Chapter 115: Stone Forest
With the flares lifted into the air, everyone saw the topography of this stone cave clearly, and at this glance, they were all surprised. It's too big! It's really too big here!
The place where the crowd was located was a huge circular rock plane with a diameter of several hundred meters. The rocks underfoot are dark red, and I don't know if it's because of the iron-rich nature. And this huge round rock, as far as the eye can see, there are countless in this empty underground world, and there is no end in sight.
Each round stone plate is separated from each other by more than ten meters to dozens of meters, and one by one the circular stone plates extend forward. In everyone's field of vision, there are no less than dozens of such discs. Although the height difference is somewhat different, it is generally at the same height, and under the disk, there is an endless abyss.
"Yang Lei, you are studying geology, what kind of landform is this? Have you seen it? How does this look like a stone forest in Yunnan! How did the owner of this turtle grandson tomb choose such a place as a cemetery, it is really extravagant. Chen Ziyang asked Yang Lei.
"I haven't seen it, I really haven't seen it, this is really living to see and see old. This trip really didn't come in vain. Everything has been experienced. I'll tell you this, after this time, I'll be at home every day, and I'm not going anywhere, it's too dangerous, it's too shocking, or An Ansheng hugging Tutu to live my little life. ”
What happened along the way made Yang Lei have the idea that he didn't know the preciousness of life without experiencing life and death. Especially at this time, Yang Lei's injured hands were wrapped like two big rice dumplings, which made him even more firm in this idea, don't look at the little ghost baby's claws are not long, but even scratching and scratching have dug up a lot of meat on his palms.
Yu Gang's state at this time is also better, he has been groggy before, but now he has some energy, but his face is a little blue, and I don't know if it is the sequelae of evil qi.
More than a dozen soldiers of the Eastern Dynasty searched the circular stone plate, and then one soldier found a downward stone path at the edge of the disk, which was built according to the disk, like a winding mountain road, coiling around the huge round stone pillar all the way down.
After searching the neighborhood completely and finding no other passages, the group walked down the path with stone pillars, which was obviously hand-hewn, and although it was not very wide, it was more than enough for two people to walk side by side, and the surface of the stone path was rough. If you walk on it, you won't worry about slipping and falling into the abyss.
This walk, it took two hours! In fact, the stone pillar is not very high, but the spiraling stone path obviously magnified the height of the stone pillar a lot, and by the time everyone walked under the stone pillar, they were already tired. And as the height decreased, deeper and deeper into the ground, everyone felt that the temperature under the stone pillar seemed to be a few degrees colder than above.
Yang Lei only felt that there were a few holes in his pants that had been bitten by the ghost baby, and there was a yin wind in it, which really froze him, and everyone in the team was actually very cold, but because they were afraid that the fire would provoke something else, everyone didn't dare to light a fire to keep warm.
If you look at the top of the stone pillar before, the round stone plates give people the feeling of shock, at the bottom of the stone pillar, it gives people the feeling of being confused, and the gaps between countless stone pillars have formed one winding path after another. This is simply a natural labyrinth, looking at this scene in front of him, the commander of the North Korean side who led the team was also a little difficult, and he didn't know whether to move forward, or just stay here and wait for the other two teams.
However, the falling body temperature of the crowd forced them to move forward, and the company commander deliberately arranged for four soldiers to mark the road they had walked, so that they could find the stone pillar they had descended from and not get lost in the stone forest. At the same time, if other teams pass by, the soldiers in their team will be able to know where they are heading.
Along the gap between the stone pillars, one by one, no one dares to stop, as soon as they stop, they may fall behind, in this dark and confused underground space, it is difficult to find the previous team once they fall behind.
Everyone dragged their tired bodies, gritted their teeth, and walked forward for another hour, when the temperature around them seemed to have risen. Chen Ziyang found that his compass could not be used, probably because the stone was rich in iron, which affected the effect of the magnetic needle.
Now he found that this compass is not a panacea, every time he goes to the tomb, there is a bad time, it seems that the next time he goes down to the tomb, he should think of something else, but then he shook his head, why didn't he have an idea with Yang Lei. I hope it's better not to enter this kind of place in the future, in less than two days, there have been several times when my life is in danger, and this kind of thing really can't be done in the future.
The crowd groped their way forward, vaguely moving in the direction of their backs to the drawbridge. After several repairs, Chen Ziyang looked at his watch, and it was already 8 o'clock in the evening, and he had walked for seven or eight hours. Along the way, I never encountered a stone pillar with a road, so I could only move forward in the stone forest.
Then, under the exclamation of several soldiers in front of the team, everyone found that they had walked out of this labyrinth stone forest, and in front of them was a cliff dozens of meters wide. Another flare went out, and on the other side of the cliff, everyone saw one house after another, and just behind this house, there seemed to be a huge stone gate, but it was too far away to see clearly.
In the vicinity of this cliff, the soldiers of the Eastern Dynasty found several traces of suspension bridges in the past, this time Chen Ziyang felt normal, it seems that the front should be the real tomb, and these suspension bridges leading to the cemetery were destroyed after the construction of the tomb was completed.
Because there is no way to pass through this mountain stream dozens of meters wide for the time being, everyone found a sheltered place here to rest, while waiting for news from other scientific expedition teams, but the communication equipment is still not available, and the walkie-talkie can only be heard by a few people in the team.
Battalion Commander Jin had been talking to the two soldiers in a gestural manner, although he couldn't understand what they were saying, but from their expressions and movements, Chen Ziyang vaguely judged that they were studying the way to pass through this mountain stream, but several people were at a loss.
Early the next morning, Camp Commander Jin asked several soldiers to search the left and right sides of the mountain stream, hoping to find a narrow part of the mountain stream, or to see if there were other passages.
Just when a few people were boredly waiting for the news of the search team, Chen Ziyang heard some unusual noises from the depths of the stone forest.