously injured.

Judging from the time, it fell for more than 20 seconds just now, that is, at least more than 2,000 meters. However, after moving his body, there was no obvious discomfort except for the mouthful of blood he had just vomited.

Li You put his hands on the ground and wanted to stand up, but he immediately felt that his hands were full of slimy things. Li You raised his hand to his nose, and a thick bloody breath rushed straight to his nose. It seems that it was this thing that grabbed itself and saved itself. It was still pitch black around, and Li You couldn't see the appearance of this thing, but he didn't feel half grateful for it.

What's next?

Although Li You was reluctant, he still put his hand back on the ground and continued to explore. What a big thing! Li You fumbled for nearly five minutes before he figured out the slimy range. After that, I fumbled for another two minutes, and finally came to the edge of the ground.

Li You turned his back again, clasped the edge with both hands and probed downward, and soon touched the ground again. It seems, again step by step.

Is there no end?

Li You continued to move downward, thinking as he moved. From the beginning of the downward movement to the present, he has moved down more than 12,000 steps, that is, a distance of more than 6,000 meters, plus the more than 2,000 meters he fell just now, and now he has moved down more than 8,000 meters.

How could there be such a deep tomb! No way! When pigs fly!

That must be something I'm missing.

What's that?

Li You moved downward as he pondered the details that might be wrong.

1st Order, 2nd Order, 10th Order, 20th Order, 90th Order, 100th Order.

Suddenly, at the hundredth step, Li You found that his subordinates actually had the feeling of touching the lines. Is there any mechanism on these 100 steps? Li You stopped on the hundred steps and felt the lines carefully, feeling as if they were words or numbers.

What exactly?

At this moment, the sound of chains and heavy breathing behind him reappeared. What to do? Although Li You was a little unbearable, he thought of what had just fallen to his death, and decided to move on.

1st order, 10th order, 100th order.

When he reached the hundred steps again, he felt the lines again, and Li You was ecstatic. It seems that this endless staircase is some kind of mechanism, and the code to crack this mechanism is in the lines of the hundredth step.

Li You didn't dare to delay any longer, and began to carefully grope for the lines on the steps. About three minutes later, the sound of chains and breathing sounded again, and Li You could only start moving again.

What's going on? I can't figure out what the lines are at all. Could it be that your own method is wrong? The first two times, I started from the middle and groped around, and there was no discipline to be found at all. If it is a message that you want people to be able to read in the dark, then the message should be engraved according to the general reading habits.

Yes!

After reaching another hundred steps, Li You immediately groped to the right end of the steps and began to grope from the upper right corner. Really! Although there is no information in the first row in the upper right corner, I moved in a little and felt the first line.

Li You carefully groped along this pattern, felt the direction of the pattern, and finally suddenly became enlightened. Three! That's a three-word word!

At this time, the sound of chains and wheezing sounded again, and Li You had to move again. However, at this time, Li You is no longer confused. If the next hundred steps are the same words, then you will be able to determine your judgment.

Sure enough, after reaching another hundred steps, Li You determined that the first word in the upper right corner was three!

That's great!

Li You was so overjoyed that he seemed to have forgotten the danger behind it.

In the end, after six or seven more pauses, Li You determined that the lines on the steps were "three", "wu" and "捌".

358？ Does it refer to the 358th step? Anyway, let's try it first.

Li You silently counted in his mind as he moved downward, and after reaching the 358th step, Li You stopped and began to grope to the right.

Ha ha! Got it! Got it!

On the far right, it turns out that it is no longer a blank space, but a passage! Li You no longer hesitated, and crawled forward along the passage, and after climbing for a few minutes, a faint light appeared in front of him.

Export? Not like! However, where there is light, there is hope, and I no longer need to be like a blind man touching an elephant.

A moment later, Li You came to the bright light and reached out to grab the shiny thing.

Ring ruler! It turned out to be my lost ring ruler!

Call!

Thinking back on the hardships along the way, Li You couldn't help but stick this ring ruler on his face.

Suddenly, the ring ruler emitted an even brighter light, like a blazing torch, illuminating the road in front of Li You clearly.

Li You immediately took the ring ruler in his hand, and found that the blood flowing from his head rubbed against the ring ruler.

This ring ruler is really a treasure!