Chapter 32: The Ancient Tomb That Has Been Hollowed Out for a Long Time
The old ghost didn't seem to care where the place was, leaning against a stone wall and watching us discuss in a daze, I even caught a glimpse of him closing his eyes slightly, thinking: Is his trip really just for the reward given by Pang Qinghe? For no other purpose?
Soon, everyone reduced the weight of their backpacks, carrying only the necessary equipment, discarding all the superfluous things, and traveling lightly, the steep stone stairs required a huge amount of physical strength to walk that distance, and it was even more painful for us to move forward, which was already scarred.
Fortunately, the path chosen this time was the same as everyone expected, it was an escape path for the workers who built the cemetery, and there were no dangerous mechanisms, and although it was difficult to walk, it was better than being scared.
After climbing for at least two hours, we came to the end of the stone staircase, and there was no way up, but the surroundings were also empty, and there was no trace of the ancient tomb.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, and looked at the big head and the sunspot, the big head was also at a loss, and he didn't know what to do, and the sunspot began to knock around, hoping to find a secret door that could lead to the ancient tomb. Pang Qinghe also joined in, and the two searched together, so we retreated one after another, so as not to delay them.
At this moment, we should be in the outer surface of the third mountain and the inner layer of the depth is not much deep, so if the left side is opened, you can go out, then if the ancient tomb is really here, it must be on our right side, but looking at the past, there are traces of the unfathomable stone wall on the right.
No, Heizi and Pang Qinghe searched for a long time and didn't find any openings to enter, and the big head looked at the stone staircase in confusion, and the looming phosphorescence below looked dazzling, but at the same time, it was also very infiltrating.
Xiu'er stood beside me without saying a word, and the smoker, noticing that there was finally no sign of sulfur in the vicinity, lit a cigarette and took a big puff. The old ghost was idle and bored, and he also asked the smoker for a cigarette.
"What to do? It seems that there is really no way in? Big Head said. But how is that possible? If there is no way to enter, then who built this stone ladder, including the secret passage? ”
When the sunspots and the others were busy looking for the secret door along the right wall, the monkey kept looking up at the pitch black above, and after the big head asked a tangled question, he suddenly said, "Have you ever thought about whether the secret door is above your head!" Just imagine, if it is repaired on the side, it will not be easy to be discovered, but if it is repaired on it, it will be different, when you really want to run for your life, just jump lightly, pull your legs and run. ”
Reasonable! When the sunspot heard the sound, he climbed the wall like a gecko and ran to the top, his speed was amazingly fast, almost in the blink of an eye, the kung fu man had reached the top of everyone's heads, only to see him move slowly with one hand in a fist, knocking everywhere, and after a while, an empty sound came.
Sure enough, the back of the large stone was empty, and Kuroko found a place and tried to push it hard from below a few times, but it didn't move a bit. Of course, it's understandable that this is a place where the workers fled, and they didn't think about going back.
"All the people below retreat to the stone stairs!" Kuroko reminded us, and after seeing that we had retreated to a safe distance, he suddenly smashed his fist into the stone, and the force was so great that the whole stone shook and the gravel kept falling. Seeing that he hadn't been able to penetrate yet, Kuroko moved to the side and punched him again. Rao was like this, and the stone only cracked a few times. So he changed his position again, and the third punch went down, and the sharp cracking sound of "click" came into everyone's ears, and Kuroko quickly ran to the left side when he heard the sound, and as his body left, the whole stone burst into several petals, and fell in response, smashed to the ground, and the dust flew up, and we looked up, and a wide entrance finally appeared.
"Hey, sure enough, the ancient tomb is right up here!" The fat man shouted excitedly, to be honest, when the rest of the people saw this entrance, they couldn't help but say that it was complicated, after all, they had paid too much for it all the way.
Only the big head was still shaking his head in surprise, "How come?" Could it really be built halfway up the mountain? ”
"Taro, can this go in immediately?" The fat man hurriedly stepped forward, and finally did not forget to ask.
"Well, it should be fine, as long as it's not an ancient tomb buried deep underground, it will be more or less ventilated, but it's so high, how do you go up?"
"It's easy! Kuroko, I'm going to trouble you to take this rope up and find a place to fix it first! As he spoke, he threw the rope in his hand at Kuroko, who was still clinging to the stone wall, and Kuroko caught it and quickly crawled towards the entrance, jumped in, and disappeared in an instant.
The old ghost raised his head, shone the miner's lamp in his hand towards the entrance, and could only see a vague black shadow, sighing, "This is the purpose of your group?" For the gold and silver jewels buried in the tomb? ”
"yes!"
"It's not!"
The answer was almost at the same time, but the fat man and I gave the answer diametrically opposite.
The old ghost let out a long sigh, "If it's for the treasures on it, then I can tell you that there shouldn't be much in it, remember the people who died in that laboratory?" They discovered the tomb decades ago and organized a large number of people to excavate it in broad daylight. You are not the first wave of people to visit this tomb. ”
"What." The fat man was shocked, "You mean all the good things in it were stolen by those people?" ”
The old ghost nodded, "So if it's for the treasure, then your trip will be in vain!" ”
Hearing this, the fat man's excitement disappeared instantly, and even the rope that Kuroko threw down and hit him didn't pick it up, the whole person was stunned, a few of us looked at him like this, and there was really no way, and finally the big head said, "We are here for something more important, some people are very sure that that thing is in this tomb, treasure and the like, not everyone's interest." ”
That being said, but who doesn't love money? Now I hear that the valuable things in the ancient tomb have long been emptied, and I can't help but feel a little lost.
Suddenly, the big head seemed to think of something. "Old ghost, are you sure that the wave of people have passed this tomb before?"
"Sure!"
The big head got a positive answer, and said to everyone with a smile, "Since the road has been paved by predecessors, there must be no more mechanisms in the tomb, and everyone can quickly complete the task and return home safely." ”
yes, I didn't think of that. If there is no mechanism, then as long as you take the coffin that He Lao Er asked for, and then find a way to leave the forest, you will successfully complete the task.
"Alright, come up!" Kuroko urged from above.
The fat man quickly regained some spirits, and although he still had a mournful expression on his face, he still grabbed the rope and climbed up little by little.
I stood on the stone stairs and watched them enter the cemetery one by one, when suddenly Xiu'er pulled my arm and said, "Mosquito, look there." ”
Looking in the direction pointed by Xiu'er, it was pitch black under the stone staircase, and I didn't see anything. I was about to speak, but Xiu'er continued, "Look, there! ”
This startled me at this sight, and there was a long pale yellow light in the darkness that ran rapidly and intermittently in this direction.
"What's that?" Xiu'er asked suspiciously.
Old ghost, Pang Qinghe and the rest of the people also looked at it together when they heard the conversation, probably because the movement was a little bigger, and the pale yellow light suddenly stopped, motionless. But we've seen it all.
"Old ghost, do you know what that is?"
I saw his sharp eyes staring at the place where the light stopped, his face was grim and he stared at it without saying a word, several of us held our breath when we saw this, and they who had already entered the tomb and stood at the entrance of the cave realized that something was wrong here, and they all held their breath and looked at this side.
For a long time, the light was barely audible, and it felt safe, so it moved up a staircase with a small movement, and as it looked up, its dark green eyes were exceptionally bright in the darkness.
Seeing those eyes, the old ghost breathed a sigh of relief, "It's the nightmare demon fox that followed, don't worry about it, everyone goes into the tomb." As long as we don't sleep, it can't help us! ”