Chapter 24: The Suffocated Lantern Festival
This so-called altar looks like it's just a platform built against a mountain. After countless years, it has long been stained and mottled, and it is difficult to imagine the pomp and circumstance of the sacrifice that year.
In fact, when I think about it, the passage platform that the Lantern Festival walked on is the official passage to here. Because when the water level rose, the shallows that Wenmo and I had just walked through were submerged.
I looked around, and the platform was empty, nothing. I was about to leave, but at the moment I turned around, I suddenly saw some lines on the stone wall behind me.
My heart moved, and I said, "Is there still some painting here?"
While thinking about it, I reached over and touched it, but when my hand touched the lines on the stone wall, I suddenly found that it was soft, and I was shocked! This is not a stone wall!
At the same time, a pair of white eyes suddenly opened on the black stone wall, and I suddenly felt my hair blow up, and I immediately shouted: "Not good! There's something to this! ”
I hurriedly stepped back, drew my short knife and looked nervously at the stone wall in front of me, and at this time, Wenmo and Lantern Xiao also surrounded me.
It's a very weird feeling, in the dark, there's a pair of eyes in front of you looking at you, which makes people uncomfortable.
Lantern Xiao scolded when he saw it, "Damn!" There are a pair of eyes on the stone wall, and the stone has become a fine?! ”
I shook my head, "No, it should be, there is something I don't know what it is, lying on the stone wall." Then, I said to Wenmo: "What should I do?" ”
Without waiting for Wenmo to answer, Lantern Xiao grabbed the knife in his hand: "It doesn't matter what it is, just give it a knife when you go up, I don't believe it will be an iron cloth shirt!" ”
I turned my head to look at Wen Mo again, he nodded slightly, and then took out a few steel needles from his waist bag.
Lantern Xiao walked over cautiously, and I was also engrossed in raising the short knife and waiting.
Lantern Xiao saw the position and quickly slashed down. But the knife didn't have the effect we expected. Because the knife of Lantern Festival was cut empty, the steel knife hit the stone wall, and a string of sparks collapsed.
At the same time, Wenmo also moved, and threw out two steel needles in a row, one hit the stone wall, and the other hit the ground not far from us.
Under such circumstances, we immediately turned from active to passive, not only by surprise, but also by creating a situation in which the enemy was dark and the enemy was clear.
We hurriedly looked around, "Where did it go?" ”
I asked Wenmo, "Boss, have you seen clearly, what is it?" ”
Wen Mo shook his head, "I don't know, but I think the thing on the boulder just now is it." ”
I remembered that when I found Anado's hook on the boulder, I was attacked by an unknown object, could it be that this is it, could it be that it has been following us since then?
I looked at Lantern Xiao, who was looking around for that thing, "When you came down just now, did you see this thing?" ”
Lantern Xiao shook her head blankly, "When I passed by here down the stone steps just now, I didn't even look at it, I just thought about going down to find something." ”
I'm a little speechless. We need to fix this thing as soon as possible, otherwise it will always be a problem and it will keep us in our throats.
Suddenly, I felt something strange under my feet, and I looked down to see a flat thing that was pounced on my shoe, opening its mouth and biting it. Fortunately, I am wearing a pair of thick cowhide boots, and the current leather-making process is very mature, especially this kind of field leather boots, which are very strong and generally difficult to bite.
But despite this, I was still startled, and subconsciously shook my foot hard, and the thing flew out at once, and soon I heard a snapping sound in the shallows below.
Lantern Xiao came over with a flashlight, "What's wrong?" See that thing? ”
I nodded, "Be careful, that thing will bite!" ”
"Really!" Lantern Xiao took out the leather gloves in her bag and put them on, "Where did that thing go?" ”
I pointed to the darkness in front of the altar, "It looks like it's been thrown down there!" ”
Lantern Xiao and I walked to the edge of the altar, Lantern Xiao raised the flashlight and shone it downward, and at the moment when the flashlight turned to the shallows, suddenly, a black shadow came up from below.
Lantern Xiao hurriedly leaned back, but the speed of the black shadow was too fast, and Lantern Xiao didn't have time to dodge at all, so he blocked it with his hand in a hurry, only to hear Lantern Xiao's muffled snort, and his position was dark all of a sudden.
I hurriedly rushed over, but Lantern Xiao seemed to be fighting with that thing, constantly shaking and entangled, I couldn't see the situation there of Lantern Xiao, and wanted to rush up to help, but I couldn't do it.
At this time, Lantern Xiao suddenly lost his center of gravity, fell backwards, and hit his back heavily on the stone wall on the side of the altar. Lantern Xiao fell into it all at once.
Wenmo reacted relatively quickly, and followed in one step. And I didn't care about this sudden hole at this time, so I hurriedly jumped in.
At this time, Wenmo had already held Lantern Xiao, I turned on the flashlight and was taken aback, that thing was like a big starfish, at this time it was pounced on Lantern Xiao's face, several tentacles stretched out, surrounded Lantern Xiao's head, and covered Lantern Xiao's mouth and nose tightly.
Although Lantern Xiao put his hand between the thing and his face, his face was still red and purple at this time, and I immediately realized that Lantern Xiao was suffocating!
I hurriedly reached out to pull the tentacle of that thing, but Wenmo immediately stopped me, "No, there are barbs on it, and it will be torn off along with the flesh and skin." ”
Hearing Wen Mo say this, I had no choice but to stop, but at this time, Lantern Xiao was obviously in pain, and kept writhing and struggling.
I was anxious, "Boss, hurry up and find a way to get this thing down." ”
Wenmo pushed the Lantern Festival to me, "Hold him!" ”
I hugged Lantern Xiao, who was already a little confused at this time, and I spoke to him in my ear, hoping that he would stay awake, "Lantern Festival!" You hold on a little longer!! ”
Wenmo's short knife was very sharp, and it cut the skin of this thing in a few clicks, and then took out a steel needle, went deep into its body, and poked it a few times.
I immediately saw that several tentacles of this thing trembled as if they were electrocuted. At the same time, Lantern Xiao also twitched.
I said anxiously to Wen Mo: "Boss, hurry up, the Lantern Festival is almost unbearable!" ”
Wen Mo nodded, and reached out to pull the tentacles around Lantern Xiao's head, which was much easier this time. A few tentacles became soft as if they had been picked off, and they were removed from Lantern Xiao's head at once. It's just that where it came into contact with Lantern Xiao's bare skin, the barbs on the tentacles left a string of blood spots on the face.
We knocked it down and threw it on the ground, not knowing if it was still alive, but it looked like it couldn't move.
This Lantern Festival's face was revealed. I hurriedly rubbed his chest and patted his back, and after a few seconds, Lantern Xiao took a breath with all his strength. Then he coughed violently.
Lantern Xiao suddenly lay on the ground, "Damn!!" Lao Tzu almost hung up! ”
I looked at the blood spots on Lantern Xiao's face, almost connected into a piece, like a pockmarked face. Coupled with the big round face of the Lantern Festival, it looks like a sesame baked cake.
When Lantern Xiao saw me looking at him with a smile on his face, he touched his face, but as soon as he touched it, he immediately shrank back like an electric shock, "Ah, it really hurts, my face is okay, right?" ”
I shook my head seriously, "No, it's much more handsome than before!" ”
"If you don't take me lightly, I'll be stupid X if I believe you!" Lantern Xiao said, raising his hand that was blocking his face just now, and I saw that his gloves had been bitten by that thing. He hurriedly asked, "Are your hands okay?" ”
Lantern Xiao shook her head, "Fortunately, buddy reacts quickly!" As he spoke, Lantern Xiao pulled out his flashlight from the rotten glove. If it weren't for this iron guy standing in my way, my finger would have been bitten off! Lantern Xiao took off her gloves and shook the monster lying on the ground vigorously, "What the hell is this TM!" Cover your mouth when you come up! Masks are fine! ”
Wen Mo touched something on the ground with his knife, "It looks like it should be some kind of cave creature." ”
I stood up, "Whatever it is, it's time for us to go, there's so much weirdness in here, Anador doesn't know what to do now!" ”
Lantern Xiao also stood up, "I don't think anything will happen, we didn't find any traces of fighting or struggle along the way, but found the mark she left for us." ”
I nodded, "I hope so!" ”
We turned around to leave, only to realize that we had entered a cave that Lantern Xiao had inadvertently opened just now.
We looked around and saw that it was not a separate place, and the cave stretched forward, not knowing where it leads. And the position we are in, there are many traces left by man.
There are stone tables and chairs on the side, as well as some altars and jars.
Wenmo speculated that this should be the place of preparation before the ancient ancestors held sacrifices, including the preparation of sacrifices and the preparation of the presiding officer of the sacrifice.
Lantern Xiao understood when he heard this, "It's like the Baohe Hall during the Ming Dynasty." ”
This sentence of the Lantern Festival made me a little impressed by him, and he was able to emphasize that the Baohe Hall during the Ming Dynasty showed that he really understood this piece of history, because the role of the Baohe Hall during the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty was different.
Lantern Xiao seemed to see my surprise and smiled at me, "One of my former ex-girlfriends is a docent of the Forbidden City. ”
I couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that there are really many channels for a person to acquire knowledge, and the key is to find something that interests him.
At this time, I noticed that Wen Mo was staring at a wall again, and my heart was immediately shocked, I must have found the kind of thing that attacked us just now.