Top Secret Army - Memories of a Secret Army Veteran

Slowly, we walked out of the range of the six Ding Liujia array composed of bronze tripods, and came to the place where the corpse wolf and the others encountered the altar guardian beast. The scene on the ground made us feel really shocking, the ground was full of splashes There were bloodstains everywhere, and the remains of people who seemed to be torn apart by wild beasts were everywhere. The bronze tripods on the edge were also tilted to and fro, and some of the bronze tripods were even damaged.

At this time, the beast guarding the altar has disappeared.Lu Yisong asked us to wait for a while, then knelt down and checked the fragments of the corpses of those people, and then said to us worriedly: "There is no clothes or fragments of the corpse wolf, this person should have escaped the attack of the beast. Everyone Be careful! This person is really unfathomable, and the few of us may be able to fight him if he is an enemy head-on, but if he is in the dark, it will be hard to say."

Instructor Shui nodded and said, "Jiao Yiming, Pang Xiaotai, you two follow at the back of the team and are in charge of guarding. Others should also pay attention to the surrounding situation at all times, let's move on."

Jiao Yiming and Pang Xiaotai responded and retreated behind our group.The others were also wary of each other and continued to move forward in the direction of the altar.

Gradually, I felt that the road ahead was sloping upwards, as if I was walking on a slope.As he was walking, the little document suddenly asked: "Old Lu, where is the divine beast guarding the altar after it attacked the Corpse Wolf and others? Will it appear again to attack us?"

Lu Yisong chuckled a few times and said: "The divine beast is probably chasing the corpse wolf. Once the altar guarding divine beast is awakened from a thousand-year-old sleep by someone who intrudes into the altar area, it will definitely kill all trespassers." I will give up. Therefore, as long as the corpse wolf is not dead, it must be chasing after it. If we encounter it, I think I still have a way to restrain it, everyone can rest assured."

To be honest, I have been worrying about this issue too, and now I hear Lu Yisong say this, I feel a lot more relieved.

While talking, we have already walked up a steep slope, and the sight in front of us once again made us amazed and amazed!In front of us is a square platform with a very thick black color, surrounded by an unknown number of wide steps, and on it is a three-dimensional triangular building that looks very simple and imposing. The area of ​​the first floor is reduced, and there are seven floors. The whole shape is like an Egyptian pyramid. I think this is the center of this magnificent eight-part temple-the altar.

The entire altar is about 500 meters away from us. Several powerful military flashlights shine on it, and you can clearly see that the entire altar is a black marble structure. The bottom platform is about one and a half meters above the ground, and the side length is about Ten meters.

When we let go of our admiration and approached it slowly, we became even more excited. What is wonderful and majestic, I believe that when we really stood in front of the altar, our feelings at that time were really indescribable.The bottom of the altar is surrounded by thirteen steps, bluestone steps and stones, and the surface of the altar is covered with gold bricks. The area is estimated to be thousands of square meters.The pyramid-shaped altar rushes obliquely into the dark sky, making us feel as if it is as high as the sky.To be honest, at that time I really had the feeling that I wanted to bow down and kneel down to worship.

Slowly, our group stepped on the wide steps and climbed up step by step, and the whole picture of the altar platform was revealed in front of us little by little.Going up the steps, when we stood on the vast platform of the golden bricks, we saw the oval mahogany arch on the first floor of the altar, and there were two sculptures of mythical beasts standing beside the door.When everyone walked over and saw the shape of these two mythical beasts, they all felt very strange. It seemed that the mythical beasts were very similar to the auspicious ancient beast Qilin, but they were very different from Qilin. The hair is all painted golden yellow with gold lacquer, the first unicorn is light blue, and the top of the horn is slightly curved.The ears on both sides of the face are protruding and erect, and the auricles are upward.The eyebrows on both sides of the forehead are curled, the eyes are vertical eyes, the eyes are protruding, the nose is flat and big, the mouth is open, and there are two fangs on the upper and lower sides, which are curved inward.Body hair is light blue with occasional golden quincunx spots.

The pedestals of these two mythical beasts are very strangely connected, instead of a square base, each firmly steps on a golden snake painted with gold lacquer with four claws.The strange snake is coiled in a circle, with its head upwards and a red letter out of its mouth. What is strange is that the snake's head is golden yellow with a touch of black, and its eyes have white eyebrows.

At this time, Lu Yisong stroked the long beard on his chin with his hands, and asked Jiao Yiming with a smile: "Nephew Jiao Xian, you are brother Bi Dao's disciple, can you see what this divine beast is?"

When everyone heard this, they all turned their eyes to Jiao Yiming's face, to see if he could tell the name and origin of this divine beast.

Jiao Yiming gave Lu Yisong a bow respectfully, and then said: "Old Lu, if my guess is correct, the animal-shaped seat at the bottom of the altar should be changed to the base of the entire altar, and the beasts in it should be the base of the entire altar. It is the famous "beast under the altar". Looking at the shape of this beast, it has a strong sense of movement. Their eyes are vertical. I think its name should be "jiaoduan". Like the unicorn, it is a mythical beast in ancient times. Sima Xiangru, a native of Chengdu during the Han Dynasty, wrote in "Shanglin Fu": "Sacred beasts have Qilin and Jiaoduan." It is said that Jiaoduan travels thousands of miles a day and knows the language of the barbarians; nothing in the world can be hidden from him. The monks in the temple often keep them in captivity to guard the gate of the temple. It is kind to people and eats jackals, tigers and leopards. Do you think I am right, Mr. Lu?"

Hearing Jiao Yiming's judgment, Lu Yisong laughed, patted Jiao Yiming's shoulder affectionately, nodded his head and said, "You are right, these two beasts are exactly the horns. Then the following Do you know what a snake is?"

Jiao Yiming shook his head to express that he didn't know.All of us also looked at Lu Yisong inquiringly.

Lu Yisong pondered for a while, stroked his long beard, and said to us: "This snake has been the most poisonous thing in the world since it was recorded in writing. It is called "Taipan Snake". In the land of sand, there are not many such snakes in the world at present, and now only some deserts and dry riverbeds of Australia and New Guinea can still be seen. Taipan snake is a fast-moving mammal killer , active day and night, highly toxic, can release neurotoxins, cardiotoxins, the venom discharged at one time is enough to kill 50 mice, almost has the lethality of nuclear weapons, and is the most venomous snake in the world on par with the hook-nosed sea snake. It is 100 times more poisonous than the king cobra. But it is mainly distributed in the inaccessible deserts of northern Australia and New Guinea, so there is no record of people dying from this poisonous snake."

When we all heard Lu Yisong's description, we all felt very strange. All things in the world have their own magic.Such a snake is simply too scary!

After Lu Yisong finished talking about the origin of the snake, his face became serious, and he said: "Let's not waste time, the altar has already stood before our eyes, and now the life and death of the corpse wolf is unknown, we must hurry up and enter the altar to find out the last snake. The entrance to the seventh level is also where the dragon veins of the seventh level ground dragon lair are located, only in this way can we stop the conspiracy of the corpse wolf."

After saying this, he walked past the animal sculptures and stood at the Zhumen on the first floor of the altar.The rest of us hurried to follow, ready to enter the altar.

At this moment, Pang Xiaotai saw that Lu Yisong was about to stretch out his hand to push open the door on the first floor of the altar, so he couldn't help but hastily said: "Old Lu, be careful what dangers lie behind this door!"

Lu Yisong smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door, walked in, and the people behind followed suit. As the door opened, we first smelled a strange fragrance, which seemed to be sandalwood. smell.Then, through five or six flashlights, we found that the space inside the first floor of the altar is not very large, and there are no facilities inside, except for an old altar directly opposite, with a few incense burners on it .The walls and ground of the building inside the first floor are all made of large rectangular bluestones, and the walls look very thick.On our left, there is a white stone staircase leading to the second floor.

The steps seem to be made of white marble, but I always feel that the white stone steps and the first floor of the bluestone building seem to be very discordant, a bit garish.

Jiao Yiming and Lu Yisong went straight to the quaint altar on the front, observed the things that looked like small incense burners on the altar table, and then they exchanged a few words, Lu Yisong patted Jiao Yisong. Ming's shoulder, then turned around and said to everyone: "We don't need to look at the first floor anymore, just go to the second floor."

So Jiao Yiming and Lu Yisong walked in front, and the rest of us followed behind, walking towards the white steps on the left.

When we climbed the white steps, I realized that the steps seem to be roundabout, and there will be a roundabout after going up to twenty or thirty steps. I don’t know why the ancient designers designed it like this.Moreover, the space of the stone steps is very narrow, only allowing two people to walk side by side close to each other, and the same is true for the top of the head, the top wall is only about two meters high.In addition, I also feel that the more I go up, the stronger the smell of sandalwood. I don't know what is on it that emits such a strong aroma.

Lu Yisong and Jiao Yiming led us to climb up slowly, and unknowingly turned the second roundabout. Probably due to the narrow space, I felt that everyone's breathing began to be short, and our steps "Tata" made a hollow sound as he stepped on the steps.

Looking at the dazzling white steps in front of me, and the third roundabout that is getting closer and closer, I suddenly have a very strange feeling. Under the flashlight of the flashlight, the shadows of each of us are projected on the wall. On the ground, short and long, like ghosts, I have an indescribable feeling in my heart.