Everyone unanimously felt that there was some unusual existence here, so they temporarily stopped in the middle of the white tunnel, taking the opportunity to move their numb arms, and due to the influence of the environment, everyone was in danger, and they were a little hesitant, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

I began to suspect that this tunnel leading to the altar was a trap at all, and that the contents of it were constantly interfering with the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste, and that the fatigue caused by always maintaining a fixed posture would make people's limbs sore, lose their original sharp senses, and the salted fishy smell would also disturb people's minds.

And in the case of the tape attached to the eyes, there is no sense of direction at all, once you are too nervous, slightly away from the wall on one side of the tunnel, it is likely to turn around, lose the reference of the forward, but this is not a child's play, dare not easily tear off the tape to see the things in the tunnel, so I have to remind the people walking in front, first, no matter what happens, you must * the left wall, do not leave; Second, no one is allowed to tear off the tape from their eyes without authorization, and they should not scare themselves, because that is tantamount to messing with themselves.

I heard the fat man at the front of the line say to me, "Old Hu, there is a snake in this hole, do you hear it?" It's a lot of people, and if we don't take off the tape, we're going to die, so why don't we just wait to be bitten? I am thick, although I don't care about being the first soldier, but this commander is full of iron and can I grind a few nails? I can't stand a bite from a poisonous snake at all. ”

Under normal circumstances, we have a way to deal with poisonous snakes, but now five people are equal to five blind people, if there are really poisonous snakes in this tunnel, we are basically equivalent to meat on the board, only to let it bite and eat.

I put my index finger to my lips and said to the fat man, "Shh......hh Don't make a sound, listen carefully, and listen first to see if there really is a snake. Even Uncle Ming and the others held their breath and quietly listened to the movements around them, some people said that the ears of blind people are stronger than ordinary people. Because the loss of one bodily function will double the use of another function, so it becomes more developed, but we are now just covering our own eyes, not really blind, so I don't know whether to temporarily concentrate all our body and mind on the ears, or this white tunnel, which produces a special sound effect by the unique structure, in short, even the subtle sounds, seem to be invisibly amplified, and the hearing is extraordinarily clear, which makes people feel more and more uneasy.

Listen carefully, there are constant sounds before and after, as well as the sound of poisonous snakes spitting letters, and there are so many deceptions, it is unimaginable, there is another possibility, maybe they are not many in number, but the sound is amplified by this tunnel many times, giving people an illusion that is like a tide, listening to the sound, the snake group seems to be rapidly approaching us, I don't know what the dozens of people in front of me feel, but I can feel that the Shirley Yang closest to me has been a little trembling, the powerful friction sound of snake scales, And the unique metal sharp sound of the snake when swallowing, it is different from any other kind of snake, this sound is very familiar, only the kind of exquisite black snake can only have.

We have been in the desert, we have seen a kind of short body, the head of the growth of a tumor like a strange eye of the black snake, very aggressive, and extremely venomous, biting any part of the human body, will be poisoned in just a few seconds, to Xinjiang archaeological team member Hao Aiguo, died under the fangs of this rare poisonous snake, that day in the Zagrama Valley cruel situation, still vivid, want to forget can not forget.

At that time, we didn't know its name, and it wasn't until in the temple of the Shadow Evil Luo Sea that we learned that in the ancient demon country, there was once a black snake called "Pure Vision", which was the guardian of the ghost cave.

It would be reasonable to encounter the black snake "Pure Seeing Ahan" in this white tunnel leading to the altar, but we still lack sufficient mental preparation, how could we have imagined in advance that there would be so many poisonous snakes in this tunnel that requires us to close our eyes to pass safely.

I think of the encounter in the desert, slightly distracted, just such a kung fu, Lou Snake seems to have reached the feet, people's breathing has also become heavier, the nervous mood can be imagined, are using the greatest concentration, try their best to restrain their panic emotions, because everyone remembers the warning on the stone gate, must not open their eyes, otherwise something very terrible will happen, that is the tradition of the evil Luo Hai shaman, I am afraid it must also be based on some unknown reason, now can only risk believing in its correctness, until the last moment, This age-old taboo must not be broken lightly.

I suddenly thought that if someone couldn't hold their breath and ripped off the tape on their eyes, Uncle Ming would definitely bear the brunt, although Ah Xiang was not very bold, but fortunately he was more obedient, so he held the shoulders of Shirley Yang and Ah Xiang in front of him, touched Uncle Ming behind the fat man, and grabbed his arm with one hand, he wanted to stop him in advance if there was any inappropriate behavior.

Shirley Yang reminded us later: "If it is really a black snake with naked eyes on the top of the head, with their aggressiveness, they would have pounced and bitten people, but listening to the sound, the shadow speed of the snake group is not fast, there must be a problem here, don't take off the tape on the eyes first." ”

I said to Shirley Yang: "There is no poisonous snake in the world that does not bite people, maybe these guys have just eaten a snack and have no appetite for us for the time being...... Speaking of poisonous snake bites, I suddenly thought of some murals I saw in the exquisite ancient city, the murals depicted the cruel scene of poisonous snakes biting slaves, and the slaves stared helplessly...... By the way, it seems that all the slaves who have been bitten by snakes are staring at each other and not looking at each other, and dozens of murals are the same, is it just a coincidence? Or does the message in the mural have a special meaning? Maybe it's my memory is wrong, subjective conjecture, the eyes of the slaves in the mural are not all staring, and the scene of that world suddenly blurs in the left side of my mind, but I still vaguely feel that maybe it is precisely because we didn't open our eyes that the poisonous snakes around us don't attack us, maybe the strange eyes like internal tumors on the top of the black snake's head, feeling the bioelectricity in the eyes of the speaker, will look at the target, so you must not open your eyes in the white tunnel, this is the secret of the "big black sky thunder mountain"?

This thought only flashed through my mind, but it increased the confidence that I couldn't open my eyes. I clamped Uncle Ming's right arm, and the husband stuffed his other arm to the fat man, and the fat man sandwiched him in the middle, Uncle Ming was shocked, thinking that the fat man and I were going to use him as a shield against poisonous snakes, and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?" Don't ...... Don't laugh, it's big or small, what are you going to do? ”

The fat man didn't miss any opportunity to find a bargain, even if it was just verbal cheapness, and replied casually: "I plan to marry your grandmother when your grandfather and give birth to a son to be your father, yo...... A snake crawled up to my feet......" There was the sound of the fat man kicking the snake away in the dark, and Uncle Ming suddenly sank in the middle, if it wasn't for me and the fat man holding him, he would be terrified to death at the moment, I am afraid he would have collapsed to the ground.

I also felt the snake wriggling at my feet. In this situation, people can't help but be stunned from the bones, entering this white tunnel, just like facing an exam paper full of multiple-choice questions, you need to make the right judgment continuously, sometimes you don't even have room to think, and you can only get a full score, any small choice error, you will get the instant judgment of life and death, it is irretrievable, what we have to make at this moment is - under the siege of the snakes, whether to remove the tape from the eyes, can we risk breaking the thousand-year-old taboo? I couldn't bear it anymore and raised my hand, but I didn't remove the tape after all.

At this time, I could only hear Uncle Ming's voice trembling: "Snake, poisonous snake...... The poisonous snake crawled on my neck, help, Brother Hu. I was also worried about myself, and I was holding Uncle Ming's arm a little, and I felt Uncle Ming suddenly pull out his right arm, probably trying to shake off the poisonous snake that climbed on his neck.

I reacted, and without waiting for Uncle Ming's arm to be completely withdrawn, I grabbed his hand tightly again: "It's okay, leave it alone, this *** is all an illusion, not real, poisonous snakes can't come out of thin air, now there are snakes in front and back, we didn't feel a snake when we came all the way......" Before the words fell, I felt a snap on the mountaineering helmet, and something fell from the top of my head, cold and slippery, "sizzle", slid down the helmet to my back shoulder, that kind of cold fear, immediately spread to the whole body, this can't be" The illusion that the Great Black Sky Strikes Thunder Mountain is 200 percent a genuine poisonous snake.

I left my previous estimate that I wouldn't be attacked by the black snake if I didn't open my eyes, and I didn't care about holding Uncle Ming's arm anymore, so I quickly threw off the pickaxe and pulled out the poisonous snake on my back, and suddenly heard the fat man scolding: "Is it you a Hong Kong farmer?" How dare you throw the snake on me, the skin and flesh on your body are stripped and you are looking for practice, don't you?" Maybe Uncle Ming also took the opportunity to pull out his hand and shake off the poisonous snake on his body, but unexpectedly threw it on the fat man.

Shirley Yang and Ah Xiang were constantly pushing away the poisonous snakes beside them, we were originally a column advancing against the tunnel wall, and then in order to monitor Uncle Ming's unusual actions, we changed the formation, changed to the first three and the last two, and two horizontal columns advanced, and at this time we were disturbed by the poisonous snakes, and the formation was suddenly chaotic.

My eyes were covered, I couldn't see anything, I don't know who hit me, I staggered a few steps to the side, and I stepped on something soft and whirring under my feet, I didn't need to look at it to know that it was a snake, I was already a little big with a head and two big, where did these snakes come from? Quickly shrank his feet and turned around, and when he stood firm, he realized that he couldn't tell the difference between east and west, north and south.

At this time, I heard the fat man shouting nearby: "I can't stand it, I'm blind enough, I'm going to open my eyes and see!" I quickly followed the sound of the voice, grabbed his arm, and shouted: "Don't tear off the tape, if those snakes really mean to hurt people, I'm afraid we will be dead for a long time, if you don't have them, they won't feel our presence, and they won't attack." ”

The rest of the people heard me and the fat man's shouts, and they all looked for the sound and touched it, everyone gathered again, Uncle Ming was shocked, panting and said: "Brother Hu is really worthy of being the top master in the Captain of Touching Jin, he is not chaotic in danger, he is like a god, everyone must not open his eyes, from now on what you do, we will follow what you do." ”

Shirley Yang whispered to me: "There is such a possibility, but I think it seems that there is more than that, this tunnel is full of dangers, and human self-control has its limit, our eyes have become a burden here, one more minute of stay, the more dangerous it is, we must move forward as soon as possible." ”

If you want to move forward again, you must find the right direction, but now you have completely lost your sense of direction, the only way to do this is to find a wall to rely on, and then pay attention to it, the sound of snakes swimming around is resounding in the ears, conservatively estimated that there are no less than hundreds, I pulled everyone to the side to grope. When he encountered a snake on the ground, he gently kicked it aside, and felt the cold tunnel wall in the oblique stab.

As soon as I stood still, I heard a series of footsteps at the end of the tunnel, the distance was very far, I hurriedly stretched out my hand and shook the four people around, Shirley Yang, Ah Xiang, Uncle Ming, and Fat Man were all there, who was following us? Or is it coming? I remembered the time when I leaned out of the stone door and peeked into the tunnel, could it be that thing again?

The footsteps from far and near, to the body in the white tunnel, listening to the sound is even more thrilling, with the echo of the heavy pace more and more, more and more dense, every time makes people's hearts tremble, we can't run away at this time, we can't see it, there is nothing to be done for a while, five people are close together, I hold the paratrooper knife in my left hand, cold sweat continues.

The snakes in the tunnel were also alarmed by the sound of footsteps falling to the ground. I was busy groping around the walls, and I found that there were some fist-sized caves very close to the ground, and the inside was very deep, and when I put my hand on the mouth of the cave, I could feel a faint cold wind, and these snakes had gone into it, and we tried to avoid it but couldn't.

I said to Shirley Young, "It's really a crystalline...... Is there movement in nature? It doesn't sound right to me. "Blind superstitious scientific principles, and blind superstition traditional superstition, in essence, are almost the same, will make people blindly follow, thinking into a fixed pattern, I don't believe what Shirley Young said, but put yourself in her shoes, it is indeed far from what she speculated.

While speaking, the voice has reached the side, I can still hear the sound of the fat man gritting his teeth, it is conceivable, everyone is nervous to the extreme, but the sound of the roaring footsteps to the ground, but suddenly stopped, due to the special terrain of the white tunnel, coupled with the surprise, we didn't even hear where the thing landed, it was possible to go back and forth, left and right, as if something, standing still in a nearby corner, staring at us, not knowing what it wanted to do, this moment suddenly quiet, It's far more terrifying than something coming straight at you.

Our nerves were tense and on high alert, and after a long time there was no movement, and we listened sideways, except for our heartbeat and breathing, there was no other sound, and everyone relaxed a little, thinking that the big shirley Yang was right, don't be suspicious of the dark ghosts, this burst of footsteps came suddenly, like a downpour, at least scared off those poisonous snakes.

I groped and counted the number of people again, and Ah Xiang cried and asked me if I could take off the tape, and the tears were sealed inside, feeling so sad.

I categorically refused her request, and if I wanted to cry, I waited until I got out of the tunnel, so I studied with the fat man and Shirley Yang which way to go, and since it was impossible to figure out which side of the tunnel wall we were on now, we had to find a way to confirm the direction first.

Although the white tunnel is not wide, it is not straight, there is only a large area of the total number of people, little by little, it is impossible to judge where there is an arc turn, although there may be no fork in the road here, feel the wall on one side of the walk, at least you can return to the starting point, but these mysterious places where ancient rituals are held under the sea of Evil Luo, enter the tunnel of the altar, turn around and go back without doing anything, will there be any danger coming? None of us knows, nor can we guarantee it, but this potential danger cannot be ignored, and where possible, it is best not to turn back.

The fat man said that according to the foolish opinion of Commander Ben, we have to think of a rut and live in a high place, because when we enter from the extinct volcano, the stone gate is open to the west, which is equivalent to walking from the bottom of the second underground lake, the bottom of the first underground lake where we live on a high level, and the altar must be directly below the ruins of the ancient city, and the higher the terrain is, and the higher side is the west.

I thought about it, and suddenly I had a plan, so I said to the fat man that you know that it is foolish, needless to say, it is definitely right to go west, but you should not forget, from the Longding Glacier to this white tunnel, there is one of the biggest characteristics of the Evil Luo Sea, these people worship the abyss, we are always going down, and the deeper we go, the closer we are to our goal, so I dare to vouch with my head, although this tunnel leads to the bottom of the first underground lake in the west, but it is inclined downward, and it should go down.

Shirley Yang said: "The premise of going down is certain, but we can't see it with our eyes, and even if the white tunnel extends downward, the slope is so small that it is difficult to detect by feeling, so how can we tell which side is higher and which side is low?"

I said that this is also easy to do, and it is still the old way of "getting the middle way when you encounter water". As he spoke, he took out the kettle, slowly poured the water inside to the ground, and felt which side the water flowed towards, and he knew which side was lower.

In a moment the problem of direction was solved, so everyone regrouped, as before, groping and continuing to walk in, here I couldn't get up fast, I could only move forward step by step, the mysterious footsteps in the tunnel came and went, as if they were following us closely, and I secretly cursed in my heart. But there's nothing you can do about it, God knows what the hell it is, so you have to be optimistic and think on the bright side. Maybe it's the natural sound in the "sound stone" that is left to blame.

After walking three or four hundred steps, we still haven't reached the end, but at least it shows that we are moving in the right direction, otherwise we will return to the exit after more than a hundred steps, this white tunnel is very long, after walking for a long time, I still can't get used to the environment, if I am plagued by this darkness for a long time, it will be a test of anyone's psychological endurance, not to mention that there is a ghostly thing nearby.

As I walked, I suddenly wanted to talk about something important, and when I thought of these, my whole body trembled a little, and I hurriedly said to Shirley Yang in front of me: "From the beginning of entering the tunnel, I have ignored a detail, there is a taboo in this tunnel on the stone gate, and you must close your eyes to enter, but Uncle Ming and I ...... Long before we came in together, I had already entered the tunnel from behind the stone gate, and it must have crossed the boundary of the door, that is, at the beginning, it had already broken the rules here, it must be right, of course, this is the head of Uncle Ming. ”

Shirley Yang was slightly stunned when he heard this, so what we thought was deviated from the direction, if there was really any evil spirit in the white tunnel, or other invasive substances, it would have been released a long time ago? Why haven't we been really attacked?

Shirley Yang's heart moved quickly, and as soon as he finished talking about the question in his heart, he had already given his own answer: "We are...... The sacrifices, those black snakes did not attack, of course, it may be related to our closed eyes, and it is more likely that we are all nailed with the mark of sacrifice. ”

I sighed, as a devil's sacrifice, what kind of feeling would it be to walk to the altar of the evil god on your own? It's not a taste.

I was secretly complaining in my heart, but the fat man in front of me stopped, only to hear him ask, "Commander Hu, what altar is square or round?" I'm already at the end of the road, you come and touch it, these stones are very strange. ”

I went to touch the fat man, and then touched the stone wall in front of me, the shape seems to be twisted together, with two hands can not identify the terrain, I want to take off the tape to see, anyway, it is already a sacrifice, and I have poked my head into see it, I will die at the mouth of the tunnel, but suddenly my heart moved, and I started Uncle Ming's guiyi.

I think when I met the snake just now, I was worried that Uncle Ming couldn't control it, so I ripped off the tape on my eyes, and grabbed his arm with the fat man, but now I suddenly feel that the action just now is a bit redundant, with my understanding of Uncle Ming, he is a suspicious, a little strategic, and the city is very deep businessman, of course, in a dangerous place, his realm is not enough to be exposed, it seems very contrived, but he definitely knows the stakes, if one of the five people, one person can't bear the pressure to tear off the tape, then that person, It will definitely not be Uncle Ming, but the twentieth must be him, if he doesn't tease him this time, Hu will not be surnamed Hu.

I quietly took out the unused tape, secretly ripped off a section, and gently stuck it on the door of my head, and then the torch just said to Shirley Yang, and explained it to everyone in detail, now whether to take off the tape or not, there is no point, at least Uncle Ming and I have broken the taboo in the tunnel, anyway, this is the end, I will take the lead first, open my eyes to see if there is any danger, said close to Uncle Ming, and tore off the tape on the door of the head hard, so painful that I only grinned, This is deliberately so that Uncle Ming can hear clearly.

Uncle Ming heard me tear off the tape, but there was no danger, so he followed suit, I heard him pull the tape and his eyes, and after a while, probably his eyes had recovered from the darkness and adapted to the surrounding situation, only to hear him say to me in surprise: "Is there a mistake, haven't you already taken off the tape?" Hu Bayi, Hu Bayi, you decrepit pit old kidnapping young, you can't even think of a fox spirit with this bad move. ”

I was secretly happy in my heart, and I also took off the tape, and for a while my eyes were still a little hazy when I looked at the things around me, but I heard Uncle Ming suddenly stop complaining about me, and said in surprise: "No, didn't Miss Yang say that the footsteps were made from the sound of moving stone crystals?" That and that...... And what's behind us?"

I couldn't see clearly, I only felt a faint white fluorescence around me, and I looked behind us with my eyes open, and a few meters away, I seemed to vaguely see a shadow of black caries.