This step does not go straight up as imagined, but follows the trend of the rock wall, and in the hollow inside the mountain, it is reasonably carved by taking advantage of the momentum, with one side embedded in the rock wall and the other side suspended in the air. Although we don't know who built this place, we are amazed by the ingenuity of the mechanism and the precision of the passages.

I walked up and down the seemingly boundless staircase for a long time, and finally stepped onto the ground. This hill seems to be connected by karst caves inside, extending in all directions. Although we were still in the middle of the mountain, I guess the place I came to should not be far from the top of the mountain.

The place where I climbed was breezy and mixed with water vapor, and it seemed that even the lungs were moistened when I breathed in, which made people feel very comfortable, and everyone felt that their spirits were shocked, and the fatigue caused by climbing was swept away. This can be seen as a very large karst cave, and it seems that it was also excavated by using the small karst cave inside the mountain. I can see traces of artificiality everywhere, and I can't help but secretly admire the wisdom and strength of the ancients. What a huge project this is, even if there are many naturally formed karst caves inside the mountain, but how much manpower and material resources are needed to expand it, even modern people are very difficult things, I really don't know how the ancients did it.

The scholar lay on the ground and rested for a while, then began to take out the smokeless stove from his backpack and prepare for cooking. We didn't have much water with us, so we were reluctant to use it for cooking, so we had to bake and eat portable food. The four of them were eating and resting, and their physical strength was fully replenished. After the scholar rested, he began to talk poorly again: "Fourth master, what do you say this place is for?" Do you think there will be a baby? ”

The fourth master glared at the scholar: "At present, it seems that it is not clear what the place is, but the traces of manual excavation are very heavy, and a lot of manpower should have been used." If the bronze statue in the passage we walked through and the period when the cave was built, it can be inferred that it should have been built from the Xia Shang to the pre-Qin period. At that time, productivity was low, many people could not continue to eat and wear, and there were only two possibilities for the construction of such a huge project, either to use it as a cemetery or to carry out religious sacrifices. ”

Lao Xu very much agreed with the judgment of the fourth master and nodded yes. I filled my stomach and, like a scholar, leaned back and rested on the ground. There was nothing but the whispering of a few of us, and the sound of water dropping from nowhere. The silence combined with the moist and warm air made me drowsy. The eyelids kept fighting, and at first I was able to hold on, but then before I knew it, I fell asleep. I slept in the dark, and I kept dreaming. After a while, I dreamed that the ghost-like mysterious person said on the phone in a hoarse and empty voice: Hurry up, there is no time, Xia Nan, you will be too late. After a while, I dreamed that Ah Tu brought a lot of brainless zombie-like men to chase us around. I was in a hurry, I ran around and hid, and there was no way back, so I shouted in a hurry and suddenly woke up.

I raised my hand and rubbed my eyes, my head hurt, but I was glad it was just a dream. There was still silence everywhere, and a fire was burning not far away. I sat up and looked around, and strangely enough, I was the only one left here, and the three of them were nowhere to be seen. I took out my mobile phone, and since I entered the mountain, there has been no signal, and the mobile phone can only be used as an electronic watch. It's past six o'clock in the evening, and it seems that I slept for more than three hours.

I checked, and the backpacks of all three of them were all there, so they shouldn't have gone too far. But where can it go? I stood up and shouted a few times, but no one responded. I lit a cigarette and slowly reminisced. I was tired and lay on the ground while the three of them were still debating whether this was an ancient tomb or a place of worship. Among these three people, the fourth master's background is the most mysterious, and Lao Xu has just become familiar with it. If they may abandon me, but the scholar is my iron, and he will not leave me and run away anyway. And the backpacks are all there, which means that I was in a hurry when I left, and I didn't have time to tidy up. So, what really happened during the three hours I was asleep? Where can the three of them go?

I remember when I first joined the work, the company organized new recruits to conduct field development training. One of the things to do in outward bound training is to get lost: when you are separated from your team, you can't communicate effectively, and the best way is to stay put. Because when the team finds out that you are lost, they will definitely take steps to return to find you. At this time, if you also venture to leave the same place and move around, it is easy to lose the opportunity to join the team. Most accidents are actually caused by walking around without permission.

I had no choice but to turn the fire on again, and add some sticks and branches that I don't know where the three of them had found them. I sat quietly by the fire, smoking a cigarette and waiting. The wait was always long and frustrating, and I slowly began to get anxious, cursing the three guys secretly.

About an hour later, the three of them had not returned. I panicked, if nothing had happened, the three of them would never have been back for more than an hour. It seems that something happened unexpectedly. I think that bullshit outward bound training is to fool college graduates who have just graduated, the training only simulates the situation of the individual and the team being separated, and it does not simulate how the individual will act if the big team has an accident.

I felt like I had to do something, and it wasn't my character to sit back and wait. I packed up my backpack, took some food and water from the scholar's backpack, and then carved an arrow on the ground with a dagger, leaving a message: "I'll go to you, follow the mark." With a tactical flashlight in my left hand and a dagger in my right hand, I strode into the endless darkness ahead, marking each distance with an arrow carved into the ground.

Although this is the interior of the mountain, after seeing those red-headed giant centipedes and unknown big fish, I think it is better not to shout, in case something is called, it will be difficult for me to deal with it alone. Fortunately, it was dark here, and the three of them would surely turn on their flashlights as well, and they would be found as long as they found the light. But after walking for a long time, I searched everywhere, but I didn't find any trace, not even a mark. Ah, did these three people disappear out of thin air? Fear slowly overcame anger and began to take over and fill the body. I began to wonder if it was a mistake to leave the fire so recklessly, maybe the three of them had just gone out to find firewood, or water, and were probably back to the fire by now. If they go back, they will definitely find my message and mark, and they will definitely come to me.

The beam of the Tactical Flashlight is so narrow that you can't see the whole cave. I just think that this big cave is a super hall, about the size of a football field, full of lava and stalactites, and some places are very slippery, and if you don't pay attention, you will have to fall. Stumbling around, there was still no trace of the three of them. I shouted their names a few more times, and had to go back, but let's go back to the fire and think about it in the long run.

I was just about to turn around and go back when I vaguely heard a deep voice shouting, "Xia Nan... Xia Nan". The sound was small, as if there was something in the mouth. I stopped, looking around for the source of the sound. The voice suddenly disappeared, and I wondered if I had just had an auditory hallucination. I held my breath and stood still, intending to listen to what was coming from.

After a while, I heard someone calling my name again. This time, I heard it very clearly, it was the voice of the scholar. I suddenly became energetic and shouted: Scholar, where are you? Voices echo through the vast cavern.

"Save. Help me! I.. We're on top..."

Topmost? I didn't react at once. Suddenly, I lifted my flashlight and pointed it at the roof of the cave. Oh, my God! I froze in place. I saw that on the top of the cave, there were several white humanoid things hanging in the air, constantly whirling. Could it be that they are scholars? I broke out in a cold sweat and said tentatively, "Scholar? Is that you? ”

"Xia Nan, save us!" I'm sure that's the scholar.

Ya, it's definitely not comfortable to see them like this, the scholar can still speak, the fourth master and Lao Xu didn't squeak at all, isn't it.... I don't dare to think about it, let's save it first. Although they were hanging in mid-air, they were seven or eight meters above the ground. There is nowhere to be found, how can we save them safely? The scholar hadn't responded for a long time, and I knew that the situation was urgent, so I took everything out of my backpack, but there was nothing to do.

I couldn't do anything about it, so I was in a hurry to go around below. Just when I didn't know what to do, suddenly a familiar voice came from behind me: "I'm here to save them, you're ready to answer!" ”。

When I looked back, it was actually the fourth master! The fourth master was covered in mud, his originally white face was also dirty, and he held the soft sword in his hand. I want to ask him how he did it and how he got here. The fourth master waved his hand, and instead of answering, he asked me for a military dagger. The fourth master shone a flashlight on the top, shook his hand suddenly, and the dagger flew out with a "whoosh", not biased or oblique, and the line of the scholar was hanging in the middle. I didn't react at all, instinctively reached out to take it, and the scholar's body smashed down like a cannonball, and I was crushed to the ground all of a sudden.

Damn, this board is so lazy to do it, and his fat body is pressed on my small body, and he almost stoned me to death. I moved my arm, but it didn't break. Hurriedly pushed the scholar away, and I couldn't see it clearly as soon as the light shone on. This is a scholar, it's just a dumpling. The scholar's whole body was covered with white silk, and his facial features were also circled many times, like a mummy. The white silk was cold and sticky to the touch, and it was very disgusting. I didn't care about anything else, so I hurriedly picked up the dagger that had fallen on the ground, trying to cut the white silk.

How do you know that this white silk is full of toughness, and it is wrapped in many circles, and it can't be cut at all without force, and if you use force, you will throw a mouse taboo, for fear of hurting the scholar. As soon as the fourth master pushed me away, he raised his hand with the soft sword in his hand, and the white silk broke like noodles, I don't know if it was the fourth master or the soft sword was sharp.

I hurriedly raised the scholar's head, but I saw that the scholar's eyes were closed and his face was flushed, and I screamed in fright. The fourth master said, it doesn't matter, it's just a lack of oxygen in the head, plus hanging in the air, qi stagnation and blood coagulation, and it will be fine for a while. Seeing that the fourth master is so sure, I am also a little relieved.

The fourth master saved Lao Xu like this. I rubbed the back of the scholar and Lao Xu for a long time, poured some water into it, and after a while, they woke up. Both of them were in a state of flux and panicked. The fourth master took out a box of silver needles out of nowhere, and pricked them a few times on several acupuncture points on the top of their heads before they slowly quieted down and gradually regained their senses.