Chapter 56: A Journey Through Time and Space
We walked a little towards the three black places, and the closer we got to see that they were indeed three gates.
Staying in this starry pit makes people feel comfortable, but there is no sense of security when you think about it rationally. There are rats that are bigger than rabbits, and there may be something more dangerous. Coupled with the whimsy of the builders, it is unknown to us that it will be suddenly fatal.
Although the state of physical and mental exhaustion made me want to end the journey here, but just think about it, I really don't have the courage to do it, and the sense of mission to bring everyone out safely and let the fat brother return to his wife and children forced me to continue walking.
If there is a door, you will enter, maybe the starry sky made by the globe is just for us to find the door here, and we will definitely not find it if we look for it in the dark.
We are deeply aware that our own life and death have long been out of our own control, stretching out the head is also a knife, shrinking the head is still a knife, it is better to shave the bald head and rush forward, even if it is folded here, at least look at the exit before dying, that is also a victory.
This time, we didn't get entangled, and after a simple discussion, we decided that the three continents would go to the center, and the reason was very simple, as long as everyone took the same road, no matter if it was a sea of swords, mountains and fires, it would also be a collision with the south wall.
Wait until we enter the middle of the arch we found that any hesitation is self-inflicted, fortunately we chose decisively, otherwise we have to struggle for a long time, because the three doors actually lead to the same road, it seems that the three doors, in fact, is a direction, I don't know what the meaning of building such a doorway?
The back of the road is very wide, not too short, it is a downward slope, the slope should be more than 45 degrees, because we are a little tired from walking, and we have to use a backward posture to maintain balance.
There are no murals and no clues in the corridor, except for the large blue bricks on the ground, the bricks on both sides and above are inlaid with large and small ambergris particles.
However, the whole corridor is connected with the starry sky outside, which makes us walk easily and excitedly, as if we have experienced a time and space journey, walking in the galaxy, which feels cooler than the first time I walked the corridor of the aquarium.
As soon as she walked the slope, Jiang Rou found that she had never taken out the talisman in her insole, and because her steps were extraordinarily light, it was extremely difficult to control her balance when walking downhill.
She sat down in the corridor, with her back to the wall, and muttered, "It's broken, it's broken, why don't I get tired all the way?" It turned out that Fu forgot to take it out. As he spoke, he took off his shoes, took out the yellow talisman in the two shoes, and said to the fat brother: "Hey, bring the kettle, drink your salt water." ”
The fat brother handed the kettle to Jiang Rou.
Jiang Rou quickly opened the lid when she was used as a lunch box, and before the fat brother could react, she dipped the corners of the two talismans in the water.
The two talismans quickly spontaneously combusted, leaving behind the fat brother's wide eyes and grief-stricken face: "You, you." "You haven't spoken for a long time, and the fat brother hasn't spoken.
Jiang Rou smiled and said to the fat brother: "Hey, it's okay, you don't like to drink this salty water anyway." As he spoke, he put the lid of the kettle back on and handed it to the fat brother.
The fat brother didn't pick up the kettle, stomped his foot and said to Jiang Rou: "You are too much, I don't drink the water, I still have to use the kettle, won't it be all your stinky feet in the future?" ”
Jiang Rou put the kettle aside, took out her ordinary aluminum kettle from her bag, handed it to the fat brother and said, "Isn't my kettle not as high-end as yours?" The mouth is too small, and the charm can't be put in, so why don't you change it, you use mine? ”
The fat brother was still dissatisfied: "Phew, is this the reason?" If you can't put it in, can't you pour the water out? ”
Jiang Rou immediately tightened her face, and said quickly: "If you change it, you won't change it, be stingy, your kettle has been filled with urine, don't you use it the same way?" I didn't wash my feet in your kettle, really sissy, my kettle is at least natural and pollution-free. ”
was originally unreasonable pranks, but when she said this, it seemed that the fault was all with the fat brother, and the fat brother was so anxious that he looked at others with his eyes and asked for help.
In the end, Jiang Li stood up for the fat brother, snatched Jiang Rou's kettle, pressed it into the fat brother's arms, and taught his sister a lesson: "You don't have a day to make people worry, provoke this and that." ”
As soon as the fat brother saw someone helping, he immediately pouted and said, "That's it, take care of her, and it will cause me trouble." Then he returned Jiang Rou's kettle to her, picked up his own kettle, and said, "Who cares about your broken kettle, I still use my own." ”
I guess Jiang Rou's words reminded the fat brother, do you care if you have pretended to be wet? The kettle is a professional kettle sent by a unicorn, and it is better than Jiang Rou's stall in terms of texture and structure, so the fat brother is reluctant to change it.
Jiang Rou saw that the fat brother would not care anymore, stretched out an arm, and said to the fat brother, "Come, pull my sister." ”
The fat brother glared at Jiang Rou and said, "You just provoked me, and asked me to pull you again?" Can you stop bullying people like this? I don't pull, I stand on my own. ”
Jiang Rou still said with a hippie smile: "I used the talisman for a long time just now, and my legs are weak, if you don't pull me, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand up." ”
When Jiang Rou said this, I carefully observed her expression, and at a glance, I knew that her giggling was all pretended, and now Jiang Rou's head was full of beads of sweat.
I have always known that Jiang Rou's spell has side effects, I'm afraid this time she is not pretending, using the spell for a long time, at this time my legs may no longer obey the call, and I need to rest for a long time.
I didn't wait for the fat brother, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Jiang Rou.
As soon as the fat brother saw that I was moving, he found that what Jiang Rou said might be true, so he didn't wait for me to walk over, so he splashed the water in the pot to the side and bent down to pull Jiang Rou up.
At the moment when the water splashed on the wall, we immediately heard a loud sound in our ears, as if the sound of water splashing on the red-hot iron, and then the wall of the tunnel that was splashed with water by the fat brother was flooded with a white mist, and after the white mist dissipated, a white color remained on the wall, as if it was the salt and minerals in the water, like the white substance precipitated on the shore of the underground saltwater lake.
Yan Qiu hurriedly reminded everyone: "Don't lean on both sides, the walls on both sides are hot, and it is estimated that the walls are underground lava." ”
Jiang Rou hurriedly moved her butt to the middle of the corridor, looked back at the wall behind her, and said, "Fortunately, I didn't lean against the wall just now, otherwise my back would have been cooked, I said why is it a little hot, and I thought it was a side effect of the spell." Then he said to the fat brother, "Why don't you pull me up?" ”
The fat brother sighed, and quickly helped Jiang Rou to stand up.
When Jiang Rou got up, I could see that her legs were shaking obviously, and it seemed that she really couldn't stand up, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to walk.
Jiang Li urged everyone: "Hurry up and go forward, this place is not suitable for a long time." ”
I was busy helping the fat brother to help Jiang Rou together, Jiang Rou's body was very light, and the two of us almost set her up on the left and right, and our feet couldn't occupy the ground, so we walked briskly downhill with everyone.
At the end of the road is a flat land, and at the other end of the flat ground is a large stone gate.
The stone gate is also arched, and some complex patterns can be faintly seen on it, which are also inlaid with ambergris, but they do not shine with the simulated starlight in the corridor.
This section is very different from the square corridors and square doorways I saw on the road ahead, and I feel as if they were not designed by the same person, and the polishing of this corridor and the stone gate is rougher, as if it was built earlier than the outer labyrinth.
I asked Yan Qiu, "Have you noticed anything strange about our entire trip to the underground palace?" ”
Yan Qiu was a little puzzled by my question, and looked at me suspiciously: "It's strange all the way, which paragraph are you talking about?" ”
I reluctantly reorganized the language and said, "I'm talking about architectural style and the use of materials. ”
Yan Qiu then understood: "You said this, I found out earlier, let's go all the way, but wherever there are organs, they are all very ancient materials, so old that I can't judge the age, and the materials in those stone room spaces, as well as the choice of decoration, look like the Ming Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty." They all exist alternately and merge with each other. ”
"Do you know why? Is there a precedent for this? I asked.
Yan Qiu nodded: "There is only one possibility, the magpie's nest dove." ”