Li Chaiyuan was about to open his mouth to remind, but the voice had just reached his throat, and before he could shout, a detector suddenly took off into the air.
Everyone was shocked, they looked up one after another, and many flashlights also hit upwards, and in a panic, they only saw a thick body standing tall and shaking non-stop.
This scene caused the scene to collapse directly.
The raised body fell rapidly, and those lantern-like eyes drew two red rays of light and shadow in the night sky, and then rushed straight towards the cave.
Everything happened too fast and too urgently, some of the scouts outside were frightened and stood in place, some fell and pulled their hands but their knees were weak and unable to get up, mixed with a lot of pure instinctive screams and shouts.
If it were other unexpected situations, this group of detectives who worked outside all year round and had a certain degree of organization would not be so panicked, but the problem is that being frightened and stupid in the face of such a thing suddenly emerging in the darkness of the night is the reaction of normal people.
While the others were still at a loss, Runsheng had already reached out and grabbed Li Chaseyuan's arm to carry the boy up, Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin supported each other.
From a purely rational point of view, they should have a better chance to dodge and transfer than others now, but the "two big lanterns" ignored the others on the river beach and rushed straight towards them.
This is its hole, and now it's coming home.
The four people in the cave suddenly had no way out, and continued to stand in place, either being swallowed by that thing or being crushed to death by it in this cave.
Runsheng picked up Li Chaiyuan on his back and turned around and ran into the cave, Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang followed, and the four of them came to the crypt in the cave, and without hesitation, they jumped down collectively.
The moment he jumped, Runsheng pulled Li Zhuiyuan in front of him, protected him with both arms, and used his body as a meat pad.
Perhaps because that thing often came in and out of here, the rocks on the tunnel wall were polished very flat, and could even be called smooth.
Behind it, the screeching grinding sound like truck tires slipping on the smooth road kept coming in, and even the tunnel began to tremble violently.
Li Chaiyuan was protected by Runsheng, so he could look back, the pair of huge red lanterns had been following closely behind, and he could vaguely see the two legs constantly shaking under the red lantern, which was the detector who was bitten in at the beginning.
At this time, Li Chaiyuan heard a sound from below in his ears, like a huge wind.
This means that the tunnel is coming to an end, it should be empty below, and the four of them are likely to fall to their deaths!
But at this time, there are no other feasible measures at all, let alone impossible, even if you can do it, try to stabilize your body and slow down at this moment, and the result will be swallowed by the thing behind you.
second, if you insist on choosing an ending for yourself, it seems that instead of being eaten by that thing, it is better to fall to death and beg for happiness.
Soon, a feeling of weightlessness appeared, and the four of them slid out of the tunnel, and then, quickly fell.
Even when he fell, Li Chaiyuan still looked up at the top, which was where the four of them slid out, and the pair of red lanterns stopped and stopped at the exit of the tunnel, and did not follow them.
In this way, the red lantern became smaller and blurred in his field of vision.
"Poof! Poof! Poof!"
Continuous sound of falling water.
Li Chaiyuan felt the tingling when the water hit his back, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that the life of the big guy was temporarily saved, because there were two people in the team who were very watery.
The undercurrent was very deep, but the undercurrent was not wide, and soon, the two went ashore.
"Xiaoyuan, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Brother Runsheng, where are you?"
"I have rough skin and thick flesh."
Li Chaiyuan took out his flashlight, knocked on it, and turned it on again.
The only problem is that this thing is a bit silly and rough, and it often comes into poor contact, but the repair method is also very simple, just find a stone and knock on it.
"Snap! Syllable! Snap!"
Li Chaiyuan kept turning the flashlight on and off.
After a while, the same echo came from the opposite side.
The underground river was very moving, and the echo was serious, and the shouts from a distance could not be heard at all.
The boy pressed the light twice at long intervals, meaning that the two of them were here, and the opposite side quickly did the same operation, it seemed that Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin went ashore from there.
Li Chaiyuan held a flashlight and shook it with a pillar of light, signaling not to rush to meet first, and to check the situation on their respective shores to see where it was more appropriate.
Xue Liangliang also shook the lamppost, meaning he knew.
This is not a lamp language, the basis of communication is the understanding ability of both parties.
Next, Li Chaiyuan began to use the assistant flashlight to observe his surroundings, in order to save electricity, Runsheng's flashlight was temporarily useless, and the same was true on the other side, there was only one light.
The coast on my side is not only not narrow, but also very spacious, with a distance of more than ten meters from the rock wall to the undercurrent.
But the problem is that this rock wall is a little too smooth, like a whole big mirror, Runsheng tried to climb with his bare hands, but finally had to give up, and he couldn't go up at all.
Li Zhuiyuan was not disappointed in this, after all, that thing could be at the top, even if he could climb up like this, he might still encounter it.
At this time, the other side started to speak, first with a rapid and high-frequency flash, and then vertically shaking.
"Brother Runsheng, Brother Liangliang has found something over there, let's go over."
"Okay."
But just when Li Chaiyuan was about to hang the flashlight back on him, the light of the flashlight swept to a figure.
At first, the boy thought he was dazzled, because in a predominantly dark environment, he trusted his ears more.
He stood there, grabbing the rock wall with his right hand, and sticking out a section of his right leg, revealing half of his face, as if he was voyeurizing.
Runsheng immediately took two steps forward and came to the front of the boy, obviously, he also saw it.
"Xiaoyuan, do you want to go and take a look?"
Runsheng knew that boys would always choose stability when in dangerous situations, but this time, the boy's answer was:
"Brother Runsheng, let's move forward."
"Okay."
For the sake of caution, Li Chaiyuan had only explored the surroundings after going ashore before, and he had not been to the front position yet, but looking at the person's figure and posture, it was obvious that there was a sunken area on the left side of the person.
Either there is a raised corner there, or there is a new hole inside.
He had probably calculated the time when the four of them slipped out of the tunnel and the time they left the tunnel in free fall, and barely calculated a vertical drop, and under this drop, blindly following the flow of the underground river, waiting for him would most likely not be the sunlight after walking out of the Water Curtain Cave, but further down.
The best way to get out of here is to find a path to go up.
The flashlight kept falling on the "voyeur" figure, and the man not only did not dodge, but remained motionless.
Isn't it human?
After waiting for the distance to be close enough, the flashlight was delicate and the feedback was the texture of the stone, Li Chaiyuan also felt relieved, it was indeed not a person, but a stone carving.
However, the shape of this stone carving is a bit too weird.
Li Chaiyuan didn't know whether the stone carving was originally painted, anyway, it was not visible at all now, judging from the shape and posture of the stone carving, it should be a woman.
She's not voyeurizing...... She's observing.
The two words are very close, but the voices they represent are completely different, the former is mainly about himself and Runsheng, and the latter is mainly about stone carved figures.
Li Chaiyuan shone the flashlight at the left rear of the stone sculpture and found a cave with stairs inside.
Immediately afterwards, Li Chaiyuan hit the flashlight on the stone carving again, this time from the back.
Thanks to admiring Ah Li's outfit every day, Li Chaiyuan can now restore the skirt style in this stone sculpture according to the existing patterns in his mind.
She was not carved and placed here, she was carved directly on this corner rock wall, and many parts of the front half of her body were integrated with the rock wall.
Li Chaiyuan took a few steps back in the direction when they came and went, and Runsheng also retreated, and the two returned to the state of looking at the stone carving head-on.
"Xiaoyuan, it's a bit scary......"
What can make Runsheng afraid will never be the real thing, but the atmosphere.
And what Li Chaiyuan wants to find again is this atmosphere.
He had a sense of familiarity when he approached step by step before, but now, this feeling came back, and he also thought about where it came from.
The location of the main cave of many ancient tombs, that is, the wall above the tomb owner's coffin, will be painted ...... "Woman Opening the Door".
There are many speculations about this in the academic community, and what Li Lan agrees with is: It means that after the tomb owner dies, he is opened by another underworld to open the door and take over.
Of course, the underworld here does not refer to the hell of Yama, but will have different directions due to different religious beliefs in different periods and regions.
In short, it won't be a place where the living can go.
Then think of the stone ladder in the cave at the back......
This is not the location of the main tomb, and it is not the location of the normal tomb passage, so who is the stone carving here to lead?
Li Chase turned sideways and looked at the turbulent underground river.
When rational thinking doesn't work, you have to change your thinking.
The underground river can be compared to the Yin River in the Yellow Springs, so the stairs and the stone statue of the woman opening the door stand here, isn't it to welcome the ghosts in the Yellow Springs to come in as guests?
If this is really a tomb, how hospitable must the tomb owner be during his lifetime, and how welcoming ghosts must be after his death?
Li Zhuyuan looked at the other side of the river, and after saying hello at the other end, the light kept on, occasionally waving to indicate that he was still alive.
The boy began to signal, signaling them to come to his side.
Both sides have discovered that where to gather depends on who is speaking in the team.
Soon, there was a response, and they went into the water.
Runsheng went to the shore to wait, and not long after, the wet two were helped carried up by Runsheng.
"Huh...... ...... Huh" Tan Wenbin knelt on the ground and breathed slowly.
Xue Liangliang only spat a few mouthfuls, and then walked towards Li Chaiyuan: "Xiaoyuan, we found a boat there, but a stone boat is carved together with the rocks on the shore."
"Then look at our side."
Xue Liangliang held up a flashlight, first looked at the stone carvings, and then looked at the stone ladder in the cave inside.
Xue Liangliang immediately echoed after hearing this: "Then the boat we found on the other side is not the Huangquan Ferry Boat?"
Li Chaiyuan nodded: "It seems that it can indeed be rounded."
Xue Liangliang asked: "Xiaoyuan, then let's go up the stairs, or ......?"
Li Chaiyuan: "Waiting for rescue."
At this time, Tan Wenbin shouted: "The water is rising!"
Li Chaiyuan and Xue Liangliang immediately went to check, and the water level of the river did rise.
There was a gap when I went ashore before, but now the drop has not only been smoothed out, but the water in the river has begun to overflow onto the shore.
Li Chaiyuan raised the flashlight and shone it on the wall above: "No wonder the stone wall above is so smooth, the water level will rise and wash over it."
Xue Liangliang: "This is the magic of nature."
"Brother Liangliang, it seems that now is not the time to be emotional."
"It doesn't matter, because we have only one choice."
"Let's go." Li Zhuyuan made a decision, "I can only go up."
Runsheng walked at the front, Li Chaiyuan and Xue Liangliang walked side by side, and Tan Wenbin at the back, who had not specially rehearsed, but everyone seemed to naturally know their position.
The stone ladder is very smooth and there is no handrail, so everyone can only bend over and walk up carefully, and from time to time they need to press the ladder surface with their hands to maintain balance.
Tan Wenbin joked: "It would be nice if there was an elevator like in a hotel." Xue Liangliang responded: "Are you still thinking about waiting for a room with a bed for you to lie down and rest?"
"Of course, it's best to make another pot of tea."
After walking for a long time, the flashlight finally shone on the top.
The top is dark red, there are doors and windows, and the door is still open.
Li Chaiyuan felt that the stone carving at the bottom of the stairs should be carved here more appropriately.
Tan Wenbin: "I really got it right, there really is a house."
Runsheng: "Xiaoyuan?"
"Go in, Brother Runsheng."
"Hmm."
There is no turning back, in fact, there is little hope of waiting for rescue at the beginning, because the rescue team must first solve the big thing above.
Li Chaoyuan checked the window next to the door before entering the door and found that it was the same as the door, it was made of stone, but the color was still bright, but it was a little dark.
This means that no matter how much the underground river rises, it will not overflow here.
These two doors are fixed and cannot be pushed, only the opening can be kept at the same time.
After walking in, the furnishings in the house were all carved in stone, two rows of benches, a bed, plus a pair of coffee tables, and tea sets on them.
The teapot has no lid, and you can see the white liquid when the flashlight shines on it, and then you look up and find that the top is not flat, but has many stone edges extending down, the largest and thickest of which has the tip just facing the open teapot.
Xue Liangliang pointed to the teapot: "Binbin, your tea."
Tan Wenbin said curiously: "What is this? I think I've seen similar photos in magazines."
Xue Liangliang: "Stone stalactites."
Tan Wenbin: "It sounds very expensive, can you drink it?"
Xue Liangliang: "Calcium carbonate precipitate."
Tan Wenbin sighed: "As soon as this scientific name came out, there was no sense of luxury all of a sudden."
Li Chaiyuan looked around and said, "There is no way."
This stone house is not big, it is the size of a normal private house, but the only one who comes in is the one who opens the door, and the other three sides are all rock walls.
Tan Wenbin said speechlessly: "No, it took so much effort to build such a long stone ladder just to set this up?"
"Let's look again to see if there are any hidden passages." After Li Zhuyuan finished speaking, he walked towards the bed, he reached out and touched it, then climbed up, took a flashlight to check the gap in the bed, and then found that there was no gap in the bed.
Xue Liangliang focused on studying tea sets, twisting here and there: "The things here are all fixed stones, look for anything that is not fixed, maybe there will be a mechanism."
"Okay!" Runsheng squatted down to check the chairs.
"Okay, find a mechanism." Tan Wenbin yawned and walked to the east wall while responding, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, he was not slack, but really sleepy, after all, he was busy all day during the day, and he was looking for someone in the first half of the night, and now it should be the second half of the night.
A few days ago, he should have competed with Runsheng in the tent to see who would snort louder.
Subconsciously leaning his hand against the wall, Tan Wenbin blinked vigorously, trying to dispel the sleepiness.
After squeezing a little more energy, he planned to continue to help find it, and then looked at his left hand in surprise, and was shocked to find that his left hand had already sunk into the wall.
"I'm sorry!"
Tan Wenbin instinctively wanted to pull out his hand, but the more he exerted force like this, the more powerful suction came from the other end.
When the other three heard his cry and turned their heads to look at him, they happened to witness Tan Wenbin's whole body pressed against the wall.
As he entered, the wall began to soften and shake.
"Brother Binbin seems to have found the entrance."
Li Zhuiyuan said, stretching out his hand, his fingertips penetrated it naturally, and after reaching in some more, he sensed the suction coming from within.
The next moment, he only felt that he was pulled into a piece of gelatin, but this state did not last long, he was quickly thrown out, and he ran several more steps forward to maintain his balance.
Except for being soaked again, there was no other discomfort.
Li Zhuyuan looked forward and saw Tan Wenbin slumped there with his back to him, and when he raised the flashlight up, his pupils shrank suddenly, and a huge snake head hung in front of him.
"Ahhh
Tan Wenbin shouted loudly.
Li Chaiyuan stepped forward and patted his arm: "Fake, this is a stone carving."
"Ahhhh......" Tan Wenbin continued to shout and looked at Li Chaiyuan, and then his voice gradually subsided, and his hand began to grope on the ground, "Hey, where is my flashlight?"
Obviously, after he first entered here, he used a flashlight to shine on it, and directly came face to face with the stone snake head, and the whole person was frightened.
Li Zhuyuan raised his flashlight to the ground to help him look for it, but found that he couldn't see anything in front of him.
"Brother Binbin, stop."
Tan Wenbin stopped, he also saw it, and stretched out his hand to probe: "Xiaoyuan, there is a cliff in front of me, my flashlight has fallen."
"It's okay, it's okay if people are okay." Li Chaiyuan walked to the edge and continued to search, but it was too deep and too dark below to see anything.
At this time, Runsheng and Xue Liangliang also came in, and their bodies were full of water.
Tan Wenbin immediately reminded: "There is a stone carved snake head in front of you, be careful not to be frightened."
But even with a reminder, when they really shone the flashlight, both of them stagnated for a moment.
At first he thought it was just a separate snake head stone sculpture, but it turned out that he was wrong, only the snake head extended to the platform where he and the others were now, and its body was intact, but it was erected upwards.
The snake has dense scale carvings, which are very easy to use and put down.
Li Zhuyuan pointed up and said, "Let's climb up."
There is nothing to hesitate, because there is no choice at present, if you want to leave here, you can only go to the dark, the most important thing is that this snake body is upward, which is in line with the direction of survival.
The four of them climbed up the snake's head, like climbing a ladder, going up step by step.
Just like when climbing the stairs before, I took a flashlight to shine my head up while climbing up.
Suddenly, the flashlight shone on the snake's tail above, and there was a figure standing.
Is it a stone carving again?
This was Li Chaiyuan's first thought, but soon, the facts subverted his cognitive habits, the figure, retreated, he was moving!
The four people who were climbing the snake obviously saw this scene, after all, everyone was raising their heads when climbing up.
Because of this change, the four of them stopped moving at the same time, not knowing whether to continue going up.
"Xiaoyuan?"
"Brother Runsheng......"
As soon as Li Zhuyuan started speaking, he suddenly felt a tingling in his brain, and couldn't help but press his forehead against the scales, using the coldness above to wake himself up.
At this moment, the snake body he was holding seemed to come back to life and began to writhe.
But when Li Chaiyuan raised his head again, the writhing feeling disappeared again.
Hallucination?
"Xiaoyuan?" Runsheng sent another inquiry.
Li Chaiyuan shook his head vigorously and forced himself to calm down: "Brother Runsheng, go up!"
"Okay!"
Runsheng accelerated up and then came to the top.
When Li Zhuiyuan climbed up, he found that there was another platform in front of him, and when he looked forward along Runsheng's flashlight, it was still a huge snake head.
"No, no......"
Li Zhuiyuan gritted his teeth, he felt something was wrong.
At this time, Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang also climbed up, and the two began to gasp.
Runsheng asked: "Xiaoyuan, do you want to continue climbing up?"
Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand and motioned for Runsheng to wait a moment, so that he could think carefully about what was wrong.
He began to recall all the details since he went up the stairs and the various conversations between the four of them, and the feeling that something was wrong became stronger and stronger, and he began to wonder, why did he not notice it until now?
Who knows, at this moment, his own voice actually sounded:
"Brother Runsheng, keep climbing up, this is the ladder, as long as we keep climbing up, we will definitely be able to get out!"
Li Zhuyuan's eyes widened, who was imitating his voice?
But just when the boy wanted to remind, he was horrified to find that he couldn't make a sound.
He pinched his neck hard with both hands, forcing himself to speak out to remind them, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it.
He wanted to rush over and grab Runsheng, but his legs couldn't move as if they were filled with lead.
"Brother Binbin, Brother Liangliang, hurry up, grit your teeth and persist, go up and go out, and you won't be tired anymore."
"Well, insist!"
"I'm fine, Xiaoyuan."
Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang continued to move forward, and at this time, Runsheng had already taken the lead in climbing the snake head.
You quickly realize that I haven't moved, you quickly realize that I am not here!
But with the sweep of the flashlight in Xue Liangliang's hand, Li Chaoyuan was shocked to see that Runsheng, who had already been on the snake's head, was turning around and bending down to pick up a little boy.
After the little boy was picked up, he turned his head and looked at himself.
The corners of his mouth had a sarcastic smile.
What are you?
No, it's here, and what the hell is it!
Li Chaiyuan closed his eyes and began to try to walk the yin, generally when encountering this special situation, he can often see things that cannot be seen in reality.
However, he failed and did not succeed in going to the underworld.
This is the first time since he learned to walk in the yin and failed.
Of course, there is another possibility, and that is......
I am actually in a dream now!
Li Chaiyuan looked up and began to imagine himself floating up, floating, and floating in the sea water in the same way as before......
He woke up, opened his eyes, and found that he was standing in the water, and the water level had not reached his neck, and he was very close to submerging his mouth and nose.
Turning his head to look to his side, he found that all four of them were standing neatly under the stone stairs, and they had not even gone up the first step.
Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and Xue Liangliang were still with their eyes closed, unaware.
Inexplicably, Li Chaiyuan noticed that there seemed to be a gaze behind him looking at him, and he immediately turned around in the water and looked behind him.
The stone sculpture of the woman opening the door, which was originally supposed to be facing the stone ladder, turned into facing the stone ladder at this time.
At first, she exposed her right leg and the right half of her face, and the other half was all fused with the stone wall.
Now, she shows her left leg and half of her face.
The face on this side, the corners of the mouth were raised, with a sarcastic smile.
(End of this chapter)