The Battle of Longchang Chapter 3 Breaking the Deadlock in Gangbu
The second master gasped and complained: "Lei Yuhao, this old immortal, painted those corpse spells to raise centipedes, what is he doing with this thing?" Soak in medicinal wine? ”
"I guess these centipedes are definitely not the same as the common ones on weekdays, you look at the black body and head, you can see at a glance that they are not idle people, besides, eat dead corpses every day, even if they are soaked in medicinal wine, who dares to drink them?" Oh, by the way, Yuanmei, what is that flying centipede? Why are you like a mouse seeing a cat? ”
Yuanmei illuminated the surrounding stone wall with a torch, and after confirming that there were no centipedes, she said: "Centipedes generally do not grow wings, but there is an exception, that is, the centipede king, the centipede king is the head of a group of centipedes, it is said that only centipede kings over 100 years old can grow wings, the centipede king who has just given birth to wings is too large and out of proportion, so it can't fly, and in the next few years, the size of the centipede king will shrink year by year, but at the same time the toxicity is getting bigger and bigger, I heard that the centipede king who can fly has to live for at least one hundred and fifty years, at this time its toxicity, It can really be described as touching the grass and trees to death, biting people, and having no defense. ”
"Is this thing so toxic?" The second master said with palpitations, and at the same time raised the torch and carefully shone the top of his head.
"Not only is it poisonous, it's the head of this group of centipedes, if it wants to attack us, with the number of centipedes in that group, plus the terrain here, it's optimistic to say that nine deaths and one life are optimistic." ”
"Then Lei Yuhao has worked so hard to raise this thing, what is it for?" "In fact, after listening to Yuanmei's words, I wanted to leave as soon as possible, but I ran too hard just now, and my body lost my strength, and at this time, my legs trembled like chaff, and I couldn't stand up at all, so I simply asked things clearly, although Yuanmei's explanation was also out of speculation, but at this time, as long as there is an answer, right or wrong doesn't matter at all.
Yuanmei said: "I guess, these centipedes may be related to our amnesia, it may be some kind of medicine or something, and I also think that the reason why Lei Yuhao and they can walk in the sun is also inseparable from these centipedes, the corpse does not rot proves that the soul is not dispersed, and the resentment is great, which is a reason for the dead corpse to become stiff, and the centipedes live on the dead corpse, over the years, a large amount of resentment must have gathered in the body, so that the centipede is the best warm and tonic medicine for Lei Yuhao and them, so that they do not have to kill, There is no need to absorb yang energy everywhere, just by ingesting the powerful resentment accumulated on the centipede's body, you can live peacefully, and even walk in the sun.
Of course, this is all my conjecture, and the real use is probably much more complicated than this, but it should be roughly these two categories. ”
As soon as her voice fell, a small but frightening buzz suddenly occurred in the quiet tunnel, and the three of them hurriedly looked up to find it, but as soon as they moved, the buzzing suddenly disappeared, and at this time the surrounding air seemed to be frozen, and no one dared to speak, restrained their breathing, stared at the top of their heads with bated breath, and pricked up their ears to listen to the faintest sound around.
About half a cigarette later, the buzz sounded again, this time the sound was significantly louder than the last time, and the second master shouted: "Damn it, run!" ”
The three of them jumped up from the ground at the same time and ran towards the depths of the tunnel, even though we had exerted our physical strength to the limit, but the buzzing still did not leave the left and right, like a drum, and the people who listened to it were terrified and chilled all over their bodies.
Due to the previous wild running, most of the physical strength has already been consumed, and at this moment it is completely forced to run forward by the instinct of survival, at first because fear dominates the body, there is no feeling of fatigue at all, and as the fear slowly subsides, a sense of prostration from physical exhaustion quickly spreads throughout the body, the legs are like filled with lead, it is difficult to walk, the chest is like being smashed by a heavy hammer, the pain is suffocated, the throat is full of blood, and the body is sweating like rain, and the buzzing sound of flickering away and near does not give a chance to breathe at all, I couldn't help but secretly scolded Lei Yuhao for raising something in my heart, and complained about the Lei family's grandfather, a broken tunnel, it means that it is necessary, is it necessary to repair it for so long?
Gradually, Yuan Mei took a few steps behind, looking at her miserable little face, the broken hair stuck to her forehead and her sloppy eyes, I knew that she was already at the end of the crossbow, and I wanted to help, but my current state was not much better than her, the second master suddenly stopped by her side at this time, and without saying a word, he pulled her backpack off, carried it on his back, and ran up with her hand.
In this way, after running through two bends and entering a stone room, the buzzing finally disappeared, and the three of them didn't even care about the surrounding environment, took off all the equipment on their bodies and threw them to the side, inserted the torch into the stone crevice on the ground, and lay directly on the ground, this time not only their legs, but also their whole bodies shook uncontrollably.
At this time, don't say that it is the centipede king, even if Lei Yuhao comes in person, I will never run half a step again.
After a full meal, Yuan Mei slowly sat up, pulled out the torch from the crack in the stone on the ground, and began to look around, and after a while she whispered, "We have arrived." ”
Even so, the second master and I lay down a cigarette again before we struggled to get up and see the layout of the stone room.
This is a dozen steps square room, the room is empty, there is a small door hole that only allows one person to enter and exit in the opposite corner, under the light of the fire, you can vaguely see the stone steps in the doorway, so it seems that it should be another exit of the tunnel, but where is half of the ancient jade?
Yuan Mei stood up and began to carefully examine everything in the stone room, carefully touching the stone bar by stone, looking for possible hidden passages.
The second master and I started from the other side, following her example, and slowly searching, I don't know if we didn't look carefully enough, and we didn't find anything along the way, and although Yuanmei on the other side had just found half of it, her expression told me that the situation didn't seem to be optimistic.
If there is really no ancient jade here, then it proves that we were wrong from the beginning, the tunnels here are not connected, for example, there is only one door hole in front of us, if it is connected, then there must be six door openings here, except for the rest and two dead roads that Yuan Mei said, there must be at least four doors.
In this case, we must turn around and go back to find a new tunnel, even if the centipede king behind us and his tens of thousands of subjects are not mentioned for the time being, but the collapsed corpse pile is an insurmountable obstacle.
Go out and come back? I don't believe that Lei Yuhao will be stupid enough to let us jump around under our noses again and again, hey, the matter has come to this, and we can only resign ourselves to fate.
The second master and I planned to go over to help Yuanmei, but before we got close, she didn't raise her head and made a stop gesture to us, and we had to go back to the position where we were just lying, squatting on the ground and looking at her with anticipation and anxiety.
Yuanmei touched it so carefully that we were all a little sleepy from waiting, so she shook her head at us helplessly, and walked over in frustration and said, "We may have been in the wrong direction at the beginning." ”
At this time, we can't say anything, complaining or comforting is out of place, the second master thought about it and said, "Then what to do next?" ”
"I haven't thought about it yet, I've missed it once, I can't make a second mistake, I need to think about it." This is not so much for us as for herself.
I and the second master are like two well-trained military dogs, squatting quietly on the side, staring at her intently, Yuanmei turned out a key from the bag that I don't know where it is, and compared it on the ground, this painting is the kung fu of a meal, at this time I and the second master's stomach kept gurgling, and it was magnified several times in the empty and silent stone room, and it was very real.
I probably calculated that it had been at least two or three hours since I went down the well to get here, and about five or six hours had passed since dinner time, and now it was probably close to lunch time outside, and for a moment I even felt that the "toad powder" of Chunxiang Restaurant was still very tempting.
The second master suddenly whispered: "Hey, why do you think I still want to eat your toad powder this time?" ”
actually thought of it with me, and the two of them looked at each other and smirked.
Yuanmei stood up suddenly, startling the two of us, I don't know what countermeasures she thought, and she was about to stand up with her, she reached out again and made a stop gesture, so we had to continue to squat and watch what happened.
She walked quickly to the entrance, began to count the stones on the ground piece by piece, and after counting, she seemed to nod confidently, walked back to the entrance, and began to jump around step by step, while jumping, the mouth also chanted words as if chanting a mantra: "Hidden traces, step me Gangkui, I see its people, people do not know me, and the movement is wishful......"
The second master seemed to understand, nodding while watching, and I asked him, "Do you understand?" ”
"What you said, you don't understand Gangbu?" ”
Hearing him say this, I took a closer look and found that Yuanmei really walked Gangbu, but she had to step on different stone bars every time she took a step, and the stone bars were too big, so they could only jump around, looking like a child playing hopscotch, without the slightest majesty that Gangbu should have.
As she finished her last step, the mantra was pronounced: "Haste as a law."
As soon as a few words came out, I heard a loud noise in the stone room, followed by the violent shaking of the ground and the mountains, Yuan Mei and I hurriedly grabbed the second master, and the three of us supported each other to prevent falling.
The dust that fell overhead was like rain, and the entire stone chamber was shrouded in a mist, even though I covered my mouth and nose tightly with my hands, I still choked and coughed, and the sand entered my eyes, so I had to lower my head and close my eyes, and let the tears flow, as the shaking became more and more intense, the sound of broken masonry and stone was heard in my ears from time to time, and I was worried that if I continued to shake like this, the tunnel might not be able to withstand the sudden collapse.
Fortunately, the shaking soon stopped, the tunnel did not collapse, and we were all gray-headed, as if they had just been dug out of the soil.
Shake off the soil on my body, squinting to see what happened, but although the shaking stopped, the dust was still floating in the air, and the torch was also extinguished by the falling dust, I groped on the ground, found the torch, shook off the soil, and wanted to use the fire sickle to light it again, I don't know if the torch had already burned out, or there was too much soil, in short, I just couldn't light it, so I had to grope for the second master's backpack, there was still the last torch in it, I hope it can still be used.
When the torches were lit, the three of them stood up and looked at the four new doorways on the left and right, a sense of joy arose, and the second master said happily: "Commander Li is really clever, not to mention that he is good at stepping on Gangbu, and even those two holes are dead ends, it is simply Liu Bowen alive." ”
After listening to this, Yuanmei also smiled and said: "This Gangbu is also a blind cat touching a dead mouse, when we were young, Gangbu was the most important and basic training, I have always wondered, we neither draw talismans to exorcise ghosts, nor do we exceed the soul, what is the use of learning Gangbu?" Looking at it now, it turns out that the master has already made a thorough plan, and the next thing is up to you, Lei Dangjia. ”
Her words pulled me back from the joy I had just had, and I looked at her inexplicably: "Look at me? What do you want to see me? ”
"This place was built by the ancestors of the Lei and Li families, since the Li family passed down the Gangbu of understanding the bureau, then there is no reason for the Lei family not to leave anything, this place is estimated to be designed from the beginning, only the descendants of the two families can cooperate with each other to get the Eight Ancient Jade, my task has been completed, and the rest is naturally up to you." ”
"Eldest sister, I'm an orphan, I was born in the hall, you at least have the master to teach you Gangbu, I can't do anything other than pour wine and serve food, wipe the table and sweep the floor, aren't you a strong man?" "Yuanmei's words embarrassed me a little.
The second master saw that I was not happy, so he hurriedly played a round and said: "Okay, let's find out if there is any mechanism first, maybe you can see the mechanism, and you will know what you can do." ”
Because there was only one torch, the three of them had to get together, and starting from the entrance, the stone bars were found again.