Chapter 5 Section five

Xia Mingruo lay down back in the tent with peace of mind, and slept with peace of mind until dawn, until Chu Haiyang grabbed his collar and gritted his teeth: "Don't believe it, you are too shameless." "Where is it?" Xia Mingruo turned his head and smiled at Xiao Chen with dark circles, "It's the grassroots comrades who are too polite." The smile was so friendly that Xiao Chen didn't dare to look at it. After feeding my stomach, I went to the opposite mountain peak.Xiao Chen made a complete mistake last night, three hours?Three times three hours is about the same.

First, there is no road at all, the dense forest is full of poisonous plants, the humidity is extremely high, and the fog is heavy; second, there are rushing deep streams in the valley, and it takes a lot of effort to swim across; third, the Yunnan-Guizhou multi-karst landform , Xia Mingruo fell into a hidden cave and crushed a stalagmite that took 200 million years to grow. In 200 million years, we can predict that after Professor Li knows, the wall of the office must be full of pits, all of which were hit with his learned head. Arrived at the top of the mountain at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, there are a few sparse dwarf trees on the top of the mountain, the bare soil is red, and the soil is limestone.There was a hidden pile of ashes on the top, probably left over from a day or two ago, which made Chu Haiyang heave a sigh of relief, indicating that he did not choose the wrong direction of action.

From the top of the cliff to the entrance of the cave, the visual distance is eight meters. At 6:30, while the sun still had a glimmer of light, Chu Haiyang and Xia Mingruo checked their equipment for the last time. "Using knives a lot?" "Bring it." "Kettle, compressed biscuits?" "Have." "Compass, watch, camera, flashlight, shovel, brush, sieve, drawing book, pen, measuring tape, matches?" "Have." "A tallow candle?" "……have eaten." Chu Haiyang raised his eyes and asked, "Who ate it?" Xia Mingruo immediately pointed at Xiao Chen, who asked, "What is a butter candle?"

Chu Haiyang flicked Xia Mingruo and said, "Call you rascal, call you rascal." At 6:40, Chu Haiyang touched the rope around his waist and started to descend the cliff. It was only at this moment that Chu Haiyang realized that he had also made a mistake. The wind on the cliff was at least ten times stronger than he had imagined.Chu Haiyang gritted his teeth and picked up the climbing pick, hewed deeply into the rock, and kicked his legs vigorously as supports to maintain his balance. He realized that it was absolutely impossible for Xia Mingruo to complete these actions alone, but it was a pity that Xia Mingruo was not a cat, so he shouted to the top of the cliff: "Don't believe it! You too!"

He yelled twice but no one answered. "Don't believe it!" Xiao Chen poked his head out: "Comrade Xiao Xia ran away." "Ah?!" Chu Haiyang's eyes widened, "Where did you go?" "He said he went back to Beijing." Xiao Chen held up the matryoshka doll in his hand to show Chu Haiyang, with a dazed expression, "Give me a parting gift." Chu Haiyang immediately climbed up again, and shouted at someone's back: "Xia Mingruo! If you have the guts, try again!" Xia Mingruo waved his hands gracefully: "Goodbye!"

Just as Chu Haiyang wanted to untie the rope to chase after him, he saw the Panchi knife on the ground: "Don't believe me! I didn't bring the knife!" The man immediately came back, only to be strangled by Chu Haiyang. Xia Mingruo started to cry, he hugged Chu Haiyang's leg tightly and said pitifully, "Haiyang, for the sake of you and my childhood sweetheart..." Chu Haiyang was amused, and tied the rope around his waist without saying a word. "Don't, don't!" Xia Mingruo begged, grabbing Chu Haiyang's hand, "If you tie me to the cliff with a rope, you might as well let me die, I'm afraid of heights!"

"Scared, scared, don't be afraid." Chu Haiyang dragged him towards the edge of the cliff. Xia Mingruo said: "No, no, no, no! Forget it, forget it! Dude, dude!" "Don't believe it," Chu Haiyang looked at him sideways, and said solemnly, "This may be the last wish of Professor Zhao before his death. Do you really have the heart not to take a look for him?" Xia Mingruo was stunned, and looked at Chu Haiyang for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "If you read it, it means I watched it." ...It's too shameless (Old Huang in the township government is squatting in front of a mouse hole with concentration).

Chu Haiyang arranged decisively: "Don't bring heavy luggage, take common tools. Xiao Chen, aren't you afraid of heights? Let's get down together." Xiao Chen raised his chest proudly, filled with the pleasure of revenge: "Don't be afraid!" Chu Haiyang walked to the edge of the cliff first, and grabbed the rope tightly: "I am the first, don't believe me and follow, keep a distance of one meter from me." Xia Mingruo shouted: "Wait!" Chu Haiyang waited. Xia Mingruo said: "Let me brew it!" Chu Haiyang said: "Xiao Chen, I have a military strap in my bag, please give it to me."

Xiao Chen offered it immediately. Chu Haiyang bowed and carried Xia Mingruo on his back, and hit him like a package. Xia Mingruo said, "Don't, don't!" Chu Haiyang said, "You're only embarrassed now, it's too late." "How can I!" Xia Mingruo said, "I mean don't put me in the back, if the rope breaks, I'll do free fall, can I switch to the front?" "The front is also in free fall, and you still expect me to catch you? You go!" Chu Haiyang put him on his chest and tied him tightly with a strap.Xia Mingruo took a deep breath and quickly entered a state of stress. The so-called state of stress is to close your eyes and freeze, allowing time and space to flow around.

Chu Haiyang began to slowly lower the rope, using the climbing pick to maintain his balance.The center of gravity of two people is easier to stabilize than one person, but it does not mean that it is easy to control, and they will spin on the cliff without paying attention.Only at this time can we understand what it means to hang a thread by a thread. If the rope breaks, both of them will be regarded as sacrifices. Several pieces of gravel were trampled by Chu Haiyang and fell into the deep cliff. Xia Mingruo asked: "Have you arrived yet?" "Nope," Chu Haiyang gasped with sweat all over his head, "don't move."

"Don't dare, just say it when you arrive." "It's almost there." Chu Haiyang turned around with difficulty, and the hole was just under his feet. "Don't believe it, can your feet touch the cliff?" "can." "Then now, pedal with me, one, two," Chu Haiyang shouted, "three!" With all four legs, he kicked off the cliff, Chu Haiyang let go of the rope at the same time, and the inertia threw them into the cave. Then fall into a dog and eat shit. Xia Mingruo covered her head and said, "Despicable..." Chu Haiyang said: "You deserve it, who told you to be in front." This is a descending hole, the inside of the hole is flat, and there are traces of artificial excavation around the hole.The cave body extends extremely wide, but except for the part of the cave entrance where the light of the setting sun can shine, the rest are hidden in the thick darkness. Chu Haiyang untied the knot on his waist, fixed it on the protruding rock at the head of the cave, then poked his head out and shouted: "Xiao Chen! Come down!" The voice of Xiao Chen's promise seemed to be still in his ears, and his man had already stood in front of him, his speed was fast and his movements were agile, just like a cat, Chu Haiyang sighed to himself. "When I was a child, my grandfather took me to collect medicine." Comrade Xiao Chen finally showed his face. At this time, Xia Mingruo's low voice came from the empty space: "My God..." Chu Haiyang turned on the flashlight: "Huh?" Xia Mingruo couldn't hide his excitement and pointed to the depths of the cave. Chu Haiyang took a few steps forward, took a breath and said, "You guessed it right..." hanging coffin. Not one, but tens or hundreds of densely packed layers.Most of the black coffins had collapsed and decayed, and there were fragments of bones on the ground—some were still bones, and some had decayed into powder. Xia Mingruo reflexively shook off the handkerchief and stuck it on his mouth and nose, and then heard a plop, and Xiao Chen fainted from fright. Xia Mingruo ran to the people who pinched him, and when he woke up, Xiao Chen suddenly hugged him: "Coffin!" Xia Mingruo said, "Well, it's all wood." Xiao Chen cried, "Dead!" Xia Mingruo said, "Human skeleton." Xiao Chen became hysterical: "Damn——!" Xia Mingruo slapped him on the back of the head. Rolling up his sleeves and putting on his gloves, he said: "Comrade Chen, you should be excited. This is the largest hanging coffin group discovered in our country so far. We will invite you to take a group photo together later, and we will honorably publish it on the Archaeological In the journal." Chu Haiyang threw the end of the tape measure to him: "Don't believe it, measure." Xia Mingruo took it, and pushed Xiao Chen out: "Don't cling to me, I can't work." Xiao Chen trembled and said, "Comrade Xiao Xia, I'm afraid!" Chu Haiyang said, "Xiao Chen, wait for us at the entrance of the cave." Xiao Chen shouted: "Don't leave me alone! It's getting dark, there are ghosts here! There are zombies! White-haired and white-haired zombies! Eat and eat people! If you are eaten, you will not be able to reincarnate, you will be a lonely ghost Damn!" "Tsk," Chu Haiyang said with his arms akimbo, "Where did you hear that? It's normal to have white hair. The corpse itself will become moldy, and once it becomes moldy, white hair will grow. A certain humidity, a certain temperature, there is Nutrient provider, plus fungal infection, so white hair grows." "If you have beriberi, you will definitely grow white hair in the future." Xia Mingruo said firmly. Xiao Chen rolled his eyes and slipped to the ground: "...I have athlete's foot." "Then you have a bright future." Xia Mingruo said. "Don't scare him." Chu Haiyang gently touched the coffin. Xia Mingruo sighed, tied himself and Xiao Chen together, patted the rope around his waist and said to him, "Where I go, you go wherever I go, so you won't be afraid?" Xiao Chen nodded, Xia Mingruo then shook the tape measure: "Measure." "Dongsan, complete, 1.84 meters long, 0.74 meters wide, and 0.67 meters high," Chu Haiyang reported, "Measure one more for the record." Xia Mingruo was walking and writing with a small notebook. He had just taken a few steps when he heard Xiao Chen's scream full of fear. Before he could turn his head, he was suddenly pulled back by a strong force.His pupils dilated instantly, Chu Haiyang flew forward and wrapped his arm tightly, and the two slid on the ground for several meters before barely stopping. "Xiao Chen!" Chu Haiyang shouted. "What's wrong with Xiao Chen?" Xia Mingruo finally realized. The one who answered them was Xiao Chen who wanted to yell out: "Help! Help! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" "Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen, don't be afraid!" Chu Haiyang shouted, "You just fell into the cave! Don't move your hands and feet, or we won't be able to pull you! Try to see if you can touch the cave wall!"