Chapter 4: The Altar in the Dark River
Rumble!
A deafening sound rang out, and the mine began to crumble.
Under the chain reaction, the speed of collapse became faster and faster, and in the panic, Lin Yi tripped over the iron chain on his feet and fell to the ground before he could run a few steps.
Some rubble keeps falling overhead, and death is imminent!
Seeing that he was about to be buried by stones, Lin Yi's pupils contracted for a while, and he felt that his panicked mind became clear.
Because of his past experience, he was very desperate for his life, but when he really faced death, he still had a smile on his face, at least he had died once.
At this time, he was prostrate on the ground, using both hands and feet, and jumped forward frantically to escape, like a frightened beast, and under the tremendous force of a thousand catties, he jumped three feet, far faster than the collapsing mine.
In the movement, Lin Yi did not feel the slightest incongruity, but had a period of returning to the company of beasts.
He looked behind him and realized that this was not the end, and no matter how fast he was now, if the mine collapsed, he would not escape the fate of being buried alive.
"Is it the last run of life or is it a race against life?"
With the roar of the collapse, Lin Yi came to the end of the mine.
There was also a small square hole next to him, diagonally downward towards the depths of the earth, at a glance, there was no end at all, and it was even darker, like a huge mouth waiting for the prey to come to the door.
There was no raised rock in the irregular cave, which was completely different from the mining hoe, more like someone punched it, and even had a faint fingerprint on the edge, Lin Yi suddenly remembered the legend about the abandoned mine.
"Could this be the pit left behind by the patriarch who asked the master to inspect the ground?"
Before he could observe, the cracks in the rock wall had already spread to his side, and Lin Yi knew that the mine was over.
Although the pit in front of him was not excavated, and he didn't know what the situation was inside after hundreds of years, it became his only way.
The roar from the collapse behind him seemed to be urging him, and it was in front of him in an instant.
Lin Yi's heart was crossed, and he didn't hesitate to get in.
Rumble!
Immediately after that, there was a loud bang, and a huge wave of air rushed into the pit with smoke and dust.
Lin Yi was hit by an irresistible force behind him, fell down in the straight pit, and continued to roll downward with the impetus of the air waves.
The rolling air wave reached the bottom of the pit with a strong impact, and then there was a roar.
In the narrow pit, before Lin Yi could stabilize his body, he was shocked by the huge echo and was dizzy, and he faintly heard the sound of water being stirred.
At this time, Lin Yi's eyes were blurred, and his consciousness was a little confused, and he even saw a ball of light in the dark pit, in which a charitable old man was whispering slightly, singing ancient jerky syllables, as if pulling his soul to climb the road to heaven.
And in his mind, his life is like a movie replayed, scene after scene, sometimes it is the picture of the predecessor, sometimes it is the picture from the earth.
"Are you going to die?"
He muttered unconsciously, thinking that he was now on the verge of dying, which is why he saw something strange and displaced.
Suddenly, he trembled, and in his unconsciousness, his forehead glowed with pride, and lines gradually emerged, like an ancient character, the lines that merged and recombined with the memories of his predecessor as his soul pierced.
The lines of the characters flickered, and gradually a crack appeared on it, which began to dim, and at the same time, a crisp sound was heard, like glass cracking, followed by a piercing scream, and the surroundings fell into darkness again.
I don't know how long it took for Lin Yi to come to his senses, he rubbed his painful head and groaned slightly, not knowing that he had walked away from the ghost gate.
Whoa......
When Lin Yi made a sound, the sound of water being stirred came out again, and his body couldn't help but shake, thinking it was an illusion, and hurriedly stomped his feet in the pit well to cause a sound.
"Sure enough. ”
Lin Yi raised his eyebrows and showed a hint of joy, thinking that even if he was not buried alive by the collapsed mountain rock, it would be difficult to survive here, he didn't have much food, and he could only last for more than a month.
However, as if there was no end to the road, the underground river was approaching below the pit, and as soon as he made a sound, the fish living in the dark river would be frightened.
He prostrate himself on the ground and listened carefully, the sound of the churning water like a pleasant note to him.
Lin Yi fumbled with the mine hoe around his waist, dragging his tired body to dig in the dark pit.
Fortunately, the rock was already very fragile under the erosion of the dark river, and it was hit by the strong air flow just now, and many small gaps had appeared at the bottom of the pit, and because of this, he could hear the sound in the dark river.
Rumble!
The stones fell into the dark river, and through the big hole dug, Lin Yi's eyes were stunned, and he looked down in amazement.
"It's ......"
In the flowing dark river, a square altar sits at the bottom of the river as if it were a remnant, and the ground is full of rubble and a mess.
One of the fallen stone pillars glows brightly, illuminating the dark river, and there is a shroud of light outside the altar, which protects the altar like an inverted bowl.
Whenever a large fish penetrated the light mask, it was as if it had left the water and fell straight on top of the altar.
Lin Yi rubbed his eyes, incredulous.
With a hint of doubt, he jumped into the dark river and slid his breath to the light mask.
Looking at the fish that were still alive on the altar, knowing that there was no danger inside, he carefully touched the light mask, for fear of being broken by himself.
However, his worries were only unnecessary, and his arm reached into it without the slightest hindrance, as if it had no effect other than the ripples on the mask to block the flow of water.
When Lin Yi stepped into it, he felt that his body was light, and there was even air in the mask to breathe.
He looked closely at the altar, and the fallen stone pillars should be located on the four sides of the altar, because the altar was so dilapidated that three of them had been lost.
The stone pillar is covered with reliefs, with the vicissitudes of antiquity, under the luster of circulation, the little people carved on it seem to come to life, some hunting, some farming......
"It's amazing!" Lin Yi sighed.
In the center of the altar there is a stone platform, carved in a completely different shape from the stone pillar, on which is a scene of battle.
The sky was opened by a dark and endless gap, and it was gradually expanding, and there were many people inside.
The earth was also devastated, ravines were everywhere, rotting corpses were flowing along the rivers that poured in, and the ground was stained red with blood, and all life was destroyed.
Lin Yi stood in front of the stone platform, as if he had leapt through the ages, and he felt like he was in it, and even there seemed to be that heart-rending scream in his ears.
He was a little distracted, and his heart was shocked inexplicably.
"Alas!"
Just when Lin Yi was distracted, a light sigh suddenly sounded in his ears, he was terrified, he felt crazy, and couldn't help shouting: "Who?"
"Don't be afraid, little friend. The old man's voice sounded in the degree, echoing in the empty dark river, but it was even more terrifying.
Lin Yi's pupils contracted, he couldn't hold back the horror in his heart, his eyes were fixed on the stone platform in front of him, he was very sure of the source of the sound.
I saw a trace of smoke flowing out of the cracked crack on the stone platform, and finally stopped in mid-air and converged into a figure, his hair was gray, with a charitable smile, his face was carved with weathered wrinkles, and his deep eyes had been precipitated by the years, with endless vicissitudes.
"Don't be afraid, little friend, you look at me like this, I can't hurt you at all. The old man touched a strand of his beard and whispered with kindness in his eyes.
Lin Yi stared at the old man whose body was about to dissipate at any moment, and frowned, there were things that were more outrageous than the appearance of the spirit body in his memory, such as some beasts could speak human words, and there was a vague figure in his mind that was very similar to the spirit in front of him, and he tried to calm down his heart.
"Are you a human or a ghost? and where have we met?"
"Of course I'm human, but I'm long dead, and all that remains is this remnant of my soul. With gloom in his eyes, the old man stretched out his hand and pointed to the pit where Lin Yi came down.
"I helped you in the pit just now, don't you remember?"
After a little silence, Lin Yi nodded, although he didn't know what happened at that time, the pit in front of him had indeed collapsed, but the place where he was just now formed a hollow, so he was not buried alive.
"Who are you, and why are you helping me?"
Lin Yi asked his doubts, although his mind was confused at the time, he always felt that the old man in front of him was not well-intentioned.
"I'll tell you who I am, as for why I'm helping you, it's because you're special. ”
"What do you mean?" Lin Yi couldn't help asking.
The old man pointed to his head and replied: "Your soul is very special, and it is much stronger than ordinary people by nature, in fact, when you stepped into this mine, I was observing you, and I should have noticed it according to the strength of your soul." ”
"It's you!" Lin Yi suddenly realized, at first he thought it was an illusion, but he didn't expect that someone was really observing him secretly.
As for the soul being stronger than ordinary people, Lin Yi guessed that it should be caused by the fusion of two spirit bodies, thinking of this, he asked nervously, "What else do you see besides seeing through my special soul?"
He was afraid of being noticed that he was not the owner of the body.
"I don't have the ability to see through the essence of the soul. The old man smiled and shook his head, and then said again: "But I see what happened in the mine, I know all the grievances you have suffered, have you ever thought about becoming stronger and breaking all those humiliations?"
Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but he was stabbed in the sore spot by the old man, his face was gloomy, and he suppressed anger in his voice and said: "So what, I'm just a waste person now, thinking about those who don't have it, it's better to think about how to live in the future." ”
"No, if you want to get stronger, I can help you. The old man pretended to be unfathomable, and seduced: "I know that your qi sea has been abolished, but I have a way to help you recover." ”
As soon as the old man's words fell, Lin Yi's heart jumped violently, and he said nervously: "Do you have an elixir to restore the sea of qi?"
After he was hit by Luo Chen, he had a strong desire for strength, but he had no choice but to live here, so he lost his expectations for the future.