Chapter 429: Tree Hole
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The direction he was pointing in was the giant tree, and I immediately pointed it at that side with a searchlight, and suddenly found that at some point, there was a half-human-high tree hole on the giant tree, about a meter wide, and the tree hole was dark and difficult to see under the illumination of the searchlight. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
What did Ansari encounter just now? His movements were so strange that I was afraid that he would be distracted, so I couldn't hold back my curiosity and didn't ask a question.
After a few seconds, he got up from the ground and slowly walked towards the tree hole, and Li Dong and I slowly approached.
The tree hole is like a giant mouth of a monster devouring people, and in the wind like a ghost's scream, it makes people shudder.
I walked up to Ansari and whispered, "What's the matter?" What just happened? ”
He pointed to the hole in the tree and said, "There are hidden arrows, I accidentally touched the mechanism just now, and then there is a secret door, and there is a defensive crossbow in it." ”
At this time, we had come to the front, and we could clearly see that in the hollow of the tree, near the top, there was a simple wooden crossbow, and the arrow trough was empty, and the crossbow had a thin line attached to the bracket of the crossbow, and the other end was connected to the secret door.
Li Dong also came from behind, but he was holding something in his hand, which was as cold and shining as a steel needle, but the light of Youlan was a little crazy no matter how you looked at it.
He said that it was a crossbow arrow found in the tree behind it, and that the color on the arrow was probably highly poisonous.
The tree hole led directly to the ground, and it was also pitch black, so we didn't have a probe to look inside for fear of unknown danger.
Ansari found a normal flashbang, but we didn't use a flashbang with tear gas because we had to go down.
As soon as the flashbang was thrown in, it lit up with a white light, and there was still no sound in the hollow of the tree, so Ansari told us to wait outside first, and he went down to take a look.
He threw the cold flame in, then glanced down, and then jumped down from the tree hole.
I curiously glanced down, the hole was not deep, and it was more than a man high from the ground, Ansari chose one side and walked carefully inside. The cold fireworks emitted a faint light in the passage below, and the secret door of the tree hole seemed to be open in the middle of the passage, and it could be passed back and forth after going down, but it was not known where it led.
Ansari was gone, and I listened attentively, but I didn't hear any unusual sounds, so I and Li Dong guarded the surroundings at the entrance of the cave.
While I waited, I sorted out my thoughts, wondering if this Heavenly Mangshen Sect had anything to do with the mysterious ancient city. According to what Li Dong said before, there will be a huge complex of buildings underneath this area, and it was built many years before the Eastern Han Dynasty.
And the Tianmang Divine Cult seems to be just a small organization, and it should not have such a large amount of energy to build an underground palace, besides, the Tianmang Divine Cult has never appeared in Xinjiang before.
Then, this may just be a base for the Tianmang God Cult. However, the question arises again, what is the matter with the phantom array outside the poplar forest? The phantom array should have existed to protect the underground structure, and there was such a strong protective shield by the river that even the evil spirits were kept out.
How did the Celestial Mangshen Cult come and go here with ease? Did they just find out and take possession of it? It shouldn't be that simple, if anyone could easily crack the formation here, then this place should have been widely known a long time ago.
Thinking about it, I still think that there must be some hidden connection between the Tianmang Divine Cult and the mysterious ancient city.
After about a few minutes, Li Dong said with some worry, "Shall we go down and have a look?" Why did he go down for so long and not come back? ”
Hearing him say this, I realized that Ansari had been down for more than ten minutes, and even if he found anything, he should come back and tell us, and then everyone should go down together.
As for Ansari's skills, I was still very confident, but I was afraid that something unexpected, so I looked at the passage in the tree hole again, and the cold fireworks were still burning, and it was estimated that it could support the lighting for a few minutes.
"Let's go down and take a look, if there's any evil down there, I can help deal with it." I agreed with Li Dong's suggestion.
The tree hole is not deep, and the passage inside is not spacious, only enough for one person to pass normally, and if you are taller, you need to lower your head to pass.
When we both entered the passage, we went straight in the direction that Ansari had walked, and although the air in the passage was a little dirty, it did not affect normal breathing, and occasionally there was a breeze blowing, indicating that the ventilation was quite good.
Ansari was long gone, the straight road ahead was endless, and in this dark and cramped space, the light of the flashlight was gone, as if it had been swallowed up by a monster in the darkness.
There is nothing here, why should Ansari go forward alone? Why didn't he greet us?
Li Dong said: "This passage is a little weird, do you feel this way?" ”
I'm a little confused, what's weird here? Except that the air is a little muddy, nothing else.
I turned back to him and asked, "What have you calculated?" ”
Li Dong said: "I have tried, but it is impossible to measure here at all, unless you go out of the scope of the Four Tombs. ”
"You're saying that this is also part of the Four Graveyards?"
"Yes, it's not just a place of four graves, there's a strange feeling, I can't tell what it is, it seems to be covered by some kind of energy place, cut off from the outside world."
I was a little confused by what he said, so I said, "Anyway, let's find Ansari first, anyway, it's a straight road, so don't worry about getting lost." ”
Li Dong suddenly said loudly: "It's not good!! The tree hole is gone!! ”
I was taken aback by his sudden shout, and quickly turned around and shone a flashlight above the passage, just a few meters away from us, above the cold fireworks, which should have been the entrance to the tree hole, but now there was nothing!
The two of us stood at the same entrance, both dumbfounded, the hole in the tree as if it had never existed, the passage above our heads was smooth and smooth, and the sound of hitting the stones was all when struck with a flashlight.
It was only then that I noticed that the entire passage was made of bluestone, and the cold touch made my heart tremble.
It's really weird here, how could the tree hole disappear without a sound? I didn't even hear the sound of the mechanism activating. Could it be that Ansari also disappeared like this?
I discussed with Li Dong, since he had already come down and was trapped here, it was impossible to sit idly by, so the only way to do that was to go forward first and see if he could catch up with Ansari, and then look for an exit together.
Having made up my mind, I opened the way ahead and headed into the unknown darkness.
After we walked a few dozen meters, a horizontal crossing suddenly appeared, which made us wonder what to do.
The two of us crouched on the ground, turned on all the lights, and carefully searched for Ansari's imprints.
However, the results were a little shocking to us.
Although the air circulation in this passage is good, and there is an occasional breeze blowing, there is still a lot of dust on the ground.
I swiped my finger on the ground, and a clear mark appeared, and there were two sets of footprints behind me.
But what frightened us was the front, whether it was directly in front of us, or the passages on the left and right, there was not the slightest trace on the ground.
It looked like a dusty old room that no one had entered in decades, and it turned out to be a little overwhelming.
The three people of the Tianmang God Sect left no traces, which can be explained that they appeared from the other side of the passage, but Ansari didn't leave any footprints, which is completely unreasonable.
We studied for a long time, but we couldn't figure out the situation, because the disappearance of the tree hole was so strange that it was a little difficult for us to judge whether Ansari had suddenly disappeared or the two of us had disappeared.
The road still has to go on, how to choose is a problem, we simply assume that Ansari has already walked through here, and then start analyzing, if I were Ansari, how would I choose?
Ansari is a thoughtful and observant person, and I try to think as much as I can with his mindset.
There are three identical passages, how to choose, I seriously think, there are no traces on the ground for analysis, then, start from other aspects. At this time, a breeze blew through the passage.
I suddenly had a realization, yes, there is wind here!
Thinking of this, I immediately took out my lighter, "Smack!" A cluster of flames jumped up in an instant, and then fell to the right.
I nodded with satisfaction and said to Li Dong, "Let's go to the right." ”
However, Li Dong didn't seem to hear me speak, his eyes were dull, and he stared ahead!