Chapter 25 Chapter 24 Ghost Shadow

The next words, she stopped suddenly, she heard a voice, "Duk-duk--" It was like the echo of people walking in an empty corridor, "Duk-duk--" Bahar Gul Her face turned pale, and she asked Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian in a voice so small that she could hardly hear it, "You...you heard it too?" A few people went down the river, afraid that there would be those red ants around, so they simply walked a little farther in the water first, the further forward, the faster the river flow.The river turned a bend, and the current suddenly accelerated rapidly, and people in the water could not even move in the other direction.

Yuan Sen shouted, "It's a waterfall!" The rate of decline of the water became faster, and there was another turn ahead. The bodies of the three of them suddenly dropped sharply. Accompanied by the deafening sound of water, they all felt that their whole bodies were about to be squeezed and exploded, as if a heavy weight was on their bodies. Things and souls are about to be squeezed out. Yuan Sen was the first to be rushed out of the pool. In his dim consciousness, he felt that Bahar Guli was leaning forward in the vortex. He quickly reached out to grab her and pulled her back with all his strength.The two swam to the shore one after the other, grabbed a small tree on the shore and went ashore.

As soon as Yuan Sen landed, he walked along the river to the edge of the pool. The pool was not too big, no more than 100 square meters, but there were several large whirlpools in it, which made people feel timid. He stared at the pool for a long time, but he didn't even see the shadow of Professor Yang Jian. The thunder still rumbled in his ears. The waterfall fell from a height of tens of meters, and splashed water within a range of more than ten meters in the pool.Yuan Sen yelled, "Professor Yang—Professor Yang—" The sound of the water was rumbling, Yuan Sen's voice could not be dispersed at all, and several large eddies in the pool were still spinning, and the scattered items in the mountaineering bag were all sucked in by the vortexes, and disappeared in an instant.

Yuan Sen's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition came to his mind. He walked half a circle around the pool to observe carefully.This is a grand canyon. The river flowing down from the waterfall does not know where it flows. The rock walls on three sides of the canyon are tens of meters high, which is almost a natural danger. Even with modern rock climbing equipment, it is difficult to climb up. Yuan Sen plunged into the water again, carefully circumvented the whirlpool, circled around the waterfall, and tried to rush behind the waterfall with all his strength.The waterfall fell from more than ten meters, and the momentum was huge. As soon as Yuan Sen got close to the water column, he was knocked away and rushed to the river bank.Baharguli had already come to his senses. Seeing that Yuan Sen was about to hit a rock on the river bank by the river, he quickly stretched out his hand to pull it.Unexpectedly, there was a dark vortex beside the river bank. Yuan Sen was knocked dizzy by the waterfall, his whole body became weak, and he fell into the vortex again. was taken down.

The whole person was submerged in the water, the pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and the attraction of the ground was getting stronger and stronger. Yuan Sen's body was about to be torn apart, and his consciousness was hazy and frightened sober. After an unknown amount of time, Yuan Sen suddenly felt that something was hanging on his clothes, more precisely, it was a claw.The claws grabbed his clothes first, then stopped him by the middle, pulling him forcefully to the side.Yuan Sen was terrified and powerless. He suspected that the one who caught him might be a water monkey, that is, an otter.That kind of animal is extremely powerful in the water, even a dozen strong men are no match for it, and when it pulls people into the water, it likes to stuff mud into people's mouths until they choke to death.

Yuan Sen struggled with all his strength, when a familiar voice sounded in his ear, "Don't move around, it's me." Yuan Sen felt relieved, and was placed on the ground by Professor Yang Jian, and Bahar Gul was also placed on Yuan Sen wetly. beside. This is a cave, the length, width and height are only a little over one meter. There is a blunt damp smell in the cave, which makes people want to retch.Yuan Sen asked curiously, "Professor Yang, did you fall directly into this hole from the waterfall?" Professor Yang Jian gestured to Yuan Sen to mute his voice, extinguished the lighter, and said softly, "Don't talk, this cave is very weird!"

Yuan Sen and Bahargul always saw Professor Yang as a calm and serious scholar, speaking in an orderly manner. Wherever they saw him like this, they felt strange and nervous. Just as Yuan Sen was about to open his mouth, Professor Yang Jian whispered, "Listen—" Tick-tick-tick- Bahar Guli said lazily: "Isn't it just dripping water? There is such a big water hole here, and it's just—" The next words, she stopped suddenly, she heard a voice, "Du-duk--" It was like the echo of people walking in an empty corridor, "Du-duk--" Baharguli's face turned pale, and she asked Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian in a voice that was so small that she could hardly hear it, and said, "You...you heard it too?"

Both of them nodded, and their mood at the moment was the same as that of Bahar Gul, which was both strange and fearful.Is there anyone else in this cave? It was pitch black all around, "Du-duk--" The three of them squatted in the hole, not daring to move, but the voice seemed to be getting closer, "Du-duk--" It was like slow motion in a horror movie , a precursor to the appearance of evil spirits. Yuan Sen took a deep breath, and slowly pulled out the military dagger from the mountaineering bag. He just looked at the layout of the cave with the dim light of the lighter. Gun bullets can hurt themselves.

"Du-duk-duk-duk-duk-" The sound was getting closer and closer, as if it was wafting in his ears, Yuan Sen felt Bahargul's hands shaking his clothes, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body inexplicably. The sound of footsteps stopped suddenly, and the cave was as quiet as if it had been evacuated. The river flowing into the ground not far behind was still making a "squeaky" sound. Holding the dagger, Yuan Sen focused on his ears. He listened carefully, looking for the strange voice that disappeared, "Du———" A cold hand was gently placed on the back of Bahargul's hand, and then went up along the back of the hand, crawling over the wrist and elbow.The hands were long and slender, and there were calluses on the palms that pricked the skin slightly.Bahar Guli frowned, based on her intuition, she knew it was Yuan Sen.Although she admits that she likes Yuan Sen, she still feels a little disgusted when he treats her like this, and his hands are so cold, as cold as ice, they are not like the hands of a living person. Could it be that he has been soaking in water for a long time? .

Bahar Gul avoided that hand and whispered, "Brother, what are you doing?" Yuan Sen suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Follow me, walk slowly." "Ah—" Bahargul immediately realized that the person touching her was another person, the fourth person besides the three. Her body and consciousness were instantly numb, and she screamed wildly. Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian turned on the flashlights at the same time, and two beams of intense beams of light swept towards Bahargul. The figure flashed, and the shadow passed by Professor Yang Jian.The speed was unbelievable, it almost flashed across the range of the flashlight in microseconds, leaving only a swaying black shadow on the retinas of the three of them.

But what is certain is the person, the shadow is indeed a person.Bahargul just collapsed on the ground, leaning against the wall, trembling all over.She has also participated in several highly adventurous expeditions, but such a frightening thing almost broke her spirit. Professor Yang Jian supported Bahar Guli and motioned Yuan Sen to explore the way ahead, and the three of them walked slowly into the cave.All three of them knew that the hole behind them had become a dead end. If they fell again, they would sink into the ground with the river. Only by walking forward could they hope to find a way out. The three turned a few turns, and the opening in front of them gradually became wider, barely accommodating two people side by side.The strong beam of light from the military flashlight went all the way to the depths of the cave. The cave was so long that you couldn't see the end at a glance. Yuan Sen held the military dagger vigilantly and looked around.After walking like this for another ten minutes, changing several caves, the three of them gradually relaxed, and Bahargul also regained his composure.Professor Yang Jian constantly instilled in her that as a college student in the new era, her thinking must be objective and materialistic. There are no ghosts and gods in this world. Bahargul complained pitifully, "But, I'm afraid even if there are no ghosts!" Professor Yang Jian was at a loss for words. "Professor!" Yuan Sen suddenly shouted in front of him. Professor Yang Jian rushed over, only to find that behind a corner of a cave, there were more than a dozen cave entrances, all of which were of the same size, and there were only three people in front of him, so how to move was a real headache. Yuan Sen stood next to the entrance of a cave in the middle, lost in thought. When making such a decision, one must be cautious, otherwise, in the cave at the foot of Helan Mountain, going to two different caves is likely to be a different path for humans and ghosts. "Drip-drip-" The roof of the cave was damp, and the infiltrated water fell down drop by drop. Yuan Sen moved a little bit, and the ground water dripped on his body, which was really icy and uncomfortable. Water droplets slid from the hair, flowed over the nose, slid over the lips, and fell to the ground. "Why is this water salty?" Yuan Sen frowned, dipped in a drop with his hand, held it in front of his eyes, it was dark red, it was blood, human blood. Yuan Sen suddenly raised his head, and the beam of light from the flashlight hit the roof of the cave more than ten meters away. On the roof of the cave, there was a corpse hanging impressively.The corpse was lying face down on the hanging coffin supported by the logs, and the blood spread down the hanging coffin. Where Yuan Sen stepped aside, there was a pool of blood. Professor Yang Jian and Baharguli also ran over when they saw Yuan Sen's strange behavior. They were also surprised when they saw it. Baharguli covered his eyes in fright. Professor Yang Jian turned on the flashlight, walked around under the hanging coffin, and said: "The coffin and the log inserted into the mountain are seriously rotten. Within ten minutes after we entered the cave, the air in the cave became quite dry. , so in this environment, it is very difficult for wood to rot. From this point of view, the age of this hanging coffin is quite long." Bahargul suddenly screamed: "Look, that man is wearing the same camouflage uniform as those who chased us down. Look at his figure, how much like that short fat man." Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian leaned back and stood at the same level as Bahar Gulli. With a long line of sight, they could clearly see the figure of the dead body on the coffin.Most of the coffin was placed in the cave at the top of the cave, and the exposed part was supported by logs, while the lower body of the corpse was also hidden in the cave, with the upper body lying on the coffin lid and one hand hanging down under the coffin. The lower body of the short fat man was almost stuck in the cave together with the coffin, as if the whole person had been inserted into the gap between the cave and the coffin.Fatty's crotch was crowded into a ball, apparently because the hole was full, and the person who inserted the fatty's body tried to squeeze the body in. Professor Yang Jian touched the blood on his hand and said, "The blood is still slightly hot, and it didn't take long for the person to die!" Yuan Sen held up the flashlight and shone around the top of the cave. The scene presented in the beam of light made the three of them almost forget to breathe, it was so terrifying.The surroundings formed a circle, full of hanging coffins, and on each hanging coffin lay a dead body, blood dripping down, the sound was like rain.And the posture of each corpse is the same, the lower body is hidden in the cave, and the upper body is lying face down on the coffin, with blood spreading down. Bahar Guli only took one look, then lowered his head, not daring to look any more, it was too cruel, who made them die so badly? Yuan Sen counted carefully, and found a total of 23 corpses and 23 hanging coffins. These corpses included bandits who were being tracked at that time, but most of them were army soldiers who were tracking the bandits. Yuan Sen looked at Professor Yang Jian and said, "Didn't they go north? How could they all die in this cave?" Professor Yang Jian squatted on the ground, checked the blood dripping from the corpses, tried to suppress his emotions, and said: "The blood of these corpses is close to the body temperature of normal people, and the time for them to die will not exceed ten minutes. When the hanging coffin was lifted, we were inspecting the first body." Yuan Sen gritted his teeth. In the seven years since he was in college, he has participated in countless large-scale expeditions.But there is no such experience as this one, which is so terrifying, cruel, and incredible. This is definitely not something that humans can do.No matter what race it is, but if it is not human, who would do such a cruel thing? "Curse? Is this a curse?" Baharguli suddenly stood in front of Yuan Sen in a daze, and whispered. Yuan Sen's heart trembled, yes, apart from this explanation, he could no longer find a reasonable answer.Professor Yang Jian gave Bahargul a hard look, and said: "We must look at things objectively. As an archaeologist, don't always use theories of gods and ghosts to influence our thoughts." Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian turned on the flashlights at the same time, illuminating every corner of the cave. This special military flashlight is characterized by its strong light-gathering ability and long-range irradiation distance.Therefore, even if Yuan Sen and Professor Yang Jian can see the top of the cave more than ten meters away, the area they can see is not large.The two carefully observed the cave. The bottom of the cave was only a few dozen square meters in size, but the larger it went up, the whole cave was in the shape of a gourd. The top of the cave was like the bottom of a gourd, protruding slightly outward.There is a circle around the top of the cave, all of which are small holes with a diameter of about one meter. Inside the hole is a hanging coffin, on which the corpse is placed, and it is a newly dead person who was put on it under the eyes of the three people. Yuan Sen frowned, "The cave wall is so smooth, how did they put so many corpses on the coffin in an instant?" Bahargul suddenly realized: "Could it be that there is an opening in the small hole on the top of the cave, and someone pushed the coffin and corpse over from the other side of the hole? They wanted to scare us on purpose?" Professor Yang Jian said: "Impossible. First, if the coffin is pushed, such a heavy thing must make a loud noise when it is pushed and rubbed against the cave. Second, the space at the entrance of the cave is narrow. If it is pushed over, the waist will not be squeezed into a ball. Third, the outside of the coffin is old and rotten, which is obviously the result of countless years of accumulation, and there is no trace of being moved. Based on the analysis of the facts, it can only be shown that all the corpses are It was stuffed in through the hole from the outside, right under our noses." Having said that, both Yuan Sen and Bahargul took a deep breath, and the encounter at the entrance of the vortex appeared in front of them again, and the nimble figure flashed past the eyes of the three of them.The speed was so incredible that even the flashlight could only catch a trace of his shadow. Could it be this shadow that silently stuffed so many corpses into the gap of the hanging coffin in a few minutes? What exactly is this shadow?Why is he doing this?Did he stuff the corpse into the crack of the hanging coffin just to scare the trespassers?However, the dozens of corpses of trespassers like them were lying firmly on the hanging coffin at this moment, blood was spreading down, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air. So, will the ending of the three of them be the same as those people?Died inexplicably, and then the body was also stuffed into the crack of the hanging coffin, and died together with the hanging coffin. Professor Yang Jian took out the infrared night vision binoculars and carefully observed the patterns on the coffin.Yuan Sen and Bahargul stood behind Professor Yang Jian with pale faces. Yuan Sen clenched his fists. After so many years of exploration, he felt fear for the first time. It was a kind of fear that a crisis was approaching, but he was at a loss.A cold breath crawled down against his neck, and a layer of cold sweat had already burst out of his body unconsciously. He could even feel that icy breath right next to him, that breath was not of a living person, not even of any creature, it was suffocating and crushing. A hand was stretched out from Baharguli and tightly grasped Yuan Sen's arm. The hand was so strong that Yuan Sen felt a strong pain in the grip, and he could even feel the coldness in his hand. Like the breath of ice. Yuan Sen smiled palely at Baharguli, and said, "Baharguli, don't be afraid, you'll be fine!" Bahar Guli turned her head, smiled faintly at Yuan Sen, and said, "Brother, I'm fine!" Her shadow was lying on Yuan Sen's instep, with her hands crossed and clasped together, as if she was too forceful due to nervousness . "Your hand?" Yuan Sen said in amazement, the cold feeling on his arm was still so clear, "Ah—" Yuan Sen jumped up wildly and shook off the hand. Professor Yang Jian turned around and shone the flashlight. A black shadow, so fast, flashed in the flashlight, slipped into the cave in front, and disappeared. "Du-duk-duk-" Bahar Guli shouted: "It's him, it really is him!" Yuan Sen picked up the MP5A3 and shot into the cave, the sound of bullets puffing into the cave wall came and went.Provoked into a rage, Yuan Sen held a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other, and rushed into the cave where the shadow ran into. Professor Yang Jian shouted from behind: "Come back, don't be reckless!" But Yuan Sen was irritated now, and the blood aroused by fear and anger rushed straight to his forehead. No matter what, he wanted to catch that shadow and see if he It has three heads and six arms. The cave was narrow, and Yuan Sen ran in the cave, bumping his head against the wall several times, and blood flowed from his forehead.Yuan Sen walked around a few entrances, and the flashlight saw a straight corridor in front of him. Yuan Sen stepped up his pace and rushed inside. Suddenly, he shivered suddenly. The chill seemed to be close to his ear, so real.Yuan Sen gritted his teeth, picked up the military dagger tied around his waist, and slashed it horizontally behind his back. A cold hand silently grabbed his wrist.Yuan Sen has a fifth-degree black belt in taekwondo, and his fighting skills are quite powerful. As soon as the dead man's hand touched him, his wrist immediately pressed down, and the military dagger changed from horizontal cutting to vertical cutting. Grabbing, Yuan Sen was caught, his wrist was so painful that it was about to split, and the dagger fell to the ground with a clang. Yuan Sen rolled on the spot, and the flashlight shone on the place where he was standing just now. There were only his own footprints in the open space, and the range of dozens of meters illuminated by the flashlight was actually empty.The corridor of this cave is narrow, only allowing one person to walk, and Yuan Sen's own body blocked one end, so the shadow must be running towards the other end. He grabbed the military dagger, and ran towards the cave in a hurry without caring about the wound on his wrist.This cave is not very long, only 100 meters. After Yuan Sen ran for a few minutes, the bottom of the cave was close at hand. This cave is a dead end. Yuan Sen's mind went blank. Since this is a dead end, where did the black shadow go?Could it be that the black shadow is really an ancient ghost? He doesn't actually exist, but is just a virtual one, appearing behind you at any time, and what you see can only be his shadow forever?Yuan Sen's tongue was dry. He had traveled through the Hoh Xil no-man's land alone, and had survived alone in the desert, but the facts in front of him made him feel hopeless for the first time.How do people and ghosts fight? Yuan Sen leaned against the cave wall and carefully observed the bottom of the cave beside him. The bottom of the cave was no more than two meters high. Like the surrounding cave walls, it was made of rock and was extremely hard.Yuan Sen carefully touched the rough surface of the rock, and suddenly, he found that the color and feel of the rock were so familiar. "It's the Muzhai Valley——" A flash of lightning flashed through Yuan Sen's mind. It was a lava ridge formed by a volcanic eruption, and the color of the rocks here was exactly the same as that of the exposed rocks in the valley.However, when Yuan Sen chased into the cave, he also found that the walls of several entrances were just ordinary sand and stones. He did not expect that the entrance and the inside of the cave were actually two kinds of rock structures. Yuan Sen stroked the rocks one by one, and suddenly, his back felt cold, with an unusually familiar feeling, lifeless, like a dead person.Yuan Sen's hand was still stroking the rock inch by inch. He didn't move, nor did the shadow behind him, as if he was waiting for Yuan Sen's sudden attack. Yuan Sen saw the timing, turned around, and swept the flashlight, a pair of cold eyes flashed across his line of sight, fleeting.Yuan Sen saw it, his eyes were cold and cloudy, like an old man in his twilight years, his eyes were full of pity and despair, and people would have the heart to die when they saw it. Yuan Sen increased the aperture of the flashlight so that the distance of the light would be shorter, but the range would be much larger, and the entire cave wall could be illuminated.A tall shadow quickly appeared in the circle of light, and ran towards Yuan Sen at an extremely fast speed. Yuan Sen didn't even think about it, and ran into him head-on with all his teeth and claws. With a "bang", Yuan Sen felt that he had hit the locomotive, his chest was full of blood, and his body was also hit against the rock at the bottom of the cave. The shadow stepped on Yuan Sen's body, walked towards the bottom of the cave, and hit the rock wall directly. The shadow flashed and disappeared. Yuan Sen's muscles and bones were about to break, and he couldn't get up in pain. He rolled on the ground for a long time before the pain eased a little. Yuan Sen supported the wall and stood up.The bottom of the cave stood in front of him, as hard as a wall, icy cold, but full of strange aura. This is how the black shadow got into this hard rock wall a few minutes ago. Yuan Sen grabbed the military dagger and stabbed and slashed at the rock wall at the bottom of the cave. There was a chaotic "clank" sound in the whole cave, which was extremely ear-piercing. Mars flew on the rock wall, and large pieces of stone debris fell, but the rock wall was so hard. as usual. Reluctantly, Yuan Sen knocked on the rock wall at the bottom of the cave suddenly, and half of his arm was numb due to the huge recoil force.He turned around angrily and walked towards the exit of the cave. He accidentally slipped his foot and fell down. The flashlight hit the rock wall and the lamp head broke.Yuan Sen picked it up and shook it a few times, the flashlight flickered, then the light went out completely, and the whole world was completely dark. Yuan Sen stayed in the dark for a few seconds, then continued to walk forward. He couldn't see the direction, so he groped forward and walked forward for about ten minutes.Suddenly his forehead hit the rock wall, and his nose hurt. He was startled, this cave is a straight corridor, walking along a straight line, how could it be possible to hit the rock wall? Yuan Sen took out a lighter from his pocket and lit it up. In the faint light of the flame, there was actually a rock wall in front of him, a rock wall that was sealed tightly. Yuan Sen was cold all over. He handed the lighter in front of the rock wall. In the light of the fire, there were marks on the rock wall. That's right, this is the bottom of the cave he hacked with the military dagger just now. In other words, after walking for a long time, he actually kept going around in circles, and then he came back again.Or, he didn't move at all, he felt that he was walking out of the cave, but it was just an illusion, and he didn't really walk away. Yuan Sen was stunned for a while, and the blood flowed backwards all over his body. He didn't believe it.He turned around and walked in the opposite direction. Every step he took was firm. He believed that this time he would be able to reach the exit. After walking dozens of steps like this, "Kang Dang", he kicked something.Yuan Sen flicked on the lighter, knelt down to look carefully, and found that the flashlight he had thrown away was lying on the ground. His kick had already broken all the glass sheets of the flashlight, and even the battery rolled out. Yuan Sen squatted in front of the flashlight, stunned, yes, it wasn't a hallucination, he really walked there, he walked towards the entrance of the cave and actually reached the bottom of the cave, his blood was cold.However, the excitement in his heart was even more powerful. Yuan Sen quickened his pace and ran forward. He turned on the lighter as a mark as he ran.Ten steps a mark, doing this dozens of times, he reached the top of the cave again.That's right, the messy notches on the dagger are exactly the same as the bottom of the cave, and even the debris on the ground are piled up at the same height. Yuan Sen was completely enraged, he ran from here to there, and then from there to here again, repeating the cycle dozens of times, the miracle did not happen, what lay before his eyes was always that side full of scratches. Scarred cave bottom rock wall. "How is this possible—how is this possible—" Yuan Sen yelled at the rock wall, his mind was running fast, he tried hard to think of the books he had read over the years, trying to explain this phenomenon with the knowledge he had learned , but the search for a long time, the results are equal to nothing. "How is it possible - how is it possible -" Yuan Sen murmured, suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his mind, ghost hit the wall? Yuan Sen couldn't help thinking of a story his grandmother told him when he was a child.Many years ago, there was a lazy man in their village. He used to be the young master of the landlord’s family. Later, his old man died and no one cared about him. He became addicted to smoking opium, smoking, whoring and gambling. The family property was ruined. The young master was addicted to cigarettes, and had nothing to eat, so he went around stealing chickens and dogs, and later people beat him when they saw him. The young master smoked opium all day long, and his body was weak, so he couldn't bear such beatings.Later, he didn't know where he learned the skill of robbing tombs. He dug ancient tombs around, pawned good things, bought big cigarettes when he pawned money, and dug graves after smoking. Once, he got into the mountains not far from the village and didn't come out all night. There were ancient tombs from the Wei and Jin Dynasties there, and there were special tomb guards in the neighboring village, and the tomb guards continued for dozens of generations. The next day, the tomb guard found a burglary hole near the ancient tomb. Knowing that the ancient tomb was stolen, the tomb guard mobilized the whole family to search around on the mountain, and finally found the young master's body at the foot of the mountain. When the young master died, he hung on a tree, his tongue stretched out, as if he had been pulled out of hell.Later, the cemetery guards found the young master's footprints on the mountain. Surprisingly, the young master went down the mountain and went up in a circle. The footprints were messy, and it rained heavily at night. It was so muddy that it was surprising how many times he walked back and forth. The older people in the village guessed that the young master must have taken dirty things and was followed by a ghost. He bumped into the ghost and hit the wall and couldn't get out, so he circled the mountain until he died of exhaustion. Grandma specially warned Yuan Sen not to run around outside at night. She went to see the young master when he died. He looked very miserable, his face was as white as that piece of paper, and his tongue was sticking out.At that time, Yuan Sen was so scared that he didn't fall asleep for several nights. Yuan Sen's mind repeatedly echoed the way grandma spoke back then, serious, old, mysterious and fearful, "Could it be that you really hit a ghost hitting the wall?" "Damn—" Yuan Sen patted his head, trying to calm himself down.He repeatedly recalled the whole incident, from tracking the black shadow, to the black shadow hitting the rock wall at the bottom of the mountain and disappearing, to the cycle of being unable to get out of the cave. "Rock wall, does the problem lie in the rock wall?" Yuan Sen grasped the military dagger and tapped lightly on the rock wall. The rock wall echoed thickly. He kept going upwards and tapped slowly until he reached the highest point he could reach. Suddenly, "Zheng———" ", the timbre is clearer. Yuan Sen was refreshed, jumped up and knocked again, the sound from above was even clearer.Yuan Sen ran back, ran dozens of steps, stopped to turn on the lighter, found the broken flashlight, ran to the bottom of the cave, and threw it away. "Wow--" The broken glass of the flashlight rang on the other side of the rock wall, and then a sharp girl shouted, "Who hit me?" Yuan Sen was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and said, "Baharguli, Professor Yang, are you inside?" Bahargul said in surprise: "Brother, where are you? The professor and I are here!" Yuan Sen finally understood that the shadow just leaped to the opposite cave by relying on its agility, and this rock wall was just a wall.Relying on the cover of darkness, perhaps it is unknown how many people died in it. Yuan Sen was cushioned with a climbing bag, jumped up the wall, hooked up the strap of the mountaineering bag with his toes, pulled the bag up, and jumped into another cave. He rolled a few times on the hard ground before buffering himself. Professor Yang Jian and Bahargul turned on the flashlights at the same time and shone them over. Yuan Sen's eyes were pierced with pain, and he stretched out his hands to block them.At this time, his eyes flashed, and behind Bahargul, two shadows overlapped and lay on the ground. Yuan Sen was sure that one belonged to Bahargul, but the shadow of the other one covered Bahargul. On Hargul's body, a long rope hangs down between his legs. Could it be a tail? Yuan Sen suddenly had a murderous intent, and pulled the trigger with one hand. The shadow seemed to be unaware, but quietly followed behind Bahargul.The bullet pierced the silence of the cave, and the shadow screamed and fell behind.Bahargul and Professor Yang Jian were so frightened that they held their hearts, and the ghost's cry could only be described as heart-piercing. Yuan Sen jumped up from the ground, brushed away Professor Yang Jian and Bahargul, rushed over and fired again, all the bullets hit the rock wall, the shadow's speed was so fast that it disappeared in a blink of an eye. Professor Yang Jian shouted from behind: "Yuan Sen, don't chase after me, this place is very weird, let's find a way to leave first!" There were no traces of shadows ahead, so Yuan Sen could only endure the anger in his heart and walked back.Professor Yang Jian and Bahargul asked about Yuan Sen's experience, and then told about their own experience. The three couldn't help but sigh. It turned out that Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Guli were very worried when they saw that Yuan Sen would not come out for a long time, so they followed them in, but the inside was complicated and had too many acupuncture points.Just when the two were at a loss, a black shadow suddenly passed the beam of light from the flashlight.Professor Yang Jian and Bahargul immediately chased after the shadow, turned all the way around the cave, and ran into a long and narrow cave corridor. The shadow disappeared at the bottom of the cave. Near the rock wall at the bottom of the cave, the two found four bodies, including a fleeing bandit and three soldiers who were tracking.Professor Yang Jian carefully inspected their bodies and found that they all committed suicide. One person was shot in the chest with a bunch of bullets, and the whole chest was a big bloody hole, which was very scary. Professor Yang Jian and Bahar Guli knew that there was a problem in the cave and left immediately, but when they retreated to the entrance of the cave, they realized that they had returned to the original place at the bottom of the cave.The two were extremely excited and ran back and forth countless times. They were too tired to walk, so they lay down on the rock wall at the bottom of the cave to breathe and rest. They finally understood why the four people in the cave committed suicide. They must have been imprisoned in the cave without food and water. Everything here was difficult to measure with common sense. There was a strange atmosphere everywhere, and they could not find a way out.In the end, they all ended their lives with the guns in their hands when they could not bear the spirit and body. Professor Yang Jian collapsed on the ground, his academics, and the mystery of his father's death, but all this has just given a clue, a glimmer of hope, and he is about to die here.Professor Yang Jian stroked the rock wall, and the military flashlight rolled down to the ground, and the light hit the rock wall, making it dark. Professor Yang Jian stroked the rock wall tremblingly, feeling ashamed. The things that supported him for so many years were about to come to an end with the end of his life. Rough rocks rub against Professor Yang Jian's hands, which are thick and firm with calluses.In order to find the most authentic one-eyed person information, he has gone deep into the virgin forests in Xinjiang countless times, went down to Qinghe, and went up to Yinshan Mountain. Suddenly, his hand slid across the rock wall, his nails touched the rock surface, and a sharp, painful sound pierced the silence of the cave.Professor Yang Jian's heart moved, and he shone the flashlight on the place where the fingernails slipped, and a strong light suddenly hurt people's eyes.Professor Yang Jian blocked the reflected light and looked at it sideways. The place a few centimeters wide in the middle of the rock was crystal clear, and there was actually a spar there.The color of the spar is almost exactly the same as that of the rock, except that its surface is smoother and crystal clear, so if you don't look carefully, you can't see it. Professor Yang Jian took a flashlight, walked to the opposite side of the rock wall, and walked two meters forward from the original position. Sure enough, he saw another regular spar of the same size.Professor Yang Jian was very excited. He walked to one side of the rock wall in a zigzag shape and then to the other side. Every two meters, there must be a spar embedded in the rock wall. Professor Yang Jian laughed and said: "Amazing, amazing design, using the reflection effect of spar, the rock wall at the bottom of the cave is transmitted and reflected to the exit of the cave, which makes people misunderstand that this cave is cursed. No. The main design of this cave is here, so the rock at the entrance of the cave should be blocked by mechanisms or people, and its surface is just a layer of reflective effect, which has nothing to do with the bottom of the cave.” Bahargul also stood up. He listened to what Professor Yang Jian said, and took a flashlight to look at it. Sure enough, he couldn't help but praised: "The professor is always so meticulous, and can easily find things that others can't. Now We are saved!" Professor Yang Jian laughed and said, "You girl, you are getting better at talking!" Bahargul said with a smile: "Professor, since you have found the same secret as before and after the cave, you must be able to find the way out of the cave too!" Professor Yang Jian nodded and said: "The weird phenomenon in this cave is the most important thing in the design of the entire cave. Now that this is cracked, it should not be difficult to get out of the cave. Let's take a closer look." Professor Yang Jian walked around the cave several times. The entrance and the bottom of the cave were extremely hard, and there was no trace to be found.In the end, like Yuan Sen, Professor Yang Jian discovered that the top of the rock wall at the bottom of the cave was actually empty, just like a wall. He and Bahargul also jumped over the wall and escaped like Yuan Sen.As soon as Bahar Guli stood firm, she was hit on the butt by a flashlight thrown by Yuan Sen, and screamed angrily. The three of them carefully illuminated everything in the cave with two flashlights. This cave is the center where other caves intersect, so there must be something mysterious about it. Perhaps cracking this cave will be of great help in finding other exits. This cave is in the shape of an elliptical cylinder, like a standing drum, narrow at the top and bottom, thick at the middle, and the walls of the cave are made of gray-brown rock, which is extremely hard. 杨健教授道：“这个山洞虽然历经久远岁月，可是被人为凿刻的痕迹还是很明显，先人凿洞之时势必遵循了某种规律，才造就了这种格局。” 袁森打着手电，仔细地看地面，目光一闪，突然他的精神绷紧了，那里有一块血，很淡的痕迹，将地上的尘土凝结成颗粒状。 袁森沿着那个方向往前走，山洞地面呈圆形，半径不到二十米，很快就走到尽头，那血液的密度渐渐密集起来。岩壁脚下，有一大块的血迹，其中有一大半在外面，剩下的一半被岩壁活生生地切掉了。 袁森朝杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽招手，示意他们过来，巴哈尔古丽一看血迹，惊道：“黑影从地缝钻进去的吗？太可怕了！” 巴哈尔古丽被袁森在后面敲了个暴栗，“黑影是朝南跑的，这边是北边，一个南一个北，他受了伤怎么可能还往我们这边撞？” 巴哈尔古丽委屈地瞪着袁森，“人家是鬼嘛，鬼怎么可能用常理来形容呢？”想到那只冰冷的手曾抚摩着她，她就浑身起鸡皮疙瘩。冷不丁，杨健教授的手呼啦一下就拍她脑袋上，“让开一点，整天鬼啊，鬼啊，一点做学术的精神都没有，回去判你专业课不及格！” 巴哈尔古丽苦着脸，欲哭无泪，死死地瞪着袁森，那可以杀人的眼神明显地在恐吓他，你就等着吧，看我回乌鲁木齐怎么整你。 这山洞洞壁有十多米，不可能存在之前山洞隐藏的玄机，那么这道山壁的机关到底藏在哪里呢？杨健教授仔细地敲打山壁，侧耳倾听，回音浑厚，山壁实心无疑。无声无息，就如鬼魅一般，手电残光里，一个黑影慢慢地飘近，三人只顾查看山壁的机关，丝毫没有觉察。 袁森背后一凉，他果断地抬枪，叩响扳机，一串子弹呼啸而出。同时，一股大力袭击而来，袁森站立不稳，向山壁撞去。袁森连反抗的机会也没有，脚下又一滑，身子一轻，整个人就坠落下去，晕晕乎乎地往下滚。 滚了几十秒，袁森的身体撞到一堆硬物上，停下来，肋骨几乎被撞碎，整个人也被撞得七荤八素的，简直想死。可是还没等他缓和过来，巴哈尔古丽又跟着滚下来，撞到袁森身上，巨大的冲量再次让袁森疼得生不如死。杨健教授滚到另外一边，没有声息，不知是否受伤。 袁森龇牙咧嘴半天，推开巴哈尔古丽道：“你没事吧？” 巴哈尔古丽傻乎乎地站起来，说：“没事，就是脑袋有点晕乎！” 袁森没好气地道：“没事你记得下次一定要减肥，撞死我了！” “你——”巴哈尔古丽气急，一脚踢开阻挡她走路的东西，那东西在空中翻了一下，又清脆地撞上别的东西，滚到杨健教授的手电光柱前。 巴哈尔古丽看清了那东西，吓得惊叫起来，“啊——”袁森和杨健教授同时转过身，也是大吃一惊，那里居然是一颗人颅骨，在手电强光的照射下，那骨头面目狰狞，极端恐怖。 袁森站起来，手电横扫一圈，光芒照射到的地方，居然挤满了人骨，有完整骨架的，也有零散摆放的颅骨、手掌骨、大腿骨等等。而且这个洞穴更大，一眼望不到头，目光所及的范围内全都是人骨。 巴哈尔古丽惊得乱跳乱叫，因为她突然发现她站的位置铺满了人骨，一抬脚就踢到一个人脑袋。 杨健教授也站起来，拾起一根腕骨，手电光照射在骨头上，白森森的骨头蒙上了一层若有若无的暗黄，让人看了手足发凉。 袁森走过去，问道：“教授，这……这……简直就是万人坑啊，难道这是当年西夏王朝的贵族殉葬王陵？” 杨健教授摇头道：“不可能，西夏的历史是公元1038年至1227年间，可是这些骨头，至少也有2000年的历史。” 巴哈尔古丽也朝这边走过来，说实话，一个人待在这么多尸骨之间，说不怕她自己都不相信。地上碎骨到处都是，巴哈尔古丽连连被绊倒。 杨健教授道：“你小心点儿，这些骨头经年累月，聚集了大量的骨毒，被刺破了皮肤，立刻毙命！” 巴哈尔古丽愣了几秒，心里诅咒那该死的黑影，把他们弄到这么恐怖的地方，小心地一步一步走过来。 袁森沉吟半晌，道：“教授，不如我们拼凑一副完整的骨架看看，也许根据体型能够判断出他们的种族也说不定，我听说很多原始先民跟我们汉人的体型都是不同的。” 杨健教授点头同意，两人七手八脚拼凑了一副完整的骨架。两只手电仔细地照在人骨上面，骨头散发出森森白光，看得人全身发麻。 袁森突然叫道：“教授，你看——” 杨健教授顺着手势看过去，骨架的颅骨额头处居然开了一个拇指大小的洞，而额头以下，原本应该是眼眶的位置，居然完好无损。 杨健教授和袁森对视一眼，同时说道：“独——目——人——” 杨健教授情绪极端激动，他翻了半个小时，把附近所有的颅骨都翻了出来，堆在一起，果然，这些颅骨上都没有正常双眼眶，只有额头上开了一个圆洞。 袁森嘴唇干涩，缓缓说道：“这里竟然是独目人的万人坑，在历史上的某一时期，贺兰山曾经是独目人的地盘，可是世界上没有人知道啊！” 万人坑距离山洞地面有两米多的距离，三人很容易就爬上地面，站在高处俯视满坑尸骨，这万人坑远比三人想象的更大，一眼望去，茫茫无际，电光下的人骨面目狰狞，特别是一只独眼眶，看上去又诡异又恐怖。 杨健教授自言自语道：“死这么多人，不大可能是殉葬，如果说是战争，能杀死这么多独目人的种族又会有多强大呢？” 当日袁森从镜湖的山峰上下来之后，他就沿着穆寨巫师深入原始森林的方向前行，他看到一队队的穆寨人死在森林里，或者饿死，或者被野兽吞噬。失明的穆寨人对一切侵害都无动于衷，任由野兽虫蛇撕咬吞噬他们，他们就像尸体一样，没有呻吟，也没有反抗。 三天之后，袁森才下了贺兰山，踏上返回乌鲁木齐的旅途。在那个时候，他心里唯一的信念就是揭开穆寨和独目人的谜底，只有这样，他才有可能了解这一系列神秘事件的来龙去脉，可是越靠近独目人的世界，他的不安就越发强烈。 突然，袁森的眼前一亮，红光划过视网膜，三丈外的地面上，那摊熟悉的血液，又出现在他的手电光下。 袁森招呼杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽跑了过去，这摊血比外面的新鲜，而且是一大块。杨健教授皱眉道：“这么多的血，难道他在这里又受了伤？” 一声尖利的叫声突然划破山洞的沉寂，那声音响亮、凄凉、尖利，甚至还隐藏着撕心裂肺的绝望。袁森脱口道：“是影子——” 那一声尖叫之后，山洞里响起巨大的回音，震耳欲聋，让人听了心如刀绞，难受至极，三人忍不住都捂住了耳朵。回音还未散去，从山洞的各个角落里，跟着响起无数参差不齐的叫声，那叫声起初凌乱，渐渐地变得整齐，越来越大，就好像有无数个怪影在那里嘶吼。三人紧捂耳朵，可是尖锐的声音依然像要将他们的耳膜撕裂一样，叫声此起彼伏，一浪高胜一浪，让人听了极端难受。 巴哈尔古丽大叫道：“教授、师兄，你们快看！”话音未落，就湮没在巨大的尖叫海洋之中。 万人坑的尽头，黑压压飘过来无数的影子，他们的速度快到不可思议，即使是在强烈电光的照射下，三人看到的依然只是一大片的黑影，就连脸部轮廓都瞧不清楚。 叫声越发尖利，不但是万人坑那边，山洞的前后左右，到处都是那种影子，他们以超快的速度飞奔而来。 袁森大喝一声，“接着！”顺手把手电递给巴哈尔古丽，端起MP5A3，枪口对准从万人坑里冲上来的庞大影子群。 影子的速度实在太快了，它们从万人坑里爬上地面，如履平地，没有丝毫停顿，直接冲到三人面前。 袁森看清楚了，他们全身披着黑袍，就连头上都套着连襟帽，帽子里射出来的目光阴森寒冷，让人不敢逼视。 突然，万人坑上“轰隆一声”滚下一个人来，袁森看得清楚，那人身着陈旧迷彩服，正是几日前逃跑的土匪之一。估计也是在外面着了黑影的道儿，被推了下来。 影子群停顿了一下，向那土匪蜂拥而去，当先一个影子双手伸出，拦腰抱起土匪，双臂一扯。可怜那土匪还没明白是怎么回事，就被扯为两截，肝脏、肠子全流了出来。其他影子见血，变得极端激动，叫声更为尖锐，就连空气都要被这声音扯烂撕碎。岸上三人捂住耳朵，痛苦不堪。 为首的影子将土匪的下半身扔进一堆影子群里，然后将自己手中的上半身扔地上，他屁股一扭，黑袍中竟然伸出一条长长的尾巴。其他的黑影也纷纷扭着屁股，甩出尾巴，它们将尾巴缠上尸体，尾巴末梢伸出一根针尖样的吸管，吸管插进尸体。不到几秒钟，土匪的上半身已经插满了吸管，接着，那土匪肥胖圆润的身体就陷了下去，片刻不到，只剩下一堆白骨，人皮全都黏在骨头上。 地面上三人看得目瞪口呆，身上冷汗涔涔，他们第一次，估计也是人生最后一次看到这种恐怖的食人方法。 这些黑影到底是什么？ 土匪的下肢也同样步了上身的后尘，吸干的尸体被抛弃在万人坑，与这些死了数千年的独目人白骨混合在一起。 黑影吃完了土匪，集体转过身来看袁森三人，眼中放出贪婪的光。袁森大叫一声，“发什么呆啊，快跑，我来断后——” 他抬起MP5A3，枪口对准黑影，不管三七二十一，就是一梭子子弹，扭头跟着杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽往后跑。 黑影动作敏捷，闪身躲避，只有两个黑影中了子弹，它们在地上翻滚几下，又跳了起来，追着三人跑去。黑影眼中红光蔓延，杀气毕现，追起来风驰电掣，极端吓人。 袁森跑几步就转身扫一梭子子弹，那群黑影见识过MP5A3的厉害，速度明显降下来，不远不近地跟着。杨健教授也是接连发威，前面拦路的黑影，他一铳一个，只打脑袋，这种火铳爆炸性强，一枪就可以轰翻脑袋，所以黑影只要中枪的，基本上都是一枪毙命。只是这种五连发只能连开五枪，装子弹比较麻烦，不过杨健教授的威慑性强，他那个方向的黑影少，轰死了几个，剩下的都踌躇不前。 袁森越退越快，MP5A3一梭子接一梭子地打，可是黑影子似乎被激起了凶性，眼中红光闪烁，队形也由刚才的分散重新聚集在一起。最恐怖的是，这群黑影不但闪避灵活、速度快、攻击残忍，而且它们对疼痛的感觉似乎相当迟钝，刚开始中枪了它们还会在地上翻滚几下，现在它们把手指伸进伤口里，直接抠出子弹。 袁森看着都觉得是它们在撕烂自己的身体，全身起鸡皮疙瘩，脸色红一阵白一阵。 可是，他又不能像杨健教授那样直接爆头。第一，他面对的黑影数量众多，如果单一瞄准一个，其他的势必一拥而上；第二，MP5A3不像五连发那样，子弹会爆，对准脑袋点射一枪黑影未必会死。 黑影群速度越来越快，袁森知道，它们要围攻了，他一边急剧后退一边疯狂加子弹，MP5A3呈片状扫射，以求能缓一下黑影的攻击势头。 这时，巴哈尔古丽突然靠近他，“师兄——” 袁森气不打一处来，怒吼道：“还不快走，你想找死啊！” “师兄，给你这个。”巴哈尔古丽递过来一个椭圆的东西，塞在袁森手上。 袁森握住，吃惊道：“这个东西你哪里来的？” 巴哈尔古丽贼贼一笑，道：“从那三个当兵的身上摸的，我还有。” 袁森不再说话，黑影从四面八方围拢而来，黑压压一片，如同集体出动的蝙蝠，铺天盖地。 袁森推了巴哈尔古丽一下，自己反而迎着黑影冲去，MP5A3一顿疯狂扫射，嘴里叼着巴哈尔古丽给的强爆性手雷。袁森一顿狂扫，先将它们打蒙，再一拉引线，手雷扔进黑影堆里。 袁森翻身扫倒两个试图阻拦他的黑影，就地一个打滚，只听轰隆一声，整个山洞都似乎要被巨大的爆炸撕裂。黑影堆里血肉模糊，残手残脚都往外飞。 袁森从地上爬起来，朝杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽的方向冲去，前方是一片岩石区，里面有很多狭小的洞口，小到仅容人的一只手进去。一个岩石面上，全都是这样的小洞，而再往前侧转，则是一个巨大的悬崖。悬崖与对面地面有十多米的距离，崖下云雾缭绕，掉下去肯定就是尸骨无存。 袁森跑到杨健教授身边，道：“教授，怎么办？悬崖肯定是过不去的，那帮黑影只是暂时缓一缓，它们的凶性已经被激起，恐怕再上来就不好对付了！” 杨健教授指着千疮百孔的岩石，严肃道：“炸开它！” “炸开？”袁森以为自己听错了，用手雷炸岩石，基本上等于浪费资源，不能撼动分毫，他怎么可以做这种不专业的事情。 杨健教授解释道：“这是千岁岩，呈泡沫形态，整个岩石布满空隙，而且它后面大多可能是真空带，里面有天然山洞。” 袁森嘀咕道：“我怎么没听说过有这种岩石呢？” 巴哈尔古丽勤快地递给袁森一个手雷，道：“要相信教授的话，他让你炸你就炸吧！” 杨健教授填满子弹，抬手一铳，打死一个从石头上跳下来的黑影，那黑影被五连发强大的爆炸力掀掉了半边脑袋，身体倒在地上直颤抖。 袁森拿着手雷，犹豫了一下，杨健教授、巴哈尔古丽此刻已经和围攻过来的黑影对上了，黑影被鲜血挑拨出嗜血的狂怒，不管杨健教授一枪一个，围了上来，伸手就夺他的五连发。巴哈尔古丽情急之下，也掏出她的54式，一顿乱打。杨健教授提醒道：“打眼睛，你的枪只有8发子弹，打完就没了！” 巴哈尔古丽“哦”了一声，双手持枪，抬高，瞄准黑影的眼睛打。巴哈尔古丽这是第一次打枪，准确度自然烂到极点，而且黑影闪避灵活，8发子弹全部打完，一个黑影都没伤到。 杨健教授一铳打死了一个黑影，五连发也被另一黑影夺去，那黑影抢到五连发上下看了一下，眼中寒光一闪，双手用力，一下把枪管折成两段。 它又挥手来抓杨健教授，一只手抓住巴哈尔古丽，稍一用力，杨健教授已经掌握在它手上。依照老规矩，它一只手抬高，就要把巴哈尔古丽扔向后面的黑影群，巴哈尔古丽吓得哇哇乱叫。 袁森抬枪，一个点射，正中黑影眼睛，眼睛似乎也是黑影的最弱位置之一，那家伙松开杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽，疼得在地上打滚。 袁森接连两个点射，又打翻两个黑影，拉响手雷，滚到杨健教授身边，一梭子子弹打出去。 “轰隆”一声，石屑乱飞，灰尘漫天，巨大的震动轰得地面颤抖不已。 袁森大吼道：“走，进洞！” 巴哈尔古丽当先跑进洞里，杨健教授其次，袁森又连扫几梭子子弹，退进洞里。黑影被打红了眼，什么都不顾，也跟着进入洞里来。 袁森又点瞎两个黑影，朝巴哈尔古丽道：“还有手雷没？” 巴哈尔古丽远远地答道：“还有一个。” 袁森吼道：“你跑慢一点，在前面有转角的洞口等我。” 向洞里跑了几分钟，袁森接过玄关处巴哈尔古丽递过来的手雷，跑进内洞，潇洒地甩手扔出手雷，冲锋枪接着胡乱扫射一顿。手雷“轰隆”爆炸，玄关处的千岁岩整体塌方，冲在最前面的一个黑影立遭活埋。 袁森和巴哈尔古丽也被爆炸的冲击力轰得飞了起来，撞上岩壁，两人被摔得七荤八素，半天找不着北。 袁森休息了好一会儿才缓过来，他把巴哈尔古丽拉起来，道：“杨教授呢？怎么半天没见他人啊？” 巴哈尔古丽茫然道：“他在我前面，进去了！” 袁森暗想不好，杨教授五连发被毁，身上没有任何防身利器，而且这山洞里古怪异常，什么都可能发生，他进去半天没有声息，不会出事儿了吧。 袁森让巴哈尔古丽快跟上，挺着MP5A3，朝洞内跑去。山洞的岩石跟以前的岩石不一样，全都是稀疏度非常高的千岁岩。 袁森转了几个洞口，突然发现身边的岩壁缝隙里漏出光来，是手电的光，袁森大喜，叫道：“杨教授——杨教授——” 洞内毫无反应，袁森又转过几个洞口，看到杨健教授站在一个巨大的山洞里，手电照着前方，呆呆地出神。任由袁森怎么叫，他都没反应，巴哈尔古丽与袁森对视一眼，道：“教授不会出事儿了吧！” 袁森注意到杨健教授所看的地方，那是一面巨大的岩壁，很平整，就像中学教室里的黑板。手电光照在岩壁上，上面似乎浮着一层半透明固体，隐隐可以看见固体下面凿刻的壁画，但是很模糊。 袁森靠近了看，眼中霍然出现独目小人的样子，透明固体下面，岩壁上线条精致地凿刻满了各种独目人出现的场景，那神态和刻功，与穆寨镜湖畔的雕刻壁画如出一辙。 盖在岩壁上的透明固体遮盖住了许多场景，看起来模模糊糊，袁森挥手想擦掉这些东西，可是固体与岩壁黏得很紧，不能撼动分毫。 杨健教授突然醒悟过来，吼道：“别乱动，这是尸蜡，有剧毒！” 袁森吓一跳，奇道：“教授，我没听说过尸蜡会有毒啊，而且尸蜡是棕黄色的油脂，而这里却是淡绿色的透明固体，根本不一样！” 杨健教授把手电打过去，在墙角落，赫然躺着一具尸体，那尸体面部朝下，身体蜷缩成一团，双手抱着膝盖。他露在衣服外面的皮肤溃烂得厉害，脓水不断地往下滴，而手背已经可以清晰看见皮肉沟壑里的森森白骨。 巴哈尔古丽看着那尸体也不禁直犯恶心，捂着嘴巴跑开。袁森走过去，用冲锋枪的枪柄将尸体翻过来。尸体的脸已经溃烂得不像样子，脸上一条条烂出来的沟壑，脓水直流，眼珠已经没有了，只剩下空空的眼眶。 袁森端详半天，突然想起来，这人不正是袭击自己的高个子吗？他曾计算过悬棺上挂的尸体和后来发现的尸体，在树上他也数过追踪士兵的数量，就差一个人。当时他存有侥幸心理，想也许那个人没死，找到出口从山洞里逃了出去，没想到现在死得最惨的就是他。 尸体身上有多处伤口，特别是腿骨和胸口，有明显的外伤，想来山洞外的血迹，就是他留下的。 杨健教授道：“我是看到他的尸体，才想到湘西苗疆曾经流传过一种保存尸体的方法。人一断气，就立刻给他灌由各种毒虫秘制的毒药，再把尸体沉入一个特制的水池里，水池放满毒药水，水池所处的地窖完全密封。尸体封存一年左右再下葬，这样就在尸体上形成了剧毒的尸蜡，既可以保证尸体不腐，又可以防止盗墓者破坏。因为尸蜡含有剧毒的缘故，所以连颜色也变成绿色。” “可是，独目人和湘西又有什么关系呢，或者贺兰山脚下的苗寨也与穆寨有关？”袁森不解道。 杨健教授道：“我也很惊异这两者的联系，独目人文明比湘西早了数百乃至上千年，如果这种秘制尸蜡方法外传，也有可能；或者其他原因导致两种文明融合，也有可能。总之这个需要进一步研究。” 袁森看着粘了尸蜡的衣袖，上面蒙了一层绿色油脂，再看看躺在地上溃烂得不成人样的尸体，袁森一阵恶心，赶忙把衣袖在岩壁上擦拭。 杨健教授道：“把你的匕首给我！” 袁森依言递上军匕，杨健教授戴上手套，用匕首在壁画一角切入。军匕锋利异常，刀刃极薄，杨健教授可以很容易地插入尸蜡和壁画之间的缝隙，一块块地将尸蜡挑下来。 杨健教授忙活了几个小时，才将岩壁上的尸蜡全部挑除掉，而岩壁上凿刻的壁画，也静静呈现在三人面前。 整个壁画有八米长，两米高，壁画线条飘逸灵动，山川大河穿插期间。第一幅画是战争的场面，成千上万的独目人手持弓箭刀枪，与另外一个部族的人混战在一起。与独目人相比，敌对部落的人要矮