Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Underground Palace
I entered the selected area with the tofu and walked inside with the lights on. Tofu was hit by Zhuanrui's self-esteem, so he scrambled to show his man's spirit and rushed ahead. Since this underground palace is a place where people live, there are no organs, so I let him go.
Searching all the way, I saw the stone room, stone bed, pots and pans, bottles and jars, all available, such stone rooms are one after another, and the planning is unified, which makes me think of prison. In about half an hour, we reached the end of the first tunnel, so we reversed and went out, ready to search the second, but at this moment, in the darkness, two gunshots suddenly rang out.
The two gunshots were the signal of Zhen Rui. Tofu and I looked at each other, and immediately headed towards the entrance of the cave where Zhen Rui was. In order to distinguish the direction, we had various cipher conventions earlier, marking numbers outside the channels that had already been viewed.
At this time, I saw that there were two holes, marked 1 and 2 respectively, and it was obvious that Zhen Rui must be in the second passage now, and it seemed that he had found something. Tofu and I were overjoyed, and we ran inside without saying a word.
When we entered, we immediately found that this passage was different from the passage we had entered before, in contrast, it was built more regularly and widely, and the dwellings inside were not densely distributed, and each room was very large. I took a cursory look at the first two rooms, and found that there were masks and other things hanging on the walls inside, and it seemed that the rooms planned by this passage should be inhabited by shamans with high status among the ghosts.
In the process, I also discovered a pattern, that is, the further I went, the more complicated and exquisite the planning of the stone chamber became, and even in the end, murals and stone carvings appeared on the stone walls. You know, this underground complex was built for refuge, so it is natural that it is rough, but this area, but also considering the aesthetic effect, as a theocratic Fang country, it is obviously inhabited by the power of ghosts.
Perhaps, we have to find the core secret of the ghost, just ahead.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhen Rui's back to appear in our sight. He turned his head, his masked face half-hidden in the gloom, silent. As soon as Tofu and I arrived, Hari Chagai followed behind, and the four of them regrouped together, but they saw that the front of this passage was not a dead end like the rest of the passages, but a closed stone gate, on which strange beasts were entrenched, and divine inscriptions were also engraved.
Tofu turned his head sideways and asked Hari Chagai: "What is written on this?" ”
Hari Chagai turned on the flashlight, checked them one by one, and finally raised his eyebrows, looked like a smile, and said: "It says that non-shamans and witches are not allowed to enter, and the offenders are ......" He paused, there seemed to be some taboo, and Tofu couldn't help asking: "How about the violators?" ”
Hari Chagai shrugged his shoulders and said, "Violators will die, and evil spirits will follow. ”
Tofu touched his chin, his bandaged face only showed his eyes, and the thief turned it twice, and said, "I've seen this kind of curse a lot, and I was in the Xuanbing Tomb before, didn't I also have a curse, and I don't live well." In comparison, this curse is too nonsense, what died unexpectedly, and evil spirits are with you, where are the evil spirits? ”
Zhen Rui frowned and said, "Shamanism believes in animism, including stones, which are objects of worship, and gods are everywhere. ”
Hari Chagai snapped his fingers and said, "According to the divine records, the wizards of the ghosts once predicted the disaster of destroying the country, which shows that their wizards are very powerful, and you laymen do not understand the doorway. However, I had better remind you that you should follow the rules and don't go in, otherwise something will happen and I may not be able to protect you. ”
Tofu said: "Damn, when I was scared, I didn't go in, this trip was not in vain." ”
Hari Chagai pointed to himself and said, "Isn't there still me?" I'm a shaman, so it's not illegal to go in. Why don't you wait here and I'll go in and have a look. "If it was before, I would definitely sneer at this mention, but now, the more I experience, the more I feel that the world is full of wonders, and the curse that I originally sneered at has to have more eyes. Since this Hari Chagai is willing to go in and be a pioneer, we will wait outside, and there is nothing to lose, even if we fail, it is a big deal to go in again.
Thinking like this, I cast an inquiring look at Zhen Rui, and he nodded in agreement without saying a word. Hari Chagai then sorted out the equipment, and the four of us pushed open the stone door together.
With the creak of the stone door opening, the door was slowly pushed open, and the door was dark, and through the light, a stone staircase could be seen downward. Hari Chagai waved the scepter in his hand, and suddenly felt something out of his equipment bag. When I looked at it, I saw that it was a strange-looking mask, and then he put it on his face, carried his equipment bag, and quickly burrowed into the darkness.
There were only three of us left outside the door for a while, Tofu sat cross-legged on the ground, holding his chin, staring into the darkness and saying, "You two are too inferior, you are usually awesome, so retreat now." ”
Zhen Rui also sat down and said lukewarmly: "Go forward, regardless of the consequences, that's a reckless man." ”
I didn't say anything, the place seemed safe, so I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes. Tofu was injured on his shoulder before, and now he also has an injury on his face, and after a toss, he is also tired, muttered a few words, and fell asleep directly.
I closed my eyes and listened to the movements around me, and for about twenty minutes or so, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the darkness, and when I opened my eyes, I found that Hari Chagai, who was wearing a mask, ran up and said, "I see something good, there is no danger below, follow me." ”
I was overjoyed and asked, "Is there a clue to the face of the ghost?" ”
Hari Chagai said: "What do you say? Don't waste time, let's get our cameras ready. He then gestured at us and motioned for us not to delay any longer. Tofu and I put on our equipment bags and were about to go down, when suddenly, Rui Rui's hand grabbed my and Tofu's shoulders violently, and said in a deep voice, "Wait." ”
I couldn't help but pause when I turned my head to look, but I saw Ruirui's gaze, staring at Hari Chagai in front of me, and the muscles on half of my face were tense, looking very vigilant. I had a slap in my heart, and I said to myself, is there something wrong with Hari Chagai? Thinking like this, I couldn't help but follow Zhen Rui's gaze, and at this time, I suddenly found that there was no shadow on the ground behind Hari Chagai.
How can people not have shadows? 、
I chuckled inwardly and jerked my gun: "What are you!" ”
Hari Chagai was stunned, and then he remained motionless. Now I can be sure that 'he' is definitely not Hari Chagai. In folk sayings, only ghosts and spirits have no shadows. Tofu also found out, and couldn't help but gasp, picked up the probe shovel, and for a while, the atmosphere became tense.
In this case, Hari Chagai on the opposite side has been maintaining a motionless posture, and after a while, the mask on his face suddenly began to twist, and the whole person disappeared in an instant.
Tofu looked around and said nervously, "Where did it go?" "The three of us formed a defensive triangle back to back, and there was a deathly silence around us, except for the dim cold light of the flashlight to dispel a trace of darkness.
At the staircase behind the door, a dark wind began to blow like nothing, and I suddenly had a feeling as if something was attracting me from under the stone steps, and my steps couldn't help but move slightly. But it was almost instantaneous, and I reacted quickly and slammed it on my thigh. The pain cleared me up a bit, and I reminded the two of them; "There's a weirdness behind this door, don't go in."
As soon as I finished speaking, Tofu suddenly murmured: "No, I'm here to save you, I'm here to save you...... "Save you?" Save whom? Before I could react, Tofu suddenly burst out, and our triangular formation was instantly destroyed, and Tofu rushed towards the dark stone steps.
My heart was so frightened that I couldn't reach out and pull it, and the boy suddenly rushed into the darkness.
Zhen Rui snorted in his mouth and said, "Chase." ”
Where can I care about being weird or not, and I chased after him. In fact, Zhen Rui has always looked at tofu before, and the two of them, one is a wolf and the other is a sheep, have different concepts, and they will never look at each other. Later, after the corpse fairy incident, Zhen Rui changed his opinion on tofu, and at this time he resolutely chased me out.
Almost the moment I stepped through the stone gate, I felt a yin wind blowing up from below, and at this time, I also saw the figure of Tofu, who kept running forward, not knowing what to say, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit. My feet were already faster than tofu, and it didn't take long for me to catch up with him, and I slammed the person to the ground.
Who knew that Tofu kicked over, I didn't guard against him, this kick hit my little stomach, and suddenly kicked a strong one, my whole center of gravity was unstable, and I rolled down the stone steps.
At the last moment, Zhen Rui yanked me, and I stopped. At the same time, he kicked sideways and kicked down the tofu that got up again, and then rode onto the tofu without saying a word, grabbed Tofu's neck violently, and shouted: "What are you crazy about!" Wake me up. ”