Archaeological Notes

Chapter 46 Ghost Tower

Hearing this, I quickly lowered my head to take a look, and suddenly my scalp hardened. The area around his ankle seemed to be holding a shriveled skeleton hand.

At the same time, rustling sounds began to be heard from all directions, as if countless things were crawling towards us.This place is not far from the wreckage of the plane, and the light can still shine through. Through the dim light of the fire, I can see a dead body lying on the ground behind the monk, covered with finger-length white hair.

The monk almost didn't jump up, so he quickly pulled out his foot, turned around and stepped on the corpse on the ground, but he didn't think it was enough, so he kicked hard a few times to relieve his hatred.He turned around and looked at me with a look of astonishment, as if there was something behind me. I hurriedly looked back, and the scene was so out of control that my heart almost jumped out of my throat.

I swear this horrible scene is downright terrifying, under the sinkhole, on the ground at the bottom.From those small soil bags scattered around, there are actually mummified corpses crawling out!The flesh on their bodies has been rotten, and some of them even have mutilated limbs. They are crawling on the ground. Hundreds of corpses, like puppets on strings, are coming towards us.

A gunshot came from Dabeitou, and the noisy sound suddenly rang through the bottom of the pit, like a pot of porridge in chaos, and those zongzi began to besiege us like crazy.Unlike Dabeitou who still has weapons, we, who are unarmed, can only pick up two big rocks from the ground, back to back, and prepare to fight to the death.

Through my back, I could clearly feel the monk's heartbeat, so I asked him, "What should I do?"

The monk was at a loss, and said in a deep voice: "What else can I do? Soldiers come to block you, water comes to cover you, and you can only see the tricks. When those zongzi come around in a while, just follow me. Remember not to Falling behind. If you fall, you can ask for blessings, and the master may not come back to save you."

I knew what he said was cruel, and wanted me to stop thinking about luck and make plans to burn the boat, so I nodded emphatically to show that I understand.

At this time, a zongzi had already rushed to me, and rushed towards me with its teeth and claws. I picked up the big stone in my hand, aimed at its head and smashed it hard.With a bang, the zongzi's head was split open, and the head was split in two, revealing the rotten walnut-like structure inside.

Seeing that this zongzi was about to fall to the ground, I thought to myself, are you still alive?But after a full two or three seconds, it still stood upright, standing unsteadily in front of me.I was a little anxious, and the mummy rice dumplings surrounded by tides were coming towards us, and they were about to become the target of public criticism. I suddenly became confused, and when I was thinking about how to put this rice dumpling down, I saw a thick worm , Crawled out from the mouth of the mummy.

I reacted in a daze, only felt a flash of black light in front of my eyes, and a mass of things rushed towards my eyes. I grabbed it with my hand instinctively, but suddenly felt a heart-piercing pain in the palm of my hand.I hurriedly took a look, and was immediately horrified.It was a Mongolian death bug that grew as long as a chopstick, and the barb-like bone spurs on its body had penetrated deeply into the palm of my hand, bleeding continuously.The worm was twisting its ugly body, trying to break free from my grasp. I couldn't bear the pain, so I squeezed my wrist tightly with my left hand, and shook it vigorously to the ground. It was useless!The worm stuck to my hand and ate it to death.If you want to tear it off, you have to tear off a whole piece of skin.

It was as if tens of thousands of bees were stinging my arm, and the pain made me cry. I kicked a rice dumpling that came up from the side, and looked at the monk as if asking for help.I don't want to be overwhelmed like a monk, and the three mummies can't move around him.The monk held an angular stone, knocked it accurately, and finally knocked down all the zongzi around him. He turned his head and looked at my teary eyes, and cursed: "Damn! What kind of expression do you have? I don’t even know what time it is if I’m so cute.”

I stretched out my hand to show him that the death worm was twisting its fat body. The monk was quite surprised, "What the hell is this? Pig intestines?"

"For a while, I can't tell you clearly." I watched a bunch of zongzi swaying towards me in a half-hunchback shape, and I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart.Suddenly remembered the trick of the thin man, and then asked the monk, "Do you have fire? These bugs are afraid of the smell of burning hair, so you can restrain them."

"You didn't say it earlier!" The monk took out an aluminum shell lighter from his trouser pocket, ignited it, thought for a while but shivered, and changed his color: "What the hell, Lord Buddha, I have been shaved for so many years, and I have no hair What's the matter? Is the hair in the crotch okay? I'm so overgrown with that thing, it's the best thing to restrain these gods and ghosts, it's just a little annoyed, and I can't get it off, the key is!"

As soon as I took off my hat, I was about to ask the monk if he still had the knife. At this time, those rice dumplings had already surrounded us in a fan shape, and they seemed to have blocked all our exits.I told the monk that these zongzi are all driven by the Mongolian death bug in our body. We are so rampant, we will definitely not be able to get out, we must use this trick.

As soon as he finished speaking, his nose smelled a burning smell of hair, and then he heard buzzing on the scalp, a burst of heat.I reacted suddenly, turned my head to look at the monk, and found that he was looking at me with an extremely obscene smile, gloating at my misfortune.It turned out that the monk had set his hair on fire!
This move scared me enough, I hurriedly extinguished the flame on my head with the button of my hat, and immediately there was a smell of burning in the air.Almost at the same time, I felt a numbness in my hand, and the barbs of the death bug loosened in my flesh, and fell to the ground, then twisted my stiff body, trying to escape from me.The group of mummified corpses around them suddenly exploded, spit out those worms from their mouths, and then fell down continuously, looking at a large area.

I was still standing there in a daze, but at this moment the monk grabbed my shoulders and almost lifted me up and ran away. Only then did I react and follow him to run away.I didn’t know how long I ran with him like this. I stopped at a certain place. I lost one of my shoes on the way. , Doing things is too inconsiderate of others.

The monk pretended to give me a blank look, "Just you, Jingui, do you understand that you do extraordinary things at extraordinary times? If the situation just now dragged on for a while longer, we would be trapped in it. Everyone, Daodou needs a little comrade like you who knows how to give and has a fearless spirit..."

Hearing this, I repeatedly waved my hands to tell him to stop talking. I almost ran all the way so that I collapsed and my head was dizzy, so I asked him what to do next.The monk smiled and said without saying anything, "Look up."

It was so dark that I didn't notice where it was. When I looked up, I found a dark stone tower standing behind me. We had already come to this place before we knew it.This is a nine-story Vajra-throne-style pagoda. It stands majestically and has an ancient shape. There are jingle bells of different sizes hanging on it. When the wind blows, it makes a subtle sound, which is crisp and sweet.At the very top of the pagoda, a single light was turned on, but it flickered on and off, and I had an ominous premonition in my heart. It was a signal for help.

The monk said that the scar was in this tower. I thought to myself, is this a distress signal, and he is now in a dangerous situation?I asked the monk to make up his mind, and he said that we should also go up to the pagoda to have a look, everything will be clear, and if Scar is really in trouble, we will have time to rescue him.

Approaching the tower and looking up, the stone pagoda on the top is so ingenious that it looks like it will fall down at any time.Although my heart was beating drums, I still pushed open the tower door. Strangely, the tower door was not locked.With a slight push, it creaked open, revealing the dark tower room inside, exuding a scent of Buddha, why the door was ajar, I think it might be because the knife scar broke the lock when he entered dropped.

After entering the tower room, the monk hurriedly closed the door. The smell from the hair burning just now was limited, and it was impossible to numb all the zongzi in a large area. This was done to prevent them from entering the tower.The tower room was pitch-black. The monk lit a lighter and looked around, only to find that it was a hexagonal stone room with exquisite decorations, including Danying and carved Jue.There is a "column core" in the middle, which is more than enough for two people to embrace, and there are Buddhist murals all around, all of which are unsightly depictions.The Arhats and Buddhas above are completely out of taste, with hideous faces, like evil spirits released from hell.A row of revolving stairs goes around to the tower room on the second floor above. The workmanship is quite exquisite, even the handrails are exquisitely crafted.

The monk and I walked up the stairs to the second floor of the pagoda. After walking forty or fifty steps, when we reached the second floor, we couldn't directly enter the tower room.Instead, after going around a winding corridor outside the tower, they entered the tower room on the second floor. At first, they thought it was a bit abnormal, but then they didn't take it too seriously. They just regarded it as the unique design of the tower.

In the tower room on the second floor, there are some Buddhist utensils, which are nothing special.We didn't stop, and went up to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh tower rooms. Except for some scriptures and Buddha statues, there were only some big red curtains.In addition, the realm of the murals also becomes more and more refined as the tower goes up one by one. I don't know what the intention is.I followed the monk all the way up, and in a short time, we climbed to the eighth floor of the pagoda. On the outer corridor, looking at the bottom of the pit below, there was a black mass of rice dumplings, like ants.Relying on the strength of their weapons, the people at the head of the big back could barely hold on, and rushed towards the pagoda, obviously wanting to hide in the pagoda.

And when I stepped into the tower room on the eighth floor, it gave me a completely different feeling from the lower floors, and I felt a familiar feeling from the bottom of my heart, as if I had seen the scene here before.When I entered the tower room, I saw a big red coffin in the middle, but the coffin lid had been overturned to the side. The monk ran over to have a look and said that there was a white-haired rice dumpling lying inside, like a monkey.I looked at the bricks and tiles of the tower room, and I couldn't express the feeling. This place is too familiar, but I can't always remember it.

The scar is on the ninth floor tower room on the top of us. The tower room on that floor is called Tasha, which is the top part of the tower body. The monk said that we can’t dawdle any longer. This floor will be studied later It's not too late, so hurry up and have a look.I thought so, so I dismissed the curiosity in my heart, but as soon as I stepped on the stairs, I heard a voice from the top floor that made people break out in cold sweat.

That's Scar's laughing, giggling, unless a person is in a state of extreme laughter convulsions, otherwise he can't make it.

(End of this chapter)