I smelled the stench behind me, and in the middle of my busy schedule I looked back with a flashlight. In a flash, I saw countless dead bodies pouring out of the door. These corpses were all connected by iron chains, and they were connected together.
Strands squirmed out from inside.
"Creak, creak, creak", the friction sound of the iron chains being stirred together makes people's scalp numb. These gray dead bodies were mixed with countless hair-like things, and the trunks were covered with soil and meat maggots.
I was secretly surprised. At first I thought it was a dead body, but there was no light in the forbidden ring in my hand. It showed that this thing was not a zombie, but it was difficult to determine what it was.
When I looked back again, I found that all the dead bodies had their legs chopped off, and their lower bodies had been wrapped in hair. They could be described as half-human and half-demon. They were all made of branching roots, some long and some short, like antennae.
There are hard-haired barbs on each root. Not only that, dozens of rotten and dry corpses are tied with iron chains, and a huge copper tripod is connected to one end of the iron chain.
"Nine Dragon Cauldron?!" I suddenly remembered that Wu Honghong told me that immortality must be achieved in the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
"Is there any kerosene!"
"kerosene?"
"Yes, quickly throw a bottle and light it to stop it..."
The kerosene was in Zhao Zhen's backpack, but Zhao Zhen was too young and had never seen such a scene before. His feet seemed to be filled with lead. Although he was anxious, he could not move forward.
However, the rotting corpses were getting closer and closer behind me. I could hear the sound of dead tree bark scraping against the cement of the wall behind my head, and the fishy smell almost made me faint.
"It's too late, go this way!" I saw that Zhao Zhen couldn't take out the kerosene for a while, and he panicked. When I saw an exit at the corner of the passage, I rushed in.
"Yina, Honghong, come in quickly!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Zhen and Yelu Qinghui also rushed over, but when they closed the door, they were half a step too late. A tentacle had already penetrated the door. I was about to push the door open, but unexpectedly I was the first to be entangled by several rotten corpses on the tentacle.
Got a solid result.
Yelu Qinghui and Zhao Zhen were holding on to the iron gate, unable to free their hands to rescue the siege. At this time, one of Zhao Zhen's arms and two legs were hugged by the corpse. He only had one arm left to move, and cut off the siege with a knife.
Roots and tentacles splashed all over him with foul-smelling juice as thick as splashed ink.
As soon as the roots were broken, the corpse shrank back suddenly as if it knew the pain. Yelu Qinghui and I pushed the door shut, but at the same time, the dragon-breaking stone also fell down.
The sound of fingernails scratching outside was still constant, and the iron door was banged hard one after another.
We retreated here and finally achieved temporary safety.
Zhao Zhen quickly reached out and touched himself, and saw that there were no missing parts on his body, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at the carrion root that was cut off by the long knife. It was nearly two meters long and was as thick as a sea bowl. The place where the knife was cut was
There was a lot of sticky, foul-smelling juice flowing out, which was extremely fishy. Although half of the roots were broken, they were rolling and shaking, like a gecko tail that had been cut off.
Several of us lost our strength and slumped down against the door. I held on and shined a flashlight on the place where we were. At this time, Zhao Zhen asked, "What is that thing outside?"
"Yes, the air here is cold and bone-chilling, I'm afraid it's an ominous place." Yelu Qinghui agreed.
"That thing outside is the Nine Dragon Cauldron." Wu Honghong said.
Hearing Wu Honghong's words, the veins on my forehead were jumping. Although I had just guessed this level, I couldn't help but feel an extremely strong rebellious emotion in my bones, and said: "If your father really wants this Nine Dragon Cauldron,
Now that he's here, do you think he's still alive?"
Wu Honghong looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, "Of course I hope he doesn't come in here, but..."
Chen Yina comforted her: "Honghong, don't worry, your dad will be fine."
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Okay, as long as you still have breath, never give up." I adjusted my breathing and said, "The thing outside is neither a demon nor an evil thing, it should be some unknown creature, maybe a mythical beast that specializes in guarding the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
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"You call this a mythical beast?!" Yelu Qinghui got angry after hearing what I said, "It's more like calling them monsters."
I listened carefully and saw that there was much less movement outside than before, but the guy was still waiting outside. The guy's body was covered with mud and flesh maggots, and there were many rotting corpses wrapped in the roots. Its size almost filled the area outside.
channel, let alone finding a way to solve it, we don’t even know what it is.
"What should we do next?" Chen Yina asked, "We can't be trapped here."
I had already thought of her question. I walked back and forth, racking my brains to think of a way to escape. After walking back and forth for a few times, I glanced at the roots that Zhao Zhen had chopped off on the ground. There were several bodies on the roots.
There were corpses with pale skin. I used my feet to stir up one of the corpses, trying to see what it was.
The white rotting corpse was covered with a thick layer of fat maggots, and there was something black under the maggots. I noticed something, so I quickly put the flashlight closer. When I looked at it, I found that the corpse was wearing a black dress with a waistband.
There is a red ribbon tied in between, and the lower part of the legs is sucked into the thick roots, blending into one, and it is difficult to tell what kind of clothing the lower body is.
"Why didn't I think of that!" I patted my head and suddenly had an idea, "I forgot an important fact."
"What fact?"
"Corpse!"
"Corpse?"
"Yes, it's a corpse. Where did the corpse come from? There's no way these people grew out of the ground!"
After hearing what I said, everyone suddenly understood, "You mean, someone has been here before?"
"Yes, when we entered Ying Zheng's tomb, we always thought that apart from us, only Wu Guoliang had entered. But in fact, we also found corpses on the golden tree, which means that someone has actually set foot here."
"Can this explain it?" Wu Honghong asked.
"There are not many people who died in Yingzheng's tomb, only one or two corpses, but the number of corpses that died here is shockingly large. What does it mean? This is an organized and planned action, and their goal is not to
The treasure is going to the Nine Dragon Cauldron."
Zhao Zhen and Yelu Qinghui nodded and said, "That makes sense."
"What does this mean?"
"This shows that the reason why Zhao Ji designed the ancient tomb in this way was to use this place to store the Nine Dragon Cauldron, and the best weapon to protect the Nine Dragon Cauldron is this monster."
"Yeah, I understand. Are you trying to say that this monster is actually an aborigine here, so Zhao Ji chose to design it like this." Chen Yina continued what I said.
I nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."
Yelu Qinghui reached out and rummaged around in the dead man's clothes to see if there was anything useful. He found a pair of black donkey hooves, a few ropes, and some eccentric cinnabar.
"Look, can these things confirm the identity of the deceased?"
"Black donkey hooves! We are 100% the same!" Zhao Zhen said with a smile.
Looking at the withered body again, the limbs and bones are as stiff as rotten wood, and the hair and nails are still growing. They are all the same as zombies. It is difficult to imagine how it became like this.
"These are not tomb robbers." I shook my head, "They are people from the Shadow."
"'Shadow'?" Everyone looked at me.
"What is a 'shadow'?"
"It's what I just said, the person who will never die. It has existed for countless years. You can call it an organization, or you can think of it as a consciousness.
Form, no one can define it, it cannot be seen or touched, but it actually exists."
After hearing my explanation, everyone was even more confused.
"Okay, you don't need to know too much about this matter." I shook my head and decided to keep the story short, "My judgment is this, 'Shadow' has been looking for the elixir of life and the Nine Dragon Cauldron in Ying Zheng's tomb.
Over the years, they have killed many people here, but they have never given up. This time, if Wu Guoliang hadn't fallen here, we wouldn't have been able to meet them. Otherwise, it's fate.
Yes, no matter what they want to do, we don’t want to offend the river, we just save people!”
"Zhao Zhen, you and Lao Ye go to the front to see if there is a place where you can go out?" I said to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen nodded, and Yelu Qinghui got up from the ground and went to the front to find the way.
The whole space is very spacious. Although there is no passage within our field of vision, there may be an exit in the distance. They walked forward for dozens of meters and suddenly found steps in front. Zhao Zhen turned his head and shouted loudly to the back
: "I found a step. Come and take a look."
"Great!" When I heard the news, I hurried over with Wu Honghong and Chen Yina, "Zhao Zhen's eyes are so good, haha."
After waiting for a short while, Yelu Qinghui also ran over and glanced at the steps, his expression suddenly became serious.
Looking at Yelu Qinghui's sudden change of expression, I asked: "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"
Yelu Qinghui pointed to the steps and said, "There is tape on it too."
I took a closer look and found that there was indeed tape. "If I guessed correctly, this step is the trigger for those things."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Don't be ridiculous, we are at least ten meters away from the top. If these steps are the triggering mechanism of those things, it will tire those ancient mechanics to death."
"I didn't say that these steps are all triggers. As long as we jump right, I don't think those things will be triggered." I thought for a moment and said.
"Jumping grids?" Zhao Zhen asked doubtfully.
"At least we have to give it a try, otherwise we can't stay here forever," Yelu Qinghui said.
I nodded and agreed with Yelu Qinghui's statement, then turned to Wu Honghong and Chen Yina and said, "Take a look at how we should dance."
Wu Honghong frowned, shook her head and said, "I don't know how to jump, but we can't step on each other."
"I'll go first, and if I jump right, you can follow me. Otherwise, we'll run up with all our strength." After saying that, I walked to the side of the steps, and then jumped over three steps to reach the fourth step.
When I jumped up the fourth step, I heard my heart thump. Then everyone stopped talking and waited quietly.
However, after a few minutes, there was no response from those things above. I said to the others: "Okay, follow the jumping method I just did, jump every three steps." After that, I jumped up to the third step.
On eight steps.
Zhao Zhen and Yelu Qinghui looked at each other, then jumped up towards the fourth step. Yelu Qinghui jumped up after Zhao Zhen. The scene now is like we are all monkeys, jumping up and down.
Jumping towards the top.
Looking at the last few steps not far ahead, I felt a little excited. I jumped with both legs upwards, but the sound that reached my ears was not the "thud" sound caused by the landing of my feet.
There was actually a voice.
Chapter completed!