Chapter 17: A Strange World

I don't know if this man is telling the truth or deliberately fooling us, but after relieving myself, I began to observe the dried corpse. The first thing I noticed was that it wasn't an ancient corpse, because it was wearing modern clothes. The corpse's skin was pale, its muscles were shriveled, and only a piece of human skin was left on the bone. When I saw the face of the corpse, I felt a faint sense of déjà vu. After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly let out an "ahh

"I've seen this guy," although the body was a little shriveled, but because of its intact skin, I quickly recognized that it was the big man who opened the door for me in the Beijing Hotel that day.

After listening to me, Peanut was silent for a moment, and then sighed softly, "It seems that your father's gang is not in a good situation, and we may not have much time." ”

"So, how did this man die? I'm afraid we'll go in like this" The fear that Lao Tan showed at this moment is understandable, if it weren't for my father's fate, I would definitely not go any further. Peanut had said that it was possible to encounter anything in the tomb, and now I could finally understand the meaning of his words a little.

"There's no point in guessing how this man died, we can only be more careful," Peanut said as he looked up at the top of the dark cave.

We took the last look at the corpse and continued our way into the darkness.

Previously, for this field expedition, Lao Tan and I specially selected this kind of super-powerful German military flashlight in Beijing, but in this cave, I found that the range of flashlight can be illuminated is very small. It was as if there was nothing but darkness and a layer of fog that we couldn't see. After discovering the corpse just now, Peanut looked up at the corpse more often. I think he probably guessed something, maybe he didn't want to burden us, so he didn't say it. Moreover, even if he said it, laymen like Lao Tan and I couldn't help much.

So, the next path was not so much about overcoming the dangers around me as it was about playing with my own fears.

As I walked, I suddenly felt that the surroundings were empty, and I could faintly hear the echo of the footsteps of several people, and at the same time, there was less and less gravel on the ground, and finally I found myself stepping on a flat stone slab.

"How big is this place?" As I spoke, I shone my flashlight around, but I couldn't see the edge of the space, not even the rocks overhead.

"Old Yuan, don't you think the temperature here is too low?" Old Tan began to rub his arms as he spoke.

I also noticed this, because I thought it was deep in the mountains, and I didn't see the sun all year round, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

"The cold here is indeed a bit abnormal, so let's shoot a flashbang first." Peanut said, looking around.

As soon as he heard that he was going to shoot flashbangs, Lao Tan became excited. This kid wanted to shoot in the park when he was shopping for equipment, but I didn't implement it because I was deadlifted. As soon as I heard Peanut say it, I knew that Lao Tan would definitely come by himself.

So, I took out a flashbang and launched a flash grenade from my backpack, and Lao Tan couldn't wait to grab it, "Damn, it's finally time to wait." ”

"**It turns out that I just want to get this, let me tell you, we haven't used this thing, or" Before I finished speaking, Lao Tan suddenly raised the launch grab, and instantly pulled the trigger in the sky in front of us.

I was going to kick the kid as soon as it popped out, but as the thing in front of me gradually lit up with the flashbang, I quickly stayed on the spot.

I have to say that Lao Tan's shot was quite beautiful, but it was precisely because of the complete release of the flashbang that I was completely shocked by what I saw in front of me. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that such a magnificent scene could be hidden in this mountain, whose name I don't even know.

It was ten times larger than I had imagined, and at our feet was a huge square paved with stone slabs, and where we were, more than a hundred meters away from the nearest rock wall on the left. There are six huge round stone pillars erected around the square, each of which is thirty meters high, and the encirclement I have visually measured is seven or eight meters. The upper end of those stone pillars is carved with a huge face, which is very simple and terrifying.

And standing in front of our eyes is actually a magnificent city tower. Under the illumination of flashbangs, the whole tower is yellow, very wide, very complete, if this kind of building is in ancient times, placed anywhere, it is absolutely an impregnable fortress. But it's here, in a cave where no one knows where it came from.

What's even more terrifying for the three of us is that just two or three meters in front of us is a cliff. This cliff ten meters wide and the same length as the castle tower is obviously a moat, and if it weren't for Peanut to stop us and fire signal flares, the ghost knows if a few of us would have fallen.

The flashbang eventually fell into the moat, and after disappearing for a while, there was a sudden "whooshing" sound from the moat. All three of us were horrified by what we saw, and it was half a minute before Peanut was the first to sense that something was wrong.

He picked up his flashlight and walked to the edge of the moat, followed by Lao Tan and I.

"Is there water here, is it connected to a river or a spring?" Peanut said.

I cautiously looked into the moat, and the first thing I saw was a white mist, and at the same time, a biting coldness came from inside. Then, I saw the surface of the water reflecting the flashlight.

"It's strange, how can the water be cold on this hot day?" I asked.

"Either there's an ice cellar down here, or there's something extremely cold in the tower." Peanut stood up and looked at the huge stone pillar in front of the rock wall.

At this time, Lao Tan said to me: "I didn't see a suspension bridge just now, how can we get there?" ”

"Really?" I immediately stood up and shone my flashlight to the side. The range of the flashlight was limited, so Lao Tan and I walked along the moat, but as Lao Tan said, there was no passage on the moat. "What should I do? Do you want to swim through the river? ”

As I spoke, I couldn't help but look down again, there was a difference of at least 30 meters between the surface of the river and where we were standing, and it was not impossible to jump to death, but who knew how deep the water was, if the water was only half a meter, then jumping would be tantamount to suicide. However, if you don't do this, there seems to be no way at all.

I was anxious and didn't know what to do, when the sound of peanuts came from behind me. "Don't think about it, even if we jump down and survive, we will definitely not be able to climb up, I guess there should be some mechanism." As he spoke, Peanut suddenly looked at me very seriously, "In addition, don't run around like this in the future, if I can't see you, if something happens, I can't save you." ”

To be honest, being reminded like this by someone who may be younger than me is actually not very happy. But think about what he said, the danger of the surrounding environment is definitely not comparable to that of wild adventures, and laymen like me and Lao Tan can only survive if they are careful everywhere.

Lao Tan is more direct than me, "Hey, we're not children, you say this, you say that there is a mechanism, then I really don't believe it, what kind of mechanism can conjure a bridge of more than ten meters." ”

Peanut grinned and didn't answer, and then he began to search back and forth around the edge of the moat, as if trying to find clues to what might be a trap.

"Sample" Lao Tan was still muttering there with a dissatisfied face, I patted him like him, and asked him to look around together.

In the middle of the search, I asked Peanut why this castle tower would appear in the cave.