Chapter 10 The Stalactite Coffin
The further you go inside, the cooler the temperature in the cave becomes.
It's August now, but the temperature of this underground cave is close to freezing, as if there is a piece of 10,000-year-old ice buried in the depths of this cave.
It was my first time in the cave, and I shivered with cold, and although I had made some preparations for the cold before going to the ground, the biting cold was obviously beyond my expectations.
Xu Wenbin saw that everyone's faces were not good, so he ordered to add clothes on the spot.
A few smokeless stoves were put up, and the temperature around them finally rose a lot.
Xia Jiujiu and I were on fire, watching them take out diving suits from their marching belts, and secretly sigh that this group of people was fully equipped.
Seeing that my lips were blue from the cold, Tie He took out a spare diving suit from his backpack and handed it to me: "This is the diving suit of the two brothers who died before, if you two don't dislike it, just make do with it." ”
I took the wetsuit, pinched it with my hand, and found that this wetsuit turned out to be a special warm wetsuit, and the material inside was even added to the velvet, so I couldn't help asking: "Why do you even bring a warm wetsuit, do you have to go into the water for a while?" ”
Hearing me ask, Tie He smiled, handed me another piece of chocolate, and said a little proudly: "No, we don't know much about this tomb, this diving suit is just our standard equipment." ”
I saw Lao Tie's enthusiastic attitude, and I was about to inquire a few more words, when I suddenly heard an oops, and then the crowd was in a commotion.
"Damn, what fell on my head." One of the people in the group suddenly shouted.
"What's that? Live or dead? In an instant, the sound of a gun being loaded and seven or eight flashlights converged around the owner of the voice.
Xu Wenbin walked up to the man and grabbed his clothes to look at the top of his head. Then he reached out and touched it: "Damn, a drop of water can scare you like this." If you don't know the situation in the future, don't make a fuss about me! There will be a next time, Lao Tzu will jump on you directly with a shot. ”
Hearing that it was water, everyone in the team breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone subconsciously looked up.
We looked up along the flashlight, only to see that the stalactites above the cave had turned into a crystal clear color at some point, as if the frozen ice cubes in winter were refracted by the flashlight.
"Did you notice? The deeper you go, the more transparent these stalactites become. "The flashlight of Tiehe has been shining into the distance, and sure enough, with the illumination of the flashlight, those milky white stalactites that were originally turbid and unclear have slowly become pure and clean, and the color has become lighter and lighter, almost transparent!
"It's so cold in this hole, it can't be ice cubes on it, right?" I looked up and muttered.
"Bang!"
Before I could finish my sentence, I heard a gunshot, and I thought it was someone's gun that had gone off, and I shrank my neck in fright.
When I looked back, I found that it was Xu Wenbin, who was standing on the side, who fired a shot at the roof of the cave.
The bullet shattered the stalactite and fell to the ground like a snowflake and ice cube in the cold winter moon.
Xu Wenbin bent down, picked up some stalactites on the ground, and played with them in his hands.
"It's cold in your hand, but it's really a stalactite." Xu Wenbin played with two crystal clear stalactites with great interest, and slammed them into the ground in his hand.
When I saw him shoot such a precious cave just to confirm whether it was a stalactite, I couldn't help but feel a lot of anger in my heart.
These stalactites are so clear and pure, even in China, they are rare treasures, this Xu Wenbin is so reckless in destruction, he is a bastard.
In Boyue Cave, Hunan, two goose tube stalactites were damaged, worth 1.75 million, and the Changchun hanging kettle was damaged by ice stalactites, worth 2.75 million. The stalactites in this cave are clear in color, crystal clear as ice, and are the best in the stalactites, if the stalactites in this cave can be estimated, they must exceed one trillion yuan.
But I had to suppress my anger and not show it. If the robbers knew the value of these stalactites, they would have wreaked havoc and sawed them all out of the cave.
Now that the stalactites had been shot down from the cave, everyone naturally leaned over and wanted to take a closer look.
Xu Wenbin took one of the hollow goose tube stalactites, inserted the cigarette into the stalactite tube, proudly picked up the other end of the stalactite tube, lit the cigarette and took a puff, and said with a smile: "It's scattered, you have to look carefully, there are so many in the sky, see which one you shoot, and after you put on your clothes, you will quickly pack up my things and continue to move forward." ”
I broke half of the chocolate and handed it to Xia Jiujiu, and continued to hurry while eating.
Strange stalactites are everywhere, and between the stalactites, the bronze chains on them also extend all the way, like intricate spider webs. Tiehe's flashlight followed the bronze chain on the roof of the cave, keeping an eye on the movement above.
These bronze chains, sometimes passing through the stalactites and sometimes exposing them to the air, are spectacular as if they were intended to lock them all up.
I really don't know how the skilled craftsmen of the ancients connected so many bronze chains together like threads of a needle without breaking the stalactites.
"Quick, take out the searchlight, look at the stalactite in front."
It was a crystal-like stalactite pillar shaped like an upside-down pot-bellied porcelain vase.
Such a crystal is extremely rare even in this underground cave! What's even more incredible is that in the center of the stalactite, there is a naked female corpse curled up and hanging upside down in it, revealing a touching and magnificent scene under the light of the flashlight.
We also knew that the female corpse was sealed in these giant stalactites, but we never knew that the undestroyed stalactite coffin could be so breathtaking.
The female corpse's bare feet were also locked with bronze chains, like a baby sleeping peacefully with an umbilical cord attached, or like a fierce spirit imprisoned in crystal, as if it would burst out at any moment and kill the intruder.
We had learned the power of these female corpses before, and now we naturally dare not touch these crystals again.
"The more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. That's true. Tie He sighed and looked away from the female corpse and continued to walk forward.
As I walked through the crowd, the mystery in my mind grew thicker and thicker.
Bronze chains, mercury female corpses, a large number of rammed earth witch seals, and ** female corpses sealed in stalactites.
All of this is not like a cautious style, but it is inextricably linked to prudence everywhere!
What is the significance of these female corpses sealed in stalactites? Does it merely exist as a mechanism to guard the tomb?