Chapter 20: Like a Dream

As a tomb robber of the Southern School, there is not so much exquisiteness. When it comes to opening the coffin, it is the axe and crowbar together, and the eighteen blades show their abilities. On the surface, Hideyoshi's mottled coffin did not show the slightest sign of being opened under the crazy "attack" of this group of people. Judging from the traces of rust on the surface of the pouring, the rust of this pouring was not serious, and Xiuxiu and they found the problem at that time.

If it is an ancient coffin, the poured molten iron will corrode more seriously after years of erosion, which shows that the age of this coffin is not far away. Because the detection instruments were all left on the ground at that time, the equipment they brought was very limited, and it was difficult to judge the situation inside without opening the coffin. So they wanted to go back to the surface first and then make plans. But when they tried to go back the way they came, they ran into trouble: the stairs that had come down from the transept had disappeared.

They searched in the chamber for a long time, but they couldn't find any mechanism. At this time, they had been down for more than half a day, and everyone was already tired, so they simply rested there and ate something to replenish their strength. During this period, they kept discussing countermeasures, because they were deep underground, and there was no signal on mobile phones and walkie-talkies, so I didn't know anything about their situation above. At that time, I was lying in the pile of equipment, and I waited until night, but they did not come up, I was very anxious, but I did not dare to go down rashly. Underground, they were more anxious than I was.

They simply couldn't get out, so they returned to the burial chamber, and a dozen people divided into two groups and took turns to pry the coffin that had been poured with molten iron. Although molten iron was poured, the inside of the iron was still wood after all, so these people played with their lives like this, and the iron coffin finally couldn't survive the wheel battle, and finally lifted the lid of the outermost coffin a few hours later.

When opened, it was filled with a red lacquered wooden coffin, which looked very new. The gap between the inner and outer coffins is only about two centimeters, but the gap is all filled with molten iron, and there is also a one-centimeter-thick iron sheet on the outside of the outer coffin, which is not inlaid on, or the coffin is soaked in molten iron or the molten iron is poured directly onto the coffin to form the kind of "iron-plated" shell. That's why the coffin is so difficult to open.

Removing the iron shell on the outside, it was much easier to open the wooden coffin inside. There were four layers of coffins, but the more they opened them, the more wrong they found at that time, because judging from the newness of the wood, those coffins were definitely from fifty years old, and sure enough, after opening the last layer of coffin lids, the coffin was lying in a person dressed in modern clothes.

The corpse was a male corpse, presumably old at the time of death, with wrinkled skin and shriveled facial muscles, but the corpse was not decomposed and was fairly well preserved. Xiuxiu also saw the corpse, and she recognized the person at the first sight of the corpse. It was a big man, and she didn't dare to name it, because it wasn't something she could afford to mess with as a mere Huo family. Even when she told me about it, I could feel the fear on her face.

The people who were present at the time, the others denied that the people in the coffin had no way of knowing, because no one said anything at that time, and even if they did, no one dared to say it. In the end, Xiuxiu ordered a fire to be burned along with the coffin. Although they were not sure if they could come out at that time, and they were not sure if the air in the underground space was sufficient, no one hesitated at the moment of setting the fire, and no one took one of the burial goods in the coffin.

When they finished setting the fire and were about to go to the grave to avoid the fire, they passed by the ear chamber that had come down, but they unexpectedly found that the staircase had reappeared. The group finally escaped from Ascension.

I slept all night in a pile of equipment, and endured mosquito bites at night, but I didn't dare to set up my tent. After a casual meal until dawn, I planned to wait until noon, and if they didn't hear from them yet, I'd go down the mountain and ask for help. At eleven o'clock, the rope finally moved. I hurriedly ran to the entrance of the cave to look down, only to see a figure faintly climbing up below, and when it was still more than ten meters away from the entrance of the cave, I saw clearly that it was a man in Xiuxiu's team.

"Why didn't Xiuxiu come up first?" I immediately questioned in my mind, but I didn't say it.

"Let Xiuxiu come up first, or I'll cut the rope", I pressed the knife against the rope and shouted downward. Because at the moment I'm not sure what's going on down there, whether Xiuxiu is safe or not. And once I let the others come up first, if something unexpected happens, I'm definitely not an opponent. So only by letting Xiuxiu come up first can we ensure the safety of me and her.

"Brother, it's all your own people, don't get me wrong! ," shouted the people below.

"I'll say it again, let Xiuxiu come up first, or I'll cut the rope right away." I repeated it again, and then rubbed the knife twice against the rope.

"Don't, brother, I'll go down right away and let Xiuxiu come up." The man was hanging in the air at the moment, and he had to compromise with me. After all, at such a high distance, if the rope breaks, he will be dead.

As the saying goes: the heart of defense is indispensable. In this barren mountain and wilderness, I don't harm people, but I can't prevent people either. After all, it has not yet been clarified that someone is plotting against me with crossbow arrows, and there is no guarantee that there are any ghosts among these people.

Soon, Xiuxiu climbed up along the rope. She was originally clean, but she was also a little unkempt at the moment, covered in mud. Fortunately, I was relieved to see that she was safe and sound. Then the others climbed to the ground one after another, and Xiuxiu counted me in front of everyone, scolding me for what I had just done, but I knew in my heart that she was doing it for these people.

They had little rest for the rest of the day, so the first thing they did when they came up was to cook, and the second thing they did was to camp and sleep. We used ropes to make a circle around a few large trees, and then we got some branches around the rope and circled around the rope, and all four tents were propped up in the middle, and after eating, we all went into the tents to rest. And Xiuxiu told me about the following situation at this time.

Unfortunately, she didn't find any clues about her aunt. When she fell asleep, I got out of the tent by myself and sat on the side and smoked, which was kind of a sentry for them. They didn't come out for dinner until dark, so I got some food for myself and went back to Xiuxiu's tent to sleep.

I had a long dream that night, in which Xiuxiu and I went to fight, met zongzi, and we ran for our lives. Later, I suddenly realized that I was dreaming, so I desperately wanted to wake up, but I couldn't.

I don't know how long it took, but I felt like someone was pushing me and calling my name. I opened my eyes suddenly, but I saw Sister Jing's pretty face.

"Where is this?" I looked at Sister Jing suspiciously, but I soon recognized that this was Sister Jing's room.

"My room, where else could it be! Get up and go to class. Sister Jing looked at me with a smile on her face and said.

"Why am I here, didn't I go on an adventure with Xiuxiu?" I asked, confused.

"Xiuxiu takes you on an adventure?" Sister Jing then laughed and said, "I'm afraid I'll take you to be a burden." Just what can you do if you go to the two of them! You still have two hits on the woman's belly, so forget about the rest. ”

"Sister Jing, don't be kidding. I'm gone, don't lie to me. "I asked Sister Jing again for confirmation, but I still didn't get an answer. Could it be that everything I've been through is really a dream?

"Sister Jing, did we do anything last night?" Then I asked tentatively.

"What do you say?" She just asked me rhetorically, but didn't answer.

The things I experienced with Xiuxiu were so real, and if it was a dream, it really made me feel unbelievable. But if it really happened, then what's going on now? Is it reality or a dream?