Chapter 397: The Gap
Under the white phosphorescent light, the entire tomb exudes an indescribable gloomy smell.
After actually stepping into the tomb, and approaching the vertical coffins standing in the grooves, I discovered that there was something special on the coffin lids. They were people carved on bronze, all of them with long hair and beards. Kong Wu
A powerful person.
That's Rentuo.
In fact, it is the portrait of the person in the coffin, which is somewhat similar to the principle of rubbing. After the coffin is closed, it is carved on the coffin lid, which means to leave a name after death. It also preserves some of the deeds or images of the deceased, so as not to be forgotten by others.
Death becomes empty, and nothing remains after the skin decays.
This method was more popular in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, but was abolished in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because at that time people felt that if a person's portrait was left, if the painting was particularly similar, part of the soul would be locked in the painting.
, not to mention seeking a good death, it is difficult to find peace in the grave.
There is no special emphasis on yin and yang, it is just the folk tradition at that time. Whether there is a portrait of the deceased on the coffin lid will not have any impact on the deceased. Through this, I got a glimpse of the style of the person in the coffin.
Due to the limitations of the times and productivity, these people in the coffins did not wear helmets or armor. They only wore war skirts around their waists to block their vital points. Their hair was disheveled and indescribably wild. In this gloomy environment, they looked
He looks more like an old ghost than a warrior.
I thought about the two stone sculptures at the entrance of the cave. From an image point of view, how similar are they to these figures?
After suffering a setback, Lao Bai finally gained a good memory. He became cautious after entering the tomb, knowing that human breathing can sometimes cause corpse transformation. He covered his mouth and nose, not daring to breathe out.
Not only him, I also only glanced at Rentuo from a distance, and never dared to approach those bronze coffins again.
I don’t know if he killed too many people during his lifetime, so he had too much evil energy. Generally, when the corpses of such killers are raised, they are often very ferocious. There are killers everywhere here. It is conservatively estimated that they are all from the year 3000 to 4000 years. It’s really shocking.
Get up, there is no other way for the rest of us to go except to be killed.
Everyone knew how dangerous this place was, and with extreme caution and care, nothing went wrong again. They even picked up places where no objects were scattered while walking. It’s just that this place is too huge, and there are more than hundreds or thousands of dead buried there. I
I have never seen such a huge tomb chamber. After walking around for a long time, I finally found the way out of here.
There is no tomb door to isolate it, it is just a small hole huddled in a dark corner, almost blending into the dark environment.
Wu Shuang was the first to discover the entrance to the cave. Without any hesitation, he held the stone wall with one hand and crawled out with his waist bent!
With a "crash" sound, the foot that Wushuang just stepped out seemed to have stepped on gravel. The sole of his foot slipped, and he stumbled forward. Fortunately, he was better at it, and the hand holding the hole was
He immediately exerted his strength, let out a low "Oh!", and retreated suddenly.
Wushuang's face was as pale as a Western vampire duke. He kept breathing heavily. It was obvious that he had been frightened. He said with lingering fear: "It's empty outside. I almost lost my footing and fell."
I pulled him aside, carefully held the entrance of the hole, and poked my head out with a flashlight. The situation outside made me swallow my saliva.
Is this still a tomb?
If it weren’t for the man-made traces of knives and axes everywhere, I would have thought this was a naturally formed underground wasteland!!
Outside the small opening, there is a chasm that is more than thirty feet wide. The chasm is filled with all kinds of evil miasma generated in the tomb. It is so gray that it is difficult to see the bottom, and I don’t know how deep it is, but I don’t know how deep it is.
It's definitely enough for people to be smashed to pieces. As for what lies below the chasm, we still don't know.
On the other side of the chasm, you can vaguely see a gray cave with the road there.
However, if you want to reach the other side, you must first cross this gap!!
"It is indeed the Xia Tomb. I have never heard that there is such a layout in the tomb. I just don't know what the purpose of spending so much effort to dig this gap is? Is it just to prevent others from entering the core area of the cemetery?
Or...does it have other uses?"
I secretly speculated in my mind and leaned out again, hoping to find out more. However, because I leaned too far, my body swayed and I almost fell into the chasm. I quickly retracted my body, only to feel that at that moment
I broke out in a cold sweat and turned around to remind Wushuang and Brother Yaozi to hug me from behind. Then I confidently and boldly leaned half of my body outside. I glanced around and saw that the length of the chasm was incomprehensible, but I rejected it.
A guess I made before.
This gap does not exist to isolate others!!
Because, a few meters away on the left side of the cave entrance, there is an iron suspension bridge.
To be precise, there were no iron tools in that period. It was a bronze suspension bridge. It should have been covered with wooden boards in the past. However, the tomb was not well sealed. Even some of the wooden boards on it were now rotten and only a few were left.
A smooth bronze rope stretched across the chasm.
I looked at my feet and walked out of the cave. There was a 30-centimeter-wide stone edge outside...
"Gudong!"
I swallowed hard, but a sentence popped into my head - the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky.
However, no matter how difficult the road to Shu is, can it be difficult to pass here?
If you want to reach the other side, you must first get out of the hole, lean against the wall, step on the edge of the stone 30 centimeters wide, and move towards the bronze rope little by little. There will be a vast chasm in front of you. If you tremble a little, you will die instantly.
Burial place, if you are lucky enough to get close to the bronze rope...
Bronze, as the earliest alloy mastered by human beings, has properties that are... hard to describe!!
A bronze rope has been hung there for thousands of years. Who knows what it has become? Whether it can hold people is completely unknown. Passing through such a ropeway is tantamount to hanging one's wealth and life in God's crotch, shaking and shaking.
Yes, if the guarantee is not complete, it will disappear at some point...
I deduced the process of reaching the other side in my head, and I shrank back with lingering fear. All I could think about was this desperate path. As for why such a gap was dug in the tomb, I had no time to explore it, and I couldn't find anything.
Xia Tomb is completely our cognitive blind spot.
"Break through!"
Lao Bai kept beating his arms, and he didn't know where he got the courage. He said shakily: "This place is not quite right. I always feel that something will happen if I continue to stay. I feel flustered for no reason. I haven't felt this way in many years."
Yes, I have appeared in the past, and they always ran away immediately. That’s right, those people who refused to listen to me... now the grass is growing on their graves!!"
Brother Yaozi nodded, thought gloomily for a moment, his eyes fell on the ragged clothes of us, and shouted: "The distance from here to the rope bridge is only a few meters at most. That's enough.
Take off your clothes and risk your life!"
In this situation, a rope may save one's life. Unfortunately, all the climbing ropes we carried were left in the cave behind us. We had no choice but to take off our tops, tear them into wide strips of cloth, and connect them in the cave.
Together, we made a "rope" full of knots.
After Brother Yaozi found a place at the entrance of the cave and fixed one end, he couldn't help but wrap the other end around his waist, and then leaned his back against the stone wall and got out. This was a bold person. In his opinion, even if he fell,
A few of us were able to pull him back through the rope. It felt a bit like climbing over a wall. The distance of a few meters was reached in an instant. Staring at the bronze rope, we took several deep breaths in a row. The whole person jumped up and fell down.
At the moment of the chasm, one hand held a rope chain.
There was a loud crash, and I instinctively closed my eyes. Then I saw that Brother Yaozi was hanging firmly on it. He weighed it a few times and loudly reminded us that it was okay. Then he grabbed the chain with one hand and untied it with the other.
He took off the cloth strip wrapped around his waist, and jumped along the bronze rope to the opposite side like an ape. The whole process was done in one go, making people want to scream several times.
With Zhuyu in front, Lao Bai's confidence greatly increased. He pulled back the rope and wrapped it around himself, and got out second.
Everything went smoothly, next came Wushuang and Zhang Xinya.
When it was my turn, without thinking, I twisted out another rope from the remaining strip of cloth and tied Xiaozhi and me together.
Those moves that Brother Yao Zi and the others completed seemed very easy, but I knew that it was a great test of physical strength. The gap was thirty feet wide, and the arm strength was not enough. If you couldn't catch it all at once, you would fall. This was very difficult for a child.
It's absolutely impossible to do. I can only tie her to me, so that even if she tries her best, she can still hang on me...
As for Chang Yao, I didn't consider her at all. Such a gap is a life and death challenge for a living person, but for a ghost, it doesn't seem to be a problem...
"It's a pity that she has lost her previous virtues. Otherwise, she would have flown over with us, right?"
I don't know what kind of thoughts were running in my mind, so I pulled Xiaozhi out little by little.
How on earth I faced the abyss and passed through it, even I don’t know.
All I know is that I pulled Xiaozhi very hard. In the end, my hands were slippery, my palms were all sweaty, and my legs were shaking...
When I stood in front of the iron rope, my whole body breathed a sigh of relief.
My back was pressed against the cold stone wall. The coldness in the tomb almost dried up the sweat on my body in just a short moment. I gasped for breath and rested for a moment. I subconsciously turned my head to look at Xiaozhi next to me. Xiaozhi's little face was tense.
, very nervous, but did not show any fear.
A huge human head silently poked out from the entrance of the cave we had just left, turned around and then looked away at me.
Everything around me was dark. I couldn't see the other person's face clearly. I could only see that the other person had disheveled hair. He seemed to be grinning at me, showing a pair of white teeth...
Chapter completed!