Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 399
After brushing past the sharp junction of the passage in no time, Chen Ziyang secretly cried out how dangerous it was. Just now he even felt that the sharp rock at the junction of the passage was scratching his face.

After entering the passage on the right, Chen Ziyang put all his attention in front of his eyes. He didn't know whether the passage he chose was correct, nor did he know what would appear in front of the passage, so he could only be more vigilant , to face emergencies.

After skating along this passage for a while, Chen Ziyang was so angry that he saw something that appeared in the passage. At this time, the passage was divided into two forks again, and he was still a "person" There seems to be a smiling face at the bifurcation of the zigzag channel and the sharp junction of the channel, waiting to hit it.

Looking at the familiar fork in front of him, Chen Ziyang even had an illusion. He felt that he had gone back in time and returned to the moment when he encountered the first fork in the passage.

He couldn't figure out why the passage here was designed in such a way. If he wanted to prevent theft and take the life of the tomb robber, then he only needed to place some sharp objects in the passage. It's getting to this point.

With my current falling speed, not to mention hitting some stone pillars or iron rods, even if a flat wall stands there, it is enough to cause the falling person to bruise his head and die directly.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang suddenly woke up. He felt that the person who designed this mechanism deliberately left a trace of vitality in it. This is a chance.

"Just now, I turned to the right, so this time I'll turn to the left." The rapid decline did not leave much time for Chen Ziyang to think.After having this idea, he pushed on the side wall of the passage with his right hand just like before, twisted his body violently, let his whole body lean towards the left side of the passage, and then went straight into the left side of the passage. in the side passage.

"Could there be a third fork in this passage?" Before Chen Ziyang felt that his idea was ridiculous, the third fork in the passage appeared in front of him.

Compared with the length of the channel between the first fork and the second fork, the channel between the second fork and the third fork is much shorter, leaving him to react The time is also much less.

This time, Chen Ziyang didn't have time to think about which passage he should take. He just made a slight adjustment based on his body's position in the passage, and then went straight into the passage closest to him.

When passing through the fork of the third passage, Chen Ziyang even felt that the sharp junction of the passage cut off a piece of flesh on his body.

Now the distance he has descended from the passage is not short. This passage is obliquely downward, and Chen Ziyang's descending speed is getting faster and faster. Then he understands that it is not the second fork and the third branch. The distance between the forks is shortened, but the speed itself is increased.

From this point of view, when I just passed the third fork, it can be described as time is not enough. If there is a fourth difference, my own life will be explained here, and my body will directly He hit the intersection of two passages, and was cut in half by the sharp junction.

Just when Chen Ziyang was worried, he suddenly felt a large darkness attacking him. The light from the headlight seemed to disappear instantly, and the surroundings were pitch black.

Chen Ziyang, who didn't understand what happened, suddenly felt that he fell heavily on a relatively large and very soft object.

But even if this object is relatively soft, Chen Ziyang still feels that he has been thrown to pieces because the speed of the slide is too fast. A string of gold stars flew by in front of his eyes, and at the same time a very unpleasant smell appeared on his body. in the nasal cavity.

This smell seems to be formed after many kinds of smells are mixed together. It has a rotten smell, a strong earthy smell, and even some musty smell.

"Not good, the air quality here is not good!" After flashing this thought in his mind, Chen Ziyang estimated that he had escaped from the passages paved with black smooth stone slabs and fell to the bottom of the passages.

Although he was aware of the danger, the current Chen Ziyang had been thrown black in front of his eyes. He managed to keep himself from passing out by virtue of his strong will.

"Don't faint, don't faint, oxygen bottle!" Chen Ziyang felt that every muscle in his body was in pain, even if he wanted to hold the oxygen bottle, it was very laborious.

After exhausting the last bit of strength in his body and touching the oxygen cylinder hanging on his waist, he secretly let out a cry of luck, luckily the oxygen cylinder did not fall off his body when he slipped.

After unscrewing the ventilation valve on the oxygen cylinder, Chen Ziyang wanted to press the breathing mask connected to the catheter on his nose, but at this moment he felt that his whole body had no strength left.

Before he passed out, Chen Ziyang knew that he would never be able to wear the respirator anyway. The respirator was still a little away from his nose, but he could no longer feel the existence of his right hand.

After waking up suddenly, Chen Ziyang felt that his head seemed to be clearer.The feeling from his hands let him know that he was still at the bottom of the tunnel, and the thing he was pressing was as soft as fur.But it was pitch black all around, and there was no light at all.

"Am I still alive? My life is really great. I didn't fall to my death, nor was I suffocated here." After pinching his face and feeling the severe pain, Chen Ziyang knew that he was indeed still alive.

The headlight on the helmet has been detached from the buckle, and I don't know where it fell, and the backpack is not on him.Chen Ziyang understood. Before he felt the sharp junction of the passage across his body, it seemed that he had cut his backpack, and he didn't know where it went.

Although he still felt pain in his body, the pain has been alleviated a lot. After tentatively moving his limbs, Chen Ziyang felt them out, and there was not a single part missing from his body.

The musty smell in the air was still very strong, but the earthy smell was much lighter. Recalling the scene where he just fell into this place before, Chen Ziyang couldn't figure out why he didn't suffocate to death here.

After realizing that the air quality here was still not good, he hurriedly groped around with his hands, hoping to find the fallen headlamp.

Chen Ziyang felt under his body, wondering what the hell did he fall on?This big pile of things feels like a thick pile of fur, very soft and furry at the same time.

But as he groped, the earthy smell in the air became stronger again. It seemed that there was thick dust on these fur-like things, and with his slapping, the dust was scattered in the air.

A cylindrical object was held in Chen Ziyang's hands, and it was cold to the touch.Then he realized that this should be the oxygen bottle he opened earlier.Holding the oxygen bottle and shaking it, Chen Ziyang found that the oxygen bottle was very light, and it seemed that all the oxygen in it had been released.

He touched the area about one meter in front of him, and Chen Ziyang didn't touch anything else. Then he turned around and touched behind him again.

According to his estimate, if the headlights were released from the buckle after he entered here, the headlights should not fall very far due to the obstruction of these fur-like things, so it is very helpful to search around yourself first. necessary.

After touching for a while, Chen Ziyang found his backpack all at once.He was overjoyed. Although he didn't find the headlight, the backpack was enough, and the flashlight was still in the backpack.

Considering that the air here is likely to kill him, Chen Ziyang turned on the flashlight without any hesitation and took a picture around him. Then he understood why he was not suffocated here.

It turned out that the volume of the space I was in was not too large, it was just a cube-shaped space with a side length of about 20 meters.The four walls and the top of this space are all black smooth slate.

It is precisely because of the small size of this space that the oxygen in the oxygen bottle that I opened earlier increased the oxygen content here. It seems that I didn't pass out for long.

After simply looking around, Chen Ziyang did not find the passage he slid in. It seemed that some mechanism had been activated after he slid in, and the passage had been covered by the black stone slab.

Seeing these dark stone slabs, Chen Ziyang was a little worried. There was no exit here, and he didn't know how to get out. He was eager to find the exit, so he moved the flashlight to his body.

Same as the previous guess, the thing under Chen Ziyang's body was a pile of fur as thick as a hill.There is a thick layer of dust on these furs, and it is obvious that they have not been placed here for a long time.

It is estimated that these furs were treated with anti-corrosion before being placed here, so they have not rotted after so many years. The purpose of placing this large pile of furs here is to prevent people who slipped in from the passage from falling to their deaths.

"Is my luck so good? All the three consecutive forked passages have been chosen correctly. What if I choose the wrong one? Or is there a room like this at the end of every forked passage?"

Chen Ziyang, who thought of this, suddenly became happy.It seems that there is life here, and there should be a way out, otherwise the existence of these thick furs would be meaningless, and then he moved the light of the flashlight far away, trying to find the place of life.

After passing the edge of the pile of furs, the flashlight illuminated the back of a person standing in the corner of the room.Chen Ziyang was startled by this all of a sudden, he immediately pulled out the Xuanming ancient sword from his backpack, laid it across his chest, and looked at that person vigilantly.

When the flashlight shone on this person, that person was still standing there motionless, as if he had no reaction to the light source. Only at this moment did Chen Ziyang realize that this person's back looked familiar.

"This...isn't this the statue of Yuan Tiangang I saw on the observatory? Why did you come here again?" Chen Ziyang understood that the person standing in the corner of the room was not a real person, but a real person. It is still a stone statue.

This statue is exactly the same as the one I saw on the observatory before. It is still wearing a bun, with a hairpin on it, and wearing a Taoist robe, but it is slightly smaller.It seems that this statue should be made according to the proportion of real people.

The statue is facing the corner, and there is nothing around the statue except the black stone slab. It seems that this statue should be a switch of some mechanism. Chen Ziyang guessed that all the people who left here might have gathered here on the statue.

Thinking of this, he grabbed his backpack and walked down the hill made of furs.

The floor of this room is covered with blue stone slabs. Chen Ziyang, who stepped on the solid ground, heaved a sigh of relief, and finally felt the existence of friction again. This feeling of being down-to-earth is extremely comfortable.

The edge of the pile of furs was already very close to the statue of Yuan Tiangang. Looking at the statue of Yuan Tiangang so close to him, Chen Ziyang suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. The one in the statue is slightly different.

The statue on the observatory looks up at the sky, giving people a feeling of pride, as if it is not looking at the starry sky, but the whole world.But the statue in front of him gave people a completely different feeling.

Although the statue is still holding its head up, it can be seen from the back of the statue that the statue is full of melancholy, as if an old man who is watching the sunset is waiting for his own death.

A feeling of sadness permeated Chen Ziyang's whole body.He didn't understand why he felt sympathy for the statue in front of him, the feeling of wanting to cry at the stone was a bit ridiculous.

Anyway, Yuan Tiangang can be regarded as a Taoist predecessor, and he also left room for himself in the passage where he fell, and there was no murderous intent in the passage.Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang knelt down in front of the statue, and performed a Taoist three-kowtow and nine-kowtow salute to the statue.

"Senior Yuan Tiangang, I don't know if you are the real Yuan Tiangang, I'll just call you like that, thank you for your grace of not killing me, thank you for being lenient, and for saving me a little life."

"Boom...boom..." The sound of kowtowing echoed in this small space. After nine kowtows, Chen Ziyang suddenly heard the sound of stones rubbing against him, and then he raised his head. , looking at the statue in front of him.

At this time, the statue was passed over, and the statue's two eyes were shining brightly, looking at the person kneeling on the ground.

Chen Ziyang, who was unprepared, was shocked. He felt goosebumps all over his body instantly, and every hair stood on end.

But when he saw clearly that what was in front of him was still a stone statue, he was not so afraid, but instead became curious, wondering why the statue would turn around for no reason.

At this moment, the chest of the statue was opened, and the stone slab on the chest of the statue was slowly opened downwards, revealing a stone box placed in the chest of the statue.

(End of this chapter)