Chapter 20: The Ladder of Terror
Jiang Xiaobei walked into the arch, Lin Xiaomeng cautiously followed him, walked into the arch and entered a hall, only to see many stone pillars standing up, supporting the top, the place seemed very empty, and a huge relief mural directly opposite the arch, the content turned out to be an incomparably huge human fighting against an equally huge beast.
The human being stepped on the mountains and rivers under his feet, there were clouds and mist shrouded in the ankles, his shoulders were surrounded by red glow, and next to him were the sun, moon and stars, the huge human muscles were knotted, and he was still wearing armor, surrounded by dozens of Bing Jiang Xiaobei who had seen the flying sword used by Zhang Ye, there were three eyes on his face, and the third eye was set up in the heart of his eyebrows, and the beast was not small, looking like a wolf and a tiger, extremely strong forelimbs, and there were fierce flames under his feet, hideous red slanted eyes, and several tails like long whips behind him, which were majestic。
"This depiction style is not like the gods and the earth, like ancestor worship, although it is not lifelike, but it is very expressive" Lin Xiaomeng saw this relief mural and couldn't help but comment.
"I'm curious, why are they all so big, stepping on the mountains and rivers, and picking the sun, moon and stars with their hands, will it be too exaggerated" Jiang Xiaobei sighed.
"What's so strange about this, it is said that there are UFOs on some unearthed murals of prehistoric civilizations, and I don't know if it's true or not, but most of these things are exaggerated, although they reflect the living environment at the time, so it's understandable."
"Okay, no matter what, hehe, look" Jiang Xiaobei squatted down and picked up a flattened cigarette butt next to one of the stone pillars.
"Cigarette butts, they really came here, and the person who smoked was afraid that it was not Zhang Ye, and sure enough, there was Huang Xingye" Lin Xiaomeng also followed.
Jiang Xiaobei nodded: "Old man Zhang Ye is reluctant to die of Huang Xingye for the time being, I am afraid that he will have to rely on Huang Xingye to provide his money and expenses on weekdays."
So he stood up and looked around, and saw that although it was empty, except for the large arch when he entered, there was only a small door to the right of the mural that could continue to go deeper.
"Let's go, you follow me, be careful" and then told Lin Xiaomeng again.
"I'll pay attention, I still have a gun in my hand, don't worry" Lin Xiaomeng agreed very seriously.
The two of them continued to walk towards the small door, and in the middle of the small door was a stone path, and through the stone path, there was a large large hall, and on the opposite wall was still a huge relief, the content was similar, but at this time, the human in the mural had four arms, fighting a strange snake flying sideways and covered with spikes.
There is still a small door on the right side of the mural, and then Jiang Xiaobei and Lin Xiaomeng passed through six halls in a row, and the content of the mural is still the same, but the images are different, which only made Jiang Xiaobei and Lin Xiaomeng feast their eyes, until the sixth stone road, there was a faint sound of someone's **.
The two glanced at each other, and stepped into the seventh hall one after the other, only to see that there was no mural in the seventh hall, and the original position of the mural was only a huge staircase slowly ascending, and on a stone pillar in the hall, there was a rope tied to a person, but it was not who Huang Xingye was.
When Huang Xingye saw the two of them coming, his originally godless voice stopped, his eyes lit up, and he shouted hoarsely: "Let me down, let me down" and then struggled.
Jiang Xiaobei stepped forward and sneered, took out a knife and helped him cut the rope that bound him, and at this time, seeing his miserable appearance, he was naturally not afraid of him making trouble.
As soon as Huang Xingye gained freedom of movement, because of the heavy bandages tied to his legs, he could only crawl to a backpack that was thrown on the ground not far away, and then trembled and rummaged out of the mess, only to find the water bag and some food, so he quickly peeled off the package, and a burst of evil ghosts grabbed food and ate and drank with water.
"How did you get to the way you are now, dear Boss Huang, this is not the style you should have" Jiang Xiaobei squatted next to him with a smile.
Originally, although Huang Xingye was also a businessman, he also started in the dark, not the kind of person who was full of fat, but also a man with five or three thick bones, otherwise he would not dare to make a move against Zhang Ye's old man, but now the whole person is so hungry that his face is yellow and thin.
Huang Xingye only cared about eating and drinking, and didn't speak, Jiang Xiaobei saw that he was afraid that he was hungry, and he was not in a hurry, and when he saw a pack of cigarettes scattered on the ground, he picked it up and lit one, and Shi Shiran spit out a smoke ring.
After a while, Huang Xingye was afraid that he would be full, so he begged Jiang Xiaobei for cigarettes, and he also shivered and lit it in his mouth.
"I really didn't expect that you guys would be fine, and you still chased here" Huang Xingye's eyes showed fear.
"Life is much harder than yours, where did Zhang Ye go, how did he tie you here" Jiang Xiaobei asked him directly, and he didn't talk nonsense.
"That villain, go up" Huang Xingye's eyes lit up with hatred, pointing to the huge staircase: "He was afraid that I would run away, so he tied me here, and I have been up for almost two days."
"No wonder you're as hungry as a dead dog," Jiang Xiaobei couldn't help laughing out loud and mocked him.
Huang Xingye was not angry, his eyes lit up suddenly: "He is not here now, we, we can escape together, I don't have much grudge with you, I'll give you money when I go out, I'll give you five million, how about it." ”
"Why do you want to run away, I'm just here for that old guy, besides, how did you get in here, without the stone plate in his hand and my piece of warm jade, would you go out" Jiang Xiaobei said disdainfully.
Huang Xingye seemed to be deflated all of a sudden: "What can I do, I can't go, if he comes back, won't we die?"
"He went up this staircase?" Jiang Xiaobei stood up and pointed to the stairs and asked Huang Xingye.
"That's right, and he also told me that if he comes back, he will take that step, and he will no longer be afraid of others, and he will never have to hide in Tibet again."
"He still has an enemy, you tell everything you know" Jiang Xiaobei frowned, reached out and grabbed Huang Xingye's shoulder, and exerted a little strength.
Huang Xingye was sweating profusely when he was in pain, begging for mercy again and again, and confided in Zhang Ye: " I don't know much, in the early years, by chance, he helped me kill some enemies, and then took me as an apprentice, passed on some of my forging skills, and lived in a temple on a mountain, saying that he wanted to avoid his enemy, his enemy was very tight, and he often asked me to help find some strange things, I also tried my best to help him search for it in order to repay the favor, by the way, your piece of warm jade was the first thing he asked me to find, and there was no trace for many years, I originally thought that there was such a magical object in the world, until I met Zhou Haibo later, and then told Zhang Ye that old man, you should know later, after you shot Zhang Ye, I also wanted to take the opportunity to escapeBut it didn't take long for him to find me, and then he took me to find it with me, and on the way there were a few monsters on the way because I couldn't find a safe place at night, but we all escaped."
"So that's the case" Jiang Xiaobei touched his nose: "What do you mean by taking that step?"
"I don't know, he said that people like them are called monks, one step to exercise the body and two steps to practice qi, I also listened to him in my spare time, and I don't know anymore, I just learned some of his body forging kung fu, and he really hid his skills very well......" Huang Xingye was sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to resist at all, Jiang Xiaobei's hand on his shoulder seemed to be pinched casually, and the force that seemed to squeeze it casually made him frightened.
"In this way, it seems that you know too little, and it is not of much use to keep you" At this moment, Jiang Xiaobei was really murderous.
Although Jiang Xiaobei is not a good person, but it is not bad, although this mysterious world is full of dangers, it is undoubtedly a treasure land, especially the green spar condensed by the giant tree, even a small fragment can devour thousands of energy points, the number of people who know this mysterious world can be counted, Zhang Ye originally wanted to kill Jiang Xiaobei, there will be revenge, the two are already immortal, Lin Xiaomeng's own people do not need to scruple, and the rest of the people who know are just this Huang Xingye in front of him, wealth is moving, power is something more moving than wealth, how can he be vulgar。
"I'm useful, useful, I'll give you money, I'll give you all my net worth, just don't kill me" Huang Xingye undoubtedly saw the murderous intent in Jiang Xiaobei's eyes, hurriedly begged for mercy, and opened a bargaining chip to buy his life.
"Xiaobei ......" Lin Xiaomeng saw Jiang Xiaobei's silence, the woman was naturally kind-hearted, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his clothes, but she didn't say anything.
"Okay, Xiaomeng, you take him out first, go outside and find a place to hide first, he has injured his legs and feet, and he can't run, if you do something out of the ordinary, you shoot directly, you have to be careful of him, he's not a good person, I'll go up and take a look" Jiang Xiaobei whispered to Lin Xiaomeng.
"Okay, then you have to be careful" Lin Xiaomeng naturally knew his concerns, and hurriedly agreed.
"Thank you, thank you" Huang Xingye was naturally overjoyed when he saw that he had escaped, and hurriedly thanked Lin Xiaomeng, but there was a trace of cunning and resentment in his eyes when he looked underground.
The corners of Jiang Xiaobei's mouth showed a touch of disdain, and he had secretly made a decision, Huang Xingye couldn't stay, it was not good to do it in front of Lin Xiaomeng now, but there would always be opportunities, Lin Xiaomeng was very smart, but she was not worried that she would be deceived by Huang Xingye, so she naturally told her to watch it with confidence.
Then he turned around and walked towards the staircase, which seemed to be very ordinary at first glance, but subconsciously it seemed that there was a mysterious force enveloping the entire staircase, inexplicable, unclear.
Jiang Xiaobei hesitated and gently raised one foot, and in an instant, a picture appeared in front of him, the white jade spirit platform in the sea of knowledge changed from the original pure white to bright red blood, it seemed to be shaking in the sea of knowledge, and a sense of crisis immediately enveloped the whole body, as if the whole body was soaked in ice water and couldn't move, his eyes showed horror, and cold sweat flowed down his forehead directly for no reason......
Jiang Xiaobei had been very difficult to maintain the movement of lifting his feet, and then slowly retracted his steps, and took a few steps back, and the white jade spirit platform in the sea of knowledge slowly faded from bright red to the original pure white and flawless, and gradually disappeared in his mind......
Lin Xiaomeng originally looked at him, and saw that he raised his feet and wanted to step on the steps, but he was stunned for a while, retreated back, and stepped forward, at this time his head was covered with cold sweat, and his lips seemed to be trembling, so he stepped forward and held his arm with both hands and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Xiaobei only reacted back at this time, and hurriedly pulled Lin Xiaomeng back: "This step is strange, when I want to go up, I feel very dangerous, terrifying danger......
Lin Xiaomeng was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth: "Then, what should I do, otherwise let's not go up, can we wait here?"
"Don't worry, I won't joke with myself, the feeling just now is very real!"
"Come here," Jiang Xiaobei turned his head to look at Huang Xingye.
Huang Xingye was also stunned just now, and when he saw Jiang Xiaobei calling him, he walked over with a limp: "What's the matter?"
"You go up and take a few steps to show me," Jiang Xiaobei said coldly, pointing to the steps.
"You say so dangerously, how can you call me to go!" Huang Xingye asked in a trembling voice with infinite horror in his eyes.
"Just walk a few steps, if you don't go, I'll have to kill you now" Jiang Xiaobei's tone was very light at this time, but the resoluteness in it was unquestionable.
Huang Xingye had to look at Lin Xiaomeng, Lin Xiaomeng bit her lip, but she didn't speak, she could tell the difference clearly, Huang Xingye saw Jiang Xiaobei's eyes getting colder and colder, so he had to tremble and drag his lame legs, and walked into the stairs step by step, and took a step out of the cold sweat very hesitantly......