Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Soul-moving mummy

I don't know how long it took, but I felt that everything I touched with my hands and feet was icy cold, and the back of my head felt dizzy for a while, as if my brain had been emptied, and I slowly raised my head, surrounded by darkness, breathing The breath in the room was inaudible, and bursts of cold air invaded from the ground. As the coldness gradually deepened, a thin sound seemed to ring out in the surrounding area. Suddenly, it seemed to be a terrible silence, as if I could hear my heart beating The sound of sound, the horror without sound is the real horror. "Grandpa, Grandpa Liu!" I roared suddenly, but was startled by my own voice.

I was startled by such a shrill cry. I never expected that I would yell out such a hoarse sound. I calmed down and listened carefully, but there was still no sound at all. Even the yell just now seemed to be abruptly cut off. The echo was as blunt as ice cubes smashed on a stone. I touched the surrounding area, and it was all cold stone ground, and what I touched was cold, and my heart became tense, where did this old man go.I recalled the last scene just now in my mind, the person with a pale face pushed us down, and then lost consciousness.I don't know how high I fell from. I am young, so it doesn't matter if I have rough skin and thick flesh, but the old man is already a person in his seventies. If I fall... my cold sweat will break out.I can't help thinking that we once saw the scene of the old man's ghost on his back. Grandpa used to say that the soul of a stranger is a big murderer, so should it be here?If that's the case, I guess I can't escape this disaster, because, because, I don't know the way here.

As soon as I thought about this, I suddenly felt that there seemed to be someone beside me. I groped for it with my hands, and a burst of excitement came to my heart: Yes, it is a person.In the panic just now, he didn't expect that there was a miniature flashlight in his trousers pocket, so he cursed himself secretly, quickly took out the flashlight, and turned on the light. Under the dim yellow light, Old Liutou was lying on the ground.My heart froze, maybe the old man fell unconscious, he was only worried, and didn't check carefully, he grabbed the old man's shoulders and moved into his arms.

Just as I moved the old man's face forward, I felt a sledgehammer hit the place on my heart, I felt nauseated and uncomfortable, and a foul smell rushed into my nostrils, so I looked carefully. Look: The person lying in my arms is not an old Liutou, but a mummy with messy gray hair, dry facial features, and a stench. The smell similar to the corpse of a dead mouse almost didn't suffocate me, and there were some unnamed black bugs swimming out of the mummy's mouth and nose. Judging from the clothes, it was obviously a tomb robber who died here thief.This discovery startled me, and I threw away the mummy in my arms, and at the same time I let go of the miniature flashlight in my hand.

In the faint yellow light of the flashlight lying on the ground, the mummy seemed to be holding a shiny, golden tube in its hand.I picked up the flashlight, didn't dare to pick up that thing, looked around first, and then found that I was in a mezzanine similar to an alley. This alley is about ten meters long and only about 1.5 meters wide. There stood a statue of a god, the statue was not very tall, and because it was too far away, its appearance was indistinct.When I wanted to look up, I couldn't see any further than a group of black round lamps about one meter above my head, and I couldn't see the small door through which we came in.

After confirming that there were no dangerous things around, I approached the yellow tube scattered on the ground carefully.This good habit was taught to me by Lao Zhong. He often said that if you meet a tomb robber who died in the tomb, you must be careful and careful, otherwise you will follow in his footsteps. At that time, he also said four sentences to me: in the tomb When encountering a corpse, be cautious, look around and don't ask too many questions, don't move the Huang Baiming weapon lightly, and don't lightly step on the road ahead of the corpse.These four jingles actually saved my life at a critical moment.

It was only when I brought the yellow cylinder to my eyes that it turned out to be a treasure, not only because its shell was made of pure gold, but also because it was almost what I needed most: a fire dragon spit bead Take a torch.Judging from the patterns carved on the whole body and the shape of the dragon head emitting flames at the head of the tube, it can be basically determined that it is a sharp weapon for making fire recorded in "Liezi Ji Kuo Lun". It has the function of fire, and animal fat is hidden in the cylindrical body. After being ignited by tinder, it looks like a small torch.

There is a small button-shaped pull ring at the end of the barrel, and the pull ring is connected with a jagged steel bar. When the steel bar is pulled suddenly, the flint fixed on the wall of the barrel will be rubbed, and the sparks will be ignited by splashing in the cotton next to it. flame.A well-made fire sickle is not afraid of wind or tide, and can be used no matter how long it takes, so some tomb robbers in ancient times used these things, but this kind of dragon head-shaped torch is definitely not a folk thing. Just as I was guessing the identity of the tomb robber, the miniature flashlight in my hand suddenly turned on like a maniac, as if summoned by something. After the light was turned on, the light of the flashlight slowly dimmed.

It's broken, I don't want to use this torch, because the flashlight is almost out of power. When the flashlight was about to dim, I had to pull the torch in my hand. In fact, I was skeptical about whether I could light the torch, because I didn't know if it was still intact. Sometimes, there is really shit luck, because the torch fired sparks after I pulled it three times. Just when my arm was sore from pulling it, the torch finally lit up, a burst of light The pure yellow flame twisted its body and danced. The flame and the flashlight are really different. The bright flame illuminates the surrounding environment at once. The corpse thrown by me is still skewed there. The imprint on the wall, not the shape I saw lying on the ground just now.

This kind of corpse print is generally an imprint formed under the body of a dead body due to rapid dehydration and deoiling for some reason.However, this corpse print shows that the tomb robber died leaning against the wall, not the posture I saw lying on the ground just now. What surprised me even more was that there was a piece of flint next to the imprint on the back, which seemed to be a fragment that fell from a scythe.I looked at the torch in my hand, and there was no sign of any damage.A thought suddenly rose in my heart, could it be that someone has been to this place and moved this corpse?But this inference was quickly overturned by myself: no one would not pay attention to this pure gold fire starter when moving the corpse, let alone leave this thing here.

I stood under the corpse print and looked up. The blurred balls of lamps in the flashlight just now revealed their true colors. They turned out to be seven large black lamps, and there seemed to be grease inside.I was just about to use the torch in my hand to light the lamp, when I suddenly remembered what Old Zhong said, so I held back the stench, and put the mummy back to the place where the corpse prints were, and then let the mummy hold the flamethrower He lit the lamp in front of him. With a sound of "boom", the flame in the lamp suddenly rose up. Before I could close my surprised mouth, I saw a stream of fire flowing along a connecting rod in the middle to the other six lamps, and then the remaining six lamps All the lights were turned on. Taking advantage of the firelight, I saw something dancing above my head. I quickly looked up and saw black smoke of various shapes rising up, hovering like a dragon or a phoenix. I looked up patronizingly, and suddenly felt a fragrance like musk deer and orchid inhaled into my lungs unconsciously. My first thought was: not good, something bad is going to happen!There seemed to be the sound of boiling water rolling in the distance, and the noise of pulling stones rumbled along the wall of the tomb, and when I tried to move my arms, I found that they were limp and powerless.I saw the two god statues at both ends of the alley rushing towards me along a track, and soon crossed in front of me, and the two weapons in my hands viciously plunged into the body of the mummy holding the flamethrower at the same time. inside. Just like that, I leaned against the wall weakly, watching the two hideous gods, like two interlaced wolf teeth, tightly biting the mummy next to me, the weapon in my hand pierced through the already dry body.And I narrowly escaped this disaster by hiding behind the mummy. It turns out that this is a mechanism from the beginning to the end. Lighting the lamp above the head will trigger the fragrance mixed in the lamp oil. Anyone who smells it will be powerless. The lit lamp will activate the two gods, and the two shocks in the long and narrow tomb passage Like a running rhinoceros, the powerful moving statue will crucify anyone who dares to light the lamp. Apparently, the designer of the tomb had predicted that the person who broke into the tomb would try to light the seven lamps. As for why the seven lamps were lit, the answer came after a cigarette. Just after the eight lamps were burning for a while, amidst a huge roar, a gap was slowly opened on the wall facing me, and thousands of golden rays of light came out of the gap. Damn it, I met the Holy Fire Gate. I once heard my grandfather discuss the story of a foreign church’s holy fire opening the door. At that time, I couldn't remember whether it was an Orthodox church or a Christian church. There was a cluster of holy fire in front of the door. Whenever the holy fire was lit, the two heavy stone doors of the church would open automatically. Through the church's deliberate propaganda and the worship of believers, it evolved into The miracle that the holy fire of Christ can open the holy gates of heaven.At that time, grandpa laughed and said that this is actually an exquisitely designed mechanism. When the holy fire is lit, the liquid hidden in the stone gate will be heated. When the liquid rises and flows, it will drive the movement of the stone gate. Although the principle is simple, it can be done well. But it was not easy. Because of the religious cloak, it became a so-called miracle. I couldn't help but smiled wryly in my heart. These eight round lamps are the mechanism to open the next underground palace. Although I'm still sitting on the ground, my mind is still clear. It's overwhelming, because I've figured out the whole story.This mechanism is linked together. Since we crossed the moat of the underground palace, we have already stepped on the first domino, and our next activities are all within the calculation of the tomb designer.Crossing the river, entering the door, lighting the fire, the scent of the lit lamp is everywhere, and when you are dizzy, you will be hit hard by the flying statue, and when you are dying, you can see the flame urging the sealed stone door to quietly open a gap, as if Ali Baba’s incantation was just that after “open sesame”, the thieves could only lie helplessly at the entrance of the treasure, watching the gate of the underground palace open and then slowly close as the flame disappeared. Li Jie is worthy of being a master of black humor. He used this series of tricks to moleste the tomb robbers of the past generations and the villains who wanted to spy on this underground palace, so that these people died tragically when they were about to touch the last door of the underground palace. Such an exquisite idea He can also think of it, I can only describe him as "inhuman". I'm lying on the ground and can't move. Seeing the two statues tightly squeezing the mummy in the middle, my heart is full of fear. If I was holding the torch to light the lamp just now, I should be able to see it at this moment. The blood on the stomach flowed to his feet inch by inch. The lights in the distance have already started to go out, as if it was an agreement. Starting from the outermost lamp, the flame in the lamp flickered a few times and then went out weakly, and then the inner one also went out, until the mummy The flame above the head, which had risen for a long time, also slowly lowered.My heart is full of sadness. With the extinguishment of this lamp, darkness will cover the short path in front of the tomb, and I will lie here frozen, starved to death and become the next mummy. "Li Jie, I fucking hate you!" Thinking of the grief and anger, I couldn't help cursing loudly. As if my cursing had played a role, the flame of the last lamp did not go out after shaking a few times, but it was no longer as high as the previous flame, but turned into a shallow pure yellow flame that was tough and tenacious. burning.Since the flames were still not extinguished, there was still a shallow gap in the stone gate that was not closed tightly. It's a torch!I became excited at once, it was the torch I let the mummy hold just now, the heat generated by its own flame prevented the stone door from closing.This is great, because this kind of mechanism is quite similar to the current Shimen. As long as there is a gap, it can be pushed open. If it is tightly fastened, unless I have the strength of nine bulls and two tigers, it will be difficult to shake it. I stood up from the ground at once, and quickly stepped in front of the lamp. After taking two steps, I suddenly froze. I looked at my arms and legs in disbelief. How could I be able to move all of a sudden?I sniffed twice suspiciously, and the strong scent of blue musk in the air has been diluted, and it seems to be replaced by a cool mint-like smell, but this smell is not as refreshing as mint. On the contrary, there is a feeling of numbness and crispness, which makes people think a little bit. The great joy of the opening of the stone gate allayed my doubts, and I began to exert force regardless of carrying the stone gate.