Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 76 Snake Nest
There was a weird rattling sound in the room, and that weird sound gave me goosebumps all over my body.Accompanied by those weird rattling sounds, more and more rattlesnakes came out from every corner of the room and wandered wantonly in the room. This room is completely a terrifying snake nest!

When I thought that we spent the night next to the snake's nest tonight, I couldn't help but feel hairy.If Zhang Xiaobao hadn't discovered it early, we might have slept until midnight and been bitten to death by snakes without knowing it!
"Quick! Tell everyone to pack up and get out of here immediately!" Lao Luo said hastily.

Liu Hanhao and I turned around and ran back to the fire, telling everyone to pack up and leave here.

Lao Luo picked up the torch that Liu Hanhao dropped, and threw it into the house together with the torch in his hand, then turned and fled.

The ruined wood in the house was very dry, and after the torch was thrown in, it quickly ignited the house.Billowing thick smoke rose up and was torn into various shapes by the night wind.The fire spread rapidly, and the raging flames reflected the night sky red.

Gala!Gala!
The sound made by the rattlesnake is like a fatal note, hitting our hearts again and again.

Dozens of hundreds of rattlesnakes rushed out of the house, and these rattlesnakes crawled on the sand in a strange horizontal stretching way, which allowed it to grab the loose sand on the ground, and the crawling speed was extremely fast.

We fled out of the three rooms in a hurry, yelled at the camels that were kneeling outside to rest, then flew on the camels, patted the camels, and fled out of the city like the wind, with the camel's hooves kicking up the yellow sand in the sky.

"hiss--"

There was a wild camel roaring in pain behind me. I turned around and saw that the two camels running at the end had been overtaken by snakes, their hind legs were bitten by poisonous snakes, and they turned over and fell to the ground.

I was so terrified that I didn't dare to stop at all, I beat the camel desperately and fled forward, I've never been so embarrassed before.

However, more terrible things are yet to come.

In the deathly silent ancient city, rattling sounds could be heard everywhere, and more and more rattlesnakes came out from all directions, crawling quickly on the desolate streets.We never dreamed that the prosperous city in the past has now become a habitat for poisonous snakes. The entire ancient city of Loulan is like a huge rattlesnake lair, and we cannot escape.

Seeing that he was gradually approaching the city wall, Lao Luo suddenly stopped the running camels, then turned around and ran in another direction.

Wang Dongyu croaked from behind: "Why don't we go out of the city?"

The old Luo said without turning his head, "I can't get out! The gates of the city are full of poisonous snakes!"

When we took a closer look, we saw gravel surging on the ground at the gate of the city, and countless venomous rattlesnakes swayed their tails, drilled out from the ground, and crawled quickly on the sand, leaving clear crawling traces.

We cursed bad luck, turned around and followed closely behind Lao Luo, with our hearts hanging in our throats, could it be that we really can't escape from this place?

More and more camels fell down, but in the blink of an eye, those fallen camels turned into a pair of bare white skeletons, blood foam slowly dripping down the skeleton, the picture was horrible.

We were terrified and sad at the same time. This group of wild camels also followed us for such a long distance, so they must have feelings for each other.Now we see them being devoured by snakes, but we can't think of a way out, and we are naturally very sad.

Da da da!Da da da!
Sitting on a hunchback, Wang Dongyu shot at the snakes that gathered around him.For a while, wreckage flew and blood rained, but they couldn't stop the pace of the snake group, because even if we add up all our bullets, facing this mighty snake group, it's just a drop in the bucket and can't solve any problems.

The old Luo in front suddenly pointed out: "Everyone, follow closely, let's go to the top of the pagoda in the center of the ancient city!"

In the center of the ancient city of Loulan stands a tall pagoda. The pagoda is one of the few adobe buildings in the city, and it is also the highest place in Loulan city.The pagoda is about ten meters above the ground, like a giant, guarding the peace of Loulan.

We really have no other place to go now, so we can only go to the top of the pagoda to hide first according to what Lao Luo said. No matter how powerful the snakes are, it is impossible to climb up to the ten-meter-high pagoda.

Running all the way, we soon came to the bottom of the pagoda, and there were not many camels left.

I sighed heavily, patted the head of the camel under my crotch, and climbed to the top of the stupa with a heavy heart.But after climbing five or six meters, I heard the screaming of camels below me. I didn't dare to look down. I knew that those camels were being eaten by snakes.

The pagoda has been severely weathered, and the top of the pagoda has collapsed, revealing a dark cave. It seems that the center of the pagoda is empty.I was about to go to the front of the cave to have a look inside, but unexpectedly, the clods under my feet loosened suddenly, and I didn't pay attention, and slid down the edge of the pagoda.

Everyone was shocked and shouted eagerly: "Tuobagu!"

The dense rattling sound is just under my feet, as long as I fall, I will immediately turn into a skeleton.It was too late and then it was too late, at this moment of life and death, I pulled out the shark blade in the air, inserted my backhand into the tower, and the whole person fell down half a meter, and then stopped the downward trend, like a human flag , hanging three meters above the ground, dangling back and forth.

I let out a long breath and looked down, only to see hundreds of rattlesnakes spitting snake letters under the pagoda, and the skeletons of several wild camels lying bloody on the ground, many rattlesnakes had already curled up. Ready to attack.

Cold sweat dripped down my cheeks, and I screamed in my heart, "It's dangerous!", and then climbed up the tower again along the body of the tower.

"You idiot, you almost scared me to death!" Gu Meidi angrily pointed at me and cursed.

I knew that Gu Meidi didn't really scold me, but was worried about my safety, so I squeezed out a smile: "It's okay, didn't I come back alive?"

Our group of people are considered to have experienced strong winds and waves, but the scene in front of us still made us feel apprehensive, all of us were pale and silent.

Li Yingxin asked: "Old Luo, how long are we going to stay on this pagoda?"

Lao Luo replied: "Wait for dawn! Rattlesnakes are nocturnal animals. As long as you persist until dawn, the snakes will naturally disperse!"

I said with lingering fear: "What if they don't disperse after dawn?"

Lao Luo shook his head: "Impossible! This does not conform to the living habits of rattlesnakes!"

Wang Dongyu nuzzled his mouth: "Everything is possible! Damn it, I finally know now that there is nothing impossible in this world!"

Lao Luo glanced at Wang Dongyu: "Young man, calm down!"

Wang Dongyu pulled the bolt of the gun with a bang: "There are thousands of rattlesnakes down here, how can you make me calm down?"

I ignored what they continued to say, but climbed to the cave again, and opened the wolf's eyes.The white light beam was like a sharp arrow, shooting into the inside of the tower, illuminating the dark area below.

I was slightly taken aback: "What is that?"

"Tuobagu, what are you looking at?" Gan Hongxin patted my arm suddenly, the wolf eye in his hand lost his grip for a moment, rolled and fell into the interior of the pagoda, just landed on the black thing , I took a clear picture of that thing all at once.

I took a deep breath, and there was a black sarcophagus under the pagoda, and what was quite strange was that the sarcophagus turned out to be a herringbone coffin.The body of the coffin was swarthy, sucking in all the light.

"Everyone, come and see! There is a coffin under the pagoda!" I shouted at the top of my voice, excited by my discovery.

Everyone crawled over, looked inside one by one, all focused on the herringbone coffin, and forgot the snakes under the pagoda for a while.

"Anyway, I'm idle now, why not go down and have a look?" Wang Dongyu was a little tempted.

"I agree!" Song Mingqiu said, "Traveling thousands of miles to come here, it seems that I am too sorry for myself if I don't go back with something!"

Liu Hanhao adjusted his glasses, and said excitedly: "This herringbone-shaped coffin can be buried inside the pagoda, which is enough to prove that the identity of the coffin owner is very noble and prominent!"

Han Jing interjected: "So, there must be something good in the coffin!"

Li Yingxin said: "Then what the hell are you waiting for, won't you know when you go down?"

These guys are members of a family of tomb robbers, and this coffin is naturally very attractive to them. What's more, after analysis, they believe that there must be good things in the coffin, so they will never miss this good opportunity to make a fortune.

I looked at Professor Ye, and Professor Ye didn't stop them. After all, this trip is a voluntary help, and it's their reward to bring some treasures back.

Wang Dongyu picked up the butt of his gun and smashed the cave a little bigger, just enough for one person to go in and out.

The cold wind poured out from the pagoda, making a strange whistling sound.

"Liu Hanhao, you go down first!" Wang Dongyu said.

"Why should I play first?" Liu Hanhao asked back.

Wang Dongyu said: "Your expert in the mechanism of the tomb, go down first to see if there is any harmful mechanism inside, if there is no danger, we will go down again!"

Liu Hanhao cursed: "Your uncle, how dare you treat me as a pathfinder?"

Wang Dongyu grinned: "You are wrong, we are a team, everyone has their own division of labor!"

Liu Hanhao said: "Okay! It's fine if you want me to go down first! But...you have to go down with me!"

Wang Dongyu was stunned, Liu Hanhao said: "What's the matter? Don't you want to? I'm going to risk my life, there must be someone to protect me!"

Everyone turned their attention to Wang Dongyu, the matter has come to this point, Wang Dongyu can't refuse, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "Go down, go down, who is afraid of anyone!"

Wang Dongyu nailed the climbing rope at the entrance of the cave, then fastened the safety buckle around his waist, grasped the descending pulley, and slid down slowly from the entrance of the cave.

After a while, Wang Dongyu's voice came from under the pagoda: "Liu Hanhao, come down quickly!"

Liu Hanhao responded, fastened the safety buckle, and slowly descended to the bottom of the pagoda.

(End of this chapter)