Chapter 23: Suicide
"What's going on?" Zhang Wen stared at the groundwater below us with a look of surprise. The know-it-all says: "There are bubbles, it could be a floor drain, or it could be ...... Groundwater gushes back, hiss, hopefully not the latter. "It doesn't matter if the floor drains, it drains the groundwater here, but if the groundwater backswells, in almost a few seconds, the place will be flooded and we will all drown here.
Saying this, there were more and more bubbles, and Zhen Rui said in a deep voice: "Hurry, retreat, pay attention to regulating your breathing, there will be a 'Storm Spring' here at any time." The storm spring he said is not the same thing as the Baotu Spring in Jinan, the storm spring referred to here is a phenomenon of groundwater backflow, often because of the change of underground pressure, so that the groundwater bursts out in an instant, the power is terrifying, can tear the surface of the earth in an instant, like a sharp arrow shot out of the water.
There is a fish fountain in Hebei, that is, it refers to a spring, it is dry on weekdays, but when it comes to a certain time, it will suddenly spew out a large amount of water, along with the spring water, there are a large number of fish, which has always made many people puzzled, the ancients were shocked to be miraculous, and thought that it was given by the fish god in the spring, so in ancient times, the local villagers would also hold the activity of sacrificing Yusheng. In modern times, some geologists speculate that the storm spring formed by ground pressure may be at fault, because there are also fish living in the groundwater, and it is not impossible for these fish to gather in one place under the suction of the storm spring, and then concentrate on spurting out with the spring water.
Of course, the Storm Spring looks spectacular from a distance, but if you are in the spring, it will be miserable, and there are basically only two results. One: Drowning; 2: The upward impact of the Storm Spring can shatter people's brains, and they can die in an instant.
In short, this situation is definitely not a good thing for us.
The crowd hurriedly retreated, and the blisters became more and more blistering, as if they were boiling, and at this moment, I found that the water level had not risen, but had fallen.
Isn't it the Storm Spring, but the floor drain?
As the water level became lower and lower, everyone stopped retreating and breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, I saw that the totem stone pillar that was only half left, suddenly made a squeaky sound, and with the drop of the water level, the whole stone pillar also began to sink, and at the same time, a big announcement quickly formed around the stone pillar, and in a few moments, the water in this place was completely absorbed.
At this time, a strange scene appeared in front of everyone's eyes, the totem pole in the center was gone, and in its place, it was a square entrance, black and swarthy, and the previous water was obviously sucked in by this entrance, and the totem pole must have fallen into the hole.
Tofu hissed and said, "Unexpectedly, there is a hole under this pillar." So saying, he lay down on the ground and put his probe down to look. The square opening could only accommodate one person, so the rest of us couldn't see what was going on for a while. Tofu watched the searchlight for a long time, but there was no movement, so I patted him and said, "Do you see clearly, what is underneath?" ”
Tofu didn't retract his head, and said in a somewhat uncertain tone: "Ladder, there are still many people walking, am I dazzled?" ”
Ladder? And many more?
Hearing this, I grabbed the collar of the tofu and pulled the person up, saying, "What kind of stupid thing, you say that there is a ladder, forget it, how can there be many people?" ”
Tofu also had an expression of eating flies, scratched his head, and said, "I don't believe you can see it yourself." ”
So I went to the mouth of the cave, poked my head down, and looked down with a searchlight.
At this time, I realized that under this stone room, there was a very large space, and the searchlights could not find the head and tail at all, and it was black and mushy all around. The only thing we could see was the wide stone staircase about twenty or thirty meters high.
The stone steps and the stone steps we came down are definitely not of the same grade, the stone steps below are white, neatly shaped, wide, layer by layer extending downward, there is no end in sight, there is no end in sight, it appears in this deep underground world, it is simply magnificent and suffocating. The stone steps are suspended as a whole, and you can see that the thick pillars below extend into the deeper darkness, and on both sides of the stone steps are dark voids.
For a moment, I even wondered if what I was seeing was an illusion.
And the person Tofu said, I didn't see it at first, but after a while, I noticed that from the end of the searchlight, slowly walked one by one, the figure is indeed a person, not a yellow tiger or anything like that. They were clothed, and although their expressions were not clear, their actions were no different from those of living people.
For a while, I felt that my throat was a little tight, and I couldn't speak at all, and Zhong Gong and others outside began to urge me: "What do you see, why don't you speak?" ”
What should I say at this moment?
Did I see a group of people living underground?
As if they had no idea of my 'voyeurism', they came out of the darkness and walked up the majestic stone staircase, and finally slowly left my sight again. It was only then that I straightened up. Tofu showed a face, look, I just said that I didn't deceive people, and asked me, "Do you believe it?" ”
I nodded and said to Zhen Rui and the others: "There are really people down there, but I don't think it's possible, they shouldn't be living people." ”
Soon, the rest of the people also went to the entrance of the cave one by one to check, and after a while, we looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while, and finally we could only look at Zhen Rui. Zhen Rui looked at the Shenwen that had been completely exposed around him, groaned, and asked Zhang Wen how much he hadn't filmed, Zhang Wen gestured and said, there was still a part below the water surface, and a small area above.
So Zhen Rui said: "Stretch them down by hand, and after you finish them, go down and have a look." He pointed to the square entrance.
When the hem of the trousers was soaked, they wrung out the trousers and roasted them on the side of the lit solid fuel, while eating and drinking, and replenishing their bodies. Rubbing is a meticulous task, taking at least three hours, and during this time, from time to time, people will look through the entrance to observe the 'world' below, and soon we will discover an amazing phenomenon.
There was a steady stream of people, who came from the darkness below the stone steps and went all the way to the top of the stone steps, but did not come down from above.
Where did they go?
Are these zongzi? However, how can there be so many zongzi here?
These problems, this strange scene, none of us can explain, for a while can only be pressed in the bottom of our hearts. After everyone finished eating and drinking, they closed their eyes and took a break for two hours, and the rubbing work on Zhang Wen's side was also completed, and a thick pile of drawings was packed up in a waterproof bag by Zhen Rui and pressed into the inner layer of the equipment bag.
Immediately after that, we took out the rope and held it above the hole with an iron chisel to secure the rope and began to follow it. Of course, this time we were fully prepared, and we were inevitably attacked by those suspected rice dumplings, and we wore gas masks while revealing the buffalo horns. Gas masks can be very effective in blocking people's breath, and buffalo horns, according to legend, have the effect of hiding yang energy. ‘
Everyone descended to the stone steps one by one, this time just a batch of zongzi passed, so the stone steps are empty, only a few of us, this place does not know how big, the searchlight still does not shine the head and tail, the light goes down, the stone steps spread away, giving people a feeling of dizziness.
Tofu exclaimed, "What is this place for?" ”
At this moment, at the end of the light, another batch of zongzi appeared, and when I looked closely, I realized that these zongzi were originally wearing masks, and the costumes they were wearing were even stranger, similar to the ones I had seen on the reliefs before, as if they were just wrapped in a piece of cloth. These things were as we expected, as if they didn't notice us, and kept an unhurried pace and walked up the steps.
I wondered: What is on top of this staircase? What is the place under these steps? Why do groups of 'people' keep coming up from below, but no one ever comes down? Thinking about it, I took a look at the corpse fairy and found that it was standing motionless next to the tofu, unresponsive to the qiē around it, as if these zongzi were not enough to arouse its appetite.
At this time, Zhen Rui's next instruction coincided with me. Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of alarming those zongzi, so they only gestured to make a simple exchange. Zhen Rui pointed to the top of the stone steps and motioned for us to follow, looking the same as I thought, I also wanted to figure out what was the place above the stone steps, attracting so many zongzi to rush to go.
The crowd walked lightly, not far from these zongzi, and walked up the stone steps.
The stone staircase was long, and there was a dead silence around it, and even the sound of our breathing was suppressed to the point of almost disappearing because of the gas masks.
At this moment, the end of the stone steps suddenly arrived, and at the end was a large platform, on which there was a sarcophagus-like object, and in addition, there were several zongzi standing.
Just when I was wondering why the number of zongzi was so small, those zongzi suddenly stood on the edge of the stone steps, jumped down violently, and fell into the darkness very quickly.
The scalps of everyone watching this scene were numb, and at the same time, they finally understood why there were no zongzi to go back, because ...... After they reached the highest point of the stone steps, they all jumped down again......
Tofu swallowed his saliva, made a loud sound, and stammered: "Are these zongzi committing suicide?" ”