26. Poisoning
I stiffened up and didn't dare to drag everyone down, the numbness in my calves gradually rushed up to my knees, my heart was beating suddenly, my mind was full of cranky thoughts about the death that was finally fulfilled, and I forgot about it for a while, and limped behind Lao Wu.
In the pitch-black world without a sense of light, it was all up to Blind Chen to lead the way, and the group was even nervous, and they had to lose their strength when they walked all over, until Blind Chen shouted "stop" before they stopped one after another. After a short while, the big head was the first to light the lamp on his head, and everyone immediately looked around, and there was no trace of the snake, and one by one sat down on the spot and gasped for breath.
As soon as I rested, I only felt a burst of numbness on my thighs, and my heart said that when the snake venom flowed down the blood to the heart, it was going to be over, and I looked at the few people who were quite happy for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and the compassion suddenly rose from my chest, and I said to them in a low voice: "I...... It must be that you can't do it, so you'll leave me down and find your way out on your own. ”
In normal times, I really can't imagine that I can also show such a pessimism of losing my soul, and tears are almost not falling. With a surprised expression, the big head asked, "What's wrong?" ”
I pointed to my calf, "I was bitten by a poisonous snake just now, and now I ......" I couldn't say any more, shook my head, and tried my best to control my feelings, "This is my ......"
The big head grabbed my ankles, and I was almost knocked to the ground by him, and the second half of the sentence was swallowed back. The big head slowly rolled up my trouser legs and pouted when he saw the blood flowing out, and the blind man Chen on the side had already come over, groping with his hand and pressing the wound, I grinned in pain, and the big head looked at it for a long time, "No, this blood looks quite normal, and people also feel pain, how can it be ......"
Blind Chen frowned, put his nose close to the wound and sniffed, and then threw my leg aside, "There's a fart poison, get out quickly." ”
"Huh? How can it not be poisonous? My legs obviously feel numb, old man, you are not a liar......"
"Are you hoping for poison or what? There must be a venomous snake in that group, but the one that bites you is not. Blind Chen touched the stone wall angrily and leaned back and sat down.
"Alas, alas...... If only it were a poisonous snake. The big head shook his head and muttered to himself.
I ignored the big head's teasing, secretly moved my legs, after Chen Blind broke this point, and then carefully felt that there was nothing wrong with it, I didn't feel a burst of joy in my heart, but in a blink of an eye, it was a dead end, sooner or later, after this moment of time, after all, it still couldn't withstand the doomed fate.
Figured out that I was a false alarm, Zhang Xuanchang exhaled, his expression relaxed, and whispered on the side: "It's really a blessing in misfortune, it's good that I didn't encounter any danger." ”
Blind Chen sighed: "Now I understand why this tomb is not sealed. Only air circulation can support so many snakes, and the snakes must have been deliberately raised by King Luo Dian in the depths of the crevices of those intricate mines next to the Seven Star Array, and I don't know what they have eaten to reproduce from generation to generation. So far, no protective mechanism has been found in the tomb, and this group of snakes is a 'living mechanism' to prevent anyone from entering the tomb. ”
Lao Wu nodded "um", "Snakes can be dormant for a long time, and snakes that survive in the dark have natural phototaxis. The Seven Star Array Stone Cave is the hub where several passages converge, we have been around for a long time, alarming a snake is equivalent to waking up the entire snake group, this anti-theft design is indeed ingenious, as long as you enter the ancient tomb, you have to bring a cold and warm light source, and the snake is running to the light source. ”
The more everyone talked, the more scared they became, if it weren't for the fact that Chen Blind's keen sense of smell had won a few minutes in advance, we were suddenly besieged by the startled snakes under unknown circumstances, and we couldn't react to anything, and I don't know how heroic that death would be.
Blind Chen didn't look proud, he just kept saying "lucky", and then sighed heavily, "Now we just estimate that there is more than one entrance to the tomb of King Nan, and no one knows if they can get out in front, and I don't know how to go through the messy road here." ”
The big head said: "Otherwise, when the snakes disperse, the old man will take us back slowly." ”
Lao Wu shook his head with a sad face, and sighed, "It is only a matter of minutes for the dormant snakes to be awakened, but when they return to the snake nest, I don't know how long it will take." ”
"These tunnels can still find patterns." Zhang Xuan had been around for a long time, leaning over and picking up a few pieces of gravel, "If this is a tomb road, I don't understand, but the jade vein mine road has a direction to follow, I have noticed in the stone cave of the Seven Star Array just now, if several branch ore roads are required by the operation face of the mining process, they should all lead to the main ore vein, and the one we are walking on is also, but I can't say for sure what the main ore vein will be." ”
I gradually understood Zhang Xuan's intentions, since the tomb of the king of the south and the jade vein mine are not separated, he completely from the perspective of geological mineral distribution and mining operations to analyze, this should be the same in ancient and modern times, all in order to achieve high output and high efficiency, no matter how complex the distribution of the tomb is, it is also rebuilt from the original mine road, follow the branch mine to find the main ore vein, from the main ore vein to another possible branch entrance, this is not very difficult for Zhang Xuan, as for the main tomb of the Nanwang tomb where he does not know.
After thinking about this verse, everyone's worries were dispelled, and the atmosphere was finally no longer so tense. Zhang Xuan asked me to take out the water and rinse the wound briefly, and saw the deep holes on my legs after the blood stains were washed out, several people were palpitating, and the big head said again and again that I was lucky, if I caught up with a poisonous snake, the venom rushed up to the legs, I am afraid that if I don't die, I will have to become a eunuch.
After resting for a long time, everyone still felt that their backs were sore and their legs were weak, and it was not very far to get here, and the speed was not very fast, mainly because they were frightened by the dense group of snakes. Chen Blind said that the bearer bag he carried with him was his professional habit, and many of them were carried on the ground, and there were often snakes and insects that sneaked into the damp tombs, and the smell of the realgar could scare them away, but he didn't expect it to come in handy this time.
I looked at my watch, and it was four or five hours after we had descended from the well to the tomb, and it was already evening outside. Lao Wu was the first to stand up, pointed to the distance and said, "Let's go." Let's see if we can find the main burial chamber, no matter what the mystery should be answered there. ”
Lao Wu, who is about the same age as Chen's blind man, took the lead, and I and the big head Zhang Xuan were embarrassed to refuse to get up, I moved my limbs, and suddenly there was a sadness in my heart, the closer I got to the end, the more my life came to an end.