Xixia dead book

Chapter 31: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (31)
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Tang Feng wiped away tears for Liang Yuan, and comforted him: "Don't cry, we still have hope, as long as we find Han Jiang and the others, we have hope."

"But where are they going?"

"I think they should have come to this tunnel too, there is no other way out, maybe they are also looking for us."

"Well, let's move on."

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan supported each other and walked in the dark through the tunnel. Fortunately, the army of bats did not follow.After the two walked about tens of meters, Tang Feng felt that they had walked out of the tunnel and came to a larger space.This tunnel is so short?Tang Feng was suspicious, looking around in the dark, suddenly, he found a glimmer of light in another direction, Tang Feng shouted to Liang Yuan: "Look, there is light!"

But as soon as the words fell, the light suddenly disappeared, and the surroundings were pitch black again.Tang Feng felt a "thump" in his heart, what was that light emitting from?Flashlight?Or--the will-o'-the-wisp in the ground?

That light was fleeting, if it wasn't Han Jiang, what would it be?Tang Feng and Liang Yuan stood there in a daze, neither of them dared to move half a step... In this way, the two stood there for a long time, until the light appeared again, Tang Feng bravely shouted in the direction of the light: ?”

"Is it Tang Feng?" Tang Feng finally heard Han Jiang's voice and finally saw the light. He embraced Liang Yuan excitedly.

The light was approaching, and Han Jiang and Makarov appeared in front of them. Han Jiang asked with concern: "Why don't you two turn on the flashlight?"

"When I was chased by bats just now, the flashlight ran away." Tang Feng said dejectedly.

"I've been looking for you too. Fortunately, we met again, otherwise..." Han Jiang didn't continue.

"That's right! If we don't meet you, Liang Yuan and I will be finished. I think you must have run into this tunnel too, so I walked over in the dark."

"Okay! I still have a spare flashlight here, take it."

Tang Feng turned on the flashlight and looked around. It looked like a crossroads. Apart from the tunnel he walked in the dark, there were three other openings, one of which seemed to have collapsed, leaving only two openings left, one on the left and one on the right.Tang Feng asked: "Which way should we go now?"

Han Jiang introduced: "We have explored these two holes just now. The hole on the left is relatively straight and seems to lead to a very far place. The hole on the right is winding and winding, and there are landslides in some places, so I tend to Take the hole on the left."

"It's only going to be like this until now."

The four got into the tunnel on the left, Liang Yuan looked around curiously, and asked worriedly, "We won't go the wrong way again this time?"

"Who knows? Leave it to fate!" Makarov uttered another Chinese idiom.

The four walked hundreds of meters, and the tunnel came to an end, a small hall with uneven ground, full of gravel and wet mud.Looking up, there are no spectacular stalactites on the roof of the hall, but "stone pipes" as thick as steel bars.

Liang Yuan pointed to those "stone pipes" curiously and asked, "What is that, it looks amazing?"

After observing, Tang Feng explained: "This kind of 'stone pipe' is called 'goose pipe', and its official name is 'straw stalactite'. It is the prototype of stalactite, that is, the state of stalactite when it is not fully formed!"

"So, this 'Goose Pipe Hall' is relatively young?" Han Jiang asked.

"You can also think so. We all need to be careful below, the geological structure here may be very unstable." Tang Feng paused, pointed to an upward ramp directly in front of him and said, "This is a 'zig-zag staircase', directly Climbing, the slope is too big, everyone walks in a 'zigzag', it will be more convenient."

Everyone walked up the gravel and mud in a "zigzag" manner. After climbing the "zigzag grand staircase", everyone's eyes widened again...

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The four climbed up to the "zigzag-shaped grand staircase", and there was another magnificent karst cave hall. Although the hall was full of collapsed rocks and the shape was irregular, none of these could conceal the beauty of the place.This is a multicolored hall, the rock walls are densely covered with light yellow gypsum blocks, an unformed stone waterfall is covered with red and orange flowstones, and white aragonite bundles grow on the rock walls, like openings on the rock walls. A small white flower came out.There are also cave beads of various shapes, giant collapsed stalagmites, and incredible colorful lights, shining like gems, embellishing the entire hall.

The four were amazed. They were overwhelmed by the incredible beauty in front of them, and they could only move forward slowly, because every step has a different beauty, and every step is a new world!There was a sound of dripping water ahead, which was the sound of water droplets falling from the stalactites on the top of the cave and falling into the water.Tang Feng pointed the flashlight forward suspiciously, and he was shocked by the scene in front of him again.In front of it was an underground lake with a wide water surface. The calm lake surface was glowing with a faint blue light. When Tang Feng approached, the lake water showed a beautiful emerald green.Could this be a color-changing lake?

Tang Feng squatted down and shone the flashlight into the distance. In the deep cave, there was no end to the lake.How big is this lake?Where is its edge?Just when Tang Feng was thinking wildly, Liang Yuan exclaimed from behind: "This is really a colorful world, so beautiful!"

"Yes! It's breathtakingly beautiful." Tang Feng continued.

"I have never seen such a beautiful scenery." The well-informed Makarov couldn't help but admire from the bottom of his heart.

"Look, what are those yellow things on the rock wall?" Liang Yuan asked curiously, pointing to the light yellow plaster densely covered on the rock wall.

Tang Feng walked up to the rock wall, observed it for a while, and said, "This is sulfur, sulfur in its natural state."

"No wonder I smelled a sulfur smell as soon as I walked into this hall." As he said, Makarov took another two sniffs of the sulfur smell in the air.

"Sulphur?" Liang Yuan seemed to be thinking of something, and suddenly said in surprise, "If there is so much sulfur in the hall, wouldn't it burn?"

Liang Yuan's words made everyone see a terrifying scene of the entire colorful hall being engulfed in flames. "Impossible!" Han Jiang stood up and said, "Look, there is no trace of fire here."

"Yes! If this place was burned by fire, we would not be able to see such beautiful scenery. Sulfur in nature is not easy to burn. In addition, do you feel it? Although there is such a large space here, the air is much thinner than before. .”

Tang Feng's reminder made everyone feel that the air here is indeed thinner than before. "How could this be?" Liang Yuan asked in a panic.

Tang Feng looked around again, and found that apart from the "zigzag-shaped grand staircase" when he came, and the underground lake that could not be seen in front of him, there were no other exits around the hall, and he couldn't help feeling flustered.At this time, before Tang Feng could speak, Makarov said in surprise, "Why is there no exit here? No wonder the air is so thin."

Tang Feng said: "Don't draw conclusions prematurely. This hall is different from the halls we have passed before. It can be seen that although it is colorful, the geological structure is fragile and complicated. It is not as simple as the halls we have seen before. There are holes in holes, and holes in holes. You see, the shape of the whole hall is very irregular, and the plane is like a gourd. We are now at the front of the whole hall, which is the lower part of the gourd. Look back and you'll find a new exit."

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As soon as Tang Feng finished speaking, a crumbling stalactite tree on the top of the colorful hall suddenly fell beside Liang Yuan.Liang Yuan's scream made the whole hall buzz.Han Jiang and Makarov didn't know what was going on, they both drew their pistols and looked around vigilantly, but nothing happened around them.

"Okay, okay! Nothing, just a stalactite fell." Tang Feng comforted Liang Yuan who was overly frightened.

Liang Yuan recovered with difficulty, and the four of them dared not stay for long. Tang Feng led everyone to the back of the colorful hall, which is the upper part of the "Gourd".The space here is much smaller than before. Everyone took their flashlights and shone around, looking for possible exits, but they found nothing except the beautiful rock walls.Tang Feng said disappointedly: "Is there really no way out here? If so, we have to retreat."

"Have you thought about another way out?" Han Jiang asked back.

"What?" Tang Feng immediately understood Han Jiang's meaning, "You mean the underground lake?"

"Hehe, you are smart!"

"That underground lake can't see the edge at all. What is there? Maybe there is nothing, and there is no way out. God bless, we must never go into the water again."

"Yeah! I don't want to go into the water anymore. I already feel like I'm going to catch a cold, but who knows what will happen?" Han Jiang looked helpless.

Everyone walked around the upper part of the "Gourd" for a long time, and finally came to the narrowest "Gourd Mouth" in the entire "Gourd".Tang Feng pointed the flashlight in his hand forward, and a beam of light shot into a narrow passage. "Look, there is a road here." Tang Feng said in surprise.

Everyone looked together, only to find that a deep passage appeared at the position of "Gourd Mouth". "Go from here?" Han Jiang asked.

"Try it! Besides this, where else can we go?" Tang Feng spread his hands helplessly.

"Okay, this time I'm in the front. Tang Feng, you protect Liang Yuan and follow behind, and Lao Ma will be in the back." Han Jiang walked into the narrow and dark passage first after making arrangements.After walking seven or eight meters, this passage is so narrow that only one person can pass through, and there is still no end in sight.

Tang Feng thought of the Namo Grand Canyon again, and couldn't help sighing: "We escaped from the Grand Canyon on the ground, and came to an underground canyon again."

"And the canyon is so narrow!" Makarov complained.This underground canyon twists and turns, and soon they became dizzy in the canyon. After walking for an unknown amount of time, the air in the canyon became thinner and thinner, but the underground canyon seemed to have no end... The four of them came to an upward " In front of the "stairs", go up the stairs, and there is another upward "stairs".It finally opened up a little bit further up, but these two "stairs" also made the four of them exhausted, especially Liang Yuan, who was out of breath more than anyone else.Makarov looked at Liang Yuan's rosy face, and said with a smile, "Little girl, you still lack exercise!"

In the past, the arrogant Liang Yuan would have to refute Makarov, but now Liang Yuan was leaning against the rock wall, gasping for breath.Tang Feng saw that something was wrong with Liang Yuan, so he stepped forward and touched Liang Yuan's forehead.Tang Feng was taken aback by this touch, and said in surprise, "Liang Yuan, what's wrong with you? Your forehead is so hot!"

"It's nothing, it's just that I don't have the energy...but I can still hold on." Liang Yuan was indeed much stronger than before.

Tang Feng's surprise made Han Jiang notice that Liang Yuan was indeed different from before, listless and sickly.Han Jiang also touched Liang Yuan's forehead, observed it again, and said, "Don't make a fuss, she has a fever. It's no wonder that a girl has been walking in such a cold underground for so long, cold and hungry , after soaking in the water for such a long time, it’s not normal to not get sick. For now, we have to go out quickly to treat Liang Yuan. Tang Feng, take care of her, and everyone will persevere. I think we’re going to go out soon.” Han Jiang said words that he didn’t believe to encourage everyone, and the only evidence to support his point of view was that they were indeed going up this way, maybe they were already close to the ground.However, not long after, a downward "staircase" appeared in front of Han Jiang again...

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Facing the downward "stairs", Han Jiang shook his head helplessly. There was no other way out, so he could only "go down the stairs" obediently.In this way, the four people went up and down in the narrow "underground canyon", twisting and turning, just when everyone was already numb, the front suddenly became clear, what was waiting for them?More spectacular views, or an exit from darkness?No, before everyone could be excited, they were disappointed to find that there was neither a spectacular view nor an exit from the darkness, and the surrounding cave walls were ordinary.exit?There is only one passage narrower than the "underground canyon".

"What is this? Is it the ground gap? It's so narrow, I think it can only allow one person to pass sideways." Tang Feng said helplessly.

"Even if it's a crack in the ground, we have to go there." Han Jiang said firmly.

Looking at the narrow, damp, and endless cracks in the ground, everyone hesitated. No one knew what would happen once they entered.Han Jiang took out the rope that was cut off in the shaft from his backpack, tied it around his waist, and said to everyone: "Everyone tie this rope around your waist. I will go in first. If anything happens, you can get it." Hold me! Now we are grasshoppers on the same rope. Don't be so sad, we can't see what's in the seam from the outside, maybe the seam is not long, go out and see, there is a hole in the sky Woolen cloth."

"It's also possible that we drilled in the ground for a long time, and finally had no way out." Tang Feng said.

"Come out when you have no way out! Don't talk all about frustration." Han Jiang always gives people a confident look, but after this catastrophe, everyone now knows that Han Jiang is also afraid. Just made it for other people to see.

The four of them tied the ropes around their waists, and followed Han Jiang into a crack in the ground where only one person could pass sideways. Rapid breathing!After the four of them walked hard for more than a hundred meters inside, they did not see the hidden world that Han Jiang was looking forward to, nor did they encounter the dead end that Tang Feng was worried about, the dark seam with no end and no exit. suffocated...

Suddenly, Han Jiang who was walking in front stopped moving, and when everyone was surprised, his muffled voice came from the front: "The way is blocked by a huge rock."

Everyone's heart sank when they heard this, Tang Feng complained: "I said it's a dead end! This is too bad, I have to go back after walking so far."

"No! It's not a dead end. There is another crack in this huge rock, which is wider than the crack in the ground. People can pass through it, but they have to lie down in it and move slowly."

"Halo! There is still such a way."

When Tang Feng, Liang Yuan, and Makarov came to the crack, Han Jiang had already crawled in, moving his body with difficulty inside.Several people were all dumbfounded. At this point, there was no other way. Tang Feng, Liang Yuan, and Makarov had no choice but to get into this crack, leaning on the rock with their arms, and moving their bodies inside.

The four moved tens of meters, panting and sweating profusely. Han Jiang was still encouraging everyone ahead: "Hold on, there is still air flowing here, which means there must be a road ahead."

After everyone moved more than 20 meters, Tang Feng felt that the rock beneath him seemed to be leaning forward. He could no longer see Han Jiang's figure, but he knew from the rope around his waist that Han Jiang must have stopped in front of him.No one spoke, everyone lay down on the rocks, panting, suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and Tang Feng heard the sound of running water.

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All four of them heard the sound of running water, the rope around Tang Feng's waist moved slightly, and he immediately woke up. He knew that Han Jiang was moving forward cautiously again.The rock became more and more sloping, and the cracks in the ground were no longer as narrow as before. Tang Feng used the flashlight tied to his arm to shine forward, but Han Jiang could not be seen. He worriedly reminded Han Jiang loudly: "Han Jiang! You want to Careful, what's ahead? I hear running water?"

Han Jiang didn't answer, only Tang Feng's echo came from the narrow rock crevice.Suddenly, Tang Feng felt the rope around his waist being pulled heavily, and his body was dragged forward by a powerful force.not good!Tang Feng secretly complained, Han Jiang must have encountered an accident in front!Tang Feng stretched out his hands and desperately scratched at the rocks below him, hoping to catch the straw that could save his life.But that power was too strong, and Tang Feng's body was still dragged forward.Tang Feng understood that if he was dragged down like this again, with the strength of Liang Yuan and Lao Ma behind him, it would be impossible to hold him and Han Jiang. Maybe drag Han Jiang up!However, now I have lost my center of gravity, and I am being dragged into an unknown abyss by that nameless force...

(End of this chapter)