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Chapter 322 The Entrance to Hell

When Instructor Liu ran forward, he brought up a large amount of black smoke and dust on the ground. These black ashes were all left when the ancient trees were burned.A large amount of black ashes floated up with Instructor Liu's footsteps, forming a black curtain wall between Instructor Liu and the team.

Seeing the black smoke slowly rising, blocking everyone's sight, Chen Ziyang felt a strange feeling in his heart. He wanted to open his mouth to remind instructor Liu to move forward carefully, but because of that blood-red eye The appearance of her body caused her body to collapse, and she didn't even have the strength to speak.

Although these black ashes covered the ground, when Chen Ziyang saw these black ashes floating up, he felt a strange feeling in his heart. He always felt that these black ashes seemed to be intentional. , The purpose of these black ashes floating up is to block the sight of others.

The feeling of physical exhaustion made Chen Ziyang really powerless. Although he felt a strange feeling in his heart, he was really unable to speak out to remind other people.

Apart from Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei, Xiao Ren and the team doctor stood at a loss at the entrance of the entire space, and could only stare at the black curtain wall in a daze.

After a while, when the black smoke cleared away, everyone saw that Instructor Liu disappeared out of thin air. Between the other four people and the torso of this ancient tree, Liu was nowhere to be seen. The figure of the instructor.

Seeing that Instructor Liu disappeared out of everyone's sight, Xiao Ren and the team doctor didn't know what to do.The two of them wanted to go forward to check the reason why Instructor Liu disappeared, but due to this strange atmosphere, the two of them froze in place, and neither of them moved.

With Yang Lei's support, Chen Ziyang stood up slowly, and his physical strength recovered a bit. When he saw Instructor Liu disappearing into the black smoke like this, Chen Ziyang also felt a little strange. How could this person just disappear out of thin air?

Vaguely, Chen Ziyang seemed to hear the voice of Instructor Liu shouting from somewhere ahead: "Come here quickly, come and save me...help me..."

Hearing the vague voice calling for help, Yang Lei said in Chen Ziyang's ear: "Er Yang, this kid has turned into a ghost so soon? Do you think we should go forward to save him? He They have all turned into ghosts, how can we save them?"

"You are stupid, why would a ghost call for help? Don't forget, that satellite phone is still in his backpack. If we don't save him, how can we leave here?" Chen Ziyang cursed at Yang Lei.

After patting his forehead, Yang Lei suddenly realized.Although he threw down the jars he was carrying and helped Chen Ziyang up, Yang Lei never put down his backpack. The backpack filled with all kinds of strange jars was still on his back. superior.

Several people supported each other and slowly moved towards the direction of the ancient tree.As they moved forward, the four of them were all cautious, paying great attention to the movements of their feet, for fear that their actions would cause those black ashes to float up again, thus blocking each other's sight.

After everyone moved forward for a certain distance, everyone saw a huge crack lying between the team and the remnant of the ancient tree.

Seeing this huge crack, Chen Ziyang suddenly realized, no wonder this Instructor Liu disappeared out of thin air. It turned out that it was not because of the strangeness of his disappearance, but because of this crack.

This crack is about ten meters wide, and both sides of the crack are black shale rocks, because the color of these rocks is very similar to those black ash, so when everyone stands in the distance, they can't see it at all With a crack this wide, it's easy to miss the crack.

The same is true for Instructor Liu, because he saw the remnant of this ancient tree, Instructor Liu could no longer control his excitement, and even a seasoned person like him stumbled.

Instructor Liu moved quickly towards the remnant of the ancient tree. He ignored the things under his feet, and the crack was very inconspicuous, so he didn't notice the crack at all when he was advancing. Existence, causing him to fall directly into this crack.

When the four of them reached the edge of the crack, they saw the miserable appearance of Instructor Liu.The side walls on both sides of the entire crack are covered with a large number of plant root systems. The roots of these ancient trees protrude from the direction of the ancient tree's remains, coiled on both sides of the crack.

There are many root systems that are like bridges, connecting the two ends of the crack, and building bridges in this crack out of thin air.

At this time, Instructor Liu tightly grasped the spikes growing from the root system of a plant, and stabilized his figure. All four of them saw that Instructor Liu's current situation was very miserable, with many spikes It had already penetrated into his body, and drops of blood were dripping from his wound.

In addition to Liu instructor, there are still skeletons hanging on the roots of these plants coiled on both sides of the crack.These skeletons are different from the skeletons of the old king that a few people saw before. The skeletons are all mummified corpses, and the shriveled flesh wraps the skeletons of these people, ensuring the integrity of these skeletons.

One after another, the mummies hung on the roots of the plants, and many sharp thorns protruded from the mummies.Where everyone could see, except for Instructor Liu who was struggling on the roots, there were all hideous corpses. The whole scene gave everyone a strong visual impact.

This crack is bottomless, and both ends of the crack are covered with roots protruding from the rock, and there are corpses hanging on it, as if this crack is a passage leading to hell.

As instructor Liu shouted and struggled, these skeletons seemed to be given life. The limbs of the skeletons kept shaking, as if they were alive, which made the four people at first glance feel horrified.

Seeing the miserable condition of Instructor Liu, Yang Lei said softly: "Is this person still saved? Even if he is rescued, he will be like a colander with holes all over his body. I'm afraid he won't live long."

"What time is this, you still have the mind to joke around, hurry up and save people." Chen Ziyang said dissatisfiedly from the side.

Yang Lei found a long rope from Xiao Ren's backpack. He tied one end of the rope to the root of a plant protruding from the crack, and then threw the rope towards Instructor Liu.

Instructor Liu can be regarded as a person who made a decision immediately. Although many plant spikes penetrated his body, after instructor Liu grabbed the rope, he stepped on it with his feet regardless of his own pain. With the help of the side that opened the crack, these spikes were pulled out from his body, liberating his body.

Shouting slogans, Yang Lei and Xiao Ren slowly pulled the rope in their hands, lifting Instructor Liu up little by little.

In the process of Instructor Liu's slow upward movement, some other spikes pierced his body, but Instructor Liu completely ignored his own pain and stepped on the rock wall on one side with both feet, borrowing With this burst of pushing force, get rid of the shackles of these spikes.Although these spikes pierced his body one after another and drew scars one after another, Instructor Liu's entire body was still slowly moving upwards as the rope was pulled.

When Yang Lei and Xiao Ren pulled Instructor Liu up, Yang Lei looked at Instructor Liu's miserable appearance, and kept making "tsk, tsk, tsk..." sounds.

At this time, Instructor Liu was like a blood man, his whole body was covered with wounds, and there were almost few intact places on his body.Even the rope wrapped around Instructor Liu's waist was already stained red with the blood flowing from his body.

While Instructor Liu was being pulled upwards, Chen Ziyang had been carefully observing the crack.From time to time, gusts of cold wind blow out from below the crack.

On the edges on both sides of the crack, near the edge of the crack, the black dust in these places is very thin, and there is an obvious slope.It seems that the black ash around here was blown away by the cold wind blowing from the cracks, and it's no wonder that everyone didn't see the black dust smoke screen above the cracks before.

After entering this strange passage, Chen Ziyang felt a little strange. When the door of this passage was opened, there was no air convection phenomenon due to the difference in pressure between the inside and outside of the door.

Originally, Chen Ziyang thought that there would be a place in the passage directly connected to the outside world, so the air pressure on both sides of the passage gate would be equal, but after walking in the passage for nearly two days, he never saw such a thing. place exists.

It wasn't until Chen Ziyang saw this bottomless crack that he understood it.I don't know how deep this crack is, but it is estimated that this crack is the reason why the air pressure of the passage is equal to the outside world. It should be that cold wind blows from this crack all year round, so when the door of the passage is opened, there is no air pressure. A strong wind blows out, or a strong wind blows in.

With the light of the flashlight in his hand, Chen Ziyang looked carefully into this crack. Both sides of this crack are covered with plant roots full of thorns. On the roots of these plants, there is a thick layer of Dust, it can be clearly seen that this crack has existed for a long time.

"Is this really weird?" He thought in his heart, such a wide crack obviously couldn't be formed within a few years, from all signs, this crack should have appeared at the same time as this ancient tree.This long and strange passage was obviously built artificially, but why didn't these things appear on the previous stele pattern?

Although the number of steles is limited, it is likely that the old king who carved the patterns on the steles chose the places he thought were more important to depict, and did not describe every clue, but the patterns on the steles are very detailed. , to express every detail vividly, these things should not have no trace at all, what is the reason for this.

While Chen Ziyang was thinking about these things, Instructor Liu had already been pulled up, and the team doctor who was standing aside hurried forward and used the gauze in his few medical backpacks to stop the bleeding for Instructor Liu.

But the only few pieces of gauze couldn't do what they should. Before the blood on Instructor Liu's body was sucked clean, the white gauzes had all turned blood red, and every piece of gauze was taken from Instructor Liu's body. The blood seeping from the wound was wet.

At this time, Instructor Liu really turned into a colander just like what Yang Lei said. There were at least a dozen blood holes on his body, and fresh blood kept flowing out of these blood holes.Seeing the miserable state of Instructor Liu, Chen Ziyang knew that he didn't have a few minutes to live.

At this time, two lines of tears flowed from instructor Liu's eyes. The tears slid down the corners of his eyes and mixed with the blood on his body, turning into two lines of blood tears.A dissatisfied expression appeared on Instructor Liu's face.

Although Chen Ziyang didn't have much affection for Instructor Liu, he still had a slight liking for Instructor Liu through the small pot of water and that small piece of apple.Seeing the current Instructor Liu, Chen Ziyang also understood the unwillingness of Instructor Liu.

Instructor Liu has put in more than ten years of painstaking efforts for this treasure of the ancient country. Now he sees the result right in front of his eyes, but something like this has happened. Seeing that more than ten years of hard work will be paid for. Dongliu, no one would be reconciled to it.

So Chen Ziyang leaned down and said in Instructor Liu's ear: "Instructor Liu, although you and I have different positions, I understand you very well. Now that everything is over, you can tell me if you have any last words. If I can help you, I will do my best.”

After listening to Chen Ziyang's words, instructor Liu's eyes showed a determination that was very inconsistent with the situation at this moment, as if he had made up his mind.

After sweeping over Chen Ziyang with his eyes, instructor Liu had an indifferent expression on his face, which made people look very uncomfortable.

"All this is not over, it is just the beginning, and I will definitely complete my mission." Instructor Liu said.

What he said seemed to be to Chen Ziyang, but he was talking to himself more. After saying these words, instructor Liu exhausted all his strength and slowly lifted himself up. right hand.

Due to excessive bleeding and physical exertion, instructor Liu's raised right hand was shaking violently.But he still grabbed the cuff of his left hand with his weak right hand, and slowly pulled it up, revealing a weird tattoo on his left arm.

The moment this tattoo appeared, Chen Ziyang's heart was a little excited.Originally, he thought that this tattoo would be the symbol of the Dragon Digging Society, but Chen Ziyang saw that it was a tattoo he had never seen before.

After revealing the tattoo, Instructor Liu used his right thumb to stain the blood on his body, and pressed hard on the tattoo.

(End of this chapter)