Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 59 The Holy Well (2)
I saw a white mass looming in the water, approaching me quickly, and from the shape of the shadow, that white mass looked like a big white fish or a person. Who has ever seen it? What about a fish as big as a person?Could it really be a water monster?
"You jackfruit, grandma!" It was too late for me to get out of the water, so I had to pull out the shark blade, ready to fight desperately.I don't know why I made such a nonsensical swear word at this dangerous moment.

At this time, the white shadow that looked like a fish but not a human was less than two meters away from me. I looked at the direction that the white shadow was coming from, gritted my teeth suddenly, tightened my fingers, grasped the shark blade, and took the initiative to attack. Shadow rushed over.

Ya-ya!

The shark blade drew a beautiful arc of light in the air. I was merciless in this strike. I used [-]% of my strength as soon as I came up, and directly plunged down towards Baiying's head.

The shark blade entered the water and pierced through the white shadow. I was shocked in my heart. Why is this white shadow so light and flimsy? Could it be something evil like undead?

I subconsciously stretched out my hand to scoop it up, and unexpectedly lifted the white shadow out of the water.

Then, I froze.

The thing in his hand was greasy, like a white dress.However, it doesn't seem to be clothes, but more like a piece of fish skin, because the pattern of fish scales can be clearly seen on it.This piece of fish skin is as big as a person, what kind of fish can be so huge?Could it be a piranha?

The slippery feel of the adult-sized fish skin in my hand was so disgusting that I threw it out in disgust.The fish skin sank into the water and floated up slowly after a while.

Although I was disgusted, I was secretly relieved. It turned out that it was not a water monster, and it was just a false alarm.

But I think it's a bit weird, this fish skin feels like it's completely cast off from the fish, but I've only heard that snakes can shed their skin, whoever heard of fish can change their skin?
I felt a chill, and was about to turn around and leave, when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a looming... human face on the fish skin's head!
Oh my god!

I shivered all over, and almost screamed out. I only felt the chill piercing into my skin like needles, and goose bumps fell down.

I took three deep breaths, calmed down a bit, rubbed my eyes hard, and carefully observed the fish skin.That's right, there is really a human face on the head of the fish skin, and the facial features can be clearly seen, where is the mouth, where are the eyes, and where is the nose.Since the fish skin was cast off entirely, the human face looked more like a mask showing the facial features.

My heart couldn't stop beating wildly, my God!Fish body, human head, what kind of monster is this?Is it another victim of sorcery?Could the weird roar we heard before come from this monster with a human face and a fish body?
A monster with a human face and a fish body, I feel chills when I think about it, it must not be a good thing, and this monster must be in this lake, it seems that I have to get out of the lake quickly.

"Tuobagu, what are you in a daze for? Come up!" Gu Meidi had already climbed back to the ten-meter-high rock wall, and saw me in a daze in the water when he turned around.

"I'll come!" I swam back to the shore, clasped the rock wall with both hands, and supported my body to float out of the water.The temperature in the water is too low, and after staying in the water for a long time, the body can't bear it.I might have been a little numb from the cold just now in the water, but now I feel the cold when I come out of the water, and my upper and lower teeth are chattering.

This situation is very dangerous. If it is not treated in time, it will cause frostbite. Even if it does not cause frostbite, it will definitely leave sequelae in later life. It is commonly known as "typhoid fever". I dare not go out at all.And when it's rainy or the twelfth lunar month, the joints will hurt, and it's that kind of piercing pain.

I leaned against the rock wall and rubbed my limbs vigorously.Fortunately, I have learned martial arts before, my physique itself is good, and I knead very skillfully, all of which are my meridians and joints, my numb limbs quickly warmed up, and the blood in my body began to flow slowly again.

I let out a sigh of relief, shook my arms, and was about to climb up. At this moment, I heard Lao Luo above my head shouting: "Hey, look quickly, what is in the middle of the lake?"

Hearing Lao Luo's yell, the people sticking to the rock wall raised their wolf-eyed flashlights one after another and shot them towards the center of the lake.

Several dazzling white lights shot towards the center of the lake. Although I couldn't see it clearly, I still got a vague glimpse.There is a magnificent building standing in the middle of the lake. Because of the distance and the light, we didn't find it before.

How could there be a building in the middle of the lake?

Under the white light, we looked at the building curiously. Judging from the hazy outline, the building turned out to be a... pyramid? !right!A pyramid!

My God, how could there be a pyramid standing at a depth of more than [-] meters underground?The size of the pyramid is actually not large, but it looks very imposing at the bottom of this deep well.Many people exclaimed, no one thought that there would be a pyramid standing here, which completely exceeded the imagination of all of us.

Our curiosity was immediately aroused, who built this pyramid here?What were the pyramids built for?

Since entering Devil City, too many secrets have plagued us, and I feel like my head is about to explode.There seems to be a ball of wool in my mind, with many balls of thread entangled here and there, but I can't find where the thread ends are.

"Let's go and have a look!" Lao Luo suggested.

Professor Ye was a little hesitant. He pondered for a while and asked for everyone's opinions: "What do you think?"

"Go! Of course we have to go!" Wang Dongyu looked very excited. In his opinion, there must be many priceless treasures hidden in this pyramid.

Liu Hanhao's eyes narrowed: "Of course I'm going, this is an opportunity to make a fortune, so don't let it go to waste!"

"Go!" Hao Mengkang's answer was concise and powerful.

"I agree too!" Li Yingxin said.

"I...I don't really want to go!" After all, Han Jing is a girl, and she flinched a little.

"What about you?" Wang Dongyu asked Gan Hongxin.

"I...I..." Gan Hongxin couldn't speak for a long time.

Wang Dongyu was a little anxious: "Go, just go, don't pull it down, don't be like a bitch, you're so tight!"

"Go!" Gan Hongxin also expressed his position.

"What about you?" Professor Ye asked Gu Meidi and me for advice.

In fact, to be honest, I don’t really want to go there. The monsters in the water have not been figured out yet, and there is a pyramid standing in the middle of the lake. There are strange things everywhere in the Devil City. I bet that there is 100% danger in the pyramid.Our purpose was to find holy water to detoxify. Now that we have accomplished this purpose, we should leave as soon as possible.But although I thought so in my heart, I still agreed to go, because I saw that the vast majority of people voted for it. If I opposed it, it might destroy the unity and harmony of the entire team.Besides, it is not thanks to this group of people that we were able to get here safely, and I don't care about their intentions.

After the plan was established, one by one unfastened the safety buckle and jumped into the lake, just like dumplings falling into the water, plopping.Before entering the water, they put their weapons into their backpacks. Our combat backpacks are waterproof, so we don't have to worry about our weapons getting wet.

"Let's go!" Wang Dongyu yelled, and swam towards the pyramid in the middle of the lake first.

"This Northeast steamed bun thinks there are mountains of gold and silver waiting for him to take it in the pyramid!" Gu Meidi curled her lips. She and I are both professional archaeologists, and it is difficult for us to understand the mentality of these people in the world.Perhaps in their view, wealth is indeed more important than life.

I took a deep breath and slowly sank into the water. I like to swim like a fish, which is called "catch and blind" in our side.My legs slapped the waves lightly and I pushed forward effortlessly.I am very good at holding my breath. I once dived 300 meters in one breath. My friends all said that I have two lungs.In fact, these underwater skills are really nothing to people who grew up by the Yellow River, they are just a piece of cake.

I seemed to have entered a new world, surrounded by silence, and there was a circle of light in the water, which was illuminated by the wolf-eyed flashlight in my hand.

Just as I was swimming comfortably, a feeling of uneasiness suddenly came from my left rear. This feeling was very strong, and it was an instinctive awareness of the approaching danger, which was tempered after many life-and-death cycles consciousness.

I kicked my legs suddenly, and the whole person jumped three or four meters, and then turned slightly to the right to avoid.A group of fuzzy white shadows passed by my left side at once. The speed of the white shadows was very fast. It is fleeting in front of my eyes.

Yeah!

I was suddenly startled by that strange face, all the air in my lungs leaked, my mouth opened, and the cold lake water poured into my mouth, choking me so much that I just wanted to vomit.I quickly paddled my limbs, rushed out of the water, and breathed in the oxygen outside.

"Tuobagu, are you alright?" Gu Meidi swam up from behind and saw that my expression was not quite right.

I coughed twice, spat out the accumulated water in my chest, and said with lingering fear: "Face! There is a strange face underwater!"

"Strange face?!" Gu Meidi looked at me suspiciously, seeing that I didn't look like I was lying, "Could it be the monster that shed the fish skin?"

When Gu Meidi said this, I suddenly remembered the fish skin with a human face that I met on the shore just now. The more I thought about it, the more I felt it, and my scalp couldn't help but tingle. The monster was under this water.

"There's something underwater, hurry to the pyramid!" Gu Meidi warned others of the danger.

Everyone didn't make a sound, and swam forward at a faster speed. The distance was not long, and they quickly swam to the bottom of the pyramid.

Looking up at this underwater pyramid at a close distance, there is a kind of majestic momentum rushing to the face.The pyramid is about 20 meters high and is divided into three floors. The floor area of ​​the bottom floor is about [-] square meters.If this pyramid is placed on the ground, it is a six-story house, and it does not have much momentum, but in this special environment, its momentum is different.

"Let's find out where the entrance is separately!" Professor Ye said.

We were divided into two groups independently, one group circled from left to right, and the other group circled from right to left, and swam around the pyramid for a full circle. No one saw the entrance of the pyramid. Buckle up on the lake.Doesn't this pyramid have an entrance?impossible!

As expected of his rich experience, Professor Ye asked us to dive underwater to find it after he pondered for a while.According to his speculation, the entrance to the pyramid is likely to be underwater.

Sure enough, in less than 2 minutes, Lao Luo surfaced and waved to us: "The entrance is here!"

We slowly sank into the water with Lao Luo, and we dived less than five meters. The aperture of the wolf-eyed flashlight flickered slightly, and we saw the entrance of the pyramid at a glance.The entrance is about three meters wide, like a hollowed-out stone wall. Two lifelike stone sculptures of boa constrictors are chiseled on both sides of the entrance. ", and then stood up high, like two majestic guards.There may be some kind of red jade inlaid in the stone snake's eyes, which faintly glow with dark red blood, making it look particularly horrifying under the water.

Professor Ye turned his head and gestured at us. When he swam into the entrance of the pyramid first, we followed suit one by one.

After swimming for a few meters, we stepped on a stone ladder, walked up a few steps along the stone ladder, turned a corner, and left the water. However, a thick stone gate blocked our way like a tiger in the way. way to go.

Professor Ye held up the wolf-eyed flashlight and looked up. The light circle fell on the stone gate, and he couldn't help but startled everyone, because the stone gate was full of chiseled eyeball patterns, one after another, densely covered. The entire facade.And those eyeball patterns don't know what was painted on, the light fell on the stone gate, and the blood red light appeared in those eyeballs in an instant, the feeling was so real, just like watching a 3D movie, the things in the movie suddenly appeared and surfaced In front of you, so we were all taken aback just now.

Professor Ye pressed his palm on the stone door and pushed it tentatively, but the stone door remained motionless.

"It looks like this is a trap door!" Professor Ye said.

We can't help but wonder, the things on the stone gate are clear at a glance, except for these blood-red eyeball patterns, there is nothing. If it is a trap door, then where is the trap hidden?

"Liu Hanhao, come and take a look!" Professor Ye knew that the Liu family was an expert in the tomb mechanism, so he asked Liu Hanhao to come forward and study.

But Liu Hanhao studied carefully for a long while, but he couldn't find the mechanism. When he was wondering, Lao Luo suddenly walked up to the stone gate without saying a word. He pulled out the silver scimitar, raised his right hand, and swiped hard in the palm of his hand. , blood gushed out all of a sudden.Then, under our surprised and inexplicable eyes, Lao Luo calmly pressed his bleeding palm on the stone gate.

When I opened my mouth to ask Lao Luo what he was doing, something amazing happened.

I saw that there seemed to be a strange suction force inside that stone gate, which actually sucked all the blood in Lao Luo's palm.Starting from Lao Luo's palm, the blood spread in all directions at a fast speed, and soon spread all over the facade, like a bunch of strange blood flowers.

Stimulated by the blood, the eyeball pattern on the facade became even more bloody, and each eyeball protruded from the facade like a three-dimensional pattern, as if it was about to fly towards us.

Immediately afterwards, those bloody eyeballs slowly rotated on the stone gate, making us dizzy and thrilled.

There seemed to be countless screams of resentful spirits coming from above the stone gate, wow wow wow, which shocked us all with white hairs.

Suddenly, the blood on the stone gate flashed, and all the blood was sucked into the eyeball patterns in an instant, leaving no blood stains or traces on the stone gate.

Just when we were so surprised that we couldn't make a sound, there was a buzzing vibration from the ground, and then, the strange stone door covered with eyeball patterns slowly rose up in our surprised eyes.

The stone gate is open!
The stone gate actually opened!
Although we guessed that this is a mechanism door, no one would have thought that the mechanism to open the stone door would be to use blood!

So, how did Lao Luo know this?

"Old Luo, how do you know how to use blood to open this stone gate?" Professor Ye narrowed his eyes and looked at Lao Luo.

I didn't speak, but I vaguely felt that Lao Luo seemed to hide a lot of secrets. Since entering the Devil City, Lao Luo seemed to have changed. He was no longer the simple and calm Lao Luo before. It feels weird.The excited expression on entering the Devil City, being able to say the name of the witch ghost, and now knowing the secret of opening the stone gate, these behaviors of Lao Luo made me vaguely feel that he seems to be quite familiar with the Devil City.

Lao Luo didn't explain too much, but just said lightly: "I guessed it!"

Guess what? !
Lao Luo's perfunctory explanation obviously did not convince us, and when we wanted to ask him something, he had already walked in first.Looking at Lao Luo's back, I suddenly felt that Lao Luo had become a little strange.

Professor Ye quietly whispered in my ear: "Be careful with this old Luo, he is a bit weird!"

I nodded, secretly alert in my heart.

(End of this chapter)