Chapter Ninety-Three: Escape from the Underground Palace
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Jia Wu walked in front, and Gray and I followed behind him. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Gray whispered in my ear: "I can't figure it out, why did this guy come to save us?
Even a nervous person like Gray feels that there is something wrong with Jia Wu, that is, there is really a problem.
It's just that the contact time is too short, and I can't see any conspiracy and tricks in him. Of course I wouldn't believe that he came down to save us, and I think the phalanges were his target. I didn't expect to find us, so I took a hand.
Gray stopped talking, and swallowed the words again. I knew what he was trying to say, the phalanges were so powerful and a very important item that would get into trouble if they fell into the wrong hands. But it has fallen into the hands of Jia Wu, and he will definitely not hand it over easily.
"Shhhhh
I smiled confidently and pointed my finger upward. If Jia Wu hadn't lied to us, there was a large group of people from the Zero Task Force above, I don't believe that Jia Wu would be able to escape with these people's eyelids down after being exposed!
Gray nodded slightly, understanding what I meant. This is the tacit understanding between brothers.
Jia Wu walked with us for about twenty minutes, and when we reached the edge of the underground palace, I saw the exit. There was a circular hole about one meter in diameter in the wall in front of him, with only a small amount of new earth around the opening.
"This is a thief hole!" said Gray, surprised, "how did you dig and scream, the hole is so round, it looks like a compass is drawn." ”
The first time I saw the thief cave, I was also impressed, and it was not at all what I imagined.
The flashlight moves in, and the inner wall of the thief cave is smooth, and there are dents every ten centimeters. There is also a pillar horizontally within the range of the flashlight's light, which pushes both sides of the thief hole. Presumably to prevent the cave from collapsing.
I praised, "How this is repaired! It's so detailed!"
"How else can you fix it, of course, with your hands and shovels. Jia Wu said: "Drilling is a technical job, and it is also a craft. First of all, the size of this thief hole should be appropriate, not too big, it is easy to expose the target if it is large, and it will increase the amount of work. It should not be too small, it is inconvenient to move and have poor air circulation. It's okay to dig a meter or two. If you dig more than ten meters, you may suffocate yourself. ”
Gray said with interest, "You know a lot, go on." ”
"After determining the size of the hole, the speed of excavation also has a doorway. First of all, you can't dig too slowly, because if you are slow, it will be easy to expose the target, and if you are discovered, you may lose your life. You can't dig too fast, it's easy to get into an accident if it's fast. Observe the changes in soil quality at regular intervals. Experienced craftsmen can determine the location of the tomb by smelling the earth. It can also predict landslides. In the thief hole, the slightest carelessness will be buried alive in the thief hole!"
What Jia Wu said doesn't seem to be made up, he may really be a master of tomb robbing.
I asked, "Anything else?"
"Of course, there are many more, the most crucial of which is to determine the location of the underground palace. Veteran craftsmen can judge the general trend of the underground palace according to the changes in the terrain towards feng shui. Directly hit the thief hole to the key position of the dungeon, avoid the trap of the mechanism, and directly touch the treasure, the success rate is extremely high! Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer old craftsmen who know these things now. The juniors only know how to crack by brute force, and they have no technical content at all. ”
When Jia Wu talked about tomb robbers, he used the strange title of old craftsman, as well as his tone and demeanor when he spoke, and there was a pride that could not be concealed
。 From these analyses, even if Jia Wu is not a tomb robber, he has a deep relationship with tomb robbers.
I thought of the Thirteen Corpse Bearers again, and judging by the vast amount of antiques in the basement, this group had been robbing tombs. What is Jia Wu's relationship with them?
"And what do you think of this thief?" I continued to probe.
Jia Wu glanced at me, smiled meaningfully, and said, "From a professional point of view, this hole thief has played very well, and he can basically get a full score." The position of the nine corpses is a little worse, if you can hit the third floor of the underground palace, then you can get full marks. There is still a little flaw in the middle part, which caused the collapse, but fortunately it has been repaired. ”
There is something in his words, and to listen to him means to know what is in the third layer.
Jia Wu looked at me meaningfully and said, "Have you tried enough, time doesn't wait for anyone, or I'll go first?"
I peeked into the cave, it was so narrow and long that the flashlight could not reach the end. It takes a lot of stamina to climb up, and that's exactly what we lack. Even if we try our best, it would be nice if we could climb five meters.
"Just look at your face and you'll know what's going on. Jia Wu took out a small porcelain bottle from his coat pocket, threw it to me and said, "After eating the pills inside, it should be able to support you until you go out, I won't play with you, go first." ”
I took the little porcelain vase and asked, "Wait, what's in there?"
Jia Wu got into the thief hole like a monkey, and when I looked at it, it only took a few seconds for him to climb five or six meters, which was very fast.
Gray took the small porcelain bottle, uncorked it, and a strange smell of medicine wafted out.
Pour it into the palm of your hand and pour out two red pills, the size of soybeans. Gray asked a little worriedly, "Won't it be poisonous?"
"Jia Wu wants to kill us, will we still poison us?" There is no time to think about the side effects at this time. We swallowed one by one.
The pill melts in your mouth, and the liquid travels down your esophagus and into your stomach. Immediately I didn't feel hungry, and immediately a stream of heat spread from my stomach, and soon spread all over my body, and every pore on my body was emitting heat. The fatigue and pain were gone, and I had never felt better.
I let go of the hole and said, "You go first, use your fastest speed to catch up with Jia Wu, you must not let him run away with his finger bones." ”
"Don't worry, that old guy can't get away!" Gray nimbly slipped into the hole.
The reason why I let him go first has another layer of intention, in case I can't do enough in front of me, I will trap two people at once.
Gray's confidence lasted less than a minute, and I was about to get into the hole when he said, "The hole is too narrow, what if I get stuck?"
"Don't waste time!" I don't know if it's psychological, but I feel that the atmosphere is a little wrong.
Gray sped up, listening to the sound and had climbed far away. I was the only one left on the second floor of the dungeon, and although I had a flashlight, I was still wrapped in a strange feeling.
I shone around again with my flashlight, and all I saw was the tall pillars, and not even the living dead appeared.
It's finally time to leave this weird and mysterious dungeon. After thinking about it, the case of the disappearance of the girl in the college town was half solved, the murderer was found, and the victim was found. Helplessly, there is no way to let the murderer be severely punished, hoping that the seal can suppress it forever, so that she can no longer continue to harm others
"Why haven't you come in yet?" cried Gray in the cave.
"Here we go!" I bit the flashlight in my mouth and burrowed into the hole.
The flashlight is compressed into a small space in the cave. I glanced down, and the scattered light could only reach my knees, and beyond that, it was a blur. And to the ankles it was complete darkness.
My heart tightened, and a hand in the darkness seemed to grab my ankle and drag me into the darkness. The walls on both sides also pressed against me, leaving me breathless.
Knowing that this was my imagination, I was still terrified. The thought that I was the last living person in the dungeon haunted me and made me shudder.
Gray heard the sound and knew that I was entering the thief cave, so he sped up and climbed up and chased after Jia Wu.
I tried to adjust my breathing and calm my mind. Hold your hands on both sides of the wall and climb up with all your might.
Soon I found a way to control my fear, as long as I shifted my attention and thought about something else, and I didn't feel fear without focusing on my feet in the dark.
It worked, and I gradually controlled the fear in my heart. Listening to the voice, Gray was already far away, and I was left alone in the narrow corridor.
I will be able to escape before the seal is issued, and I keep telling myself in my heart.
The medicine given by Jia Wu was indeed useful, and the wound on his shoulder did not have any abnormal sensation, and I saw black corpse poison coming out of the sweat. For the first time, I was confident in my physical strength.
Still, after about twenty minutes of climbing, I stopped. Place your feet in the recesses on either side and take the flashlight out of your mouth. Move his sore mouth and shine his flashlight upwards so that Gray is nowhere to be seen.
After resting for about half a minute, I continued to climb up. I was about to put the flashlight back in, and I was so curious that I shone the flashlight downwards to see what was under the cave.
As a result, I saw a very horrible scene, a meter under my feet, there was a particularly pale and terrifying face, one eye was glaring upwards at me, one eye was slanted and was about to protrude from its socket, and the mouth was also very open. The silhouette is a little like me, and you can vaguely see what I look like.
After being stunned for a few seconds, I came back to my senses, this is my doppelganger, and it won't kill us again. They don't have a chance, and the reason why they are like this now may have something to do with us.
The doppelganger reacted faster than me, reached out and grabbed my feet and neck, and pulled me down hard.
Looking at your doppelganger, there is a feeling of looking in the mirror. But it's not me after all, it's impossible to kill me, and I won't fight back.
I kicked down hard with my other foot, stomping my heel on the doppelganger's head. It felt like I was kicking on a sandbag, and I kicked five or six times in a row before I stopped.
The doppelganger let go of my foot, and I looked down to see that the doppelganger's entire head had been kicked to a pulp, and one eyeball was squeezed out of its socket, drooping in front of its nose, still shaking slightly!
I rub it!
I had to make a big move, so I held my hands on the wall, jumped up, lifted my feet, and stomped hard.
Burst!
I heard something like a watermelon cracking!