Chapter 15: Waiting
Looking at the figure on the throne from a distance, it is not very clear, is it the body of the Queen Mother of the West? I've experienced this kind of thing a lot, and I feel that this place is so evil that I immediately let people prepare the hooves of the black donkey.
The fat man said: "It can't be the Queen Mother of the West, if she dies, she will either be buried or walked in a coffin, how can there be any reason to sit." I think it might be a stone man. โ
Wen Jin said: "It is absolutely impossible to be a stone man, there are no figurines here, and we have not seen a single figurine along the way." This place is so secret, it is the holy place of the Queen Mother of the West, this figure must be very important here, you must be careful. โ
The fat man said: "It's a pity that Panzi's gun was destroyed, otherwise at this distance, Lao Tzu would have shot him in the head, and he would have tried it out at once." โ
I said in my heart that you can't kill a ghost, and if you are a human, you will become a murderer.
In any case, we had to go there, though, because that place was the only place where we could get close to the meteorite. We gathered our men and headed for the stone steps.
There will definitely be no mechanism here, because there is no condition to build a mechanism at all, the stone steps are very rudimentary, and the bronze lampholders on both sides, which could have been used for lighting, are now completely embroidered as decorations, and the fat man wants to put one in his backpack, but it will break when he touches it. Slowly the stone stairs broke out of the water, and it felt like the body was heavily filled with lead. After resting for a while, we carried the black donkey's hooves and carefully walked up to the altar. The people were so bold that they hardly hesitated, and the miner's lights shone towards the figure, and sure enough, they saw a man sitting on the throne.
When he looked closer, he saw that it was a female corpse sitting on a throne.
This female corpse wore a very cumbersome tiara, and if it were not for a hairpin, it would have been impossible to distinguish between men and women, and she was wearing a golden silk skirt robe, decorated with jade pieces. The whole female corpse sat upright and lifelike.
The face of the female corpse turned blue, and when she looked closely, she realized that it was the effect of the corpse being covered with a layer of lime-like green sรจ gum, and then carefully sculpted. The female corpse did not show a trace of flesh and skin, and I don't know how well the corpse in the clothes was preserved. It looks like a clay sculpture of the Bodhisattva in the temple, and it looks incomparably yฤซn in the mineral light.
Behind the female corpse stood two guards, wearing armor from the Western Regions. The two corpses were obviously not as well protected as the female corpses, and it could be seen that the lime on their faces had been removed, revealing the rotten bones inside. Because the armor is black, like the same material as the jade figurines, we didn't see it just now.
The three ancient corpses were all standing or sitting upright, apparently with special treatment.
"Could this be the Queen Mother of the West?" The fat man asked softly.
I nodded: "Looking at this posture, I can't imagine that she is really here, it must be the ancients who disposed of her body and placed it here." โ
When the fat man saw those jade pieces, his eyes lit up, and he said, "I finally saw some good things for the fat man, it turns out that this girl is wearing them." Ladies are girls, and they can't bear this inheritance when they die. As soon as I heard that, I grabbed him before he could move.
He pointed to the carved pattern on the ground around the throne, which was a human-faced bird with a large head and a small body, and the pattern presented a disc around the throne in the center, and he touched the edge of the disc with his oddly long fingers and said, "There are small gaps, and there may be a balance mechanism, don't go near her." โ
We breathed a sigh of relief, and then we remembered to look up at the top of our heads, only to see that the surface of the meteorite was almost on top of our Heavenly Spirit Cover, and we could touch it with a jump. There are a few deep holes in the top part of our heads, and when we shine into them, we find that those holes lead straight to the inside of the meteorite, which is bottomless, and the walls of the holes are very smooth, and it is indeed impossible to dig them artificially.
What is Wang Zanghai looking for this thing for? If, according to Wen Jin, he came to find the trick of the method of immortality, then what does this meteorite have to do with immortality?
I looked up carefully, looked at it, and suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon.
Why is the material of this meteorite so similar to a jade figurine? This face, this luster, seems to be the same material. I jumped up and touched it, and found that the meteorite was not cool at all, and it really looked like jade.
Obediently, I said in my heart, shouldn't this be a piece of "meteoric jade"?
There is a gemstone in this world called meteorite, which is a special meteorite, because the material feels very similar to jade, all of which are regarded as jade, which is extremely precious in ancient times. However, the face of this meteorite is much deeper than that of meteorite, could it be a rare meteorite with special ingredients? And those jade figurines are made of this kind of meteoric jade?
If it's true, it's worth the money. With such a big piece, we made a fortune even if we sold it by the pound.
When I put my thoughts on them, everyone felt that it made sense.
"It seems that the formation of those bloody corpses has a deep relationship with this meteorite." Wen Jin said, "And the ancient Queen Mother of the West discovered this power, so she used meteorites to make those jade figurines. โ
As soon as I spread out, I thought of one thing: "You said that the golden silk clothes that have been popular since the Han Dynasty are said to prevent the corpse from decaying for thousands of years, but now the golden silk clothes found in archaeology are often even jade rotten, obviously this kind of legend is unscientific." So where did this legend come from? At the beginning, could it be because those monks consulted some ancient books and found the description of the thousand-year-old corpse of the golden silk clothes, but they didn't know that this jade was different from ordinary jade. โ
"Could it be the Warring States Brocade Book!" The fat man said, "You mean that the golden silk clothes of the Han Dynasty were made by imitating the jade figurines written in the brocade book of the Warring States Period?" โ
"It's possible." I nodded, "Then, Wang Zanghai discovered this flaw, so he began to look for the real materials for making this kind of jade figurines in ancient books." โ
All of a sudden, I felt that things were becoming clearer in my head. "Damn, if that's the case, then so many tomb robberies in Wang Zanghai are all looking for this meteorite jade? In the end, he finally discovered the location of the meteorite jade, so he brought someone here? โ
"That's not right." Wen Jin was not as excited as me, "According to what you said, since he has arrived here, he should have succeeded, but we didn't see the jade figurines in the submarine tomb, and the jade figurines should not be the target of Wang Zanghai." โ
"And what is his goal?" I said, I think my idea is very reasonable.
Wen Jin looked at the holes in those meteorites and said to us: "I don't know, but I have a feeling that this goal is inside these holes." โ
Wen Jin's tone was very mysterious, and we were all stunned for a while, and our hearts were a little hairy. Look up at those holes, and your heart says, "What's inside?"
After looking at it for a while, she suddenly began to pull out the rope in her backpack and said to me, "I'm going to go in and have a look." โ
As soon as I heard how to do this, I wanted to stop it, but I was stopped by the stuffy oil bottle, and I looked at him for a moment and realized what he meant: we have a choice, but Wen Jin has no choice, and there is no point in saying anything.
I sighed, there is a sense of powerlessness, people only feel small when they can't help themselves and want to help others, I always think that this kind of helplessness is only on TV, but I didn't expect to meet me in reality, I feel really uncomfortable.
Wen Jin's movements were very neat, and she immediately began to prepare, asking the stuffy oil bottle to help her connect the rope, and shining the holes with a miner's lamp herself, ready to choose one to go into.
I wanted to find someone to replace her, but it was unlikely, although the holes were the size of tar barrels, but the holes were almost vertical, and you had to use your knees or the soles of your feet to push the holes up. Several of us men were too tall to bend completely when we went in, and we could barely use force, let alone the fat man, who could get stuck if the diameter of the hole inside became smaller. Only Wen Jin is petite and can barely use his strength.
I was a little worried, but seeing Wen Jin's agile appearance, I also knew that this worry was meaningless. Wen Jin on the side tied a rope sleeve around her waist, and was supported by the fat man on her shoulder, she leaned into the hole, and then kicked the fat man hard, and the person entered.
I yelled, "Be careful," and she answered, looking down at me. I noticed that there was something strange about her face, an indescribable feeling, and then she smiled at me and began to crawl deeper.
We watched as we lowered the rope and watched her gradually descend deeper and deeper into the hole, very slowly, apparently with great difficulty, until we watched her miner's lights disappear, and after half an hour, it was estimated that the distance we had entered was less than fifty meters.
Looking at the whole process, I feel creepy, this is the feeling of climbing the thief hole, but how deep is this hole, there is at least two or three hundred meters away from the deepest part, this kind of taste that seems to crawl into other people's esophagus is definitely uncomfortable, not to mention that when you climb to the halfway, there will be a situation where you can't reach the front and back.
I looked up at the entrance of the cave for more than ten minutes, and my neck couldn't bear it, I couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so I sat down to rest like the third uncle's guys, took off my clothes and wiped my body with soju to ward off the cold. The rope has been put inside, and every ten meters, the fat man confirmed with Wen Jin inside and made a few signals.
The atmosphere was very solid, we didn't speak, and we didn't know what to say, on the one hand, the female corpse behind us was creepy, and on the other hand, we were worried about Wen Jin's safety.
After waiting for about an hour, I suddenly heard the fat man "um", I immediately stood up and asked what was going on, and he said, "The eldest sister didn't respond." โ
We leaned over and saw that the fat man was pulling the rope, and after a few pulls, the rope was pulled off a little, and no one pulled the rope back.
My mind tightened, and my heart said if something was wrong, and motioned to the fat man to try again.
The fat man pulled again, but the rope was still pulled down, and his brows furrowed, "It's not good, the rope is very light, as if there is no person tied to that end." โ
When the stuffy oil bottle heard this, his face changed, and he immediately said to the fat man: "Pull her out!" โ
The fat man immediately pulled the rope with force and speed. I looked at the strength he pulled and saw that it was wrong, there was no need to use force at all, the rope was pulled out by him like flowing water, until it was pulled vertically, and the rope became a ball and fell out of the hole, and all hit me, winding me inside.
I broke free from the end of the rope and saw that there was no sign of a cut, and the rope had been untied by herself. We looked at each other, and I suddenly had a very bad feeling in my heart, "Damn, Wen Jin's own untied rope?" โ
The stuffy oil bottle face solemnly pressed the fat man's shoulder, and the whole person stepped on the fat man's back with his strength, and then jumped, and got into the hole, the action was so fast that he couldn't stop it at all. The fat man shouted, "Rope! Bring the rope! He ignored it, and shrank up in a few strokes
As soon as I saw that he couldn't do it without a rope, I immediately shouted to the fat man, "Squat." The fat man was furious: "Fuck me as a groom." I didn't care about him, I climbed up crookedly against his body, he supported me, I kicked my leg hard and ran up, but I didn't have enough strength, I held my breath and held the hole wall to try to lift my foot up, but it slipped down in a few seconds and fell directly on the fat man. Again, it's still like that, and I understand that my physique will definitely not be able to enter.
I stood up and rubbed the sore spot, and when I looked up, I saw the stuffy oil bottle struggling to make its way through the hole. He was too tall to focus on his knees, so he could only use small steps, which was very physically demanding. I suddenly had the illusion that the meteorite would not be alive, that these holes were the traps for it to eat, and that the stuffy oil bottle was throwing itself into the net.
But then I realized that it was impossible, and when I thought about it, my mind was already in a mess, and I couldn't think. I just looked up and watched the stuffy oil bottle climb up, and I don't know how long it took, and the stuffy oil bottle completely disappeared into the depths of the hole.
I couldn't sit still any longer, and kept standing at the entrance of the cave and looking down, hoping to see a light return, and then both of them came back safely.
As the minutes ticked by, I waited anxiously, from anxiety to calmness, from calmness to numbness, from numbness to a blank in my mind.
Ten hours later, nothing happened, the stuffy oil bottle didn't come back, Wen Jin didn't come back, and there was no sound in the hollow. These two people seem to have been taken to another world by these holes.