Chapter 13: Crisis looms

As I spoke, I shouted to the top, "Second uncle! Second Uncle!! Is that you? ”

As soon as I shouted, the figure above immediately looked over, and after distinguishing for a while, the second uncle's surprised voice came, "Big nephew??" Zhuo Ran?? ”

"Yes, it's me!!" As I spoke, I waved my hand to the second uncle on the city tower.

But when the second uncle saw me, he didn't have any joyful expression, of course, I couldn't see what kind of expression he was, but I could hear from his tone, he was shocked and anxious at the same time, "You, why are you here!" ”

"We ......" I just wanted to explain, but as soon as I opened my mouth to say two words, the second uncle interrupted me in a bit of a panic, "You guys leave quickly!" ”

"This!" Lantern Xiao and I were immediately a little confused, not understanding what the second uncle meant by such a reaction, but I was still taken aback by the second uncle, I looked around nervously, but I didn't find anything unusual for a while. "Second uncle, what's wrong?"

The second uncle stood on the city tower and looked up into the distance, I didn't know what I was looking at, I raised the flashlight to him, stimulated by my flashlight, the second uncle raised his hand to cover his face, but I still clearly saw his panicked eyes, he was still muttering to himself, I recognized it before I saw it, what he said was, "It's too late, it's too late!" ”

The second uncle took his hand away from his face and said to me and Lantern Xiao, "Quick, climb up along the rope!" Come on! Fast!!! ”

Lantern Xiao and I didn't know why, but we still hurriedly did what the second uncle ordered. We rushed a few steps to the half-buried section of the wall. And he saw a rope hanging there.

Lantern Xiao stretched out his hand and pushed me, "Quick, you go first!" ”

I shook my head and said, "You'd better go first, you're heavy and slow." I'll go up again, I'm lighter, if it's too late, you and the second uncle can pull the rope directly on it, and you can pull me up, don't rub it, hurry up!! ”

The second uncle looked anxiously at it, "When are you two rabbit cubs, what kind of affection are you showing!" Quick, throw up another rope, and you all get on it! ”

I reached out and untied the remaining other end of the rope from the backpack and threw it vigorously at the second uncle. After the second uncle quickly fixed one end of the rope, he motioned for us to hurry up.

Lantern Xiao and I began to climb up one by one. Climbing rope really requires a certain amount of physical strength and skill, but fortunately, with the previous experiences, although the climbing speed is very slow, I can barely cope with it. In this regard, the Lantern Festival is indeed stronger than me, and when I climbed halfway, the Lantern Festival was almost on the verge of reaching the top.

I was about to speed up, so I gritted my teeth and pulled the rope hard, and then I jumped up, but before I could pull it a second time, the rope in my hand suddenly loosened. I was shocked, screaming badly, and the next second I fell down with the rope.

I screamed and fell directly to the ground from mid-air, and the second uncle and Lantern Xiao asked anxiously above, "Zhuo Ran, how are you?" ”

I lay on the ground and struggled for a while, got up in pain, and shouted to it: "Second uncle, how did you tie the rope, you want to fall to death your own nephew!" ”

The second uncle asked apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't expect the wooden bolt on the city wall to be loose for too long." Big nephew, you don't matter, right? ”

I waved my hand at him, "I can't die yet!" ”

Lantern Xiao waved his hand at me anxiously, "Zhuo Ran, can you still go on, if you can, just hold on!" ”

I nodded, and reached for the rope, but I suddenly noticed that the injury on my hand, coupled with the fall just now, my hand could not hold the rope. And at this moment, I suddenly found that the white fog that had dissipated had reappeared.

When the second uncle saw this change, his face changed instantly, "I didn't expect those things to come back so soon!" Then he turned to me and beckoned, "Zhuoran, quick!!" ”

"Stuff??" I looked around and asked strangely, "Second uncle, what are you referring to?" ”

The second uncle waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense, I don't have time to explain now, you hurry up!! ”

Due to the injury on my hand, I tried several times in a row and failed, and I gritted my teeth and climbed more than 2 meters before I could not hold up my arm strength and slide down. Lantern Xiao saw that it was difficult for me to grasp the rope, so he planned to come down again to help me, I hurriedly waved my hand at him, "You don't have to come down, it's useless to come down!" ”

Lantern Xiao hesitated, still not at ease, he turned his head to look at the second uncle. The second uncle nodded slightly, and then watched me say something quickly in a very low voice. I didn't have time to pay attention to the second uncle's finished speaking, so I didn't hear what he said clearly.

But Lantern Xiao next to the second uncle obviously heard it, because I noticed that his face suddenly changed.

I waved my hand at it, "No, my hand is injured and I can't hold the rope now." ”

Lantern Xiao thought for a moment and said to me, "Quickly tie the rope around your waist, and we'll pull you up." ”

That's a good idea, and I seem to have come up with it myself. So I grabbed the rope and tied it around my waist. But soon another problem arose, because we were in a half-buried tower, and the walls were mostly buried in the earth, leaving a narrow place for people to stand. Now it is extremely difficult to get the second uncle and Lantern Xiao to pull me up with a rope.

The second uncle and Lantern Xiao tried several times in a row, but not only did they not pull me up, but the second uncle even stood unsteadily and almost fell off.

Lantern Xiao leaned against the wall and gasped, "No, I can't pull it up, unless the perverted level of Boss Wenmo is here!" ”

The second uncle rested for a while, straightened his waist, bowed his head and said to me, "Come on, try again!" ”

Looking at the fog around me, I shook my head with a wry smile and reached out to untie the rope from my waist. Lantern Xiao shouted on the city wall, "Zhuo Ran, where are you going?" ”

I saw that there was a corner at the base of the city wall that was just enough to accommodate me, so I grabbed the short knife and hid in, "Second uncle, I'll hide here, let it be fate!" ”

The second uncle hesitated for a moment and said, "Big nephew, there is actually a safe hiding place below. ”

"Where is it?" I jumped out. At this point, I could clearly feel the danger, because in the fog, I could already hear a strange sound.

The second uncle hesitated again, and pointed to the row of coffins placed in front of the city gate, "Among those coffins, the one on the edge is empty, if you enter the coffin, you should be able to ensure that there is no danger." ”

"Into the coffin?" I hesitated when I heard it, after all, it was still a little difficult to adapt to the living person entering the coffin psychologically for a while.

Lantern Xiao shouted anxiously, "Zhuo Ran, you are a person who goes to the ground and fights, what kind of coffin are you afraid of, isn't it just a small box, people have to enter a small box sooner or later in this life, don't be afraid!" "When Lantern Festival said this, I couldn't help but feel numb again.

"Shut up!" The second uncle scolded softly on it, and then said to me: "Zhuo Ran, don't hesitate! Fast! ”

I gritted my teeth, and with no more urgency to worry about, I hurried to the six coffins. The second uncle commanded from above, "It's the one on the far right!" ”

Actually, I know the location of the empty coffin, because the last time I came in with Lantern Xiao, it had already been opened.

I walked to the side of the empty coffin, but luckily the last time I walked with Lantern Xiao, I didn't cover the coffin too tightly. I pressed my shoulders against the coffin lid, and then I pushed hard, only to hear a "crunch", and the coffin lid was pushed open with a large opening of more than 40 centimeters. It was pitch black inside the coffin, and I couldn't see anything, but I knew there was a stone man inside.

Looking at the coffin in front of me, if I was asked to open the coffin to investigate, I would have no problem, but now let me dive into it, I do feel a little repulsed from the bottom of my heart. The open coffin mouth and the darkness inside seem to be a portal to another world.

In a moment of hesitation, the strange sounds in the fog got closer and closer, and I could see that there seemed to be something in the mist.

I didn't dare to hesitate any longer, so I bowed my head and got in. Climbing into the coffin, my hand inadvertently touched the soft quilt, the quilt was bulging inside, and I knew that the stone man should be under the quilt.

I don't know if it's because of the previous experience of meeting the Five Aperture Stone People, which caused things like stone people to leave a shadow in my heart. Coupled with such an environment, I instinctively leaned towards the edge of the coffin, not wanting to touch the stone man below the quilt.

Lying in the coffin, I lifted my leg and kicked the lid on the coffin, then closed it again.

I could hear my heart pounding. The movement outside seemed to be much quieter, but it was still faintly audible, and there was a clear tendency to get closer.

I gently flattened my head, breathed a sigh of relief, and calmed down a bit. But suddenly, I felt that something wasn't quite right in the coffin, or rather, something wasn't quite right around me.

I held my breath and listened, and my heart trembled, and I heard an extremely faint breathing sound in the coffin. In an instant, my scalp exploded. My heart almost stopped in an instant!

How could there be a sound of breathing in this place, could it be that there was something else in this coffin besides me, I secretly cursed myself for being careless just now, and didn't check the situation inside before coming in.

I wanted to kick the lid open and escape, but I could feel something wandering around the coffin. If you go out, you may die even worse!

I pinched the flashlight in my hand, and my fingers hesitated on the switch and still didn't press it, I was worried about what unbearable images I would see when the light came on!

(PS: I sincerely apologize to everyone for the slow update recently!) I just came back from a trip, and now I'm on a business trip again, and because I'm too busy with this work, I hardly have time to code words. In this regard, I am also extremely distressed, "Nine Dragons Heavenly Coffin" is like my child, it is created by me word by word, and no one has a deeper affection for it than me. What I value most is the quality of "Nine Dragons Coffin", not the quantity. I don't want to update for the sake of updating, I don't want to have thousands of words on the water to deal with readers. There's no time to code a quality plot, I'd rather not change it. It's a sign of respect for the reader, but also for my own work. Forced by objective reasons, there is really no way. I love to write, but I can't go hungry. I beg your forgiveness!

However, this situation is only temporary, and I promise that as soon as I finish the urgent work, I will resume my daily updates! Thank you all for your support, tolerance and understanding!! I apologize again to all of you!! )