Chapter 313: Rats
There is air flow through, the inside is empty, the hole is too hidden, if it weren't for Geng Jianyang squatting on the stone by mistake to get water to drink, if it weren't for the fact that he felt different from ordinary people, a little careless, it would be difficult to find that there would be a cave under the bluestone, Wang Xiaohu glanced at Geng Jianyang in surprise, and asked softly: "Such a hidden cave, will it go straight to the place where Leng Tianxiang is?" ”
Geng Jianyang snorted, nodded slightly, and said: "Since we went to the island, we have been walking for nearly a day, and there are wild places everywhere, and there is no trace left by anyone, but the more this is the case, the more it shows that Leng Tianxiang is hiding the secret, since he can't see it on the surface, will he dig the mountain as a hole and hide it inside?" I think it's very likely. ”
Wang Xiaohu bent down and dug inside, it was indeed empty, and poured water into it, but he couldn't feel anything, jumped into the pool, the pool was not deep to his waist, and along the rocks to open the rotten grass and withered vines, revealing a black hole, most of the hole was hidden in the water, only one-third was exposed on the water surface, and he pricked up his ears to listen carefully, and there was a faint sound of wind inside.
"Call the little madman and Jack, and let's go in and find out what's going on." Wang Xiaohu stretched out his hand and swayed a few times in the hole, feeling that there was no danger, Geng Jianyang called the little madman and Jack, Jack saw Wang Xiaohu standing in the pool, and also jumped in, stretched out his head to look at the black hole, and said, "Master, this should be a vent." ”
"How do you know it's a vent?" Wang Xiaohu hurriedly asked.
"I've been into so many places like this that I could tell at a glance that it was a vent." Jack is an international thief and an expert at digging holes and picking locks. I don't know how many high-security buildings I've been in, and I know a lot about architecture, and I've escaped with the help of vents many times after I succeeded. The size of the opening in front of you is the most suitable for ventilation.
Since it is a vent, it must be connected to the building, and the vent is generally not guarded, not to mention that it is so secretive, Wang Xiaohu was overjoyed, but he still didn't dare to be careless. After pondering for a moment, let the little madman drive the strange insects to crawl inside, and a few of them followed the insects. Dozens of bugs in the little maniac wow wow...... One by one they entered the cave with a shout, rustling...... climbed inside, Wang Xiaohu followed the little madman and entered the cave. The hole is not big. can't tolerate a person walking upright, especially a person like Wang Xiaohu, who is tall and big, can only bend forward.
There is no flashlight, and he moves forward step by step, the hole is dark and narrow, giving people an inexplicable sense of pressure and suffocation, Wang Xiaohu opened his eyes. I could barely see something, and the walls of the cave were smooth. It is not like a natural formation, and the distance between the top and bottom, left and right, is almost the same, and only man-made people can create such a regular cave.
The strange thing is that the cave is not straight forward, but with a slope, Wang Xiaohu recalled the terrain outside, it is obvious that the cave leads to the mountain not far away, and there is a distance of about three or four hundred meters forward, the front is suddenly wide, and the space suddenly becomes larger, a bit like a wine bottle lying horizontally on the ground, the neck is very thin, but there is a different world inside.
It's very different from Jack's guess, there is no exhaust machine, there is no secret room, the empty is a huge mountain belly, the strange thing is, since it is a closed mountain belly, where does the air flow come from? Wang Xiaohu frowned, while carefully sensing the flow of airflow, while carefully observing, and walking cautiously, suddenly Wang Xiaohu stepped on a raised stone under his feet.
Along the way, the cave was very flat, except for the dust and no gravel and debris, it was kept quite clean and intact, and there was never too many stones under his feet, Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but crush it with his feet, and the protruding stones were suddenly stepped on by him, becoming as flat as the ground, and the upper right wall clicked! A thick iron chain hung down from the hole in the sound of pulling and pulling, and there was a ring hanging under the chain, and the chain slowly and rhythmically fell slowly, and when it fell two meters away from the ground, it stopped with a click.
"Master, you stepped on the mechanism!" Jack was just behind Wang Xiaohu, and when he saw the iron chain hanging down, he hurriedly shouted.
Organ? Wang Xiaohu's heart trembled, could it be a trap set by Leng Tianxiang a long time ago? Wang Xiaohu hurriedly took a step back, blocked in front of Geng Jianyang and the little madman, and waited for a long time, nothing happened, and he was not attacked, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Xiaohu took a closer look at the iron chain hanging down from above, the iron chain was as thick as a baby's arm, and there was nothing surprising about it, and there was not a trace of rust on it. But there was something strange about the ring, it shimmered yellow in the light of the fire, which was not made of iron, as if it were made of fine copper, and it was carved with strange patterns, and there were strangely shaped birds and fish, which were very exquisite.
Seeing that there was no danger, Jack also came over, looked carefully, and touched the mountain wall again, touched a gap, and said loudly: "There is a gap here, it should be a stone gate, and this chain should be the mechanism to open the stone door." ”
The copper ring is on the top of Wang Xiaohu's head, as long as he stretches out his hand, he can reach it, he also feels that the copper ring is like a mechanism to open the door, but he didn't dare to grab the copper ring rashly, turned his head to Geng Jianyang, Jack looked at it, and couldn't decide whether to pull the copper ring and drag it down.
Geng Jianyang saw Wang Xiaohu's worries, walked over, also looked at the chain carefully, and said, "There is no road here, it is better to see what the result will be." After speaking, he jumped upward, grabbed the copper ring, and pulled it down, ka, ka, ka...... The sound rang out continuously, and a boulder on the right wall slowly rose, revealing a huge space in front of it in a short time.
A damp gust of wind poured out and whined...... Sounds like crying. Sure enough, there is a mystery! Wang Xiaohu took the lead in walking, not looking too far, feeling that the space inside was not small, he took a few steps forward carefully, and vaguely saw a huge cylindrical object in front of him.
"Master, there are torches here." Jack followed in, tripped under his feet, touched a dry wood with his hand, and there were dry weeds wrapped around it, and hurriedly shouted, Wang Xiaohu retreated to him, looking at the torch-like thing without squeaking, this thing was obviously made by people, and there were burn marks on it, but I don't know who left it, the fuck is that no one on them has a lighter.
If there is no fire, you can't light the torch, and there is no difference between finding it and not finding it, Geng Jianyang retreated to the foot of the mountain wall, found two stones, took the torch, and used both hands hard, under the skill, there was constantly fire bursting out, but it was only two or three minutes, and the torch boomed! A little bit of it.
Wang Xiaohu looked at Geng Jianyang in surprise and said, "Do you still have this ability?" ”
Geng Jianyang sighed: "I have been sealed on the mountain by my master for several years, and I have always made fire like this, practice makes perfect. ”
With the light, several people suddenly felt less nervous, the dim flame was like hope, lit up in the dark world, Wang Xiaohu walked forward with a torch, walked more than ten meters before he could see clearly, the cylindrical object he saw before was a thick totem, about two meters high, and one meter wide, it was carved from a huge piece of wood, pitch black and shiny, carved with a strange human face, extremely weird, especially the mouth was open, showing teeth, and there was a skeleton hanging on it, and the skeleton's expression was distorted, It should be extremely painful when you die, and dozens of skeletons that have long been dried lie around the totem, clustered around the totem, forming a fan. The death is extremely regular, all on the back.
The scene is a little weird, for explorers, it must be of great interest, but Wang Xiaohu is deeply disappointed, everything in the cave is extremely ancient, those skeletons are about one meter four or five high, and there are some bone decorations hanging on their bodies, they should be the natives who lived on the island before, have their own beliefs, but they don't know why they died cleanly.
Maybe it's because of disease, war, earthquake...... No matter what it was, Wang Xiaohu was not interested in knowing, he just wanted to find Leng Tianxiang as soon as possible and rescue William Lin and Gao Qi.
"Master, that totem seems to be a big mouse." Jack looked at the totem of the cylinder curiously, but Wang Xiaohu's heart moved, and he looked at the totem carefully, and sure enough, the face on the pillar looked like a mouse carefully, with long and pointed eyes, a pointed chin, a small mouth, and rat whiskers......
Each nation has its own totem, there are not a few lions, insects, tigers and leopards, barbarians on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, they like to believe in mice, that is their freedom, Wang Xiaohu is not interested in taking a closer look, since there is no secret stronghold of Leng Tianxiang here, it is better to quit as soon as possible.
"We're not here to find a secret, let's get out." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, the little madman's mouth let out a wow...... Dozens of insects came in front obediently walked out, but one of them turned a little faster, bang! crashed into the totem, and actually knocked the totem around.
As soon as the totem flickered, the skeleton hanging on the teeth suddenly fell apart and snapped...... Falling to the ground, the sound was unusually clear, and then a squeak was suddenly heard in the darkness...... A slight scream, a ripple in the darkness in all directions, like a calm lake, squeaked...... The sound is endless. From the moment he entered this stone room, the surroundings had been in an extremely quiet state, and the chaotic sound suddenly remembered, startling a few people, Wang Xiaohu hurriedly raised the torch and shone it in the direction from which the sound came.
In the dark, a pair of small red eyes appeared, and then countless rats appeared like a tide, these rat eyes were red and red, red and charming, red and moving, and even a little red light, under the reflection of Wang Xiaohu's torch, it looked like a small lantern in a festival. (To be continued......)