Chapter Fifty-Eight: Dried Corpses

Ah Shen remembered that in his first dream, there was only a little fire in the dark tomb, and even the color of the fire could not be seen clearly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Later, he dreamed of the same scene several times in a row, the firelight slowly became brighter, and he could see the fire platform, and the patterns on the fire platform became clearer and more delicate every time, recently, Ah Shen dreamed of the same scene again, and he could almost feel that he was in that place. Answering questions on the radio, he reached out and touched the brass ring on the fire platform, which was hard and cold to the touch. The repeated dreams made him conclude that it was a part of his lost memory. At this moment, when I heard Lao Jiang categorically talk about a similar scene, I couldn't help blurting out, "A tomb, nothing...... In Ah Shen's memory, there was no water in that tomb, not even a bronze tomb under the sea that was flooded. I just instinctively felt that it was the same.

Ah Shen suddenly interjected, which surprised everyone. "Don't look at me like ET, I'm much cuter than ET. I just think that the fire that Lao Jiang said is exactly the same as what I saw in my dream. "It was a blue-green flame, faint but showing no sign of being extinguished. The flame burned quietly in the darkness as if it were alive, as if it was born to burn, so natural.

Zhou Lao listened attentively, as if he was thinking, and did not see Lao Jiang's surprised almost distorted face, Lao Jiang decided that the poker face was Ah Shen. However, now this impostor Ah Shen who has lost his memory has said what Ah Shen said back then. Ah Shen only thought that Lao Jiang was surprised by the recovery of his memory, and then said slowly, "In that tomb, there is nothing, only a bronze fire platform in the center of the tomb. But the fire on the firestand is very special, you can see that it has been burning for a long, long time, and it can continue to burn. ”

"Wait......" Zhou Lao finally couldn't help but interrupt them, his face trembling with excitement, and his eyes radiated a different light. At the bottom of the sea, you saw a lit fire, and the burial chamber where the firetower was located had been flooded? ”

Everyone, including three-year-olds, knows that fire and water are incompatible. The scene that Lao Jiang and Ah Shen saw back then was contrary to common sense, and whoever heard such words would think that Lao Jiang and Ah Shen had misremembered. However, Zhou Lao didn't think so, he had an extra layer of scheming in his heart, or it should be said that what he had been looking forward to in his heart was finally about to be confirmed.

"I remember correctly." Lao Jiang's gaze passed over the poker face, and although he was confused, he still moved to Ah Shen.

Ah Shen nodded, "I remember correctly." There was indeed a bronze fire platform, and there was a fire burning on the fire platform, but ...... "I don't remember that there was water in that burial chamber." After speaking, he and Lao Jiang looked at each other. How can water and fire coexist? ”

Since Ah Shen lost his memory, all the things related to his memory will always arouse the suspicion of the people around him. It's the same at this time. Obviously, Zhou Lao preferred to believe what Lao Jiang said, in the tomb filled with seawater, there was a bronze fire platform, and the fire platform was lit with blue flames. Zhou Lao was even more excited, his eyebrows raised, his lips trembled, and he hurriedly explained, "No, no, it's possible. There is a possibility ......"

"What?" Lao Jiang and Ah Shen looked at Zhou Lao together.

As if he had finally been guided, Zhou Lao pointed to the painting on the wall, "Legend has it that the fat on the merman's body can be burned, burned compatiblely with water, and will not be extinguished. Even if it is thousands of years and tens of thousands of years ......" After speaking, Zhou Lao stood up, trembling all over his body because of excitement, "Quick, tell me where that sea area is?" ”

Lao Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhou Lao.

"Teacher, you still listen to me finish the matter."

"Oh, yes, yes." Old Zhou suddenly woke up, and continued to sit down with the support of Lao Jiang, "Quick, Lao Jiang, keep talking." ”

Old Jiang cleared his throat and continued, "Under the firelight, I saw Ah Shen reach out and touch something on the bronze fire platform, and there was a creaking sound, which was particularly loud in the empty tomb. Almost immediately, the bronze wall beneath my feet suddenly opened, and as soon as my feet were empty, I fell downward. I fell heavily with the water on the bronze floor, my gear clattering against the bronze, and I sat on the ground, which was now ankle-deep water. I later learned that it was not the tomb where Ah Shen was that I fell, but another tomb next to him. This burial chamber was originally sealed, so there was no water in it, and when I fell, the door above opened and fell with the water. I struggled to get up, flashlight and looked around, but it was okay if I didn't shine, and I was startled by the photo. The whole person is awake and does not feel any pain.

If I want to say what I saw, I still feel panicked when I think about it now. In the huge burial chamber, a dead corpse sat in the corner of the wall, half of its body submerged in the water, only the upper body was exposed to the water, and the upper body was dry and could only see the black and wrinkled skin wrapped around the body. I was so frightened that I hurriedly removed the flashlight. I gasped for breath at the knee-deep water, but my heartbeat still didn't calm down. Speaking of which, I was too young at the time, and the first time I went to the grave to see the real dried corpse, the whole person's nerves were not quite right. Old Jiang laughed, a little embarrassed, "I don't know how long it took, the water on the bronze wall above my head dripped down, and the echo of the water in the tomb was empty." This time, I was mentally prepared, and I was ready to do so, so I turned on the flashlight. The face was no longer human, the whole face was extremely distorted, and the eye sockets were deep-set and black and hollow. My heart trembled, and the flashlight in my hand almost fell into the water. I looked around the tomb with a flashlight, and saw that there were many wooden boxes at the foot of the walls of the tomb, all of which had been opened, and there was nothing inside. I immediately became disgusted by the corpse in front of me. I thought to myself, this person must have come in and stole the burial goods and died here. I walked a little further away from him, to the farthest wall from him, knocked, and called Shen over the radio. I shouted several times, but Shen didn't answer me. I was a little anxious and walked to the other wall, I knocked again, and there was still no response for a long time. When I knocked on all three walls except the corpse, I still didn't hear back from Shen. I leaned on the wall and put my ears on it, trying to see if I would hear Ah Shen's voice. But to my surprise, I heard the voice of a person, a small but loud enough voice for me to hear. "Help me ......" Speaking of this, Lao Jiang's face changed a little. "At first, I thought it was Ah Shen calling for help, and the whole person became nervous. Because in the whole burial chamber, there is no one else except me and Ah Shen. But when I leaned over the wall again, I heard the cry for help again, and this time, I heard it clearly, very clearly, not like it was coming from the next room, but more like it was coming directly from the wall. It rings in my ears, very clearly. What gave me goosebumps all over my body was that the voice was clearly calling for help, but it didn't have any feelings for help. ”

Everyone, including Lao Jiang, held their breath when they heard this, and they didn't dare to come out. Poker Face had never heard Lao Jiang mention this experience, he only knew that he and Lao Jiang finally converged and returned to land. At that time, he didn't have the energy to find out anything unusual about Lao Jiang. But now, following Lao Jiang's words, he carefully recalled the scene at that time, and he couldn't remember the scene in the bronze tomb under the sea.

"At that time, I saw the fire on the bronze platform, and I didn't know what was going on, so I was attracted to it unconsciously. In the light of the fire, I could barely see the patterns on the bronze firestand. The pattern is very fine, it is a circle of auspicious pictures and texts, and there are some words that I can't understand. I looked at the picture and text, and saw a small bronze ring on the fire platform, and subconsciously knew that the bronze ring could be turned, and the moment it turned, I heard the sound of the bronze door opening and closing. Then, Lao Jiang's voice disappeared on the radio......" Ah Shen described in detail, recalling the scene as he spoke. Poker Face listened, his body gradually tensed, he desperately tried to recall the scene, but that memory, as if it had been taken away, he couldn't remember anything.

When Poker Face frowned and pondered, Lao Jiang also looked at him in surprise. Lao Jiang's doubts in his heart became bigger and bigger, and he just wanted to ask this matter clearly with his poker face. And poker face, the same doubt did not show too much, he looked at Ah Shen lightly, a trace of incredible light flashed in his eyes, he lowered his head and stood quietly in the corner.

"And then?" Lao Jiang asked deliberately. "Do you remember how we met?"

"It was me who turned the switch back on and you swam out. I also wanted to go deeper into the depths of the tomb, after all, everything in this tomb was very strange, many of which I had never encountered before, and I was naturally attracted to it. It's just that you don't want to go deeper, and you're in a hurry to go......"

Lao Jiang nodded, and looked at the poker face again. said, "Not bad." ”

"Is that the way it is? In other words, in that tomb you saw bronze oil lamps fueled by mermaid fat. Did Lao Jiang see the dried corpse of a person? Old Zhou's eyes lit up and asked urgently.

Everyone else was silent, and Lao Jiang and Poker were clearly thinking about what Ah Shen remembered. And Ah Shen seemed to be relieved because he said that he had been in his dreams all along.

"And that's not all." After a long time, Lao Jiang finally took his eyes off the poker face and made up his mind to add. "As I just mentioned, the dried corpses in that burial chamber...... Not people. ”