Mantra

Chapter 272 Deadly Poison Well
Xian Hongye told us: "This 'blind well' is not a well in the terminology of prospecting, but the primitive mechanism most used by the ancients when repairing tombs."

Speaking of it, it is the same as a huge biogas digester. First, build a channel without any ventilation facilities, and then throw many broken corpses of animals and even people into it. If the conditions are good, emery will be added to seal the "fermentation". After a certain period of time, the corpse will produce a large amount of carbon monoxide and bacteria.

As time goes by, these things fill the tomb passage, accumulating over time and generating a large amount of air pressure. If there is a short-sighted tomb robber who dares to dig the beam well without authorization, the poisonous, harmful, flammable and explosive gas will be released. If the tomb robber dares to light a candle, it may explode. The most damaging thing is that if the tomb robber has multiple minds and puts all the air away, it is not foolproof. There are even more terrifying things in the tomb passage. The authorities are waiting for them.

what?Xian Hongye told me in detail: "After the corpse decays over time, a variety of anaerobic bacteria will be produced. If these bacteria are mixed with the emery placed in advance, they will form tiny 'poisonous knives'. "

Those fine corundum mixed between the funerary objects and the bones of the dead can easily scratch the skin of the tomb robber, which will quickly cause sepsis and cause a painful death.

And this is also the real reason for the curse of tomb robbery and bizarre death in many stories.

After listening to this, I felt like my hairs were about to stand up, and looking at the broken bones at the entrance of the cave seemed to verify Xian Hongye's judgment.

At the end of those four caves, what is waiting for us is probably a kind of "gas chamber" as described by Xian Hongye. Once we enter, we will not be poisoned to death, but we will also be killed by bacteria.

After listening to it, I said with emotion: "What is it that the Heilanbo people are so desperately protecting...?"

Xian Hongye shook her head and said: "I don't know, but no matter what, if we go on, we will know."

Afterwards, everyone took eager steps and approached the far right cave, which was also the only cave without a dead snake.

Walking around, Wang Hou couldn't help worrying about Xian Hongye: "There are also a lot of corpses at the entrance of this cave, so there may be the poisonous miasma you mentioned, right?"

Xian Hongye looked at the corpses all over the place, shook her head confidently and said, "Don't worry, brother Hou, absolutely not, these corpses are just the ecstasy array placed here by the ancients to scare people."

It turned out that Xian Hongye had seen through observation just now that apart from the absence of the so-called snake bones, this cave was also different from the other four caves in many ways.

Xian Hongye said: "Although there are skeletons in the cave without snakes, the skeletons here are very old. Except for some that are occasionally exposed, almost all of them are wrapped in growing stalactites."

And through the enveloping layer of stalactites, the age of animal death can be roughly estimated.

It would take at least a hundred years to wrap the bones with a layer of stalactite. According to this reasoning, it is obvious that these bones are very old. At least after Ruiming Liu, there is nothing new added to them.

In contrast, the bones near the remaining four caves are much fresher, and we can even see dried bats hanging between the stalactites.

Therefore, Xian Hongye said to us while walking: "If I guess correctly, the poisonous gas in the four caves is suppressed by the special airflow here, but with the change of the rainy season every year, the poisonous gas will occasionally rush out. A few meters from the entrance of the cave, at that time, all creatures wandering in the cave would die due to the sudden overflow of poisonous gas in the cave, and in the end only this passage without poisonous gas kept the creatures alive."

After Xian Hongye finished speaking, there was no doubt in everyone's mind, and Wang Hou and I walked to the end of the passage in peace.

As we gradually deepened, we found that this cave was the same as Xian Hongye imagined, and the bones at the entrance of the cave were just decorations. After everyone walked in for more than ten meters, we could no longer see the so-called bones. It was a stone road rescued manually, the air became humid again, and the iron chains like ghosts reappeared under our feet.

As I walked around, I noticed that the air was circulating again, and the damp air seemed to be rushing in a certain direction.

As I was walking, I suddenly saw a "dot" at the end of the tunnel, a red, flashing dot.

Wang Hou frowned, looked at the thing and said: "It seems to be some kind of indicator light!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Hou quickly walked forward and picked up the flashing red thing from the ground.

After Wang Hou weighed the thing in his hands a few times, he walked back and handed it to me.

I saw that thing was a video camera.Looking at the model, it should belong to Lin Shaosong.

"They're right in front?" Wang Hou raised his flashlight as he spoke, and pointed it at the ground. Later, both he and I found that there were many traces of dragging where the camera was picked up. I even found some fibers and fragments of clothing.

Wang Hou looked at these things, his face changed slightly, then raised his flashlight, and said to me: "Old Tian, ​​no matter what you see for a while, don't panic. As long as you stay calm and the customer service is afraid, you can always find a way."

I nodded, and then said: "Understood, fear is born from the heart, and death is born from the heart."

Wang Hou was slightly taken aback by my words, then he smiled and walked into the deeper part of the dark cave without saying a word, leading the charge with a flashlight.

In the dripping air of the stalactite cave, the three of us, led by Wang Hou, walked towards the end of the tunnel step by step.

After about 500 meters, Wang Hou suddenly quickened his pace, and then shouted to me: "Old Tian, ​​come quickly, look what this is..."

While talking, I don't know why Wang Hou ran in a hurry, and turned off the flashlight while running. From now on, I can only hear Wang Hou's footsteps moving forward amidst the sound of running water.

In a hurry, I was afraid that Wang Hou would leave too quickly and fall behind, so I hurriedly shouted: "Old Wang! Slow down!"

"Come here! Come here!" Wang Hou shouted at Xian Hongye and me, but he didn't stop his hurried steps. After a while, he took the lead and completely disappeared from my sight.

At this time, the moisture in the air was getting bigger and bigger, and a mist had already formed.

In this mist, I can no longer see Wang Hou's figure, nor can I see the path forward. In front of me, there is only a wall.

A blue brick wall that was opened with some kind of force.

After Xian Hongye ran over from behind me, she held my shoulders and asked out of breath, "Run so fast, Wang...Where is Wang Hou?"

I pointed to the hole in the brick wall and said, "It should have entered from here. The discovery Wang Hou mentioned should be this hole."

Xian Hongye nodded, and continued to ask me, "Go in?"

I nodded, then volunteered, followed the disobedient Wang Houmao and walked into the cave.

On the other side of the blue brick wall, the air was dry again, it was dark inside, and there was no sound at all. I raised the flashlight, and at the first sight, I saw a line of big blood-red characters on the opposite stone wall!
(End of this chapter)