Chapter 37: Ice and Fire Hell
I curled up in a corner, helplessly watching the outer layer of ice slowly peel off the icestone.
Raising his arm and glancing at the time, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon. After a day without eating, I finally felt hungry in this cold environment. But there was no food in the backpack for a long time, and the old monk who had food didn't know where he went, whether he was restrained by the two big-headed Buddhas......
Ten minutes later, the "goo-goo" water had washed up to half the height of the ice stone, and as the outer ice surface peeled off, I could see clearly what it looked like - it looked like it was supposed to be a statue, but it was carved out of someone, because now I could only see the robe on the lower body, so I couldn't be sure who it was.
But as the temperature dropped dramatically, my body was already frozen, I couldn't feel any temperature up and down, my upper and lower rows of teeth were chattering, my breathing was rapid and disorderly, and I didn't know how long I could last.
Now I regret it, why didn't I try to open those two wooden doors when I could still stand up just now?! Now I'm frozen and can't even stand up, let alone open those two wooden doors!
Finally, after about ten minutes, I couldn't hold on any longer, and my arms holding my legs unloaded my strength, and my whole body was like a hairy crab in a supermarket with its rubber bands off, and it was scattered on the ground with a "flutter".
My consciousness began to slowly fade, and I tried to open my eyes to see that the current had completely washed up to the highest point of the ice stone, and the outer layer of ice had completely fallen off, and a majestic Buddha statue appeared in front of my eyes. And the water began to wash slowly from top to bottom, because the temperature was very low, and soon, starting from the top of the Buddha's head, a new layer of ice began to freeze......
It's an amazing trap, but I can't hold on until it's frozen back into that ice stone!
I took one last look at the Buddha statue and shook my right hand with a flashlight, and then I closed my eyes and lost consciousness......
I don't know how long it took, but I felt a warm current on my face, which was comfortable and stimulating.
I frowned and slowly opened my eyes, it was pitch black in front of me, and I felt that the flashlight on my wrist was still there, but it was dead.
"Ahh
"Whew......" I let out a long breath, and the breath I exhaled had a burning feeling, but it made my tiredness heavier.
Now I am tired and hungry, and my body temperature has not fully returned to normal.
With some difficulty, I took out another flashlight from my backpack and lit it up with a "pop".
When the light came, I found myself still in the same room, and the ice stone not far away had been refrozen, and the sculpture of the Buddha statue had been covered in ice.
And the warmth I felt came from the wooden door behind me.
After sitting on the ground for a while, I regained some strength, slowly stood up, and looked back.
The wooden door behind him was the same as the one that came in before, but it was very cold from the previous wooden door, and the temperature of this wooden door was very high at this time, almost forty or fifty degrees, exuding bursts of heat.
I sighed, thinking that if I hadn't come and sat in front of this door before, I would have froze to death. At this time, the temperature in the room was also starting to rise slowly, and I touched the back of my head meaningfully, but I didn't feel the cold.
Now I know the reason why the two black snakes left immediately when they saw me pushing open the wooden door.
"Starving......" I murmured, reaching for the doorknob and gently pushing it open.
Strangely, although the temperature of this wooden door is very high, the temperature in the room is moderate, almost around thirty degrees. This warmth made me very excited, and I walked in without hesitation, not noticing that the wooden door behind me closed again after I entered.
This room is the same as the previous igloo, ten square meters in size, there is a circular pool with a diameter of about half a zhang in the middle, the pool water is extremely clear, I tried the water temperature, it is extremely comfortable.
I couldn't help it anymore, so I simply took off my clothes and soaked my still cool body into the pool......
"Ahh
After a few minutes, my body temperature returned to normal, but I still had a fever, and my stomach was still hungry, so I was afraid that I would faint in the hot water, so I hurriedly got up and started to get dressed.
But when I came out of the water, I found that the temperature in the house had begun to rise sharply, and the temperature had risen to almost 40 degrees Celsius, and after I put on a T-shirt, sweat began to come out all over my body.
Broken! If this continues, I will soon be dehydrated from hunger!
I didn't care about anything else, I bent down on the edge of the pool, drank the water in the pool, and soon drank a full sleep, but at this time the whole room was like a steam room in the dark, making people feel like they were about to suffocate!
"!" I scolded, stood up with a flashlight and looked around, and soon found a third wooden door directly opposite!
The wooden door looked equally well preserved, but it couldn't be opened anyway, I sat on the ground with a wry smile, thinking that I had just come out of the freezer and came to the steam room.
When I got up and returned to the pool, the water in the pool was almost 60 degrees Celsius, and I couldn't drink it at all, so I could only sit on the ground and breathe rapidly.
I don't know how long it took, but my consciousness began to blur slowly, and just as I was about to turn my head to lie on the ground, the wooden door was kicked open, and a figure rushed in and dragged me into the room inside.
I sat on the ground in the dark, gasping for breath for a long time before I slowly came back to my senses, opened my eyes, and saw a dough cake that was even more tempting than the Manchurian banquet!
I took it and stuffed it into my mouth, looked through the light of the flashlight, and saw the cloth bag monk sitting cross-legged opposite me, twisting the Buddhist beads without saying a word.
The old monk's body was dirty, and it seemed that he had fought with the two big-headed Buddhas to get out, and I was eating the bread in a big gulp, and I didn't care about talking to the old monk at all.
In just over a minute, I ate the bread into my stomach and opened my mouth to ask, "Master, is there any water?" Did you come around from the side? ”
The cloth bag monk squinted at me, took out the kettle and handed it over: "It was bypassed, and I almost died in the hands of the two big-headed Buddhas, and the ice and fire in front of me are hell paths." ”
"Hell Road?" I nodded and took the water and poured a few sips: "What about the big-headed Buddha?" Killed by you? ”
"Nope." The Budai monk recited a Buddha name: "They went to chase the pig's head." ”
Pig?! I was stunned, it had been two days since I was separated from the pig's head, and this person had no food on him, and it was not easy to survive until now. Now, if you meet two big-headed Buddhas, isn't it certain that you will die? This old monk is too, he can't bear to kill the two big-headed Buddhas, but he can't bear to watch the pig's head being chased and not saved when he sees death?
"You ......"
I just wanted to ask the old monk why he didn't save him when he saw death, but the Budai monk opened his eyes and stood up: "Do you want to ask why I didn't save the pig's head?" ”
I was stunned for a moment, and nodded to indicate that it was so.
"The big-headed Buddha would not kill a good person by mistake." After saying a word, the cloth bag monk sat down again to rest.
I know that this old monk still remembers that when the pig head chose life and death, he did not hesitate to choose his own life and let me die...... It's just that this kind of naked selfishness shouldn't be a reason for him to die!
Sighing and glancing at the time, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. I was really tired from the day, and I still had a fever on my body, so I took a kettle and drank a few large sips of water, covered my clothes, and leaned against the wall and fell asleep......