The pieces of earthen jars in the pit were badly broken, and the patterns on them were entangled with hair and could not be seen clearly.
Seeing that Yuchen had gone far away, Wu Xiaoxie also hurriedly caught up.
The two of them walked forward for another twenty meters when Wu Xiaoxie suddenly stepped on something and made a crisp sound.
I lowered my head and saw that it was a broken pottery shard. I looked forward with my flashlight and found that the passage ahead was full of similar broken pottery shards.
A few meters further ahead, one pottery pot after another was scattered haphazardly on the ground, extending to the end of the passage.
What makes people feel creepy is that there is an irregular spherical object the size of a honeydew melon growing on the mouth of those clay pots.
Under the yellowish light of the miner's lamp, countless cotton-like black hairs spread out from these spherical objects, spread out like carpets, densely covering the entire passage, and even the surrounding cave walls.
Wu Xiaoxie and Wu Xiaoxie were silent for a moment, even breathing lightly.
The entire cave was filled with a chilly air. The pores that were still sweating just now were hit by the cold air, and goosebumps immediately broke out on the skin.
Wu Xiaoxie felt his scalp numb and his voice tightened. He swallowed and asked in a low voice, "Are these... human heads?"
Jie Yuchen didn't say anything, he just lit a fire dumpling and threw it in.
As soon as it came into contact with the flames, the hair that spread to the edges immediately made a slight creaking sound, as if it came to life, curling and shrinking inward a little.
Because he was wearing a gas mask, Wu Xiaoxie couldn't smell the special burnt smell of fire-roasted protein.
He half-squinted his eyes and took a closer look at the pottery pots through the gaps in the hair. He found that the patterns on them were somewhat familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered, "I have seen these pots before, and there are more of them than here."
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Xie Yuchen heard this and looked over, "Where have you seen it?"
Wu Xiaoxie said: "The first time I saw this kind of jar was when we went to Snake Swamp. In the Devil's City in the Tamutuo Desert, we found the wreckage of a shipwreck. The cabin was full of jars like this, with many human heads inside.
It is specially used to cultivate the Corpse Turtle King, and then presented to the Queen Mother of the West for sacrifice."
"When we met for the second time, we had already entered the Queen Mother's underground palace. Under the altar of the underground river that was close to the throne, there were piles of clay pots there. We didn't dare to open them and went around them."
Xie Yuchen clicked his tongue, "This is trouble."
Then he turned to look at the ancient iron-clad corpse standing behind him at the entrance of the cave, and said: "So, that iron coat may be a protective suit to protect against the insects you mentioned, and
These hairs with unknown attack methods may have been worn by craftsmen at that time when placing these pots."
Wu Xiaoxie nodded, and when he illuminated the miner's lamp, in the open space in front of him, there were countless broken shells of the Red Corpse Turtle King mixed in the hair.
Jie Yuchen looked around, and then he didn't know what he found. He pointed the light in his hand at the cave walls on both sides, "Look there."
Wu Xiaoxie looked over and found that there were many pits of different depths hidden under the hair covering the cave wall.
Some of the pits were empty, and it seemed that the contents inside had been taken away. Wu Xiaoxie felt that the most critical silk books translated by Jin Wantang must have come from here...
Some are filled with things, which can be roughly identified as bamboo slips and the like. There are a lot of them, just like the scripture caves in ancient temples.
Further back, the lights in their hands cannot shine.
"How do you think they got in back then?" Wu Xiaoxie asked with a frown, "They couldn't have stepped on these jars."
But it doesn't look like it. The material of this kind of pottery pot is very rough, and it will inevitably become brittle after being left for a long time. When Aning's men were carrying it outside the sunken ship, it accidentally broke it, and then they released the corpse turtle group.
Come out.
If there were so many people stepping on them, it would be impossible for these jars to still be intact.
Xie Yuchen tied the miner's lamp in his hand to his arm, moved the joints of his hands and feet, and smiled at Wu Xiaoxie, "For them, it couldn't be easier to get in from here."
Wu Xiaoxie looked at him and smiled a little teasingly, not understanding what he meant.
Then Jian Yuchen took out two arm-long sticks from the backpack behind his back, connected them, and then took off his gloves.
Before Wu Xiaoxie could react, he suddenly held the extended stick in both hands and pushed it towards the open space in front of him. He took advantage of the force and jumped into the air. He turned over like a juggling act in the narrow space and suddenly appeared.
It was diagonally above Wu Xiaoxie's head.
Then under Wu Xiaoxie's shocked gaze, he turned sideways while standing upside down in the air, stretched his long legs and stepped into a depression on the cave wall on one side.
Everything happened in a flash of lightning. In the blink of an eye, the stick on the ground had been withdrawn by him and pushed against the pit where his feet were. Just before he lost his balance, the entire stick bent into an arch, and Jie Yuchen was bounced up again.
, flew lightly to the other side of the cave wall.
After that, he repeated the previous actions one after another. In a very short period of time, Jie Yuchen had already flown dozens of meters away with the help of the magic stick, like an elf jumping among the flowers. His movements were light and airy, flowing and flowing in one go.
, no difficulty at all.
Wu Xiaoxie's jaw dropped in shock, "Holy crap!"
This is too much for my wife!
Compared with the method of Chen Pi, Asi and others who carefully groped through the mechanism, this miraculous trick is simply more than one level advanced.
How did he fly there?
While I was thinking about it, a whistle came from over there, causing an echo in the empty and deep cave.
Xie Yuchen waved outside with the arm tied to the miner's lamp, "I'm here."
"How is it?" Wu Xiaoxie asked hurriedly.
"It's okay." Xie Yuchen said, "It's not as difficult as I thought. I got here easily."
Wu Xiaoxie was furious, "Easy ass, you damn girl flew over, what should I do?"
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He raised his feet and jumped on the spot tentatively. He was so embarrassed that he couldn't even make the first move.
There was a chuckle from the other side, "Just stay there and don't move. I'll go inside to see the situation first, and then I'll think of a way to get you over."
Wu Xiaoxie had no choice but to suppress her anxiety.
Within a few seconds, Xie Yuchen's voice came from the other end, "I saw something, it's a bit strange."
"What?" Wu Xiaoxie asked quickly...
There was silence for a long time before Xie Yuchen said: "I don't know, I can't tell."
Then there was a dull metal knocking sound.
Wu Xiaoxie's curiosity has been piqued, but there is no sound from that end.
It had been quiet for a long time. Wu Xiaoxie was so anxious that he almost scratched his head and scratched his head. He shouted inside, "What on earth is it? Please describe it."
"A huge iron plate, very big, looks a bit like a bowl, with many strange lines on it." Xie Yuchen suddenly hissed, and his voice suddenly became softer, "Oh my God, this thing is moving, it is spinning by itself."
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"What?" Wu Xiaoxie didn't understand what he meant. What's spinning? That iron plate?
According to Xie Yuchen's description, he tried to imagine it in his mind, but for a while he couldn't imagine what it was like, and he became more and more anxious, "Don't worry about that first, think of a way to get me over first."<
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"Wait, something is wrong, please don't act rashly." Xie Yuchen said quickly, and then there was no movement.
Wu Xiaoxie wanted to curse, "What's going on?"
However, this time there was no reply from Jie Yuchen.
Wu Xiaoxie spun around a few times and called out a few more times. Jie Yuchen still didn't answer, but there was a sound of metal knocking from the other side. It was amplified by the echo and circled into people's ears, making people upset. "Fuck!" Wu Xiaoxie cursed and yelled inside, "If you don't say anything, I will find a way to get over by myself."
The knocking sound over there is getting louder and louder, bang bang bang, it sounds like something is being destroyed with great force.
Wu Xiaoxie was so desperate that he wanted to roll his eyes, but then he thought again, no, they are all adults, and they would not be stupid enough to lose their temper in such a dangerous situation. Could it be that something happened to Jie Yuchen, which caused him to
You can't speak. Are you asking for help outside by banging on the metal?
Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoxie hurriedly shouted inside, "Xiaohua, has something happened to you?"
After the sound, the knocking sound there paused for a few seconds, and then there were two knocks of "哐哐", as if answering Wu Xiaoxie's question just now.
Damn, there is a way!
He shouted to Jie Yuchen again, "Xiaohua, let me ask you a question. If it is, how about you knock once instead of twice?"
"哐——"
Knocked there.
ok, Xiaohua said yes.
Wu Xiaoxie thought for a while and continued: "Are you unable to speak now?"
Xie Yuchen knocked.
"Is it related to the big iron plate you mentioned before?" Wu Xiaoxie asked again.
After asking, I immediately turned my ears and listened carefully, and there was only one sound coming from the other side.
Wu Xiaoxie thought carefully for a few seconds, then turned around and ran out of the cave.
It's already dark outside now.
Get the walkie-talkie and wake up the sleeping guys below. Once you tell the story, those guys will come up immediately to support you.
Putting down the walkie-talkie, Wu Xiaoxie realized that something was wrong. It took more than four hours to climb up from below. The little flowers were waiting inside until the day lilies were completely cold.
Then he turned around and ran back into the cave, shouting to Xie Yuchen, "Xiaohua, I just informed the people below, and they will come up soon. Is the place where you are now safe?"...
There was one sound and two sounds from the dark cave...
Wu Xiaoxie's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard the third knocking sound.
"What's going on?" Wu Xiaoxie wondered whether this was safe or unsafe.
Just as I was about to ask carefully, there were three consecutive and rhythmic sounds over there, and then three more.
Wu Xiaoxie has a black line on his forehead. Is this because he is addicted to beating the beat, or is Xiaohua not sure about the situation there, or is Xiaohua calling him to come over?
Does three sounds mean "come here quickly"?
Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoxie had an idea, "Just wait, I'll come find you right away."
Looking at the piles of clay pots in front of him, Wu Xiaoxie gritted his teeth and thought, "Damn it, after struggling for a long time, I still have to rely on myself to fight!"
Jie Yuchen, who was nestled deep in the cave, had just dealt with the wound on his shoulder. Before he could take a breath, he heard Wu Xiaoxie saying that he was coming in, and he almost died of anger.
He quickly tapped the iron plate three times with a stick and said, "Don't come in!!"
After knocking, I immediately realized something was wrong. Damn, I was so angry that I immediately knocked twice more, "Don't come!"
"It's coming, it's coming, don't rush it!"
Wu Xiaoxie was picking at the hollow on the cave wall where the ancient bamboo slips were placed. He was like a gecko climbing the wall, hunched over and moving forward cautiously.
He was secretly glad in his heart. Fortunately, Muyu was thoughtful and got Lao Men's precious blood for him in advance. He had already tried it before. When those hairs encountered Lao Men's precious blood, they would immediately curl up and avoid it like a mouse seeing a cat. Smear some on your gloves and clothes. As long as you are careful when climbing and don't touch the jar below, you should be able to pass smoothly.
The distance between these pits is neither too small nor too large. Visually, the distance is about one meter. Wu Xiaoxie took a few steps and found that as long as he took a bigger step, he could barely pass by.
However, after climbing more than ten meters, he realized that he was still naive.
No matter how well you calculate in advance, your physical strength will always be a flaw.
In addition, the space he was in was too cramped, and the only places where he exerted force were his fingertips and toes. He felt that his arms were sore due to fatigue and had begun to tremble a little.
Bite the bullet and climb another seven or eight meters, Wu Xiaoxie felt that he couldn't hold on any longer, and he couldn't reach the pit in front, so he had to use a
One hand was holding on to the edge of a depression, while the other hand was holding a dagger and digging holes into the cave wall.
He pried off a small piece of rock, inserted the dagger back into his waist, quickly grabbed the edge of the dug hole, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
If he doesn't rest, his hands and feet will cramp.
When he paused his actions, he caught a glimpse of the hairy things below from the corner of his eye. The close observation made him feel even more creepy.
Regarding things like hair, Wu Xiaoxie has a deeper nightmare than others.
He tried his best to hypnotize himself that the lumpy ball under his body was just a kind of mushroom, a kind of mushroom that grows black mycelium.
Thinking about it this way, the creepy feeling in my heart actually diminished a bit.
Wu Xiaoxie tried his best not to look at the ghost thing below, and then followed the same pattern and slowly moved more than 20 meters inside.
The knocking sound inside had not sounded for a long time, and he was not sure what the situation was now, so he had to try his best to speed up.
After resting, he wanted to continue climbing in, but the moment he turned his head, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Less than two meters in front of him, something seemed to have blocked the light of the miner's lamp.
He immediately turned his head and looked again. As soon as he looked at it, his scalp immediately became numb.
Wanima, it’s hair!
At some point, a tall-haired man stood in front of him!