Treasure Hunt Memo

Chapter 25 The Underground Slideway
Near the bottom of the cliff, the rock walls on both sides have become uneven. Looking around, there are jagged rocks and rough roads.

The cracked passage in front of him was completely formed naturally, and it was definitely not a section of artificially excavated road.At the narrowest point between the rock walls on both sides in front, only one person can pass sideways.

As I walked forward, I wondered if this was the road and where I would go along here.

Although the surrounding rock walls are bumpy, they are not rough to the touch, and even have a smooth touch.Just holding on to the rock wall like this, I walked dozens of steps.A square cave entrance appeared in front of it, which looked like it was artificially built.

The emergence of this prescription hole is definitely great news for me now.I found such traces of human activities in the crevices of the cliff hundreds of meters deep from the ground, which at least proved that it was possible for me to get out of here.

After stepping into the square hole, the scene in front of you suddenly changed.

The cross section of the cave in front is not the same square as the door opening outside, but close to a semicircle. The height inside the cave is two or three meters high. Under the light, the cave wall reflects a golden dazzling light.

Is this a gold mine or a copper mine? ?
I don't have a background in geology, and I can't tell the difference between gold mines and copper mines at all.The golden light reflected on the surrounding cave walls looks dazzling and attractive.I moved closer and found that most of the stones on the cave wall were covered with a layer of bright yellow metal, which is why they looked so splendid.

Going straight along the cave, the area inside the cave becomes more and more open.There were obvious excavation marks on both sides of the cave wall in front of it. Some broken or complete pottery pots were piled up by the roadside, and some of them still contained the excavated ore.

Reminiscent of the murals I saw in the tomb before, I also have some guesses of my own.

It seems more likely that this is a copper mine.Perhaps at the beginning, after the Shuangjiu clan borrowed the sky fire, they discovered this buried copper vein. They mined the ore, smelted bronze, and cast various bronze utensils.If you think about it this way, everything seems to be going smoothly.

But these things have nothing to do with me right now, how to get out of here alive is the most critical issue.

This copper mine cave is much longer than I imagined. After walking hundreds of steps, I just came to the end of the cave.On the left rock wall at the end, there is an artificially dug square hole exit, which is very similar to the square entrance when entering.

After going out, I got into a square passage.The passage here is very wide, and the road surface is at least four or five meters wide. There are several ramps extending downward on the right wall, with no end in sight, and no idea where it leads.There are many pottery pots stacked on the ground here, and some large stone troughs whose purpose is unknown. There is a round hanging ring on one side of the stone trough, which seems to be connected to something.

I pushed hard and found that these stone troughs could not be pushed at all.

Could it be that the stone trough was pushed and pulled by manpower to transport the ore at that time?If this is the case, the production efficiency is too low, right?

I walked along the passage to the end, and there were four passages on the road.It's just that the walls between them are very thin, no more than two fingers wide.There is a stone trough at the starting point of the three passages on the left. The circular hanging ring beside the stone trough was seen before, and it is being put on a metal rod. The metal rod is fixed on the stone pillar at the starting point.

The last passage did not have any stone pillars or troughs. I walked closer and looked at it, and found that the road here is all suspended, and the bottom is like a secret room, and there is still a lot of space.The road surface is composed of stone pillars arranged horizontally one by one. The stone pillars are all assembled. Each one is composed of the inner pillar core and the outer hollow stone pillar. When you touch it with your fingers, the outer hollow stone pillar will rotate accordingly.

The suspended stone pillar road maintains a slow downward slope and extends to the distance. When viewed from a distance, the stone pillar road will disappear at a certain distance, and the stone pillar road will be arranged regularly.Where the stone pillar pavement disappears, a square window will also appear in the wall.

But it seems that only this channel is like this.At least no windows can be seen on the walls of the other three passages. As for the condition of the road surface, it is almost completely blocked by the stone groove, so it is not clear at all.

In order to verify whether this is the case, I climbed into the stone trough of the third passage and looked ahead.Sure enough, the road of this passage was lined with stone pillars, unlike the fourth passage.

I pondered for a while, and a bold idea came to my mind.Could it be... This is the path to transport the ore?The three passages in front of me are likely to be a shortcut for the Shuangjiu family to transport ore.After all, those stone troughs are extremely heavy, and it is too difficult to implement them manually.

I took a closer look at the stone trough under my body, and it should be fixed by the bronze rod with the hanging ring on one side.

I sat in the stone trough, holding the mentality of giving it a try, hunched over and crawled backwards, holding the edge of the stone trough with my left hand, and pulling out the bronze pole on the stone pillar behind me with force with my right hand.

The unrestrained stone trough slid out all of a sudden, and I lost my center of gravity and hit the inner wall directly.Holding on to the edge, I barely stabilized my figure. The stone trough was moving forward at a slow speed at the moment, and there was the sound of rolling and rubbing at the bottom.

I leaned over and looked down behind me. The spaces under the suspended stone pillars are horizontally connected, but along the direction of advancement, they are separated into individual spaces. From time to time, I can see some white bones inside. Like human bones.

How can there be people under this suspended road?Why were these people imprisoned in the first place?If it was me who was imprisoned, I am afraid that I would be driven crazy just listening to the friction sound of the stone trough sliding every day.

However, my current situation seems to be not much better than theirs, and everything waiting for me ahead is unknown.

Along the way, I deliberately turned my head to the left to control myself from looking to the right.Because there are no stone pillars on the road outside the window on the right wall, you can see the ground below through the window, which makes me feel extremely unsafe, as if I will be thrown out at any time.

Fortunately, the stone trough has been sliding forward at a constant speed, and the slope of the road has not changed significantly.If this thing is really slippery and faster, racing at high speed, then I guess it will be cold, thinking of this, I can't help but sweat.

After skating for more than ten minutes, the stone walls on both sides suddenly disappeared. Before I had time to react, I heard a "boom", and the stone trough hit the wall in front of me. On the inner wall in front of the stone trough.Fortunately, I made preparations in advance and carried the backpack in front of me, otherwise this would definitely be enough for me.

Fuck, don't these savages know how to make a shock absorber!I was very depressed at first, and now I feel even more angry... But thinking about it... it seems that I was the unexpected guest... and this person was not meant to transport people... the words I was about to say were swallowed back.

I staggered down the stone trough, holding on to one side and couldn't help retching. If it wasn't for the fact that there was nothing in my stomach, I would have vomited all over the floor.

After resting for a while, I finally recovered.With my backpack on, I began to look around at my surroundings.

The top of the stone trough just now is on the wall at the end, facing the wall, there is still a passage on the right side, but you can see the end at a glance, and four passages are opened on one side of the wall, the direction and slope are opposite to when you came here. Come is the path of transporting the stone trough in reverse.On the left side is a very long passage, with the light, you can only see some fuzzy square and round protrusions in the distance, and you can't see what it is...

(End of this chapter)