Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 28
"what--"

There were screams from people ahead, and a man playing suona was dragged into the water by several fat corpse rats.Before he could poke his head out of the water, dozens of corpse rats swarmed up and devoured the man frantically.The sharp fangs easily tore the man's body apart, thick plasma appeared on the water surface.The man didn't even have time to struggle, and was devoured by the rats, leaving only a boneless corpse.I saw with my own eyes a huge carcass rat dragged out the man's intestines and chewed them with relish in the water.

"Tuobagu, why are you in a daze, be careful behind you!" Gu Meidi suddenly yelled at me.

I suddenly came back to my senses, turned around and looked, but saw a corpse rat had crawled behind me at some point, opened its mouth and bit my ankle.Immediately, I flew into a rage, and I raised the half of the penny in my hand, and dropped it in the air.With a puff, the penny penetrated the corpse rat's body from top to bottom, and firmly nailed it to the ground, looking like a ball of white cotton candy.The corpse rat uttered two screams, and a stream of blood flowed out from the corner of its mouth, soaking its white fur.I raised the "meat skewer" and threw the carcass of the scorpion rat far into the water.

The army of corpse rats is like rows of white water waves, constantly flocking to the ship, and the people on the ship have reached the end of their strength.

We were sweating profusely as we looked at the swarm of rats that did not back down, with expressions of despair on each of our faces.

"Use fire! Burn them with fire!" Professor Ye suddenly yelled, turned around and ran to the oil tank, and came out carrying a heavy iron drum.

There is a barrel full of diesel in the iron drum, and we have no time to think about what to do when there is no fuel. We urgently need to solve the current predicament in order to find a way to survive.

I rushed forward and helped Professor Ye pour all the diesel oil in the iron bucket into the water. Then Professor Ye took out the windproof lighter and threw it on the water.

Hurala!
The diesel fuel floating on the water immediately ignited and spread across the water at an extremely fast speed, like a fiery red water lily blooming instantly, illuminating the surrounding scene in an instant.The blazing flames let us see the light of hope for survival, and the waves of fire surged, and the rats suddenly fell into a panic.The fur of those corpse rats was very flammable, only the crackling sound was heard, and there was a strong smell of burning in the air. Many corpse rats approaching the ship turned into burning fireballs, rolling around in the water Go, let out a shrill scream, and finally sank slowly into the cold bottom of the water.

Taking advantage of the rat swarm's chaos, grandpa launched the boat. With the roar of the motor, our iron boat rushed out of the rat swarm's encirclement.

We quickly analyzed the situation around us, and there were still many corpse rats gathering in front of us, blocking the way out.If you want to forcibly break through, you may be overtaken by the rats behind you before you break through, and you will fall into the predicament of being surrounded by rats again.

So, after some deliberation, Grandpa quickly turned the rudder, and the tin boat chugs towards the Fishbone Temple, which is the only place for us to rest and breathe.

Under the cover of raging flames, the iron boat made a gap in the circle of rats.Seeing this, the other three fishing boats quickly launched their boats, followed closely behind our iron boat, and rushed out of the encirclement one after another.

The diesel fuel on the surface of the water was quickly burned out, and dozens of charred corpses of necrophage rats were floating in the water, and the air was filled with a pungent stench.When the flames were completely extinguished, the scattered swarm of rats gathered together again, chasing after them at an extremely fast speed like a row of white water waves.

I couldn't help yelling: "Fuck him, these stinky mice really linger!"

The four boats came to the shore one after another. I tied the cables randomly to the top of the fish head stone carving, pulled the ancient Mei flute and jumped out of the boat first.

Grandpa scolded from behind: "You bastard, if you have a daughter-in-law, you forget your grandfather!"

Gu Meidi blushed, instead of breaking free from my hand, she held my hand even tighter.

boom!boom!
Grandpa killed two corpse rats one after another, covering us all the way to the platform.

The people who sent ghost relatives also jumped off the boat one after another, and rushed to the platform.

Before we could breathe a sigh of relief, a swarm of white rats had already arrived at the bottom of the platform, like soldiers attacking a city and looting a pool, rushing up along the stone steps in a swarm, and there were still hundreds of them.

People turned pale with fright, and there was no effective weapon to stop the rat swarm, so they had no choice but to quickly retreat into the Fishbone Temple.

The temple gate of the Fish Bone Temple is open. Once the rats rush into the Fish Bone Temple, wouldn't we have to wait to die inside the Fish Bone Temple?But if you don't retreat into the Fishbone Temple now, you will die on the platform immediately, leaving only a pile of bones.The swarm of rats was approaching step by step, and we were caught in a dilemma.

Mr. Goat suggested: "Isn't there a big bronze tripod over there? Use the big tripod to block the temple gate!"

Mr. Goat is very prestigious in the team sending ghost relatives, and those people obey him.As soon as he said that, several strong men ran over and pushed the bronze cauldron out together.

Several strong men gathered their strength and shouted slogans: "One, two, three! Come on!"

Logically speaking, it would not be difficult for a few strong men to push this big bronze tripod.But what is strange is that the bronze cauldron did not slide forward, but slowly turned a small half circle counterclockwise.Just when several strong men were stunned, there was a rumbling sound outside the Fishbone Temple.

What surprised people was that the group of rats that had already rushed to the gate of the temple stopped their progress inconceivably after hearing the rumbling sound.Immediately afterwards, the wave of white rats receded quickly, coming and going without a trace just like when they appeared.

We watched in disbelief, unable to believe that things could take such a turn.

After a moment of silence, our tense heartstrings finally relaxed. People put down their weapons and gasped for breath.Some people knelt down at the entrance of the temple, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, King of the Yellow River, for your kindness! Thank you, King of the Yellow River, for your kindness!"

Wiping the sweat from my forehead, I also breathed a long sigh of relief. It was really dangerous just now, we have already walked through the gate of hell.

The rats disappeared completely, and the water cave returned to its previous dead silence.

When people came back to their senses, they cast their eyes on the big bronze cauldron in the center of the temple. No one understood what happened just now?Where did the rumbling sound come from?Why did the rats disappear without a trace immediately after hearing this strange sound?There are so many secrets hidden in this cave.

Professor Ye walked up to the big bronze tripod, patted the tripod and said, "According to my years of experience, this tripod is likely to be a mechanism! When they pushed the tripod just now, they inadvertently activated the tripod." A hidden mechanism. If I'm not mistaken, the rumbling sound just now was made after the mechanism was activated."

"Organ?!" We walked over curiously: "What organ does this bronze cauldron control?"

Professor Ye said: "I don't know yet, keep turning the cauldron to have a look!"

Several strong men responded and continued to turn the bronze cauldron.

I heard the muffled sound of rumbling, which obviously came from outside the Fish Bone Temple, so we ran out of the Fish Bone Temple one after another, wanting to see what happened.

We stood on the three-foot-high platform and looked towards the center of the pool following the sound.A vortex appeared in the center of the pool, and a black shadow was slowly rising from below the vortex, as if something was about to emerge from the water.

My little heart is beating wildly, there must be some monsters hiding under the pool, right?

Suddenly there was a clear and crisp sound, and the thick bronze chains of the four arms broke through the water.Due to being soaked in the cold pool for many years, the surface of the bronze chains was covered with a layer of white frost. The few bronze chains were polished black and shiny by the water flow, and faint light flowed on them.

We couldn't help being stunned, what are these bronze chains used for?
Accompanied by a steady stream of rumbling sounds, the four bronze chains slowly rose into the air, slowly stretched and straightened in the four directions of east, west, north and south.Only then did we discover that the four bronze chains were hidden in the darkness above the cave roof.The big bronze tripod in the Fishbone Temple and the four bronze chains are a set of mechanism, as long as the big bronze tripod in the Fishbone Temple is turned, the four bronze chains can be activated.

When the four bronze chains were completely exposed to the water surface, they rose to a height of about ten meters above the water surface and hovered.At this time, everyone standing on the shore let out incredible exclamations, because people were surprised to find that the four thick bronze chains were actually dragging a huge black coffin in the air!

The black coffin was heavy and heavy, like an ancient monster bound in mid-air.

The coffin was about three meters long and two meters wide, exuding a gloomy breath of death.

A thin layer of frost condensed on the surface of the coffin, like a large freezer.Drops of water kept dripping down, playing a strange tick-tock-tick-tick tune on the surface of the water.

There is a copper ring on each side of the black coffin, and four thick bronze chains pass through the four copper rings.

We looked at the black coffin in mid-air in amazement, and were speechless for a while.

What kind of place is this place?
Why is there a black coffin hidden under the cold pool?
Who buried the black coffin here?
Who would be the person lying in the coffin?

Is this a holy place for the Dragon King to worship the Fish Bone Temple, or a place of evil spirits where dead bodies are buried?
Is the hasty escape of those corpse rats related to this black coffin?

There are so many secrets buried in the weird cave, I feel like we are in a fog.Numerous questions entangle us, but we can't even solve a single one.

(End of this chapter)