Chapter 175: The Upside-Down Corpse
But from this point of view, this nothing-represented thing should be at the bottom of this cavern.
I couldn't help but look down at the endless darkness beneath my feet, and suddenly I had a strong anticipation for the secret hidden in it.
It is now clear to us that what was described in the last fresco in the temple has been reproduced here.
We left the platform and set off again, down the spiraling stone steps.
After walking forward for a while, we finally reached the area inlaid with corpses. Fortunately, I have been mentally prepared before, otherwise, in such a dark environment, when I turn my head and see an upside-down corpse embedded in the stone wall, no matter who I amuse, I will be startled, and if I don't make a mistake, I will hate it for eternity!
A large number of dried corpses, just like this, are embedded in rows on the stone wall, they are very close to the stone steps, and we can be said to be close to those dried corpses when we walk on them. It was a very tangled feeling, the stone steps under our feet were narrow, with bottomless darkness on one side and inlaid dried corpses on the other. I felt like I was caught in the middle and was in pain! Eventually, though, I decided to stay close to the dry corpse, scared but not to be thrown to my death.
I found that the corpses were all sitting cross-legged, and the holes were cleverly dug, with several internal bumps just stuck in the corpses, such as the shoulders, waists, and hip bones, so that although the corpses were placed upside down, they were still very natural and stable.
When we first approached these dried corpses, we saw only the corpses of ordinary people, and it was not until we walked for a while that the corpses of the two-horned people gradually appeared. However, there is also a very strange point, that is, these dried corpses, whether they are two-horned people or ordinary people, the eyeballs of their corpses have all been dug up. The location of the eye socket formed a black hole exposing the skull after the corpse had dried up. It looks scary.
I couldn't help but think of the eyeballs in the stone tower outside, which had been sealed in a special way, could it be these people's, and I suddenly felt a little nauseous when I thought of the foul-smelling black liquid in those eyeballs.
Looking at the layers of dried corpses around me, I said, "What is the purpose of these corpses being stored here?" Is it just to echo the mural? ”
"No," the second uncle shook his head and said, "I guess the age of the formation here should be older than the age of the formation of the murals. ”
"In other words, there is something else to the body being placed here?" I asked.
The second uncle nodded and said: "I think this should be a cemetery of the Hades back then, and the geographical environment of the Hades at that time made them have no conditions to build a regular mausoleum, so they used this space-saving way to bury, of course, it is not excluded that the location here is special." However, it can also be seen from the types of corpses on it that when this cemetery was first used, the Doublehorns and ordinary people still lived in harmony, until the Doublehorns were oppressed and could not be buried here. That's why we couldn't see the body of the two-horned man in the location we passed by just now. So the further down the road, the older the corpse should be. ”
When the second uncle said this, I suddenly remembered that when I was in the underground river of the ancient country of Shanhuan, there were group burial tombs on the stone walls on both sides, and the ancestors of the ancient country of Shanhuan were also buried there in a similar way, but the difference is that the dried corpses there are all sitting cross-legged normally, while those here are sitting upside down.
While walking, Lantern Xiao shone a flashlight on the dried corpse on the stone wall, shook his head and said: "It's not good to be buried like this, although it saves space, but there should be a burial!" These are all alone, and they can't even get a piece of spiritual weapon! ”
I looked at Lantern Xiao and said: "Why do you keep thinking about the underworld, this trip, you took a lot of things like turquoise, and the short sword of the big zongzi just now is also with you, these things are taken out and shot, and the top of your small shop has been running for more than ten years!" Can you think about something else? ”
After hearing this, Lantern Xiao nodded, and then looked at the bottom of the cave, "Actually, I'm most curious about what's at the bottom of this cave?" ”
"Who isn't!" As I spoke, I shone my flashlight downward, and I could only see a pitch black patch in the middle of the cavern, surrounded by a circle of stone steps that stretched into the darkness. I can't help but wonder if there were stone steps in the Void Eye under the island tombs, if we could also explore the mysteries! But it suddenly occurred to me that the strange white mist that was surging in there always made people feel that something was hidden in it, and I immediately dispelled the year.
Under the light of the flashlight, I saw the dried corpses on the stone wall below, one after another, denser than above.
Their eyes are gone, but it always feels like they're looking at us. Especially from where I was, it looked like these dried corpses were really high up, looking down at us. This kind of optical illusion is really shocking, and at the same time, being "looked down" by so many dried corpses, I suddenly have a chilling feeling in my heart.
And so we went down for a long time, at least that's how I felt. Sure enough, as the second uncle said, I did feel dizzy and dizzy after a long time of spinning in one direction, and it was very strong, of course, I was not the only one, so we had to stop and rest every time we walked for a while.
I looked up and saw that the hole in the ground was no longer visible, and the bottom of the hole below was also in sight. It was such an embarrassing and unsettling situation, all I could see was the darkness around me and the stone steps under my feet, and only the stone wall on the right let me know that I was not hanging in the dark space, at least I had some support.
I don't know how long we're going to have to go like this, but suddenly I had a strange feeling that maybe we'd go on like this! All the way to the end of time!
But after a while, although we did not reach the end of time, we came to the end of the road.
Although we were worried, but there was always a bit of luck, but what we were most worried about happened: after we took two steps from a small platform, the people in front of us came with the news, I don't know if it was because of disrepair or some other reason, there was a large area of fracture and collapse of the stone steps in front of us.
This sudden situation forced us to stop. As a last resort, we retreated to this small platform.
We gathered to the side and shone our flashlights on the stone steps ahead. We did see a long stone staircase that broke off the stone wall and fell down, and not only that, but the gravel that fell from this layer also hit the stone steps below, so we could see several stone steps in the same vertical direction, with varying degrees of damage.
The length of the missing stone staircase is at least twenty meters, and it is absolutely impossible to cross it by human means alone.
Lantern Xiao looked up and down helplessly, "It's come here, we can't go back, let's find a way." ”
The second uncle looked down, "The only way now is to put a rope down, and we should have a few more climbing ropes." ”
I was a little worried, "Even if the rope is lowered, it is still a problem, we don't know the situation below first, in addition, the key point is that we don't know how deep it is, if the rope is suspended in the air, it can't go up to the world and the ground, it's easy for people to climb down, and it's difficult to come up again!" As I spoke, I looked down at the darkness beneath my feet, and it wasn't a good feeling to be alone in the darkness.
At this time, Tian Laosi opened his mouth and said: "Put down the climbing rope, I'll go and see it first!" ”
Looking at Tian Laosi's strong figure, I believe that he has the physical strength to complete this matter.
We found a crack in the mountain wall and stuffed a self-expanding steel hook into it. After a few steel claws hung upside down on the rocks on both sides, they were very strong and tightened. Tian Laosi unloaded his equipment, stuck the pistol in his waist, bit the flashlight, grabbed the rope and carefully slid down.
We watched as he figured him out, and soon disappeared into the darkness. All we have left to do is wait. But after a while, I didn't receive any information from Tian Laosi.
Lantern Xiao looked at the time, "Why is it so long?" How long is our climbing rope down? ”
The second uncle thought for a while and said, "It's about a hundred meters." ”
"A hundred meters? This should have been done a long time ago. Lantern Xiao couldn't help frowning, "It shouldn't be that something happened." ”
As soon as Lantern Xiao's words fell, Wen Mo got up and grabbed the climbing rope and jumped down.
Lantern Xiao opened her mouth and said "hey", but as soon as the words came out, Wen Mo's figure had disappeared into the darkness below. Lantern Xiao couldn't help muttering, "It doesn't matter if you fold Tian Laosi, don't put Wenmo in it!" Lantern Xiao was open-mouthed, and seeing that Yuan An's face became ugly, I quickly patted him.
Lantern Xiao realized that she had lost her words, and secretly glanced at Yuan An and shrunk her neck.
A few minutes after Wenmo went down, the rope was suddenly shaken a few times, this is the code we agreed before, if it is okay, the people below will shake the rope, and then we can go down.
Looking at this situation, I don't know what Tian Laosi's situation is, but Wenmo should have successfully landed. Out of trust in Wenmo, we began to prepare to slide down the rope as well. But suddenly, when I saw the finger-thick climbing rope swaying in the dark, I suddenly felt a palpitation in my heart, and my heart suddenly became very fast. I had to crouch on the ground and take deep breaths.