There was no time to hesitate, Si Yueru and the three of them looked at each other and ran into the passage on the left.
Just when she was about to run into the passage, Si Yueru turned around and saw that the door bolt had been broken, the palace door was wide open, and armored human figurines were pouring in. In the middle of the human figurines, the thousand-year-old corpse
It's clearly visible.
With a howl of "roar", seeing Si Yueru looking at it, the owner of the tomb two thousand years ago seemed to be extremely angry. He threw away the human figurines in front of it and roared at Si Yueru.
Si Yueru didn't stop at all, turned around, followed Fangyuan and Huang Qiuding, and quickly disappeared at the entrance of the passage.
The terrain in the passage was more complicated than Si Yueru expected. If he didn't have this map in hand, it's not hard to imagine what the consequences would be.
"The reason why the ancient man who died two thousand years ago marked the black line on the map was probably because he was worried about getting lost when he went out. However, he had no use for it himself, but it saved the three of us two thousand years later." Si Yue
Just like running and thinking at the same time.
Running along the black line on the map, the three of them made five turns and quickly got rid of the pursuers behind them.
"No, it can't be done. Let's take a rest first. I really can't run anymore." Fang Yuan bent over and gasped for air. He put one hand on his knee and waved the other hand to signal Si Yue.
If they stop first.
Si Yueru looked back and saw that not only Fangyuan couldn't hold on any longer, Huang Qiuding was also very tired, with sweat rolling down his face and leaning against the wall, panting.
In desperation, Si Yueru had no choice but to think about something else.
"What should we do next?" Si Yueru also felt a little confused for a while.
"Are you okay?"
Huang Qiuding took a few breaths, paused, pointed to the passage on the right side of the screen wall, and continued, "That's the way we came here, we can't go there."
Si Yueru nodded, quickly unfolded the parchment and took a look, then quickly stuffed it into her pants pocket, pointed to the passage on the left, and said: "Let's go out from here."
In just a short while, the human figurines outside the palace lost Huang Qiuding's control. They were no longer in chaos. Nearly a hundred armored human figurines had already swarmed outside the palace door and began to violently hit the palace door.
Under the huge impact, the already rotten door bolt was obviously deformed within a few seconds, and it was only a matter of time before it was broken.
Since entering the catacombs, they have been trying to escape almost all the time. Not to mention Fangyuan, a frail scholar, and Huang Qiuding, a girl, even Si Yueru found it a bit too much.
"How far is it from the exit? We have walked so far, why haven't we arrived yet?" Fang Yuan said, wiping his sweat.
"It should be not far away, let me take a look." Si Yueru took out the map and turned on the flashlight to check where she was at the moment.
Si Yueru and Fangyuan's flashlights had long since fallen to unknown places, but fortunately Huang Qiuding's was still there, otherwise they would have been blinded.
"This seems to be a small cave. Follow the route on the map and pass through a larger cave ahead."
Si Yueru raised her head and looked at the surrounding environment, compared it with the map, and came to a conclusion.
"Great, I can finally go home." Fang Yuan said happily, but then he continued with some hesitation, "Then, what about Captain Ma? He, he still..."
"I'll send you out first, and I'll find a way to save Captain Ma later." Si Yueru interrupted Fangyuan and decisively ended the discussion.
Ma Weiguang is the captain of the armed police, and Si Yueru is naturally worried about his safety. This is just because Ma Weiguang has many years of military career and should have stronger survivability than Fangyuan and Huang Qiuding. This is the reason why Si Yueru makes the choice.
After all, it is a living life, so Si Yueru must go back to save him, but there is no need to bring Fang Yuan and Huang Qiuding to take risks with him. In this situation, they can only be his burden.
.
"Uh...then, okay then." Seeing Si Yueru's unhappy expression, Fangyuan wisely did not continue the topic.
After resting for a while and regaining some strength, they continued to move forward according to the map without any further delay.
After bypassing this cave, we didn't go very far and soon entered a huge cave. According to the marks on the map, after passing through here, we walked a short distance to where the person came in before.
This cave is only slightly smaller than the previous clearing, but compared to the empty clearing, it seems very crowded.
Dense vegetation covered the entire cave. Although there were no trees, it was covered with shrubs and weeds that were as tall as half a man. The gurgling sound of running water could be faintly heard on the cave walls, and the entire cave floor looked muddy.
The walls of the cave are covered with unknown vines, completely covering the entire cave roof. Countless vines hang down from the cave roof and are connected with the vegetation below, as if they are in a tropical rain forest.
Si Yueru walked first, followed closely by Fangyuan and Huang Qiuding, and the three of them plunged into the "jungle".
The ground was muddy, and there were bushes blocking the road from time to time, so walking was extremely slow. Si Yueru kept pushing aside the dense weeds and vines all around, and she had to pay attention to her steps, for fear that there might be some quagmire or swamp hidden in the ground under her feet.
If you accidentally fall in while walking, you will be in big trouble.
After walking more than half way, Fang Yuan, who was following Si Yueru, suddenly pulled Si Yueru's clothes.
Si Yueru turned around and saw that she had been holding the corner of Si Yueru's clothes with her hand, and pointed to the right side with her other hand, her face a little ugly, "Yueru, did you hear anything going on over there?"
"Is there any movement?" Si Yueru looked in the direction he pointed. Her vision was filled with weeds and vines, and she couldn't see clearly what was behind her.
"Is there any movement? No." Si Yueru turned around and looked at Huang Qiuding, who was at the end of the team, "Qiu Ding, did you hear something?"
"Yes, I heard it too." Huang Qiuding nodded and affirmed.
Seeing that the two of them were unanimous, Si Yueru motioned to them to wait where they were, and moved towards that side alone. It was very possible that Si Yueru was paying attention to her feet before and not paying attention to her surroundings.
After walking about three or four meters, Si Yueru pushed aside the grass in front of her and saw an open space about dozens of meters wide revealed in the gap between the vines in front of her.
On the ground of this open space, there was actually a stone platform paved with bluestone, about ten meters long and wide. There was something arched in the middle of the stone. When Si Yueru looked carefully, there was a strange-looking ferocious beast lying there.
This ferocious beast looks like a mountain leopard, but is three or four times larger than a leopard. The muscles all over its body are knotted, and the muscles on its thick limbs are as tight as iron, full of explosive power. The toes are even clasped together.
Extremely sharp claws.
The face of this ferocious beast was slightly longer than that of a leopard, with a single horn on its forehead, two long fangs protruding from its mouth, and a pair of beastly eyes wide open, looking in the direction of Si Yueru.
"Has it been discovered?" Si Yueru's heart suddenly shrank, and she even breathed softly involuntarily.
"Could such an ancient ferocious beast be the mountain ferocious beast recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas? But isn't that a ferocious beast that only appears in myths and legends? How could it appear here." Facing the glaring beast eyes of the mountain ferocious beast, Si
Yue Ru's cold sweat rolled quietly from her forehead, and she didn't dare to raise her hand to wipe it.
"Yueru, why are you standing here? Have you noticed anything?" Fang Yuan suddenly jumped out from behind Si Yueru, patted Si Yueru on the shoulder, and asked softly.
"Shh! Don't talk."
Si Yueru was startled and quickly covered his mouth.
"Well..." Fang Yuan, who didn't know the situation, struggled desperately in Si Yueru's arms, pulling Si Yueru's hand hard with both hands, and made an unknown sound.
Si Yueru could no longer care about his feelings at this time and hurriedly turned back to look at the mountain beast. It was still lying where it was.
, staring at Si Yueru with his beastly eyes motionless.
"Huh? Although the movement between the two of us just now was not big, it can't be said to be small. It should have alarmed the mountain beast, but why is it still staying there? Is there something weird?" Si Yueru looked at it.
Looking at the mountain beast, I felt a little confused, and my hand covering Fang Yuan relaxed.
"Bah, Yueru, what are you doing..." Fang Yuan threw Si Yueru into his arms and broke free. He was about to curse, but when he turned around and saw the mountain beast, he stopped talking.
"Then, what is that?" Fang Yuan pushed Si Yueru and asked in a low voice.
Si Yueru shook her head and did not answer. Time had passed for a while, and there was still no movement from the mountain beast. Si Yueru simply pushed aside the grass and walked over.
Standing at the foot of Shan Xie, Si Yueru and the three of them looked at each other and laughed dumbly.
"It scared me to death. It turned out to be just a bronze sculpture!" Fangyuan sneered.
"But the carving was so delicate, and the light in the cave was dim. I was dozens of meters away and thought it was a living thing."
"The owner of the tomb placed such a bronze statue here, which is probably the same as placing two stone lions or Pixiu animals in front of his house. It is just a decoration for the house, but it scared me for nothing."
With no dangers along the way, they passed through this "jungle" cave and finally came to the entrance where the ancients came in. However, this entrance was a little different from what Si Yueru had imagined before.
This is a teapot-shaped cliff cave with a small exit on top. You can't tell how high it is. Some light shines in from the opening above. It turns out that unknowingly, Si Yueru and the three of them were already in this cave.
After spending a whole night in the catacombs, it was already dawn.
After searching the surroundings carefully, Si Yueru stopped in disappointment, and the bottom of the cave fell into silence for a while.
"The ancients should have hung ropes down from the entrance of the cave, but more than two thousand years have passed. No matter what the rope is made of, it has long since turned into dust, leaving not even a trace."
"Are you just trapped in this underground tomb?"
"It seems that we can only go back to the tomb owner's coffin room. There may be a passage out there." After a moment, Si Yueru broke the silence.
"The coffin room of the owner of the tomb?" Fang Yuan raised his head in surprise and wondered, "How could there be a passage out of the coffin in the tomb? As an archaeologist, I have never seen such a design."
"This tomb is different. Do you still remember the crystal coffin array from before?"
Fangyuan nodded.
Si Yueru stood up and continued: "This place has a famous name. It is called Qiyin Juyin Point. It can protect the bodies of those buried here from decay."
"You mean, the owner of the tomb wants to be resurrected after death?" Fang Yuan's eyes lit up.
"That's right," Si Yueru nodded, "Any attempt to preserve the body is related to the afterlife and resurrection. Although no one has ever truly realized it, we can't stand the fear of death, so we have no idea about resurrection after death.
The pursuit has run through the entire history of human civilization.”
"The owner of the tomb is indeed resurrected, but in a way that may not be what he expected." Fangyuan regained his mood and teased the thousand-year-old corpse. Huang Qiuding couldn't help but smile.
"This is true, but the owner of the tomb would not have thought of this before it died. Since it is so eager to be resurrected, it will definitely arrange an exit in advance for it to be able to go out after resurrection." Si Yueru reasoned.
Fangyuan couldn't help but nod, but he was a little worried about the practical difficulties.
"The main body of this tomb should be at the middle entrance of the palace, but there are so many armored figurines there, as well as the thousand-year-old corpse. Can we get through it?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. It won't work here, so the possible exit is our only hope."
Chapter completed!