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Chapter 339 109. The strange coffin and the source of dreams

The open space of the underground palace is scattered with exploration equipment left by Western explorers. They thought they could come back, so they did not take away the equipment they had worked so hard to carry.

They also left people to observe from a distance.

Once the ancient Oriental demons in the field leave, they will turn back and continue their drilling work.

But they met.

Vast demons and ghosts continuously poured out from the Thief Cave, each dragging billowing black smoke and evil ghosts lingering in the black smoke, covering the sky and completely engulfing the open space.

Black smoke and evil spirits began to fill the air.

The entire underground palace was filled with thick black smoke.

Their sight was completely blocked, and the cries of evil spirits like a tsunami were heard in their ears, and even their hearing was cut off.

No one could see what was happening in the scene. As the smoke continued to spread, even the figures in the smoke could not be seen clearly, only thousands of evil ghosts could be seen in an endless stream.

At the same time, in the dark corners in all directions, some ancient oriental evil things began to transform, forcing them to retreat.

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"Master Immortal, what kind of weird things are these? I seem to have seen something similar. Where is it?" Ji Dao asked, scratching his head as he looked at the equipment all over the floor.

At this moment, they have led the team to the field. There are a large number of strange mechanical equipment piled on the ground. The shells are rough and the mechanical structures are directly exposed to the air.

These devices have something in common.

They are all very old, occupy a large area, are made of copper or iron, and are yellow in color. They have a mess of circular tubes interspersed with each other and spinning in circles.

"This is drilling equipment from the 19th to 20th centuries. The structure is very simple and was dreamed up by Western explorers."

Zheng Yun walked to the center and looked down.

It doesn't matter what the devices actually looked like, it's enough to know what the Western expedition was digging for.

"I remembered that it is a bit similar to the big clock in our pawn shop. I also saw similar equipment at Goode Manor, the iron cage lifting machine."

Ji Dao suddenly remembered.

The things he mentioned and the drilling rigs were basically products of the same era, and their styles were relatively similar.

"Pull it out first and take a look."

Zheng Yun ordered to address the surrounding Yin soldiers.

The robotic arm of the drilling equipment has dug a very deep hole in the ground, but the hole is somewhat narrow and it is impossible for larger people to drill down through it.

Pull out the tube to see the bottom.

The two hundred Yin soldiers obeyed the order and pulled out the mechanical arm from the hole bit by bit, then dropped the lantern into the deepest part.

The lantern slowly drifted down.

It can be seen from this phenomenon that the cave is completely filled with water, and there is almost no scattered silt.

A few people climbed at the entrance of the cave and observed carefully with the light emitted by the lantern. The drilling section was a very hard ancient brick wall with a depth of about 20 meters and had not been completely penetrated.

Like a dry well.

There was nothing inside.

But there are obvious signs of repair here. The gravel taken out from the dry well is slightly different from the brick walls in other places.

This place may have been a well hundreds of years ago, but something happened later, and the ancients used other materials to block the well, similar to robbing a hole in a wall.

"Master Immortal, the floor tiles in this underground palace are thicker than the thickness of the corridor. The floor tiles in the corridor are only two meters thick at most, but this place is at least more than twenty meters thick."

Ji Dao saw the biggest problem.

The corridor they were in just now broke and collapsed after being blown up by explosives. It was completely different from this place.

It seems that this underground palace is some kind of core ancient building, and the corridor is simply a passage connecting other ancient buildings.

"This equipment is very powerful. It can hit more than 20 meters in such a short time." Zheng Yun took a look at the equipment.

In fact, not much time has passed since the explosion. Even if the filling material is relatively fragile, it is not easy to penetrate it in a short time.

"Master Xian, why are you talking about this now? Isn't the key point what's in this hole? They don't seem to have penetrated it yet. Should we continue to fight?" Ji Dao asked in confusion.

"Actually, they have found it, but they probably didn't find it." Zheng Yun shook his head and pointed downward.

About three meters below the entrance of the dry well, there was a very weak black smoke, gathering on a small crack in the bricks, and with a very weak vortex, it penetrated into the crack in the bricks.

This change is very weak.

You really can't tell if you don't look carefully.

After sifting out the influence of Qili's strange dream, we can speculate that it should be the water flowing into the cracks of the bricks in reality, absorbing some mud mist in the process, and it turns into this.

The drilling equipment used by Western explorers should be special underwater machines that will filter out all debris and impurities during the drilling process to keep the environment clean.

Therefore, the archaeological team also has this habit. Anyone who comes out of the mud must wash their whole body in a transparent bag, and use equipment to suck out the mud and bugs in the swamp all over their body.

This is standard swamp exploration procedure.

The more professional the expedition team, the more cautious it is.

Especially those bugs that silently suck on the body and suck blood through the diving suit. If not treated in time, they are likely to inject toxins or lay eggs and become parasitic.

In many cases, those bugs are deadly and can lead to the death or disability of members if they are not careful.

This team of Western explorers is very professional.

The entire venue was spotless. Before I entered, there was no real impurity in the air.

But the disadvantage of this is that they can't see the subtle changes in the water flow, because there is no water at all in Qili Guimeng, and they are surrounded by dry air in all directions.

The cleaner the water, the more transparent it is.

In the dream, it is even more transparent.

Even if the water flow is right in front of them, as long as there are no impurities to serve as a reference, they can't see anything.

Compared with these 'professionals' in exploration or archaeology, I look like a bunch of losers.

Still using native methods.

Nothing particular about it.

The only goal is to get the treasure.

Everyone of the two hundred or so people of mine had been soaked in the dark, sticky mud for a long time. Even if they ran quickly in the corridor, the mud on their bodies could not be washed away at all.

Each person has one to twenty kilograms of silt on his body.

If you go back to reality and look in the mirror, you will see that they are all black clay figures, especially their armpits, necks, and the blind spots of oxygen bottles, which are all covered with mud.

The number of bugs is hard to say.

That depends on Ji Dao's insect repellent sachet.

That's why they have "rolling black smoke" and "thousands of evil ghosts". The essence of black smoke is that the silt on their bodies disperses in the water, and is transformed into black smoke evil ghosts by strange dreams.

Ever since they entered this underground palace, the cleanliness and tidiness were gone forever, replaced by a mess.

But it was a mistake that made a mistake.

If the silt all over their bodies hadn't scattered and fallen into the dry well, they wouldn't have been able to see this tiny stream of water.

So Zheng Yun came to this conclusion.

There is a space behind the cracks in the bricks. At the same time, this space is dry and there is no water in it. The Western expedition team visited the space but did not discover this detail.

"It's true, Master Xian, then what should we do next?" Ji Dao laughed and continued to ask.

"Since it's empty inside, we'll do our best not to let water get in and find some materials to insulate it."

Zheng Yun stood up and thought about a solution.

The depth they were at at this moment was approaching the limit of endurance, and the consequences of diving deeper would be difficult to predict.

"Didn't Li Wu use that kind of special balloon before? They must have a way to deal with this situation."

Ji Dao was deeply impressed by Li Wu. The old man used balloons to create a vacuum zone deep in the mud to observe the environment. Later, he also used an oversized emergency airbag. He had many clever ideas.

"Li Wu gave us a few sets of those things. Let's go back to the Immortal Gate to get them." Zheng Yun nodded and made a decision.

They didn't need to let all the two hundred Yin soldiers in, it was enough for themselves and Ji Dao to go in, and Li Wu's balloon could extend at least ten meters, and it could be done with proper operation. Everyone immediately took action.

They opened the fairy gate above the underground palace, while the two hundred Yin soldiers shook their bodies in place to disrupt the water flow, and continued to create thick black smoke to block their sight until Zheng Yun and others returned.

The subsequent operations are more complicated.

Zheng Yun and Ji Dao took off the oxygen bottles on their backs, tied them to their ankles, drilled headfirst into the depths of the dry well, and then used balloons and materials to seal the entrance to the dry well.

They also brought two ghost generals.

After completing this step, Zheng Yun asked the ghost general to dig out the cracks in the bricks and follow the water flow to expand the cracks until a passage was opened.

The process didn't waste much time.

Ghosts have a very special ability. They can use long knives to cut along the seams of bricks, and then pull out the entire ancient brick, which saves time compared to violent excavation.

This wall is not very thick.

The length is only seven or eight meters.

When the ghost pumped the brick deep, Zheng Yunjidao used the balloon again to seal the water flow in the back road again.

The whole journey takes about half an hour.

The ghost will push out the last brick, and a vast dark space will appear in front of him, about three stories high, and they will appear at the top of the space.

Take out the lantern and throw it into the depths.

Lanterns illuminate the surroundings.

Gray bricks were built layer upon layer, making the space empty and deep, like the tombs of ancient princes and generals. The falling gray bricks stirred up dust in the sky, giving the place a cold and cold feel.

"Master Immortal, ask Master Ghost to move."

Ji Dao lay down behind the ghost general, and several people squeezed into the narrow passage in a line. The ghost general completely blocked Ji Dao's sight, and they couldn't even see anything below.

"Climb over and see if you can get down."

Zheng Yun was behind Ji Dao and could only see some pictures through the gaps, and wanted to go out as soon as possible to see the situation.

"Row."

Ji Dao twisted his body and climbed forward. He was relatively tolerant and could not even lift his arms. He could only press the ghost general's body and squirm forward, moving slowly like a maggot.

Right now.

As if he couldn't bear the humiliation, the ghost general suddenly took a step forward, grabbed the wall at the entrance of the passage with both hands, squeezed the cracks in the bricks and crawled out of the passage, and disappeared at the edge of the passage in a flash.

Ji Dao could see clearly that the ghost general was hanging in the air outside the wall with one hand on the brick surface. In order to avoid his squirming, he made a very standard rock climbing action.

"What about Ghost Lord?"

Ji Dao whispered.

Then he immediately observed the environment, shook his body within a few seconds, took out a rope and said to Zheng Yun:

"Master Immortal, this place is amazing. Let me go down first and talk about it first. The rope can be nailed to the brick wall."

"Move quickly."

Zheng Yun sighed silently and urged, there were two hundred Yin soldiers and Western explorers outside, and he was afraid of trouble.

Ji Dao quickly completed his preparations, nailed the rope to the wall, grabbed the rope and slid down, and soon disappeared from sight.

Zheng Yun followed closely behind. After going down Ji Dao, he immediately climbed to the edge of the passage and took a look down first.

A standard large tomb.

The dome of the tomb is hemispherical, with tens of thousands of bricks and stones arranged neatly, which weighs heavily on the top of the head and makes it difficult to breathe. However, they hollowed out the brick wall and made a hole at the edge of the dome.

The bottom of the robber cave is more than ten meters deep.

A mere ten meters is nothing to Onijiang and Nobuyoshi, and it doesn't matter if they jump directly, but one of them chooses to hang with one hand, and the other chooses to use a rope.

Because there is a problem below.

There are densely packed snake-like creatures at the bottom of the tomb, piled up in a thick layer, overlapping each other on the ground, and they are alive because they are constantly squirming.

Previously, the ghost pushed down the gray bricks, stirring up thick dust. Now I looked at it and realized that it was not dust at all, but the gray particles of excrement from these snakes.

The excrement is too thick.

No one knows how many years these snakes have thrived in this place, but the excrement is at least one or two meters thick, and their survival time is probably measured in hundreds of years.

"..."

Zheng Yun fell into silence.

No wonder Ji Dao didn't dare to jump. This scene was scarier than mountains of swords and seas of fire. There were tens of thousands of snake-like creatures, and they were so densely entangled that they couldn't even see the ground.

Several lanterns fell into the snakes and were squeezed deep into the depths by the snakes' bodies. They were buried for more than ten centimeters without being completely buried.

You can imagine how thick the snakes are.

And no one knows whether these snakes are snakes. They are still in Qiligui's dream and cannot see what snakes look like in reality, so they cannot judge the degree of danger.

They couldn't even tell whether the snake really existed, and they didn't dare to jump in and take a chance.

"Master Immortal, look over there first. This is not a closed space, but a long and narrow underground rift. There is a high platform over there, and there is a strange coffin on the high platform..."

Ji Dao hung in mid-air and spoke quickly.

Neither he nor the ghost general dared to fall to the ground, so they both hung at the bottom of the passage. Zheng Yun poked his head out and met them head-to-head. The three of them hung on two sides and lay down on the ground, communicating in low voices high up in the tomb.

"Coffin?"

Zheng Yun looked up.

Ji Dao threw a lantern over there, and the light illuminated the surrounding dozens of meters, reflecting more details.

There is a fault in the gray bricks on the front right, and it is replaced by a hard rock layer. This underground space was created based on an underground rift valley, and was not forcibly dug out by the ancients.

And in the same direction.

There is a naturally formed stone platform with a height of about eight or nine meters. The top part was artificially flattened to create a platform.

There is a coffin on the platform.

The coffin is six meters long and three meters wide, much larger than an ordinary coffin, and it emits an indescribable black halo, making it impossible to see its true form directly with the eyes.

This feeling is very magical.

It's a literal blackout.

It was as if the coffin would block his sight. As long as he looked over, a black hole swallowing up the light would appear in front of him, even distorting the surrounding space.

The circular halo emitted by the coffin is somewhat similar to a black hole. There are twisted things piled on the edge, emitting black light. Looking at it for a long time will make people dizzy.

"Master Immortal, that thing is too weird, yuck."

Ji Dao suddenly retched. He had been staring at it for a while, and even almost dropped his hand when he let go.

"stop looking."

Zheng Yun looked away.

This place is really weird and shocking. The ancients actually built a ghost facility here.

This place is probably not close to the continental shelf. In terms of depth, it is actually almost the same as the seabed to the north of the Nanze ruins. The silt has completely reached its end.

The land at the bottom of the sea is called the continental shelf.

The properties of silt and seawater are somewhat similar, and the actual land that receives the silt can also be called the continental shelf.

It has been discovered in the corridor before that there are rock formations in the silt at this depth. Now that I think about it, even the corridor is built based on rock formations, so the silt sea is empty.

When they arrived at this continent by boat, they also saw reefs nearby, which proved that the continental shelf here was actually not deep, and was just a pile of silt one to two hundred meters deep on the continental rock formations.

There is solid ground beneath their feet.

And the ancients actually built the facilities for gods and ghosts in such a place, on the continental shelf at the end of the mud...

The key is the coffin.

No one knows what it is in the real world, but from its characteristics, we can guess that this thing is the core of Qili's strange dreams and the source of strange dreams.

But Zheng Yun felt a little strange.

A mere coffin could cover dozens of miles around the ancient city of Nanze? Is its scope of influence that large?

(End of this chapter)