Chapter 48: God's Labyrinth
Being stared at by such a soft and weak beauty, Lu Suzhi's face did not change, smiled slightly, and said, "Of course we will find Mr. Wu, don't worry." With his promise, Yoshiko seemed to be relieved.
Immediately afterwards, he analyzed that at that time we were in the west, that is, there were ice walls on the north and south sides, that is, the dumb man was probably heading towards the east, which is where we are now in front of us, so we could not search in place, and should continue to look for people. This inference was reasonable, and the crowd had no objection, and they walked along the narrow path between the unfrozen waters.
Tofu turned his head frequently, probably because he was worried that the blue-faced and white-eyed bald head would follow, and while looking, he said to me: "There is a way to see people in life and corpses in death, you say it's strange, why do we see ghosts but not corpses?" ”
Yoshiko on the side was relatively weak, so she was helped by the old smoking gun, and after Tofu finished speaking, she suddenly opened her mouth and said in Chinese with a strange pronunciation: "That's not a ghost, that's a photo." ”
Her words aroused the interest of all of us, and she had never seen it, but had only heard us describe it, how could she be so confident? I didn't ask, "What do you mean by taking pictures?" Yoshiko thought for a moment, seemed to organize the language, and after a moment said, "There's a toy, huh...... It is a kind of toy for adults, it is very popular in our hometown, put people in a very dark place, put ice cubes or mirrors around, after a certain glimmer, suddenly hit a strong light, which will make people's shadows, stay on the ice cubes and mirrors for a period of time, of course, generally only a few seconds or more than ten seconds. ”
Tofu touched his chin and said, "I think I've heard of such a thing, it's an optical game." But that kind of shadow only stays for about ten seconds at most, and the person we just saw has been missing for more than three months, and its head is still sticking out of the ice! So it's definitely not a shadow. ”
Yoshiko was silent, seemingly disagreeing with Tofu's opinion, but she didn't refute it either. I don't agree with Yoshiko's statement, because it's like what Tofu said, and in any case, it doesn't look like a shadow that has survived.
It's strange that she's in such a state of affirmation. While paying attention to the movements around them, everyone shuttled through the narrow ice passage without freezing water. This glacier cave is very large, and after walking for about ten minutes, at the end of the flashlight, there are still patches of unfrozen water, as if endless.
For the rest of the process, we didn't encounter any danger. Even the bald-headed soft zongzi leaf with a blue face and white eyes before did not appear. There was a dead silence in the glacial crypts, except for the occasional sound of dripping water.
At this moment, my eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the reflection on the surface of the water, and in addition to our group, there was a huge head with fangs exposed! The reflection of the skull on the calm, unfrozen water was clear and clear, and its blood-red eyes were staring at us!
I immediately realized that there was something above my head and shouted, "Be careful! Immediately after, the light in his hand suddenly went up.
The inside of the glacial cave is of different heights, and at this moment, the roof of the tomb is only four or five meters away from us, which is extremely low compared to the vastness when we first entered. And my exclamation made everyone stop in unison.
At this moment, the light went up and up, and I could see what was lurking above us in an instant.
It was dressed in brown-red hard armor, its body resembled a desert lizard, its teeth were grinning, its eyes were slightly red, its body length was about six meters, and its muscles were bulging, and people shuddered when they looked at it. And at this moment, everyone also followed my gaze to find it, and several lights shone on it, but this thing did not react, and when I looked closely, I was not very surprised, because this thing was not alive, but was frozen in the ice layer.
It maintains a pounced posture, fierce and abnormal, lifelike in the ice.
Tofu exclaimed, "What is this?" ”
Lu Su said: "It should be the paleontology of the glacial period, we have penetrated thirty meters below the Xuan Ice Layer, and the geological layer where we are now is at least a few million years old. At this time, the old smoking gun pointed into the distance and said, "There are also everywhere." "We gathered the lights and saw that there were creatures frozen in the ice of that place. It's all strange, as if it came out of a history book of paleontology. Everyone couldn't help but marvel, they didn't expect that there were so many living remains in the depths of this glacier.
There are no traces of artificiality here, and it is obvious that this place was not processed by people back then, perhaps out of awe, or for some other reason, this place is like a paleontological zoo, and it has not been damaged in any way. As we walked forward, we observed the various creatures frozen on the top, and speculated about what happened millions of years ago, and what was it like for those people to see these things for the first time?
In the midst of our amazement, suddenly, something in the ice caught our attention. The shadow of that thing was about like a human shadow, and because it was relatively deep, it couldn't be seen clearly for a while. When we looked closer, it was a man, but it was with his feet down, so we stood directly below him, and when we looked up, we could only see the vague soles of his feet.
Yoshiko suddenly exclaimed, "It's Mr. Wu." ”
I was taken aback and said, "You admit that you are wrong, it is so deep, just a black shadow, how do you say it is Wu Shui?" ”
Yoshiko shook her head, a little nervous, and said, "It's definitely him, I can't be mistaken, no one knows him better than me." Looking at her flustered and determined expression, I couldn't help but think: Is it really dumb in the ice? How could a living person run into the ice?
When Lu Su heard this, the Ghost Crying Knife pulled a knife flower in his hand, and then suddenly threw it straight towards the ice above. At this moment, the strength and accuracy are not trivial, everyone saw a flower, only to feel a straight silver light swept in front of them, and then, the silver light hit the top of the Xuan Bing, only to hear a bang, the knife was bounced back, Lu Su reached out and grabbed it, reinserted the knife back into his waist, stared at the white mark on the Xuan Ice layer, shook his head, and looked puzzled, and said: "It's very hard, it's Xuan Bing, this thing can't be formed in an instant." ”
What's going on here?
Maybe the dark shadow of the human figure in the depths of the ice is not mute, but some primitive person?
I said to myself: This Yoshiko looks a little nervous, and she really doesn't have to take her words too seriously. Of course, this can't be said directly in front of her, so she said: "This ice can't be broken, let's get out of here first and figure out a way." "The ice path between the unfrozen water is too narrow, and if you are not careful, you will slip and fall, and it is not a trivial matter to get your clothes, shoes and socks wet in this cold ice cave.
As the crowd continued to walk forward, they would occasionally see some strange animals frozen in ice, but the further they went, the scarcer they became. At this time, the unfrozen water finally came to an end, and countless ice caves like honeycombs were formed on the ice walls at the end, large and small, covering the overhead, left and right, and directly in front.
My heart sank, and my heart said: It's over, my worst fear still appeared. The spider-web-shaped primitive ice cave, known as the 'labyrinth of God', how to go now? At a rough glance, there are thousands of these ice caves, most of which can accommodate people, which entrance should we choose?
If you get into it, if you don't pay attention, you will get lost in the cobweb-like structure, and you will either freeze to death or starve to death.
It's no wonder that Napu really dares to welcome it, and there is such a natural barrier in the co-authorship, even the most powerful geologists are probably helpless when they come here.
Everyone looked at each other and had to stop.
Tofu said, "I see, in this situation, we only have one way. ”
Lu Su sighed and said softly: "What? ”
"Pack up and go home, the scattered gangs who should be scattered, and the ones who should eat."
I kicked him and said, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute, and if you want to go back to Gao Laozhuang, you can go back by yourself." Tofu covered his buttocks, walked to the ice caves and wandered around, looking east and west, and suddenly, Tofu seemed to think of something, turned his head to look at the top of some holes, and suddenly said, "You say, did the person who was frozen in the ice just now climb into these passages?" ”
His words made Yoshiko, who insisted on his opinion, immediately excited, and said excitedly: "It must be so, we have to rescue Mr. Wu." "If Yoshiko's statement before seemed completely untenable to me, then now, looking at these ice caves that extend in all directions, I really have some doubts that the dumb man has slipped into one of the ice caves.
According to what we saw at the time, the dumb man maintained a motionless posture, so that is to say, he was most likely put into the ice cave by something, and it was impossible for him to enter it by himself, and the dumb man may still be in that strange coma now.
Thinking of this, I nodded and said that it was possible, whether the person was mute or not, we had to figure it out first. When Jizi saw me talking for her, she immediately showed a grateful look and said, "Mr. Chen Hang, thank you, it is not in vain that Mr. Wu has always regarded you as a relative." ”
This last sentence made me stunned, and even Tofu was dumbfounded.
Tofu muttered, "Old Chen, is the dumb man really your father?" Then why did he pretend he didn't know you? ”