Chapter 10 Chapter Nine Through the Corpse Cave

Bahar Guli screamed in fright, and the tall and thin man was also taken aback, when a huge eddy suddenly opened up on the water.The vortex rolled around, the range changed from large to small, and layers of water were pushed away, as if something was about to rush out of the water. In the pitch-dark environment, Yuan Sen only knew that someone was holding him under his arm, and he was flying upwards at high speed.The man jumped suddenly, grabbed something, jumped into the cave entrance, and put Yuan Sen and another person on the ground.That person should be a Uighur girl. The mysterious man lit a big torch again, and the flames ignited blazingly. When Yuan Sen saw the man, he was shocked. He turned out to be Bayi who had disappeared in the underground wasteland.

The Uighur girl turned pale with fright, but her injuries were not serious and she was able to stand up by herself.Yuan Sen was in a miserable situation. All the way down, his body was covered with injuries, many muscles on his body were torn, and there were many wounds pecked by the little fire phoenix. Bayi tore off some cloth strips from his body and helped Yuan Sen tie them up.From the time he came in to now, he has never said a single word. Compared with the past, he is a completely different person. The more Yuan Sen looked at it, the more he felt that there was something wrong with this guy. The light from the torch illuminated Bayi's face in a very mysterious way. There was no expression on his face, but his face was taut, and a sharp light shone in his cloudy eyes.

The Uighur girl stepped forward, stared at Bayi, and said, "Bai, why are you here?" Bai Yi still had a cold expression on his face. He glanced at the girl, called out "Miss—" in a low voice, and stopped talking. He helped Yuan Sen wrap the bandages and treat the wound to stop the bleeding. Yuan Sen was taken aback by Bayi's abrupt words, "This girl is the daughter of the jade mine manager, Kurban, and his junior sister, Bahar Guli? It seems that this underground tomb is indeed a place of truth. Everyone has come here, and I don’t know if we will meet the missing mine manager Kurban inside.”

Yuan Sen was thinking wildly to himself, and suddenly Bayi pushed him, saying, "Hurry up, that thing is following you again!" Without hesitation, Yuan Sen touched the cave wall and walked in. Bahar Guli was also taken aback by Bayi, and followed him to the depths of the cave. Sure enough, Yuan Sen heard the sound of "click—click—" behind, like a heavy object moving, Yuan Sen's first suspicion was the big strange bird.But the strange bird had already been beheaded by Bayi, and Bayi tied a rope to the closing stone at the entrance of the cave, took the strange stone knife and jumped down, and at the critical moment, he chopped off the head of the strange bird and grabbed it. Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli climbed up along the rope.

Bayi's agility made Yuan Sen, who was born in martial arts, amazed. All this was realized after Yuan Sen was rescued into the cave.The head of the strange bird was thrown into the entrance of the cave by Bayi, and the stone knife hanging on his waist was still covered with blood. Fortunately, Yuan Sen was in good health, and the injuries on his body were mostly superficial. Enduring the pain, he walked quickly while touching the wall.He heard Bahar Gul's rapid panting and Bayi's fast footsteps behind him, the sound was gradually approaching, and Yuan Sen could feel that the thing was getting closer to Bayi, as if it was about to step on the beat of Bayi's running.

Bayi stopped suddenly, handed the torch to Baharguli, and walked back with the stone knife in hand, looking at his posture, it seemed that he wanted to fight that thing. Yuan Sen and Baharguli didn't dare to stay. The cave in front of them was long and long, and the torches could only shine within three or four meters. Water drops fell from the cave roof from time to time, and the surrounding area was terribly quiet, only the water droplets "tick-tick-" — Tick —” sound.After Bayi turned back, there was no movement behind, and the strange thing seemed to be silent, which made people feel strange.

The two of them marched towards the darkness with a hundred times more caution. The surroundings were eerily quiet. The echoes of dripping water and walking could be heard in their ears, making the cave in the darkness even more terrifying. No one knew what would happen below. Something dirty. The two just followed the direction Bayi pointed out. After walking more than a hundred meters, Yuan Sen stopped suddenly. He obviously felt that something was wrong with this place.Bahar Guli said, "Why don't you leave?" Yuan Sen frowned, took the torch from Baharguli, and took a picture of the surrounding area, surrounded by stone-staggered cave walls, which were damp and covered with green moss.The top of the cave is only slightly higher than a person, and there are rock holes of different sizes everywhere on it, and the holes are interlaced with each other, which looks layer by layer.

Yuan Sen stopped Bahargul's words, and whispered: "There is a problem here, I feel like someone is watching us, let's be careful!" Bahar Guli nodded, the distance between the two gradually separated, and they walked forward cautiously. At this moment, Yuan Sen's head suddenly felt cold, and a gun was pressed against his head. A deep voice said coldly: "If you don't want to die, just be honest with me, I will collapse whoever makes a move?" The fist-sized hole on the roof trembled a few times. Yuan Sen heard the sound of the butt of the gun above hitting the stone, and then a pile of gravel fell from the top of his head, and two strong men and a masked man jumped from the roof. .The masked man was wearing a black raincoat with a fully enclosed mask, only two eyes were exposed, and a mesh cloth under the nose, which looked very strange.

Two big men stared at Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli with steel guns, and a big man said to the roof of the cave, "Second, come down." Then, the gun on Yuan Sen's head was retracted, and a tall, thin young man also jumped out of the hole. He kicked Yuan Sen and scolded: "This kid is quite alert. He almost found out." Yuan Sen looked at the masked man and said, "Who are you?" The masked man didn't even look at Yuan Sen, the tall and thin man scolded: "Boy, you are so arrogant in our hands, you are looking for death." He raised the butt of his gun and smashed it hard on Yuan Sen's back. After a moment, Yuan Sen staggered from the impact, and the gun pointed at him missed his aim. Yuan Sen took the opportunity to slip his foot and hit his elbow on the chest of the big man with the gun, and snatched the gun from his hand.

In desperation, the tall and thin man picked up the butt of his gun and threw it at Yuan Sen with a half-spin. Another big guy yelled: "Fuck, try to move again, I'll kill this chick with one shot." Yuan Sen was stunned, and the big man who resisted Bahar Gul shouted: "Throw away the gun, hurry up!" In desperation, Yuan Sen had no choice but to throw away the gun. The tall and thin man put the muzzle of the gun firmly against Yuan Sen's head, and kicked Yuan Sen's knee fiercely. Touching Yuan Sen's vitals, he pressed his finger on the trigger. After a fight just now, Yuan Sen's torch fell to the ground and went out.The big man controlling Bahargul handed him over to another big man, and took out a flashlight from his backpack to light it up. The strong light can shine far away.

Suddenly, the sound of "噗嗤——噗嗤—" came from the direction Yuan Sen was running towards, as if the muscles were torn and the bones were separated, and the sound of "Kach———" sounded again. Yuan Sen secretly thought it was bad, I'm afraid Bayi had already fallen for that monster, and he might even die. The masked man waved his hand, and the people behind nodded quickly, escorting Yuan Sen and Bayi to the inside.It can be seen that the group headed by the masked man also knows how powerful the monster is, and dare not touch it. They walked very fast, and the caves are intricate, but these people seem to be very familiar with this place.When encountering several holes, he knew which hole to enter without any hesitation. The direction of the cave was always sloping downward, which surprised Yuan Sen secretly. They had already penetrated hundreds of meters underground, and they felt obvious oppression, and their ears were often buzzing.If you keep going like this, where will you go?I'm afraid no one would have thought that there would be such an ingenious underground tomb hidden in the second largest desert in the world.When was this tomb built?Who is the tomb owner?There is no way to study it yet, but if this secret is known to the world, it will definitely shock the world. But what puzzled Yuan Sen the most was that most of the group of people headed by the masked man were tomb robbers. Since they had already fallen into their hands, why did they go to great lengths to let him and Bahargul follow them? , Wouldn't it be more convenient to solve it with two shots? A big man was holding a bright flashlight, and the tall and thin man was holding Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli with another big man. The masked man was still walking silently behind the big man holding the flashlight.The waterproof raincoat he was wearing was very loose, and his gender could not be seen at all from his body shape. The further you go down, the more humid the ground of the cave is. At first, it was just a pool of water. The further you go, the deeper the water on the ground gradually submerges your ankles. The tall and thin man asked the big man in front, "Old Li, how far is it from the exit?" The big man named Lao Li shined a light on the wall with his flashlight, and said: "There is our mark here, and there are still about 100 meters left, and the water level has risen a lot. I don't know if it will flood the entrance of the cave. " The tall and thin man said: "Then hurry up and get out before the entrance of the cave is flooded." A group of people quickened their pace, wading forward through the water, and Yuan Sen saw the different marks they left on the wall from time to time in the light of Lao Li's flashlight.The water level was getting higher and higher, and it had already submerged his belly. Yuan Sen could clearly feel the strength of the barrel of the gun that the tall and thin man was pressing against his back. As long as he moved slightly, he would definitely pull the trigger. Suddenly, Lao Li waved his hand, and the flashlight shone on the water in the distance, saying: "No, there seems to be something in the water ahead." The thin and tall man said: "What is it, look carefully." The surface of the water was very reflective, so he couldn't see very clearly. Lao Li walked forward a little, and suddenly ran back staggeringly, and said, "There is a person standing in front of him, and he stood there motionless." Hearing this, the tall and thin man hurriedly pointed his gun forward. Lao Li's flashlight shook a little.He walked to Lao Li's side by himself, and at a glance, there was indeed a person there.It's just that he doesn't look completely human, because his body is extremely bloated, like a rough stone statue. The tall and thin man cursed and was about to go over to have a look, but the masked man stopped him suddenly and pointed at Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli.The tall and thin man immediately understood, pointed his gun at Yuan Sen, and said with a sneer, "It's time for you to come in handy." Yuan Sen immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that they had encountered trouble here and needed to pass for the dead ghost, so they turned back.Or just found him on the road, and arrested him and Bahargul to sacrifice to this hell. These people are really ruthless. Yuan Sen had no choice but to walk forward, thinking that walking in the water would give him a better chance of escaping.As long as you walk to the corner of the cave, you can immediately jump into the water and swim away when that guy is not paying attention. He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard the scream of the big man named Lao Li. Before everyone could react, he had already fallen into the water.The tall and thin man wanted to pull it, but Lao Li disappeared as soon as he submerged in the water. The tall and thin man turned pale with fright, took a few steps back, and said to the masked man, "Could it be that thing? Master, didn't you say it couldn't get into this hole?" The masked man glanced at the tall and thin man, his eyes were as cold as ice, and the tall and thin man hurriedly lowered his head. The tall and thin man pushed Yuan Sen and said angrily, "Hurry up, do you hear me?" Yuan Sen had no choice but to walk towards the man standing in the middle of the cave. The tall and thin man was about three meters away from him, with the gun pointed at the back of his head. Once he tried to escape, the tall and thin man would definitely pull the trigger. The underground water was extremely cold, Yuan Sen's face was pale from the cold, his body was shaking, and the water had reached his chest.The people behind were just like the tall and thin man, following at a distance of three meters. Bahar Gul suddenly said loudly: "You—be careful—" Yuan Sen was stunned for a moment, then his heart warmed, he turned his head and smiled at Bahar Guli, and the tall and thin man shouted from behind: "Who told you to turn back, you are fucking courting death!" Suddenly, Yuan Sen's foot slipped, as if he had stepped into a trap, and he sank to the bottom of the water all at once.Fortunately, he can swim. After stabilizing his figure, he swam immediately.The water level drop was several meters high. Yuan Sen opened his eyes in the water, wanting to see where there was a corner, so he could hide in another hole first.Get rid of the thin and tall men's muzzles, and then wait for an opportunity to seize their guns and rescue Bahar Gul. The underwater viewing distance is very short, and he can only see things within one meter with the help of the flashlight penetrating from the water surface, when suddenly something is floating towards him not far away.Yuan Sen was puzzled, and swam towards that thing, gradually approaching, and it was a big white piece. Yuan Sen swam up to it and saw it clearly. It turned out to be a gigantic human face.Yuan Sen was startled and hurriedly backed away.Unexpectedly, that big face could swim by itself, and it quickly approached Yuan Sen.Yuan Sen was horrified, knowing that something was wrong, he hurriedly swam towards the direction he came from. After swimming out of the trap, he poked his head out, just in time to see the face of the tall and thin man distorted by anger.He put the muzzle of the gun on Yuan Sen's forehead, and cursed: "Don't you fucking play tricks on me, I'll kill you with one shot!" Yuan Sen touched the water on his face and said, "Don't worry, there is a trap under the water, and I fell into the trap just now!" The tall and thin man glanced at the masked man, who nodded, and the tall and thin man shouted, "So what if there is a trap, we all know how to swim, you lead the way, and we will follow." Yuan Sen shook his head and said, "No, I saw other things in the pit!" The thin and tall man said: "What? Don't talk about it, explain it to me once and for all." Yuan Sen nodded, and said, "I saw a big human face inside, it was this big." He even compared it with his hands. The tall and thin man shook his head and said, "Nonsense, damn it, how can a person's face be so big? How dare you lie to me?" Yuan Sen suddenly realized: "Why did I look so familiar? I remembered that face seemed to belong to Lao Li. I didn't recognize his face when it became so big just now. Now that I think about it, it really is he." The tall and thin man's face turned green. He stared at Yuan Sen, his hand shaking the trigger.Yuan Sen didn't expect this guy to be so timid. He was afraid that he would get too excited, so he pulled the trigger and quickly raised his hand to calm the guy down. The tall and thin man pressed the muzzle of the gun firmly against Yuan Sen's forehead, and the way he gritted his teeth made people feel uncomfortable.Bahar Gul from behind suddenly screamed, "Look, what's behind you?" The tall and thin man turned around abruptly, and saw a white thing floating up from the water beside him. It was a large piece, floating up and down on the water.The tall and thin man picked it up from the water with his hand, and the masked man shouted, "Don't touch it——" Immediately, there was a gunshot, black blood spattered the tall and thin man's face, a black bug the size of a palm was beaten to pieces, and fell into the water, and the white thing also fell on the water surface. The tall and thin man retreated to the side of the masked man in fright, and the thing was floating on the water, and everyone could clearly see that it was Lao Li's big face.The face was soaked in water, and it was swollen and big, so it was nearly twice the size of an ordinary person.The eyeballs and nose are empty, and the mouth is connected. There are four big holes on that face, which looks very scary. The tall and thin man had no idea. It seemed that Lao Li had followed the trick of this strange bug. Fortunately, the master took action just now, otherwise he would have the same fate as Lao Li. The masked man took off his backpack, took out a model of an inflatable kayak and handed it to the tall and thin man. The tall and thin man understood, took out the inflator and connected the battery to fully inflate the kayak. It was just right for five people to sit on.After going down the pit, the water is very deep, so there is no need to worry about the underwater stone obstacles will scratch the kayak. The five people used their hands as oars, and slowly rowed towards the depths of the cave. The tall and thin man and the other strong man didn't have to look at Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli.In such a dangerous place, leaving the kayak and the light source would mean suicide. They believed that Yuan Sen and Bahargul would not be so stupid as to want to escape. The kayak gradually approached the man in the middle of the cave, and everyone gasped when they saw the man.I saw that guy spread his arms out, like a scarecrow planted in the field.The human body was covered with layers of hard beetles, and the name of the strange insect was unknown. The big one was as big as a palm, and the small one was the size of an egg.The bug crawled around on that man, getting in his mouth and coming out of his eye sockets. It was unspeakably disgusting. This bug was exactly the same as the one that the masked man shot to death just now. When the kayak passed by the dead man, the tall thin man and the strong man retracted their hands at the same time, switching to the steel gun to paddle, and the others dared not use their hands anymore.The dead man was surrounded by a circle of thick black blood, and the thick blood was still flowing down from his body, it seemed that he had just died not long ago. Near the thick blood, there were also a large number of beetles swimming over, and layers of palm-sized water splashes appeared under the water surface, which made people very nervous to watch. Yuan Sen said: "This bug has a pair of sharp pincers, will it scratch the kayak?" The tall and thin man snorted disdainfully, and said, "Our equipment is all military supplies from the United States, and this kayak is made of a special synthetic material, which is hard to scratch with a knife, let alone a mere insect claw. " Just as he was talking, the tall and thin man's face suddenly changed. He pointed at the dead man who just passed by and said, "Master, look at that backpack, it's John." The masked man finally spoke. His voice seemed to have been processed by a voice changer, and it sounded a bit mechanical. Yuan Sen didn't pay attention when he called him a tall and thin man just now. The masked man said: "Understood, if John's gang can get here, it is estimated that the entire army has been wiped out. There is no news of George's special operations team, and I am afraid it is too bad." The tall and thin man tentatively asked: "Master, does that mean that we are the only ones left to complete this mission, right?" The masked man nodded and stopped talking, and the tall and thin man also fell into deep thought. After turning a few turns, the kayak almost pushed out against the cave roof. Outside the cave, there was a huge darkness, boundless.The tall and thin man looked around, the kayak was sliding slowly in a small river, the side of the kayak was only a few inches away from the river bank. The sound of rushing water can be heard not far away, which means that there must be a big river ahead.The tall, thin man said to the masked man that he was about to enter the main road, as long as he crossed the river smoothly, he should not be far from there. The masked man took a deep breath, and it was obvious that he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart at this moment.The masked man waved his hand to the tall and thin man, and said, "Hurry up—" The tall and thin man stopped talking. He concentrated on paddling the kayak with the steel gun together with the strong man. After more than ten minutes of paddling, the tall and thin man's flashlight was able to illuminate the current of the big river. The tall, thin man tied the kayak to a large rock and led the group up to the bank of the big river, which was surrounded by tributaries that dispersed the water.Because of this, if you want to get close to the big river, you must first pass through the obstacles of the tributaries. The tall and thin man shined his flashlight on the surface of the big river. The water is quite turbulent here, and the sound of "boom—boom—" from the water level drop can be heard faintly upstream. The river was about 20 meters wide, and the surface of the water was covered with a layer of mist, making it difficult to see the situation on the other side.The current is so fast and the waterline is so long, it is undoubtedly impossible to use this simple kayak to cross it. The masked man retreated to the place where he went ashore, walked more than twenty steps along the river bank, carefully calculated the distance, and finally his eyes lit up, and he said to the tall and thin man: "By the way, it's here, quickly pull up the iron lock and look at it." Look." The tall and thin man hesitated for a moment, still worried about what happened in the cave just now, but under the sharp eyes of the masked man, he quickly put on his diving suit and went down into the river.After a while, there was a loud bang, and then the water waves on the river began to sway non-stop. The entire water level dropped two feet suddenly, and a huge iron lock slowly rose up on the water. The iron lock was as thick as an ordinary person's arm and stretched all the way to the opposite bank. The iron lock was covered with huge iron cages. Half of the iron cages were exposed outside and half were submerged in the water. The distance between each iron cage was about one meter.The most shocking thing is that the iron cage is full of bones, and the bones are mixed together, filling the entire iron cage, and this is the case in every cage. Yuan Sen looked chillingly, and thought to himself: "Which dynasty is this so cruel? He has heard of cages standing under the sun in ancient times, but this is the first time he has seen cages standing in the water." The tall and thin man got up from the water, shook the water on his body, and said to the masked man: "Master, you are right, there is really a big iron lock hidden in this underground river." The masked man glanced at Yuan Sen and Bahar Guli, and said, "Get ready." When Yuan Sen looked at his eyes, he felt that something was wrong. The tall and thin man hesitated for a moment, and said, "But—" The masked man's voice became colder, and said, "But what?" The tall and thin man lowered his head, and said, "I'm not worried about them, I'm worried about whether the iron-locked iron cage has sunk under the water for thousands of years, will it rot?" The masked man said: "You don't have to worry about this. Only we have opened the iron lock for thousands of years. It has always been submerged under water and cannot come into contact with air, so it has avoided oxidation and decay." The tall and thin man let out an "oh" and raised the gun. With a "click—" the bullet was pushed into the chamber, and said: "Both of you, put on the iron lock—" Yuan Sen had already guessed that the masked man probably wanted him and Bahargul to be the wayfinding stones, let them step on the landmines first, and help them test the danger.This person is really sinister, Yuan Sen cursed inwardly. "Tat-tat--" Seeing that the two of them hadn't moved, the tall and slender man swept a round of bullets slightly, hitting under the heels of the two of them, sending stone chips flying.Bahar Gul squatted on the ground in fright. Yuan Sen glanced at Baharguli, the torture she had suffered all the way had already made her quite emaciated.Yuan Sen said to her: "You stay away from me!" After all, he went straight to the iron lock, and the iron lock was as thick as a single-plank bridge. As long as he kept his balance, it would not be easy to fall off, not to mention that there was an iron cage at the bottom every one meter.If you keep walking like this, if there are no accidents, it is not difficult to walk through this iron lock. Yuan Sen walked through the first iron cage, stepped on the iron lock with one foot, opened his arms to keep his balance, and stepped out again.Suddenly his feet hurt, and his waterproof shoes with hard rubber soles were punctured by something. In desperation, Yuan Sen quickly backed up to the iron cage.The tall and thin man "tap-tat-tat-" fired another round of bullets, forcing Yuan Sen to the iron lock. At this moment there was no way out, Yuan Sen endured the extreme pain and walked through the iron locks until he reached the next iron cage.Only then did he notice that the first section of the iron lock was actually the real iron lock, while the second section of the iron lock was a series of small iron rods like maces that were about a foot long. It is full of long spikes, and anything will be pierced as soon as it touches it. The section of the iron lock he walked by was already full of blood, and the bright red blood was falling into the water drop by drop.Yuan Sen saw it and immediately understood that this should be a kind of criminal law in the ancient Western Regions. If a person walks alone through an iron chain full of barbs, it is bloodletting.The iron locks of more than 20 meters are enough to make people bleed dry. The people in these iron cages are probably those who were punished and died. However, since this is an ancient criminal law, why did the masked man ask them to go over it?Is there any mechanism hidden here? The tall, thin man saw Yuan Sen standing still on the iron cage, pulled the breech of the gun, and shot towards this side again. Yuan Sen dodged and dodged, but in desperation, he had no choice but to continue walking forward. The soles of the feet are connected to the heart, and every time you take a step, you need to pull out a set of barbs in the body, and then pierce a new set of barbs in the body. This kind of pain is unimaginable for ordinary people.After Yuan Sen took two steps, he couldn't hold on any longer. With a shake of the iron lock, his feet tilted and he fell into the water. Behind him, Bahar Gul, who hadn't started to walk the barb, screamed in fright, and the tall and thin man was also taken aback, when a huge vortex suddenly opened on the water.The vortex rolled around, the range changed from large to small, and layers of water were pushed away, as if something was about to be rushed out of the water. The tall and thin man said to the masked man, "Master, what's going on?" The masked man said: "Let's see first!" The iron lock shook more and more violently, as if someone on both sides was holding the two ends of the iron lock shaking. Bahargul was so frightened that he lay down on the iron cage and did not dare to move. A huge black shadow streaked across the circle of light formed by the flashlight, jumped over the iron lock, and fell into the water again, smashing the waves, and Bahargul's body was soaked in the cold water. The tall and thin man said, "Master, is that the thing?" The masked man nodded and said, "Wait a minute, wait until it's almost finished eating before driving the girl down, so as not to be swept away by the water." The tall and thin man nodded, gave a thumbs up and said, "Master is really clever, you have calculated these things exactly."