Chapter 67
A person who has probably been immersed here for more than a hundred years can actually give you eye gestures and mouth gestures.
At this moment, the shock caused by his move even exceeded that of the person sitting on the bed.
Not only Li Zhuiyuan, but actually everyone kept looking back and forth between the door and the big bed, and naturally they all saw the man's guidance.
It's just that Runsheng always listens to Li Zhuiyuan's words, while Tan Wenbin only takes the initiative when the atmosphere is lively, but never talks too much during the decision-making process.
Only Xue Liangliang reached out and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's arm, and gently applied a little force towards the bed:
"Xiaoyuan, make a decision."
Xue Liangliang secretly expressed his attitude. He wanted to go to the other side of the bed.
This was also Li Zhuiyuan's choice.
Sometimes, those dazzling complexities of human nature, intrigues, and positive and negative logic can be discarded. You only need to focus on the key points when reviewing the question:
You need to know that these four people from the Qing Dynasty should have encountered the same situation back then, and they should have made the most normal choice to rush into the door, and then they changed from being the ones who retrieved the corpse to being the ones who carried the bed.
In fact, there was no need for that person to take the initiative to remind them. When the four of them appeared among the bed-carriers in this image, Li Zhuiyuan already had a choice in his heart.
The reason for waiting a little longer is like taking a few deep breaths before bungee jumping.
"Get under the bed!"
Everyone immediately started running and sprinting. This scene was very similar to the huge Shekou Gate when they first entered the underground palace and went up the stairs. It was something that you took the initiative to bring to people's mouths.
In an instant, seven of the eight people carrying the bed all turned their gazes at the four people who rushed up.
The golden curtain slowly lifted up, and the long hair of the woman inside gradually parted to both sides.
Li Zhuiyuan saw her face. It was a human face, but the entire face was covered with snake scales, and what appeared in her eyes were also the vertical pupils of snakes.
Four people ran to the bed, and the other three quickly bent down to avoid touching their heads, with the exception of the boy.
While running under the bed, Li Zhuiyuan noticed from the corner of his eye a jade pendant hanging on the waist of the "reminder of the Qing Dynasty".
The boy subconsciously reached out and grabbed it.
There may be some identity information of this person on the jade pendant. Although your reminder did not affect my choice, I still agree with you.
If you can still find your descendants or descendants, return the favor to them.
At the truck driver Zhu Yang's house, Li Zhuiyuan had already asked Xue Liangliang to remit the money.
Li Sanjiang didn't teach the boy much about the technique of retrieving corpses, because most of what he did was wrong.
But the boy learned one very important thing from Li Sanjiang, that is, the kindness of people who fish for corpses.
But with this tug, not only did he fail to pull it off, but he almost staggered.
Li Zhuiyuan decisively let go.
There was no way he would stop or follow the big bed just to get to know the next jade pendant.
Finally, the four of them got out from under the bed, and ran a short distance away in one breath, arriving at the pool.
The eight bed bearers and the figure on the bed just "looked" at them and did not do anything to them. It was unclear whether they were not interested or had more important things to do.
"Ding..."
The jade pendant that had not been pulled off earlier fell from his waist, then rolled down and came to Li Zhuiyuan.
Li Zhuiyuan reached out to pick it up, blew on it, and saw five words engraved on it: "The hope of Yin in Fengdu."
Fengdu is also Fengdu, which is now part of Fuling, Sichuan Province. It is not far from Wanzhou where I am now.
The surname Yin is relatively rare, and he is an orthodox corpse collector. As long as there are descendants, it should not be difficult to find him.
After putting the jade pendant away, he looked up and saw eight people carrying beds in front of him arriving at the gate.
"Kekeke..."
Laughter still kept coming from inside the door, and the woman's face kept peeking out from behind the door.
The edge of the bed hit the door, making a roaring sound.
Tan Wenbin said in surprise: "No, is the way to ascend to bliss so simple and crude?"
Xue Liangliang asked: "Otherwise, do you really believe in ascension?"
Tan Wenbin shook his head: "No, no, I just think it should be at least a little more aesthetic and romantic."
"Squeak..."
The door that was originally ajar was slowly pushed open by the hard and powerful foot of the bed.
At the same time, in the water pool behind the four people, there was also a continuous sound of "click...".
The four of them immediately looked back and found that the water level in the pool where the bed and eight dead bodies were originally placed was dropping rapidly.
Xue Liangliang: "There is a switch below, which should be connected to the door above. They need to be opened together."
As the door gradually opened, the water level in the pool dropped further and faster, and soon it was completely leaking, and a hole appeared at the bottom.
Tan Wenbin: "It seems like the plug in the bathtub has been pulled out."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Perhaps this is the real way out?"
Tan Wenbin wondered: "But isn't it facing downward?"
"Kekeke..."
"Kekeke..."
At this time, the laughter behind the door suddenly became intensive.
The four of them looked back and saw that the face of the woman behind the door had changed from one, to two, to four, to eight... Soon, both sides of the door were crowded with women from top to bottom. face.
They were all laughing, and the laughter was weird.
Tan Wenbin swallowed: "So many?"
Li Zhuiyuan's ears trembled slightly and he said: "No more."
As the door was completely opened, the face originally hanging behind the door crawled out. Yes, it was crawling, because behind this face was a body similar to that of a gecko, but its hands and feet were much shorter than ordinary geckos. The whole body is covered with mucus, and the four legs have almost degenerated, and they are just moving quickly by relying on the body.
Like a snake, but not a snake, I don't know whether it has evolved or degenerated.
The faces of all the women are very uniform, almost all in the same style.
Li Zhuiyuan suspected that this image should be the original true face of the woman on the bed. She turned into a snake, and the snakes turned into her.
They came out.
First it was along the door frame, and then it spewed out from above, densely packed, almost becoming a black torrent. In the torrent, countless identical faces squeezed each other to form a ferocious smile.
"Fuck me!"
Tan Wenbin couldn't help but cursed.
The rest of the people also had the same feeling. If they had chosen to rush through the door before, wouldn't they have fallen directly into this thing's nest?
Thinking about this scene makes one's scalp numb.
Most of the gecko snakes crawl along the upper end of the underground palace, accompanied by the "lighting" of the bone fire. At this time, a large number of fireflies gather above, and they are devouring fireflies. This is their feast.
Li Zhuiyuan suddenly figured out something. There seemed to be a life cycle in this underground palace.
Whenever the fireflies here reproduce to a certain extent, the gecko snake inside the door will make a cry, as if calling its mother to feed itself.
Then the snake-faced woman sitting on the bed would control herself and lift the bed, leave the pool, walk up the steps, and push open the door to the Paradise.
This is indeed a paradise, but it does not mean that people from the outside go in, but the things inside come out to eat.
The appearance of himself and others seems to have acted as a catalyst. It could be a flashlight, a torch, or just a little artificial movement. It may cause the fireflies to be awakened in advance and revive, and the geckos and snakes inside the door who sense the movement may I also took advantage of the situation and issued a call to advance the meal process.
In a certain sense, this is also an anti-theft mechanism.
Because of the early triggering, the number of fireflies hatching is definitely not enough to feed such a large number of gecko snakes, so the remaining living creatures in the entire underground palace will naturally become their targets.
At this moment, the gecko snake in front had fallen from above and pounced on the pile of bones and the specimens of animals, specializing in eating the fireflies inside. Some of the gecko snakes coming out from the back had already lost their food, and many of them were already attacking the four people. The position quickly moved over.
There is nothing to hesitate. Even if the door under the pool leads to hell, you have to jump now. Going to hell is better than being eaten by these things, or even more terrifying... being parasitized.
"Go down!"
The four of them first jumped into the pool together, and then jumped into the cave. There were steps below. This time, Runsheng walked at the back.
The first one to follow was a gecko snake, spitting out letters and leaping over from the wall of the corridor.
"Bang!"
Runsheng hit him with a shovel, but the opponent reacted very quickly. He shrunk and dodged the shovel. Then his body quickly retracted and then straightened suddenly. He jumped in the air and rushed towards Runsheng.
The speed was so fast that Runsheng had no time to swing the shovel again, but just when the gecko snake was about to pounce on his face, Runsheng caught it with his left hand.
"Hiss, hiss..."
It hurt, and the woman's face was full of torment. After a closer look, I realized that it was not a human face at all, but a weird appearance formed by the skin tags on her face squeezed together.
It is very similar to origami, which is very popular among students nowadays. Each side is painted with different patterns or written with words. After the four corners are held up with fingers, the big mouth in the middle is fully opened.
"Crack!"
Runsheng slapped the gecko snake against the wall with such force that it was smashed to pieces, causing the smelly juice to splash.
Next, there was the second and third article. Runsheng retreated while shooting. He had to buy time for his teammates behind him.
As more and more gecko snakes rushed into the tunnel, Runsheng gradually became exhausted. Two gecko snakes took advantage of the chaos and bit him on his left arm and right thigh, and one even snaked around his back and stuck to his back. , open your mouth and suck it up like a suction cup.
"Runsheng, come here quickly!"
Xue Liangliang's shout came.
Runsheng immediately stopped resisting and ran backwards with all his heart.
Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin each stood on one side of the corridor. When Runsheng ran over, they worked together to pull the two bronze plates out of the grooves on their respective sides and bumped them together.
"Bah!" "Bah!"
Several gecko snakes were crushed to pieces in this way.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
There was a series of banging sounds outside, and a large number of gecko snakes hit the door, but fortunately the door panel was strong enough and successfully blocked it.
This gate has no latch and cannot be locked. It can be opened on both sides, but only by exerting force sideways. But obviously, the gecko snake outside does not have this ability.
Tan Wenbin looked at the gecko snakes on the ground that continued to squirm and laugh "gurgling" even after their bodies were pinched off. He raised his feet and stepped on them one by one, crushing them completely.
On the other side, Runsheng tore off the two bites on his arms and legs, along with two pieces of his own flesh, grabbing one in each hand and facing each other.
"Crack!"
The two were shot together.
Li Zhuiyuan wanted to come up and help him grab the one on his back, but Runsheng turned sideways to avoid it.
"Xiaoyuan, don't touch this, get out of the way."
After saying that, Runsheng hit the wall of the corridor with his back, directly crushing it into a pulp.
"Ah..."
But when I pulled out the flesh before, I didn't feel much pain. Now when I squeezed the strip on my back, the pain seemed to go straight to the depths of my brain.
When Runsheng's back left the wall, he found that the gecko snake, which had turned into flesh, was still hanging there with a mouthpart embedded in the flesh of Runsheng's back.
This one is not eating meat, it is preparing to parasitize!
Probably, this is the reason why the four Qing Dynasty corpse collectors became bed bearers.
Runsheng reached behind and grabbed it.
"Brother Runsheng, no..."
Before the reminder was over, Runsheng tore the thing off his back.
The mouthparts inside were not left inside because they tore off a piece of flesh the size of a mahjong piece.
"Well..."
Runsheng shook his head and seemed a little relieved.
This is probably a paralysis-like effect produced by some substance secreted by the gecko snake when it is parasitic, just like pinching a mosquito bite with your fingernails.
Xue Liangliang was so anxious that his eyes kept wandering around. Everyone's clothes were soaked and soaked, and he couldn't find any suitable disinfectant and hemostasis supplies.
But Runsheng calmly took out the iron box containing the "cigar" from his pocket. After opening it, the thick incense inside was not damp. The iron box made by Aunt Liu herself was very waterproof.
He took one out, put it in his mouth, chewed it, spit it out into the palm of his hand, and then applied it to the wound in turn.
Xue Liangliang quickly reached out to catch a puddle and helped Runsheng apply it to the biggest wound on his back.
"Is it useful?"
Runsheng shook his head: "I don't know."
Xue Liangliang observed for a while and said in surprise: "Hey, it's really useful, it stopped the bleeding."
Runsheng leaned against the wall of the corridor and sat down, panting.
But soon, he put his hands on the ground and stood up: "Xiaoyuan, I'm fine."
"Brother Runsheng, please rest for a while."
"No, it's okay, I'm just a little dizzy, a bit like being drunk, but not tired."
This should be the residual effect of the paralysis effect.
Seeing this, Li Zhuiyuan stopped being pretentious: "Then let's keep walking and have a good rest after we leave here."
The four of them continued to walk forward. This time, Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang walked in the front row, leaving Runsheng at the back.
Xue Liangliang: "Xiaoyuan, that gate just now seems to be designed to target those things. Did we come down a little late?"
"Actually, it's not too late. When the big door above is pushed open, the small door below the pool will be opened at the same time. The body will be revealed only after the water leaks out. By then, the door will be wide open and the things inside will have already escaped. .
The only time difference we could gain was that when we noticed that the pool was leaking, we dived into the corpse water together. When the small door just opened for people to enter, we dived in one by one, diving into the corpse water.
But it was our first time here, and it was our first time seeing this situation. It was impossible for us to react so quickly.
Moreover, this gate is not for outsiders like us. ”
Xue Liangliang: "Huh?"
Li Zhuiyuan shined the flashlight upward to the top of the corridor, and a mural appeared on it:
"This is for her own use."
Xue Liangliang also looked at the mural above her head and nodded: "It seems that this is the living area she designed for herself."
Tan Wenbin: "No, does a tomb need to be decorated like this?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "This is not a tomb. The owner of the tomb had no intention of sleeping here. Even when she 'lived' here, she was not necessarily dead."
Tan Wenbin: "Be buried before you die. Are there such people in this world?"
"Yes, we pursue differences." Li Zhuiyuan paused, "That's what Baijia Town is like."
Xue Liangliang's expression remained unchanged, and he said while looking at the mural above his head: "The scenes recorded on the mural should be scenes from the ancient Yong Kingdom, right?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "Well, the woman on the bed may be a person in power in the Guyong Kingdom, a secular power level, or a religious sacrifice."
The painting describes the process of a woman of noble status, who is worshiped by everyone, embarking on an attack on the highest belief in her heart. It was she who commanded the construction of this place, selecting the most ferocious beasts and the strongest warriors, and then walking up the highest ladder. At the top of the ladder is the cloud layer, and above the cloud layer is a giant python.
In fact, the painting looks very much like a dragon, but it doesn't have the iconic features of the dragon's horns, and it spits out a long letter.
The top of the python's head is the sun and its tail is the moon, which means that in her belief in the world, the python is the master of the alternation of the sun and the moon.
In the last painting, a woman leads the warriors and beasts who are loyal to her, up to the clouds through the ladder, and comes to the giant python. This is the bliss in her eyes.
"Wait!"
When Li Zhuiyuan stopped, he also stopped the team. Then, he began to retreat, fixing the flashlight behind the women in the murals and patrolling behind them.
"You see, in the previous murals, whether the woman was receiving worship or directing the construction of the underground palace, there was this thinner and darker figure standing behind her. But in the last mural, the woman ascended to the sky, but there was no figure behind her. ”
The way this figure is painted is no different from the surrounding supporting characters. It is just a little darker and thinner. If it is just a painting, it may be the artist's hand slipping when painting, but except for the last one, every painting The existence of such a special "him" in everyone is not an accident, but a necessity.
Xue Liangliang: "Indeed, it seems that he was highlighted deliberately, which proves that this person had a very high status at that time, or that he was a person that women valued very much.
In addition, I don’t know if this was the case in ancient times. Anyway, many times now, when it comes to a certain project, the principal position is often just a temporary position, while the person who is really responsible for the specific operations below, that is, the actual person in charge of the project, is a deputy position.
The status of women in the murals is absolutely prominent, which is probably due to the political correctness of that period, and the role behind the women should be the real driving force that helps women ascend to high positions in the country, build underground palaces, and guide their ascension. ”
Li Zhuiyuan: “But that pusher didn’t go to Ji Le to see the big python in the end.”
After a short silence, Xue Liangliang and Li Zhuiyuan said at the same time:
"She was lied to."
It is obvious that the altar or the Ascension Pond above is not the blissful outcome that women want.
Now, she is more like a parasitic tool, like a key, responsible for opening and closing doors here, maintaining this cycle in the underground palace.
Tan Wenbin asked cautiously: "Well, two eldest brothers, I have no other meaning. I just want to know, shouldn't we seize the time to go out now? What's the point of discussing and analyzing this?"
Xue Liangliang replied: "If all this place belongs to that woman, then we are most likely safe now. If not, then we have truly entered here now."
When Tan Wenbin heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched.
Li Zhuiyuan shined the flashlight forward: "Let's go, let's be careful, it's not time to relax our vigilance yet."
Not long after leaving the mural area above the head, there were steps going up.
This is good news. For the four people who want to leave here, all the upward roads are worth trying.
As I walked, I saw an arc-shaped arch on the left and right sides in front of me. It looked like the design of an ear chamber in a tomb. However, when I shined a flashlight inside, I found that it was empty and there was nothing inside.
Tan Wenbin: "Has it been stolen by a water monkey?"
Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No, the water monkey can't lick it so cleanly."
After scanning it again, Li Zhuiyuan confirmed: "I think it's more like after fooling the woman above, there is nothing at all down here."
Continuing to walk forward, two more pairs of ear chambers appeared, still empty, which further supported Li Zhuiyuan's guess.
Finally, a large arch appeared directly ahead.
According to underground construction habits, after the ear chamber is passed, it should be the main acupoint.
On both sides of the arch, two men and women wearing leather armor were kneeling. Their images were very similar to those two among the beasts in the underground palace above.
On the wall behind the two of them, there was a small snake head each, with water constantly flowing out and dripping on them.
Runsheng: "A very strong smell of water corpses."
How can the corpse not stink after being poured with water for so long?
Runsheng twisted his neck, took a deep breath, and picked up the shovel.
He was actually tired and in poor condition, but at this time, he had to play.
Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang each held flashlights, preparing to follow Runsheng after the corpse woke up. It was the last step. If they wanted to get out, they had to fight hard.
The posture was set up, but the two corpses had not yet come to life and had fallen dead. It was unknown because the distance between the four of them was not enough, and it was not the time to trigger them.
At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan raised his flashlight and pointed it upward. Two more murals appeared above.
One painting shows a ship on the sea, with a man standing on the ship. The ship and the man are very small and located in one corner; the focus is on the diagonally opposite end, on the bottom of the sea, there is a huge building. This building is very strange. It looks like an underwater underground palace, but if you look at it in general, you will find that it has a head, horns and long beards, like a giant beast, and there are also the sun and the moon suspended above it.
This look and this scene reminded Li Zhuiyuan of the scene that Zheng Haiyang's mother described to him in the mental hospital.
Could it be that the person who deceived the noble lady from the mediocre country had been to the sea before?
In the second painting, a man is standing on a mountain, surrounded by mountains, and a woman is kneeling at his feet.
The meaning of the connection is that the man went to the mysterious place in the East China Sea, and then returned to the Guyong Kingdom in the southwest, and then accepted this woman as his disciple.
If he had really been there, had he brought anything out?
Or... is it still him who returns here?
At this time, Li Zhuiyuan felt an uneasy aura that vaguely stirred his nerves.
If you walk too much, you will get another effect, that is, your sensitivity to a certain aspect will be greatly enhanced. Of course, this is not a good thing. If you continue to seriously strengthen it, you will become neurotic sooner or later.
Li Zhuiyuan grabbed Tan Wenbin with both hands, rested his forehead on his back, and closed his eyes.
This time, he didn't say the time, because if it couldn't be solved, it would be meaningless to wake him up or not.
Successfully walking away from Yin.
Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and saw that Runsheng and the others were gone. In front of him, the man and woman were still kneeling on both sides of the arch, and a third person appeared in the center.
Wearing a gold silk costume and a snake-shaped mask on his head, he looked very heroic and mysterious.
Two people, one large and one small, just looked at each other.
After a while, the boy said:
"You are indeed not human, you are dead."
On that ship, those who went to sea to that place were known to have returned, including Zheng Haiyang’s mother and Zhu Changyong, but they were all dead.
As for the other people left on the ship, they were all crazy.
Zhu Changyong finally jumped into the grinder with the turtle in his arms. In fact, he was no longer human. His body was rotten and swollen, and one of his eyeballs had already exploded.
The mysterious masked man in front of him is probably wearing a mask to cover the changes in his body.
He beguiled and deceived the female noblewoman of Yongguo to build this underground palace, but it was actually for himself. He wanted to survive and return to adulthood.
But the latter clearly failed, and even whether the former succeeded is open to question.
Because in addition to the mystery of the image, the other party did not put much perceptual pressure on me.
Li Zhuiyuan still remembers Wei Zhengdao's "good friend" buried under the peach tree at Big Beard's house;
Although that person was dead and about to disappear, the oppression he put on him when he went to the underworld was difficult to describe in words. The twenty peeled and boiled shrimps headed by Ding Dalin and Secretary Jin were the best proof.
Li Zhuiyuan later wondered whether it was because of his relationship that he dared to show up near his hometown in the next few months. After all, there was already a tiger lying on the top of the mountain.
The only people who jumped out during this period were immigrants from the sea.
Since you are not that powerful and scary, then I don't need to be too afraid of you. You are just a poor person who deceived "her" and hid in the underground palace she built to survive.
"The exit should be in the main cave behind you. When you designed and built this place, you must have imagined that you would be able to recover one day. I don't believe you will trap yourself here.
Let us go, we are leaving here, and we promise not to touch anything in your main cave. ”
The masked man turned around and walked to the kneeling male corpse. He raised his hand, and a bell appeared in his hand. He began to shake the bell.
There was the sound of eggs breaking inside the male corpse, and then, a snake head emerged from the male corpse's mouth. The snake head danced with the sound of the bell, and then got back into the male corpse.
Immediately, the male corpse moved. He picked up a sword on the ground and stood up.
Apparently, the masked man rejected the "non-aggression pact" proposed by the boy and initiated a provocation.
In reality, Runsheng and the other three saw the male corpse standing up and facing them.
Runsheng said: "Xiaoyuan is acting evil, please protect Xiaoyuan."
Xue Liangliang responded: "Well, Binbin, protect Xiaoyuan, Runsheng and I will go together."
"I understand." Tan Wenbin turned to look at the boy leaning on his back. He was just checking the boy's condition out of habit, but as soon as he saw it, he immediately said in shock, "Fuck, Xiaoyuan's eyes are bleeding, a lot. ”
When Runsheng and Xue Liangliang heard this, they did not look back, but continued to stare at the male corpse walking forward step by step.
If you can't pass this level, it won't matter whether Xiaoyuan is blind or not. Everyone will probably lose their lives.
"It's okay, it can be done!" Runsheng comforted, "He is not a mercury corpse, he can do it!"
Xue Liangliang heard the reluctance in Runsheng's words. With Runsheng's character, if he could really solve the problem, he would say "I can kill him!"
Furthermore, there is more than one male corpse, and there is a high probability that the female corpse next to it will also get up later.
At the same time, from Li Zhuiyuan's perspective, after awakening the male corpse, the masked man still felt that it was not enough, so he walked towards the female corpse again.
The masked man raised the bell again, but this time, before he could shake it to hatch the snake eggs, the female corpse opened her eyes first.
The masked man was stunned.
The boy smiled.
In the underground palace, eight people carried the coffins, four of which were corpses made of mercury. They were extremely loyal to their masters during their lifetimes and endured great torture when they died;
The other four are still seniors in the same industry, and they are considered the most difficult group to deal with. Even if Yin Zhiwang, who is doing lip-syncing, can have a chance to try to control them, there is no point in one versus seven.
Besides, the woman on the bed was still there. She was almost a corpse demon, good at bewitching. With her here, he had no chance to use Wei Zhengdao's black book.
Now, it's different.
Happiness is a choice. You choose one, and I choose one too.
Just when he was having a conversation and confrontation with the masked man, Li Zhuiyuan was already trying to share the same frequency with the female corpse, read her memory, and even completed the correction of her memory.
The latter is actually not that difficult, because what you need to weave is not a lie, but a statement of facts.
When she opens her eyes and sees the masked man appearing here, she will know the truth.
Because of him, he shouldn't appear in the master's underground palace!
"Your master was deceived and suffered terribly. His body was taken over by a snake, and he has been suffering from pain. Go and avenge your master!"
In reality, the female corpse woke up. She grasped the sword at her side and stood up.
This scene made Runsheng, Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin feel chilled in their hearts.
But soon, a scene that dumbfounded them happened. The female corpse rushed forward, pierced the male corpse with a sword, then pressed the male corpse under her body and bit it crazily.
Li Zhuiyuan also opened his eyes at this moment. The bad news is that his vision is red, but the good news is that he is not blind yet.
"Quickly, rush into the main cave and find the exit!"
No matter who wins or loses between the female corpse and the male corpse, they will eventually attack the outsiders in the underground palace who do not belong here.
Runsheng wanted to carry Li Zhuiyuan, but Tan Wenbin picked up the boy first.
Seeing this, Runsheng stopped talking and took the lead in rushing into the main cave, followed closely by Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin. The four of them just "passed" between the male and female corpses that were biting each other.
The decoration in the main cave is very sloppy. To be precise, there is no decoration at all. It is an almost natural grotto. In the center of the grotto is a magnificent chair, with a masked man sitting on it, his hands resting on the armrests of the chair.
There are countless honeycomb-like hole structures in the rock above the chair, and black and red juice is constantly dripping down.
These juices either dripped on the masked man or gathered at his feet after falling to the ground.
Runsheng sniffed: "It's the blood of that thing."
It is the blood of the gecko snake, so the masked man is also a link in this cycle. The woman in the underground palace who dreams of ascending to meet the snake god is just one of his pawns, raising those gecko snakes for him in the endless cycle. .
Behind the gate of the underground palace is the lair of the gecko snake. When there is not enough food, they will kill each other, and the blood will be collected, pass through the holes, and finally converge to the masked man.
It is in this way that it has been delaying its dissipation.
Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but admire his structural ability. In reality, if those lovers of small ecology of sightseeing knew of his existence, they would probably have to take a train all night to get here in the hope of getting a chance to learn.
As for the big thing that attacked the exploration team above, I'm afraid it was the king among the geckos and snakes who fought each other. It stands to reason that in the ecological environment of the exploration area, it is impossible for such a large species group to be born. , but who told the system built by someone below to breed one every few decades or centuries?
Li Zhuiyuan even suspected that the reason why Yin Zhiwang and the four found this place last time was probably to solve this big thing that harmed the people.
He can go to sea in the Spring and Autumn Period, and after he goes to sea, he can return to the southwest and control a small country to do things for himself.
If such a character didn't become a dead man, he wouldn't have to be locked up here. If he developed normally, his name would be mentioned in history, or even in legends.
At this time, the masked man's chest kept rising and falling, and he was holding on to the armchair with both hands. He seemed to want to stand up, but his body was too weak. He was so weak that even if he fell to death, he could not even stand up.
No wonder he didn't take action himself before, but used a secret method to call the thugs at the door.
Seeing that he was still thrashing, Runsheng directly hit his chest with a shovel.
"Bang!"
His chest was so brittle that it sunk in.
This effect shocked even Runsheng himself. This was the first time he had encountered such an unbeaten death, but he still hit the masked man on the head with another shovel without hesitation.
"Bang!"
The mask flew out and the head exploded like a bitter melon.
The reason why it was bitter melon instead of watermelon was because his body under the clothes was already very slender, like a shrunken mummy.
As a dead end, it can't even retain water, which proves that it has long been exhausted.
This time, he finally stopped.
"Here, there is a dug stone ladder here, you can climb up." Xue Liangliang has walked behind the chair. There is an arc platform here, you can climb up.
Runsheng shouted: "Let's go!"
Li Zhuiyuan was being carried by Tan Wenbin at this time, and then he watched Tan Wenbin specially come to the headless corpse of the masked man, and stretched his hands up and down on his clothes.
Tan Wenbin was very scared, and his hands were shaking. After all, even if he was dead and such a weird guy in a place like this, even if his head was gone, it would still be scary for you to touch his clothes.
But Tan Wenbin tried his best to overcome it, and soon he touched a bell: "Xiaoyuan, what else?"
"Yeah."
The boy knew that Tan Wenbin was working hard to find his role in the team. No matter how fearful and resentful he felt, he was also adding value to the team.
With the last touch, Tan Wenbin took out a handful of black paste at the waist of his trousers, which looked like rotten straw.
"Fuck, it can't be shit!"
Just when Tan Wenbin was about to throw it away, Li Zhuiyuan burst into joy: "Put it away, Brother Zhuangzhuang!"
"Huh?"
Although I don’t know why, since Brother Xiaoyuan wants it, even Shi Zhuangzhuang will take it out in his arms.
That wasn't filth... Li Zhuiyuan saw it, it was a rotten bamboo slip.
A bamboo slip that can be carried by a masked man all the time. What kind of secrets will be recorded on it?
The value of this secret is countless times more valuable than a bell.
Rotten bamboo slips can also be repaired and the words on them can be extracted. This is what Li Lan did before.
"Binbin, let's go!"
"Coming!"
Tan Wenbin did not stop any longer. He carried Li Zhuiyuan to the arc and started to climb the ladder. This ladder was relatively steep. Xue Liangliang was on the first one, Tan Wenbin was on the second one, and Runsheng was supporting him at the bottom.
Everyone knows that freedom is at the top, so everyone bursts out with great potential and works hard to climb up.
While crawling, Xue Liangliang saw the position in front of him shaking, and the entire upward passage began to tremble, as if something was about to come out of it.
"Climb quickly, it's coming!"
After shouting, Xue Liangliang continued to go up, and the people below quickly followed. After the four of them went up for a distance, the side wall of the place they passed before was broken, and a huge long body came out of it, but it did not Instead of going up to chase the four people, he went straight down.
Because Li Zhuiyuan was being carried on his back, he could keep looking down. He counted the length of the body and sighed again...it's so long.
Soon, there were roars from below. The thing entered the underground palace and seemed to cause a collapse. The chain reaction was no less than a small earthquake. Terrifying smoke and dust shot up from below, completely covering the four people.
Fortunately, the four of them were not far from the top. With their last effort, they finally crawled out of a rock crack that was ordinary in the outside world.
All four people collapsed on the ground, facing the sky, breathing fresh air and looking at the sun and blue sky:
"Finally out..."
(End of chapter)