137, nine-story demon tower
Because he was afraid that the light and sound would attract the attention of the fire ladybugs that might exist, even if he held a flashlight, he only used the light to explore the path less than half a meter in front of him.
And everyone tried not to speak or talk as little as possible, and even the wounded were suppressing their moans,
In this dim, silent, and unclear environment, it is a great oppression to anyone's spirit, so after walking for two or three hours, many people's faces have already appeared uneasy and irritable, and the team gradually becomes noisy.
Even Ah Cheng, who has always been bold, tugged at the strap of his backpack and asked in a slightly uneasy whisper, "Brother Jie, do you think we can really go out?" ”
It's just that in such an environment, his voice still reached everyone's ears, and many people with the same idea also looked at Luo Zihang, a junior student......
His previous behavior of saving people and killing fire ladybugs made everyone subconsciously have some trust in Luo Zihang.
Luo Zihang scratched his head, although he was confident in going out, he couldn't explain it to Ah Cheng and them.
At the same time, he was also puzzled, they had only walked for less than three hours, and they were already "unstable", but it was more than ten hours to pass...... How can this increase the difficulty?
Or did that guy Xu Wutu not think about this problem at all when he wrote it?
"Don't worry, we'll be able to get out." Just when Luo Zihang didn't know how to answer, Professor Wei took over the question, and he knew that he must not let the team mess up at this time, so he flickered: "We have walked for so long, and there is no difficulty breathing, which means that there is air circulating here, so there must be an exit here, even if it is just a gap, but don't we still have a sapper shovel?" ”
"But Professor, won't this cause another avalanche?" One student asked with a palpitation.
"We just walked this time, but we kept going down," Professor Wei said with a smile: "It is estimated that after walking for a while, we will reach the foot of Kunlun Mountain, where will there be avalanches?" ”
As he spoke, he took out a barometer and measured it.
"You see, according to the data on the barometer converted to altitude, there should be no snow outside, and after some distance down, we can even boil the water."
Professor Wei shook the barometer in his hand and said in a relaxed tone.
His words once again stabilized the "military heart", and after walking for so long and not seeing the fire ladybug, everyone's hearts that had been hanging gradually relaxed, and they began to whisper to each other, which relieved a lot of mental pressure.
After walking down like this for another three or four hours, everyone gradually stopped talking again, firstly, they were tired after walking for so long, and secondly, there was really nothing to say.
Fortunately, this time, there was a new change before everyone fell into a panic again.
"Listen carefully, can you hear the sound of water? This means that there must be an underground river here, and as long as we follow the direction of the underground river, we will definitely find an exit! ”
Professor Wei said excitedly that this time, he was no longer just to stabilize the morale of the army, but really saw the hope of going out.
"Great!"
Everyone who also saw hope quickened their pace and continued to walk down.
wrote that the protagonist walked for more than ten hours, Luo Zihang and they really walked for more than ten hours, and even because they had to take care of two classmates who were injured and retired, their speed may be a little slower......
I don't know if they will be able to get there in time for the earthquake to get there.
Luo Zihang thought with some concern.
In fact, his current mentality is very peculiar, both because of this time together, he doesn't want these "NPCs" to burp like this, and he knows that they are just "NPCs", even if they die, it won't be a big deal.
This leads to the fact that he now has a feeling that he obviously wants to save them as much as possible, but when he encounters some situations that he is not easy to explain, he will subconsciously choose to wait for things to develop.
And because this time period belongs to the plot now, no matter how much he behaves, he will not appear in the movie, and Luo Zihang's motivation is even more insufficient.
Just when Luo Zihang was entangled, the terrain under his feet finally became flat, and Professor Wei immediately asked everyone to stop and rest for a while, and eat something to replenish their strength by the way.
"Wow! Professor, what are these things? Gemstones? ”
Ah Cheng used a flashlight to shine around, and found that the surrounding stone walls were full of square, translucent colored stones, and he couldn't help but marvel.
Although the archaeology major also learns some geological knowledge, the main direction of Acheng's attack is the breaking of dynasties, so this knowledge is relatively weak.
Of course, Professor Wei recognized these minerals, but his glasses had been broken before, so he craned his neck to look at them for a while before he received: "These are mica and crystal ......" He seemed to guess Ah Cheng's thoughts, and then added: "Worthless." ”
Sure enough, Ah Cheng immediately lost interest after hearing that these things were worthless.
On the contrary, the two girls were very interested in these crystal clear stones, and took a small shovel for archaeology, planning to get two crystals from the mountain wall back as a souvenir.
After a short rest, Luo Zihang and the others went on the road again, and they followed the sound of the water and walked in the direction of the underground river.
However, they had not gone far, and before they could see the underground river, they saw a "gold" zigzag wooden tower made of thousands of giant trees blocking their way.
The base of the wooden tower is nearly 200 meters wide, made of mud and stone ramming, the tower body is constructed by thousand-year-old cypress, it is divided into nine layers, each layer is full of dry bones wearing peculiar ancient costumes, men, women and children, each big tree is engraved with Tibetan secret texts.
The most important thing is that there are countless red flashes dotted on the tower, which is where countless fire ladybugs are roosting.
The moment Azati saw the nine-story demon tower, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the nine-story demon tower in the Tibetan way, and muttered something in Tibetan.
Luo Zihang didn't care about him, but whispered at the others: "The flashlights are all pointing down, let go of the voice, those red dots are fire ladybugs, if we alarm them, we will die!" ”
Hearing Luo Zihang's reminder, the people who were still a little lax immediately closed their mouths, held their breath, and hit the flashlight in their hands to the ground, and some even turned off the flashlight directly, and Azati, who was still bowing, also stopped his movements, stood up cautiously, and retreated into the crowd.
Everyone slowly retreated a distance, and then they dared to take a big breath, but everyone's faces were not very good-looking, because judging from the sound of flowing water, the underground river was behind the nine-story demon building.
That is, if they want to get out, they have to go through the nest of the fire ladybugs.
"Professor, that ...... just now Is it a tomb? A graduate student asked in a low voice, "Aren't Tibetans accustomed to sky burials?" Uyghur tombs don't seem to be in this style either. ”
"It's a nine-story demon building, and there is also one in the snow area of Qing Province, but it's seriously weathered, and it's far less complete than here...... According to local legends, this nine-story demon tower is the funeral form of the demon mausoleum in Tibetan mythology, but before this, no other nine-story demon tower was found in other snow areas, so we speculate that this shape should be the unique tomb style of Tibet, but now it seems that it is ...... Not necessarily. ”
Professor Wei's expression was a little excited, after all, this was a major discovery in archaeology.
But at the thought that it was not certain whether they would be able to get out alive now, he quickly calmed down again......
"I can't see it very clearly now, was there another road over there just now?" Professor Wei asked.
"Nope." Luo Zihang replied: "That nine-story demon tower almost blocked the entire passage, only there was a passage more than one person wide on each side, and there was no other way. ”
The crowd was silent.
Now there is only one choice, but no one has the courage to say it.
Considering that if it dragged on any longer, in case the fire ladybugs were shocked, and they would have nowhere to escape, Luo Zihang took the initiative to speak: "Now it seems that we can only pass through the side of the nine-story demon tower......
He paused, and after giving everyone a psychological buffer, he continued: "We just got so close, and the sound was not small, and it still didn't alarm them, which means that they are not very sensitive to this level of sound, so as long as you are careful and try not to make sound, there should be no problem." ”
"Yes, we don't really have a choice." Professor Wei also agreed: "If we don't pass through the nine-story demon building, we can only wait here to die slowly, so it's better to try to fight...... As long as they enter the water, there is nothing to be afraid of these fire-burning bugs. ”
In fact, there is no need for Luo Zihang and Professor Wei to speak, everyone knows that crossing the nine-story demon tower is the only way to survive, but out of fear of the fire ladybug, they have not been able to make up their minds.
Now that Luo Zihang and Professor Wei have spread out the reality in front of them, even if they still resist approaching the fire ladybug, they have to bite the bullet.
However, before crossing the nine-story demon tower, everyone still made some preparations......
They first wrapped their shoes with strips of cloth to reduce the sound of footsteps as much as possible, and then lowered the two wounded with broken legs from the stretcher, and carried them on the backs of the two strongest border guards, and the two girls even took the initiative to stuff their mouths with cloth balls to prevent any emergencies from making them scream, and several boys who were not very confident in their courage did the same.
After everything was ready, everyone turned off the flashlights, came to the nine-story demon building again, and then divided into two teams, and tiptoed past it with the faint light emitted by the group of fire ladybugs.
Two hundred meters under the tower, everyone seemed to have walked 20,000 meters.
Finally rubbed past the nine-story demon building, everyone didn't dare to relax their vigilance, quickened their pace slightly, and continued to rush to the river.
And Luo Zihang, who was walking in the front, paid attention to his feet, because here they should have encountered a trumpet overlord salamander......
To be honest, he didn't understand why that salamander dared to get so close to this group of fire ladybugs?
If it is the invulnerable overlord salamander in the back that is more than ten meters long, it is probably not afraid of fire ladybugs, but what is the basis for the little salamander that can be knocked down with two shots? Racial oppression?
After all, there are bugs in the recipe for this thing, maybe the fire ladybug is similar to millet pepper to them?
Luo Zihang, who was complaining in his heart, did not forget his business, and soon, he saw a one-meter-long black "small" thing lying on the ground not far in front of him, if it weren't for some white round spots on its body, Luo Zihang might not be able to find it.
The moment he saw the young body of the Overlord Salamander, Luo Zihang raised his hand and made a stop gesture, and the others also stopped immediately after seeing the gesture, without any hesitation.
In addition to the fact that this gesture was said a long time ago, it was also because Luo Zihang's performance during this period of time made everyone willing to believe his judgment.
Luo Zihang picked up the flashlight, shone at the salamander lying on the ground, and then gestured for everyone to carefully bypass it.
"So big? Overlord salamanders? ”
Professor Wei subconsciously snorted softly after seeing this "little" salamander. Although his main direction is not ancient creatures, he usually knows a little about it.
However, Professor Wei also knew that now was not the time to study these, so he glanced at the Overlord Salamander lying on the ground with some reluctance, and then cautiously walked past it.
However, just as they were about to get around the salamander, it didn't react even if it was stepped on by the protagonist, but this time it took the initiative to bite the student closest to them.
Depend on! I knew it wasn't that simple!
Luo Zihang, who had been paying attention to the situation on the salamander's side, scolded secretly, and then rushed over with an arrow and kicked it to the side.
"Twitter!"
The kicked salamander rolled on the ground a few times, turned its head to look at Luo Zihang, who had attacked him, and let out a sharp cry.
"!" Luo Zihang couldn't help but curse......
I didn't write that this thing would be called!
Xu Wutu is really just an overlord salamander who writes and understands eggs!
"Quick! Run into the river! ”
At this time, Luo Zihang couldn't bother to lower his voice, and shouted loudly at the others.
Only then did the others react, and the girl ran wildly in the direction where the sound of the water came.
And at this time, there was also a scalp-numbing sound of flapping wings from the side of the nine-story demon tower, and countless red points of light rose into the air and flew over this way.
Even if Luo Zihang was not afraid of death, he didn't want to experience the feeling of being burned alive, he quickly turned around and prepared to run away.
However, he had only taken two steps when he felt that something was entangled in his ankle, and as he was accelerating, he couldn't help but stumble and almost fell.
When I looked down, it turned out to be the salamander's tongue.
Luo Zihang quickly took out a dagger from his pocket, bent down and slashed at the tongue wrapped around his foot.
Although the knife did not cut it off because the tongue was too slippery, it also made the salamander feel pain and retracted its tongue.
Luo Zihang didn't have time to entangle with this salamander who didn't "perform" according to the script, and continued to run in the direction of the underground river.
When he ran more than ten meters and turned a corner at the end of the road, he saw a large waterfall, and there was a natural underground lake of considerable scale under the waterfall, and several heads were already floating in the lake at this time.
"Brother Jie! Come down! The water is not cold, it is quite warm! Ah Cheng raised his arms and shouted at Luo Zihang.
Luo Zihang did not hesitate, and a fierce man plunged into the lake.
Behind him, there was an overwhelming blue fireball, and the light of the fire reflected the originally dim cavern in blue.
At this time, Luo Zihang was still thinking about it-
It's a pity that these can't be filmed in the movie, otherwise this shot would be very handsome.
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