CHAPTER XLIV

Tower of Sacrifice

Everyone was still in a trance, and one of Fang Xin's heads disappeared from the wall again. Seeing that the other people were hairy, they all stood stupidly and didn't know what to do.

Or Hu Jie, she was finally the first to speak. However, he stammered and said, 'We...... Are we ...... Isn't it also over?'

However, there was no response from others.

A few seconds later, Ruan Xiaotian had the courage to say, "Damn, are you dreaming?" No matter, since Fang Xin's kid has nothing to do, we definitely have nothing to do.' How do you look at it, it looks like it's out of the way, and it looks like it's dead.

No one laughed at him, although his actions and words wanted to make people laugh. But in this atmosphere, no one can laugh out loud.

After Ruan Xiaotian finished speaking, he didn't care what the others thought, and stepped into the wall with one big step. Like Fang Xin, he really disappeared into the wall.

Coming to the other side of the wall, Ruan Xiaotian suddenly felt enlightened, as if he had come to another world.

It was only then that he could see the full picture of the ancient pavilion. Speaking of which, this pavilion is indeed not big, only about 1,000 square meters. But it was empty, and there was nothing in the entire pavilion except for dozens of large columns. Empty and withered, as if forgotten by the world for a long time. But then again, this ancient pavilion buried at the bottom of Taihu Lake has indeed been forgotten for more than a thousand years.

The pavilion is in the form of a large circle, and several large pillars also form a small circle in it. No wonder they follow the pillar on the upper floor, and they can't get to the end, and they are really going in circles.

The reason why Ruan Xiaotian was able to see this layer clearly was mainly because the oil lamps on each pillar were all lit at the moment. Although it can't be compared with the chandelier at home, it can already illuminate the situation in the pavilion.

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard someone calling him: 'Ruan Xiaotian, why are you stupid, why don't you come over and help.' Looking back, who else could it be if it wasn't Fang Xin.

I saw that Fang Xin was squatting on the ground at this time, beckoning Ruan Xiaotian while trying to pull Liu Ting out of the crack.

Ruan Xiaotian saw clearly that at this time, half of Liu Ting's body sank into the floor, and it happened to be stuck on her soft waist. It's really not up, it's not down.

No matter what the reason is, let's pull Liu Ting out of the crack in the ground first. Thinking of this, Ruan Xiaotian didn't say a word, took two steps and came to Liu Ting's side, stretched out his arm to pull Liu Ting's hand. Just after a little effort, I heard Liu Ting's oops, and her whole body was like an electric shock, shaking non-stop.

Fang Xin glared at him fiercely and said, "You fucking thought you were pulling turnips. You can't be gentle with other girls.'

Liu Ting, whose face was covered with beads of sweat, barely squeezed out a smile, and said with difficulty: "I have nothing to do, you can rest assured, I can hold it.'"

Ruan Xiaotian gave a thumbs up, glanced at Fang Xin, and said to Liu Ting as if raising the bar: "I'm sorry, the heroine of the female middle school, admire and admire."

Fang Xin didn't pay attention to him anymore, and looked down at the crack in the ground and where Liu Ting was stuck. Then he said, 'Bear with me, we'll try to pull you up at once.'" Liu Ting nodded knowingly. Only then did Fang Xin turn around and say to Ruan Xiaotian: "Listen, you go over there, I'm here. I said one, two, three, let's work together.'

Ruan Xiaotian snapped his fingers as if he had been ordered, and then went around to the other side.

One, two, three......

I heard a few crunching sounds, which were accompanied by Liu Ting's screams from unbearable pain. Fang Xin and Ruan Xiaotian finally pulled Liu Ting out of the cracks in the ground.

Liu Ting's face became even more ugly, she gasped and couldn't say a word.

There was no way, Fang Xin had no choice but to put Liu Ting down on the floor a little farther away from the ground.

Fang Xin saw that at Liu Ting's waist, the circle was blood-red. There were also several cuts on the pants, which were exposed on the white and tender thighs outside, and there were also faint traces of blood. Fortunately, her face was not scratched. Otherwise, if you break the appearance, how can you call other girls to live.

It seems that Liu Ting is injured, but I don't know if the injury is light or severe. Fang Xingang wanted to lift her clothes to see the injury, his hand just touched the corner of her clothes, thought about it, and retracted it.

Taking advantage of people's danger is not Fang Xin's consistent style, besides, she is still a big girl with yellow flowers. Fang Xin thought about it, but still gave up.

It just so happened that at this time, Hu Jie and the three girls also passed through the wall, just like Ruan Xiaotian did at the beginning, they looked at it stupidly for a long time, but they didn't move.

Fang Xin immediately greeted them: "Teacher Hu, the three of you are standing stupidly. Come and help me see Liu Ting, how is she hurt?'

When the three of them heard the voice, they all hugged Liu Ting's side together.

After a while, Fang Xin couldn't wait to ask, 'How is it, is there anything wrong with her?' Since Fang Xin had his back to them, he couldn't see the specific situation.'

Hu Jie patted Fang Xin, and after he turned around, Hu Jie said: "It's all skin trauma, and the problem is not very serious. I just don't know how long we will be stuck here, and if it takes a long time, it will be difficult to say.'

Fang Xin glanced at Liu Ting, and sure enough, seeing that her face was much better, Fang Xin was relieved, and he said: "Don't care about these things for now, before we find a way to leave, we must find Shen Kuo and Xiaoxue. I don't know what you think, I won't leave them behind.'

'What do you say, are we that kind of people?' Hu Jie raised her face and said seriously.

Du Zijuan suddenly interjected: "We don't know anything about this place, so it's not so much that we go to Shen Kuo and Xiaoxue first, and then find a way to get out. It's better to say that we are looking for people and looking for ways to get out of the way.'

'That's right.' Jingzhi also agreed, she leaned in front of Liu Ting, and suddenly changed the topic and asked Liu Ting, 'Why are you stuck here?' I don't understand, all five of us have been left out, how can you end up in this pavilion?'

Hearing this, they all turned their eyes to Liu Ting, and they all wanted to figure out what had happened to her.

This is also what Fang Xin wanted to ask as soon as he saw Liu Ting, but he was in a hurry to rescue Liu Ting, but he forgot about it. Seeing Jingzhi asking a question at this time, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Liu Ting thought about it, and still told her what happened after she was forced to jump into the water.

It turned out that after Liu Ting was pushed into the lake, she also struggled first. Then, when the last bit of consciousness was completely lost, she also fell into the vortex.

I thought I was going to die, and I died in this Taihu Lake. Unexpectedly, I don't know how long it took, but miraculously woke up.

The rest of her life after the catastrophe made her very excited.

When she came to her senses, she felt pain all over her body. I looked around and found myself in a large hall full of darkness. When I looked up, a large hole appeared in the roof. Come to think of it, I was smashed out just now.

And the place where Liu Ting stayed at the beginning was the upper floor that Fang Xin and the others had just passed.

When he said this, Ruan Xiaotian suddenly interjected: "Damn, it turns out that the big hole in the roof was made by you. Luckily, the floors aren't high. Otherwise, if you don't die, you will be crippled. But what's going on?'

Nguyen Xiaotian refers to the hole that appears on the floor on this floor. If Liu Ting fell directly from above, she would not be alive. Moreover, the floor of the upper floor is intact and no damage has been found.

Liu Ting swallowed her saliva and said, 'Listen to me......

After she was thrown down, there were already four oil lamps on the upper floor. Like Fang Xin and the others, except for a small area illuminated by the oil lamp, everything else was shrouded in darkness.

So, Liu Ting stood up and planned to look around what kind of place it was. Fortunately, she didn't encounter ghosts like Fang Xin and them.

The main reason is that Liu Ting did not have the opportunity to do so. Because not long after she stood up, she saw a familiar back pass in front of her eyes. She didn't think about it, so she quickly chased after her.

While chasing back, he shouted: 'Cousin, cousin, wait for me, I'm Tingting!'

But the strange thing is that no matter how she shouted and pursued, the person in front never looked back, let alone stopped.

Fang Xin was also very surprised and surprised, he asked Liu Ting: "You mean Shen Kuo?" It's unlikely, right? Tingting, are you mistaken?'

Liu Ting said with great certainty: "He is my cousin, how could I be wrong. At that time, it was my cousin who walked in front of me.'

Fang Xin pondered for a while, and then he said, "There must be something strange in this. Tingting, think about it, if it's really Shen Kuo. It's impossible for him not to look back when he hears your cry.'

Hu Jie also said on the side: 'Could it be a dried corpse too?' What Hu Jie thought of was that they could come to the second layer, wasn't they led by the dry corpse. It's just that she still hasn't figured out whether the dry corpse is friend or foe.

'yes, could it be a dried corpse?' Jingzhi also said.

Du Zijuan interrupted their questions and said, "Don't guess, let Liu Ting continue!" Let's guess here, what's the point.'

Seeing that what Du Zijuan said was reasonable, everyone stopped talking, and calmed down and looked at Liu Ting.

Liu Ting followed the guy who was very similar to Shen Kuo, and also came to this floor smoothly. That Shen Kuo seems to be looking for something, look there, look here, just ignore Liu Ting. Several times, Liu Ting stood in front of him, and the man still turned a blind eye.

Therefore, Liu Ting is sure that what she saw is Shen Kuo. Because she has seen Shen Kuo's front, there is no difference except for ignoring her.

This makes it very strange for everyone to understand this phenomenon correctly.

'And then?' Fang Xin asked.

Liu Ting pointed to the wall in front of her, which could not be touched, and said, "Then, I saw my cousin magically pass through that wall. At the time, I was terrified, and I thought it wasn't my cousin, it was a ghost or something.'

Fang Xin smiled faintly and said, "But you still defeated your fear, and you don't believe that all this will be true. Follow your so-called cousin through this wall as well.'

'Yes, I have to.' Liu Ting said categorically, 'He's my cousin, not someone else. I'll have to follow him anyway.'

'And then?' Jingzhi leaned in and asked.

Liu Ting thought about it, and seemed to be unable to speak. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally said, 'And then ...... And then I went through that wall as well. Somehow, I got stuck in the pit. I waited a long time until you guys showed up.'

Fang Xin seemed to have grasped a place that Liu Ting had overlooked. He asked eagerly, 'Are you saying that this hole has been there for a long time, not you, or Shen Kuo?'

After getting Liu Ting's affirmation, Fang Xin then asked, "Then what about Shen Kuo, where did he go?"

If it was really Shen Kuo, it would be impossible for him to disappear for no reason. Unless, what Liu Ting saw was just a phantom, which is hard to say.

Seeing Fang Xin ask, Liu Ting reluctantly stood up. Judging by the way she looks, it should be really fine.

Liu Ting looked around, and then pointed to the right rear and said, "I fell down at that time, and I didn't care too much. However, my cousin seems to have gone in that direction.'

Everyone turned their eyes in the direction that Liu Ting was pointing, but there was nothing there.

Strictly speaking, on this level, there is nothing but dozens of thick pillars and that ethereal wall.

Du Zijuan also asked curiously: 'What kind of place is this?' The building is not like a building, and the house is not like a house.'

Liu Ting said: "This is a tower, but it is not the tower we often see in our impressions. I can't say the specifics. It should be a tower used by a tribe or a certain people to worship and store the spirits of the dead in ancient times.'

'Tower?' Jingzhi, Du Zijuan and Hu Jie exclaimed at the same time. Such a large circular wooden structure of the pavilion, to say that it is a tower, no one will believe it.

Fang Xin suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, okay, whether it's a tower or not, it doesn't matter to us. Rest here first, and I'll look around and see if there's any way down.'

Originally, Fang Xin planned to call Ruan Xiaotian, the only man left here, to go with him. When he stood up, he found that Ruan Xiaotian was lying at the entrance of the cave at some point, looking at something, looking attentive.

Fang Xin had no choice but to walk over, kick him and say, 'Don't lie on your stomach, get up, let's go look somewhere else.'

No wonder I didn't hear Ruan Xiaotian nagging on the side, daring him to observe the hole.

Seeing that Fang Xin was calling him, Ruan Xiaotian didn't get up, but made a silent hand gesture. He lowered his voice and said, 'Holy, come and see, see what I've found.'

Fang Xin is face was puzzled, but curiosity also prompted him to bend down and look towards the hole. I looked at it for a long time and found nothing. He said impatiently, 'Nothing, what the hell are you looking at?'

Ruan Xiaotian seemed to be confident, and motioned to Fang Xin to lie down at the entrance of the cave and look like him. Fang Xin had no choice but to follow Ruan Xiaotian and lay on the ground.

At first, it was pitch black under the entrance to the cave, and nothing could be seen. Gradually, the eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness. Fang Xin saw that there was indeed something on the next floor. But what it is, Fang Xin still can't see clearly.

So, he turned his face to Ruan Xiaotian again, waiting for his answer.

Seeing that Fang Xin was looking at himself, Ruan Xiaotian said excitedly: "Damn, you haven't seen it clearly.'" So saying, he put his hand into the cavern, pointed to the darkness below, and said, 'Look, this is clearly an altar. There are six tall bonfires on each side, and the disc in the center is supposed to be the altar, just like the one in Beijing. It's just that it's much smaller than Beijing.'

As soon as Ruan Xiaotian said this, Fang Xin's eyes widened, and he took a closer look. Vaguely, it seems like it's really going on. If this is the case, then Liu Ting's statement that this is a sacrificial tower is very credible.

Seeing that Fang Xin was still stunned, Ruan Xiaotian pushed him, and still whispered: "Damn, how about it, go down and take a look, there may be unexpected discoveries."

Being pushed by Ruan Xiaotian, Fang Xin came to his senses from his trance. He didn't look at Ruan Xiaotian, stood up, and asked Ruan Xiaotian: 'Go down?' How? We didn't have any equipment with us. You want us to jump off one by one and fall to our deaths!'

Ruan Xiaotian pursed his lips, then stood up and said, "Damn, don't do this. Didn't we do the same on the roof, and there would be no problem.'

Seeing Ruan Xiaotian's face, Fang Xin wanted to count him down when he got the opportunity. He looked down at the hole and said to Ruan Xiaotian, 'You are stupid, this hole is so small. Even Liu Ting's slender figure is stuck, let alone you and me.'

didn't wait for Ruan Xiaotian to react, Fang Xin pulled him over and said, "Okay, okay, don't fix these useless things. Look for the stairs to see if there is a way down, that's the right thing.'

Ruan Xiaotian wanted to say something, but when he saw Fang Xin turn around, he left. He had to muttered in his heart: 'Damn, don't think I don't know the way, you are also an out-and-out coward.'

Two people, one to the right and the other to the left, began to look for a staircase down the circular hall. But after looking for a long time, I found nothing. This came as a surprise to the two of them.

It stands to reason that there are stairs down from the upper floor. Then, further down from this floor, there should also be stairs. But after Fang Xin and Ruan Xiaotian turned around a few times, they didn't even see the shadow of a staircase.

As a last resort, the two of them had to return to Liu Ting and them.

As soon as he sat down, Ruan Xiaotian couldn't wait to say, "Damn, what the hell is this place, there is not even a staircase. I said, everybody, let's go down through the hole. It's okay to be small, we can make it bigger! How?' After speaking, he looked at the few people present with expectant eyes, hoping to get their approval.

It's a pity that no one paid attention to him.

Fang Xin turned around and asked Liu Ting, "Think about it again, which direction Shen Kuo is going from. Or rather, where did he disappear after the last moment?'

At this time, Liu Ting's strength was almost recovered. She didn't say anything and walked straight in the direction she had pointed before. When she reached the outermost pillar, she stopped and said to Fang Xin, who came with her, "I remember that this is the place, and there will be no mistake."

Fang Xin took a look, he had checked this place several times, and he didn't see the shadow of the stairs at all. His eyebrows furrowed all of a sudden, puzzled.

Now there are only two possibilities, either, that there is indeed no staircase down to the descent. But this possibility was immediately vetoed by Fang Xin, no matter what kind of sacrificial tower this place was, or other buildings, it was impossible to have no stairs.

One of the remaining possibilities is that there is a mechanism on this level and the staircase is hidden. Although I don't know what to do for it, the probability of this possibility is extremely high.

Seeing that the two of them still hadn't found anything, Ruan Xiaotian said as if gloating: "Damn, why can't you listen to my opinion. Why look for stairs to go down from this hole.'

He is the kind of character who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic and has to work against people.

didn't find the stairs, Fang Xin was already on fire in his heart. Hearing Ruan Xiaotian still say this, he couldn't control himself anymore, and yelled loudly: "Are you fucking willing to let us fall to death one by one. If you look closely, it's black and you can't see anything underneath. You are bold, you jump by yourself, don't bother us.'

Ruan Xiaotian was afraid that others would yell at him, and as soon as he saw Fang Xin's formation, he immediately lowered his head. Even so, he was still muttering something. It was too far away, and Fang Xin didn't hear it.

Seeing that the situation was stale, Hu Jie came out to play a round and said: 'Okay, okay, in my opinion, let's look for it first. When I can't find it, I'll try to get down from this hole.'

Also, if he really can't find a way out, Fang Xin has no choice but to compromise.

But at this moment, there was a sudden sound in the hall. It's loud and can be heard by almost everyone. Especially Fang Xin, he felt that the sound was near him, not far away.

In front of him, at the foot of Fang Xin's stood, a long opening suddenly opened. That's where the sound comes from, and the crack keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Looking up, Fang Xin suddenly found that the oil lamp on the pillar where Liu Ting was standing had gone out at some point. Moreover, it rotates one hundred and eighty degrees clockwise. And Liu Ting was standing under the oil lamp, and she was also surprised, as if she didn't know that this kind of thing would happen to Lu Dao.

Fang Xin was overjoyed and said to Liu Ting: "Great, how did you know about the Lu Dao organ?"

Liu Ting was surprised: "I... I... I don't know what to do. I just saw that the oil lamp was a little crooked and wanted to try to correct it. Unexpectedly, I only used a little bit of force, and it turned into what it is now. I don't know if this is the mechanism!'

Looking at Liu Ting's panicked expression, she should really not know about this matter.

However, the ground at this time did not stop because of their conversation. The sound was rhythmic, and the floor was constantly shrinking to the side. After a while, a large slit about five meters long and less than one meter wide was revealed.

Fang Xin looked at it, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything. Only at the entrance, there seems to be a staircase.

'Bring me an oil lamp.' Fang Xin commanded, but he didn't want to, all the people came over with an oil lamp, wanting to find out. Except for Liu Ting and Fang Xin, the other four people each held an oil lamp high and looked at Lu.

Soon, the exposed gaps were illuminated by the light and the steps stretched down into the darkness.

Ruan Xiaotian looked at it for a long time, and finally came up with a sentence: 'Damn, I said why can't I find the stairs to go down, dare to hide here.'

Due to the narrowness of the staircase, it is less than a meter wide. If you want to go down, you can only go down one by one. Therefore, Fang Xin snatched the oil lamp from Hu Jie's hand and said to Ruan Xiaotian: "I'll go ahead, Ruan Xiaotian, you will break off.'"

'Damn, why am I again.' Ruan Xiaotian said unconvinced.

Fang Xin had already descended a few steps at this time, and he said angrily: "What so much nonsense, you are still not a man." In a word, Ruan Xiaotian originally wanted to complain again.

A group of six people, four oil lamps, fish through, illuminating the ink-like corridor.

The entire corridor is also made of wood, just like the previous floor. The only difference is that the upper floor followed a dried corpse, and this time they walked on their own.

After walking for a while, they realized that the corridor did not go down in a straight line, but circled down like a spiral staircase.

No wonder, no wonder on the upper floor, they walked for a long time and did not see the bottom . The whole corridor is round.

After a while, everyone finally came to the next level, which was the third floor. This floor is different from the previous two floors, in addition to dozens of thick circular pillars, on this floor, there are countless cabinets densely placed.

All the cabinets are basically flush with the roof, from the outside to the inside, in a circular layout. Layer by layer until you reach a large cabinet in the very middle. If you look at it from above, it's like a big circle with a small circle. Circle by circle, neatly placed.

About a quarter of the way through, there is a gap, which should be a place for people to get in and out. The cabinet looks like a small drawer, similar to the kind of small drawer in a Chinese medicine shop. If you count carefully, there are not tens of thousands, but thousands.

While everyone was still enjoying this wonderful scenery in the outer circle, Ruan Xiaotian walked in alone through a nearby gap, and said as he walked: "Damn, what are you doing, selling Chinese medicine!" What the hell is in there?' In a short time, he disappeared from cabinet to cabinet.

Fang Xin didn't understand what so many cabinets were for here. He turned his gaze to Liu Ting, since Liu Ting said that this was a sacrificial tower. Well, maybe she also knows the purpose of these cabinets.

After everyone walked in, Liu Ting looked at the small drawers one by one, pondered for a while, and said, "You should all have been to the cemetery. This place is like an ancient cemetery, except that each drawer does not necessarily contain human ashes. It could be a part of the human body, such as a certain piece of bone or something. In ancient times, people in some places believed that as long as a certain part of the human body existed, or locked. Then, it is equivalent to locking the soul of that person, and not becoming a lonely ghost. Of course, this is just my guess, I don't know if it's accurate.'

Regardless of whether Liu Ting said it or not, when she finished speaking, the other three girls almost hugged each other. Good fellows, together they broke into the world of ghosts.

Fang Xin was about to say something, but suddenly heard Ruan Xiaotian over there say, "Damn, come and see, what I found."

When everyone heard this, they ran over without much thought.

It turned out that a small hole appeared in one of the floors of the main hall. Strangely, this hole is perpendicular to the hole that Liu Ting fell into on the previous floor. The difference is that this hole is much larger than the previous one.

Fang Xin suddenly thought of an incredible thing. He remembered that when he and Ruan Xiaotian were looking at the entrance of the cave on the upper floor, they saw a place that resembled an altar. But now, where they were and what he saw from above, were completely different.

Ruan Xiaotian also seemed to have noticed this, he scratched his hair and said to himself: "Damn, what's going on?" Am I mistaken? It can't be true!'

Fang Xin glanced at Ruan Xiaotian and didn't say anything more. He leaned down, intending to go through the hole and see what the next layer was all about.

Something strange happened, when Fang Xin's head just reached the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, I felt that a powerful suction force came from under the hole. Before Fang Xin could see clearly, his whole person was like being attracted by a magnet, and he fell from the hole in an instant.

At the moment when his consciousness was about to disappear, Fang Xin only heard Ruan Xiaotian's shouts. Then, his person, along with his consciousness, all fell into endless darkness. (To be continued......)