The water is still rising, and Wu Xiaoxie and the two are getting closer and closer to the one-eyed python. Wu Xiaoxie's whole body is stiff, and his calves seem to be throbbing in pain due to too tight muscles.
He was so desperate that he couldn't hold his breath because his mouth and nose were half-covered. His eyelids were trembling and he was about to open them. At the same time, his limbs were struggling so hard that Wu Xiaoxie barely managed to catch him and quickly used his hands and feet to tighten him.
, and then carefully surfaced.
Fortunately, the one-eyed python looked down upon the two shrimps, which were not even big enough to fit between their teeth. He glanced at them casually and then focused on the two-eyed python dying in the water.
Wu Xiaoxie breathed a sigh of relief, made a "shh" gesture to Lao Itchi who had just woken up, and pointed at the huge thing coiled around the bronze tree.
When Lao Itch looked at it, his already pale face turned even paler. Due to the loss of blood and being soaked in ice water, his teeth chattered uncontrollably when he opened his mouth. He looked like he was about to faint again, but he still
The tenacious team members told Wu Xiaoxie that there was an exit at the top of the cave. They only needed to float up along the water level and eventually they could get out from here.
Wu Xiaoxie knew that this was not going to work. Both of them were seriously injured. They had been soaking in the ice water like this, and before the water level rose to a suitable height, they froze to death first.
The only way is to climb to the bronze tree.
Wu Xiaoxie leaned into Lao Itch's ear and whispered his thoughts. Lao Itch stared at the one-eyed python with fear and nodded incomprehensibly.
Just as the two were about to take action, suddenly, several gray-white human face masks floated across the water in front of them.
Lao Itch asked in surprise: "What is that?"
Wu Xiaoxie suddenly realized something, reached out to pick up one and turned it over to see that it was empty. His expression suddenly changed, "Damn, hurry up the tree, that's the shell of a chive!"
When Lao Itch heard this, he immediately transformed into a one-armed Yang Guo, climbed onto the branch, kicked off his feet and used the buoyancy of the water to jump up to the bronze tree, moving faster than a monkey.
Wu Xiaoxie looked dumbfounded below, cursed and quickly followed him up the tree.
There were already more than a dozen chichis swimming towards the place where the two people were staying, following the smell of blood, and they were about to climb up the bronze tree and chase after them.
In desperation, Wu Xiaoxie bit her palm hard, and blood gushed out instantly. Wu Xiaoxie clenched her fists to force out more blood, then waved her hand and spread the blood in the air and on the water.
The blood spots blended into the water and smeared out. The Chi Gu became wary and quickly moved away from this small area, and then chased Old Itch from the other side.
More locusts have surrounded the python corpse at the bottom of the water, like leeches scrambling to parasitize this rare flesh and blood body.
After climbing only two steps, Wu Xiaoxie felt that the air around him suddenly became hot and dry, and the moisture on his clothes was also evaporating rapidly.
While he was wondering, he suddenly heard a scream from Lao Chi above him, then his whole body twitched, he became unsteady and fell straight from the bronze tree into the water.
"Old itch——"
Wu Xiaoxie exclaimed and subconsciously reached out to pull it, but was dragged down with it instead.
There was only a "kappa" sound, and the wrist was dislocated again. Wu Xiaoxie's cry of pain was blocked by the hot water pouring into his mouth before he could leave his mouth.
That's right, it's hot water, and it's getting hotter and hotter.
Before Wu Xiaoxie sank into the water and struggled for a few seconds, the water surrounding him was so hot that his skin hurt, and his posture became more and more intense.
Wu Xiaoxie hurriedly surfaced to look for traces of Lao Itch, and suddenly came face to face with a huge white eyeball covered with bloodshot eyes. The bloodshot eyes were still squirming and accumulating rapidly. Soon, the entire eyeball turned red.
The pupil in the middle of the eyeball is still changing, gradually changing from red to long and narrow gold.
When Wu Xiaoxie met that eye, his expression was dull for a moment, as if his soul had been sucked into a whirlpool. Then, he was awakened by a severe headache, dizziness and nausea. Only then did he realize that the originally cold pool water
Somehow it started to boil like the previous hot spring, and the boiling bubbles were gradually spreading from the place where the two-eyed python corpse was to the periphery.
By some strange coincidence, Wu Xiaoxie turned to look at the strange red-red golden pupil, and then discovered that the original giant purple eye on the head of the one-eyed python had closed at some point, and was replaced by a large one at the top of its head.
The red golden pupils are only slightly smaller than the giant purple eyes.
Wu Xiaoxie was almost frightened.
With a rumble, the entire space began to shake violently. Many wide cracks appeared on the stone wall opposite the bronze tree. More water gushes out from inside. The entire mountain surface keeps cracking, and it seems that the entire cave is about to collapse. p>
Wu Xiaoxie was rushed into one of the gaps by a rapid current, and the newly collapsed passage was completely dark.
Wu Xiaoxie's body was swirling around under the rapids, colliding and rubbing against the broken stone wall. He completely lost his sense of direction and could only drift downstream with the current, and finally drifted into the underground river where the water temperature was still acceptable.
ri.
The water flow here was even faster. Wu Xiaoxie didn't even have time to react before he felt the sudden weightlessness, followed by a loud sound of water. In an instant, he fell into the water and fell rapidly.
Suddenly, my head hit the dark stone under the waterfall, and then everything went dark, and I didn't know anything anymore.
——
Seven days have passed since Wu Xiaoxie was rescued from the embankment downstream of the waterfall and sent to the hospital until Wu Xiaoxie's memory completely recovered.
He originally woke up three days ago, but the sequelae of a severe concussion were too severe. He was dizzy and nauseated all the time. Let alone thinking, just thinking about it for a moment, his brain immediately spun, and his memory was confused and mixed. He couldn't even remember his own name.
I almost lost track of it.
After the first two days, the hazy situation improved a little. Wu Xiaoxie temporarily lost his speech ability again and could only barely communicate with the attending doctor with gestures.
Another week passed, and Wu Xiaoxie's chaotic memories were sorted out intermittently. From the doctor in charge, he learned that he was sent to the hospital by several armed policemen. His condition at that time was considered relatively dangerous, with many fractures, sprains and abrasions all over his body.
There are more than 30 places, obviously caused by falling from a high altitude and hitting a cliff.
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"But there is something strange." The doctor said.
Wu Xiaoxie asked with eyes.
The doctor said: "The fatal wounds on your body had been treated when you were brought here. They were sutured and bandaged very professionally. I asked the armed police officers at that time and they said you were like that when they picked you up. They
The team doctor checked and found that there was no room for emergency rescue, so he sent you directly to our hospital."
Wu Xiaoxie wanted to ask again, but the doctor glanced at his watch and said with an apologetic smile: "Sorry, it's time for my next patient's ward round. You can ask the armed police at the time for specific information. They will leave a message before they leave."
Call me and I’ll write to you if you need me.”
Wu Xiaoxie said quickly: "It's really needed, thank you doctor."
The doctor casually said you're welcome, then took out a small notebook and pen from the pocket of his white coat, opened it and wrote while warning: "Your current condition is that you won't even be able to get out of bed for ten days and a half. It's best to contact us."
Call your family, or ask your family to help arrange a caregiver to take care of you."
As he spoke, he tore off the written page and handed it to him.
"Yeah." Wu Xiaoxie stared at the numbers on the paper and responded absently.
"Oh, that's right." The doctor remembered something before leaving the house, turned around and said to Wu Xiaoxie, "The armed policemen helped to advance your medical expenses. You can discuss it and pay it back."
With a grateful face, Wu Xiaoxie responded repeatedly, watched the doctor go out, and then quickly opened the drawer of the bedside table. The nurse said before that several things he had on him at that time were placed in the cabinet.
Grabbing the phone in his hand, Wu Xiaoxie quickly pressed the power button, a string of cheerful music sounded, and the screen lit up.
Hey, the quality of this phone is really good. It can still be used after being soaked in water for so long.
Wu Xiaoxie muttered in his heart, opened the phone book, found Wang Mengmeng's number, and clicked to confirm. Unexpectedly, he put it to his ear and just after it rang for two seconds, he heard the low battery prompt of the phone, and then it didn't stop for a second.
It will shut down automatically.
Wu Xiaoxie held her phone and stared at the darkened screen for a long time, then she was so angry that she wanted to curse.
Taking two deep breaths to suppress the anger in his heart, Wu Xiaoxie stared at the piece of paper and memorized the number on it, thinking that when the nurse came to change the intravenous drip later, he would say something nice and ask someone to help charge the phone. ——
Hangzhou.
Wu Shanjuli, Wang Mengmeng, who was sitting at the computer desk, had just started a new game of minesweeper. The phone at his hand suddenly rang. He was so shocked that he pressed the left mouse button firmly. The bullet he hit was a bomb.
Suddenly, the picture on the screen exploded.
"What the fuck?"
Wang Mengmeng cursed, picked up the phone angrily, and picked it up without looking at the display on it, "Who is it?"
"I, your boss." Wu Xiaoxie's voice came from the receiver, and Wang Mengmeng was so shocked that he almost jumped away.
Wang Mengmeng was pleasantly surprised and said with a little bit of resentment: "Fuck me boss, you are finally born. You don't know that during this time, I..."
Wu Xiaoxie didn't pay attention to what he said, and said concisely: "I'm at the Red Cross Hospital in Chang'an. Come and bring some money and clothes."
"..." Wang Mengmeng responded depressedly, "Okay boss."
"Well, how is the store lately? Is there anything important?" Wu Xiaoxie asked him.
Wang Mengmeng said: "Same as before, Mr. Wu came here several times, boss, what are you doing back here? Why have you lost contact with me for so many days?"
The Mr. Wu mentioned by Wang Mengmeng is Wu Xiaoxie’s father, Wu Yiqiong.
Wu Xiaoxie sighed inwardly, "I can't tell you exactly how long it will take. Come over here and we'll talk. By the way, is there any news about my third uncle?"
After receiving the negative answer, Wu Xiaoxie was a little disappointed, but he had gotten used to it. The first thing he had to do now was to find out what happened after he fell into the waterfall, and the missing wooden fish. If that didn't work, he would have to go into the ancient place.
Tomb once.
After hanging up the phone, Wu Xiaoxie called her family again to report that she was safe.
In the evening, the armed policeman who rescued him heard that he could speak, so he sent someone to visit him with a fruit basket.
Through chatting, he learned that he was found by a few fishermen from a stream in Lantian. He was lying on a bamboo raft at that time. What happened next was the same as what the doctor said.
"If it hadn't been for emergency treatment, I'm afraid you wouldn't have made it to the hospital." The armed policeman said with a smile.
Wu Xiaoxie felt more and more strange, and was more certain of his previous guesses. He made up an excuse that he accidentally fell off a cliff while climbing to fend off the armed police's questioning.
Just as Wang Mengmeng rushed over after a long journey, he took advantage of the opportunity to pay back the medical expenses he had paid in advance, and sent him away with great gratitude.
Wu Xiaoxie told Wang Mengmeng what happened in the Qinling Mountains, omitting the part about the bronze tree's ability, because it was so unbelievable that he even doubted the authenticity of that memory.
As for who dealt with his injuries in the end, the two of them analyzed it and agreed that the only one with that kind of professional skills was Muyu.
Wu Xiaoxie once saw Muyu suturing Pan Zi's wound in Qixinglu Palace, so he was very sure that the person was Muyu.
But what he couldn't figure out was why the wooden fish didn't come to him since he had come out of the ancient tomb, or whether the wooden fish was also affected by the strange bronze tree.
There were too many questions in his mind. In order to find out more, Wu Xiaoxie searched online for a long time and also sent emails to several seniors he knew who had deep research on antiques. Unfortunately, he did not get much useful information.
Information.
However, by checking ancient books, he learned that the one-eyed python turned out to be the legendary Zhu Jiuyin, a snake that lives in extremely deep earth veins. Due to living in darkness for a long time, its eyes mutated, causing the original
The two eyes grow sideways. The purple one is Zhu Jiuyin's original eye, and the red eye on the top of his head is the Yin eye. Legend has it that the Yin eye is connected to the eighteen levels of hell. When the person looks into it, his soul will be destroyed.
Suck it out, and at the same time, the evil spirits in hell will take the opportunity to possess that person, and then turn into a half-human, half-ghost monster.
Wu Xiaoxie didn't know if having his soul sucked away was how he felt at the time, but he always felt that the following content was too mythical, so he could just listen to it casually and not take it seriously.
An old man was somewhat interested in the bronze tree he described. In his message to Wu Xiaoxie, he said that this kind of bronze tree was called "Zhu Zhu" and that someone had discovered it in a mine in Fanzhihua in 1984. p>
But until now, there are no documents or ancient books recording what that thing is used for. However, according to some text descriptions in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, this thing may be related to a mysterious tribe in ancient times. Whether that mysterious tribe existed in the long river of time is unknown.
Any key evidence can confirm.
While staying in the hospital to recuperate, Wu Xiaoxie basically called Pan Zi once a day to ask whether Muyu had returned to his house in Hangzhou, but the answers he got were all negative.
He also asked people at school, and he also asked Fatty, but no one had seen any trace of Muyu. He seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace.
