Chapter 62: The Fire Cave

After the beeswax of the clay cup was cut, no ghosts popped out of the mouth, but I knew in my heart that even if a ghost floated out of the naked eye, it would be impossible to see it, and I could only observe the behavior of another old Yang to determine whether he was possessed by a ghost. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The old Yang was stunned when he cut the beeswax with a dagger, and his expression on the side of us seemed to be a little abnormal, but we were too far away to see any details for a while. The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and the old Yang froze there motionlessly, staring at the inside of the open clay pot, as if something in it was difficult for him to accept, making him unable to make a choice.

I don't know how long this state lasted, until the people behind him began to call him, Lao Yang seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and his whole body shook. But at this time, an abnormal situation was born, and I saw that Lao Yang's body involuntarily shook violently, as if he had received an electric shock. At the same time, the mouth began to open in a terrifying manner, and it opened wider and wider, and soon reached the limit of what humans could bear. But the mouth still expanded outward with a strange force, and soon, due to the traction of this strange force, the corners of Lao Yang's mouth were torn apart suddenly, and I saw that the corners of both sides of the mouth seemed to have been cut with a knife, and the two wounds were torn all the way to the top of the cheek, and blood gushed out like a spring. Immediately after, the old Yang's throat tightened and suddenly vomited, and a stream of black water from nowhere spurted out of his mouth.

We were shocked to see in the darkness, and it seemed that the clay pot that another Uncle Ma called "clay cup" had indeed sealed some vicious ghost. That old Yang may have been possessed by the evil ghost the moment he opened the clay pot, and he would make a series of unbelievable actions. I saw that he was still half-lying on top of the clay pot, and the black water spraying from his mouth had stopped, but the whole torn mouth had become a black hole, full of slimy objects mixed with black water and blood. Then he suddenly raised his head and glanced at us unexpectedly, and his miserable flesh and blood face immediately showed us a vicious smirk.

"How?" I couldn't help but exclaim, "He's showing us?" ”

However, my worries were obviously unnecessary, because at this time, the two people behind them had already surrounded them, and the old Yang who was possessed by the evil spirit also immediately turned his head and pounced on them like a swift cheetah. The two of them were caught off guard, and in an instant, Lao Yang, who was possessed by the evil spirit, fell to the ground, and the latter immediately popped out a pair of strange hands, with great strength, and strangled their necks one by one, and forcibly lifted them in mid-air.

The two of them were possessed by the evil spirit, Lao Yang, who choked their necks and kicked their legs in the air, trying to break free. But all these efforts seemed to be in vain, and the old Yang who was possessed by the ghost was incredibly strong, and no matter how much they struggled, they couldn't break free. After a while, the faces of the two of them became blue, due to suffocation, the brain was also deprived of oxygen, the consciousness gradually dissipated, and the struggle and swing of the body gradually subsided.

At this time, Lao Yang, who was possessed by the evil spirit, suddenly threw a resentful look at us again, as if to indicate to us that when he finished cleaning up the two guys in his hand, it would be our turn immediately.

As soon as we saw that this was enough, we quickly turned on the flashlight and fled to the depths of the cave, ignoring the two people who were suffocated behind us.

We quickly caught up with Uncle Ma and Yang Xue, in fact, they had been staying somewhere in the branch cave, and as soon as they went back, they asked us what the situation was, and I looked at Lao Yang, shook our heads and said that it was nothing, and a few mountain ghosts accidentally broke the clay pot.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Ma was quite shocked and said "ah":

"Broken? Aren't those mountain ghosts possessed by the evil spirits sealed inside? It's a clay cup, it's used to seal tricky things."

I told Uncle Ma that the clay cup was broken by the mountain ghosts, but when the evil spirits possessed them, the mountain ghosts killed each other, and the two mountain ghosts possessed by the ghosts attacked the other companions indiscriminately.

"Isn't that right?" Yang Xue suddenly interjected, "According to the situation we encountered before, those creatures are quite sensitive and afraid of ghosts, how could they break the clay cup that seals the evil ghosts?" Doesn't that make sense? ”

I thought that if I continued to make it up, I would definitely show my feet, so I waved my hand at Yang Xue and the others to say that I didn't want to talk about this matter again:

"Don't ask questions, now it's over, let's go away, the farther away the better!"

Although Yang Xue had doubts in her heart, she also realized the seriousness of the matter when she heard me say this, after all, we have all seen the horror of mountain ghosts. Moreover, the serious injury on Yang Xue's waist was also due to that creature, as the so-called snake bite for ten years was afraid of the well rope, we immediately stopped talking and began to continue to move along this branch cave, looking for a possible exit in the complex underground labyrinth.

It stands to reason that there should be a bag opening at the end of the ice cave to allow for air circulation and displacement, but as we continue deeper along this branch cave, the surrounding ice gradually weakens, the temperature warms up, and there is no exit to the outside world. I thought about it, there were four other branch caves in the ice cave hall outside, after all, and if I guessed correctly, the so-called bag mouth should be in one of the branch caves. However, the danger outside has made it impossible for us to turn back, so we have to walk along this branch to see if there may be other exits.

As far as I know, according to the general distribution of caves, there is often another fire cave in the vicinity of the ice cave at the same time, and this seemingly incredible coexistence phenomenon often occurs in the underground world. Not only that, according to the records, there will even be a "third party" wind tunnel near the Ice and Fire Cave, which blows wind outward all year round. Although this peculiar geological phenomenon has appeared in many places at home and abroad, it is still impossible to make a reasonable scientific explanation, but the preliminary estimate is caused by the intersection of geological fault zones, and the specific formation principle and process are not known.

But without exception, all three caves have their own outlet to connect with the outside world, and only in this way can the convection of air be formed and maintain their own special geological phenomena. In other words, even if we miss the exit of the ice cave, we can still get out as long as we find an adjacent fire cave or wind tunnel.

I told the three of them what I had speculated, and asked them if they had heard of the legends of the fire caves in the area. Lao Yang has been trapped in the bandit cave for many years, so he naturally doesn't know much about the outside world, and Yang Xue moved his family to Shenzhen a long time ago, so he was still old and had heard any legends. Only Uncle Ma and I are natives, but I have never heard any rumors about ice caves and fire caves in this county when I study abroad all the year round, so I have to ask Uncle Ma if I have heard anything about this.

Uncle Ma pondered for a while, and soon, he showed a look of sudden realization, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that we have drilled so far underground, and we have already arrived?"

Looking at Uncle Ma's thoughtful appearance, I couldn't help but ask him to quickly tell everyone what he knew. Uncle Ma didn't sell it either, and said bluntly:

"Legend has it that more than one year ago, a small earthquake occurred in a remote village called Luojiazhai in the northeast of the county. After the earthquake, some strange phenomena appeared, and it is said that someone saw a thick white smoke suddenly rising from Baiyun Mountain, not far from the village, which was very different from ordinary cloud smoke, and had a strong smell of sulfur. Not long after the white smoke came out, some bold villagers went to Baiyun Mountain to check the situation, but when they walked into the mountain, they saw that a crack was torn open in an exposed place in the mountain col, and wisps of white smoke continued to emerge from the depths of the ground. At that time, people were very superstitious, believing that an earthquake would open a crack leading to hell, and that soon evil spirits would come out of hell with white smoke and kill the entire village. ”

But people who had been far away told the villagers that it was just a crack in the mountain that had been torn apart by the earthquake, and that the heat wave and white smoke coming out of it were also caused by the spontaneous combustion of underground coal fields, and that it was not a crack leading to hell. The man also said that this white smoke could not only relieve fatigue, but also ward off illness, and if there was a hot spring in the cracks, a soaking in it would give him several more years. The villagers were amazed to hear this, and although they didn't quite understand what the man was saying, they flocked to find the hot springs in the cracks when they heard that the hot springs in the cracks could not only cure diseases but also prolong life. The villagers raised their torches, and in groups they drilled into the cracked hole in the mountain, and walked down for less than a stick of incense, and sure enough, a natural hot spring appeared in the cave deep in the crack, and there was a puff of white smoke containing a strong sulfur smell, and the villagers felt very comfortable in it, and the fatigue caused by the day's physical labor quickly disappeared. Everyone was so happy that they stuck their torches in the crevices of the cave, took off their clothes, and soaked in the hot springs. Unexpectedly, this soaking produced unexpected curative effects, not only curing some long-term skin diseases of the villagers, but also other old diseases gradually improved and even healed because of soaking in this natural hot spring. ”

Later, the cave hot spring in the crack of the mountain became the holy place of Luojiazhai, which not only cured the stubborn diseases and strange diseases of the villagers, but also ushered in many patients from other villages. However, within a few years, another small earthquake occurred near Baiyun Mountain. The earthquake did not tear the mountain apart, and at first people did not take it seriously, and still regarded the fissure hot spring as a holy spring to treat stubborn diseases. Until one time, when a few foreign tourists were soaking in the crack hot spring of Baiyun Mountain in Luojiazhai, they suddenly heard a very sharp hiss from the depths of the cave behind them, as if some monster was crawling out of the depths of the ground, several tourists were so frightened that their faces were colorless, and they were about to flee, and suddenly a few fiery monsters flashed out of the darkness, and put a few people with belt meat in their mouths, and flew into the depths of the cave like lightning and disappeared. ”

When Uncle Ma said this, the whole person had already fallen into a state of confusion, as if he had actually drilled into the cracks of Baiyun Mountain in Luojiazhai and witnessed those monsters from hell. Lao Yang and I were fascinated by what we were listening to, and we wanted to know the follow-up exhibition, so we hurriedly woke up Uncle Ma and asked him what happened to him, are all the villagers in Luojiazhai dead?

Uncle Ma shook his head and continued:

"No one has really seen what those fiery monsters look like, because everyone who witnesses them will inevitably die, people only judge their general physical characteristics by the sharp roar of those monsters and the sound of flapping wings, and know that it is a kind of flying monster, with a sharp mouth and sharp claws, and its power is huge, which can instantly grab a living person and bite it to death, drag it into the dark abyss and taste it slowly. Later, a few more people disappeared in the crack hot springs, and the villagers of Luojiazhai gradually realized something, and understood that the blessing of heaven was over, and the entrance to hell must be closed immediately, once those monsters in the abyss escaped, it would inevitably cause a catastrophe in the world. They immediately organized themselves, took advantage of their numbers, and worked day and night, and it took them nearly a year to block the entrance to the cave in the cracks with stones."

I was very confused when I heard this, not to mention anything else, just to say the place name of Baiyun Mountain in Luojiazhai, as a native I have never heard of it, as if there is no such place as Baiyun Mountain in Luojiazhai in this county. I then asked Uncle Ma what was going on, and Uncle Ma glanced at me and said:

"You haven't heard of Luojiazhai, what about Changping Village?"

Changping Village?

My eyelids jumped: "I know Changping Village, but I have never heard of the legend of Baiyun Mountain Hot Spring?" Besides, Changping Village is dozens of miles away from Wanjiang Town, could it be that after we went deep into the underground cave, we actually walked so far? ”

Uncle Ma said:

"This matter has been too long, it has a history of more than 100 years, and the legend must only be known by a small number of people, after all, the people of Luojiazhai are also secretive about this matter. However, when I was younger, I had been there myself, and when I went into the crack, there was indeed an old stone wall that sealed the entrance to the cave, and the stone wall was already overgrown with weeds. ”

"However, if we do stumble into the hot spring cave in the crack from here, it doesn't seem to be a good thing, although more than a hundred years have passed, who can guarantee that that kind of monster with a fiery red body will not suddenly fly out and attack us?"

As soon as I heard it, I said this is incredible, doesn't that kind of fiery monster need to eat? It's been so long, won't they starve to death without food?

Uncle Ma said:

"Not necessarily, who says that kind of monster must eat to live?" To be continued.

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