Chapter 224: Beneath the Silt
The old buttocks also began to struggle indiscriminately, we couldn't communicate in words in the water, which was very scary for us, but the most terrible thing was breathing, I felt like I couldn't hold it anymore.
It's okay for Shanzi to have gills, but my old buttocks and I are about to die.
Shan Zi was in a hurry, and he groped frantically on the stone wall, hoping to find some useful mechanism, but his attempts were in vain.
Just when I couldn't do it anymore, I suddenly felt the water all around me want to flow in the same direction, as if there was a force pulling them away.
I suspect this is my own delusion, because it is airtight, there is no undercurrent, how can water flow.
But this feeling is real, the water inside seems to be drained from the inside, and the water around us is strangely less and less.
We didn't have time to take care of this change, so we immediately put our heads out of the water and breathed heavily when the water level dropped.
"Uh... Call... What, what's wrong? The old buttocks' expression was very nervous, and it seemed that he was not frightened lightly, and his mouth was a little difficult to bite the words when he spoke.
"I don't know." I also breathed the air greedily, "The water seems to be drained." β
"Where did the platoon go?" Shanzi asked.
"I don't know, I can't believe it!" It seems that my initial guess was wrong, Shanzi stumbled into some mechanism, and then the place was sealed, and then the water inside was drained outward, so as to avoid the water pouring in, and instead use the distance in between to separate the water from the air.
The person who designed this well is so amazing that it is really secret to be able to build such a place under the water, so that people can't find it, and even if they find it, they don't come.
As the water level dropped, the thick silt that had sunk at the bottom of the well began to thin out, and it seemed that the water had taken some of the mud with it when it flowed out.
"What the hell is going on?" The old buttocks didn't dare to relax, he was still very nervous looking around.
The water was all drained from below, and even a large part of the silt at the bottom was carried away, because the light was so weak that we couldn't see where the water was drained from, and we didn't even know the general direction.
The roar of the underground river came through the two huge stone slabs above, and it was so harsh in this large closed jar that I couldn't help but cover my ears.
"It's too loud!" I shouted loudly, the sound being refracted back and forth from within, like a trumpet.
The sound of this sound is not an accident, the space inside this well is very large, and it must have been built for this effect, so that the sound of the river flowing in it bounces back and achieves this effect, and this trumpet should be a warning to those who come in not to act rashly, or you will encounter more trouble.
Shanzi's love xΓΉ has been in a very nervous state, he doesn't know what this sound means, only that it is very harsh and very ugly, he covers one ear with his hand and shouts: "Damn, we can't get out!" β
The old buttocks are still experienced, he is calm, and he does not show any panic, although the voice makes his expression a little painful, but he still looks around, hoping to find some outlet.
"With this kind of voice, it means that we are in a very important place now, and this place will definitely not be so empty, hurry up and find something." The old buttocks said loudly.
Shanzi and I didn't have any good ideas, and the two of us immediately looked around, and we didn't know what the old butt was talking about.
After the silt flowed away, the lower part of the well was exposed, because it had been soaked in the silt for many years, the surrounding stone walls had been blackened, and the stripes on the stone walls had been soaked and blurred, but on the whole it was still clear.
The content of these stone murals is about a mountain god, who is so powerful that he can lift all the mountains, and his stature is very tall and mighty, and all the people are carved very small, and he kneels around him.
There are a few more pictures that are not very clear, but there is one that is okay, the mountain god in order to save those people, he fought with a fire phoenix alone, and finally he defeated the fire phoenix, but he was also burned to death, and those people buried him in the mountain, offering incense and sacrifices all day long, in order to seek peace.
The meaning of the fire phoenix must be the Vermilion Bird, there is no doubt here, but who is the mountain god?
We were slowly getting used to the sound of the trumpet, and Shanzi asked, is the mountain god a god?
The stone carvings and murals here do not show what dynasty they are, but it is certain that the mountain god in this painting is not really a god, but is very likely to be a person, and this person must also be an emperor and general.
Ancient Chinese emperors were very fond of deifying their own images and demonizing their enemies, just like Wu Zetian, all the Guanyin statues during her reign were their own appearance.
The old buttocks also understood some of this, and he felt that this well was not a place to hide treasures, and the underwater treasure hiding place we encountered was not comparable to this place at all, because it was very likely that this was the tomb of an emperor.
But I have never seen such a record in the wild history, the emperors of all dynasties basically have mausoleums, and some of those who do not have mausoleums also have records of how they died, but this is an underground river in the mountains, there is absolutely no emperor's tomb here, it is dark and gloomy here, and the wellhead is guarded with something like a giant salamander that cannot be put on the table, which is not the emperor's practice.
Take Jiulong Valley as an example, although the Huns are buried inside, but the inside of the sea eye is the tiger Jiao, and the inside of the deep pool is the Jiuyin one-horned Qiu, that is the divine beast of the Eight Classics, these giant salamanders are disgusting when they see it, and the nine-rate divine beasts are not counted at all.
The old buttocks' guess was denied by me, and he himself thought it was incredible, but Shanzi was a little anxious, and if he didn't find a place to go out, we would be trapped here sooner or later.
The stone wall covered by the silt is more than three meters thick, and there are some places on the black stone wall that are still slowly flowing down with silt, but there is one place that is very strange, the thick layer of mud does not fall, but clings to the wall.
I walked over one foot deep and one foot shallow, and Shanzi was afraid that something would be wrong, so he followed me closely behind me, and kept reminding me to be careful.
When I approached it, I realized that the thick mud looked like a rectangle.
"Old butt, I think there's something strange behind this mud." I didn't look back, but stared at the wall.
"Then take a look at it, maybe there will be an exit!" The old buttocks threw the bag back, took the dagger and plunged into the thick mud pile, and then pulled the mud out hard.
Shanzi and I watched the old buttocks do this, and the two of us immediately began to pull the mud with our hands, because now we can only do this, and we can only pin our hopes on this mud.
It didn't take long for a shrill metal grinding sound to come out, it was the dagger in the old buttocks' hand that touched something, the old buttocks immediately picked it up with his hand, and his eyes immediately let out a light, "It's copper!" It's copper! β
The old buttocks' words undoubtedly gave us great confidence, the bottom of this well is full of stones, and there is bronze behind the mud, which shows that this must be a door!
Shanzi and I immediately took out the bronze beryllium and horns, and dug hard at the mud, hoping to get the copper door behind it out as soon as possible.
Just when we were excited, the old buttocks suddenly stopped!
"What's wrong! Hurry up and dig it! Shanzi shouted, his hands still digging hard.
I thought the old buttocks were tired, and I just wanted him to hold on a little longer, but I didn't expect the old buttocks to yell at us, don't dig anymore!
Shanzi and I were stunned by his roar, only to see the old buttocks slowly raise his dagger in front of us, and the sharp blade was stained with blood!
The eyes of the three people were fixed on the dagger, and the three mouths were also frightened, and they didn't know what was inside the mud.
The old buttocks shook their heads, looked at us a little nervously, and whispered, "Is there really a mountain god?" β
As soon as he finished speaking, the mud next to us moved, and we immediately bounced off like an electric shock, and we hid to the side in fright.
We didn't dare to make a sound, but stared at the mud for fear of something coming out of it.
The horn sounded overhead, and the thing in the mud crawled out as if it had heard a call.
In the blink of an eye, we finally saw what it looked like: it was half a giant salamander!
It had only the first half of its body, and it was firmly on top of the bronze door, but it was much larger than the five we saw, and what was even more frightening was that it had four eyes, and four canines in its mouth in addition to those small, tight teeth!
Its skin was dark brown, its two front claws were thick and powerful, the tip of the claw was sticking out of the toe as sharp as a knife, and blood was flowing down from one leg, which was caused by the dagger.
Shanzi thought it was a giant salamander coming out of the hole, so he pulled me back hard, "Stay away from this thing!" β
"It's fine!" I said to Shanzi, "It can't get out, it's already growing on the bronze door!" β
When the old buttocks heard me say this, he immediately looked at it carefully, and he shook his head and said, "I can't believe that I can grow with metal!" β
Shanzi didn't show a surprised expression, he said that the mask of the five elements of insects was like this, and the five insects grew on the golden mask.
But he said to the old buttocks: "What is this, didn't Ding Jia see it just now, what kind of mountain god is it talking about on this stone wall, he must have sealed this thing on the bronze door to guard the entrance of this cave." β
I think Shanzi's analysis is very correct, I don't know if it is the mountain god, but the inside of this bronze gate must be a very important place, this half of the giant salamander is guarding the entrance of the cave, in order to prevent it from escaping, this method is used to let it grow on this copper door.
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