Daomu Biji

Logically speaking, it is not difficult to see the face of the statue, but we looked from bottom to top. No matter where we went, we still couldn't see clearly because of the angle. I felt annoyed and felt more and more ominous about the statue. It's getting thicker.

Boss Wang probably had the same feeling as me. The more he wanted to see, the less clearly he could see. He was so anxious that his face turned livid. We moved to several places but were not satisfied. In the end, we decided to climb over the collapsed plank road first. , the rock walls here are full of tree roots, and it won’t be too difficult to climb up. In addition, there are several planks below, so if you lose your footing, you won’t fall to your death, so there’s nothing to worry about.

We returned to the collapsed plank road again. Boss Wang checked the strength of the hanging roots, hung them with a multi-functional pickaxe, and quickly climbed to the cliff. I illuminated him with a flashlight while cursing. He fell down, but unfortunately Boss Wang's skill was not suitable for his body shape. He climbed to the other side and jumped onto the plank road.

He turned around and threw the multi-functional pickaxe back to me, and then ran forward on his own. Probably anxious to see what was there, I turned on the headlamp on my head, followed his example and climbed up the cliff, hanging with one hand. Holding the multi-function pickaxe, he moved forward while touching the roots with his other hand. These things had grown for who knows how many years. They felt like stones, extremely hard and did not seem to be alive. The patterns on it are also very similar to animal scales. If you look closely, you will definitely think it is some kind of paleontological fossil.

I climbed very carefully and very slowly. I had only climbed halfway when I heard Boss Wang shout: "Come to me quickly. You can see more clearly. There seems to be more than one statue in that group of trees. I don't know. What is the carving?"

After hearing his words, I gritted my teeth, used my hands and feet, and finally grabbed a root and swung to the other side. Then I followed his flashlight and saw that he had gone around the plank road to the third floor and was holding a telescope. , to check the situation at the copper tree, I looked where he was looking. Due to the change in angle, I could indeed see something wrapped in the roots of the tree, but the specifics were still very vague.

I followed him panting, and after taking over his telescope, I saw clearly that there were many rusty bronze arms exposed inside the huge python-like root mass. Judging from the number, there should be at least four statues inside. , standing in four directions. Based on the exposed part, we can't accurately judge whether it is the same shape. The other parts are deeply wrapped in the roots of the tree. From a visual inspection, we can see that the size is very large, probably similar to the stone we saw on the cliff. About the same size.

The "big benefit" Lao Itch mentioned would not be these terrifying tree roots, it would definitely be the things contained in these roots. But even if these statues really have great value, we can't take them away. There must be something strange on the other side that we don't know about. We won't be able to find it if we stay here. We have to go there.

We continued to walk along the plank road, because near the end of the above-ground section of the cave, the distance between the cliff and the copper tree gradually became closer, and we could see more and more clearly that there should be a prototype sacrificial platform on the top of the copper tree. , there are four bronze statues facing in four directions. We originally thought that we could see the real masks of the statues by changing the directions, but the higher we went up, the more disappointed we became.

Their bodies and faces are tightly wrapped in tree roots. It is impossible to see clearly without cutting down these tree roots.

We came to a place on the plank road that was basically parallel to the sacrificial platform. Boss Wang stopped and looked at it for a while and said to me: "These four statues are placed at the four corners, indicating that there must be something else in the center. Originally, if all our equipment Now, you can go up a distance and use a spotlight to take a clear look. Unfortunately, these things have fallen into the waterfall. There is no way, young man, we have to go over and talk about it." As he said that, he had already put the blade end of the multi-functional pickaxe. He folded it back, folded the hook out, tied it to the rope, made a flying claw, swung it around a few times like a Western cowboy, and threw it out.

The multi-functional pickaxe threw a parabola and hooked it on a tree root next to the sacrificial platform opposite. After going around a few times, it just hooked back to the rope. Boss Wang tightened it, and the tree root shook a little. Many strange things happened. The gray worms jumped out from the cracks in the tree roots and fled in all directions very quickly.

Boss Wang frowned and said, "Young boy, it's your turn this time!" I knew he was taboo about these bugs, so I cursed in my heart and checked the distance visually. It was closer than when we climbed just now. It was a lot, so it shouldn’t be a big problem, so he nodded and climbed up the rope.

After climbing only a few steps, I couldn't help but admire Boss Wang. The rope swings so well. The two ends form an angle of about 60 degrees downward. As long as the rope is clamped between the legs, it will naturally slide to the opposite side without spending any time. With a little strength, I flew through the air and reached the roots of the tree on the sacrificial platform. I immediately grabbed the roots above and stood firm.

Boss Wang made a gesture on the opposite side, asking me to check the form first. I looked back and saw that those gray bugs were not chinchillas, but an insect similar to cicada larvae. There were quite a few here, but they shouldn't be. What harm would it cause? I drove them away and made a gesture to Boss Wang opposite. He looked around me with a flashlight to make sure there were no bugs before climbing up the rope. At this time, I suddenly wanted to untie the rope and let him fall down like this. But then I thought about it. It would be a pity that his backpack fell down. I must get his equipment over anyway. When I thought about it, Boss Wang had already slipped. He came over and landed next to me. I had no chance to harm him.

The tree roots here are almost as thick as two or three of my thighs. The places where they were tangled and touched have merged into one, and the places where they didn't touch have been hollowed out into holes. Over time, there are many places where they have merged together. The hollow holes inside extend in all directions. This is very common in banyan trees. Where there are large banyan trees, even the entire forest is stuck together. There are tree holes connected to the other tree holes inside. If you go in, you can't get out. It's better than the ghost forest. Still evil. . . .

I grabbed the tree roots and turned around, and found that the place was too old and was covered very thoroughly. I couldn't see what was underneath. These tree roots couldn't be cut. I didn't know what to do. After staying for a moment, Wang The boss said that you might have to look through the wisps of space between the tree roots to see it. Let's look for it separately and shine through each hole, and we will definitely be able to see it.

I thought it was impossible to cover it so thickly, but he was not prepared to discuss it with me, he just raised his hand and let me do it.

I had a vague feeling that this man was very violent, and he looked a bit like the Fatty Wang I knew before. I thought they were not related, but my Fatty Wang was much cuter and cheerful. This person was too yin. Yes, even though he was smiling on the surface. These tree roots are entangled here like a grave mound. Even if you shine a flashlight into the hollow holes, you can't see them all. We worked for a long time, and we were so tired that we couldn't see anything. I even flashed my waist. , I was so sour that I broke into a cold sweat.

The two of us had no choice now. Boss Wang looked at me and suddenly cursed: "You bastard, is it possible that a bad guy like Li Pipa plotted against me?" I also muttered in my heart, since there is nothing here, why is it so old? If Itch wants to emphasize it like this, he probably won't make such silly jokes. The problem still lies with us. Where did it go, where was the oversight? Neither of them spoke. Sitting there quietly thinking about things, I thought about the lies that Lao Itch had told me all the way over. No matter what state of mind I was in, these lies were just trying to lure me to this place. But after arriving here, I didn't see anything. And what is the so-called benefit that you can't tell me, and even if I know it, I won't do it? I still can't see it at all. I was lost in thought when Boss Wang suddenly pushed me. I turned my head and wanted to speak, but he made a gesture to speak out. I thought to myself, "What are you doing?" He waved his hand and carefully pulled me to squat down and listen carefully to the roots of the tree. I immediately concentrated and listened attentively. There was no sound of wind here. In this extremely silent cave, I was close to the tree. Roots, I could clearly hear a slight "...,...,...,..." sound coming from the roots of the tree, as if someone was grinding his teeth due to the cold. The sound was not loud, so you would not hear it if you were not paying attention. It was very regular and completely different from the sound of blood corpses, nor was it the sound made by insects crawling in tree trunks.

Boss Wang said softly: "The intervals between each sound are the same, like a monk knocking on a wooden fish. It may be the sound of some mechanism. There is indeed something here, but I don't know if it is alive or dead." "I started to sweat white hair. There were people grinding their teeth in the roots of these thousands of years old trees. Could it be that they encountered a tree demon? I was about to speak. Boss Wang pursed his lips and shook his head, raising his short rifle. He pulled up the gun and asked me to follow him, and he walked with his hands and feet to find the sound. We walked to a banyan tree hole and found that the sound was coming from here. Boss Wang turned on his flashlight and looked into the hole. The sound suddenly stopped. He glanced at me and said softly: "Yes, it should be here. What your friend told "Hemuji" is in here. You may have to enter from here."

I frowned and said: "The root system cave inside is very complicated, much more complicated than those in the cave terrain, and I don't know if the copper pillar is hollow. It may be dangerous to go in hastily." He nodded. The head said: "I know, so we don't go in at the same time. We go down first to explore the way."

I felt a thump in my heart, thinking you probably don't want me to go in. Boss Wang saw that I hesitated, raised the short rifle, and said softly: "I'm too fat. You go down first. I will follow you and give you the rear. Don't worry, nothing will happen." He pushed me and pushed me into the hole.

I lowered my head and looked down, seeing everything was pitch black. When I looked back, he was looking at me sternly, with a sinister expression on his face. I gritted my teeth and had no choice but to put on my headlamp and play the role of a thunderstorm again. Just as I was about to go in, the fat boss stopped me again, handed me a small walkie-talkie, and said, "If it's very deep inside, just go in." Use this bag, go ahead, the younger generation has a future." I thought to myself that there is such a good thing, why don't I take it out earlier, take it, familiarize myself with how to use it, then put it in my pocket and said: "Boss Wang, Why don't you guys tell me secret words? I'm here to fight for you. You have to give me some weapons no matter what. If I get stuck in there, you have no chance. Right, you give me a gun. Cold weapons. Do you want to give me a handful?"

Boss Wang glanced at me warily, probably thinking that what I said made sense. He reluctantly took out a small dagger from his boots and threw it to me. At the same time, he immediately pointed the gun at me and said with a smile: "Look I'm so confused that I just forgot about it." I took the dagger and found that it was a hunting knife with a long handle, specially used for peeling skin. I thought it was better than nothing, so I made a sound and lowered my head. When I entered the cave, I smelled a musty smell, so I put on the gas mask I wanted before continuing to climb in. It was very humid inside. The skin of the tree roots was completely different from the outside. It was very soft. There were many unknown mushrooms growing inside. Many cicada larvae were frightened by me and began to flee. I crawled in for a while and was stunned. Okay, there are at least a few forks ahead, which one should I take?

Taking a closer look, there is a mark on one of the forks. It should have been painted by someone before. I wonder if it was Lao Itchi or someone else? No matter what, I crawled towards the marked fork and advanced a few meters. Suddenly there was nothing in front of me and my upper body was already sticking out. I hung the upper part of my body at the entrance of the cave and looked around with the searchlight above my head. This was a small hollow with tangled roots inside. To be honest, the roots here were relatively sparse in the entire root package. When I was wondering why this happened, I suddenly saw a corner of a stone slab sticking out of the root of the tree. If you look carefully, you will see that it is a huge coffin. There is a coffin bed under the coffin, which is now wrapped tightly. Judging from the distance I climbed just now, this should be the center of the sacrificial platform. That's right. That's what we're looking for. I used my hands and feet to get to the edge of the exposed corner of the sarcophagus. Only then did I see clearly that this thing was not that big. It was almost like a small container. The edge of the coffin cover was the same as the copper tree, with a circle of clouds engraved on it. The other parts of the thunder pattern almost grow together with the tree roots. It is impossible to know what kind of relief is on it.

Boss Wang yelled twice outside. I was confused and didn't reply to him. He thought I had gone down into the copper tree, so he asked through the intercom: "Young boy, what's in there?"

"There's a coffin!" I said, trying to find a place where I could at least sit up; crawling was too uncomfortable.

"Coffin? Can you tell whose it belongs to?"

I cursed: "How do I know, but it's not easy to transport this coffin here. With so much effort, the person lying inside may be the caster of this bronze tree." I put my coffin here, probably thinking When I ascended to heaven, I was a little closer to the heavenly palace. I didn’t know who this person was with such a big hand.

At this time, I saw that the lid of the coffin and the body of the coffin were not tightly connected. A section of tree roots had grown into the coffin along the gap. I lifted the lid a little. I felt strange and said "Yeah". Boss Wang was very nervous after hearing this and asked quickly: "What's going on?"

"This coffin... the lid is not closed properly." I said, crawling towards the gap. Could it be that the coffin was not closed properly when the person was buried, allowing tree roots to grow in? I thought about it and thought it wouldn't be the case. It might be that the tiny tree roots grew under the coffin lid and then grew thicker, lifting the lid up. These tree roots extend in all directions and might have filled the coffin. The surface layer is so hard that even if these guys in our hands can cut it, we don't know if they can dig it out in the year of the monkey. I climbed to the edge of the gap and looked inside with a search light. It seemed to be completely empty and gray inside. The light seemed to be absorbed by something and nothing could be illuminated.

In archeology, it has always been the most troublesome to lift the coffin out of the coffin. The regular coffins have the coffin wall close to the coffin wall, leaving a gap of one centimeter at most, which is very good. However, this one has leaked, and there is something inside. It's quite a big space, very weird, I don't know what the point is. The burial customs in the Western Zhou Dynasty have been relatively mature. Even the royal nobles would not use such outrageous burial methods. It seems that Master Liang is right. This should be a royal tomb of a minority, and this country does not seem to be powerful. Weak, at least as good as the Western Zhou Dynasty at that time. I picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "This coffin is empty. I don't know what's inside. My searchlight isn't as powerful as your flashlight. It's too dark. You can come in. It's safe here." As I said that, I asked I crawled through the hole I just poked out, thinking that as soon as you poke your head out, I will trap you and see what you do.

The walkie-talkie made a few static noises, and there were a few voices coming through that I couldn't hear clearly.

"What?" I asked

Along with a few static noises, some strange sounds came from the walkie-talkie, which was very noisy and couldn't be heard at all.

"What?" I yelled again impatiently.