I felt a huge force pulling me up in the air and spinning it several thousand degrees like a top. Just when I was spinning so dizzy, the force suddenly disappeared, and gravity instantly smashed me to the ground.
A sharp pain shot up from my butt to my spine and directly to the top of my head.
I felt like all 200 bones in my body were displaced.
Before he could check whether he was injured, his eyes were illuminated by a strong light that made it difficult to open them.
My teammates were all stunned on the spot. I blocked the bright light with my hand and looked through the gap between my fingers.
In front of me is a huge oval-shaped cave. The rocks on the four walls of the cave feel very similar to the mirror stones we saw on the gravel beach.
To the north of the cave, an ancient ancestral hall is embraced by the mountain. However, its appearance is different from that described in the ancient book in Grandpa's study.
The ancestral hall faces south, with a symmetrical central axis and a raised ridge. In the center of the highest ridge is a huge luminous pearl. The light of the luminous pearl shines on the mirror stones at the top and four walls of the cave. The light reflected by the mirror stones illuminates the entire cave.
Be as bright as day.
The vermilion walls and majestic gate tower make the entire ancient temple look solemn and solemn. Four white marble lions stand in front of the ancient temple door, and the roof is made of various glazed tiles. Under the shining of the night pearl, it looks magnificent.
The ancient temple is surrounded by a circle of three steps descending, and the entire foundation is a little lower than where we are standing now.
"It's hard to find anywhere without wearing iron shoes. It takes no effort to get here. Who would have thought that the ancient temple was actually built in the mountain." Zhang Jisheng said with emotion.
"I have a strong hunch that this is the palace of King Cancong. Look at the luminous pearl on the roof. It should be the brightest luminous pearl found so far." Wang Zhishui's heart was surging.
"Why do I feel that this ancient temple looks a little strange?" Xiangyu said, looking at us.
"It's so clean," I said. "The color of the exterior wall is so uniform and bright, like a newly built ancestral hall. It doesn't look like a building that has been standing in the mountains for hundreds of thousands of years."
"Yes, you are right. I felt awkward just now, but I couldn't explain why. This feeling is not in line with my expectation. In my imagination, the ancient temple should be dilapidated and almost dilapidated.
It may have collapsed, but it is definitely not as magnificent as this one." Xiangyu said.
"Maybe it's not necessarily because the material used to build the ancient temple is special. Anyway, let's go and take a look first. We have to go in and take a look to find out the answer." Wang Zhishui looked very excited, probably because of his status as an archaeologist.
He has a natural curiosity about everything underground.
He said, and before we could react, he stepped onto the steps.
At this time, the sound of "heh...heh..." appeared again.
But this time, it was not sent by one person, it felt like a group of people were sending it at the same time.
"Professor Wang," I shouted and walked forward quickly, trying to hold Wang Zhishui.
But it was too late. As soon as Wang Zhishui's front foot touched the steps, the circle of stairs disappeared instantly. Between the platform we were standing on and the ancient temple, a dark abyss suddenly appeared. Below the abyss,
There was the sound of rapid running water.
Wang Zhishui's feet were empty and he fell into the abyss.
I lay down on the edge of the platform, my hands stayed in mid-air, still maintaining the posture of grabbing Wang Zhishui.
Everyone was shocked when this scene appeared.
The old man was the first to react. He walked to the edge of the platform, pulled me up while I was still lying on the ground, and said, "It's fate, you've done your best."
I stood up, my mind went blank, could a living person die like this?
It was hard for everyone to accept that such a big living person like Wang Zhishui suddenly disappeared in front of us. Everyone was silent and the air was so heavy that it was suffocating.
"Look, there are a lot of masks on the stone wall." Xiangyu said suddenly, with a tremor in his voice.
I looked around, and I didn't know when a lot of semi-elliptical stones about the size of a human face protruded outward on the stone wall. There were facial makeup-type pictures painted on the stones, in various styles, and they were lifelike.
Fear suddenly replaced the sadness in our hearts for the passing of Wang Zhishui, and everyone couldn't help but get together.
"The mechanism on this step should be double, which can make the steps disappear and the facial makeup appear. Under the steps is a murderous abyss, so the facial makeup will not just appear on the stone wall. We need to retreat to the corridor first before making plans.
." Zhang Jisheng said.
"But, where is the door?" Xiangyu felt like she was about to cry.
We turned around one after another, and sure enough, the stone wall behind us was covered with dense facial makeup, and there was no trace of the huge door at all.
We don’t dare to touch Facebook casually now, for fear of triggering some agency again.
At this time, Chen Mo walked up to a facial mask and frowned at it for a long time.
I couldn't help but follow him, "Chen Mo, did you find anything?"
"It's hard to say right now. I just think these masks are too realistic. You can see that there is a faint dark red color oozing out from the edges of these masks. It feels like,"
Halfway through Chen Mo's words, I took a breath and clenched my fists unconsciously.
"What does it feel like?"
"Like a human skin mask."
Chen Mo said and turned his head towards me.
Although I was mentally prepared, when I heard the word "human skin", my heart still shook, as if I had suddenly swallowed a piece of lead, and my nostrils were also blocked.
Probably after hearing Chen Mo's words, Xiangyu screamed and took a few steps back.
She almost pressed against Zhang Jisheng's back and hid behind him, fearing that the human skin masks on the wall would suddenly pounce on her.
I calmed down and looked carefully at the facial makeup in front of me.
The background color on the face is very close to the person's skin color, the eyebrows are densely packed, there are two empty eye holes under the eyebrows, a mole is realistically embedded in the corner of the eye, the nose is also high and raised, and the face is
The muscles are also slightly taller, and the entire face is as concave and convex as a real person.
I couldn't resist the impulse in my heart, so I reached out and touched it, wanting to see if the facial makeup was real human skin.
But the moment I touched it, the facial makeup on the wall began to crack.
Immediately afterwards, all the masks peeled off the wall piece by piece like cracked egg shells, revealing the human bones hidden inside.
In just an instant, all the facial makeup on the walls of the cave turned into skulls!
"Ah..." Xiangyu screamed.
The rest of us looked at each other with horror.
"What should we do!!" Xiangyu's face turned pale, his eyes were wide open, and his lips were bloodless.
No one answered Xiangyu.
Suddenly, I felt a chill on my face.
At this time, Xiangyu's finger was pointing at me, and his whole body was trembling.
I felt a chill running down my back, and couldn't help but touch my face with my hands, but I didn't find anything unusual.
"What happened to my face?" I asked Xiangyu.
"There is a red fingerprint on your cheek." Xiangyu stuttered.
Xiangyu's words scared me out of my mind. I quickly took out my phone, turned on the camera, and switched to selfie mode.
There is a handprint on my right cheek, like the mark left by someone who just slapped me in the face.
I lifted up the corner of my clothes and wiped my face vigorously. However, the hem of my clothes wiped away the stains on my face, making the fingerprints even brighter red.
This time, I was completely stunned.
If everything just now can be explained as being caused by the mechanism, then the red handprints on my face now cannot be explained in any way.
There is only one explanation left.
There is a ghost in this cave.
For a moment, huge fear completely enveloped me, and I felt it was difficult to even breathe.
"Zhou Cang," Chen Mo walked to my side.
When I saw Chen Mo, I felt like I was grabbing a life-saving straw, "Chen Mo, I saw you exorcising Xiang Yu's evil spirits in the willow forest. Please help me remove the red handprints on my face."
But Chen Mo just patted my shoulder and didn't say anything.
"Zhou Cang, do you feel uncomfortable now?" Zhang Jisheng stepped forward.
"I don't feel uncomfortable at all."
"Stop worrying about this mess. The most important thing now is to find an exit. Otherwise, if this continues, everyone will have a mental breakdown." The old man suddenly stopped us.
At this time, Chen Mo had walked to the cave wall full of skulls and reached out to fumble on a skull.
Seeing this, I sorted out my emotions and stepped forward to take a look.
There is something stuck in the mouth of this skull, and it feels a bit familiar.
Taking a closer look, I instantly knew the source of this familiar feeling.
What is stuck in the mouth of the skull is a jade cicada cigarette box, which is my father's favorite thing.