Chapter 45: Welcome
Tofu and I hurried back to the camp to call for someone, and sent a light signal to the mute, and half an hour later, everyone gathered at the entrance of the cave. Lu Su jumped down, poked his front half into the ice cave, the size was just enough for one person to pass through the guò, and then retreated, and said with certainty: "It was left by Second Master Zhao." ”
Tofu felt strange and said, "Just look at this hole and know who made it?" Could it be that the name of Old Man Zhao is written on it. ”
I said, "It's easy to tell that this hole was made with a percussion drill, and to use that thing, you have to bring your own engine, which requires a lot of manpower and equipment." Chen Ci was a lone person, and it was impossible for him to carry a generator by himself, so he could only be Zhao Erye's gang. ”
Lu Su nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Chen is right, the reason why I am so decisive is to take this reason into account. The mute nodded, then raised his chin at the black loach and said; Go ahead. "Although this ice cave is large enough to drill into a person, it will not be very convenient to enter and exit inside, and if there is any danger inside, it is difficult to retreat, so it is better to explore the situation first.
The black loach is thin and small, and it can shrink bones, so it is only right for him to go in and explore the way.
He didn't shirk it, jumped down the snow pit, reached the edge of the cave, and suddenly shook his whole body a few times. Tofu and I are both the first time to see people use bone shrinking skills, and I can't help but look at it with wide eyes. Because of the proximity, I heard a faint soft sound in my ears, a bit like the sound of chewing tendons while gnawing on chicken feet. I saw that with the black loach shaking a few times, the sound became more and more dense, and then, the clothes that were originally supported fell by more than half as if there was no support, although it was not clear to see the specific image under the clothes, but it was already very visually shocking, like a living person, slowly shrinking in front of his eyes.
Of course, there was no change in his head, and immediately after, the black loach easily burrowed into the ice cave, and its form gradually disappeared.
Seeing that Tofu and I were dumbfounded, Lu Su smiled slightly, turned his head sideways and whispered: "People who have practiced the Bone Shrinking Technique are all people who can endure pain very well, because the practice itself is an extremely painful process. Of course, Old Man Chen is very talented, so he is an exception. ”
At the beginning, the reason why Bai Laosi took a fancy to my grandfather was because of his slippery bone disease, which made our Chen family embark on such a road, and now that I think about it, I have to sigh. We waited outside, and after a while, the black loach retreated, with a happy face, and said to the mute: "Mr. Wu, the ice road is divided into two sections, the first twenty meters are formed by artificial impact drills, and after twenty meters, all the way down, bottomless, is an ancient ice road, maybe it is the Shinto of the Puzhen Tomb." ”
I've always been cautious, to the point that without the optimism of the black loach, I know that there is a kind of paleoganocratic cave landform, which is a naturally formed ring channel inside the glacier, or a large cavity. Is the ancient ice road behind it naturally formed or man-made?
I raised this question, the black loach probably didn't expect this level, heard the words and thought for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and said that he couldn't see it, over time, even if it was man-made, the traces had already disappeared. He was already very thin, so the shrugging of his shoulders was particularly funny, and when he shrank his neck, his head was buried in his clothes.
When Lu Su saw my hesitation, he asked me what I was worried about, and I made my concerns clear and said, "...... If it is really a glacial cave-shaped natural landform, the depth of the ice road is difficult to estimate, maybe not too deep, maybe very deep, maybe very warm below, maybe very cold, rashly go down, it is very likely to get in, not out. ”
When Lu Su heard me talk about the glacier cave, he couldn't help hissing, suddenly squinted his eyes, and after a while, he said slowly: "Digging Xuanbing to repair the tomb, manpower is unsustainable, I think, maybe the Puzhen tomb is naturally formed." His words woke me up, before we have been wondering, how Puzhen relied on meager manpower, in the snow mountain ice layer to build a tomb, now combined with the current situation, it seems that he is likely to have discovered the glacier cave, so he took advantage of the situation, built a rare ice palace. If this is the case, then the mystery of the construction of the Puzhen tomb will be clear.
After discussing with Lu Su, we decided to tie the rope and go down to investigate first. The crowd connected two ropes that were nearly forty meters long, laid a steady cone on the outer layer, fastened the ropes, and the dumb man entered the ice cave first.
Everyone was waiting outside, I lit a damp cigarette and took two puffs and threw it away, by the way, I looked at my watch, according to our expectations, with a dumb hand, it should be more than ten minutes back and forth, but after waiting for more than twenty minutes, I was a little unstable.
If you haven't come up for so long, has something happened to the dumb man?
Lu Su and I glanced at each other, and his expression began to become strict, and at this moment, the rope that was originally stretched straight suddenly broke.
Tofu screamed in surprise and said, "The dumb man let go of the rope, something must have happened to him, right?" ”
I knew that waiting was not an option, so I immediately said, "Go in and have a look." At this moment, the rest of the team is fine, except for the Japanese woman named Yoshiko, who has been drowning for too long before, and now although she has woken up, she is also very weak and can no longer move.
And it was also inappropriate to leave her alone in this icy and snowy place, and after thinking about it, I said to the bearded man: "You and Yoshiko stay outside, take care of each other, and take us by the way, and the rest of the people will go down and hate to follow me." ”
The bearded man had already complained about this operation, and when he heard that he could not fight, he was naturally very happy, and said: "Listen to you, don't worry, I will definitely take care of Miss Yoshiko." ”
The remaining seven of us, with their equipment, slowly crawled towards the ice cave, and I walked in the first one, and sure enough, if the black loach said, after climbing about 20 meters, the ice cave tilted downwards and connected to an ice tunnel that was significantly twice the size.
This ice path is very steep, almost close to 90 degrees, and when the light goes down, the ice reflects the light of the flashlight, and the ice layer is like glass, flowing with the light, which is beautiful and dazzling. The previous rope was attached to the ice track and stretched to the end of the ice track.
I motioned for the group to put on their gloves, then grabbed the rope, took a deep breath, and jumped down, like a slide, holding the rope hard to slow down when I needed to stop.
The ice road is relatively large, spiral-shaped, about 30 meters down, at the end of the light, the traces of the ice road suddenly disappeared, I quickly held the rope, the figure stopped, and almost stopped at the end of the ice road.
Leaning on the rope to fix the figure, I spread my legs and pedaled the ice walls on both sides, looked down, only to see the end of the ice road, is a very huge space, the top is hung with diamond-shaped ice picks, large and small, and so on, the lights passed, the ice picks reflected the light, and at some special angles, formed a circle of fully colorful halos, just like the underground heavenly palace.
Looking down again, we are issued but a pool of clear 'unfrozen water', you can see the bottom at a glance, clear and unforgettable, the rest of the place, there are open space, there are artificial tunnels, there are naturally formed, strange shape of ice picks, there are also some carvings with artificial traces, the space is too large, you can't see it at a glance. But I didn't see the dumb man, where did he go?
The ice cave is about three meters high from the frozen water, and if you jump down, you will fall into the water, and there is a stone staircase carved out of the prism next to it, which can lead to the bottom, so I shouted to the top of the ice road to explain the situation and let them come down.
The sound can be transmitted far through the circular ice road, and after a short time, Tofu and others will slide down one after another. There is no trace left below, occasionally you can hear the sound of dripping, tofu shouting Wu Shui, where are you, but no one responds to us.
Meng Meng felt strange and speculated: "It doesn't seem to be dangerous, why did Boss Wu disappear?" "Since there was ice everywhere, we didn't leave any clues, so we had to follow the artificially carved route.
This artificially built walkway, located on the right side of the ice-free water, shuttles between the icicles, and when you step into it, people's vision is suddenly covered, and the figures sway with the lights on the icicles, giving people a bizarre feeling.
At this moment, a very large ice pick suddenly appeared on our right, which was obviously artificially modified, and it was hit into a stone monument, which was more than three meters high. When everyone stood under it, they all had to look up, and saw two lines of seal characters engraved with lapis lazuli on it:
Poor through the world, to the mausoleum.
Penetrate the yin and yang, and welcome those who come.
There is a paragraph below, which is the word Puzhen of the dragon flying and the phoenix dance.
Seeing this monument, we can already conclude that this is the tomb of Puzhen, and the ice road that came down before must also be a Shinto. This tomb is really strange, first flattened the top of the mountain, broken feng shui, and now there is such a monument, which makes people can't help but be confused.
After reading the above words, Tofu was dumbfounded, and said: "Obediently, this Puzhen tone is too big, saying that he is poor in the world, penetrating yin and yang, and comparing himself to a supreme person, which is also too arrogant." ”
As the saying goes, there are five directions in the sky, five elements in the earth, five sounds in sound, five flavors in things, five chapters in color, and five people, so there are twenty-five people between heaven and earth.
Among them, the upper five are God-man, true man, Taoist man, supreme man, and saint.
This shows what a noble title it is.
And this Pu Zhen not only compares himself to the supreme person, but the most incredible thing is the last sentence: Congratulations to those who come. Literally, this means: Whoever sees this monument must have broken into my mausoleum, it's okay, you come, I'm waiting for you.
There is no threat in these words, but there is a posture that the sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, and I dare to let you not get out if you come. I've had a few fights, and I've never seen anything so arrogant. At present, we have only entered the size of this place, there is no mechanism, no poisonous fog, and the layout is like a fairyland on earth, and now it has been developed, and it is definitely a 5A-level scenic spot.
What is hidden behind the scenes of this underground heavenly palace?
Everyone looked at this 'welcome' stone tablet, and their hearts couldn't help but sink.