Chapter 24 Chapter 23: Snake Palace

It seems that my guess is really correct, there are actually two doors at the other end, and bending forward like this, there will be nine such giant doors in total.This peculiar structure of the underground palace is exactly the one I have known before. Did Dong Zai come here?If this underground palace is really like this, then who is its owner?What is Dongzai's purpose here? Liu Shisan said to me: "Did you find something? According to you, what kind of hall is this place?" I replied: "This is called the Nine-curved Snake Palace. There are nine gates in this passageway, which lead to a place by twisting and circling. Master Liu, can you tell what era the bricks and stones are from?"

Ayan said first: "I guess it should be in the early Qing Dynasty. I just observed that although these blue bricks have special engraved patterns, the craftsmanship is obviously the characteristic of Ming bricks. This is similar to the local 'Tarzi, The legend of the "Snake Emperor's Out" also happens to be more consistent!" Everyone continued to sit down and rest without making a sound, Liu Shisan said: "It seems that we have to go forward to confirm whether this is the case, and only after passing through the nine gates can we know where it leads, maybe it leads to the snake. The palace may not be sure!"

I said to him: "What I said is that this kind of architectural structure is called the Nine Twist Pan Snake Palace, but it does not prove that this is the same as the Snake Palace we are looking for." At that moment, I felt very nervous, because I knew in my heart One thing, although I don't know whether I should believe it or not, but I still have some scruples, and I don't want to scare people in front of everyone. Mu Tianying's scroll records: The last gate of the Jiuqu Pansnake Palace leads to the underworld . Er Xia said: "Perhaps! The nine gates of this tunnel are equivalent to the gates of the Forbidden City. If ministers want to see the emperor, they have to go through several gates before they can go to the Jinluan Hall. It is very likely that after passing through these nine gates we It really leads to the palace of the Snake Emperor!"

After hearing this, Amao looked around nervously, I knew he was very nervous, Mao Jindao patted his shoulder and smiled, making a gesture of don't worry.Then everyone arranged people to take turns on the night shift and rest on the spot. I'm trying to keep my energy up now. I was nervous and drowsy just now, and now it's coming up again.Fortunately, we have a large number of people, so we can keep two people on duty together every time, just because we are afraid that one person will be bored, and it is worth falling asleep by ourselves. I fell asleep almost as soon as I lay down. Unexpectedly, I woke up from sleep and found out that it was already dawn when I asked. It turned out that Hong Ge didn’t wake me up when he saw that I was too deep asleep. I worked one shift.I smiled gratefully at him, and ate bread and drank mineral water with everyone. For those of us who have not had a good meal, this is already an excellent food!After rewarding our stomachs, we packed our bags and continued to battle.

Originally, I entered the Long Live Cave by accident, but this series of discoveries is really surprising. Although it is already daytime in terms of time, the cave is still dark, and it is basically difficult to move without artificial light. Walking and walking must hit the wall. The light from the flashlight still can’t reach very far, as if there is some kind of light-absorbing substance around here. I suspect that this is due to the electromagnetic influence inside or the change of the material structure. You must know that light is both a particle and an electromagnetic wave. Changes may have an impact on its spread.At the moment, I am not sure that this is the reason, so I can only struggle to find a reluctant reason, trying to refute that it is because we are slowly approaching the underworld.

The long passage was quickly passed by us, and there were indeed two huge iron doors in front of us. Except that they were slightly newer than the previous two doors, there was almost no difference in feeling.Similarly, the two doors were also half-hidden, and they were in vain. We carefully pushed them open, and the light from the flashlight swept across the "ground" in front of us, revealing streaks of light. I was taken aback, and after careful observation, I found that there was a river in front of me. I was even more surprised: it is said that there should not be a river in the ancient tomb. First, the water is unstable and easy to damage the ancient tomb. Second, it is easier to expose the ancient tomb. Location.But what is really displayed in front of our eyes is indeed a river, the river is very calm, without a trace of waves.

Could it be the moat of the imperial city?According to common sense, there is only this possibility. Could it be that this underground river passes through the nine city gates and surrounds the Snake Palace?Is this really an imperial city?While he was wondering, Mao Jindao held up his flashlight to shine a light on several objects moored by the river in front of him. They were actually a few small wooden boats. When he got closer, there were still guns, military caps and bullets left behind. Obviously, they were also from Japan. Military ships. "The Japanese soldiers also entered the Snake Palace through this river?" Mao Jindao said to himself, "But I think they are more likely to return without success. Looking at the things on the boat, you can know their panic at that time. !"

Er Xia said: "Forget it for now, this time I don't have to step up and down. Brother Xia, I would rather swim than walk, not to mention that this time there is a boat, so it is much more convenient to slip!" I knew this guy likes water, so now Seeing the river is naturally a little excited.Liu Shisan carefully looked around and arranged for everyone to board two boats. I was in the same boat as Er Xia, Mao Jindao, and Hei Zi. This wooden boat was probably very old, and the wood was a little rotten.Just as he was thinking, Er Xia picked up a pair of broken oars and started paddling, the boat swayed and moved forward.

The water surface was very calm, and the two boats walked inside like two fish. At this speed, no matter how long the tunnel was, it would not take much time. The way to reach the destination, no need to wrong your legs. Er Xia said: "I haven't had a chance to row a boat for a long time. I didn't expect to have a chance to resume my old business here. Haha! Compared with Guanyue Lake, this place is too narrow. We are unlucky. When we came here, we walked on a narrow mountain road. It has to be the same as noodles, and it’s so shabby to walk by water now!” I said to him: "It's good to have a boat, you boy, be careful, this boat can't stand your toss, if it falls apart, let's go swimming, we will be exhausted!"

Just when he was triumphant, the boat suddenly shook violently.This is a very short board boat, unlike the basin-shaped hull of our Guanyue Lake. The violent shaking just now made me lose my balance. If I hadn't reacted quickly and quickly reached out to grab the side of the boat Then I myself was thrown out.When they were astonished, they could only hear the voice of Mao Jindao: "Be careful! There is something in this water! It seems to be quite big!" After speaking, several people held up their flashlights at the same time and shone into the water. The ripples on the surface of the water were undulating, and it was hard to distinguish whether it was caused by the passing of the ship or that thing, but based on the movement just now, it can indeed be concluded that it is not a small master. Although it is not sure whether it is a living thing, but the heart Still raised it all at once.

"Is it a stone or a wooden stake?" Er Xia stretched out his oars and poked in the water. He didn't finish his sentence. Accompanied by the shaking of the boat behind us, my flashlight clearly saw a huge monster in the water. The snake shadow, its head and body shape, are much larger than any one we have seen before, including the giant red ghost, and it is still getting bigger. I couldn't believe it, I took a big step back in shock and lay down in the belly of the boat, picked up a big gun in a panic, struggled to get up, aimed at the water and screamed softly: "Don't move around, it's so big!" A snake!" Heizi leaned against the side of the boat without saying a word, bent over and stared at the water, suddenly stretched out his hand quickly, grabbed something up and shook it, then raised his hand and flashed it in front of our eyes, it turned out to be a small red head The snake, shaking its head and spitting out its core, looks very scary! We backed away in astonishment, Heizi said: "The big snake you saw just now is it!" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and threw the snake in his hand into the water. "Damn it! You mean a large group of snakes swimming together? That's more disgusting than a big snake!" Er Xia said, trembling, "I think we should find another way, I really feel a little uncomfortable with such a scene Can't stop!" I can't wait to retreat quickly. Such a disgusting scene is really beyond my psychological tolerance. I hurriedly turned the bow of the boat with Er Xia, and swung the oars desperately to paddle back. We couldn't tell whether it was ourselves shaking, or the group of snakes under the belly of the boat were pushing us. Because the two boats were too fast, they bumped into each other heavily when they reached the gate. Fortunately, we all sat very firmly so as not to fall into the snakes in the river.Where the flashlight illuminated, countless colorful snakes came up through the bottom of the water, revealing their ferocious heads, and some of them climbed onto the side of the ship from time to time. Er Xia quickly put away the flashlight, was the first to jump up to the river bank, kicked off the snake that was swimming downstream, grabbed a gate and dragged it back. With a sound of "Kang Dang", the door was pulled open abruptly, and Er Xia yelled "Ah", and strode back to the boat again. "What are you doing! What are you getting so excited about? You're stepping on my foot!" I yelled, pushing Er Xia aside, Er Xia suddenly turned around, grabbed my arm and said excitedly: "Huanzi! There's a ghost! Menna side……" While talking, snakes kept climbing up the side of the boat and slipping into the belly of the boat. I didn't bother to ask what happened to Er Xia, who was already incoherent at the moment. When I got to the shore, I took photos on the other side of the iron gate. The scene in front of me almost made me faint. I tried my best to open my eyes and reconfirmed the scene in front of me: it was not the dry masonry ground we had imagined, and it was not the situation that should appear in reason. There was actually a long river ahead, a large group of terrifying snakes, and a few broken boats. And a few panicked figures on the boat are exactly the real situation on our side!When I turned my head, I saw a pair of terrified eyes on a face that was too familiar to me, and it happened to be my own face. I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself down. What I need most at this moment is calmness! I bravely stretched out my hand carefully to touch the "I" of the other party, but I couldn't feel anything. I made sure there was no mirror installed here, and my hand passed through the other party's face without any feeling. I do the same, and his hand goes across my face, and I can't feel anything on my face. I was stunned, staring at that face and slowly backing away until he disappeared into the darkness, and I immediately understood what was going on in my mind. Everything is related to this mysterious number!The Nine Layers Lost Soul Formation, Nine Twist Pan Snake Palace, and Nine Stars Nine Layers Coffin all have the number "nine", and all of them must be closely related to one person, and that is Mu Tianying!Could it be that this Snake Palace tomb was also built by Mu Tianying?It is definitely impossible in terms of the era, and it is more likely that it was built by someone who got his true inheritance. Could it be the Mu Tianying who signed on the altar? This person is really very rare. I did not know how many historical materials I checked before, but I only recorded some scattered things about him. I only found out that this person is a famous local Gu division.But based on this alone, I can conclude that it is referring to this Mu Tianying, maybe the same name is also possible, and the book does not record the specific deeds of this Mu Tianying, and there is no way to verify it. Fortunately, his wisdom has finally been handed down, and it has flowed to me. Only by relying on him can I know the difficult problems that no one here can understand. I was shocked and tried to calm myself down. Snakes kept crawling up the boat. While we were chasing them away, we took out the sulfur powder we had prepared on our bodies and sprinkled them in the boat. Finally, we temporarily stopped the group of snakes. Er Xia must have been terribly frightened, it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and tremblingly explained to everyone what happened just now.Along the crack of the door that was opened just now, the scene on the opposite side can still be vaguely seen. "What? Isn't this the way we came here? How did it become like this? When was there a big mirror in the middle?" Amao said in shock.Ah Yan took a photo of the opposite side curiously, and the "Ah Yan" on the opposite side Also doing the same thing.She then asked me, "What the hell is going on here?" I was extremely nervous at the moment, almost forcing myself to calm down, and said to everyone: "I tell you, don't be nervous, this is the strange mechanism of this Pan Snake Palace, called the Nether Mirror Barrier Soul, everyone should be careful !" "What? What kind of dark mirror barrier soul?" Several people asked anxiously in unison. I explained: "The situation on the other side of the door is exactly the same as ours. If we pass through that door and continue to move forward, we will also go through the opposite side, and then go in the opposite direction..." Er Xia yelled: "Damn! Huanzi, you made a bit of a mess, I didn't understand at all! You just said, what will happen if you go through that door and go straight forward?" I lowered my head, then raised it quickly and was about to speak. Ah Yan looked at me and said, "If we walk over, will we return to the previous place?" "Yes!" I nodded and said, "If we go forward and walk in the opposite symmetrical scene, it will be the same situation as we return now. And at the end, we will encounter the same door and the same situation, endlessly repeat!" "Ah?" Everyone was shocked, and I continued: "There is a condition for such a situation to occur, that is, our number of people. This situation will only happen if nine people walk together in the Nine-Twisted Snake Palace!" Amao was almost trembling, looked around and said in a terrified voice: "Nine people? We are clearly eight people! Could it be..."