Chapter 25 [Lost at Fork in the Road]
I held the flashlight and walked ahead according to the road. The fat man followed me, put one hand on my shoulder, and swung the flashlight with the other hand to shine on the left and right tomb walls.WWW.tsxsw.COM.. This is what I did.
In order to avoid any blind spots, the design of this tomb passage is not simple. I am afraid that there may be some doorway waiting for us brothers!
After walking for about half an hour in the dark, the fat man behind me suddenly put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Taozi, look!"
I stopped and turned around to look, and saw a beam of light emitting from the fat man's hand and shining on the tomb wall on the right, revealing a big black hole.
There was a problem. As soon as I saw it, I quickly moved the flashlight in my hand over to illuminate it more clearly.
This is a hole about one person high above the ground, about two meters wide, and the upper part reaches directly to the top of the tomb passage. I was shaking my flashlight to look back and forth, when the fat man touched me with his shoulder and said, "Why does this hole look familiar?"
"Of course it looks familiar, didn't we just come down from this kind of hole?" I responded to the fat man while carefully observing the lower edge of the hole.
"What? Taozi, do you mean we are going in a circle?" The fat man shouted when he heard this.
"While we're at it, we've only walked a long way before we can make a circle. Do you think we're dead? Look at this place again!" I said, pointing to the lower edge of the cave entrance.
The fat man glanced at me doubtfully, stepped forward and took a closer look, then turned around and said, "It's nothing, it's flat!"
"It's nothing in the first place. Didn't we use the Flying Tiger Claw to explore the heights when we came down? I can see it clearly. You were so reckless. You hung up when you lifted it up. There is no way there is no trace at all. This is not ours
The opening that comes down should be a fork in the road!"
"What should we do? Can we go in?" the fat man asked.
"Come in, why don't you come in? This stairway is weird. Let's go to the crossroads first and take a look!"
The idea was decided, we did not hesitate and climbed into the branch road neatly.
When we first entered the stairway, the fat man and I had been walking in a straight line, but once we entered this fork in the road, it was different. In just two or three minutes, we made three or four turns, and the tomb passage was also very tilted.
The front section was as dark as the one inside the stairway. After taking two steps forward, it suddenly changed drastically. We saw our two beams of light suddenly rushing forward as if on stimulants. 2,30
Mi went out and illuminated the winding tomb passage.
It seems that this section of the tomb passage has not been tampered with. Are we going into the tomb chamber, or are we going back? This damn stairway makes me lose all sense of direction and I can't judge at all.
While I was pondering, I shook the flashlight and looked back and forth. The front was fully illuminated and I could see clearly. It was exactly the same as the tomb passage before we entered the stairway. It was made of all green bricks.
After discussing it with the fat man, we decided to walk forward to see if it was a blessing or a curse. We couldn't avoid the curse. Maybe the tomb we were looking for was right ahead!
Things are always cruel. After walking for about 10 minutes, our illusions were completely shattered - before us, there was another big black hole.
"Damn!" The fat man cursed, rushed forward, leaned down to observe, and said: "It's the same as before, it's still stairs!"
I took two steps forward, squatted next to the fat man, and shined a flashlight inside. The dark tomb passage was still devouring light like a hungry tiger, but the narrow stairs and the dim oil lamp all proved its identity.
"Taozi, please say something! I think there is a ghost here. Will we two brothers be trapped and unable to get out? Otherwise, let's turn around..." The fat man looked at the situation in front of him and felt a little embarrassed.
Already.
I didn't expect that Fatty, despite his rough appearance, had some intuition. I smiled, patted his shoulder and said, "I really can't underestimate these Xixia barbarians. I didn't expect that they would do this!"
The fat man didn't understand, so he became anxious and said, "Taozi, can you say something humane? Why can't you understand me?"
I glanced at him angrily and said, "You're right if you don't understand. What's your reply? Come on, let us two brothers learn the tricks of this Xixia barbarian and see if he can kill our three hundred kilograms."
Leave!"
After saying that, he ignored the fat man and jumped into the black hole first.
"Hey! Tao..." The fat man was about to say more, but when he saw that I had already entered, he had no choice but to follow me muttering.
After entering the dark tomb passage, I let my eyes adjust to the darkness for a while, then I held a flashlight in one hand to shine on the tomb wall, took out a military thorn with the other hand, and carved words on the wall.
The fat man was puzzled when he saw my actions, and said, "Taozi, what are you doing? You have been a teacher. Do you know that this is vandalism?"
"You're just talking nonsense, be careful not to cry when you wait. Don't ask your buddies to keep it a secret then!" I pushed him back without looking back.
I took two steps back, admired the big "1" on the tomb wall, and nodded with satisfaction. These 56-style military spurs were easy to use and had high hardness. Carving letters on the tomb bricks felt like fun.
"Taozi is almost done, but it looks like it's not over yet! We're starting to get hungry, let's finish up and go back to the village to eat and drink!" The fat man saw that I hadn't moved for a long time, so he urged me.
I chuckled and ignored him. I thought to myself: Finished? It’s still early. I can’t stand it. You’ll cry sometimes!
As soon as I walked out of that fork in the road, I understood a little bit. This dark tomb passage is a strange trap designed according to Yi Shu, and it should be a straight path of seduction. Our Chinese civilization of 5,000 years has passed down too many good things.
This is a good thing, but the problem is that there are too many ready-made things, and future generations will be lazy. Anyway, they can just use whatever they need, and there is nothing new.
This dark tomb passage should be the same. I carved a word on the tomb passage just to make a mark to verify my idea. If it is really what I think, then the work will be more than half done.
I was just making my own wishful thinking when the fat man next to me started yelling again: "Taozi, another one!"
Following the flashlight, another dark hole appeared in front of us. Looking at our watch, we saw that the hole was dense enough after only ten minutes of walking!
"How are you doing? Can you come in?" The fat man asked when he saw that I had no reaction.
"No need to go in, make a mark, let's walk through this road first!" He stepped forward and carved the word "2", then ignored it and continued walking forward with the fat man.
This walk lasted for more than two hours, and my mark went from "1" to "x". At first, the fat man was still making noises, but then he became numb to the fork in the road. When he encountered this, he said, "Hmm."
Just one sound and it's over.
"Hmm..." The fat man's feeble voice came from behind again. I subconsciously took out the military thorn and planned to go forward to start work. When I got closer, I suddenly became energetic and bumped into the fat man and said:
Chapter completed!