Chapter 2: Three Graves
"There's a passage ahead!" someone shouted.
Lin Fan said and looked forward, only to see a passage extending deep underground, bottomless, this tomb seemed to have come to an end, and the stone wall next to the passage could already be seen.
"Would you like to check it out?" someone asked.
"Let's go, be careful, don't touch anything!" said the old captain, and walked over.
Approaching Lin Fan, he found that the passage was made of stone slabs, like a spiraling staircase leading to the ground. There is also a constant yin qi running upwards below, like ghosts.
"Can you go down here?" someone questioned. I am afraid that if I go down, I will surely die.
"If we don't go down, this is death!" Many people felt that this was not hope.
"Those who want to go down go by themselves, and don't blame us for not saying anything if you die!" said a few of them, leading the way away, turning back into the darkness, and continuing to look for the passage in which they had entered. Seeing this, many people followed suit.
At this time, only the old captain and Lin Fan and two middle-aged archaeologists were left in the team.
The old captain looked at the people who walked and shook his head helplessly, the few people who died just now are the best proof that there must be something terrible in this tomb that kills people.
"Life and death are fate, if you want to follow me, go on!" the old captain said with a sigh and walked on.
Lin Fan and the others also followed. Lin Fan felt that following this experienced old man was the wisest choice.
The stone walls of the passage are carved with various words and pictures, and the old captain sometimes stops to watch.
"I've never seen these characters before, and many of them seem to be immortals who can fly to the sky. Lin Fan looked at the stone wall and said. The stone walls are carved with some strange-looking gods and men, as well as some strange beasts, just like those described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". These gods or beasts leap into the stone wall, as if they will come out of the myth in the next moment, "Indeed, many are characters from myths and legends, but what we usually see is very different. The old captain said.
After watching for a while, Lin Fan and the others quickened their pace and walked towards the lower part of the mountain, this is not a place to stay for a long time, at this time, the tomb is closed, and the oxygen will be less and less, and their oxygen cylinders will not last long.
"There's less and less oxygen down there, and we're afraid it won't be long before we're going to have to use oxygen cylinders. A middle-aged archaeologist said.
"It's a while to be able to hold on. The old captain said.
"Ahh
Lin Fan and the others stopped, only to see a man wearing their archaeological team uniform covered in blood rolling down the stone steps in a panic.
"What's going on?" Lin Fan asked, holding the man.
"All dead, all dead!" said the man, terrified, foaming at the blood in his mouth.
Lin Fan looked at this person's body, and saw that there were several places on his body that had been penetrated by something, and he kept bleeding, and he couldn't survive.
"There are so many demons, they tear their bodies apart, it's terrible!" the man said weakly, his breath weakening.
"Demons?" Lin Fan couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
"I've seen it with my own eyes, it's like," the man died before he could finish his sentence.
Looking at the archaeological team members who were covered in blood and fell to the ground, Lin Fan felt very uncomfortable, this was the first time he had watched others lose their lives to death.
"Now it's beyond our knowledge, and hopefully we don't run into that kind of thing. The old captain said.
"Let's go, the living are the hopes!" the old captain said to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan nodded, put down the dead man's body, and continued to walk with the old captain.
"There's a bronze gate in front of you blocking the way!" said a middle-aged archaeologist.
The old captain cautiously stepped forward and shone a flashlight on the gate.
The patina door had several bumps engraved with alien beast patterns, and Lin Fan guessed that it should be some kind of mechanism.
"Old Captain, can this door be opened?" the archaeologist asked.
"Well, this kind of mechanism still can't bother me. The old captain said, stretching out his hands and carefully flicking the mechanism on the door.
"Bang la la" The heavy rusty metal friction sound came from inside the door, and Lin Fan looked at the old captain's movements, and his palms were sweating. Several people didn't dare to make a sound, and quietly watched the old captain's movements.
"Click!" The mechanism inside the door sounded, and the old captain stopped his movements and looked at the bronze gate quietly.
Lin Fan heard the sound of turbulent water and the friction of machinery coming from the stone wall, and the bronze gate weighing a thousand catties slowly opened at the same time.
"This is a mechanism built using the power of the underground dark spring, and the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated!" said the old captain, looking at the slowly opening bronze gate.
"It's a bit hard to breathe and we're going to use oxygen cylinders. Lin Fan said that if he didn't use the oxygen cylinder, he would probably faint, saying that Lin Fan and the others were wearing oxygen masks.
"Let's go!" the old captain made a forward gesture in front.
Lin Fan and the others quickly followed.
"Wow!" Suddenly, there was a sound similar to the friction of iron chains from the stone wall, and Lin Fan, who had just walked through the bronze door, stopped suddenly.
"I feel like I've stepped on something. An archaeologist behind Lin Fan exclaimed.
"Whew!" Lin Fan felt something pass by his ear, and he immediately fell to the ground. Then you can hear the sound of metal hitting the stone wall.
At this time, the old captain and another archaeologist also fell to the ground, but the person behind Lin Fan was not so lucky, he was half a beat slower, and he was greeted by death.
The man fell to the ground screaming, with multiple hidden weapons in his body, and blood splashed on Lin Fan's face.
"It's so dangerous!" Lin Fan got up and looked at the flesh-and-blood figure behind him.
"Hurry up, there's not just one mechanism!" said the old captain, looking at the dead archaeologist. Before the old captain finished speaking, the sound of iron chains rubbing again came from the stone wall
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"It should be over, right?" Lin Fan ran out of breath, after all, the things on his body were too heavy.
The old captain was coughing incessantly on the ground at this time, and he couldn't help running so violently when he was old.
"Something's coming," the archaeologist panicked, and flashlights shone above the passage.
The sound of footsteps came from above the stone wall, and the sound seemed so eerie, like the rhythm of death harvesting life.
"It's the thing that killed them that came down. The archaeologist said with a shudder, his face already pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans ran down his forehead.
"What should I do?" the man looked at the old captain and Lin Fan.
"Keep walking, you can't stop!" the old captain struggled to his feet and continued to walk towards the lower part of the road.
Lin Fan's heart also fell to the bottom, once he let those "demons" follow, he would definitely die.
After walking a long way, the footsteps behind him seemed to disappear, and Lin Fan and the others still didn't dare to stop, God knows how fast that ghost thing was.
"There's another door ahead!" said the old captain, in a deep voice.
Lin Fan shone the flashlight forward, and sure enough, there was a bronze gate that was exactly the same as before.
The three of them were silent for a moment, and everyone knew what that meant. The old captain stepped forward silently and began to turn the mechanism. At this time, for Lin Fan, time is hope.
The footsteps of "tart tart" sounded again, even if it was still far away, Lin Fan's hearts also rose to their throats.
The footsteps of "Tart Tart" were getting closer and closer, and the Grim Reaper was beckoning to Lin Fan and them.
The old captain was now laboriously turning the bronze mechanism, and his head was covered with sweat, and the situation did not allow him to slow down for half a moment.
The footsteps of the "tart" were already very clear, and Lin Fan shone it with a flashlight, only to see a slender and long black shadow slowly walking down.
Suddenly, Lin Fan heard a few subtle footsteps, and those things followed! Lin Fan felt a death emotion spreading in his heart.
"Click!" the bronze gate sounded, and Lin Fan and the others almost screamed.
At this time, the things that followed behind seemed to hear the sound as well, and their footsteps increased significantly.
"Let's go!" Lin Fan and the three of them rushed in without waiting for the door to open completely.
The sight behind the bronze gate stunned them!
It was a golden tomb, a goose-egg-sized night pearl and various precious stones exuding a soft light on the dome-shaped tomb ceiling, they were arranged in the shape of the heavens and stars, and among the stars there were gods and men flying in the sky, as if they were really swimming in the vast universe. The gold bricks are paved with gold, and there are many grooves filled with silver mercury, which are arranged on the eight sides of the tomb, and if you look closely, it is arranged in the shape of eight trigrams! Among the eight trigrams is a Tai Chi, one black and one white, with two gems set in the eyes of yin and yang. A large brown coffin is displayed in the center of Taiji! Needless to say, this is the coffin of the first emperor of the ages!
"The furnishings in this tomb encompass the entire universe of heaven and earth! The First Emperor has put himself in this 'universe of heaven and earth', he wants to become the 'Dao One' and live forever in heaven and earth!" the old captain exclaimed, unable to take his eyes off for a long time.
The four walls of the tomb are surrounded by twelve golden figures, and half of the golden figures melt into the gold bricks, as if they are about to come out. They have a history, legend has it that during the reign of the first emperor, there were twelve giants in Lintao, all of them were miraculous, and the first emperor ordered people to cast twelve golden figures, which also have the meaning of representing the twelve earthly branches.
"Wow!" The sound of heavy footsteps approached, and Lin Fan even heard the sound of the thing swallowing in its mouth, which was creepy.
"There's no way out!" said the archaeologist, his face pale with fright.
"Seeing Qin Shi Huang's coffin, it's a pity that the old man died!" the old captain laughed at himself.
Lin Fan's flashlight had already shone on the body of that thing, and the thing was as black as a shadow, and its face was hideous like a mythical ghost, which made people shudder when they saw it.
"Click!" The demon suddenly appeared in front of Lin Fan and the three of them with lightning speed, and instantly smashed the archaeologist's head, splashing red and white viscous liquid everywhere!
Lin Fan and the old captain didn't care about anything else, and quickly stepped back.
"Boom!!!" the demon sniffed the blood and let out a hideous grin.
Lin Fan and the old captain were already running to the brown coffin, when the old captain suddenly stopped and pulled out the oxygen tank.
"There must be a mechanism on the coffin, you go, I'll block it for a while!" said to Lin Fan, a smile appeared on his face full of vicissitudes.
Lin Fan was stunned and stopped looking at the old captain.
"Don't go quickly!" the old captain roared! The voice shook Lin Fan's heart, and Lin Fan subconsciously obeyed the old captain's words and ran towards the brown coffin of the First Emperor.
Lin Fan ran to the big coffin and saw a five-clawed dragon carved on the huge coffin lid. The divine dragon was lifelike, as if it was alive, Lin Fan vaguely heard a few distant dragon groans, the dragon chant was high-pitched and distant, as if it had come from the distant flood and ancient times.
"Haha
Lin Fan saw that there was a piece of something in the dragon's claws on the lid of the coffin, and he felt that it should be the mechanism that the old captain said. He didn't want to think about it, so he reached out and took it.
When I got it in my hand, I found that it was not a mechanism, but an oracle bone, which was engraved with dense oracle bone inscriptions, and at the same time, a simple and vicissitudes of life passed into Lin Fan's heart. For a while, Lin Fan seemed to hear the shouts of countless gods and demons in the mythological era and the roars of strange beasts in the heavens and earth, which was shocking!
"Three graves!" Lin Fan recognized the two words on the first line of the oracle bone!