"What is that? Look!" At this time, I saw a monument erected at the entrance of the cave in front, and hurried up to check the situation.
Looking in the direction of my finger, I saw a tall stone tablet with two rows of strange words engraved on it. It looked brand new, "This tablet should not have been inscribed for too long, it must have been in two or three years."
Inside, you can see the gouge marks on it are still very clear."
"If the prediction is correct, the words on this tablet should be the work of the group from the ancient Tibetan religion." I judged.
"Since the old monk said that the Holy King's Cave is the only way, then we have to break through even hell!" Cheng Yiyun frowned, "Lin Kun, what do you think?"
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. You can give it a try."
As soon as a few of us approached the entrance of the cave, we noticed a light blue light inside.
"How can there be light? Is this cave not too long and the exit is not far away?"
"I don't think it's that simple."
Dolma was shivering violently.
"Brother, I'm cold."
"Don't be afraid Zhuoma, everything will be fine after we leave the cave." I glanced back, still not daring to let down my guard, "We have to get into the cave quickly, or the people from Mawanggou will catch up with us."
I took out the lighter and tried to light the way ahead, "There shouldn't be a lack of oxygen in the cave. Since this is the way out, there must be ventilation at the other end."
This place is even more eerie than the ghost cave. The cave has jagged rocks, is damp and dark, and bats pass by from time to time. The dim light in front of the cave appears and disappears, like a pair of devil's eyes.
I walked with my head down, for fear that the stalagmites protruding from the roof of the cave might break my head. Cheng Yiyun led Zhuoma as she walked behind. The two of them were nervous and depressed, and were speechless all the way.
The dim light seems to be guiding us out, but also seems to be leading us into the endless darkness.
"No! You can't feel the convection wind in the cave at all. It seems that the cave is at least several miles long and curved." I broke the silence.
Cheng Yiyun looked at Zhuoma and asked: "Zhuoma, what is the origin of this Holy King's Cave?"
"I heard my father tell me before that a python spirit came from the mountains more than ten years ago and lived in the Holy King's Cave. People who enter the cave only look in but don't see it."
"Python spirit?" I was stunned and said to Cheng Yiyun, "This is terrible. You don't know that Xu Qian and I entered a ghost cave before and met a blood python there!"
"Blood python?" Cheng Yiyun didn't seem to know the origin of this blood python. She immediately raised her neck and asked, "Are you injured?"
I smiled and said to Cheng Yiyun: "That's not true."
"However, this legend may just be fabricated by people, and it may not be true. If it is really a python spirit..."
"That's right!" I suddenly thought of something, and it flashed through my mind, "Could it be?"
"What is it?"
"Snake-headed banshee!" I speculated, "We found the earliest witch of the ancient Tibetan religion in the ghost cave. She should be a tribal leader or a priest. She mastered a kind of witchcraft during her lifetime, which can make people
He is immortal, but he becomes like a snake and possesses the terrifying power of the snake soul."
"Lin Kun, don't scare yourself. It's just a python, let alone a python. Even if it's really a banshee, I'll still twitch and peel her skin."
At this moment, I saw Dolma's expression froze and she was looking straight ahead.
Feeling something bad, I turned around suddenly and saw that the dim light suddenly became dense, reflecting the cave into an exotic deep blue.
"What kind of light is it?" I tightened my grip on the pistol.
Turning a corner, in front of you is a two or three feet wide
An underground river blocks the way. The two banks of the underground river are filled with skeletons, and phosphorus fire flashes.
"It turns out that the phosphorus fire is glowing!" I was stunned by the sight in front of me for a moment.
Although I have seen horrific scenes like yours, in a small and sealed cave, dozens of corpses were dephosphorized, still looking dark and gloomy, and very terrifying.
"If this place was created by modern people, then this person is definitely a madman!"
Cheng Yiyun picked up a stone and threw it into the river, causing the water waves to spin and sink.
"The water is very deep. The water surface looks calm at first glance, but there is an undercurrent under the water and it is very fast."
I stretched out my hand to test the water, and it was freezing cold.
"What should we do?" Cheng Yiyun wondered, "Even if we two can get through, how will Zhuoma get through?"
I looked at Dolma. Her thin body could not withstand the biting ice water.
I stroked Dolma's shoulder and asked: "Dolma, can you swim?"
Zhuoma shook her head childishly: "Brother, I can't swim."
I smiled helplessly and said: "Yiyun, there is no other way. Zhuoma can't swim, so I can only take her across the river."
"But..." Cheng Yiyun wondered, "The river is too cold and so fast."
"There is no other way." I pointed forward, "Now we can only move forward, not backward."
I gritted my teeth and said, "Dolma, hold on, come on, put on your clothes!"
Cheng Yiyun's coat is waterproof. Once put on, it can almost cover her whole body. This can ensure that she will not be frostbitten by the cold river water in a short period of time.
I held Dolma in my arms, entered the water, crossed the river, and lifted Dolma ashore. The biting river water made my muscles freeze. Although the river was not wide, I found after getting down that the rapid current made it difficult to walk, and the most fatal
Yes, the cold river water has made my whole body convulse, and even moving has become very difficult.
Cheng Yiyun and I spent a lot of effort to get Dolma safely to the other side. By the time we got ashore, she was almost like an ice sculpture, and her legs were stiff and numb.
"Yiyun, how are you?" I rubbed Cheng Yiyun's calf with my hands, "Can you still hold on?"
Cheng Yiyun had a trace of joy on her face and said with a smile: "I'm fine."
Before I finished speaking, there was a splash on the water. I stood up immediately and said, "Quickly!"
With a bang, the thing sank again.
"There's something in the water!"
"Is it a python?" Cheng Yiyun grabbed a submachine gun and fired at the river. After a handful of bullets fell, the river became calm and silent.
The deep river is silent and silent.
"Brother, I'm scared!" Dolma was so frightened that she got into my arms and sobbed.
"Don't be afraid, big brother will protect you!"
Half an hour passed and the river was still calm.
The wind from the cave cuts into the skin and causes chills.
Air movement becomes apparent.
"Let's keep walking."
"Um."
We cautiously left the shore and continued walking for a while. When we passed a slope, the cave became bright and open, and we arrived at the entrance of the cave soon.
The mountain forest is quiet, there is no wind, and the snow is falling hard.
There was thick snow in the deep mountains and old forests. The three of us supported each other and were struggling.
I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately it was winter and the python was hibernating, so we didn't disturb it along the way."
"Ah!" Zhuoma exclaimed, "Sister, look, there is someone over there!"
There is a five or six foot square hole in the rock not far away with a waterfall.
Gushing out of the cave, the river begins to freeze in winter and the waterfall becomes sparse.
There is a river ditch under the waterfall, and a person is lying on his back on the shallow beach next to it.
We walked over and saw that the man had been dead for at least half a month. His body was rotten and covered with mucus.
"This man is dressed like a local, but he is probably not from Mawanggou. He may be a mountaineer on the other side of the mountain." I judged, "Look at the hatchet in his hand, it is probably from the mountain.
Came here to collect medicine."
"Look..." I pointed to the rotten thigh.
"There is a wound." Cheng Yiyun tore open his trousers, and a wound was vaguely visible on the festering muscle tissue, about six or seven inches long, much like a python bite.
At this time, a python that was more than ten feet long emerged from the water, and ripples appeared in its straightened body. The python floated motionless, and upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the belly of this python had been shot through by a bullet.
"Yiyun, this snake seems to have been killed by you."
The gunshot wound on the belly was very obvious. The high-speed and dense bullets from the submachine gun left a large circle of bullet holes in the python's belly, and the muscle tissue under these bullet holes had long been messed up by the bullets.
"It turned out that I hit it, and then the underground river swept it away and out of the waterfall."
"I guess so."
At this moment, I vaguely noticed something was wrong, "No, I think there is something fishy. Wouldn't you be surprised if the dozens of corpses on the river beach were also mountain residents here?"
"Yes, the people in the mountains have rich experience in surviving in the wild. When they see so many corpses piled by the river, will they still go in?"
"It is said that pythons have a natural tendency. For a period of time after they eat, their bodies are at their heaviest and weakest, because they require a lot of physical strength to digest food. Snakes at this moment are most afraid of being attacked, and they tend to hide back in their nests.
Digest slowly."
"you mean……"
"Could it be that those corpses are the bones excreted after digestion by pythons? And the entire cave is actually a snake nest!"
I was shaking all over and my stomach was churning, and I said in surprise: "How big must a snake be that can swallow a human being? So, the one you just killed is not the biggest... there are even bigger ones..."
"Could it be..." Cheng Yiyun also became a little scared.
Zhuoma held her breath, her face turned pale.
The wind noise behind us became strange, like a large area of ​​air being sucked into a black hole, and the airflow suddenly intensified.
"Suck-suck--" The soul-sucking voice was breathtaking.
Cheng Yiyun turned around in shock, only to see a giant python as big as a bucket tore open its bloody mouth and exposed its fangs. Its eyes as big as copper bells were blood red as it glared ferociously at Cheng Yiyun.
"Damn it!" I subconsciously protected Dolma.
Cheng Yiyun was extremely calm at this moment, took off the grenade, pulled the ring, threw it into the python's mouth, and then threw it to the ground.
The grenade exploded, pieces of meat flew everywhere, and the giant python split into two pieces instantly.
Only then did Cheng Yiyun feel frightened. She was so amazed by her composure just now that she sat down on the ground, dripping with cold sweat. She looked at me and saw that my face was also gray.
"so close!"
It took a while for Dolma to come back to his senses, "Brother, where should we go?"
"Find a cave to take shelter from the cold first." I carried Zhuoma on my back and walked into the deep forest.
Before we came to a steep cliff, Dolma discovered a cave not far away.
The cave is more than 30 square meters in diameter and is located in a low-lying area to avoid cold winds. Then, I picked up a lot of dry firewood and dead leaves and spread a thick layer on the ground for Dolma. I left a part of it for heating.
Chapter completed!