Chapter 147: The Portal
I looked at it like this, and I seemed to see expectation in its eyes, and it was not possible to stalemate like this, so I sighed and followed the letter suspiciously, because this was not the route I remembered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The rabbit saw me walking towards it, got excited, turned around and continued to run, and after running for a while, he looked back to see if I was still there, I couldn't laugh or cry, this guy was just like my neighbor's dog, and he was cute.
I don't know how long I've been with it, I don't know why I'm following it, I'm off the route anyway, and I just hope it brings me some kind of surprise.
It was getting darker, and I was getting more and more tired as I walked, and I felt a little exhausted, but the rabbit didn't mean to stop, and I really didn't understand where it got the strength to run forward all the time after being so badly injured.
I can't help but keep following it, and now I don't have any way back, and I even regret why I chose to believe it just now.
Gradually, my vision began to blur, and my limbs became heavier and heavier, as if I would fall down in the next moment. Just as I was about to give up, the rabbit suddenly stopped, turned to look at me, howled at me a few times, and then stared straight at me.
I took a few deep breaths, then tried to brace myself and walked over. It was a depression, surrounded by bushes, and some strangely shaped rock walls towering in it, which at first glance looked like a cliff, not high, with a few tree trunks hanging horizontally, and the branches and leaves hanging weakly, covering a large area.
I carefully peeled open the bushes and foliage, and I saw a rock tunnel exposed! The tunnel is open on the cliff wall, it is dark inside, it looks very deep, and the surrounding area is very well hidden due to the obstruction of branches and leaves, if you don't deliberately open it to see, it is impossible to find it at all!
Could this be the tunnel on the map? I looked at the rabbit, it had disappeared for some time, leaving me alone standing in place, was I dreaming just now? Am I following my subconscious all along?
I stared at the tunnel in a daze, an endless chill made my hairs stand up, I carefully recalled the half of the map, and suddenly realized that the route on the map was indeed through this mountain range, maybe because the scale was too small, so it looked like it was going straight along that road, in fact, this tunnel should be a certain distance from that route, but the technology at that time could not accurately measure, so only roughly marked.
This is just my guess, maybe this tunnel is not the one I'm looking for, but since I'm here, I might as well try to walk it, I'll get lost if I go back now.
I took a closer look at the entrance of the cave, and I didn't find too many scattered branches and leaves on the ground, so no one should have found it yet, so I found a thick wooden stick, wrapped some rope around the top, and then poured fire oil on it to make a simple torch, this is the method that Lao Hai taught me before, not to mention, it works.
I carefully walked through the bushes with my torch, and the branches and leaves fell in a flutter under the friction of my body, which made me even more sure that those people should not have come.
It was pitch black inside the tunnel, and even the light of the fire couldn't penetrate too far. The night was already cold, and the tunnel was dark and damp, and the cold air kept blowing outside, and I was so cold that I sneezed and unconsciously wrapped my coat tightly.
I walked slowly towards the depths of the tunnel, looking left and right around me, fearing that there would be some monster lurking inside, and I believed that the road to my destination would not be so easy.
Looking at the walls around the tunnel, it does not look like it has been excavated by man, but it is a naturally formed crack, which has gradually expanded after years of erosion by flowing water and flying sand. I stood on tiptoe and tapped my hand on the top of the rock formation, which was relatively hard and could not be eroded by erosion, so there were only tiny cracks.
The fissures were surrounded by strange fungi, which puzzled me because according to scientific logic, these fungi could only live parasitic or saprophytic lives, so a host had to be found, and it was impossible for them to grow in these stones. The only explanation is that either there is something famous in these stones, or that these are not fungi at all.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shiver, a little frightened, and vaguely felt that this was not a good place, so I quickened my pace and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
The natural tunnel is very rugged, and the rock walls on the left and right are concave and angular, so I was a little slow to move, watching the obstacles on both sides and beware of sudden danger.
As I walked, there was a dead end in front of me, it was a rock that collapsed from the top of the cave, and the surrounding rock walls were cracked and twisted, looking at the texture on it, it should have been a while. I pushed it with my hands, and I found that the boulder was so thick that it blocked the tunnel so hard that it was impossible to pass through.
On the side of the sealing stone, there was a deep pit in the ground, and I held the torch and looked down, at least four or five meters, and the bottom was blocked by broken earth, but judging by the trend, it should lead behind the stone.
This must have been dug a long time ago, but after such a long time, the debris on it sealed the hole again.
Who would have dug this? My first reaction was Uncle Li, because Ah Mo didn't know what they did thirty years ago, maybe they had been here. But the "Uncle Li" we saw before seemed to be going to that place on the map, didn't they find that place thirty years ago?
So who exactly dug this hole? Could it be my father? No way, he should have been with Uncle Li at the time. Hey, no matter, I'll go over first!
I went down carefully into the hole, and as every half meter there was a groove carved out for my feet to step on, I went down to the bottom of the hole and peeled away the soft clay to reveal a horizontal passage that stretched behind the stones.
The space in the passage is not very large, I can only crawl slowly, the smell below is very unpleasant, when I climb out, the breath I hold directly spurts out, a long-lost freshness makes me feel as if I have been reborn.
I didn't dare to stop longer, so I simply cleaned up the loose debris around me and climbed up the ladder groove.
After walking out of the cave and walking along the tunnel for about ten minutes, I saw the exit, and I accelerated my pace excitedly, and the moment I poked my head out, I was stunned.
By the bright moonlight, I found that in front of me was an ancient village, with large and small earthen houses and wooden buildings, and fence courtyard walls towering among them.