Chapter 176 Cave of Thousands
Before approaching the corridor, Ran Ran and the others thought they would have to run along the corridor to the end to find clues. Unexpectedly, they did not expect to run for long before stone rocks suddenly appeared on both sides of the corridor. Hole.
"This cave is pitch dark inside, do you want to go in and take a look?" Shen Dinghai suggested first, but his tone was full of reluctance.
He is really afraid of the dark!
Ran Ran looked at his embarrassed expression with his hands folded across his chest and gave him a comforting look.
"I'll go in first."
After saying that, Ranran disappeared into the darkness alone.
Shen Dinghai looked very guilty. He really felt that he was useless. Even if he was playing an escape room, there was no reason to let a seven-year-old child rush ahead.
What’s more, this is not an escape room, the danger is real!
Shen Dinghai took a deep breath and immediately followed Ran Ran in, fearful but determined.
Wu Pannan looked at the rich facial expressions on his face and was speechless.
After entering, everyone discovered that there was not completely no light inside the cave.
There are four white candles placed on the innermost stone platform, but the flames of the flames are too dim to shine light into the corridor.
The group of three people kept approaching the stone platform, and finally saw that the crudely decorated stone platform was empty, with nothing except a wooden tablet.
"There are words on the wooden sign, it should be the name engraved on it." Shen Dinghai said, mustering up the courage to take a closer look.
"Wu Suhua... looks familiar?" A thought flashed through his mind and he said excitedly: "Isn't this the name we saw on the piece of cloth?"
Ran Ran took out the piece of cloth from her arms to confirm it, nodded, "Indeed."
"Could this cave be regarded as the stone tomb of the people of Gude Village?" Shen Dinghai felt wrong after saying it, "But didn't we pass by a large cemetery on the way up the mountain?"< br>
"It's such a big place, and there's still a lot of open space, why not bury it there? And this..."
Shen Dinghai's voice became much softer, "There's not even ashes. , there is only one tablet.”
"Compared with the tombs in that cemetery, they are too simple."
After speaking, Shen Dinghai bowed twice to the tablet, "No offense, no offense, just telling the truth. I wish you a speedy death in the underworld. Live in a big house!"
Ran Ran held the piece of cloth in her hand and said, "Let's go to the cave opposite and see if the tablets in the mountain are in accordance with the regulations. The names on this piece of cloth are arranged.”
“Wu Huifen is the first name on the piece of cloth, and the one I just saw is Wu Suhua.”
Shen Dinghai squinted his eyes again to identify.
In fact, the two names were enough to verify Ran Ran's conjecture, but in order to ensure accuracy, Ran Ran and the others still visited several more caves.
The names on the tablets inside, without exception, were written on pieces of cloth with bright red paint.
Shen Dinghai was a little scared, "These names are arranged exactly according to the order on the piece of cloth. I can't help but think..."
"Whether the tablets were placed in the cave first, or the names first Written on a piece of cloth? ”
Ranran lowered his eyes, "Just go to the last cave with the memorial tablet and you will know."
"After all, Yunxiang's name has been written on the piece of cloth."
The footsteps of the three Without stopping, he immediately started running along the long corridor.
The power of the second century has not yet been grasped by the villagers, and the magician who will protect them has not yet arrived. Ran Ran and the others now have almost nothing to fear.
Time and speed are more important.
The speed of the three of them became faster and faster, until they were almost at the end of the corridor. Shen Dinghai stopped and got into the cave next to him to check the situation.
Soon, he came out panting, too tired to straighten his back.
"There are no candles... We should have reached the cave at the end where the memorial tablets were not placed..."
"Goddamn Goode Village... so many women died in the village... this It’s not normal at all!”
When the dense red names are concentrated on a piece of cloth, you don’t feel that there are many people. At first glance, it is only the content of an article of a few thousand words.
But when Shen Dinghai ran from cave to cave, he was shocked to realize how many lives the small piece of cloth carried.
“Gude Village has only existed for three hundred years, and the names placed in the cave are all people Wu Pannan knows, which means that not much time has passed at all.”
"In just a few decades, thousands of women died in this village."
When Shen Dinghai came to the conclusion, he couldn't help but feel frightened.
Wu Pannan's face was full of ridicule, "The actual number should be more. People like me who did not die in the village were not recorded on the cloth."
"My death It was also their fault, and it cannot be simply erased for them."
Ran Ran didn't say anything, and she went straight into another cave.
"Nabai."
Ran Ran compared it carefully under the dim candlelight, "It is the penultimate name."
"It's certain now." Ran Ran looked at Shen Dinghai who walked in, "First write the name on the cloth and then place the tablet."
Shen Dinghai scratched his head, "But why did they do it? ? Men and women are buried separately."
Ran Ran said solemnly: "Perhaps this thousand-person cave is the shrine where Gude Village worships every day."
"What? !”
Shen Dinghai immediately got goosebumps.
"The small shrine is built against the mountain, but there are no statues of gods in it. There are only pieces of cloth with names written on them hidden on the base."
Slowly sighed, "I should have thought of it, when a hundred years come A mysterious power... is the souls of countless dead women in the village..."
She immediately understood what the black cat said, they were only one step away from the truth.
Anyone who has seen the connection between the Thousand Man Cave and the Divine Hall will quickly come to this conclusion.
“That’s why the temple is called the Evil God Hall, so the content chanted by the villagers is full of malice, because this [god] who comes once a hundred years has determined its revenge target from the moment of its birth. .”
"Gude Village is naturally hostile to it."
Shen Dinghai couldn't help but rub goosebumps on his body, "Then the content of the villagers' recitation is to obliterate these innocent souls?"
Ran Ran nodded, "It should be pretty much the same. In short, it must be the power of [God]."
"But the women in the village..." Shen Dinghai could hardly speak, "They are also doing the same thing."
Ran Ran added with a cold face: "It was because of the deception of the men in the village."
"They all think that what they recite every day can make [God] stronger and stronger, thus protecting them."
Wu Pannan spoke disdainfully, "Subvert the most basic facts and fool women. "
"This is their old trick."
Shen Dinghai couldn't bear it, "How sad they will be when they know the truth..."
"This. It’s equivalent to hurting the gods who protect them every night.”
Ran Ran pondered for a moment, "It makes sense that after Shui Aunt's husband was killed, Shui Aunt would change her story."
"The evil god is protecting her. After she clears her mind, she will naturally protect the evil god. She can't Let the men in the village discover that the evil god is specifically targeting men."
Shen Dinghai scratched his head, "But this still hasn't changed the men in the village's plan to eliminate the evil god... How did they know? "
"I'm afraid this has something to do with Master Ruan."
Ran Ran's eyes were focused on the bottomless pit at the end of the corridor, where there was a dense atmosphere. The darkness that cannot be turned away.
"There is no rue in the cave, so you can definitely find rue down here."
"Let's go."