Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 34
"I completely lost contact, I didn't reply to text messages, and I turned off the phone." I sat down on the rock.

"Lin Tianyi, have you been tricked by a beauty?" Lao Jiu said with a half-smile, "Just to get your blood, she came out of the desert, and then exchanged with Tao Ran, and took away your blood." Well, haha, it sounds like a TV show."

I picked up a stone on the ground and pretended to smash it, when I heard Munro yell, and looked at him, he actually caught a big fish with his bare hands, and he was happily walking up the stream, rarely seen He made such a fuss, suddenly realized that he was actually just a teenager, Lao Jiu immediately went to help, I was busy lighting the fire, for a while, we seemed to be tourists on an outing, and we all forgot our original purpose.

The sky finally darkened, and we had already had a full meal. The tourists outside returned to the hotel or went to live in the village. The scent wafting from the village was really ecstatic. Meng Luo hiccupped, and then he froze there suddenly, and then , he took out a compass from his bag!

Lao Jiu and I looked at each other, the compass, this thing has always matched the old magic stick in our hearts, now it appears in the hands of a handsome young man, it always feels very weird.

"Strange, the mountain with engraved patterns is over there, and there is no shelter in the front and back, so this direction is the direction of the flow of vitality.

Then here, it doesn't make sense..." Meng Luo stood up while talking to himself, and turned around with a compass. We were used to his nagging, so we ignored him. After a while, Munro returns: "There's something wrong with this place. "

As soon as his words fell, there was a "bang". Although the ground could not be said to shake, but he felt a clear sense of shock. Lao Jiu stood up suddenly: "Earthquake? Exploded the mountain?"

Suddenly, Lao Jiu lay on the ground with his ears pressed to the ground: "From below, the sound from the underground is so short. Hey, Lin Tianyi, it might be an explosion."

"Detonation, is it underground?" A flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly understood: "Could it be underground?"

"There may not be an underground palace." Lao Jiu crawled on the ground for a while, but unfortunately, the sound of the explosion had ended, and he got up straight: "Lin Tianyi!"

"Well, those two cars, at this time, I haven't seen anyone going out!" I quickly climbed up, and after I went up, I saw that the two cars were still there, so there was basically no suspense, and I didn't care to take a breath , I went back to the tent: "The car is still there."

Tourists who don't know the details will study the patterns on the mountain as a fantasy, but these people go directly to the ground. Suddenly, there is a mysterious atmosphere. At this time, the darkness is completely shrouded, and the deep mountains and old forests Here, the temperature dropped suddenly, took out the headlamp and put it on the head, carried the necessary supplies on the back, and then put out the fire, we started to search, looking for the mechanism or the robbery hole leading to the underground.

The organ did not find it, but Lao Jiu was clever and found a hole about 30 meters away from the stream. It was a very square hole. "

"What do you mean?" I asked.

Lao Jiu did not answer, but looked around cautiously: "There are no watchers, this group of people is really relieved, I guess they think there is nothing wrong with them."

"What do you mean by Laoguan Chinese style?" I asked while looking down.

"During the period of the Republic of China, tomb robbery was prevalent, and even warlords got involved. At that time, the gangs were obvious, and they were roughly divided into two factions, the North and the South. The North faction was good at strength. Even if it was just a robbery hole, it was very particular. There are four main positions: the tomb body, the front of the coffin, and the tail of the coffin. Even the shape of the robbery hole is quite particular, and it must be divided into squares and circles. These two shapes were first created by the Northern School. Guanzhong-style robbing holes. Guanzhong-style robbing holes will generally not be drilled near the tomb, but will be far away, or even a few miles away." Lao Jiu said: "After the shaft is dug according to the depth of the tomb, then go to the tomb. Digging a tunnel in the direction of the tunnel, leading directly to the tomb. This roundabout method of tomb robbery is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and often requires several people to work at the same time, but safety is the most important thing."

I smiled: "Has this technique been lost long ago?"

"Yeah, firstly, there are fewer people doing this job now, and secondly, they are scattered. The old rules of the past have long since disappeared, and now they are playing freely, and they are all playing Xiaotou's idea." Lao Jiu said: " I haven’t seen Laoguan’s Chinese-style robbery hole for many years.”

I took a look at Lao Jiu, and I always thought that Lao Jiu was also a piecemeal school, but these professional words came out of his mouth, so authoritative: "Lao Jiu seems like an expert."

"Well, at least I've been doing it for so many years." Lao Jiu said: "Living on the knife's edge, you have to be more careful. The more you know, the better. Okay, let's go down and have a look before dawn."

The robbery hole is not too deep, so we jumped straight down, only to find that the shape of the robbery hole is square, and the bottom is the same, it seems to be drilled down with a ruler. After going down, we found that the robbery hole began to develop horizontally, and then extended downwards. The fortress secretly said, this is the first time I have gone down into a real robbery cave, smelling a faint earthy smell, the sense of reality instantly rises, and the adrenaline starts to rush: "Old Jiu, we are committing a crime now."

"It's a crime to be discovered, so you must cover up your traces perfectly." Lao Jiu's face suddenly sank: "From now on, you must speak in a low voice. We are not the only ones below. We are very jealous when we meet each other. .”

I coughed lightly, I've heard of this, not to mention my colleagues, even if my partners are brothers and friends, they will turn against each other, so every time I go to the grave, I go down with my head up, this life is my own , or to be buried with the dead ghosts below, but not necessarily.

"Unless there is a grudge between the colleagues and the hole they are making, they will definitely not take advantage of it. If it is spread, they will not be able to hold their heads up in front of the colleagues in the future." Lao Jiu said suddenly: "But this is just It used to be, but now the rules are weak, hey, you see."

The further you go down, the wetter the soil, and the footprints on the ground become clearer. Judging from the footprints, five different footprints are clearly discernible, and the rest are too blurry or piled up together to be unrecognizable. , I could also vaguely smell the smell of gunpowder. Walking forward, I saw the broken hole, and the gravel splashed all over the ground. The smell of stone chips and gunpowder was intertwined, which was very pungent.

"Sure enough, he is an expert." Lao Jiu sighed: "The force of the explosion did not cause the collapse, it was just right."

Lao Jiu was amazed at the situation in front of him, and even stretched out his hand to touch the edge of the hole. The fact that the peers can be so convincing can only show that the level of the other party is already amazing. Instead, I became worried: "The more professional they are, the more embarrassing we will be." , Old Nine, they have gunpowder and most likely guns."

"Well, yes." Lao Jiu seemed to be distracted. As soon as I looked up, the headlight just shone on his face, which made him even more mysterious. He seemed to think of something, something rolled in his throat, and suddenly fell on the ground I grabbed a handful of mud and smeared it on my face, and when I looked up again, I almost didn't recognize who he was.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Let's talk about it later." Lao Jiu's expression was not quite right: "I will adapt to the situation later."

It wasn't just Lao Jiu who was wrong, Meng Luo also felt something wrong after he got into the hole, and said softly: "This is a land of four shades, be careful of zombies."

"Zombie?" I gasped, "Boy, don't scare people."

"Lin Tianyi, your horoscope is light, and your yang energy is not that strong. It's not easy for zombies to find your existence, but Lao Jiu needs to pay more attention." Meng Luo said lightly.

Lao Jiu glared at Meng Luo: "You guys really don't like what you say."

Behind the entrance of the cave is not the imagined left and right tombs. There is a stone platform, and further down, there are stone steps extending down layer by layer. I looked down at the stone platform and said, "It is granite. This kind of stone belongs to plutonic rock. Weathered, the color is beautiful, and the appearance color can be maintained for more than a hundred years."

"It's probably the most commonly used stone in the tomb." Lao Jiu said, "Lin Tianyi, you still know the goods."

"Don't forget my line of work, three words are not far from my line of work." I looked down cautiously, and started to walk down the stone steps. The steps are actually not long. After a while, it seems that I will come to the end , but, it was the same step again, I didn’t feel anything at first, when this situation continued, I felt a strange emotion in my heart, when I turned my head, something seemed to flicker under my feet, and I closed the door. Turning around the lamp, the imprint that looks like a lotus flower is faintly shining, it is on the steps below!

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, took out a coin from my pocket and put it on my feet. Lao Jiu saw my movement and didn't stop it. Instead, he understood it. Once again, we took another step down. Once, it finally became clear that we hadn't moved at all with that coin as a reference!
Munro also reacted: "So, have we been standing still?"

"We have encountered the Xuanhun Ladder." Lao Jiu said: "It is said that there are only 23 floors in the Xuanhun Ladder. No matter how you walk, you think you are walking in a straight line, but in fact you have been going around in circles until you completely lose your sense of direction. The height difference is very small, and it may be designed to give people the illusion of a height difference. It is said that this hanging soul ladder was first used in the tombs of the Tang Dynasty to prevent theft. Modern people like to use physics to explain it. Existence, Lin Tianyi, judging by your reaction, you also know this thing?"

(End of this chapter)