Chapter 6 Xuanyuan Ancient City
I hurriedly retracted my hand as if I had been electrified, and I was immediately frightened.
I saw that the face was motionless, as if it was set on the wall.
I thought to myself, this can't be a statue, but who would carve a face on the wall? It's so disgusting, isn't it?
I swallowed dryly, took a sip of my saliva, steadied, and leaned over to see the face clearly. When the flashlight shines past, take a closer look...... Strange, why is the face gone again? It's impossible, I was here just now, could it be that I made a mistake? But the touch on the hand is clear and clear, and it doesn't look like an illusion.
Before I could think about it, in the crack in the stone behind me, there was a sudden strange sound from the place where I had just walked - as if something was crawling on the ground, and the sound of limbs rubbing against the ground became clearer and clearer.
The person at the end of the line shone a flashlight backwards, I don't know if he saw anything, and suddenly I heard the man yelling: "Hurry up, this hole is not clean!" ”
Hearing this, the people in front of the line began to run wildly, and I was pushed by a few people behind me, and I had to keep up as fast as I could. The raised rocks on both sides kept hitting my arm, and I almost fell several times. I ran like this for more than ten minutes, and my eyes lit up, and I suddenly rushed out of the crack in the stone.
I was panting with my hands on my knees, and then the girl and the man came out, all panting like me.
What was that just now? I wanted to ask, but no one seemed to care anymore.
I saw that the man didn't care about resting, and immediately walked to the front of the crowd to check the situation, I wiped a handful of sweat, and the girl followed behind him, and then slowly saw the surrounding environment clearly.
It is a courtyard with a stone cloister in the courtyard. The walls of the corridor collapsed, and the crumbling stones fell horizontally, and the cracks in the stones were covered with moss. At the end of the cloister is a stone wall with an arch on the wall. The air was cool, the wind was blowing, and there was some wet mist blowing in front of you.
I found that the courtyard, cloisters and arches in front of me were very strangely shaped, and they did not look like Han and Tang style buildings at all. It's full of big, big granite, and it has a bit of an ancient European feel.
The man walked towards the arch without saying a word, and the others followed him, and as soon as they came out of the arch, they were all stunned.
I saw that we were halfway up a certain mountain. As the clouds slowly dissipated with the wind, a majestic mountain appeared at the farthest end of the field of vision. The mountain peak reached into the sky, revealing only a little bit of the mountain tip, which resembled the skirt of a goddess. A waterfall cascades down from the top of the mountain like a white snake, and the mist splashes into the sky.
Half of this mountain is blocked by clouds and mist, and it is so beautiful that I don't know what kind of breathtaking scenery it will have if you see the whole picture.
I've never seen such a beautiful mountain, but I just felt that it was a view from the sky, and I couldn't help but hold my breath.
His eyes moved slowly, and when he looked down, he saw a lake at the foot of the mountain. The lake flows slowly, like vines, winding around a city.
There were two huge urns in that city, like a reverse-written "concave" character. The streets of the city are criss-crossed, and countless green vegetation stretches out from the city, covering the streets tightly.
The walls of the city walls are made of huge granite masonry. It is said that the stones used in the pyramids of the Mayans are enough to shock the world, but for the stones here, they are just "grains of sand". There was a huge rift on the edge of the city, like a scar lying across the surface, and it was black, and there was no bottom in sight. Only a few birds flew slowly from the rift valley, snuggling around like a dream.
Because the distance is too far, and the fog is too big, it is not clear to see the whole picture of the city, and only a corner can be vaguely exposed, which is enough to shock.
Closer is the mountain we are on, with a wide stone platform in front of us and a well in the middle of it. The man looked around and said that we were on an altar.
I was stupid in place. Is this the legendary Xuanyuan Ancient City? I can't believe that the places described in the book actually exist in reality. But where the hell is this? Where on the planet is it?
"Which city are you going to?" I grabbed the girl and asked.
"It's not 'you', it's 'us'!" The girl glared at me, "Don't you want to go there?" After living for less than half your life, when you see this formation, you don't have any curiosity at all? ”
"But I've always had a strange feeling," I said, "that I don't think we should be here." ”
"I don't care, anyway, you have to follow us now, and we have to rely on you when we go back, if we lose you, we won't be able to go back." The girl patted me on the shoulder.
"Are you using me as a scroll back to the city?!" I shouted.
"Hahaha." The girl smiled from ear to ear, "You, why do you keep chirping?" Let's go, my brother said, we can't stay here for long. ”
I said in my heart, who is your brother? Why are you so incomprehensible about people? I was still working in the pharmacy half a day ago, and I was still eating hot pot and singing songs a day ago, and now I express my amazement at what I saw in front of me, what's wrong?
The man looked impatient, and without saying anything, he walked down a stone staircase by the altar down the mountain.
The others were also in high spirits and followed without saying a word. Each of them showed a lot of interest in the ancient city, which I couldn't have experienced, so let's be honest...... I'm tired.
The stone staircase beside the altar winds its way down the hill to the bottom of the mountain.
The height of each step of the stone staircase is very even, although steep, and it is already decaying, and when you step on it, the stone steps are broken, and large stones keep falling down the mountain. Many places are steep cliffs, and if you don't step on it, you may die at any time without a place to bury.
The people in front of them broke the stone steps, so the people behind had to be extra careful when they walked, and the line was slowly lengthened.
I followed the girl and the man. In this team, I am only familiar with these two people, and I can't talk to the others, and I don't want to pretend to be familiar with them.
All the way down the mountain, my legs were a little trembling, and after walking for about three or four hours, I finally came to the bottom of the mountain.
The people at the front were taking out the food and resting in place while waiting for us. I raised my head, and from this angle, Xuanyuan City looked even more majestic! One end of the wall almost disappeared into the horizon. The vast waves of smoke rising from the lake obscured the view, and in front of me was a large green meadow in which it seemed that wild flowers such as quinoa, bonegrass, and lilies could be seen.
After a brief rest, we continued towards Xuanyuan City.
Nothing to say all the way.
There is no road in the meadow, or maybe there was a road, but we don't know where the road is. In short, it was a very difficult walk.
The weeds looked neat, but when you walked in, you found them waist-deep. The grass was very damp, and the nylon pants were stained with dew, and after a while, they were soaked, sticking to their legs, and they were cold.
Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse! Looking at this Xuanyuan City from a distance, I didn't think that the distance was too far, but in fact, after walking for a long time, it didn't seem that the distance had shortened at all. And a burst of fog rises in the meadow from time to time, making it even more difficult to estimate the distance.
I breathed heavily, feeling like my body had slowly reached its limit after hours of tossing and turning. I drank the last sip of water from the kettle, and I began to look around to see if there was any clean water to replenish. At this moment, his feet slipped, his body staggered, and he almost fell out.
My heart says, "What's in the grass?" Why did you just step on a log? But it didn't feel quite right, so I pushed aside the grass and looked at it, and I was dumbfounded. Mom, what is this?