Chapter 10: The Head of the Beast

I squatted intently on the ground and flipped through my backpack to find the rope, and when I heard a noise above the iron pillar, I stood up and looked up to see what was going on above. And at this moment, a strong wind rushed behind me, and it flew me straight away.

I sat on the ground and was shocked to see more than a dozen iron pipes, diagonally inserted into the ground where I had just landed. Before I was glad and frightened, I heard someone coming at a gallop, pulled me up from the ground, and dragged me backwards without saying a word. The flashlight had been thrown out just now, and now the surroundings were in chaos, but I could tell that the person who was pulling me on the run was the Master. When I realized it, I was too happy to speak.

And at that moment, a boulder fell behind him, smashing into the ground with a deafening thud. The roar wafted behind my ears, and the Master, who was pulling me away, stopped and let go of my hand.

I recalled the experience of being alone in a deep pit, and my heart was so excited that I couldn't help but shout "Master" excitedly, thinking that I would get comfort from Master.

As a result, in exchange for a burst from the master and his old man, my head was knocked out of the gold star.

The master looked at me with an excited expression on his face, half of his anger disappeared, he sighed first, and then said to me, "You dead rabbit cub, why do you always run around, always asking me, an ancient person, to worry for you. ”

I said to the master with some grievances, "I was at the earthen wall just now, and I was forced to fall off because the rope suddenly broke. As a result, I stood below and waited for you for a long time, but I didn't see you come down, and then I got lost, and couldn't find the place I was, so I had to walk to the cemetery, thinking that you too would pass through here, and I would definitely be able to meet you again. You see, now we're not meeting. ”

Master glared at me, then walked back, muttering, "You stupid, you can get lost in a while, it's really not worry-free." Listening to Master's stern reprimand, I remained silent and followed him quietly.

After walking a few steps behind Master, I saw the light of a few flashlights in front of me and the sound of people talking, and I thought to myself: it must be the other members of the search and rescue team, but fortunately they are all alive and well. Sure enough, I saw the tall and sturdy captain Locke from a distance, and it seemed that Luo was bearded standing next to him. After a long absence, I thought to myself that they should be very worried about me, and when I thought that I had caused them trouble again, I felt a little embarrassed and walked towards them in embarrassment.

When I approached them, the blonde interpreter greeted me happily and asked, "Are you alright?" ”

I smiled awkwardly, then said lightly, "I'm fine." The female translator handed me a flashlight and said that I had just dropped it. I pushed the flashlight on/off, and the light of the flashlight dissipated, and I saw several people in front of me, all of them with gray faces, and their bodies were still splashed with blood, like ghosts that had just crawled out of the grave.

I looked closely at it in surprise and worry, and found that there were quite a few people in the search and rescue team, but everyone seemed to have been injured in different ways, and one of the foreigners seemed to have broken his leg.

Seeing the situation of the search and rescue team members, I suddenly remembered the gunshots I heard earlier, so I hurriedly asked them, "I heard the gunshots just now, what happened?" ”

When Luo Dabeard heard my question, he didn't answer, but asked me with concern: "Xiaowen, were you injured when you fell down just now?" ”

I heard Luo's bearded warm question, hurriedly shook my head, and said to him gratefully: "I'm fine, thank you Uncle Luo for your concern." ”

Luo Bearded smiled and said to me, "It's okay." I was really scared when I saw you fall just now, and I kept blaming myself for not being able to catch you in time. ”

I hurriedly waved my hand and said to him: "When the incident happened suddenly, I was unexpected, how can I blame you, don't blame yourself." After that, I asked again what happened when the gunshots rang out just now.

As a result, just as Luo Dabeard wanted to answer, the master, who was standing beside me, suddenly made a gesture of silence, and then propped his palms behind his ears and listened attentively, as if he had discovered something unusual.

Seeing that there was something wrong with Master's expression, I immediately looked around, but as a result, I didn't notice anything wrong around me, and I just wanted to ask Master what was wrong. And just then, a cracking sound broke the silence around me and penetrated into my ears. However, I was still surprised before I could find the source of the sound, and then the sound of eggshells cracking jumped out of the surroundings continuously.

At this time, everyone finally heard the source of the voice, and they all turned to look behind them. I found that the bang on the ground just now was a rusty iron lump, which seemed to fall off from the top of the iron pillar, probably because it fell from a high altitude, causing the iron lump to begin to crack, making the sound of eggshell breaking.

I saw that this iron bump was very strange, so I crouched down and put the light of the flashlight close to it. I saw that the iron lump smashed on the ground could not see its original appearance clearly, and its general shape seemed to be the appearance of a beast's head. I looked at the iron lump that looked like the head of the beast, and thought to myself: If this iron beast head had been placed on this iron pillar before, then this iron pillar is very likely to be a Huabiao erected in front of the mausoleum. However, the position where Tiezhu is located should still be some distance from the real Tang Tomb, and the deep pit is obviously a fake cemetery, so it stands to reason that Huabiao should not be erected here.

However, if you think about it, this big iron pillar that seems to be covered with thorns may not be Huabiao. I can't figure out what this hollow iron pillar filled with iron pipes is, and what is the use of putting it here? "Iron" is a metal that was very precious in ancient times, and it would not be made useless for no reason and wasted here.

Thinking of this, I intend to express my doubts to Master, maybe Master and his old man will know the name and usefulness of this iron pillar. I took another look at the rusty iron beast's head, then stood up and found Master listening carefully with his ear to the iron pillar. Looking at Master's preoccupation, I couldn't help but wonder what sound a hollow iron pillar would have, even if there was a sound, that is, it was only the sound of the wind poured into the iron pipe.

I saw that the master was busy, so I had to ask the bearded man Luo beside me, "Uncle Luo, you said that this is the same as the big iron pillar, is it Huabiao?" ”

Luo Dabeard was bending over, intently looking at the iron bump on the ground, he looked stern, did not answer my question, but put the flashlight close to the crack on the iron bump, and looked inside the iron beast's head. Seeing his actions, I was amazed and said: Is it difficult to find this inconspicuous iron bump, and there is a secret hidden in it? I immediately leaned my face over curiously, and saw that the inside of the iron bump illuminated by the flashlight was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything. However, when I watched it closely, I could faintly hear a slight sound, like the sound of gears turning. I was afraid that it was my own auditory hallucination, so I put my ear to the crack in the iron beast's head, closed my eyes and listened carefully.

At this time, the members of the foreigner search and rescue team standing next to me felt confused about my strange behavior. The female translator walked up to me curiously, bent down and asked, "Is there any sound in this thing?" Why don't we keep going? ”

I heard the female translator's question, and instead of leaving the iron bump, I put my index finger to her mouth and motioned for her to keep quiet. When the female translator saw my movements, she had no choice but to straighten up and walk to Captain Locke, who was standing on the side, to talk to him.

I pressed my ear to the head of the iron beast, listening intently to see if there was really a sound inside. And at this moment, there was a clicking sound from the cold inside the iron beast's head, as if it was the sound of unlocking the lock with a key. Then there was another click, one after another, a total of nine times, before it stopped in amazement. And just after the nine sounds, the iron lump no longer made any sound, I immediately opened my eyes, stared intently at the iron beast's head, and saw it lying quietly on the ground, as if it was a solid iron lump, without any reaction, as if the sound just now, it was not coming from its inside.

Looking at the iron beast head lying motionless on the ground, I was very disappointed. The sound that came from inside it just now must have been the sound of the mechanism used to open the iron beast's head. However, probably because the mechanism controlled has fallen into disrepair and has broken down after wind and rain, so there is no way to open it again. At this time, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, if the mechanism didn't break down just now, but turned on normally, then I stupidly put my head on it, undoubtedly playing a lantern in the toilet ---- looking for () to die.

I wiped the cold sweat that had just broken out on my forehead, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: since the iron beast head is broken, why don't you get it out of the way and see what kind of delicate mechanism is designed inside. With this in mind, I put my backpack on the ground, unzipped it, rummaged through it for tools that could be used to insert into the cracks in the iron beast's head, and then pried open the rusty and damaged skin of the beast's head.

Seeing me flipping through my backpack in a hurry, Luo Dabeard, who was standing next to me, asked me, "Virtuous nephew, have you noticed anything wrong?" ”

I replied nonchalantly, "I just heard some noise and wanted to pry it open to see." With that, he continued to rummage through tools.

Luo Bearded stood beside me, watching me flip through my backpack with a look of intent and stopping, I don't know if he was worried in some way, or if he didn't think he should be delayed by an iron bump, and wanted to rush the team forward.

I saw Luo Dabeard's somewhat tangled expression, and immediately realized that I was now losing my mind and wasting precious time to rescue Yue'er for no reason. So, I hurriedly tidied up the messy backpack, then stood up, put the backpack on my back, and beckoned everyone who was resting to continue walking.

I walked up to the Master, but I saw him turn his head blankly, and the expression on his face was one of a smile and a frown, and he was very richly transformed.

When I saw Master's strange expression, which I had never had before, I was so shocked that I felt like I was choking, and I couldn't help but say, "Master, what's wrong, as if I've fallen into an evil spirit?"

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