When I regained consciousness again, I was already under a stone city.
There were two huge water tanks standing at the city gate. The water tanks were so high that I couldn't see what was inside.
"Brother," I opened my mouth and called out with difficulty to Zhou Lan, who had his back turned to me and didn't know what he and Chen Mo were studying.
Zhou Lan's back suddenly froze. He turned around slowly, his trembling voice full of surprise: "Xiao Cang, Xiao Cang, you're awake!"
I don't know how long I was unconscious or what happened during this period, but I can feel that Zhou Lan's eyes are filled with the surprise of regaining something.
"Brother," I struggled to sit up.
When Chen Mo saw this, he rushed over with a sprint, then squatted beside me and stretched out one hand to support me.
"Xiao Cang, it's good that you're okay," Zhou Lan said, twitching his nose, and then repeated: "It's good that you're okay, otherwise I really don't know how to explain to my mother."
I asked uneasily: "Brother, Chen Mo, did something happen to me just now? Why do I feel that something is wrong with the behavior of the two of you."
"Zhou Cang, just after you walked out of the inner river, we found that your heartbeat and breathing had stopped." Chen Mo said with a frown as he supported me.
"Ah, so I just died for the first time." I didn't expect Chen Mo to say that, and I was shocked for a moment. "Could you be mistaken? Could it be that it was just a heartbeat and respiratory arrest?"
, and then you thought I was dead?"
"It's definitely not a heartbeat or respiratory arrest. Ask Chen Mo how long I gave you cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but it was useless. We finally gave up. Do you know how long your own heartbeat and breathing stopped? At least there was
More than half an hour." Zhou Lan said.
"This, this is incredible, isn't it? Is it because of my Sirian blood again?" I said with a big mouth.
I have been diving for much longer than normal people since I was a child. When I first learned to dive, my father thought I was drowning several times.
Later, after my father discovered this characteristic in me, he never took me diving again. He said that it was not a good thing for a person to have one area of his body that was too prominent compared to ordinary people.
He also made me forget that I could shut up for more than half an hour, and later he even refused to let me go swimming.
So, could my survival this time have something to do with this innate instinct in me?
"Xiao Cang, as long as you are safe anyway, don't worry so much. If something happens to you, my mother may not survive." Zhou Lan also squatted down, held my wrist, and said emotionally.
"Brother, don't worry, I won't die so easily. Not only you, but also the Sirius people will not allow me to die so easily." I smiled weakly at Zhou Lan and whispered.
"This seems to be an ancient city gate. Let's adjust it and prepare to enter the city." Chen Mo said.
"Chen Mo, look, what are these white dots on the city gate? Could they be poisonous mushrooms?" Zhou Lan suddenly squinted and stared at the white dots on the city gate tower and said.
"Brother, that's not a poisonous mushroom, it's a Udumbara flower."
At this moment, I had stood up and stood side by side in front of the city gate with Zhou Lan and Chen Mo. I looked up at the white dots surrounding the top of the gate tower.
"Excellent epiphyllum, these words are so auspicious that they only appear once every three thousand years." Hearing what I said, Chen Mo's eyes shifted from the white dots on the city gate to my face, looked at me and said, "It is said that such a thing is said
It blooms every three thousand years, and when it blooms, Maitreya Buddha will appear in his true form. Zhou Cang, how did you recognize this flower?"
"When I was very young, my grandma once told me. She said the same thing as you. She said that when this flower blooms, it is when Maitreya Buddha was born." My eyes were still fixed on the Udumbara flower, not knowing what was happening on my face.
Has there been any change in my expression, but I
Knowing that my thoughts have drifted far away, "The Maitreya Buddha in grandma's mouth is not the image of the Budai monk we have seen traditionally, but the future Buddha. Grandma said that Maitreya Buddha is the successor of the World Honored Sakyamuni, and his mission is
In the future, we will help all sentient beings in the Saha world awaken."
I don’t know why I said this, but I feel that these words my grandma accidentally told me at that time may have some effect on our journey.
"Xiao Cang, isn't grandma a Mosuo? Do their people also believe in Buddhism?" Zhou Lan said.
"I don't know, but she is such a kind old lady. Sometimes I even think that she is my awakening Maitreya Buddha." I said in a daze, accidentally thinking of my grandma.
"Ignore this for now, let's talk about it after we enter the city."
Zhou Lan said, then took a few steps forward, trying to push the city gate open.
But as soon as his hand touched the city gate, it immediately bounced back, followed by a shout: "What the hell?"
Zhou Lan's reaction made Chen Mo and I immediately alert.
"What's wrong?" Chen Mo walked up quickly, grabbed Zhou Lan's hand and leaned over to take a closer look.
Zhou Lan already looked like he was in terrible pain, his facial features were twisted together, his other hand tightly grasped the wrist of the hand that just pushed the city gate, and he made a "hissing" sound from his mouth.
It was a sound made only when the pain was excruciating.
"Brother, what's going on?" I rushed forward.
At this time, Chen Mo had already pointed the beam of the hernia lamp at Zhou Lan's palm, and his brows were furrowed even more than Zhou Lan's.
I also came up to take a look, but just by taking a look, I instantly felt my stomach turning.
Zhou Lan's palm was densely covered with wriggling white insects.
The heads of the insects had already penetrated into the flesh of his palms, leaving only the body wriggling outside.
"Chen Mo, this, this, these lingering wireworms are also found in Shennongjia." I felt that my tongue was starting to become a little difficult to hold straight.
Chen Mo didn't speak, but held Zhou Lan's hand tightly, his face looking very ugly.
Zhou Lan was still screaming in pain. Veins popped out on his forehead, neck, and even his cheeks. The color of his face changed from dark red to pale.
"Chen Mo, what should I do? Will Zhou Lan also turn into a bug?" I felt like my voice was already crying.
I just lost my grandma, and I really don’t want to lose my brother again.
"Those on Zhou Lan's hands are not iron worms, but hooks." Chen Mo's eyes suddenly opened, as if he suddenly had an epiphany.
"Gou Chen, what is Gou Chen?" I asked in confusion.
"The name of the ancient stars originated from the natural worship of the stars by the ancient Chinese. It is the product of the combination of ancient Chinese mythology and astronomy. It is because the flying snake among the six ancient gods belongs to the earth." Chen Mo said, paused, as if
He looked like he was thinking, and then said: "All the images of Gouchen that appeared in ancient China are all porcelain, so we have always thought that Gouchen is a fictitious creature. Unexpectedly, today in the ancient city of Shennongjia, we see
Arrived alive."
"Chen Mo, do you know how to get rid of these hooks? Are they toxic, and what will happen to Zhou Lan?" I looked at Chen Mo and asked questions in succession.
"Chen Mo," Zhou Lan suddenly spoke, startling both of us.
"Brother, I'm here. If you bear with it for a while, Chen Mo and I will come up with a solution." I hugged Zhou Lan's shoulders and said.
"Chen Mo, Xiao Cang, take out the knife and disinfect it, and then gouge out the piece of flesh in my palm." Zhou Lan was already tortured to the point of weakness by those milky white gou Chen.
"Brother," I almost cried.
"Xiao Cang, don't cry. Isn't it just cutting out a piece of meat? Compared with life, it's a trivial matter." Zhou Lan forced a smile on his face that had no trace of blood.
"Zhou Lan, please hold back." While we were talking, Chen Mo had already wiped the short saber clean with alcohol.
"Come on, Chen Mo, this is not the first time we have done this. Last time, I healed your wounds. This time, you cut out the flesh for me. It's even." Zhou Lan is really a person with a great personality.
Boy, you can still say such words at this time. If it were me, I would have cried.
"Yes, we are brothers in need."
Chen Mo said, while Zhou Lan's attention was not on his hand, he quickly slashed with the knife.
In an instant, a bloody and squirming thing appeared on the ground.
"Yeah..." Zhou Lan shouted heartbreakingly, his eyes widening as if they were about to fall off.
"Brother," I was in a hurry, fearing that Zhou Lan would bite his tongue, so I reflexively put my hand into Zhou Lan's mouth.
So at this moment, the entire cave door was filled with the ghostly howls of brothers Zhou Lan and I.