Chapter Seventy-Eight: Roaming in the Cave

San'er held the torch with his hand and just stepped into the underground river with his front feet and felt regretful, although this underground cave is not unusually cold but it also does not see the sun all year round, naturally this underground river is the same, San'er only feels that the legs that go down to the water are like Sanjiu when the cold fell into the deep snowdrift, the cold and biting cold straight into people's hearts, not to make people shiver. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The firelight flickered, San'er stood in the river and adapted to it for a long time, his legs finally had a certain awareness, and he was no longer as numb as when he first entered the water, and looked up at Zhang Renshan, who was still floating in the distance, San'er thought of Amitabha Buddha in his heart, the temperature of the river was like ice, and he only felt cold when his legs were soaked in the water, not to mention that Zhang Renshan's whole person was soaked in the water, could it be that he had already encountered an accident...... San'er slowly approached Zhang Renshan, who was soaked in the underground river, while thinking about things, San'er suddenly thought of something, raised his hand holding the torch, and laboriously shone on the object in the river, and said darkly: "This river flows very much, and there is no vegetation in the water that can climb the hook, how does Xian'er stay immobile in this current, since I found out that he has not moved until now, no, that thing is definitely not Xian'er!" San'er thought of this, and hurriedly looked at the things in the water by the light of the torches reflected on the river, half of it was not in the water, and the other half was exposed to the water, it turned out to be a wood carving carved in the shape of a human, San'er only felt that his back was cold, and there was no trace of people in the deep underground hole all year round, how could there be such a thing here, even if those people had already come here, it was unlikely that a wood carving would be placed in this water, not to mention that it was carved into such a strange appearance, San'er unconsciously retreated, the things in front of him were unseen and unheard for him, normal wood carving San'er had seen a few, after all, there were a few people in the old man's study, but this shape similar to the human body was the first time he saw it, and he was horrified in his heart, and looked at the humanoid wood carving a few times, only to see that the part of the wood carving exposed to the water was the upper body of a woman, without a trace of a wisp of hands naturally hanging down beside him, his eyes were closed and he looked less than eleven, twelve or thirteen years old, San'er only looked at it like this, and only felt that the female body carving on the wood carving was simply superb, just like a real person, but because of the perennial soaking in the water, the wood carving was obviously a little rotten, and there were a lot of cracks and dirt on it, if not, this wood carving could be called a rare masterpiece in the world, San'er looked down into the water to see what the part of the wood carving body in the water was like, but if you think about it carefully, it is not very appropriate, in case the wood carving is really carved according to the real person, The water part is very embarrassing, want to see but don't dare to look at San'er standing in the river for a long time tangled directly the river through the cold of the bones left behind, after a long time San'er made up his mind anyway, it's just a carving and not a real person to look at it, it doesn't hurt, use your hand to lower the torch and slowly move to the side of the wood carving, take a picture of the wood carving soaked in the water, the river water is clear and translucent, the torch can be seen clearly at the bottom, the wood carving is obliquely inserted in the river water on one side, there is an iron chain tied under the river, San'er saw why the wood carving was not washed away by the water, the river flow impact wood carving kept shaking, San'er looked down at the part of the wood carving deep into the water, the perennial river water has already soaked the wood in the water swelling and deformation, but the artificially carved part is still faintly visible, San'er stared at the carved texture carefully by the light of the torch, Unconsciously gasped, the part of the water is not a human body at all, but more like a giant python with a large mouth open for blood, is devouring this unclothed woman little by little, a line of vivid eyes, the water flashes, as if this swallowing python is going to come back to life, the frightened San'er quickly retreated to the shore for a few minutes, and said calmly: "The technique of carving this wood carving can be called a ghostly workmanship, it seems that this wood carving has been soaked in the water for dozens of years, but the carving on the wood is still lifelike, I really don't know how much skill the carving person has, but he is also a god man. ā€

On the shore, San'er turned around and glanced at the wood carving in the water, the torch light was limited, and it was already impossible to illuminate the location of the wood carving, only a panicked shadow stood in the water, up and down, like a human form, no longer thought about it, San'er began to look for Zhang Renshan's traces around again, but helplessly, this cave was too wide, and the torch light source could not shine far at all, so he could only look for it slowly little by little. Suddenly, a figure flashed in front of him in the darkness, the figure was extremely fast, and before San'er could react, he completely disappeared into the distance, "Who! San'er waited until the figure disappeared before asking this sentence, looked up and looked around without any response, "Could it be that it is Xian'er, but why is he avoiding me?" San'er was thinking in his heart, but after thinking about it, it was not quite right, that figure would definitely not be Zhang Renshan, who would it be? San'er's hair all over his body is exuding cold, since he entered the cellar, he and Zhang Renshan have been experiencing unusual things, first the countless handprints in the cellar, the secret tunnel below, and then the dead and resurrected Li Fang covered in blood, and then the earth dragon that has become a puddle of rotten meat, and now there is a strange figure, San'er just feels that his head is not enough, to chase or not to chase, San'er keeps counting in his heart, the current thing is to find the missing Zhang Renshan first, But this sudden figure made San'er not want to do that, maybe it was a clue or a guide, no! San'er looked at the direction where the figure disappeared and felt uneasy, clenched the torch in his hand and gritted his teeth and followed, San'er was not too far away from the still burning earth dragon, the faint fire was still faintly visible, and after walking for a while, San'er looked around, the collapsed stone pillars were obviously fewer, and one or two would appear sporadically, but it didn't look like they had been broken, and after walking for a while, San'er only felt that the rocky ground under his feet obviously began to tilt, as if the front was sunken in. San'er hurriedly raised the torch in his hand and shone it forward, a huge circular pit appeared in front of him, the pit seemed to have water left before, and the surrounding area was full of traces formed after the water flow dried up, but now it is not a drop left, San'er wanted to bypass the pit to inquire elsewhere, but the pit is too huge, if you go around, I am afraid it will take some hours, San'er saw that there was no other way, so he had to hold the torch and go down to the huge pit little by little.

The pit wall is not too steep, and you can reach the bottom slowly, your feet fell to the ground, San'er hurriedly looked around, the pit was flat and open, and you can't see its edge in the distance, and you don't know how big this pit is, and after walking aimlessly for a while, San'er suddenly found that his feet seemed to have stepped on something, and he looked down to see that it was a broken bone, and the incision fracture should have been directly smashed by some external force, San'er wanted to take a closer look at the broken bone, but when he thought that Zhang Renshan had returned no news, he didn't know how to observe carefully, raised his head and continued to walk towards the inside of the pit, All the way forward, San'er only felt that there were more and more broken bones at his feet, and the types of bones began to change gradually, from the very long bones to the current big bones, which made San'er's back sweat unconsciously, and after a while, San'er stood down violently, only to see that not far from him, there was a human head on the ground, but the skin and flesh on it had long been gone, leaving only an empty shell of the skull and falling to the ground, San'er only felt horrified when he saw this, although he had already noticed it before and was ready, But if you really see this person's skull, I still feel a little stunned in my heart, I let out a sigh of relief, San'er stabilized my mind, and swept the skull of the person on the ground with his eyes, only to see that there seemed to be a place above the skull that had collapsed, which had been caused by external forces, but why didn't it shatter? San'er couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, normally speaking, if a person's skull is smashed by a heavy blow, it will inevitably lead to bone fracture and holes, but the skull seen by San'er is sunken into a pit, but the bone is not broken and damaged, as if this person's skull is born like this, but San'er really can't figure it out, so he can't figure it out so he has to look at it and start to move forward again, along the way, the broken bones are becoming denser and denser, and even the human skull begins to appear. San'er didn't want to pay attention to these, but the more he walked, the more bones he had, and finally began to turn into a pile of small bone mountains around him, walking San'er suddenly found that the scene next to him seemed to be seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember it, holding a torch to shine on the bone piles all around, obviously came to the deepest part of the pit, the surrounding pit walls were already beyond the eyesight, and now he could only walk to the side by feeling, San'er looked at the bone piles on the ground, almost all of them were human bones, and they were piled up together of different sizes, It seems that it has been placed for some years, many bones on it have been dried and withered, and they will be broken when touched, no longer stop, San'er took steps and continued to start to move forward, avoiding several large bone piles, and came to a fairly empty place, San'er turned around and looked at the road that came over, except for the large and small bone piles and broken bones, there was nothing else in this deep pit, turned around and lowered his head and continued to move forward, but he always couldn't settle down: "Is this huge hole in the pit just used to pile up these bones?" So who are these bones piled up here? Those people? Wrong! Looking at the pile-up of human bones, it must have been more than ten years, even if those people arrived here early, it is impossible to accumulate so much, mainly where do these human bones come from? Who could that be? San'er frowned and thought about everything he had just seen, but he really couldn't find any signs, he only felt a little headache and stopped thinking about it, he walked with a torch for a while, and the people on the ground were few, San'er knew that he was coming out of the innermost part of the pit, and he was secretly glad that he saw a figure not far from him, San'er did not hesitate this time and hurriedly ran over to follow all the way with the torch, but the figure disappeared again after just a moment, only San'er was helpless, Stopped chasing and looked around, just now just chased the figure and ran, didn't have time to look at the surrounding situation, and didn't know that he ran to the side of the pit, the human bones on the ground had disappeared, and the flat ground was revealed again, but the pit wall of the pit was still not visible around, obviously he was still in the depths of the pit, San'er looked up and wanted to know how far he was from the top of the cave now, but found that the torch in his hand could not shine on the roof of the cave at all, I had no choice but to bow my head and continue to move in the direction where the figure disappeared.

After walking for a while, San'er suddenly heard the sound of running water in the distance, the sound of the water was small and weak, obviously not the sound of the underground river, smelling the sound of water San'er walked over slowly, only to see that there was a small stream flowing at the bottom of the deep pit, the water flow was not too rapid and slowly washed the bottom of the deep pit, it seemed that the stream had been flowing at the bottom of the pit for some years, and the rocks on the ground had been washed out of a sunken waterway, and it had been flowing into the darkness in the distance. San'er wanted to scoop up a handful of water from the creek to quench his thirst, after all, he hadn't drunk water since he entered the tunnel, but if he thought about it carefully, it wasn't very appropriate, who knows if the upper reaches of the creek had passed through the place where the bones were piled up, the bone pile looked very evil, and he couldn't keep anything attached to it, in case he was poisoned by drinking this water by mistake and fell to the ground, wouldn't it really be fatal, San'er thought about swallowing a mouthful of saliva and drinking water again and again, and the broken left arm was obviously past the painful time, Now it's starting to become numb and itchy, San'er endured the feeling of his left arm while continuing to follow the direction of the figure disappearing in the deep pit, through the pit creek terrain began to gradually rise, San'er kicked the ground with his foot, it is still a little undulating and not as smooth as imagined, as the so-called up and down are difficult, when you go down to the deep pit, it is not effortless to just follow the terrain all the way down, but if you want to go up, it is a little difficult, not to mention the steep terrain, San'er's one arm can't move and the other arm must also hold a torch for lighting, so if you want to climb this deep pit, you can only rely on the strength of your legs, holding the torch all the way up, the terrain is getting steeper and steeper, San'er has to lower his body and go up with difficulty, but fortunately, although the pit wall is steep, it is not perpendicular to the ground, but obliquely under the rocky surface at an angle, San'er also took a long time to finally return to the rocky ground of the cave. Raising the torch and looking around, I saw that there seemed to be a flash of fire next to a stone pillar...... (To be continued.) )