Daomu Biji

After Chen Pi Ah Si's iron marbles flew by, the flickering flames instantly dimmed again. The shadows of the people over there became blurry again, and for a moment nothing could be seen clearly. The iron marble finally hit an unknown place, making a crisp sound and rolling to the ground. The sound echoed in the empty spiritual palace, making people feel goosebumps.

The moment the fire flashed, everyone was startled by the shadow. Shunzi was even more frightened and shouted softly: "What is this!"

Monk Hua immediately covered his mouth to prevent him from continuing to speak. Several people subconsciously put their hands on their knives.

Chen Pi Asi waved his hand to us, asking us not to be so nervous, and then winked at Monk Hua, who immediately jumped up to the lamp slave on the side and put out the fire with one hand.

I have to admire Chen Pi's calmness. In such a strange environment, no one would think of extinguishing the light source around them. They all hope that the brighter around them, the better. But in fact, in this situation, It's safest in the dark.

As soon as the lamp slave went out, the surroundings suddenly darkened again. The darkness like thick fog suddenly surrounded us, but the lamp slave on the other side seemed brighter.

We put out our flashlights with a bang, held our breath together, and looked at the shadows over there. The darkness around me suddenly stimulated my nerves, and I suddenly felt my heart beating very hard.

This shadow is obviously that of a person, and most of the body is still hidden in the darkness. What makes people feel very strange is his strangely long neck, and some unspeakable things on his body that seem to be thorns or tentacles. It doesn't even look like a human being. But a... kind of bird.

I instinctively felt a chill and my heart was beating fast. Except for Menyoupin, everyone else was around. This shadow definitely isn't Mengyouping. Is there anyone else here?

So who is he? How did it appear in the spiritual palace on the top of the snow mountain? Could it be that the avalanche here just now attracted the attention of the border guards, and this person is the People's Liberation Army exploring the road?

No, not to mention that the avalanche happened in the valley. Even if it was discovered, it would take at least a day to get there, and it would not arrive so quickly.

It suddenly occurred to me that this spiritual palace was a trap set by Wang Zanghai. Since it was a trap, it must be extremely sinister. A person caught in a trap would never know what is waiting for him in the trap. Could this shadow be the monster that Wang Zanghai placed here when he set up this trap?

We didn't dare to express our anger and just stared at the shadow, hoping to deduce something from its movements and shapes. At least it allows us to know whether this thing is a human being or something else.

But the strange thing is that the shadow is standing there straight, like a clay sculpture, not even swaying. It doesn't seem to be a living thing at all.

After waiting for a while, neither party made any move. The fat man began to lose his composure and said softly: "Something's wrong. It's a living thing, so he has to move. This thing is motionless. Are we being deceived? It's those lamp slave seals." Shadow on the pillar?”

Ye Chengdao: "Nonsense, aren't all the lamp slaves standing on the side? How could he come here by himself?"

The fat man said softly: "Isn't it said that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and Pipa, can become spirits? Maybe the stone lamp slaves here will become spirits and be able to move around on their own."

I told him that I felt uncomfortable all over, and I didn’t have the extra wisdom to judge what the fat man said. A few months ago, I didn’t even believe Zongzi. The rice dumplings I have seen now can be rolled into two tables of mahjong. If there are monsters or not, I really don’t dare to judge.

But when the fat man said that the stone lantern slave became a spirit, I think it was more of a joke. The more the fat man spoke in times of danger, the more unreliable he became. This also has a lot to do with his character.

But the fat man was right about one thing. As long as it was a living object, he had to move. Even if it was a zongzi, he couldn't stand there like a stone. It would be too strange for the shadow to be motionless.

No matter what it is, we can't remain in a stalemate here. Although I can't see it, I know that there are "wall strings" crawling around here. If someone is bitten again, although it is not fatal, there is a lack of clothing and medicine on the snowy mountain. , is also a fatal thing.

We summed it up softly, and several people basically had the same idea as me. The fat man said in a very low voice: "Then let's not admire its figure here. Let's sneak over and take a look. If it was really a human being, he would knock him down." beat!"

Several people agreed, and I felt a flash of wind beside me, and I anxiously moved towards it. It was pitch dark and I couldn't form a formation, so I bravely headed towards the only light of fire.

The lamp slave was not very far away from us. After a few steps, the shadow became clearer and clearer. I looked more and more weird. Unconsciously, an ominous feeling became stronger and stronger. As I almost got closer, When the light reached the area, I subconsciously slowed down, lurked in the darkness, and slowly and gently moved closer.

The black shadow was almost ten steps away from me. I squinted my eyes and looked at him. Little by little, my heart beat faster and faster, cold sweat began to break out, and I prayed to God. Don't let me see things I don't want to see.

However, as the vision got closer and closer, I gradually realized that God might not bless people like us who rob and dig up graves. The thing in front of me became clearer and clearer. Suddenly I couldn't even move. I just felt that my whole body was weak, and in the end, my whole body was frozen and unable to move.

I can't even use words to describe what I saw. It can only be said to be a huge centipede-shaped thing, but I don't know if it is because it is so big. I know that the largest centipede can grow up to It's more than one meter, but this one is obviously bigger. The centipede raises half of its body like a snake and wraps around a lamp slave. What we see of the neck is actually just the shadow formed by its two large poisonous jaws and long tentacles. Countless long legs were hanging down, and the entire giant insect was motionless, as if it was sucking the gas evaporated from the lamp oil.

In the family Centipede, the Caribbean Galapagos centipede can grow to 40-60cm, but one that grows to more than one meter has never been found. With such a huge body, the lifespan of this insect may be thousands of years.

Several people groaned from all around, and I even heard the fat man say very softly: "It's your uncle's!" Apparently several other people who came over also saw it, and began to not believe their own eyes. I thought When we saw the giant black tomb sealing stone with a centipede dragon carved on it halfway, we suddenly understood why the dragons of the Eastern Xia people had centipede legs!

It seems that after they retreated into the mountains, they saw such a huge centipede and transformed it into the incarnation of a dragon.

While my mind was in chaos, I heard someone whistle several times, which meant: "Get back!" I didn't know who said this at the time, so I stepped back unconsciously. I kept retreating and retreating, and I didn’t know where I was retreating. Looking around, I saw pitch black.

It turned out that after Monk Hua extinguished the lamp slaves on our side, we had no purpose to retreat. As soon as we retreated, we all dispersed.

I turned on the flashlight again, thinking about lighting a lamp to attract their attention, but I saw the shadow of the giant centipede not far away swaying, and the lamp next to it suddenly went out. The giant centipede disappeared into the darkness.

I suddenly remembered what Shunzi said about centipedes having the habit of tending to heat, and I suddenly felt bad. At the same time, far away, Monk Hua lit up a cold firework and shouted: "Everyone, please don't light the lamp, everyone is watching." Come to my place with my cold fireworks."

In the dark, I heard the sound of many feet crawling on the floor. The frequency was so fast that I couldn't tell where it was crawling. Anyway, the sound was getting louder and louder, so I ran away quickly.

In the chaos, I heard the fat man shouting from another direction: "Why don't you click? Click on this thing to temporarily drag the big bug. If you don't click on it, it will come straight towards us? It has so many legs that we can't outrun it." "

Monk Hua said: "No! I smelled the lamp oil, and there was insect-scented jade in the oil. As soon as the smell spreads out, more of this - this kind of thing will crawl out, and it will be even more troublesome." He paused. For a moment, it was obvious that he didn't know what to call this huge centipede.

When I heard that there might be more than just this one, I immediately felt furious. While running towards Monk Hua's cold fireworks, I also shouted: "Then what should we do with this one?"

Monk Hua said: "I will have my own way when I get there. Be careful behind you. This kind of bug crawls very fast!"

Soon I rushed to Monk Hua's side according to the cold fireworks. Suddenly, many flashlight light spots appeared around me. Several people rushed out of the darkness. We were out of breath and couldn't even speak. . The fat man covered his chest and looked at the darkness around him, and asked Monk Hua: "Okay, we're here. If you have any ideas, tell me! That thing is coming soon."

As he said that, he went to listen to the crawling sound that made people feel cramped. But when he heard it, the sound disappeared. It seemed that the big insect did not follow, but stopped.

Monk Hua was also panting very hard. He coughed and patted his backpack. Said: "Actually, it's not a special method. We still have explosives to blow it up."

The fat man laughed out loud when he heard this: "Well, I'll leave this glorious task to you. Just go ahead and I will help you take care of the old man."

Monk Hua said: "There is no need for me to go, I have already arranged it, and someone will naturally go."

I suddenly felt a chill on his face, and at the same time I realized something. When I turned around, my expression changed and I said, "Where's Lang Feng?"

Monk Hua didn't speak, just looked at the darkness to one side and said, "Get ready. It's coming."

Before I finished speaking, there was a loud "boom", and a dazzling fire suddenly flashed out from the darkness on one side. We all fell to the ground reflexively, and suddenly a large amount of wood debris fell on our heads like a rain. The whole floor shook wildly, and the wooden board bounced up and almost hit my nose. The shock wave was not big, but the sound was very loud. My eardrums were ringing so hard that I couldn't hear anything clearly for a while.

I raised my head and looked at the direction of the explosion, and saw that a big crater had been blown up on the floor, and the edges had been burned. The whole head of the huge 'thousand-legged centipede dragon' had been blown to pieces, and it was still twisting. , and the place of the explosion turned out to be the place where we just placed Lang Feng.

I immediately understood what Monk Hua had done. No wonder the "thousand-footed centipede dragon" didn't chase us just now. It was lured to Lang Feng, who was unconscious on the side, and Monk Hua pressed explosives on his body -

I simply couldn't believe my eyes. I turned around and looked at Monk Hua and Chen Pi Asi. They both had no expressions, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Chen Pi Asi saw my expression, patted me, and said softly to me: "Go forward three times and then go four steps. Didn't your grandpa teach you? If it were me, they would do the same to me in this line of work. We need to have this kind of awareness.”

Three steps forward and four steps behind are the native sayings of the masters. It means that when doing something, you should consider three steps before doing it and four steps after doing it. When you are underground, your life is at stake every time you move something, so before you do anything, you must consider what will happen in the next three steps and how to deal with it. If you find that you cannot solve it, you Things can't be done. And such considerations must become a habit.

I also understand the purpose of what Chen Pi Asi said. In fact, in a situation like Lang Feng's, his chances of following us out alive are already very slim. What he meant was that he would die sooner or later, so it was better to let him die quickly.

My grandfather also mentioned it in his notes. When underground, sometimes you don't realize danger until it's too late, so consider it before it arises. Tomb robbing is a delicate job, and it requires courage. I don’t know how many half-hearted people from ancient times went to ancient tombs when their brains got hot, and they were directly buried with them.

But having said that, it was so unjust that Lang Feng died like this. It made me feel scared even standing next to Chen Pi Asi.

Unfortunately, I couldn't express my feelings at this time, so I had to take a deep breath and try my best to pretend that nothing happened.

The fire in front gradually extinguished. The wooden boards here have been frozen for many years, and the gaps are filled with ice particles condensed by moisture in the air. The more they burn, the more they burn, and the more they burn, the less they can burn.

A few of us walked towards the hole that was blown up on the floor. My steps were very heavy, and I was very afraid that I would suddenly see some body of Lang Feng. Fatty and Pan Zi didn't have any big reaction. They seemed to be used to this kind of thing. In other words, they might think that showing their depression was useless. The fat man saw that I couldn't let go, so he patted me and said softly: "Forget it, he is one of their people anyway, and he may still have a life debt on his hand, and he will have to pay it back after he comes out to mess around."

Shunzi still didn’t understand what was happening, and she was almost frightened and followed us blankly.

I walked to the hole made by the blast in the floor and looked down with my flashlight. I saw that the bricks under the wooden floor were blown away and a big hole was blown away. The underground corridor reinforced with black stone strips was also blown apart. A gap was exposed, and it was empty underneath.

I know where it is below, because this part of the spiritual palace is built on a steep slope, but the floor is flat. There will definitely be a triangular space supported by beams and columns below. All buildings built on steep slopes or cliffs Buildings, such as the Potala Palace, are such structures.

There was cold wind blowing out of the gap, which was obviously connected to the outside world. I recalled that the triangular space below was also surrounded by white plaster walls. I don't know what the situation was, but there was wind blowing out, and it seemed that I could get out from here.

There is obviously something wrong around here. The ground is covered with centipedes. If we insist on going out through the main entrance, I am afraid it will become more and more dangerous. At this time, a pothole was blown up, which was just right for us to escape.

The fat man jumped into the hole created by the explosion. The hole below was not large enough for a person to pass through. It had to be dug bigger. Monk Hua also jumped in to help. The fat man asked me, does it matter if we keep digging like this?

I told them not to mess around. The stone corridor in winter is already brittle from the cold. The explosion just now must have completely destroyed the pressure-bearing structure below. I don’t know how high it is below. If it collapses suddenly, it will not collapse. With two people alone, it is very likely that the entire ground near here will sink, and the spiritual palace will become our seal.

So we tied a rope around the waists of Fatty and Monk Hua, and the other end was tied to a huge pillar on one side. We all fastened the buttons to the rope so that we could take care of each other in the event of a collapse.

After being prepared, the fat man started to hit the stone slab below with a hammer. Unexpectedly, he hit it once. Suddenly, a "click" sound came from under his feet. He actually stepped on one of the thick beams below and broke it. His feet sank down to the top of his thighs.

I was shocked and thought it would collapse. Fortunately, only my feet sank in. The fat man swore a very unpleasant curse and tried to pull his feet out.

After pulling for a long time, the foot was pulled to the knee but could not be pulled out. The fat man himself was a little strange. Suddenly his expression changed and he shouted: "No, something is pulling my foot!" Slide down.

Monk Hua hurriedly grabbed his hands and pulled them up. Others rushed over to help and pulled out his feet, but they could not pull him up to the brick pit. It seemed that there was something underneath. Really caught him.