Chapter 303: A Corner of Civilization(1/2)
What is it like to be buried alive?
I think there is probably no one in the world who knows it better than me.
I didn't know the depth before. I cut off the dragon's veins and suffered a catastrophic retribution. I was planted in the ground like a radish, exposed to wind and sun, and had no hope. It was almost one of the most painful memories in my life, and it became a nightmare for a time.
But compared with the collapse of the Robber's Cave, it's really nothing. After all, if it's true, it was just a half-burial alive. At least I could still see the sky and light when I raised my eyes, and darkness is the real feeling of human beings.
Source of fear.
The moment the endless soil fell, the light from the flashlight placed next to me was swallowed up in an instant. The soil covered my body. It was wet and had a strange feeling of warmth. It couldn't be said to be heavy, but my limbs felt like they were bound by shackles.
It's the same, I can't move at all!
The soil between my mouth and nose was stuffed, making it impossible for me to make any sound, and my breathing was directly blocked. When I struggled, the soil came in through my nose and throat, and I could only make two sounds.
I whimpered in pain, my throat felt dry and itchy, my chest felt like it was being pressed hard by a hand, and my lungs were deflated, like a balloon that had not been inflated, with no air inside.
I struggled hard, but my body could only squirm a few times in the soil. Instead, I felt a burning pain in my lungs, which even gave me the illusion that if I moved a few more times, my lungs would burst open.
With the huge squeezing force and lack of oxygen, all my futile struggles would only accelerate the consumption of my physical strength. Soon I felt like I was fainting. The darkness in front of me gradually blossomed into a ball of light, which seemed to be a ball of light.
Under the dim light of the dancing candles, I saw my father and my mother. Finally, it became more and more blurry, and I could only vaguely see a graceful figure silently watching me, as if it was...her!
So, I suddenly woke up and broke free from the hallucination. Although I was still unable to move, my heart was roaring: "Jiang Yao, hurry up and call someone!"
The landslide in the Robber's Cave is not as earth-shattering as the mountain landslide, and it is just the accumulated broken soil after the landslide. There are no stones in it. Once it falls and collapses, even Brother Yaozi and the others who are close at hand will not be able to hear any sound, and it will not take long.
Time, Lao Bai and I will be suffocated here.
Now, my only hope lies in Yao Yao. I don't expect her to have any overwhelming power to let me out of trouble, but at least she and Yinnu are spirits and can go out directly. Let Brother Yaozi and the others know
, I hope it’s not too late.
Unfortunately, Zhang Yao did not give me any response.
Just when I was almost desperate, I suddenly felt a strong pulling force on my leg.
Only then did I realize in surprise that a hand had been pulling on my ankle, holding it tightly. However, I was so panicked that I didn't notice the hand's existence at all.
Needless to say, this hand must be Lao Bai's.
Could it be said that Lao Bai was not buried? It was he who was pulling me in?
At this time, I clearly felt that the soil around me that was stuck to my body like dog skin plaster moved slightly. Then, a section of me was pulled out, just like pulling out a carrot, and it was trying to drag me alive.
go out.
If the radish is too big, it is difficult to pull it out, and the stems will be easily broken, let alone a big person like me?
Lao Bai's hands tightened around my ankles like iron pliers, squeezing so hard that my bones ached. He pulled like crazy, and the bones and joints in my legs seemed to be torn apart. I could only hear the tendons.
It makes a crisp sound like a "knock, bang, bang, bang" sound, and it feels like a strong bow that is fully drawn. If you exert even a little more force, it will break immediately.
Under such a huge force, I finally started to move. When I was completely dragged out of the burglar's cave, I felt so light that I instinctively wanted to take a big breath. As a result, my throat and nose were filled with dirt.
As soon as I opened my mouth and inhaled, all the sediment was rolled into my respiratory tract, choking me so much that I couldn't help but turn over and lay on the ground coughing. My nose and tears mixed with the sediment and spattered all over the floor.
After a long time, I finally felt a little more comfortable. I rubbed my blurred eyes with my sleeves and saw a woman in red clothes squatting next to me with a concerned look on her face.
Isn't this person none other than Zhao Yao?
Seeing that I was fine, Ma Yao breathed a sigh of relief and got back into the wind chime without saying a word. Wu Shuang came up and patted my back vest with his hands to make me feel better.
"It's all thanks to Zhao Yao this time."
Brother Yaozi sighed. When he said it, I realized that when I called out to Zhang Yao, he had already left. Because the landslide was not that big, I crawled into the innermost part, and then my whole body was buried alive. Lao Bai had already left.
I started to push my butt out and retreat. When the landslide occurred, only half of my body was buried inside. In fact, if he hadn't tried to pull me, I would have been able to get out completely. It was because of his instinct to pull me when the landslide happened.
He then let himself in, leaving only his two calves still outside. After Zhao Yao came out, he grabbed his two legs and pulled him outward. After Brother Yaozi and the others learned about it, they immediately came up to help.
I know in my heart how dangerous this cave collapse is. If Lao Bai hadn't grabbed me at the last moment, Brother Yaozi and the others would have had to dig out the landslide to save me. It would have taken a long time, and it would have been impossible to suffocate a person to death.
It won't take long, and the final result will be a disaster for me.
Behind me, Zhang Xinya patted the dirt on Lao Bai's forehead, and then pulled his hand that was still holding my ankle. After pulling several times, Lao Bai still didn't let go, so he couldn't help but said: "Okay, Jingzhe is over."
Once you’re out, just let go!”
"Do you think I don't want to let go? I can't!"
Lao Bai's face was covered with mud, and he said with a sad face: "This arm doesn't work at all, it's like it's not my arm."
Zhang Xinya was about to come up to help, but Wu Shuang hurriedly reached out to stop her.
"Don't touch! His arm is broken!"
Wushuang squatted down and carefully looked at Lao Bai's arm for a moment, then took out a small knife and cut his sleeve bit by bit, while thinking to himself: "We are all pulling him, the strength is too great, and he
It was just an arm pulling Brother Jingzhe. After all, the force on Brother Jingzhe was the leg bone, and he was the arm. How could the arm be as strong as the thigh? He instinctively held Brother Jingzhe tightly, and this strength was beyond his body.
It was so extreme that his arm had cramped a long time ago and lost consciousness. He was pulled alive by a few of us and was dislocated without even realizing it. Now the tendons in his arm are still tight. If you force him to let go, the tendon will break.
, he will be useless by then."
While he was talking, Lao Bai's sleeves had been completely cut by him, and one arm was twisted strangely, and the muscles were tangled and bulged as if they were shaped. As for the position of the elbow, the bones and joints were broken apart, and it looked like
Only a layer of skin and flesh remained, which was very permeable.
Seeing this, I twitched my throat, but Lao Bai said with a smile that it looked like it was dislocated. This was a great favor, and I couldn't handle it without a dozen or eight sets of big swords.
Wushuang sighed and gently rubbed his arm with her hands. Then Lao Bai stopped laughing, his face was completely distorted, and his whining sounds were like killing a pig. If it weren't for Brother Yaozi and Zhang Xinya, they were all in a mess.
I had to hold him down, fearing that he would roll all over the floor early.
However, those bulging muscles gradually calmed down. Finally, Wushuang grabbed his arm and moved it back and forth for a moment, then suddenly exerted force, and there was only a "click" sound, and Lao Bai's arm was intact as before.
"Take a rest!"
Wushuang said: "As the old saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break a muscle and move a bone. If you hurt a big muscle, I'm afraid it will hurt for a while!"
"As long as your arms can be used!"
Lao Bai grinned.
Seeing that nothing happened to us, my master was relieved and came up to ask me what was going on inside.
"An unprecedented and unheard-of tomb door."
I thought about it and said: "The entire tomb is made of black steel, which is one of the strongest materials in the world. It cannot be broken at all, like a metal tortoise. It can be said that the solid civil structure of the Bamboo Tomb is fully utilized.
If you want to get in, you can only go through the door, but..."
Thinking of the tiny gap I touched, I sighed softly and told my master truthfully that I had never heard of such tomb door technology. It was completely beyond the scope of the ritual officer's knowledge. And the structure of the tomb, from a certain aspect,
It can directly reflect the national power, civilization, smelting and many other aspects at that time. Various characteristics tell me that the ancient country sung by the sharks was once a very powerful and brilliant civilization. I am completely facing an unknown civilization.
The skills of the etiquette officer may not be useful here!
"Weird!"
Lao Bai rubbed his arm and said with emotion: "In a place far away from the Middle Earth, there was an ancient country. A big man was buried on the legendary Penglai Island, but he was not found in the historical records. It is really...refreshing
Understand the three views.”
My master was not that surprised and said calmly: "Too many people were buried in the past. History books can only glimpse a tenth of it, just the tip of the iceberg. This is the world. The more you know, the more you feel small and ignorant."
After saying this, he turned to me and said that although this tomb is no longer a tomb in the traditional sense, the laws of the world lead to the same goal through different paths. Even if the technology here is no longer within the knowledge of the ritual officer, the ritual officer is still a ritual officer after all.
Officer, it is supported by past experience, and there is still evidence to follow. When it comes to it, it seems that I am the only one who can say something about it now, so I asked me what to do next.
"The tomb door is made of black steel and cannot be broken open at all."
I thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid we have to use a stupid method. Clean up the front door of the tomb and observe the entire door. Maybe we can find some clues."
My master frowned, obviously thinking of Lord Water. Time is too precious for us now, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with any better way, so he could only nod and agreed.
With a nod from his side, Brother Yaozi started to move, pulled Wushuang into the cave again, and began to clean up the landslide.
Lao Bai and I were exhausted from the tossing and could only rest nearby.
As I said, cleaning the tomb door is a very long process. If it were those archaeologists who encountered such a situation, they would have to dig carefully. A team of people and modern equipment, a layer of soil
It's hard to say how much time it will take to dissect a layer of soil for fear of missing anything. It could be as little as a week or two, or as much as two or three months.
But we are not archaeologists, so naturally we will not be so precise. Even so, it is enough to spend a whole day here.
Brother Yaozi and Wushuang struggled to get out of the robbery hole like two people fished out of muddy water.
"Damn it, there's no way!"
Brother Yaozi said: "It's just a dark wall. I've never seen anything like this!"
Hearing what he said, I already knew what was going on, so I immediately got into the robber's cave. After passing through the robber's cave, the front suddenly opened up. Brother Yaozi and Wushuang had hollowed out all the soil in front of the tomb door, just like the hollowed out belly of the mountain.
, you can have a panoramic view of the entire outer wall structure of the tomb.
I gently rubbed my hands on the black steel, and soon I felt the gap I had touched before. I ran my fingers along the gap and wiped away the dirt on it. Soon, a gap was nearly three and a half meters wide and 3.5 meters high.
Less than two meters away, a rectangular door frame that was almost lying horizontally appeared.
"This is the tomb door!"
I pointed at the drawn rectangle and couldn't help but sigh: "Have you ever played jigsaw puzzles? This tomb door looks like it was put together. There should be buckles connecting it inside. If it weren't for my special hands, I would be able to touch them all."
To be continued...