Chapter 10: The Deep Cave (I)
ββ¦β¦ You're careless, aren't you? After a while, I smiled faintly, followed the example of a senior, and pressed Xiao Rong's shoulder, "Well, you must be too careful!" Look, what's that...... Sometimes, people will have an illusion called 'dΓ©jΓ vu', which is the first time they come into contact with a thing or scene, and occasionally there is a feeling as if they have experienced it at a certain time and place. It's actually a little bit wrong with the brain's memory system. But it's okay, it's not a disease, many people say it's a past and present life, but in fact, it doesn't matter at all, don't think about it. β
I tried my best to comfort Xiao Rong with the barren knowledge I had learned. I know that if I don't say that, with his character, I will be depressed all the time.
"Hmm." Xiao Rong listened to my words, nodded sensibly, and didn't say anything more.
Then, without further ado, we turned on our flashlights and walked down the stone steps.
Xiao Rong walked in front, holding the handy folding camp lamp in his hand. I followed him closely, observing my surroundings as I went. Because this is the way they guided, I don't worry too much about what will be annoying.
Looking through the pale light of the flashlight, I saw a narrow stone chamber under the stairs, and there was a corridor opposite the stone chamber. As soon as the light shone, I saw that on the ground in front of the corridor, there were three glow sticks that were already a little dim.
The glow stick poses an arrow pointing at the corridor. I thought to myself, Xiao Rong probably saw these glow sticks and determined that Dadong was down there.
Walking down the stairs and into the stone chamber, I picked up the glow sticks and shook them vigorously in my hand, and the glow sticks lit up slightly. This stone room is not big, there is nothing to see, Xiao Rong and I tacitly walked in along the road.
The road is very short, and it doesn't take a few steps to come to the end, and the lights shine again, and the eyes suddenly open up. At the end of the road, there was a spiral staircase made of stone and wood. It was pitch black, and I walked over slowly, standing on the spiral staircase and looking around.
I was dumbfounded on the spot......
I thought I'd see a basement, or at most a basement full of traps. But what appeared in front of me at this time was a scene that I couldn't describe in wordsβI saw a huge circular crater in front of us, which was about forty or fifty meters wide and bottomless.
We are in a spiral staircase, built on the wall of the cave, which continues to spiral downward. Poking your head out and looking down, the outer edge of the spiral staircase is an abyss.
Looking at this scene, I suddenly remembered the strange giant tower full of wind chimes in the Xuanyuan Imperial City. Although a towering tower and a hole that goes straight into the ground, the design and grandeur of the two are particularly similar.
I don't understand, whether it is "a stone" or "Jiaxiu Building", the interiors are all plain and unremarkable. Even as if it had been looted, he couldn't see a valuable treasure inside, so it stands to reason that Jing Lianhong shouldn't have any capital, but he has the ability to build such a big underground pit? ! In ancient times, when the productive forces were not developed, it must have cost a lot of financial and material resources. Jing Lianhong is just a courtier, and at most he has a group of family members under his hands, does he have the ability to drive millions of laborers?
Secondly, what did he do to build this deep hole? β¦β¦ Playing an adventure in the center of the earth? Or the search for the lost Atlantis?
To be honest, although this person is the ancestor of my family, after so many bad things, my impression of him himself is getting worse and worse. I even made up his brain without authorization to look like Zhang Jiao in "Warriors of the Three Kingdoms", a warlock with a cloak of hair, holding a charm, chattering with gods, and full of "the sky is dead".
However, everything is as it is, and there must be a reason. It's not interesting to comment now, I simply don't think about it, it's the right way to find Dadong at this moment.
I have chronic sinusitis and my sense of smell is not very good, but I can still smell a foul smell in the air, much like the stench of animals. I covered my nose and patiently tried to get used to it.
"Can you see where they are?" I said to Xiao Rong.
Xiao Rong didn't answer, and silently used a flashlight to shine on the spiral stairs around him.
The huge white circle of light traveled on the opposite wall, and I was a little anxious, thinking to myself, such a large group of people, it should be easy to find the traces, but why can't anyone see them after coming in?
We can't be mistaken, right? Isn't this the direction they are pointing to?
"This hole is deep, why don't I go down and take a look?" As I spoke, I raised my foot and was about to go down, but Xiao Rong grabbed me.
"Wait! I feel that something is wrong here, so you better not go down. β
"What then? We can't stay here all the time, can we? β
On one side of the spiral staircase was a row of wooden railings, and I walked over, holding on to the railing, and said in my heart that if they were here, they would definitely respond when they heard it, but as soon as I opened my mouth, before I could make a sound, I saw a white light shoot out from under me, shining directly on my face.
I was busy squinting my eyes and was about to speak, when suddenly a female voice as clear as a finch called out, "Who? Isn't it Yoko? β
Although a few words were lost, as soon as I heard the girl's voice, I was instantly happy. "It's me, it's me!" I shouted.
"Yo, you're still alive, I thought you were dragged by Tuxingsun to be a little wife." The girl deliberately stinks me. Although her voice seemed to come from far away, I could tell that she should be at ease now, and nothing major happened, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
"Guess."
"Don't be poor...... Where the hell are you? "The light was so light that I couldn't open my eyes, and I could only hear the girl's voice, but I couldn't see her person.
"I'm right below you." The girl replied.
"Can you come up and make a head?" I'm in a hurry.
"No way!" The girl replied, "We can't move ...... now."
"What...... What the?! I was startled when I heard this, and immediately became nervous, "What do you mean when you can't move?" β
"That's literally," said the girl, putting away the light of the flashlight, "and you'd better not move, or I'll not be responsible for what goes wrong." β
Hearing her say this, I couldn't bear it anymore, and I leaned on the eaves and looked down hard. I saw that directly below the distance of more than 20 meters, the girl and Dadong's group were standing against the wall, and they didn't seem to be in trouble.
I also saw the glasses and the little leader of the Xuanyuan clan, as well as a few other Xuanyuan people. Although I haven't counted the number of people, I immediately feel that there are a few fewer people!
"Let Dadong talk to me!" I shouted, and as soon as the voice fell, I saw Dadong lying on the railing, his back up, looking at me from afar.
"What the hell is going on? You make it clear! I said angrily, "Since you can't move, and I can't move, why are you trying so hard to fool me into coming down?" β
Dadong's face turned angry after hearing this, and he scolded fiercely, "It's a dog, call you to come and chat, okay?" β
I'm embarrassed, I said okay, okay, uncle, what do you want to talk about, I'll accompany you to the end.
Dadong glared at me angrily, "We don't know what to do now, we just can't move." β
"What the hell is going on?" I asked aloud.
I said...... Are you tired? Why don't you eat and drink some first, and then I'll tell you slowly? Dadong said unhurriedly.
Now at this juncture, where do I have other thoughts, I immediately shouted that I am not hungry, and then urged Dadong to hurry up and say that something important.
But before Dadong could speak, I thought about it again, it was not wise at all for me to be so anxious, I had been tossing for so long, I was not tired Xiaorong should be tired, and I just had some spare time right now, and it was necessary to hurry up and replenish.
So I asked Xiao Rong for a little water, and shared a packet of vacuum-packed milk tofu with him. This milk tofu is a good thing, not only rich in protein, but also high in calories and can be filling. After just two bites, I felt much more comfortable in my stomach.
I sat on the floor against the wall, and at this time, I heard Dadong "sigh" and began to outline and say-
It turned out that after they and Xiao Rong separated in front of the deer carving, they rushed all the way to this "Jiaxiu Building". Entering the building, the empty scene made them dumbfounded for a long time. They also wanted to go up to the second floor to check, but they immediately noticed that there was a trap on the stairs, so they didn't dare to rush forward.
At this time, a series of footprints on the ground attracted Dadong's attention. Dadong felt at that time that eighty percent of these footprints belonged to those 16 people......
Hearing this, I hurriedly interrupted Dadong, "Can you see whose footprints they are?" Where do the footprints lead? β
"Didn't I just say it, don't you interrupt?"
"Okay, okay, you say it."
Dadong paused and continued.
After discovering those footprints, Dadong and the others immediately began to follow the footprints all the way. But it didn't take long for them to realize that those footprints seemed to have no purpose, and they wandered around the hall, not knowing what they were looking for.
Dadong didn't think much about it, so they kept following. In the end, I saw those footprints stretching all the way to the back of a six-fold screen of plum blossoms. Dadong chased after him and took a look, only to find this huge hole in the ground behind the screen.
At that time, Dadong thought very simply, thinking that as long as they followed the footprints all the way, they would definitely be able to find the whereabouts of those people. He hurriedly threw a signal cigarette on the roof of the house, and then went down to the hole.
When they came in, it was clear that the cave was much more spectacular than they had imagined. Walking down the stairs all the way, not long after walking, although nothing happened, they suddenly had a very bad premonition, so they wanted to turn back, but at this time they found that their group had entered a desperate situation and had no way to retreat.
"Can't go back? β¦β¦ How so? Puzzled, I asked, "Is there anything stopping you?" As I said this, I quickly looked around, but I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
Dadong is not a man who loves to be pretentious, there must be a reason why he would say this, and I waited, waiting for him to reveal the final answer.
"Yoko, I'll tell you the truth." Dadong said with some meaning, "The staircase under your and my feet looks very ordinary, but in fact it is a staircase that can only go down, not up!" β
"What do you mean?"
Dadong explained: When they first came down, they didn't find anything wrong, but they just felt that this cave was very weird, and it was gloomy when they walked inside. But then, they immediately encountered something even more incredible - a particularly terrifying sound came from the depths of this cave!
I asked Dadong what kind of terrifying voice it was. Dadong was silent for a while, but said to me like a dumb riddle, "You still don't know well." β
As soon as I heard this, I was depressed, but I didn't have an immediate seizure, and tried to suppress listening to Dadong continue to speak.
When they heard the sound, they felt that something was wrong and immediately turned and walked back. But before he took ten steps, suddenly, a strong green acid erupted from the crack of the stairs, and he only heard the screams of the two Xuanyuan people who would take the lead, and before Dadong could see it clearly, the two of them were burned beyond recognition and died violently on the spot!
ββ¦β¦ Strong? "I was taken aback.
"That's right." Dadong nodded and replied firmly, "Later, a stunned Qingxuanyuan tried again, but the result was still the same, and he ended up dying miserably." The strong acid was so strong that there was almost no room to dodge. We only need to take more than ten steps back to trigger that strong acid, so we can't go back now except all the way down.
And the corpses of those dead Xuanyuan people were covered with acid, and I was worried that the contamination would corrode, so I didn't dare to let them take a closer look at what it was......"
When I heard this, I sweated and said, "No! You are all ruthless characters like the blind monk Li Qing, when you encounter this, do you freeze here, there is no other way? β
"If you want to go up, of course," Dadong replied, "for example, you can throw a rope and climb up the spiral ladder one by one." But we didn't do it because we found a reason why we couldn't leave right away......"