Xixia dead book

Chapter 29: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (29)
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After landing on the shore, the four trembled all over and collapsed on the shore, breathing in the fresh air in the cave.After a while, Liang Yuan spoke first: "It was too dangerous just now. If we fell from the waterfall, we would be all over now. If we survive a catastrophe, there will be future blessings." Liang Yuan comforted herself.

Tang Feng said: "Actually, we should be thankful for our luck. Now is the dry season. Have you ever thought about how long the underground lake would be in the summer when there is plenty of water? Not to mention the underground lake, including us now The place where you sit should be flooded in summer.”

Makarov sighed and said: "This cave is really amazing. There is actually a waterfall inside, and it turned out to be a multi-level waterfall. I don't know where the waterfall will lead! I have never seen such a magical cave in Russia. .”

"Yeah! I've never heard of this hole. It seems that we are the first batch of people who discovered it. If we can get out, we will..." As he said, Tang Feng wanted to take off his wet clothes. Jiang hurriedly stopped him, "Don't take off your clothes yet, this is not a place to rest, we have to go far and rest in a safe place."

"Do you want us to walk in wet clothes in this cold cave? I don't think we will be beaten to death by those men in black, but we will have a fever!" Tang Feng complained.

Han Jiang shook his head: "Tang Feng, don't complain, get over it!" After speaking, Han Jiang stood up, looked at the dark passage behind him, and said, "I can't go back, there is only this way, let's go from here."

The four of them walked into another tunnel.Han Jiang was lighting a flashlight in front, and he couldn't help but secretly thankful that the flashlight was waterproof and hadn't been damaged by water.After walking for an unknown amount of time, they came to a more glorious hall—the Orange Hall, which was bigger, more spectacular, and more incredible than the Oval Hall and the Stone Waterfall Hall.On the cave wall of the entire hall, there are countless small holes. Orange, red and yellow flowstones flow and spray down from countless small holes, covering almost all the cave walls, forming a unique and strange landscape.

Even Han Jiang exclaimed: "This hall is really incredible." Tang Feng, Liang Yuan, and Makarov completely forgot about the cold on their bodies. They all opened their mouths slightly and widened their eyes, immersed in the grandeur. in the spectacle.

After a long time, Tang Feng sighed: "Where is this? I feel like I am in another world."

"Yes! Although we were hunted down, we didn't come in vain this time." Liang Yuan was still a little excited.

Han Jiang looked around the orange hall, then opened his backpack and took out the compass and GPS, "I hope these two things are not broken. It seems that everything is normal, but... what's going on!" Han Jiang Jiang suddenly screamed.Everyone gathered around, Han Jiang pointed to the GPS and the compass, "It's normal that we can't receive satellite signals here, but look, what's going on with the compass?"

Only then did everyone realize that from the outside, the compass needle was not damaged in any way, but the pointer of the compass needle was jumping wildly at this time, and it was impossible to tell which side was north and which side was south. "Could it be that the earth's magnetic field doesn't work here?" Tang Feng was also puzzled.

In the end, the well-informed Makarov said: "When I was serving in the army, I have been to Afghanistan. Once I commanded a squad of special forces to chase a group of guerrillas, and the guerrillas led us into the mountains. There is a cave. There are many forks in the cave. Not long after we went in, we became dizzy in the cave. At that time, our compass also had the same situation, and we couldn’t find the direction at all. I saw that the situation was not good. Wonderful, I immediately ordered everyone to retreat along the original road, but in the end we lost our way. In the cave, we were constantly ambushed by guerrillas. In the end, I was the only one who escaped from the cave. After returning, I was puzzled. Reported the situation to the superior. In a later operation, after paying a huge price, we finally completely occupied the cave. The superior invited experts to inspect the cave, and the result of the inspection was that there were veins of magnetite in the cave ,so……"

"You mean that the compass fails here because there are veins of magnetite?" Han Jiang asked in surprise, interrupting Makarov's words.

"I think it should be like this. Besides, I can't find a more reasonable explanation." Makarov said.

"That said, we have completely lost our bearings and lost our way in this huge cave!" Tang Feng broke out in a cold sweat from his conclusion.

"What should we do? If we never get out, then..." Liang Yuan was about to cry as she spoke.

"Don't worry, little girl, we will live the lives of savages here, and draw petroglyphs on the cave walls to record our heroic deeds. After many years, when explorers discover this place, our deeds will be spread all over the world By then, we'll all be celebrities, haha!" Makarov didn't forget to tease him at this moment.

"I don't want to be such a famous person! I'm still young!" Liang Yuan, instead of being amused by Makarov's teasing, actually shed a few tears, causing Tang Feng to feel pity again.

"Okay, let's find a way out!" Han Jiang kept a clear head.But everyone searched around the orange hall, but found no other passages except the tunnel they came from.Is this the end of the cave?

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Everyone is nervous, what should I do if I can't find the exit?You can't go back the same way! "No! It is impossible that there is no exit, and there must be an exit." Han Jiang speculated.

Amidst the anxiety, Tang Feng suddenly shouted in a corner of the orange hall: "There is a hole here!" Everyone ran over and checked together. It turned out to be a downward circular hole. To be precise, this should be called a shaft !
"There are no tools here, so how do we go down?" Han Jiang asked looking at the dark, bottomless shaft.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one could do anything.Suddenly, Tang Feng seemed to have discovered something again. He leaned down and used a flashlight to illuminate a circle from the beginning to the end of the cave.Han Jiang said impatiently: "You don't need to take pictures, you can't see the end at all!"

Tang Feng said, "No! I'm not looking for the bottom line, I'm looking for the rope."

"You're crazy, where's the rope here?"

"Look, what is this?" Everyone leaned over to watch carefully. Under the light of Tang Feng's flashlight, everyone saw that there was really a nylon rope hanging in the corner of the shaft!This rope has been extending from the shaft. Following the rope, everyone found that two large iron nails had been firmly driven into the rock two meters away from the shaft, and a large ball of nylon rope was wrapped around the iron nails.

"Why is there a rope here? Did someone come in before us?" Han Jiang looked surprised.

"It seems so! It seems that we are not the first batch of people to enter this cave." Makarov said disappointedly.

"No! It's impossible! If someone comes in, why doesn't the outside world know the existence of this cave?" Han Jiang still refused to believe this fact.

A strange expression appeared on Makarov's face, and he said, "There is only one possibility."

"what?"

"Before us, none of the people who came in to explore the cave got out alive!" Makarov said the conclusion that made everyone's hair stand on end-all the people who entered the cave died!Everyone refused to believe this conclusion, but there was no reason to refute it.

Tang Feng picked up a large ball of nylon rope on the side of the shaft and looked at it: "The part of the rope left on the top is quite long, I don't know how long it will be at the bottom?" Tang Feng said while pulling up the nylon in the shaft rope.Time passed by every minute and every second, and the nylon rope in Tang Feng's hand was getting longer and longer, and everyone's eyes became wider and wider, because——because this seemingly ordinary nylon rope was pulled endlessly.Not counting the ball that was originally on the shaft, the nylon rope pulled up from the shaft alone is nearly 50 meters long.Tang Feng's hands began to tremble slightly. How long is this endless rope?How deep is this shaft?Finally, Tang Feng brought up the last piece of nylon rope, and everyone was stunned for a moment. The last piece of nylon rope was cut off by Qi Shushua...

What is this thing that cut the nylon rope all at once?Everyone stared in horror at the rope and shaft in front of them.Han Jiang observed carefully for a long time, and speculated: "Judging from the style and texture of this rope, it is very old, and it is by no means something from the last 20 years."

"Well, I think this rope has a history of at least 40 years, or even longer." Makarov agreed with Han Jiang's judgment.

Han Jiang said again: "Judging from the length of the rope hanging in this shaft, the shaft is at least 50 meters deep; the rope is broken, which means that the shaft is far deeper than 50 meters."

"Yes! How deep is this shaft?" Tang Feng asked.

"If you want to know how deep it is, you have to go down and have a look!" Han Jiang said firmly.

"What? You want to go down!" Tang Feng showed surprise.

Han Jiang stretched the rope, nodded, and said to everyone: "Although this rope is old, it is still quite strong. Now I can't think of any other way out. I can only go down to find out, maybe there is a turning point. In addition, do you feel the airflow? We have gone to such a deep place, the air is still good, and there is airflow rising up from the shaft, which proves that there should be a lot of space below. I can’t imagine now, the inside of this cave How big is the space!"

Everyone understands what Han Jiang said, but looking at this bottomless deep shaft, no one knows what dangers lie below.Han Jiang checked the two big iron nails. I don't know who and when the big iron nails were driven in, but they were still firmly embedded in the rock and were very strong.Han Jiang looked at the crowd and said with a smile, "Don't be so sad, we're doing well, right? I'll go down first! Anyway, I've learned abseiling before, so if you hold on to the rope, if I encounter any danger, or If you want to pull the rope up, you will stretch the rope hard."

Everyone looked at each other, no one said anything, and nodded at Han Jiang mechanically.Han Jiang tied the rope around his waist and entered the shaft.Soon, Han Jiang's figure disappeared into the shaft...

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Although it is fixed with iron nails, everyone is still holding on to the rope nervously, for 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, a quarter of an hour... As time goes by, everyone's heartbeat is accelerating, and the palms of the hands have been crushed. Soaked in sweat.The rope slipped through everyone's hands little by little, five meters, ten meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, 40 meters, everything seemed to be normal...Suddenly, the rope in everyone's hands seemed to lose control and quickly slipped down the shaft. There was a terrible sound from the shaft. 50 meters, 60 meters... Everyone reacted suddenly and pulled the rope up with all their strength, but the rope still fell down quickly.Tang Feng felt that his palms were about to be worn out by the rope, but they still couldn't control the rope. There seemed to be an indescribable huge force pulling down the shaft.what is that?Ferocious monster?Still... Makarov held the rope with both hands, kicked his feet on the rock wall, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead.He didn't have time to think about it, and shouted towards the shaft under his feet: "Han! Han! What happened?"

There was only a long echo coming from the shaft, and there was no answer from Han Jiang, not even the terrifying sound.Finally, the rope stopped falling, and the three people on the shaft collapsed exhaustedly by the side of the shaft. However, they had no time to rest, and immediately rushed to the side of the shaft again, calling for Han Jiang, but there was no response.Tang Feng hurriedly pulled the rope up, but as soon as his hand touched the rope, he screamed: "Not good!"

"What's wrong?" Liang Yuan and Makarov asked with concern.

Tang Feng didn't answer, just pulled the rope upwards.A few minutes later, Tang Feng pulled the last piece of rope, and Han Jiang who was originally tied to this end of the rope disappeared!The three of them stared at each other, at a loss, and everyone's eyes were filled with horror.In the silence, Liang Yuan cried out, "What's so terrible down there?"

"Liang Yuan, don't cry! I'm not dead! Haha! It's so beautiful down here!" Suddenly, a loud voice came from the shaft, and Liang Yuan stopped crying immediately, because she recognized that the voice was Han Han. River!
"How are you?" Liang Yuan asked loudly towards the shaft.

"It's scratched, it's nothing. It's worth dying to see such a beautiful scenery!" Han Jiang's voice buzzed in the shaft.

"You still have this idle time, what happened just now? You scared us to death!" Tang Feng asked.

"Hehe, don't ask. I can't express it in words. You will know when you come down. Liang Yuan, you go down second, then Tang Feng, and finally wronged the old horse. The bottom section of the shaft is a steep slope with a lot of gravel. Be careful, that's where I fell just now. Hehe, it's really spectacular down there." Han Jiang's smirk came from down the shaft.

"I think he broke his head, I've never seen him like this before." Tang Feng muttered.

"Maybe it's really beautiful down there!" Liang Yuan said.

"No matter how beautiful the beautiful scenery is, it can't arouse my interest now..." Tang Feng said this, and Han Jiang's voice came from below, "I forgot to remind you, there are two scary things in the shaft, you have to do it well." Mentally prepare."

Scary stuff?what!Tang Feng, Liang Yuan, and Makarov looked at each other, wondering what Han Jiang meant, and asked Han Jiang again, but there was no voice below.

Tang Feng tied the rope for Liang Yuan, and slowly let Liang Yuan down.Everything was normal at first, but when the rope was lowered about 50 meters, Liang Yuan's scream suddenly came from the deep shaft, and Tang Feng's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Liang Yuan's heart-piercing scream made every hair on Tang Feng's hair stand on end. He called Liang Yuan loudly to the shaft, but only Liang Yuan's crying came from the shaft. It seemed that Liang Yuan was still alive. Not life threatening.The rope continued to descend, but not long after, Liang Yuan's scream came from the shaft again.Tang Feng couldn't stand it anymore, and just about to pull the rope up, Han Jiang's voice came from down the shaft: "Tang Feng, don't pull the rope, Liang Yuan is already safe."

What did Liang Yuan encounter in the shaft that frightened her?Tang Feng tied the flashlight to his arm full of doubts, and the third one went down the shaft.Before coming here, Tang Feng also learned some rock climbing and abseiling skills from the old K. Soon, he descended more than 30 meters. Everything in the shaft seemed to be normal, but Tang Feng still did not dare to take it lightly.About 40 meters away, Tang Feng's feet touched the wall of the cave. This place is no longer in the suspended state just now. There is a steep slope in the shaft here. Tang Feng's feet can step on the rocks on the steep slope and slowly descend.However, it has not become easy to walk here because of the emergence of steep slopes. The steep slopes are covered with gravel, and the rock walls next to it are rugged and rocky, and it seems that rocks will fall at any time.Tang Feng's heart was raised. Liang Yuan was here just now...Suddenly, Tang Feng's soles slipped and he couldn't stand stably.Tang Feng's body was swaying back and forth in mid-air. He spotted a spot, exerted all his strength on his waist, kicked hard, and stood on the steep slope again with both feet.But as soon as Tang Feng stood firm, he found a white skeleton with a hideous face on the rock wall facing him. Under the illumination of the flashlight, the skeleton shone with faint light, which was very terrifying.Tang Feng quickly recognized it—it was a human skeleton.

In this gloomy underground shaft, he encountered a terrifying skeleton, and Tang Feng felt suffocated. He wanted to shout, but he couldn't make a sound.He panted heavily, adjusted his state, and it took a while to regain his composure.At this time, he understood why Liang Yuan screamed, and also understood that the scary thing Han Jiang said was this skeleton!No!Han Jiang said that there are two scary things, so there will be a skeleton underneath?
(End of this chapter)