Chapter 8: What is the accumulation of white bones (two larger chapters, ask for collection, ask for recommendations, kowtow)
With this thought, Yu Tang was taken aback by himself.
Unbelievable, but for a moment it was impossible to explain how the eyesight could have become so good after one night.
"Squeak squeak—"
Just as Yu Tang was a little confused again, the familiar monkey cry sounded.
Following the prestige, I found that in the inconspicuous corner of the cliff, the monkey whose hair had been burned to the ground was curled up on the ground, twitching and moaning pitifully.
And the familiar willow stick also fell not far from the side.
Yu Tang didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly picked up the monkey, picked up the crutch, and carefully checked the monkey's situation.
The hairless monkey is dying at the moment.
The skin of the whole body had become red from the burning, and there were at least seven or eight marks of burnt flesh on the thin body.
It is a miracle that such a serious injury has been able to persist until now.
Yu Tang held the monkey in his arms, but he couldn't relieve a trace of its pain, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
Leaning into the edge of the cliff again, he turned his head to see if there was a hidden way out of this desperate situation.
To his disappointment, it was still in vain.
Outside the cliff cave, there is a cliff, like a knife and an axe, and there is not even a single flower or tree in the rock crevice.
It is also in the clouds and mist, and there is no end in sight up and down, left and right.
In such a precipitous situation, there is no possibility of leaving the cliff unless you have wings on your back.
Yu Tang had no choice but to give up the idea of finding a way out from outside the cliff.
I was about to retreat into the cliff, but my eyes inadvertently swept into the distance, and in the gap between the rolling clouds and mist, I vaguely saw that more than 30 miles away, there was a group of people who were wearing the morning glow, jumping and stepping in the verdant treetops.
From the perspective of ordinary people, at such a long distance, these people are at most black spots the size of ants.
But Yu Tang's eyesight at this moment is far beyond the reach of people, thirty miles away, all the flowers and trees can be seen, and the faces of the group of pedestrians who are hurrying in this direction can also be distinguished.
I saw that there were about 20 people in this line, both men and women.
The man is handsome, and the woman is beautiful.
Some wore white, some wore purple robes, and some wore blue shirts.
All of them have long swords hanging from their waists, and their heads are tied with crowns of hair.
But without exception, the toes are just tapping the grass tips and treetops, and they come by the wind.
Seeing this, Yu Tang was stunned for a moment.
Since he crossed this life, he has only seen men in the army and artists who know some vulgar moves, when he has seen such a strange man who can walk in the treetops in the wind.
Curious, I couldn't help but look carefully, and found that the person leading the way in front of these 20 people was a man in white.
What is somewhat different is that this man in white is not as chic and handsome as the rest of the people, but his clothes are ragged, his hair is messy, and his face is full of scars.
At this time, he was being held by two younger men, one left and one right, half dragged and half gone, quite embarrassed.
However, although it was embarrassing, the speed was extremely fast, and in a few breaths, it had been more than half a mile.
Just as Yu Tang stared at them, the embarrassed boy also seemed to have senses, and suddenly paused on the top of a dense clump of lush giant trees, and raised his eyes to look in the direction where Yu Tang was.
Yu Tang was shocked, not knowing the details of these strange people, and hurriedly retracted into the depression in the cliff cave and hid his figure.
In this world, people's hearts are cold, and he can't figure out the origin of these people, so naturally he will not recklessly ask them for help, but only quietly look out between the cracks in the rocks.
At this moment, the group of young people had all gathered around the embarrassed son, sometimes looking at each other, and sometimes pointing in the direction where Yu Tang was, obviously discussing something.
It's a pity that although Yu Tang's eyesight is good, his ear power has not improved accordingly, although he can see those people's lips open and close, he can't hear what he said.
"Squeak squeak—"
Just as Yu Tang was staring at the group of mysterious people, the monkey in his arms let out a series of moans.
Feeling the pain of the monkeys, he didn't care about looking at the group of mysterious men and women with high skills, and turned his eyes to the cliff, checking the narrow cliff little by little, in a vain attempt to find a way out as soon as possible.
Since there is no way out of the cliff outside the cave, there should always be a way out in the cave.
Sure enough, after scanning inch by inch with his extraordinary eyesight, he finally saw a hole in the dark place where the sun could not shine.
The hole is not large, four feet in diameter, barely enough to allow a person to crawl on his knees.
Yu Tang climbed to the hole and looked inside, only to see that the hole was narrow and cramped, black rumbling, and stretched out of nowhere.
On all four walls, it is smooth and clammy, with fluffy moss.
Although the entrance of the cave has a hard stone protrusion, the edges and corners have been polished smooth, and there are obvious traces of water washing.
Yu Tang couldn't help but boldly guess that nine out of ten holes were formed by long-term erosion of water.
Could it be that he fell into the river, was carried by the current near the other end of the hole, and then slipped through the hole by magic?
If so, it's too whimsical.
But if this is not the case, how can it explain that when he woke up, he and the monkey arrived out of thin air in this desperate situation where there is no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth?
Yu Tang shook his head and smiled bitterly, the experience of this day was too strange.
If you can't think it through, you don't want to.
Breaking his thoughts, Yu Tang only thought about leaving this cliff as soon as possible.
Looking at the monkey with less air in his arms and more breath out, Yu Tang had to tear off the few strips of clothing and cloth that were still left on his body, tied the monkey and the willow stick to his chest, bent down, hunched his back, and crawled into the hole.
Strange to say, there was not the slightest ray of light entering the original black rumbling hole, but after he climbed in, he was able to see the scene inside.
These eyes are truly special.
While crawling, Yu Tang involuntarily recalled the dream of his encounter with the giant ape.
Scenes, sentences, all come to mind clearly.
"The Ruyi golden hoop rod broken into eighty-one pieces, the colorful spirit stone that gave birth to the grandson monkey, and the fiery eyes that were dug out by his own hands......"
Thinking of the magic of these eyes, Yu Tang vaguely felt that last night's dream could not be said to be the dream of the giant ape who didn't know the details.
And his own eyes may be really sharp-eyed.
If this is the case, I am afraid that this world will no longer be what he originally knew.
While Yu Tang was thinking wildly, he had already climbed almost a stick of incense.
At this time, the cramped and tortuous cave gradually became spacious, at first you could barely squat half-squat, after a while, you could stand with your head down, and later, you could stand completely upright.
After walking some distance, Yu Tang noticed that the originally smooth and hard ground began to accumulate black soil.
When you step on it, it is fluffy and floppy, and from time to time there is a clicking sound similar to that of a dead branch breaking.
Feeling these changes, Yu Tang's heart finally ignited hope, it seems that the exit of the cave should not be too far away.
Thinking that I could finally escape from this place, I couldn't help but speed up my pace.
At this time, the "squeak" of the monkey in his arms intensified, and his whole body trembled.
Yu Tang didn't know why, but he was afraid that the monkey would be injured and die soon.
Worried, he trotted up in the hole.
didn't run a few steps, I didn't know what hard things were stumbling under my feet, and suddenly I stumbled, and I fell straight forward without a stable foothold.
In the midst of the crisis, Yu Tang raised the monkey in his chest, if he was crawling on the ground like this, he would definitely crush the monkey.
As a last resort, when the dog's gnawing on the mud was not completed, he forced himself to twist himself and reluctantly fell sideways into the dirt.
At this time, although the ground is soft, there are hard objects such as stones buried under the soil.
After falling, there was a strong pain between the waist and ribs instantly, and Yu Tang couldn't help but snort twice, and he didn't ease up for a long time.
He turned over and lay on his back on the ground until the pain subsided slightly, and then he dared to touch his waist and ribs with his hands.
Fortunately, there was no blood wound on the waist, and there was no sign of broken ribs.
Sure that he was not injured, Yu Tang took a few more breaths, and after his breath was smooth, he barely stood up, half-knelt on the ground, and carefully checked what was on the ground.
I saw a black, sharp thing popping out of the sunken soft earth.
Yu Tang dug open the dirt and pulled out the object, only to find that it was actually a rusty spear tip.
Seeing the tip of this spear, Yu Tang couldn't help but wonder in his heart, how could there be human weapons in this cave where birds and beasts are difficult to enter?
Could it be that he was hit here by the current, just like him?
What made him even more puzzled was that he was poked by the tip of this spear, but it only hurt for a while, and there was no scar left.
With doubts, Yutang took the tip of the spear and looked at it carefully, but he didn't see the reason.
In the end, he could only poke the tip of the spear in the dirt a few times, and found that there were other hard objects under the soft soil.
So, he simply threw away the tip of the spear and dug it with his bare hands.
The soil was not compact, and after only a few diggings, I had already touched the hard object, which was smooth and smooth like a sphere.
Yu Tang didn't hesitate, he directly took out the hard object, wiped off the surface sludge, and gradually revealed a white circular outline.
After the sludge was almost cleaned up, Yu Tang flipped the object over, and saw that there were several holes on the other side of the spherical object, and there were empty holes inside.
At first glance, Yu Tang only felt that this thing was very familiar.
When I thought about it again, my mind went blank for a moment.
Hurriedly threw the sphere far away, and took a few steps back.
Nima, this is clearly a human skull.
Watching the skull roll out of the distance, listening to the continuous clicking sound under his feet, Yu Tang only felt that his whole body was like an electric shock, and he was scorched.
Slowly burying his head, he saw that the sunken dirt under his feet was full of white bones.
Layer upon layer, I don't know how many feet and inches deep.
At this moment, Yu Tang still didn't understand that the soil under his feet was all made of human bones.
It's just that the top layer has rotted into mud because of the age.
He climbed or walked all the way, at least for miles.
And the click of broken bones rang out for at least half a mile.
In other words, the half-mile cave behind him was all stepping on these skeleton white bones.
Thinking like this, Yu Tang broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, only to feel that the empty wind, which was originally quite cool, was extremely gloomy at the moment.
Dingding stood in the hole until his legs were numb, and Yu Tang didn't know whether to advance or retreat.
Looking up, the cave was still tortuous, and there was no light, and I didn't know where the end was, and I didn't know what terrible things were waiting for me in front of me.
But if you retreat, you have to return to the cliff that does not touch the world or the ground.
After hesitating again and again, Yu Tang finally settled down.
Anyway, these are already a pile of dry bones under their feet, can they still get up and bite themselves?
"Whoa—drink—"
Cheering loudly twice, and strengthening his courage, Yu Tang stepped up again, and the sound of clicking sounded simultaneously.
One after another, quite rhythmic.
But when Yu Tang heard it, he felt very mad.
I walked in horror for about half an hour, and not far ahead, there was finally a ray of light.
The entrance to the cave should be almost there.
Seeing the light, Yu Tang was even more anxious, and he walked like a fly.
Along the way, countless skeletons and bones turned out of the dirt, silently telling their miserable experience.
It's a pity that Yu Tang didn't dare to look at it at all, and only looked at the light in front of him and walked forward with bated breath.
Fortunately, the rest of the road is not too long, and with all the sprint, it will be there in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the entrance of the cave, Yu Tang jumped out in order to avoid stepping on a few more dry bones in the cave.
"Click-"
However, when he jumped out of the cave and landed on his feet, the click of maggots like maggots attached to bones sounded in perfect harmony.
Yu Tang buried his head in his feet, a pair of tattered straw sandals were stepping on a pile of bone fragments.
Look at the remnant silhouette, it is a big good head.
Yu Tang shuddered and quickly raised his head, wanting to look at the space outside the cave.
But the first thing that caught his eye was more skeletons.
Horizontally and vertically, all over the place, stacked like a mountain, I am afraid that there are not thousands.
Some of the hair is not fully weathered, and some of the clothes are still in fragments.
Some hugged each other, some leaned on each other.
But without exception, they all opened their mouths wide and looked up at the sky, and their appearance was terrible and pitiful.