Chapter 158: Dangerous Path
Hearing that Zhang Xiaofo really didn't mean to talk, Chen Ran gradually quieted down.
The fluorescent white light above his head was reluctant to leave for a long time, hovering, and fearful, Chen Ran felt his eyelids become heavy......
When he woke up, Chen Ran was startled and regretted that he had fallen asleep and forgotten the danger.
"Are you awake?" Zhang Xiaofo asked.
"yes!" Chen Ran was afraid for a while: "It's all gone?" You haven't slept all night? ”
"Well, it's all gone as soon as it dawns! Woke up a few times! Zhang Xiaofo had already gotten up and explored the terrain before coming back: "Let's go!" ”
"Hmm!" Chen Ran quickly got up from the ground. After a night of conditioning, his nose had adapted to the smell of animal fur, and now he was a little reluctant to throw it away.
Walking in the sun again, both of them have a feeling of being separated from each other. His stomach was growling with hunger, his mouth was thirsty, and Chen Ran had the illusion that he would hang up halfway.
Because of the terrible experience of the first night, Zhang Xiaofo and Chen Ran always had a vigilance against the forest. Fortunately, there were no obstacles on the rest of the road, and the road was smooth to the foot of the mountain.
A wooden staircase juts out of the cliff face, and below it is an abyss and churning steam.
The wooden staircase is old and crumbling.
"Not safe!" Chen Ran squatted down to take a look, and found that the bottom of the winding stairs was only dragged by a few horizontal logs at intervals, which did not look solid at all.
"There's no way back!" Zhang Xiaofo looked at the large forest behind him and resolutely walked up the stairs.
Squeaky ......
Sure enough, the wood beneath his feet hissed overwhelmedly.
The two of them walked trembling and frightened.
Without squinting, the two of them only focused on the road under their feet. I'm afraid that I will be swallowed by the mist below if I am not careful.
"Little Buddha, look!" Chen Ran's tone of surprise came from behind.
Zhang Xiaofo stood still. Look in the direction that Chen Ran is pointing.
The mist was under the feet, but it didn't reach the instep. In the meantime, there seem to be human figures, fairies flying up and down, and the ribbons are golden...... What a blissful wonderland.
"It turns out that this is the perfect combination of natural and human technology!" Chen Ran was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery and forgot his fear.
"Hmm!" Zhang Xiaofo also agreed. They walked on this staircase, as if they were walking in the ethereal fairy palace, and became one of them.
"So we were stuck at the entrance!" Chen Ran sighed. The cliffs below him did not have a regular shape, but they were curved and spread out, forming deep pools in between. He counted. There were nine in total, and then he offered a treasure to Zhang Xiaofo: "Everything here is nine numbers!" ”
"The ancients worshipped nine, just as the present people hated the fourteenth! The Orb Tower we started destroying looked like a door from here, standing in the way. Zhang Xiaofo also noticed the difference in geography.
"That's right, that nine-layer orb must be a mechanism to prevent others from entering!" Although Chen Ran is a guess, it is not far from the truth.
"Go ahead!" Zhang Xiaofo turned around and continued to climb.
"Oh!" Chen Ran withdrew his eyes nostalgically and continued to walk up.
There was a cliff on the left and a cliff on the right, and the two had to be very careful.
Fortunately, the dangerous ladder did not last long. Zhang Xiaofo and Chen Ran jumped onto a flat ground.
There is a one-foot-wide groove on the bluestone ground in the shape of a field, stretching out from under the feet of the two people into the distance.
Directly opposite is a temple with colorful glazed tiles. At each end of the temple were prostrate monsters with hideous faces upturned. The wooden gates were all opened, and there seemed to be fire inside, but they were too far away to see clearly.
Between the two of them and the main hall was a stone incense burner, which had accumulated a thick layer of incense ash. There is also some residual incense on it that has not been burned.
On the east and west sides are two side halls, and the gates are closed.
The carved beams and painted buildings are in no way inferior to the buildings left over from ancient times as seen in modern times.
Chen Ran couldn't help but take two steps. But it caused echoes from all directions, and he could only stay in place and look at Zhang Xiaofo with stunned eyes - asking for help.
"There's an angle to the ground here!" Zhang Xiaofo's words brought a slightly small echo: "Such words." If it rains, everyone will converge in this ditch in the middle. Very smart and scientific! ”
"Oh!" Hearing Zhang Xiaofo's explanation, Chen Ran calmed down a little. It felt strange to him here, but he couldn't say exactly what was strange, which made him very uneasy. Walking to the incense burner, Chen Ran took a small handful of incense ashes, twisted them carefully, let the incense ashes fall from between his fingers, and looked around fiercely: "It's still hot!" ”
"Hot?" Zhang Xiaofo also walked over: "I guess it's the mausoleum keeper!" ”
"Oh!" Chen Ran was a little unconvinced: "There is no one here!" ”
"Let's go inside!" Zhang Xiaofo felt that things should be in the main hall.
The two of them walked half a step behind each other and walked towards the main hall.
There are three long wooden shelves on the left and right sides of the main hall, and the wooden shelves are lined with palm-sized copper bowls, and there is fire burning in the copper bowls.
The air was filled with pungent sandalwood.
But the main hall was not as deep as expected, but more like a gate.
Zhang Xiaofo quickly walked to the other side of the main hall.
Chen Ran opened his mouth wide and didn't take it back for a long time.
There were clouds and mist in front of me, and there was no sight at all. But judging by the blown hem, the underneath is definitely not solid.
Between the clouds, a palm-wide black path leads to the other side that is invisible.
"I'm not going to go!" Chen Ran took two steps back: "Never!" ”
Zhang Xiaofo also hesitated. There was no line of sight within ten paces, neither below nor in front of him, nor what was hidden in the fog.
"I really can't get by!" Chen Ran was incoherent: "I'm afraid of heights!" ”
"Can you turn around now?" Zhang Xiaofo asked.
Chen Ran remembered the terrifying white creature, bit his lips, and burst out of his teeth: "But even if we can reach the top, what can we do?" I still can't get out! Maybe die on the road, maybe on it, or simply starve to death. If you go back, you can at least get out, but if you go down, you're getting farther and farther away from the exit! ”
"You go back, I want to go up and have a look!" Zhang Xiaofo is like a terminally ill patient who has gained a glimmer of hope, although the chance is slim, but he still has to try: "If I don't get my memory back, I won't be me!" After saying that, he slowly walked down the path.
As soon as he stepped on the palm-wide path, Zhang Xiaofo was immediately shaken by the wind below, and it took him a long time to stabilize. After thinking about it, he finally sat on the path very inattentively. (To be continued......)