Chapter Ninety-Six: The Cage
Lao Hai's face was pale, the hand holding the torch trembled slightly, he quickly pushed the torch aside, tried to stay away from himself, and said in fear: "Damn, what's the situation!" Could it be ...... There are ghosts here?! ”
At the same time, the flames on the torches shook violently, almost extinguished, and it took half a second before they gradually rekindled, and the scene was quite eerie. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Oh no, I'm afraid there's not much oxygen here!" The fawn was the first to react, and said, "Quickly put out the torch!" ”
Lao Hai and Uncle Li glanced at each other, and together they did not hesitate to extinguish the fire, and the tomb road darkened in an instant, and we also fell into absolute darkness.
I'm not afraid of plain darkness, but I can't help but get nervous at the thought of being in an ancient tomb and surrounded by strange things that kill people. I hadn't paid much attention to the air before, but now that it was dark, I could clearly feel a little lack of oxygen, as if a pair of invisible hands were pinching your neck in the dark, scared and suffocated.
After a while, the light of several flashlights lit up one after another, and they kept shaking in the tombway, giving people a feeling of vertigo. Although there was a light source, it was nowhere near as bright as the torches, and I could clearly feel my breathlessness by this time, as if something was stuck in my throat.
In order to save the power of the battery, we only left two flashlights, because we don't know how long the road behind is, and in the ancient tomb, which can be in danger at any time, no light is fatal to the tomb robbers, which is more urgent than no food.
As it stands, we must find a way out as soon as possible, otherwise we won't be able to last long with the little oxygen left in this confined space.
The fawn stood still in front of the bluestone slab with a flashlight, and observed carefully for a while, but it seemed that there was nothing to do. The thickness of the bluestone slab is beyond our sights, and although we don't know what the situation is behind it, we can at least be sure that it will not be possible to push it away by human power alone.
I knocked on it casually, and I felt that the bluestone slab was extremely heavy, and the surface was extremely hard, and if I couldn't find anything harder, I wouldn't want to break it.
Lao Hai rolled up his sleeves, rubbed his palms and shouted, "Get out of the way, let me come!" ”
I saw him standing in front of the bluestone slab, his legs were apart, the chassis was very low, he adjusted his breath slightly, took a sharp breath, and pushed forward with all his strength, although he was already red-faced, and the green tendons at his temples were bursting up, but the bluestone slab never moved, and there was not even a sound of friction.
The seventh master looked at it and felt funny, patted him on the shoulder and teased: "Don't waste your efforts, if you can easily get it open, why do people set up this mechanism?" The brain is a good thing, and if you have that strength, you might as well think of something practical! ”
"Fuck it! Why don't you come? Lao Hai was a little unconvinced, sat on the ground with his buttocks, and said, "I think let's blow him up!" ”
Xiaolu immediately denied: "Absolutely not, there is no fragile section on the surface of this stone slab, and if you go down directly with a detonator, not only will it not explode, but it will also consume a lot of oxygen, if you are not completely sure, you can dispel this idea as soon as possible." ”
Lao Hai was a little unhappy when he heard this, so he ran to the side with his head stuffy, and sat on the ground drawing circles.
The fawn signals us to calm down, the breathing rhythm must be smooth, any meaningless tension will lead to breathing disorders, waste a lot of oxygen, you know, now even a milliliter of oxygen is precious to us!
Since we didn't know where to start on the bluestone slab, we turned our attention to the stone wall, where the bricks fit so tightly that we couldn't find any gaps.
Although there was no cement in that era, the wisdom of the working people was infinite, so the city wall at that time was actually much stronger than now, generally the middle rammed earth, the outer layer of bricks, the surface of the bricks were treated at high temperature, layer by layer staggered paving, and a very viscous oxide film would be formed when the surface was cooled, and the loess sand and stone in the middle were condensed together, which played a good role in consolidation. Therefore, these brick walls are generally very thick, and even if you pick them with a hammer, you may not be able to break them.
Having said that, with a glimmer of hope, we groped around the wall inch by inch, hoping that we would suddenly find something hollow and that we would be able to break it with a hammer. We kept banging back and forth, trying to find the weak point, but it backfired, the wall was so thick that we knocked on almost every corner, and all we heard was a dull sound.
We sat on the floor exhausted, the suffocating air, I don't know how long I could last, but at the moment I could clearly feel hoarse in my throat, a little numb in my chest, and my breathing gradually becoming weaker.
Soon, my vision began to dim, and I felt a bout of nausea, a splitting headache, and I saw everyone else pale and slumped to the ground, which was probably not a good sign!
Lao Hai was in much better condition than us, but he also looked a little weak, he asked: "Although this wall is thick, as long as you keep digging it, you will definitely be able to get through!" ”
Uncle Li shook his head and said slowly: "The bricks are too hard, you have to use a diamond shovel to dig up, the key is that we don't have that thing, ordinary shovels won't work at all!" ”
In fact, Uncle Li didn't want to say these words, the more he said, the more frustrated he became, morale is very important in this case, sometimes it is often because of the strength of morale that determines the life and death of a whole team, but now except for the dim tomb and the oppressive air, I can't find anything to inspire everyone.
The smell of death in the air became stronger and stronger, and I felt more and more hopeless, could it be that six big men were suffocated to death in it like this?
I began to think back to my previous experience, when I first entered the underground cave, I also experienced a similar closed space, but it was not absolutely closed, but the waterway out was very dangerous, but now we are experiencing a real closed space, like a cage, only by finding the key to open the chain, we can get out, and this key is naturally the mechanism that activates the bluestone slab.
I leaned weakly, and the memories in my mind were like showing an old-fashioned film movie, constantly beating, sometimes clear, sometimes blurry, sometimes fleeting. I couldn't calm myself anymore, my breathing slowly became rapid, and I knew that I was dying, life and death were only a thought.
Suddenly, the fawn straightened up violently, as if he had thought of something, even though he didn't have much strength left, he still barely used his hands as support, slowly got up from the ground, and looked at us thoughtfully.
"Are you sick, and we have gold on our faces?" Lao Hai said weakly.
The fawn opened its mouth slightly, paused for a while, and then whispered: "I have an idea......