Chapter 117: Ancient War Traps
Master Liu also felt that he seemed to be falling into some deep hole. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info As soon as he was scared in his heart, his body shook, and the "fairy bead" in his hand was thrown out.
As soon as this "fairy pearl" was thrown out. They were surrounded by wind and sand. They fell and sank along with the flowing sand.
They all began to struggle and cry for help in fright. However, the billowing dust kicked up by the fall choked them so much that they could barely breathe.
Eventually, they all fainted.
When they woke up, they found that they had fallen into a dark place. Underneath them was the sand that fell with them.
Because of the sand, they only had some pain from the fall, and there were some small abrasions, and there were no obvious sprains and fractures.
They would have fainted just now, probably because the dust that had fallen made them unable to breathe and choked them.
They saw a huge hole in the ground above their heads. Through this hole, they could see the sky and the light beyond.
It turned out that the ground had collapsed just now, and they had fallen through the hole where it had collapsed.
It's pitch black here, and you can't see your surroundings clearly. Master Liu began to recite the incantation, he wanted to find the "immortal pearl" he had just thrown out. As the incantation was recited, it didn't take long for the "fairy pearl" to appear at the entrance of the hole above their heads, and slowly fell into Master Liu's hands.
With the help of the light at the entrance of the cave and the halo emitted by this "fairy pearl", everyone could see their surroundings clearly.
This does not seem to be an ordinary ground subsidence. Not far from where they were standing, there were many passages. And the walls on both sides of these passages look smooth, and there seem to be some frescoes. However, it seems that because of the age, coupled with the collapse just now, these murals are too mutilated to be seen clearly.
They also found that there was also a place for lighting oil lamps on each side of the wall in the passage. This device for lighting the oil lamp looks like it is made manually.
The tomb research expert looked around in amazement, and then said:
"We probably fell into a huge tomb. However, I'm not sure about this either. This needs to be looked at further. It's too dark for me to see. ”
When the tour guide heard this, he was surprised and said:
"Oh, can't we? Why did we fall here? We're not here to rob the grave. It's weird and scary here. I heard that there are still ghosts in that ancient tomb under the 'Divine Beast Gang'! It's terrifying! Let's get out of here quickly! But how can we go up there? It's so high up that the sand that falls down with us is not enough for us to climb up to it. Master Liu, can you use your kung fu to fly up? Then you put the rope down, and we hold the rope you put down, and we also try to fly up with your luck. It's like that time when we climbed the mountain. ”
After hearing this, Master Liu nodded. He handed over the "fairy pearl" to the energy experts around him.
He tried to leap with his luck, and he wanted to jump to the mouth of the cave. However, as soon as he jumped to the entrance of the cave and stood on the ground with his feet, the quicksand on the ground quickly slid towards this deep hole, and the quicksand slid down with Master Liu.
However, this time there was very little quicksand, and it did not raise a huge amount of dust, and it did not stun him. Moreover, fortunately, Master Liu was mentally prepared, and he fell down smoothly with light skills, and he was not choked or stunned like just now.
Seeing Master Liu landing smoothly, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
After inspecting the entrance to the cave, the expert on ancient architecture said:
"It seems that the entrance to the cave is seriously tilted, funnel-shaped, and even if you fly out, you can't stand at all, and you will slide down with the quicksand. ”
At this moment, I heard the energy expert, who suddenly screamed in shock:
"Ahh
At this time, everyone realized that there were still many skeletons buried around them, under the sand that they had fallen.
Because the energy expert was holding the "Wind Shelter Sand Immortal Pearl", the sand under his feet flew to the side because of the effect of the "Immortal Pearl", revealing the skeleton under the sand. The energy expert had encountered the Bone Dry, and was almost killed by the Bone Spirit. So, he was terribly afraid of skeletons.
Everyone, frightened, took a few steps back.
At this time, the ancient weapons expert frowned and said:
"I think this is a lot like a trap deliberately created in ancient wars. Look and see if there's a lot of dead grass or dead branches or anything like that in the sand that we've fallen on?"
Everyone carefully examines the sand.
At this moment, the energy expert pointed to the piles of dead grass and dead branches on the ground and shouted:
"Found it, yes, with a lot of dead grass and dead branches as we fell. ”
The expert in ancient weapons said:
"Seemingly, I guessed right. This is a deliberate trap. Taking advantage of the topography of the tomb, they built a huge funnel-shaped hole in the tomb, and then put dead grass and dead branches at the entrance of the tomb, and then covered it with a lot of quicksand. When someone passed by, the dead grass and branches fell into the tomb, and the people on it fell along with the quicksand around them. There is no exit from the tombs. Those who fall cannot get out. I reckon there will be many more such traps in this tomb. These skeletons are probably soldiers who fought in ancient times. I don't know how long they've been dead. Let's see if there is any armor or weapons on these skeletons, or anything else that can indicate the identity of the deceased. ”
The tour guide said fearfully:
"It's horrible, I don't dare look at it. Lu Wen and Zheng Chun were also so frightened that they stood behind the tour guide, and they didn't dare to look.
The ancient weapons expert said:
"Everyone be careful. Although there is a bit of an oil lamp in this ancient tomb, be careful of fraud. Do not use open flames at will, and beware of combustible gases exploding in ancient tombs. ”
Most nodded in horror.
But archaeologists, historians, antiques, paleontologists, and the paleontology expert didn't look too scared. They didn't seem to be very scared, and they volunteered to check on the skeletons. Before they passed, they covered their mouths and noses with the sunscreen on their straw hats, and then by the halo of the "fairy pearl", they took a cursory look at the situation of these skeletons.
All of them followed their example and covered their mouths and noses with the white veil on their straw hats to protect themselves from the sun.
Upon inspection, they saw that the skeletons did indeed have armor and weapons next to them. However, the armor and weapons were stacked together. Weapons are placed at the bottom, while armor is stacked on top of weapons.
Hearing this, the ancient weapons expert also came over to check.
At this time, the expert in paleomedical research said:
"These skeletons have broken bones. ”
At this time, the ancient weapons expert thought for a while and said to everyone:
"It seems that these people are probably ancient soldiers, and they are unfortunate that they all fell and were injured. Luckily, we were lucky. When we fell, we had these skeletons, weapons, armor, and sand on the bottom, so none of us were hurt. ”
The tour guide asked puzzledly:
"Why aren't these armors worn on skeletons, but stacked on the ground?"
Ancient weapons expert said:
"According to my speculation, these soldiers fell into this trap after being ambushed. They all fell and were injured. Then, in order to be able to climb out of the trap, they took off their armor and put their weapons under the armor, and they wanted to climb out from the stacked armor. It's a pity that even if the armor is stacked, it is not high enough for them to climb out. I guess they must have gone to the other passages of the tomb as well, which were probably full of traps and hidden weapons. In order to prevent tomb robbery, ancient tombs generally set up a lot of traps and hidden weapons. It was probably the other soldiers who died in the other passages, and they were scared and came back here. However, in the end, they did not go out and died here. To be able to become a skeleton must have been a long time ago. ”
When the tour guide heard this, although he covered his mouth and nose with the white gauze on his hat to protect from the sun, he really felt that his breathing was not smooth, so he took the white veil, took a breath, and frowned and said:
"It smelled of dust just now, so I didn't pay much attention to the smell. There's a strong smell of corpse decay here. Let's find a way to get out of here. ”
The paleontologist said:
"Luckily, the climate is dry and it's been long enough that there are no remnants of spoilage bacteria. We're here and it's safe. Above our heads, the ventilation of the large hole was decent, and the smell of corpse decay would soon dissipate. We're not going to die here because of this. ”
The tour guide tilted his head and looked at the big hole above his head and said:
"To be honest, it's hot in the desert, but it's cooler here. But how can there be skeletons here, shouldn't there be dried corpses in the desert?"
Experts in paleomedicine say:
"The distance between this ancient tomb and the ground above the desert is relatively large, relatively humid, and the temperature is not high, and the conditions for dry corpses have not yet formed here. ”
The tour guide said:
"It's weird. We crossed at night. Crossed over here, and it was actually daytime. ”
The energy expert said:
"I don't know if it took us a night to cross, or if there was a polar day phenomenon here, and there was no night at all. ”
Archaeologists say:
"As soon as we crossed over, we fell here. I can't say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. The temperature outside was so high, the heat wave was rolling, and the sand of the whole desert was hot. If we had been walking in the desert just now, our bodies would not have been able to adapt to it. Now, at least we have a buffer period to allow our bodies to acclimatize to the climate here. ”
The tour guide shook his head and said:
"No amount of buffer period, I can't get used to it. I don't know how you look at the time here, but when is the position of the sun? We crossed at night, and it should be night here. Did it really take us a night to cross here? Or is it true that there is no night here? If there is no night, wouldn't it be so hot all the time?"