Indiana Jones

Chapter 257 Going Deeper (07)

Under the illumination of flares, what appeared in front of them was a large underground space, like a canyon that was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. This place was somewhat different from the inverted funnel shape they expected. There are cliffs on both sides, and there are huge holes on the cliffs on both sides. The hole on the left cliff seems to be still flowing, as if they fell from that place.

The hole on the cliff on the right is relatively higher, and there are countless shadows passing through it, which seems to be the entrance and exit of those shadows.

Those huge black shadows hovering in mid-air turned out to be giant bats holding the waxed corpse one by one. Two or three of these giant bats worked together to pull a waxed corpse into the air. Go, in the pile of bones as far as they can see, there are countless giant bats falling on the wax corpses to eat and eat, and after being disturbed by their flares, they flew up one after another, and in an instant, densely packed giant bats flew away in groups. The huge stone forest below is rushing towards the caves on the cliffs...

"Damn...why are these things again?" Zhao Chenggong couldn't help but sweat again when he saw those wax corpses being taken away by giant bats. This scene was too spectacular.

"So that's how it is." The woodcutter snorted, "I really didn't expect that bats are also a part of that kind of mechanism. As long as the mechanism is activated, there will be a chain reaction. First, the invading tomb robbers will be killed, and then the system will be cleaned up to transport the corpses here. Then open those caves, and these ghost bats come in and eat the corpses or take them away, damn it, who designed this? Someone actually came to feed these grave guard beasts."

"But why were there so many waxed corpses that were not eaten before?" Zhao Chenggong obviously felt that there was a loophole in the woodcutter's deduction.

"Because there are too many, so I can't finish it. After a certain period of time, the water level will drop after the here is closed. Those holes must not be able to enter and exit casually, so the ghost bats can no longer come in, so there are so many wax flower corpses. , and we fell down again and reopened the mechanism.” To be honest, the woodcutter couldn’t help but frowned, “Then that means those holes are connected with the outside, otherwise those holes would not be opened all year round. Didn’t things starve to death a long time ago, so there should be other ways for these ghost bats to go out to look for food, so they have multiplied, if we can climb the caves on the right stone wall, we can go out.” Speaking of this He shook his head involuntarily again, "Impossible, it's definitely not that simple, if we don't raise the question of whether we can get out, we won't be able to climb that cliff at all."

No one refuted his inference, and the others didn't quite understand how complicated, gigantic, and inconceivable the mechanism here is, but they admitted that the woodcutter said that he couldn't climb the cliff on the right. It was clear that it was definitely not possible to climb up with bare hands, so their attention fell on the row of holes on the left where the water flowed down and the height was not so high. Since they might have been washed down from there, Then they can also get out where their merits and demerits are. Of course, this is just their guess, and it is still unknown whether it is feasible.

"The height of the hole on the left is at least tens of meters, and it seems impossible for us to climb up to it with bare hands." Si Xuanyi didn't bother to marvel at the weird design here. What he cares most about now is how to get out of this ghost. Survival is the biggest problem they are facing at present. The woodcutter’s words ruled out the possibility of leaving the cliff on the right, so the only hope left is on the left, but he took a look and found that The difficulty here seems to be much lower than that.

"If there is really no other way out here, then we can only try to climb up from here." Li Siming looked at the falling lights and said, "Everyone, be careful, and try to remember the general situation here, so that we can search later. There are not many flares, so they cannot be used casually."

"This canyon-like place seems to be very deep, we can walk down the cliff to have a look." Zhao Chenggong said.

Li Siming shook his head: "Downstream? Didn't you find that the water here just seeped in? It didn't flow away. Don't count on this, but you can try it by searching along the cliff."

"It's too late." The woodcutter turned around, "We're running out of time, and the flashlight won't last long."

When the problem of lighting tools is mentioned, everyone's heart sinks. This is a problem that cannot be ignored. All the premise of searching for a way out here is that there is enough light source, otherwise they will be unable to move a single step.

"Let's look for the cliff and see if we can climb it. Maybe this is the only way, and there is only one chance. We don't have time or a second chance to try." Si Xuanyi sighed.

"I'm thinking about a question." Zhao Chenggong looked at the others strangely, "Do you think that if these giant bats notice us...will they..." Although he didn't continue, everyone understood him. It means that it is very possible that they have been attacked by this kind of thing several times outside, maybe these things will still be interested in them, I hope they don't like fresh meat.

"How can this be accurate? Anything can happen in this damn place, and there is plenty of food here, I hope these beasts are not interested in us." Li Siming couldn't make an accurate judgment, "Now we still think about how to crawl Go up? Those stalagmites can be used."

"The height of the stalagmite is less than half of the overall height. What about the remaining part? We don't have any tools in our hands, and it is impossible to climb up. Besides, the stalagmite is not necessarily under the cliff, so we may not be able to relay it. "Si Xuanyi shook his head, "We can only go to the bottom of the stone wall to see if there is a gap to climb up. The reason why so many people have been trapped to death here may be the biggest reason is that they don't have lighting tools, and they can't see anything after falling , I can’t figure out where this place is, let alone find a way out, but we are different, at least now we still have flashlights and a few flares, so we still have hope to survive, so let’s work together Well, to live."

What these words say is actually somewhat inspiring. After all, they do have advantages that their predecessors cannot match. No one knew about flashlights decades ago. Even in this era, not many people can afford them. It is a large number of wholesales. This kind of imported copper-skinned flashlights, there are German products and American products, all of which are very valuable, and these things are their hope of survival. In one point, the ancients were smart, and they also had the limitations of the times. In that era, all lighting tools were inseparable from fire. Once someone enters this place, there will be water everywhere, and it is impossible to light a torch. Even if a fire is lit, It is impossible to illuminate the situation above, let alone find a way out, but the ancients could not have imagined that there would be such things as flashlights after thousands of years. The mystery of this damn place was not revealed because of how good they are. It's because he has the incomparable advantages of the predecessors, flashlights and flares. The wisdom of the ancients is far beyond them, but they also lost to technology.

The flares went out, and the surroundings fell into darkness again, only their weak flashlights were left. Even with these flashlights, they didn't dare to use them. No one knew when they would be able to go out, so they only turned on two lights. Then, relying on the memory they saw with the flares, they headed in one direction. They wanted to reach the bottom of the cliff and find a way to climb up. This is the only way they can think of to get out of here. As for whether they can achieve their goal, no one knows. But they always try.

"Why do I always feel that thing is spinning around above our heads?" Zhao Chenggong couldn't help but always looked into the darkness above his head, as if he was worried that the giant bat would suddenly jump down.

"There are a lot of things to eat here, and they are not interested in you." Li Siming said while shining the flashlight upwards. In fact, he was also worried about this issue in his heart.

A few minutes later, they reached the bottom of the cliff. There was still water under the cliff, which was not wide, only seven or eight meters. From this distance, they could see the cliff. It was a huge pure black rock, although there were some There is a gap, but the top is wet, they know it is not easy to climb, but this is the only way to go, they always try, otherwise they can only be trapped alive in this place.

"If the ground falls, it will really fall into a pie." Zhao Chenggong looked up, and couldn't see the holes they saw under the flares before.

"I would rather fall to my death than wait to die here." The woodcutter carefully observed the direction of the gaps on the cliff. Climbing up these gaps should be quite difficult. If you can't climb up halfway, it will be a waste of effort.

"I'll go up first and have a look. If it's okay, you go up." Si Xuanyi tied his flashlight to his wrist and was about to get into the water.

"Don't worry, let's fire another flare to see, we need to make sure that the places we climb up are those holes." The woodcutter stopped him.

Si Xuanyi scratched his head before he realized how reckless he was. If the place was wrong, it would be a waste of effort to climb up.

As the lights went up, they saw the countless shadows in the sky again, as if these giant bats were going to transport away all the corpses that could not be eaten here.

This time they found a problem. They couldn't see the openings at all when standing under the cliff. It seemed that there was an arc. Their only hope seems to be dashed...

(End of this chapter)