Chapter Seventy-Six: The Dry Bones
Once, twice, three times, four times...... Seven, eight......
Ah Sheng actually failed eight times in a row, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn, but my heart kept going up and down, expecting him to open the mechanism, and thinking that it was best not to open the mechanism, until Ah Sheng failed for the ninth time, I almost thought that it was impossible for him to open the mechanism.
Ah Sheng's brows were furrowed, and the high tension made his hands tremble slightly, and he pursed his lips as he began the tenth attempt, the last of his own calculations.
If he fails this time, then it means that the calculation he just made has completely failed, or that there is a mistake in the middle, and he needs to start all over again, but how much time do we have to delay?
I don't know, Ah Sheng doesn't know, everyone here can't know what will happen in the next second at this moment.
On the last attempt, the numbers were fixed at 9, 14, 16, 18, and 19.
All of us held our breath, and when the position was set, I had a momentary lack of oxygen in my head, which showed how nervous I was at that time.
However, we waited for a long time, and the stone slab, and the mechanism, still did not respond.
Failed again.
Ah Sheng was a little dumbfounded, he squatted on the ground, hugged his head and said to himself: "It shouldn't be, my calculation method should be the most scientific, how can it be wrong?" ”
I also frowned, and suddenly pointed to the iron plate and asked him, "What is the matter in that eight o'clock direction?" ”
Ah Sheng didn't think about it and said: "That's a dead position, I've tried, but I can't get through it at all." ”
"Dead bit? But I don't understand, why set up a useless dead slot here? If you want to confuse people, wouldn't it be more difficult to make it possible to pull the past? ”
Ah Sheng looked at me in a daze, thoughtful, I waved my hand and said: "Don't think according to my train of thought, I just said in passing, let's not do it, I have this ...... up and down in my heart."
Ah Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up, ignored me, turned around and put his hand on the iron plate in the 19th position, and pressed it down violently, but it didn't move, he lifted it up again, and saw that the iron plate suddenly made a soft click, and it was actually lifted by him about half an inch.
Ah Sheng's face was excited, and he immediately pulled the iron plate to the eight o'clock position, and suddenly, something unexpected happened.
The iron plate, which could not be pulled in the past, was moved to the position of eight o'clock little by little!
Ah Sheng snorted: "So that's the case!" ”
We were all taken aback, but he pulled the iron plate to the eight o'clock position, but the slate still had no reaction, Ah Sheng thought for a while, and then put the nine o'clock position, the iron plate that had never been moved, pressed down hard, only to hear a soft click, Ah Sheng did not hesitate, and the iron plate was also pulled to the eight o'clock position, and the top iron plate, coincided together.
There was silence, there was silence on the altar, and each of us stared at the iron plate and the stone slab with wide eyes, and after about ten seconds, suddenly we heard the sound of a machine turning under the stone slab......
I opened my mouth wide in surprise, but before I could take a look, the stone slab under my feet suddenly cracked, and my feet were suddenly empty, and before I could react, the whole person had already fallen.
I was so shocked that I only let out a half-exclamation, and then I found that a person next to me fell down with me, and in the panic, I didn't see who this person was, so I heard a "pop", and the stone slab above my head flipped over, and my eyes suddenly became dark, and I couldn't see anything.
This time, it seemed to have fallen into a passage, diagonally downward, and I involuntarily slid down, and the flashlight also fell, and the fall clanged, shooting out messy lights in the passage.
In the panic, the surrounding stone walls seemed to stick to my face, sliding quickly in front of my eyes, I panicked, and hurriedly used my elbows and legs to slow down the speed of the fall, but the slope of this passage is relatively large, and it was too late in a hurry, I fell down with my hands and feet shouting all the way, and my heart was even more horrified, thinking that my life was over......
Fortunately, this passage is not long, as soon as I had this idea, the object in front of me suddenly changed, and I had already slipped to the bottom of the passage, and when I opened my eyes, this was actually another stone chamber, and the exit of the passage was on the side of the stone chamber.
This stone chamber was slightly smaller than the previous one, but there was a larger altar in the middle, and on the opposite side of the altar was a thick stone pillar that connected to the dome, and there were two permanent lamps on each side of the stone wall, which glowed dimly.
Other than that, the stone chamber was empty, and there were no more furnishings or objects, and I don't know what the place was.
Looking at this inexplicable place, my heart pounded, although I didn't know where this was, I was secretly glad that I had picked up a life, because usually there were traps under this kind of trap, and I almost thought I was going to die.
I got up from the ground and grabbed my flashlight, but before I could get a full view of what was going on, the man behind me slipped out of the passageway, and I turned my head to see that it was Ansari who was standing next to me.
My frightened heart was about to jump out, but he stood up with his hands slightly propped up on the ground, and patted the dust on his body with an indifferent face, as if he had been prepared.
"W-What's going on, you knew it was going to be like this?" I glared at him angrily, and I felt a fire in my heart rush up, didn't this mean to trick me? His grandmother's, if I hadn't been able to beat him, I would have wanted to rush up and grab him by the collar and ask what was going on......
Ansari didn't hurry up and booed at me, and pointed at the top, I was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood, the stone room just now was just above us, and it was two floors above us.
"The real altar is actually here." He only said this one sentence, and then turned and walked towards the altar, but I was stunned in the back, the real altar is here, could it be that the upper stone chamber just now was just used to scare people?
I chased after him, and Ansari was already standing in front of the altar, his figure standing straight, his hands drooping, and his face full of solemnity, silently staring at the altar.
I was puzzled, and I didn't say a word, and quietly stood over, the altar was almost the same as the style in the stone room above, and the specifications were similar, but the black rumbling on it was not clear, but I could vaguely see that there seemed to be a person sitting on it.
I subconsciously raised the flashlight, and a flashlight shone on the altar, but before the light passed, Ansari suddenly struck, surprisingly fast, and grabbed my wrist.
I suddenly had a sharp pain in my wrist, and said angrily: "You are insane, let go of me, what are you doing?!" ”
Ansari didn't even look at me, didn't speak, and only said lightly: "You retreat first." ”
I'm on fire again, this guy is this guy who always has a faint taste of pretending, which makes people feel extremely unhappy, if you have something to say, you can say it well, or explain it clearly, set up such a set for me to fall in, it's not clear, what are you doing?
But looking at his stern face, I really can't say anything, maybe it's really critical here, I endured my anger, took a few steps back, the flashlight hung down, and I simply didn't move, thinking that I want to see what tricks you do.
Ansari's eyes remained fixed on the altar for a long time, as if he were looking at some unforgettable past.
I suddenly remembered that the secret order received by the ancestors of the Ansari family back then, at this time, all the way, although there were bumps and bumps everywhere, but from his appearance all the way, I could vaguely guess that Ansari was definitely hiding a lot of things, he should be very familiar with this black water demon cave, and he knew the secrets here.
He stared at it for a long time, then suddenly took a deep breath and stepped onto the altar.
His steps were very slow, and every step was very steady, and my heart could not help lifting, and I saw Ansari respectfully bow down to the figure of the altar, kowtow three times, and then get up, and take something out of his bosom, and then I heard only a soft sound of rubbing, and in front of the altar a small dim oil lamp was lit.
My eyes widened, and after Ansari had lit the oil lamp, he fell to his knees on the altar and prostrated himself.
The light of the oil lamp was very dim, and I took two steps forward, and by the faint light, I finally saw the situation on the altar clearly, and I could see clearly that the human figure sitting there was actually a dry corpse that had long since withered.
The shape of this dry corpse should be sitting cross-legged there, the skin and flesh have long been dried up, clinging to the bones, showing a strange gray-black, wearing a black crown on its head, which is full of feathers, wearing a black dress that looks like a cotton jacket, and many large and small copper mirrors and copper bells hanging on the chest, which looks extremely cumbersome.
This outfit and dress are clearly the appearance of a sacrificial shaman, looking like an old man, with a lifelike face, slightly open mouth, eyes open, hands raised to the sky, as if he is praying loudly to the stone pillar opposite, giving people a very strange feeling.
The clothes on this dry corpse are relatively well preserved, but after an unknown number of years, the color has long faded, and it looks tattered and gray.
My heart pounded inexplicably at the sight of the corpse, and Ansari folded his hands in front of his chest and recited respectfully.
"The descendants of the An family were secretly ordered by the general back then, but the whole army was wiped out in the first battle of Aihui City, and they failed to rush here in time to welcome back the great shaman. Now that the world is changing, a hundred years have passed, the descendants of the An family do not forget the ancestral teachings, which lasted for decades, and finally found the place where the great shaman buried his bones, which will welcome you back to your hometown. May the heavens of eternal life bless, the land of Kanto will never be plagued, the generations will be peaceful, and may the great shaman rest in peace. ”
He finished chanting in a low voice, bowed again, and then got up, picked up a leather drum from the corpse of the great shaman, and before I could see it, quickly put it into his backpack. Then he bowed down to the body of the great shaman and recited: "Please forgive the descendants for being rude, now we must take the great shaman back home according to the instructions on the secret decree of the year." ”
I was suddenly very curious, not knowing how he was going to bring this dried corpse home, but Ansari stood up, walked up to the great shaman, and gently stretched out his hand with a respectful expression, and reached out to the great shaman's mouth.
I was more and more amazed, and I couldn't help but open my mouth wide, not understanding what he was going to do at all, but at this moment, at a stone wall around the stone room, there was a sudden sound of gentle knocking, but it was like the strange sound of beating in the middle of the night in the Shenlong Village.
Boom! - Boom! Boom!
Ansari's hand was about to reach into the great shaman's mouth, but after the voice appeared, it suddenly stopped, and his fingers froze in the air.
He seemed to be stiffened, and there was an incredible look in his eyes.
His reaction surprised me very much, Ansaari, who has always been calm and calm, makes people feel a little painful, actually has such an expression, what is that voice just now?
"Let's go, get out of here first......" He suddenly withdrew his hand, jumped off the altar, whispered to me with a nervous expression, and dragged me to the back of the stone pillar.
"What's wrong, what's that?" I asked in surprise, but he didn't answer, his eyes swept over the stone wall, and he pulled me behind the huge stone pillar, and at the same time raised his fingers and made a silent gesture at me.
The two of us leaned together, motionless, my heart pounded, the beating sound outside that seemed to be a change continued, and the sound became louder and louder, and soon, the whole stone room seemed to be filled with this sound, making a loud bang, I had no idea what it was, but the nervous look on Ansaari's face became more and more obvious.
His nervous feelings affected me instantly, I leaned against the stone pillar, only to feel that my forehead had begun to break out in a cold sweat, subconsciously swallowed saliva, leaned my head back, but hit something, suddenly a sharp pain, I endured the pain and looked back, I saw that there was a slightly raised piece on the stone pillar, like an iron thing, just now, it was hit on this.
I was slightly stunned, I didn't know how there was such a thing on this stone pillar, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of turning on the stone wall in front of us.
"Zazaza ......"
Ansari was also stunned, and then in the midst of the stunned eyes of the two of us, the stone wall in front of us suddenly parted to the sides, revealing a dark hole.
The two of us suddenly showed a look of surprise and glanced at each other, and Ansari waved his hand without hesitation: "Let's go, go in and have a look." ”
He pulled my arm, and I didn't think much of it, and both of them flashed out of the hole at the same time.
As soon as we came out of this stone room, a cold wind suddenly rushed in front of us, and what appeared in front of us was a huge and terrifying dark space, in front of which was a cliff dozens of meters in a circle, and in front of the cliff, there was an underground abyss.
This scene instantly attracted our attention, but as soon as the two of us walked forward more than ten meters, the mechanism on the stone wall behind us turned again, and my heart moved, and when I looked back, the two stone doors had slowly closed, separating us in this creepy Jedi.
I was about to call Ansari when he had already reached the cliff and stretched out his hand to me, and I walked over to find that there was a huge abyss in front of us, and it was dark and dark below, and it looked like a hell, and it was terrifying.
At this moment, my heartbeat suddenly increased again, and even my legs couldn't help but weaken a little, Ansari's face was also very solemn, and after thinking about it, he took out a few cold fireworks from his backpack and threw them under the abyss.
The cold fireworks were like fireworks at midnight, cutting through the darkness in an instant, and the next moment, the things that appeared in front of us shocked Ansari and me, standing on the edge of the abyss, and we were speechless for a long time.
Beneath the abyss, a huge white skeleton appeared, winding together, and from a distance, it seemed to look like a legendary dragon.
And around the keel, densely packed, it was covered with the bones of countless people, which had long been scattered and difficult to count.
In the darkness, there was a cold and grim aura, swirling from the bottom of the abyss, bringing a strange roar, and instantly rushed past us.
I subconsciously took two steps back, only to feel that my mouth was dry and my whole body was cold.
Ansari's eyes widened, looking into the abyss, and three words muttered out of his mouth.
"Ten Thousand Corpse Graves......"