Bone Picker

Chapter 87
If there is any place on earth that is the most mysterious, it is the underground and the seabed.

The pit I'm in now is one of the most typical representatives.

In the process of going down, I used a miner's lamp to shine down from time to time, and illuminate the surrounding pit walls.

I always feel as if something is watching me, but I can't be sure what it is or where it is.

It feels bad and creepy.

It's like being a prey stared at by a beast. I know there is a beast nearby, but I don't know what it is or where it is.

"Mobai, are you alright!" Zibuyu's voice came from above, and after being amplified by the mine pit, the voice was extremely harsh and unpleasant.

"Okay." I snapped back.

"Pay attention to safety, if there is an emergency, you just pull the rope, and I will pull you up immediately."

"Okay." This is what we discussed before I came down.

I estimated that I had come down to a depth of about twenty meters, and the surrounding area was pitch black except for the range that the miner's lamp could illuminate, and I couldn't see anything at all.

A few meters further down, the miner's lamp seemed to illuminate something.

On closer inspection, the middle chain seems to be coming to an end.

But it was dark below, full of ghosts.

After careful inspection, it was found to be a huge ancient tree.

It's just that this ancient tree is dead, with no branches and leaves, only those branches are bare.

These branches are scattered in all directions, and they are completely irregular in length, which looks strange.

The iron chain hanging from above fell into the branches of this ancient tree.

I wonder if the mining team wanted to hang this ancient tree up with pulleys and iron chains?
The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible.

I followed the rope and landed on the top of the old tree.

I tried to put my feet on one of the trunks of an ancient tree, and found it to be quite strong.

Not only that, but there was a cold feeling from the soles of the feet, and the coolness could be felt through the soles of the shoes.

The ancient tree was pitch-black, as if it had been roasted by fire, but not completely carbonized, and then frozen.

I don't know how tall this ancient tree is. I am at the top of the tree now, how far is it from the bottom of the mine.

I calculated the length of the rope, and it should reach the bottom. This time I bought a 50-meter rope.

But even if it's not long enough, it's not a big problem, because there is this tree, and if it doesn't work, just climb back to the top of the tree.

I squatted down and walked slowly down the trunk.

These branches are criss-crossed and it is not easy to walk.

But after walking a few meters, I feel like I have seen this tree somewhere.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't remember it.

I followed the tree trunk to the direction where the iron chain fell.

I'd like to see what is at the end of this iron chain.

When I approached the iron chain, the iron chain suddenly shook twice and made a rattling sound, which startled me.

I dare not move.

After stopping for a while, I found that there was no sound.

Then he continued to move forward and came to the edge of the iron chain.

Only then did I realize that the rattling sound just now was the sound of iron chains rubbing against tree trunks.

But it doesn't seem right.

This is wood, and iron chains rub against wood, and generally there is no sound.

Unless the wood has a stone-like texture and is as hard as iron stone.

There was a buzzing in my head, and a thought flashed across me, which startled me.

Could it be that this big tree is a 杘木!
I quickly took out the mourning stick from the magic weapon bag beside me.

Then move closer to the branch next to it for comparison.

It's okay if you don't compare, but if you compare, the whole person is not good.

Same color, same texture.

My bereavement stick belongs to Zanmu.

There is no doubt that this big tree is also a 杘木.

The so-called 杘木 is a tree that grows from the pile of dead people.

The sapwood grows by absorbing the corpses of the dead as nutrients.

How tall and how big the ram can grow depends on how many people died under the ram.

The mourning stick in my hand was undoubtedly found by an ancestor of my Li family in a pile of dead people.

It is said that he also specially counted the skeletons of nearly one hundred.

He also buried the bones, and then took the jumbo, and made a funeral stick when he came back.

My 杘木 is only as thick as an arm, and its length is about 1.1 meters.

Then this small stalk grows from the nourishment of a hundred corpses.

Then the sap tree I stepped on was a towering tree.

How many bones are buried under it?
Thousands of people, 10 people, or [-] people?
I dare not think about it.

My scalp was numb, and goosebumps all over my body stood up.

I didn't go any further.

I closed my eyes, cast a thought down, and then sensed the surroundings.

Under the induction, the surroundings are surrounded by black streamers, which are all Yin Qi...

Then I found that there were many vines wrapped around the trunk below, and it seemed that there were many fruits under these vines.

But look carefully at the shape.

I was so scared that I opened my eyes suddenly.

Where is this fruit.

It was clearly a human pig wrapped in a cocoon, entangled by trees and vines!

The whole appearance is still human.

It's just that with the flow of air, these human pigs like silkworm chrysalis swayed from side to side in the wind, looking extremely terrifying.

Unsurprisingly, the human pigs inside have all been absorbed by the big tree and turned into mummified corpses or skeletons.

"Mobai, what's the matter?" A voice suddenly came from above, which startled me a lot.

"Come down." I yelled to the top.

It's not that I'm timid, but at this moment with Zibuyu by my side, at least I don't panic.

And when I encountered such a big sap tree, I had to discuss with Zibu what to do.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Zi didn't speak anymore, and stood next to me, also stepping on the trunk of the tree.

"What's the matter? Did you find anything?" Zibuyu asked me out of breath. Getting down the rope was also hard work.

"There's a mass grave under this tree!"

"What?" Zibuyu was startled, and asked me, "Did you go down and see?"

I shook my head and said, "This towering tree is a juniper tree, do you know what kind of juniper tree it is?"

"Zanmu? Is it the same kind as your funeral stick?"

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Oh my God." Zibuyu's expression was distorted, he looked at the wood on the bottom of his feet, and said, "Why is there a mass grave in this Jiuxianshan mine?"

"I don't know either! Damn it, the old man who guarded the mountain also said that this is a trap set up by our Li family. If this mass grave has something to do with our Li family, then I really don't know what to do."

"Don't make a conclusion yet, let's go down and see if we can see any clues." Zibuyu comforted me.

"it is good."

Zibu and I climbed down the tree trunk one after the other.

When I came to the bottom of the tree trunk, I found the human pigs floating in the wind.

Zi Buyu didn't say anything, but his eyes and expression told me that he also recognized these things.

We found that the iron chain fell vertically into the trunk of the 杘 tree.

The trunk of this tree is very thick, at least two meters in diameter, and it can only be hugged by two or three adults.

I tugged hard on the chain, but the chain didn't budge.

It seems that there is something heavy hanging from the bottom of the iron chain.

Zibuyu helped me together, the two tried their best, but they still couldn't pull the iron chain.

Maybe it got hooked on the 杘木 or got stuck.

But there is another possibility, and the probability of this possibility is still very high, but I dare not say it.

(End of this chapter)