Chapter 16 Chapter 15 The Corpse Figurine Locked on the Cliff Comes to Life

In the depths of this cold and damp cave, time and space seem to have stopped, and what is presented before the eyes is only darkness and depth. Fortunately, the torches in our hands can last for a period of time. With a little light, we rowed alone in the deep silence, and we could only hear the "squeaky" sound of the stirring of the water around us.Turning a huge corner, the head-on suddenly widened, and the speed of the water became more sluggish.At this time, I vaguely heard some kind of strange noise in the depths of the hole. That sound, similar to the clattering sound of metal, is like countless villains talking non-stop, chirping, making people feel upset and irritable.I looked around on the bamboo raft, and everyone's expressions changed, and the atmosphere became very tense for a while.

All my attention was attracted by this strange voice, and I thought to myself that there was something strange about this voice.So he quickly reached out the torch in his hand, and glanced forward with the light of the burning fire. Only then did they realize that before they knew it, the bamboo raft had entered a huge dark river channel with a width of 20 to 30 meters.There are many dark shadows on both sides. At first glance, it is not very clear to see the surrounding environment. There was a cool wind blowing from nowhere in the water hole, and it poured into the collar opening head-on. I couldn't help shivering, shrinking my neck immediately, and was about to take back the torch in my hand.At this moment, I heard the exclamation of the three fat people from the side.Everyone's hearts were immediately suspended. In the current environment, any small movement would be infinitely magnified.

What's more, although Chen Jianguo is usually out of tune, he still doesn't lose the chain at this time, and judging from his tone, he seems to have been taken aback by something. "Damn it, what's on top of our heads?" Hearing him yelling so loudly, I was also shocked, and hurriedly raised the torch in my hand.The firelight reflected on the rock wall, outlining the outlines of the stalactites hanging down from the top of the cave above our heads, and we didn't find anything particularly strange. I was just about to catch my breath and scolded the three fat guys for being surprised.Unexpectedly, as the bamboo raft continued to move forward, the torch in my hand swept over the area above my head more clearly. When everyone had a clear view of the scene on both sides of the river, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

"This, this is..." On the top of the bamboo raft we were in, extending to an unknown distance in the darkness, rows of hanged ghost-like corpses, chained by iron chains, hung down from the roof of the cave, followed by unknown places. The cool wind blowing, kept swaying, making the weird metal collision sound before. Under the light of the fire, those wobbly corpses could still barely discern the appearance of a human figure.It's just that each of them is lifeless, and you can tell at a glance that they have been dead for many years. The dry and wrinkled skin of these mummies was covered with the same green hair as the corpse figurines I saw before, looming in the darkness on the top of the cave, looking ghastly and making one's scalp tingle.

"No, why, why are there so many corpses!" Lame Wang, who was sitting behind the bamboo raft, let out an exclamation, stood up suddenly, and his face became extremely ugly in an instant. In fact, it wasn't just this old guy, everyone present was terrified when they first saw the scene in front of them. My complexion was also very ugly, I didn't expect to encounter such a terrifying scene here.On the rock walls on both sides of the cave roof, densely packed corpse figurines were bound by iron chains, one after another hanging low in the air, swaying with the wind, extending to the darker depths of the water cave.

The number of these corpse figurines is really too much. At first glance, there is a large area densely packed on the roof of the cave. There may be tens of thousands of them, which almost form a straight line.If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, no matter what, I wouldn't have believed that there was such a sight in this corpse cave. Imagine the dense white insect eggs in the cranial cavity of the green-haired corpse figurine before, and then look at the thousands of hanging corpses hanging from the top of the rock cave in front of you. That horror.Just looking at it is enough to make people tremble with fear. It is really hard to imagine how many people were massacred in the first place to be able to make up such a horrific scene in front of them?

Seeing this large group of corpse figurines that look like hanged ghosts, bound by iron chains, hanging from the ceiling of the cave, extending into the darkness ahead, everyone couldn't help but gasped. I just felt my scalp go numb, and I couldn't help cursing: "Damn, I have finally seen it this time. This remnant of feudal slaves is really fucking bad. This ancient ruling class, no matter if it is Han or minority Don't treat people as human beings, I'm afraid that in their eyes, human life is worse than a beast. But, why are there so many corpses here? Three fat people, you have to be careful, it was you who pulled out the big earbrackets just now The head of the green-haired rice dumpling, be careful that its kind will come down one by one, and peel off your fat body. At that time, you kid, don't cause trouble to the east, and lead to us irrelevant people... "

The three fat men stood at the front of the bamboo raft with their bamboo poles in place, twisted their big butts with great effort, and then let out a sigh of relief, and put the bamboo poles upright in the water. Hearing what I was talking about, he was not to be outdone, and said : "Go to your grandma's Lin Erba, it's okay to curse your fat man. Brother, I am in good health, I eat deliciously, the sky is full, and my face is rosy. At first glance, I am the kind of person who can become rich and powerful. But you are skinny. Yes, even the bones and the meat are not as important. How do you say this in Feng Shui, alas, it is a natural unlucky fate. I see, even if this group of zongzi comes down, you are the one who is looking for it. , skinny, with some green moss on their body, they are of the same kind..."

I was so choked that I became angry from embarrassment, and the kid's mouth is too fucking bad. "Damn, don't show off your fat belly. Although I'm not as fat as you, I'm not skinny, you boy..." Lame Wang coughed dryly, interrupted the conversation between me and the third fat man, and scolded: "Ahem, there is no end, at this moment, why are you two brats getting into each other's mouths again? Let's think about the current situation first." Let’s face it, these corpse figurines are all the medium for releasing the scorpion, and the cranial cavity is full of corpse insects. Although it’s been so many years, what’s wrong with keeping them intact, everyone should be careful..."

The third fat man chuckled and was not afraid: "Master lame, you are too cautious. This corpse has been left here for so many years. It will not happen sooner or later. It is impossible for us to have an accident as soon as we get here. If In that case, we are too unlucky. Let me tell you, these are here to scare people, so we just calm down and pass along this river, there is no need to be so suspicious." I looked at the dead face sitting at the end of the bamboo raft. This black blind man still looked like he had nothing to do with him, cold, as if no matter what happened, it would not affect him.Sighing secretly, I cursed in my heart: "Damn, an expert is an expert. Look at his psychological quality, he is really sitting on the Diaoyutai, and the Mount Tai collapses in front of him without changing his face. How can we be a mobster? A little twists and turns, all in a hurry."

So he said to the lame Wang and the third fat man: "Stop yelling, the lame man is right. In this ghost place, it is not a big mistake to be careful. It is useless to talk about other things. It is nothing more than scaring yourself. , let's go through this river first. The river is very wide, we just need to grasp the balance of the bamboo raft and go along with the current. Come on, lest you go into a fork in the road." The three fat man spat and cursed: "Damn it, I didn't pay attention when I first came in. The devil would know that there are so many tricks in here, and the dry food we brought is not enough. When the torches are burned out, if If you don't go out again, you will be trapped here to death?" I said to the three fat people: "Don't worry too much about this problem. Although there are many forks here, the water basically flows in one direction. Moreover, the largest river channel obviously has traces of artificial construction. It is the waterway used by the Wu clan to transport stone and wood materials in ancient times, as long as you keep walking along it, you will definitely not get lost." Lame Wang gave me a deep look, then laughed dryly, and said, "Your Erba is right. In ancient times, when building large-scale fortifications, transportation costs had to be considered. According to the level of technology at that time It is said that the most labor-saving way to transport such a large amount of stone and wood is to go by water. "These corpses hanging from the top of the rock in the cave are likely to be the slaves and craftsmen who opened up the waterways and dark rivers at that time. After they built all the fortifications, in order to keep some kind of secret that they didn't want outsiders to know, they did it. They will be silenced, made into corpse figurines, and then hung in the cave with large iron chains. First, the real secrets in the water cave can be covered forever. Second, these corpse figurines can be used to guard the corpse cave and scare away all those who enter people in it." The three fat people were stunned for a while, and it took a while to say: "Damn, there is such a complicated relationship here? It seems that there are really many secrets in this dark river. Hehe, but This is the best way. Back then, the Guwu clan spent so much effort and labor to open up this water hole, and there were probably a lot of treasures in it. Let's go to overturn their lair this time, and it can be regarded as a success for the gang. The brother of the corpse figurine took revenge... ouch... what happened?" At this moment, the bamboo raft that had been moving smoothly along the current suddenly trembled, as if it had tripped over a rock in the water, and was almost lifted up, but then returned to normal.However, before we could breathe a sigh of relief, the next moment, we heard a violent "crash" metal impact sound in the water.The faces of the people on the bamboo raft immediately changed, and their hearts were crying. It's a bitch, I'm afraid the bamboo raft has hit the mechanism at the bottom of the water... Sure enough, with the continuous sound of metal collisions in the river, "crash", the iron chains of the corpses hanging on the rock wall above our heads began to swing violently, and then we heard, suddenly behind us A series of dull, "plop plop" sounds similar to heavy objects falling into the water. My heart sank immediately, and I didn't need to look to know what happened behind me.Immediately, his face turned pale. In a panic, I only felt a gust of cold air wrapping my whole body so tightly that I could barely breathe, so I hurriedly turned my head to look. At this time, the three fatty exclaimed and cursed: "Damn! All the corpses tied by iron chains on the roof of the cave have fallen!" Just as they were talking, Old Lame Wang and Dead Face also turned around. Everyone was speechless, and the atmosphere was extremely tense. "Plop", "Plop", "Plop"... a series of sounds of heavy objects falling continuously, almost connected together.Everyone's hearts sank more and more, and their faces were pale. The chill spread, and the bamboo raft was driving along the current in the cave. I turned my head in a panic, but found that the front was still shrouded in darkness. The distance, and behind him, the sound of the heavy object falling into the water became more and more intense. "How?" I asked. Elder Wang's crippled voice was full of anxiety, and he said, "Grandma, don't worry about what's going on behind you. Hurry up and get on the raft, row forward, and get out of the river first." Everyone stopped talking, and the three fat men held the bamboo pole, supported the bamboo raft vigorously, and slid forward quickly. The few remaining people took the shovel head, or any other available rowing tools, to assist the three fat guys, and moved forward at full speed! With the joint efforts of everyone, the huge bamboo raft galloped forward at an unprecedented speed by means of the current.But we didn't dare to be careless, because behind us, the dull sound of falling into the water was getting closer and closer to us. In the pitch-black water cave, those corpse figurines suspended by iron chains on the roof of the cave, like hanged ghosts, continuously smashed into the water from the roof of the cave, splashing a large amount of water. In a pitch-black river, the current is gentle. The three fat guys and I took turns to prop up the bamboo raft with bamboo poles. The sound of "cracking" the chains oscillating gradually disappeared, and the entire river once again returned to its usual deathly silence. The empty river surface was gloomy and cold, only the slight ripples caused by the sliding of the bamboo raft remained. The torch in his hand poked out of the river surface and swept behind him again. The iron chains binding the corpse figurines were still swinging empty. Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the third fat man even slumped down on the bamboo raft.I was exhausted just now, and most of them relied on this kid's strength. Now that I am temporarily out of danger, this fat man immediately looks like a deflated ball, unable to get up again. I wiped the sweat from my brow, and said strangely: "This is the end? Those corpses fell into the dark river, and there is no other change? Isn't our escape just now a bit unfair?" "I'm not too sure about this, but according to rumors, the ancient Wu clan's mutating technique is very vicious, perhaps because these corpse figurines have been placed for too long, and the insect eggs inside have been weathered and shriveled, and have no vitality. "Lady Wang's eyes were a little erratic, "But these things are too evil after all, no one knows what will happen when they encounter water, it's better to stay away." I looked at the face of the old cripple, and for some reason, I always felt that there was something wrong with his tone and demeanor.He took another look at the dead man's face, he was standing upright behind the bamboo raft, looking at the dark water, not knowing what was going on in his heart. Just after listening to Old Lame Wang's words, the corners of Dead Face's mouth twitched slightly, and immediately returned to its cold appearance.Although his expression was fleeting, I saw it clearly, and I was secretly vigilant. Except for me and Fatty Three, the other two seemed to be planning their own calculations, and the whole thing was getting worse and worse. It's developing in some inexplicable direction. But since others don't want to tell the truth, I can't tell if it's true or not, so I just smiled lightly and stopped asking.On the contrary, Dead Face, who had been standing coldly behind, suddenly walked out and said expressionlessly: "This place is not safe, we have to leave as soon as possible." "No, the fat man hasn't had a good rest yet." The three fat guys stretched out on the raft, regardless of whether it was dirty or not, they lay down again, and said dissatisfiedly, "Brother, I dare say that it's either you supporting the raft, or the pass just now, which exhausted me half to death. It hasn't recovered yet." There was a black cloth tied in front of the dead face, he didn't know if he was really blind or fake blind, but he just lowered his head and looked at the three fat people coldly, his whole person became more and more indifferent.The third fat man was making fun of himself, couldn't help curling his lips, and said, "It's okay, I'm afraid of you, Mr. Fatty. But, even if you want to leave, you have to wait for Mr. Fatty to stand up, right?" The old cripple laughed at the side, grabbed the right arm of the third fat man, pulled him up, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Then what are you dawdling about, get up quickly, let's get up early Get out of this damn place." I ignored their conversations and looked at the dark water behind me. For some reason, I suddenly lost interest in these things. I just felt a little tired, so I closed my eyes and prepared to take a rest.Unexpectedly, as soon as I raised my head, water droplets dripped on my face with a "click". I didn't find it strange at first. This is a limestone cave, and there is an underground river below. It is wet all the year round, and it is very normal for some water droplets to condense on the rock wall. It's just that the water droplets dripped on my face one after another, which made me very uncomfortable. When I looked up, I felt that there were many dark shadows on it.Immediately, I raised the torch on my right hand, just wanting to see what it was.Unexpectedly, as soon as the torch was raised, it happened to shine on a big hideous face coming down from the top of the cave. The two deeply sunken black eye sockets almost touched my head. I was stunned at the time, I just felt my brain "buzz", and my scalp was about to explode.Immediately with a loud cry, he subconsciously raised the torch in his hand, and slammed it towards the big hideous face opposite, only to hear a "pop", sparks splashed, and hit the big face's face superior. The scene at that time was really unforgettable for the rest of my life. I was so frightened that I could barely breathe, and I didn't care how the impact was. I stepped back several steps like a conditioned reflex, away from the huge strange face. Only then did my heart regain a little peace of mind. I couldn't help but started to curse in my heart, shit, what is this?Could it be that some mechanism was triggered just now, and a big rice dumpling was released?No, these zongzi are all dead things, but it is impossible to fly over the eaves and walls, how could it be possible to hang down from the ceiling of the cave, this is not a snake! And at the moment just now, I saw the huge face of that thing, extremely hideous, covered with hairs, I have never seen such a terrifying face, but the image seems somewhat familiar. Taking a closer look, the whole face of that thing is blue, the skin is dry and cracked into scales, the whole face is almost peeled off, the two eyes are deeply sunken, and there are only two black holes left, but it still feels He is staring at you. "Damn, why is it this thing?" When I saw the face clearly, I suddenly became exasperated. Damn it, it turned out to be a corpse figurine with green hair.Presumably the mechanism was touched just now, and all the corpses hung by iron chains on the rock wall of the cave fell down. I don’t know if this one was because the mechanism was in disrepair for a long time, or for some reason, it just drooped down, just in line with it. My whole body hit the opposite side. However, what makes me feel guilty is that for some reason, the more I look at the face in front of me, the more I feel a strange feeling in my heart. This feeling is very strong, but I don't know how to describe it. back. Immediately, my face turned pale, and I saw that the corpse figurine's lifeless head was shaking slightly, and there were green flashes in the two hollow eye frames, as if something was crawling inside.At this time, Old Lame Wang and the others also discovered the situation on my side, they were all shocked, and immediately surrounded me. The third fat man felt strange, and he was amazed, and wanted to go over to have a closer look. Suddenly, the silent dead face grabbed him: "Don't move, just wait a moment." The third fat man also knew that this matter was a bit weird, so he nodded and stood still. At this moment, the green light flickered again in the deeply sunken eye sockets of the corpse figurine.Everyone held their breath, and saw a green monster as thick as a thumb coming out of the eye socket of the corpse figurine.The third fat man's eyes were sharp, he couldn't help spitting, and cursed: "He is a rigid man, and he has been doing it for a long time. It's this little bug who is doing the trick." The shovel slapped the large face of the corpse figurine. Old Lame Wang quickly grabbed him and cursed at the top of his voice, "You son of a bitch, you don't want to live anymore. Do you know what this thing is? Kill it, and everyone will not want to get out of this cave." I was still thinking about what the old lame man meant when I saw the dead face next to him who didn't speak. The stick stabbed out like lightning.The action was so fast, it was as if it had been rehearsed thousands of times in advance.We only saw a flash of black, and Dead Face's right hand had been put down again, but the big worm that had completely collapsed was still inserted at the tip of the iron rod. I didn't see any movement from him, so I flicked my right hand, "snap", and the strange insect with many legs was thrown on the bamboo raft like a dead body. The poor green worm just crawled out of the cranial cavity of the corpse figurine, before it saw the light of day, it died in the blink of an eye, and it didn't even have time to utter a cry. It can only be regarded as its own death when it encounters a dead face. I'm out of luck. I looked at the huge green worm, and thought it looked weird, like a hybrid of a centipede and a cricket, so I asked tentatively, "What is this?" Old lame Wang picked up the dead bug from the bamboo raft, lifted a large pincer in front of it, put it under his nose and smelled it, and threw it on the raft again, his face changed: "My grandpa's, why? Such a heavy corpse smell? How many dead corpses do you have to eat..." The three fat guys and I looked at each other and felt that the situation was not good. Hearing the words "corpse smell" made me feel horrified. I glanced at him, and asked in a deep voice: "This thing eats dead people? So these are the white insect eggs we found in the cranial cavity of the green-haired corpse figurine?" "This is not a dead bug, it's a qiong. It's a worm that eats corpses for a living. The more corpses it eats, the bigger it will become, especially the corpses of dead people. The terracotta figurines in the cave are probably for cultivating this thing, and it seems that the number of people who died in this corpse cave is far more terrifying than we imagined." Old cripple Wang faced the dark river He Dao said with a gloomy face. "It's a corpse." The dead face beside him said coldly with a strip of black cloth tied in front of his eyes. Although it is still a bit sensational, we are still infected by this atmosphere, and we only feel a little chills on the back.The third fat man suddenly raised his right foot, and crushed the corpse squid flat with one kick.Immediately, a thick white juice splashed out, splashing all over the soles of the three fat men's shoes.He couldn't help but yelled, calling it unlucky, "Damn, this thing is so fucking disgusting, it really grew up eating dead people, it's full of pus." "Go." Seeing that the fat man started to lose his nerve again, I scolded with a smile, "This bug is dead, if you are fine and still leave a whole body for others, you deserve to be in trouble." The three fat guys chuckled and didn't answer, but just gave a thumbs up to the silent dead face: "Blind brother, we can't accept this matter, it's very hard to trample such a big bug to death. You little Brother, he can penetrate to death with a single iron rod, and he didn't even hear the sound of insects when he was dying. It's really a quick technique. This technique is the same as what my old man practiced when he beheaded his head on the battlefield. Three The words are fast, accurate and ruthless, and it will not work if you refuse to accept it." I squinted my eyes and heard what the three fat guys meant.Although this fat man looks foolish on weekdays, he can be considered bold and cautious when it comes to critical moments. He must have seen something, and it is inconvenient to say it clearly, so he changed the way to let me be more careful. Old lame Wang came over to smooth things over, looked at the insect corpse that had been trampled into paste by the three fat men, and said, "You know what a fart, my little brother just inserted it at the right time, and cut off the corpse's worm's anus." The center. It's like hitting a snake to hit seven inches, you must find the vital point, otherwise if it sends a signal, then no one in our group will be able to get out alive!" The three fat men curled their lips, kicked the trampled bug aside, and said in disbelief, "Cut, such a small thing was trampled to death with one foot. Is it as evil as you said?" "If it's a single one, then you don't have to worry about it, but I'm afraid there are more than one here." Wang Laozi said worriedly, "This thing can only live in places with many dead people. In the corpse cave, it might be a mass grave. Forever and ever, how many of these things do you know?" Both Fatty Three and I felt our hearts sink when we heard it. We are not fools, so why can't we understand the meaning of Old Man Wang's words.That dead man's face seemed to be unable to let go, and his face was surprisingly solemn. Seeing this posture, the three fattys knew it was not good, and they didn't think the bug's corpse was dirty, so they crushed it hard until it was smashed, and then stopped, probably because they wanted to redeem some of the embarrassing things just now. face. "Then what should we do now? Leave first?" I asked in a deep voice. Dead Face didn't answer my words, a fierce light flashed across his face suddenly, he raised the iron rod and stabbed at me.I was startled, and thought to myself, this shit, this change of face is too fast.It was fine just now, but now it's a fucking turn of events!I yelled: "It's me, little brother! Are you fucking crazy?" I wanted to avoid it, but Dead Face didn't seem to hear it at all. The iron rod in his hand was coming too fast. The child is in front of you. I lamented in my heart: "My life is over." Just as I was about to close my eyes and wait for death, I saw the iron rod go over my shoulder and stab it. There was a "puchi", the dull sound of a pointed tip piercing into something.Then, there was an ear-piercing creaking sound from behind me, and I was covered in cold sweat. When I turned around suddenly, I saw behind me, a corpse clam the size of a normal person's palm swinging two big pincers, nailed to death on the iron wall. on the tip. Everyone was stunned by this sudden change, my lips moved, and just as I was about to speak, I saw the dead face suddenly turn its head to the dark depths behind: "I see, we have to run for our lives as soon as possible." "What? Run for your life?" The three fat guys shuddered, "What? Then in this hole..." The dead man's face became surprisingly solemn, and he nodded: "I think there are things swimming towards us in the water, and there are quite a few of them." For a moment, there was a dead silence in the water cave, and everyone looked at me and me, wondering if they should believe his words.Dead Face suddenly pulled back the black iron rod, threw the big corpse gnat stuck in the iron rod into the river, and shouted: "Go, go, if you don't go, it will be too late." The three fat men looked around in a daze, the river was completely quiet, there was no movement, and asked strangely: "There is nothing, do you feel wrong?" However, before he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound in the originally deserted water hole, as if countless small insects were crawling.Immediately afterwards, everyone heard it, and dense creaking sounds suddenly sounded.We saw a dark wave suddenly rolled up on the originally calm water in the river channel deep in the water cave behind us. When we looked again, everyone could see clearly that it turned out to be countless large and small green bugs.There are too many of them, one, two, three, four, five... Countless green corpses flooded over like a tide, making people's scalp numb, a large black mass, just like that come over.