"Zhou Cang, how did you know there was a secret door here?" Zhang Jisheng looked at me with an unbelievable and somewhat distrustful look.
"Jisheng, I don't have time to explain too much to you now. Let's hide inside the stone pillar first, otherwise we will be roasted to death in this huge furnace." I said, helping Zhang Jisheng and Xiangyu, and walked into the stone pillar.
inside.
Unexpectedly, there is a cave inside the stone pillar.
This is a tunnel that winds down similar to a winding mountain road. It is not wide enough for two people to walk side by side.
Both sides of the tunnel are carefully polished stone walls. There are no patterns on the stone walls and they are very smooth. In addition, the distance between the two sides is very close, so the light of the xenon lamp reflects back and forth on them, making people feel dazzling.
The stone walls were already a bit hot to the touch from the fire outside. We walked in the tunnel for a while before the overwhelming heat gradually subsided.
I couldn't breathe, I was sweating profusely, my shirt was basically sticking to my back, and I felt very irritable. So I waved my hand to Zhang Jisheng who was supporting Xiangyu behind me, and said: "Jisheng, rest.
For a while, I can't walk anymore, the fire seems to be burning into my throat."
The old man also seemed to have reached the limit of his body. When he heard what I said, he collapsed on the ground, gasping for air, with dry skin on his lips, unable to say a word.
We don't have much drinking water on us anymore, and if we put it all together, we can't even get a pot.
Zhang Jisheng poured a small pot of water for each of the old man and Xiang Yu, and then said to me: "Zhou Cang, we two can't bear to take a sip. This water is a necessary condition for us to get out of this ancient temple."
As he spoke, he handed me a small pot of water with a lid. I took a sip and almost couldn't moisten my entire mouth, so I reluctantly handed the water back to him.
Zhang Jisheng added glucose to the water. This small sip of water made me feel better.
"We have been walking underground towards the ancient temple. The further we walk, the farther we are from the ground. I really don't know when we will be able to walk out of the ancient temple." Xiangyu said feebly, with blood oozing slightly from the wound on his forehead.
beads, dyeing the gauze attached to it red.
"Don't be discouraged, you can always get out." I comforted her, squatting down and replacing Xiangyu's dirty gauze.
Xiangyu smiled weakly at me.
"Let's take a break and move forward quickly. The power of the Xenia lamp is about to run out. In this ancient temple, if there is no lighting equipment, we can't even make basic direction judgments. There is no way we can go out." Zhang Jisheng
said.
We simply tidied up and started walking forward again. This time, Zhang Jisheng and the old man walked in front, and I supported Xiangyu and walked behind.
For some reason, the light from the xenon lamps reflected on the stone walls on both sides always makes me feel very uncomfortable.
At this moment, for some unknown reason, Zhang Jisheng and the old man in front suddenly stopped. Neither of them spoke, but stared at each other with burning eyes.
I just seemed to hear the old man complaining that Zhang Jisheng shouldn't pool everyone's water together, so that if a few people get separated, others will have no water to drink.
"What's wrong?" Xiangyu asked cautiously.
Zhang Jisheng suddenly became furious and shouted sternly: "You old man, you really don't know what is good or bad."
"Am I wrong in what I said? I know your ambition very well." The old man looked like he was getting angry all of a sudden.
The fire in my chest was suddenly ignited. At this juncture, if we don't unite and engage in these extraneous things, it's like a worm growing in a salt shaker and biting itself.
"You all stop," Xiangyu shouted anxiously, "There is something strange in this tunnel."
Xiangyu suddenly went crazy and immediately calmed us down who were about to fight. We seemed to wake up instantly. Why were we so impulsive all of a sudden?
"There's something wrong with the stones in this tunnel. Jisheng, please turn off the Xenia light." Xiangyu said unusually calmly.
"But--"
Before Zhang Jisheng finished speaking, Xiangyu grabbed the hernia lamp and extinguished it.
"The stone walls in the tunnel are carefully set up. I once read an academic report that light and sound will have a certain impact on the human body, just like some people will get motion sickness. I guess, the stone walls here
It must be polished and spliced according to a certain angle and thickness. When light shines on it, it will refract light of different wavelengths. These lights will cause light confusion in the human brain, thereby affecting people's emotions." Xiangyu speculated,
"The owner of this ancient temple seems to be a very important person and should not be underestimated. We must unite to get out safely."
Zhang Jisheng took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes tiredly, came over and said after a while: "I did not think carefully just now. I should not have collected all the water. I apologize to sir for my impulsiveness."
Since entering Wawu Mountain, it seems that this is the first time I have seen the cloudy look on Zhang Jisheng's face. To be honest, no matter what the purpose of his trip is, and no matter how much he has hidden from us, whether it has had any impact on me.
Such a view, at least so far, what I have seen of Zhang Jisheng has always been as a captain, trying his best to protect his teammates.
"It's okay. Just let go of the misunderstanding. This ancient temple seems to be at least a thousand years old. I didn't expect that it could plot against us. I really don't know if the designer is a human or a god." I patted Zhang Jisheng on the shoulder and said.
.
At this moment, the old man's anger should have been mostly gone, but he didn't seem to want to pay attention to Zhang Jisheng. He looked at the dark cyan tunnel in front of him, sighed deeply and said, "I wonder if there are any traps in this tunnel.
, it’s too dangerous to proceed in the dark.”
"I'm at the front. If there are any problems, you will have time and space to resist," Zhang Jisheng said.
"Let's walk in front together. If anything happens, there will be someone to take care of us." I couldn't bear Zhang Jisheng's adventure alone, so I volunteered.
The four of us cautiously moved forward in the dark tunnel. The temperature in the tunnel was getting lower and lower. I could even feel the cool wind coming out of nowhere, blowing my sweaty back.
cold.
No matter where I am in the ancient temple, I can smell a faint fragrance, like the fragrance of fresh wood. I really don’t know if the change in mood just now has anything to do with the fragrance in the air.
Zhang Jisheng suddenly pulled me and whispered: "Shh, look!" He pointed his finger in front of me.
In the darkness, I seemed to see a vague outline about ten steps in front of us, but I wasn't sure. I turned to look at Zhang Jisheng, with cold sweat already forming on my palms.
Zhang Jisheng winked at me, and suddenly turned on the hernia lamp in his hand. The beam shone on the silhouette in front of me, and I instantly took a breath of air.
"Ah——" Xiangyu let out a shrill scream, turned around and fled towards the tunnel behind him.
The old man grabbed her forearm and shouted: "Calm down."