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Chapter 229 The Difficult Road

Along the way, Chen Ziyang's progress was not easy.As he walked, he silently counted his steps, trying to judge the distance he had advanced by the number of steps he took.At the same time, he also needs to use the two compass stacked together from time to time to judge whether he is heading in the right direction.

According to Chen Ziyang's estimation, the distance he needs to advance this time is about one kilometer.But the distance of one kilometer is extremely long in this dark underground environment.

If there are few white bone skeletons encountered on the road, Chen Ziyang can take them away directly.But if you encounter a large number of skeletons, you can only change the route.

Every time he changes his direction, it is a big challenge for Chen Ziyang.He had to determine his direction first, then calculate the distance he had changed, and after the change of direction bypassed these skeletons, he had to recalibrate his direction.Even two or three times, Chen Ziyang could only drip blood into the ball again, and use the direction of the black water to recalibrate.

Because Chen Ziyang was alone at this time, he had to carefully pay attention to the direction around him, and no one shared the vigilance position with him, so Chen Ziyang was exhausted both physically and mentally along the way. huge.The most painful thing for him is that the oxygen content here is very low.

Not sure if it was a psychological factor or if it was true, Chen Ziyang noticed that the yellow light on his air detector had become more and more yellow.Since Liu Cong and others were not around, he didn't understand what the indicator lights of this instrument meant. He just had a rough understanding before. The green light means there is no problem at all, and the yellow light means the oxygen content. At the same time, there is a certain amount of toxins in the surrounding air, which needs to be filtered by a mask before breathing.

Fortunately, the red light is not on yet, so I don't need to use my precious oxygen for the time being, but every time I walk for a while, when Chen Ziyang feels dizzy, he will open the oxygen tank and let himself take a few breaths fresh oxygen.

Because his body has been in a state of hypoxia, or because he has expended too much effort, Chen Ziyang feels that he is weak all over. Every step he takes is extremely difficult. It is only a distance of one kilometer, but it is incomparable to walk. long.Even later, whenever a skeleton appeared in front of him, Chen Ziyang would walk away. He didn't want to consume too much of his physical strength.

In this way, Chen Ziyang would drop a few drops of blood into the ball from time to time, and use the black water to correct his direction again.And the black water transformed by the ball must reach a certain amount before it can flow, so Chen Ziyang wastes a lot of blood every time he calibrates the direction.

He has used up all the three life-blood needles in the first aid kit. Chen Ziyang doesn't know how long he can hold on. If he hadn't practiced Lao Lu's qigong, he might have collapsed a long time ago. At this time, Chen Ziyang walked with a lot of energy, relying on his strong mental strength to support his body and not let himself fall down.

Just when Chen Ziyang felt that he had walked almost a kilometer and should be around the destination, he suddenly saw a person standing there in the darkness in front of him waiting for him, and that person's The figure is very familiar to him, it is the handsome umbrella stone that he is desperately looking for.

Shuai Shanshi stood there quietly, smiling at Chen Ziyang.Seeing Shuai Ushishi again, Chen Ziyang couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, he hurried up a few steps, hugged Shuai Ushishi and gave him a deep hug.Then he lowered his head and looked at Shuai Sanshi carefully to see if he suffered any trauma.

Seeing that Chen Ziyang cared so much about him, Shuai Shi still smiled lightly, patted Chen Ziyang on the shoulder, and didn't say a word.Shuai Sanshi pointed to the direction where Chen Ziyang was going, and made a gesture of please.

I don't understand why Shuai Ushishi's behavior is so weird. Seeing him standing in front of him with full beard and shadow, Chen Ziyang didn't pursue too much, so he held Shuai Ushishi's hand tightly. hands, the two walked towards the direction of the black water flowing together.

On the way, Chen Ziyang asked Shuai Sanshi countless questions, but Shuai Sanshi always faced him with a smile and didn't say a word, which made Chen Ziyang very helpless.But fortunately, with the company of Shuai Sanshi on this journey, the journey was much easier than walking alone.

The two walked one after the other like this, and they didn't know how far they had traveled. Chen Ziyang guessed that the distance he had calculated before was wrong. In fact, the distance he had to walk was far more than this kilometer. After all, the distance of 20 meters is insignificant compared to a few kilometers, and it is normal to have relatively large errors.

When measuring azimuth, only a relatively small angle can be displayed on the compass, and the lines on the compass are relatively thick. It is very likely that the actual distance is far more than one kilometer. After all, such a long distance, The angle of the compass is slightly larger, and the actual distance will increase a lot.

While being shocked by the vast underground space, Chen Ziyang dragged his tired body and walked forward slowly.It was pitch black in front of his eyes now, and he couldn't open his eyelids at all. He was walking forward entirely by memory and feeling, but he put the only strength he had on his right hand, holding on to Shuai Shishi tightly. He didn't want to let go of his hand, he didn't want to lose his comrade-in-arms again.

Just when Chen Ziyang's will was on the verge of being slackened, suddenly there was a continuous rush of beeping sounds.In this quiet underground space, Chen Ziyang was awakened by this disturbing sound suddenly, and he found that the red light on the air detector on his waist had been turned on, There was this rushing sound.

It seemed that the air here could no longer allow people to breathe normally, so Chen Ziyang quickly opened the oxygen bottle.The pressure pointer on the oxygen cylinder has dropped to one-third, so it shouldn't take long.After fresh oxygen poured into the gas mask, Chen Ziyang breathed heavily, and then he felt that his brain was no longer so groggy.

Looking up to the front, Chen Ziyang found that the black mist in the air here was getting thicker, and at the same time, the black mist was constantly churning.Perhaps the reason for the decline in air quality here is related to the thicker black fog here.

Chen Ziyang turned around quickly, wanting to remind Shuai Shuai to open the oxygen bottle he was carrying, but when Chen Ziyang turned his head back, he was stunned.There was nothing behind him, and there was no figure of Shuai Sanshi at all.

"Brother Umbrella! Brother Umbrella! Where are you?" Chen Ziyang yelled hastily, and at the same time turned his head to look for Shuai Sanshi carefully, but he still couldn't find anything, as if Shuai Ushishi had never appeared there before. Same.

"Brother Umbrella! Brother Umbrella!..." Chen Ziyang yelled loudly. He felt that his voice was hoarse, but his voice seemed to disappear without any response.Chen Ziyang intends to follow the way he came to find his way back, but then he dismisses this idea, Shuai Shi will not appear for no reason, nor will he disappear for no reason, all of this is too unreasonable.

It may be because of the effect of oxygen that Chen Ziyang's mind became clearer, and he thought of this unusual place.Something is wrong, something is very wrong, why is there such a large space here, yet handsome Ushishi appears in the place he passed by.You know, the visible range here is only more than five meters. It can't be such a coincidence. The probability of two people meeting here is even smaller than winning the lottery.

After taking a deep breath, Chen finally understood that Shuai Shishi had never appeared, and never appeared from the beginning to the end.The appearance of Shuai Ushishi is probably his hallucination, but as for whether this hallucination appeared because of the black fog here, or because of the lack of oxygen in his brain, he didn't know.

Because when watching some TV dramas before, Chen Ziyang has seen similar plots. Whenever a person is in a state of hypoxia, he will have various hallucinations, and this hallucination is often caused by lack of oxygen. Oxygen is what this person needs most.

If it is a lonely person, there will be a playmate in his hallucination, who will accompany him to do his favorite things and play his favorite game; You will encounter a lot of delicacies, and you will have a good time eating crazily.

The length of time for this hallucination to appear is also different, which is related to each person's physique and the degree and duration of hypoxia.

But the fresh oxygen made Chen Ziyang sober, and he calmed down completely, only then did he analyze this point.Then he smiled wryly to himself and shook his head. He was really lonely. He had persisted for so long in this dark space. In his hallucination, Shuai Ushi appeared and accompanied him all the way.

After sighing, Chen Ziyang thought in his heart, no wonder some people say that hallucinations are the most beautiful. It would be great if this thing happened for real.Chen Ziyang, who understood all this, did not feel depressed.Instead, he turned around and walked towards the thick black mist not far away.

Yang Lei is still waiting for him to be rescued, and Ushishi Shuai is still waiting for him to find his whereabouts. At this time, he cannot sink down. There are too many missions on his shoulders, and they are too important. Courage to move forward and resolve the matter here as soon as possible.This is what motivates you to move forward.

Because his oxygen could not last much longer, Chen Ziyang quickened his pace.After he got into the black mist in front of him, although Chen Ziyang was still cautiously guarding his surroundings, the speed under his feet was not slow.After a while, he came to the end of the trip.

Seeing what appeared in front of him, Chen Ziyang knew that he had come to the end of this underground space, or the center of this space was more appropriate.

What unfolded in front of Chen Ziyang was a huge swimming pool-like place.

This "swimming pool" is about six or seven meters long and three or four meters wide, presenting a rectangular shape. The platform of the "swimming pool" protrudes from the ground, as if it was built with black stones, and the pool is filled with black liquid, which is like boiled asphalt in the pool Tumbling, from time to time, a few water splashes and black bubbles appeared.

Whenever black bubbles surfaced and exploded, strands of black mist would float out from the black bubbles and blend into the thick black mist in midair.The stone platform at the edge of the swimming pool is covered with a black substance that looks like solidified pitch. It seems that this is formed by the accumulation of black water in the pool for countless years.

On the four corners of this swimming pool, there are four square pillars, all of which are also black. The only conspicuous place is that there is a skull-like thing hanging on the top of these four black pillars. It looks like a sheep's head, with a particularly long face, and two horns are connected to the skull.

Each sheep skull had its mouth open, and Chen Ziyang saw that two of the sheep skulls had a silver-white ball in their mouths that he had seen twice before.But the mouths of the other two sheep skulls were empty.

Some black liquid flowed from the nostrils and eye sockets of these sheep skulls, and flowed into the black pool along the grooves on the square stone pillars.

The opposite side of the swimming pool seemed to be a black wall, or it seemed to be a fog wall formed by too thick black fog. Chen Ziyang could not see clearly from this angle.But he saw something similar to the tip of a tombstone protruding from the center of the pool.

At this time, the ball in Chen Ziyang's backpack suddenly moved. He quickly took the ball out of the backpack and held it tightly in his hands.

That's how the first ball they got before suddenly left Chen's own hands and was sucked in along the hole on the gate. Now Chen Ziyang knew that the thing that attracted the ball should be the thing in front of him. This strange building, it is very likely that the ball wants to run to the place where it belongs.

However, Chen Ziyang, who was holding on to the ball tightly, was at a loss, not knowing what to do next. Is there any ball contained in these sheep skulls that he found before?What is that thing in the pool?
Thinking back to the scene where the gate opened after the ball entered the hollow, Chen Ziyang knew that these balls should be the keys, and it seemed that he needed to find another ball and gather four before he could open the door. organ.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang held the ball tightly, walked over slowly, and wanted to put the ball into the mouth of one of the sheep skulls.

(End of this chapter)