Chapter 27 Chapter 26 Transport Plane in the Forest

Suddenly, Yuan Sen froze. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, waiting for the lightning to strike again.That's right, in the second flash of lightning, he was already convinced that this was not a hallucination. There was an airplane hanging on a tree branch tens of meters above his head. More than half of the airplane was shrouded in thick leaves. Half of the wing is exposed. The black-faced man had already fled with the human skin. After the gunshots, the surroundings fell silent.Yuan Sen gradually gathered some strength. In the dark, he touched the back of his head, and his hands were wet with blood. When he touched the top, he found a huge reptile in his hair.The worm stirred in the hair, and all four claws pierced deeply into the scalp, getting deeper and deeper.Yuan Sen didn't even think about it, he inserted his fingers into the wound, and flew away the insects that were desperately burrowing into it, his head hurt like it was about to be torn open.

Yuan Sen tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, and hastily bandaged his head. The wound was not particularly deep, but there was a lot of blood. It may be that the bug touched the nerve just now, which caused his whole body to lose strength. Yuan Sen got up from the ground, and the surroundings were pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers.He has looked at this cave in the cave above. This cave is an irregular bowl structure, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with no exit. But how did the black-masked man and Miss Lin disappear without a sound? This cave looked like a secret room. If the black-faced man and Miss Lin climbed out of the hole where Yuan Sen fell, there was still a big gap between the hole and the ground, and there would definitely be movement if they went up.And going up from that cave entrance is bound to be a dead end. The two of them are very familiar with this ancient underground tomb, so they will definitely not bump into each other. In other words, there must be a secret passage leading to the outside in this cave.

Yuan Sen flicked on the lighter and touched every inch of the cave wall. The mountain wall is completely solid, and there is no possibility of a secret door mechanism.When he was anxious and unbearable, when he looked up, he suddenly saw the clue. The stone chamber at the bottom of the cave is bowl-shaped, but the top of the cave is trapezoidal. The whole cave has a huge slope, and the distance from the top of the cave to the ground is very high on the side of the inner cave wall.It is estimated that the black-faced man and Ms. Lin climbed up the rock gap on the top of the trapezoidal cave. The part of the top of the cave that is close to the wall of the cave is a cylindrical hole with many bunkers and gaps around it, which is very convenient for climbing.

Yuan Sen observed the terrain well, and climbed up to the trapezoidal cave on the top of the cave through the cracks in the rocks on the cave wall.The cave can only accommodate one person, there are many stone cracks on the cave wall, and the protruding stone flakes are very thin, and it is easy to scratch people if you don't pay attention. Yuan Sen climbed up cautiously, but at this moment, a human hand came down silently, and suddenly grabbed Yuan Sen's hair.Yuan Sen suffered a head injury, and being caught by this, the pain was so painful that he couldn't help but groaned in a low voice.

With that cry, that hand retracted like an electric shock, Yuan Sen didn't allow him to escape, and quickly grabbed that hand with his hand.The hand struggled hard and was about to get out, Yuan Sen grabbed the hand with both hands, and the strength of the hand was not small. With the persistence of both sides, Yuan Sen was actually dragged away from the narrow hole at the top of the cave. Above is a wide cave, with a torch stuck on the cave wall, Yuan Sen turned out of the cave, took the opportunity to break free with his hand, and ran away.Yuan Sen didn't allow him to escape, so he took down the torch from the wall and quickly followed.

In a hurry, Yuan Sen didn't see the man's face clearly at all. When Yuan Sen climbed to the top of the cave, the man had already rushed several meters away.In the dim yellow light of the torch, the back of the man could be seen, as if he was wearing a military uniform.His military uniform is different from those worn by Miss Lin's subordinates. This man's military uniform is very neat, the kind of regular army uniform, not as messy as Miss Lin's subordinates. The structure of the Helan Mountains is complex, the mountains are asymmetrical from east to west, the slope on the west side is gentle, and the east side is adjacent to the Yinchuan Plain with faults, which is a strong earthquake zone.Therefore, the internal structure of the mountain is very complicated, and the caves are also very varied. The alternation of regular and irregular caves is very serious.

The man in front is very skilled in walking through mountains and caves, it can be seen that he is very familiar with this ancient tomb.This cave is very long, but the caves are connected with each other, and a large number of branch caves are derived from the main cave.The range of the torch was very limited, and the man shuttled between big and small holes, and Yuan Sen accidentally lost track of the man. The cave was very quiet, only the sound of crackling torches could be heard. The black-faced man and Ms. Lin must have escaped from this cave. The torch in Yuan Sen's hand was when Ms. Lin went down the mountain wall. made.

It didn't take long for the two of them to enter the cave, and whether the man in military uniform was with Ms. Lin or the others is still uncertain.Otherwise, the two of them would not disappear out of thin air, leaving him alone.And that person was not aggressive towards Yuan Sen at all, he seemed to be exploring something, he didn't seem to know that there was someone under the cave, and accidentally grabbed Yuan Sen's hair. Who is this person?Judging from the above points, it is basically certain that he will not be with Ms. Lin, and what makes Yuan Sen feel the most strange is that his military uniform is very old, and it is backward compared with the current equipment. Ten or twenty years.

The more Yuan Sen thought about it, the more strange he became. How could a soldier wearing a military uniform from 10 or 20 years ago appear in this cave in Helan Mountain?He walked straight along the main cave of the cave, and paid attention to the derivative cave next to the main cave. The caves are connected, forming an intricate network between the mountains. The trend of the cave has been going downwards, and the water accumulation in the cave becomes more serious as it goes down, and the ground begins to show signs of being wet.Suddenly, Yuan Sen saw a series of incoherent footprints on the ground. The footprints spanned a large distance. It could be seen that people who were walking were bound to walk very fast, almost like rolling and crawling.

Yuan Sen was overjoyed, and followed the direction of the footprints. After walking like this for a while, the groundwater level was getting higher and higher, covering his knees. The main cave was surrounded by derivative caves formed by mountain movements. There was no way for the main cave to expand. However, the mysterious person never appeared again. After thinking about it, Yuan Sensi felt that something was wrong. The terrain here was complicated. Judging by the way the man ran away, he should be very familiar with this cave.Since that person is not from Ms. Lin and her party, is there a third expedition team in the belly of Helan Mountain?And judging from his familiarity with the cave, he probably didn't just stay here for a day or two.

Yuan Sen held up a torch to explore the way, and the more he thought about it, the more doubts he had. Suddenly, he saw a faint yellow light shining from the hole that emerged from the side of the cave. This is an important signal, there will be people if there is light, Yuan Sen didn't care so much, followed the light and entered the cave.The movement of the mountain body in this area is very violent, the mountainside is very hollowed out, the rocks in the cave are intricate, and various rock layers are interlaced, resulting in very large gaps between rocks.So Yuan Sen went in from that hole, and he couldn't tell where the light source was for a while. As he walked forward, the lights gradually brightened. Yuan Sen walked up to a mountain wall, and through a gap in the rock, he saw a dark shadow squatting on the ground behind the mountain wall. The figure was holding a lantern in his hand, as if looking for something. Yuan Sen carefully touched the 90-degree folding hole. The man was also very sensitive. When Yuan Sen approached the hole, he immediately became alert and ran towards the hole with the lantern in hand. Yuan Sen lost one of his heels just now, so he couldn't run anymore this time, so he just followed.The man's movements were really uncommonly agile, and he was out of sight after a few swipes while holding the lamp.But no matter how fast he was, it would not be easy for him to escape unless he extinguished the lantern.This cave is deep, if not really familiar with the cave, no one would dare to wander in the cave in the dark. Yuan Sen chased the light, following it from far and near. He kept speculating whether the person holding the lantern was the man in military uniform who was pulling him on the top of the secret room.Because of the light and shadows, he could only see that person as a shadow, and the rest could not be seen clearly. The man walked very fast, leaving only a ray of light to guide the way, wading through the underground water, and the cave gradually dried up.The trend of the cave is basically downwards. In the cave, it feels like the mountain is tilted like a big funnel, and the slope is bigger as it goes forward. It should be said that in the depths of the ground, the deeper you go, the more the terrain goes straight down, and the deeper you go into the mountainside, the more turbid the air should be.However, the further down Yuan Sen felt the air flowed more freely, he even felt the breeze blowing.Yuan Sen's heart moved, and he thought to himself: "Could it be that there is an exit here?" The wind lantern suddenly went out in front, Yuan Sen was taken aback, and quickened his pace to chase after it.Going around the entrance of the cave where several horns are connected, a strong wind suddenly hits in front, and there is also rain blowing in. This is actually the exit of the cave. The thin moonlight can be seen outside the cave, and the moonlight sets off the towering mountains around like giant beasts crouching, eager to pounce on people.Yuan Sen looked at the world outside the entrance of the cave, and saw that there were many mountains surrounded by mountains that could not reach the top. The tall trees in the valley were no less than a hundred meters high, and the leaves of the big trees stretched like a cover, completely covering the valley.Inside the big trees and shrubs, all kinds of giant pythons and beasts were scurrying back and forth in the woods, the sound was very scary.It turned out to be a huge virgin forest that has not been destroyed by humans. Yuan Sen pushed aside the rattan covering the entrance of the cave and got out.It is impossible to hide people at the entrance of this cave. It is estimated that the person holding the lantern has already entered the primeval forest. Yuan Sen lit a torch and got into the forest. Yuan Sen didn't have a self-defense weapon in his hand, and the black-faced man took the micro-punch, leaving only a lighting torch in his hand. In this prehistoric primeval forest full of wild beasts, if he is not careful, his life will be killed. give away. Yuan Sen avoids places where animals are densely populated, and only chooses to walk at the foot of big trees, because bushes and jungles are easy to hide from wild animals, and the roots of big trees are intertwined, and the nutrients in the surrounding underground are absorbed by the big trees. There is no place for other plants to live, so the trees are relatively open. , and it is not easy to bump into ferocious birds and beasts. Yuan Sen walked to the depths of the forest, where the giant trees towered to the sky, and the leaves covered the space above tightly, without a single gap, and you couldn't see your fingers in the forest. Walking to the foot of the tree, Yuan Sen lit a torch to illuminate the surroundings, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a piebald leopard half lying in front of him.Yuan Sen's blood rushed straight to his forehead, he took a few steps back slowly, the leopard seemed to be full and didn't care about someone invading his territory.He glanced at Yuan Sen with drooping eyes, and slowly squatted up. Yuan Sen touched the tree trunk, stepped on it, and climbed up for more than ten meters. He didn't feel relieved when he saw that the leopard couldn't jump up. The tree is huge, with intertwined branches, and cars can be driven on the branches.Yuan Sen refused to go down, so he walked on the branch. He climbed up a higher branch, and was going to go to the end of this branch and then jump to another tree. At this time, he faintly felt movement among the leaves. This kind of big tree is the most likely habitat for the forest python.In order to avoid being the target of the giant python's attack, Yuan Sen extinguished the torch and lightly touched another branch.This branch was much higher than the other trunks. Yuan Sen hid himself among the leaves, peeking at the movement on the trunk, and found that there was light in the leaves as soon as he climbed up. When Yuan Sen saw the light, he thought of the person holding the lantern, and thought in his heart that now you are showing and I am not, this time I will never let you run away.He tiptoed over without making a sound, holding the torch tightly in his hand, and when he saw the opportunity, he knocked down the guy with one blow. Approaching step by step, Yuan Sen used a torch stick to push aside the leaves, spotted the shadow of the man, and smashed the stick down. Suddenly, a woman screamed, "Brother—" Yuan Sen was taken aback, only then did he see that the person holding the torch among the leaves was actually his little junior sister, Bahar Guli. Yuan Sen put down the torch stick, Bahar Guli also put down the gun aimed at Yuan Sen, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.Yuan Sen said: "Why is it you? Aren't you with Professor Yang Jian?" Bahargul said angrily, "I was almost scared to death by you. When I saw the flames coming up along the tree trunk, I thought it was the person holding the lantern again." "What? Have you seen the man holding the wind lantern?" Yuan Sen immediately understood that this matter was getting more and more complicated. Bahargul nodded and said: "I guess you were also led here by him. When you fell into the cave, Miss Lin and her gang refused to send people down to look for it, so I had to go down to the mountain stream with the professor. I found a lot of caves in the mountain stream. After discussing with the professor, I decided to go one way each. When the time came, I didn’t find any clues and returned. I saw the man holding the wind lantern in the cave and wanted to chase after him. But I can't keep up." Yuan Sen nodded and said, "It's the same for me. I've been led to this virgin forest by him all the time. So, maybe the professor got a trick and was led to the forest by the wind lantern?" Baharguli nodded to express her agreement with Yuan Sen's point of view, then she frowned and said, "No, according to this, there may be more than one person holding the wind lantern, and I haven't been here for long." Yuan Sen said: "There is no way to judge this. Have you seen the appearance of the lantern holder? Or what kind of clothes are you wearing?" Bahargul shook his head and said, "I only see a light in front of me, no matter how fast I walk, I can't catch up with that person." Yuan Sen said: "This lantern holder, I feel a bit like the shadow man we met in the cave." Bahar Guli also agreed, this speed can only be achieved by those mysterious and weird shadow people.But whether it is true or not, there is no evidence to prove it.And where did the man in the old military uniform that Yuan Sen met on the top of the secret room go?This is also a big doubt. Yuan Sen told Baharguli the scene in the secret room where he saw Miss Lin and the black-faced man being skinned by Tiandao. No help, I didn't expect her to be able to do anything.The two discussed whether Professor Yang Jian should wait for him here if he was also led into the forest by the lantern-bearer.But after thinking about it again, I felt that it was inappropriate. Professor Yang Jian entered the cave earlier than Bahar Gul. If he had been brought in by the wind lamp, he should have entered the forest long ago.And staying in this kind of place is tantamount to sitting and waiting to die. The only way to go forward and find the exit is the best policy. After the two discussed it, they walked forward along the trunk covered with branches and leaves. After walking a few hundred meters, the branches came to the end, and the two descended to the ground.Yuan Sen walked ahead holding a torch, and Baharguli followed behind. Baharguli suddenly fell from his feet and rolled into the bushes.Surprised, Yuan Sen leaned down and pulled Bahar Gul up. Bahar Gul came out together with a stone figurine in her arms. Yuan Sen asked in surprise, "What is this?" When Bahargul saw what she was holding, she was so frightened that she hurriedly let go and quickly got up from the grass. Yuan Sen took the stone figurine she threw. The stone figurine was half a person tall, covered with mud and water, and its face was carved delicately, which was the face of a barbarian from the Western Regions.It's just that the expression on his face is very strange, not like a normal person, with thin eyebrows, thin lips, and a short nose. But Baharguli knows that kind of stone figurines. It is said that they have been dug many times in southern Xinjiang, and there are several in the Urumqi Museum.Her father, the mine manager Kurban, also dug up that thing when he was looking for jade veins. Bahargul was still there at the time. According to her father, the stone figurines have been buried in the ground for at least thousands of years. They are shaped like royal wizards. Good at witchcraft.When the emperor died, the wizard was usually buried with him, but the wizard was not simply buried in the tomb.Instead, the wizard is poisoned to death first, and the corpse is dehydrated after death. The dehydrated corpse is usually concentrated, and then the corpse is put into a stone mold and poured with stone slurry for reinforcement, thus becoming this kind of stone figurine. The two looked left and right, but they couldn't see any tricks.Yuan Sen asked Baharguli to back off a bit, he got into the bushes, and dragged out several stone figurines, all wizards with thin eyebrows and thin lips, with extremely short noses.By the light of the torch, Yuan Sen saw a stone figurine stuck in the bushes. The stone figurine looked much larger than the other stone figurines, and it was sandwiched between two dead trees. Yuan Sen saw that the thing was weird, and his body was so green that it didn't seem like a simple stone figurine, so he felt strange.He leaned down to touch the stone figurine. There were two thick tree roots sandwiched between the bushes, and Yuan Sen got half of his body into it. Yuan Sen was startled by the sudden spray of moisture from the bushes, but it was too late, and the two thick tree roots clamped his arms around his waist and hooped him tightly.A huge snake's head popped out of the bushes, and Yuan Sen immediately understood that there was a dead tree somewhere between the stone figurines, and that thing was actually a giant python. Trapped by the giant python, within three to five minutes, it will be tightly entangled, and soon the seven orifices will bleed, and the internal organs in the body will be crushed by the brute force of the giant python.In desperation, Yuan Sen snatched the torch from Baharguli's hand and greeted the boa constrictor indiscriminately. Most animals in the forest are afraid of fire, let alone cold-blooded animals like forest pythons.The python tightened its body and burrowed into the bushes. Yuan Sen was stuck in the bush hole, unable to advance or retreat.The incident happened in a hurry, Baharguli was frightened and stunned, Yuan Sen was strangled by the python and had difficulty breathing, and shouted Baharguli to use the gun quickly. Bahar Guli came to his senses, the snake's head of the giant python was being blocked by Yuan Sen's body outside the bush hole, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, and the snake's core was turning around in its mouth.Baharguli shot at the snake's head with a submachine gun. The eggshells flew around and the python's head was smashed to pieces. Yuan Sen pushed away the snake corpse wrapped around his body, and Bahar Guli hurriedly dragged him out, and Yuan Sen took out the stone figurine exposed half of the bush. Baharguli apologized to Yuan Sen embarrassingly, Yuan Sen shook his head helplessly, and said, "No matter how hard a woman refuses to give in to a man, she is still just a woman, hey." Baharguli blushed for a while, changed the subject, and said, "Why is this stone figurine so strange, something is wrong!" Yuan Sen nodded and said: "It's not right, why is it so green when illuminated by the fire, it doesn't look like a stone, why does it look like that kind of sapphire?" Bahar Guli was also taken aback, and said, "Brother, do you also know Qingyu?" Yuan Sen held the stone figurine in his arms, looked carefully at the torch, and said, "I heard from the professor before that Hotan is one of the five famous jade-producing places in China, and many local people in Hotan have relied on jade for generations. Some young and middle-aged people go to Mierdai Mountain to pick jade when they are young. The places where jade is born are continuous mountains, no weeds, and the environment is very harsh. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain near Yecheng is four to five kilometers above sea level, and the road is rugged. It is dangerous. To transport jade materials from the top of the mountain, you can only use donkeys to carry bags on your shoulders. The climate of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is abnormal. There are floods in June, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow in October. Eight out of ten strong men go out to pick jade. In ancient times, the people of Hotan near the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain basin, if there was no news of the man who went out to pick jade for three years, the family would think that he was no longer in the world. All the men went to the snow mountain to pick jade, and the rest Weak, sick and disabled laborers will go to the river to touch jade. When snow-capped mountains encounter flood seasons, they will often roll down jade. , will take it home, find a jade craftsman to carve it into the shape of a relative, and bury it in the ground. It is said that the stone rolled down from the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is stuck with the blood of the jade picker. The stone buried in the ground for more than a thousand years, the whole body changes color, A green mold will grow on the surface, and Hotan people call that kind of stone sapphire." Bahargul said: "When I was a child, I heard from my grandfather that in six years or so, a foreign archaeological team from the border of India dug up a tomb group at the Nima site, and all the burials in it were green. The sapphire, which cost several hundred yuan, caused a great commotion at the time. My grandfather was the guide of the archaeological team at the time, and he had seen the sapphire buried in a mass grave with his own eyes. He said that it was not surprising that the sapphire was buried with several hundred yuan, it was strange It is the characters carved on the back of the sapphire. Those characters seem to be what the archaeological team is looking for. After the archaeological team got the things, they would kill people to silence them. My grandfather stayed in the team for a while and knew that this expedition team was unreliable. Only after being familiar with the terrain did they sneak out." Yuan Sen turned the stone figurine over and wondered: "Could it be that there are words on this sapphire figurine?" Baharguli handed the torch closer, and Yuan Sen saw that the back of the sapphire figurine was engraved with words by the light of the fire. The characters were shaped like tadpoles, and the strokes were very similar to oracle bone inscriptions. Is it the weird text seen on the mountain behind Muzhai? Yuan Sen turned several other ordinary stone figurines upside down and carefully looked at them several times, but he didn't find anything special on those stone figurines.This is strange, the stone figurines together, and the sapphire figurines have that kind of weird writing on them, but not the others. Does the sapphire figurines have special meaning? Bahar Guli said: "Brother, do you know when the legend of sapphire was passed down?" Yuan Sen was taken aback, but he hadn't thought about this question.Baharguli smiled and said: "According to my grandfather, the legend of sapphire existed more than a thousand years ago, and some historical materials unearthed in Hotan still have records. And more than a thousand years ago, it was Khotan When the country was in decline, in the 11th century AD, Khotan under the rule of the Yuchi family was broken by the Black Khan Dynasty, and Khotan no longer existed. Moreover, the role of sapphire figurines is not only used to commemorate the jade pickers, but A tool used by the Khotanese to record history." Yuan Sen suddenly realized, and said: "You mean, the real identity of these weird tadpole oracle bone inscriptions are the characters of the ancient country of Khotan." Baharguli shook his head and said: "I have seen the ancient relics unearthed in the ancient country of Khotan. The inscriptions and prayers engraved on them are obviously different from this kind of tadpole script. This is what makes me strange. Sapphire is actually a special kind of jade. Jade material is originally produced in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and it has to go through very harsh conditions to form it. But here is Helan in Ningxia, thousands of kilometers away from Hotan, and it is indeed a very strange thing to have sapphire." Yuan Sen knocked his head and said to himself, "This is really strange, what is going on here?" The two of them hugged the sapphire figurine and were puzzled. If it is true that only the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Xinjiang can grow the original jade material of sapphire, then could this sapphire figurine be transported from Xinjiang? Yuan Sen touched the sapphire figurines around, but there were no clues. At this moment, there was a loud bang, the sky was torn apart by lightning, and the huge mountain group was illuminated in a gloomy and terrifying way, pressing towards the middle of the valley. Yuan Sen said: "It's going to rain heavily. The mountains around here are complex and steep. The rock structure has been deformed by the earthquake, and mudslides are prone to occur. We need to find an open place to take shelter." Yuan Sen looked around, and in the vast primeval forest, he couldn't see a head or tail, and there were dark giant trees and plants everywhere.Baharguli suddenly yelled: "Brother, what do you think is that?" Yuan Sen searched for the sound, and saw that the sky was filled with red light in the opening of the tree cover, and a huge ball of fire was flying into the mountains at a fast speed, falling into the virgin forest, and the flames were flying everywhere. Yuan Sen looked at this scene and recalled that when he was climbing the rock, he saw a huge fireball in the sky, which was very similar to this scene.He was extremely puzzled, how could fireballs fall from the sky for no reason. He had seen this scene on the rock wall before, and he paid special attention when he went down to the valley, but there were no fireballs and traces of the underground golden city at the bottom of the valley. Strange. Bahar Guli opened his mouth halfway and said, "Brother, what shall we do?" Yuan Sen took Baharguli's torch and said, "Go, go and have a look." The fire flashed across the gap in the tree cover of the giant tree, flickered, and disappeared.Yuan Sen determined the direction and ran towards the center of the forest together with Bahargul. This forest is much bigger than imagined. Old trees tens of meters to hundreds of meters high intertwine and grow together. The old roots are intertwined. There are dead trees and rotten trees everywhere on the ground. It is very difficult to walk.Moreover, all kinds of terrifying large animals are everywhere in the woods, including black snakes, giant pythons, tigers, leopards and reptiles. Within the range illuminated by the torch, from time to time, a giant python as thick as a man could be seen hanging upside down from a tree branch, its head stopped in mid-air, its core turned in its mouth, staring at the two people holding the torch.There was also a giant python dozens of meters long that slowly crawled past the two of them. When they saw animals like monkeys hanging on the tree, the seemingly clumsy jungle python shook its head and slid over to open its mouth. Swallowed the monkey into his stomach, and then ran into the depths of the woods as if nothing had happened. Baharguli was so frightened that he grabbed Yuan Sen's clothes and walked carefully, for fear of accidentally offending the kings of the jungle. The two walked carefully in the forest for a long time, and burned out a few torches. Fortunately, there are many dead trees in this forest, so it is very easy to make torches on the spot.After the thunder and lightning, there was a torrential rain in the forest. The sound of the rain hitting the leaves made the heavy darkness even more oppressive. The huge canopy of the leaves could not withstand the heavy rain after all. After a few clicks, it disappeared silently. Yuan Sen turned on the fire several times in a row, but failed to light it up again.Bahar Guli said miserably: "Brother, what should I do? The torch has been completely soaked." It was pitch black all around, and even Bahar Guli was standing in front of him, Yuan Sen couldn't see clearly, he couldn't go on like this, he had to rest on the spot, otherwise he would hit the mouth of a beast and die inexplicably. It's not easy to explain to Lord Yama. The two found a place where the leaves were particularly dense, and leaned against the tree trunk to look at the infinitely surging darkness, feeling very depressed in their hearts.Their purpose of going deep into Mount Helan was originally to find the secrets of the one-eyed man and the underground golden city, but now such a big mess has been involved.In the deep mountains and wild valleys, insects, snakes and beasts, any kind can kill people, it was indeed something that no one thought of at the time. The snow-white lightning tore apart the rain curtain again, and the piebald pythons wrapped around the branches of the big trees squirmed one by one. Bahar Guli screamed and ran away from Yuan Sen in fright.Yuan Sen also saw it. It was a giant piebald python that couldn't be hugged by several people. The python's head was hanging on a tree branch more than 20 meters high, and its tail was hanging down. Just now, Yuan Sen and Baha Erguli relied on the body of the giant python to avoid the rain. Lightning flashed several times in a row, and the electric light made Bahargul's terrified face pale as paper. Yuan Sen saw her running wildly in the heavy rain in a daze, so he hurried over and dragged her back.The sound of thunder formed a huge echo in the valley, and the sound of thunder brought countless muffled thunders, which made people panic. Suddenly, Yuan Sen froze. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, waiting for the lightning to strike again.That's right, in the second flash of lightning, he was already convinced that this was not a hallucination. There was an airplane hanging on a tree branch tens of meters above his head. More than half of the airplane was shrouded in thick leaves. Half of the wing is exposed. Yuan Sen suppressed the tension in his heart, and whispered to Bahar Guli, "Did you see that there is an airplane hanging on the tree!" Bahargul had already woken up from her fear, she asked in a daze, "What plane?" Yuan Sen explained to Baharguli carefully what he had just seen in the lightning. Baharguli was very surprised. How could there be an airplane in this prehistoric virgin forest that human civilization cannot reach?This is really hard to understand. Yuan Sen suddenly understood, the big fireball they saw, could it be caused by the crash of the plane?The plane flew over the Helan Mountains and crashed unexpectedly, just in time for Yuan Sen and the others to see the process of falling and exploding.But if this idea is true, then at least two planes crashed here. The first one was when Yuan Sen and the others were climbing the rock wall of the mountain, and the second one was in the primeval forest, which also triggered his search for the big fireball. reason. Yuan Sen could see clearly with the light of the lightning just now, the plane didn't seem to be seriously damaged, if the cabin is still good, there should be some food and necessary equipment, at least some lighting tools.If you get those things, it will definitely help them survive in the wild. Taking advantage of the less rain, Yuan Sen wanted to climb up the tree to have a look.Baharguli was afraid of the giant forest python crawling around on the ground, and insisted on going up, but Yuan Sen couldn't resist him, so he had to agree. The trunk of the big tree is particularly thick, and it is not too difficult to climb up. Both Yuan Sen and Baharguli have experience in living in the wild, and they climbed up to the triangular branch where the plane was hung. Yuan Sen stuck his body between two tree branches and asked Bahargul to hold a torch outside. He was worried that the plane's fuel would leak and the open flame would get too close to cause a secondary explosion. Yuan Sen climbed onto the plane's wing with the help of a tree branch. The plane's power point is the triangular tree branch of the giant tree. The range of the fulcrum formed by the tree branch is three to four square meters wide, enough to support it firmly. airplane. Most of the plane's body was covered by leaves. Yuan Sen pushed aside the branches covering the fuselage and found that the plane was covered with a thick layer of green moss, which didn't look like it had just crashed.The sides of the plane had sunk, and a few branches had penetrated into it, where new branches had grown.Judging from this posture, it should not have been a year or two since the plane crashed. Since the crash has been going on for many years, naturally there is no need to worry about the secondary explosion of the plane.Yuan Sen took Bahargul's torch and asked her to light another one. Now that the rain had completely stopped, the torch was burning very brightly, which also allowed Yuan Sen to see the surrounding things clearly. The plane was a very old transport plane. Yuan Sen had seen it in a magazine before. It was a transport plane that was very active on the battlefield in the 1950s and 1960s. It could also drop bombs in critical situations.And because the transportation capacity is very powerful, it is called a carriage transport aircraft, called C-119. In the middle of the last century, it was very common in the US military. However, this kind of aircraft was all decommissioned in the late 1970s, and most of the countries equipped with it were equipped by the US military itself. Other small countries in the Middle East and Africa also purchased them, but the number was very limited.So, this C-119 was driven by the US military to Ningxia, China?And it came over more than 20 years ago. I don't know what caused the transport plane to crash over Helan Mountain. This is too evil. Yuan Sen broke the branch inserted into the engine room with the butt of his gun, pried open the door of the driver's cab, and got in.The view glass at the front of the cab was smashed to pieces long ago, thick branches came in from the view, and dense leaves occupied most of the space in the cab. Half of the driver's body protruded from the leaves, and a branch pierced through his chest. The corpse was already rotten, most of the flesh was rotten, and there was a stench in the cockpit. Yuan Sen checked in the cockpit for a long time, but only found a revolver, which was so corroded that it was impossible to fire it again. There was an iron door separating the cockpit from the cargo compartment, and Yuan Sen had to work hard to open the iron door. The biggest advantage of the C-119 transport aircraft is that its transportation capacity is particularly strong. The cabin design is wide on both sides and long in the middle. There is a clamshell-shaped cargo door at the rear, which is specially designed for the convenience of unloading cargo. As soon as Yuan Sen entered the cargo hold, he was shocked. The plane was filled with a cabin full of gunpowder, piled up one after the other. "Dynamite, Danger, BLU-FB" was written on the wooden boxes. The BLU-FB bomb is a bomb used by the US military on the Vietnam battlefield in the 1960s. It is said to be very powerful in destroying air defense facilities.After the high-energy solid explosive is ignited, the energy can be continuously transmitted and accumulated in the tunnel, and when it reaches a certain point, the entire tunnel can be completely blown apart. Seeing so many BLU-FB high-performance bombs, Yuan Sen was too scared to go in. As long as the torch in his hand accidentally splashed sparks on the bombs, if the gunpowder was not too wet, it would be activated and ignited.The destructive power of this cabin BLU-FB is enough to turn this forest into a sea of ​​flames. Yuan Sen stood behind the iron gate and thought twice. There is no other lighting equipment now, so he can only extinguish the torch first, and go in the dark to find something of value.It was raining heavily outside again, and Bahargul couldn't hold on, so he also got into the cockpit.Yuan Sen asked her to put out the torch, and let's go into the cargo hold to have a look. Yuan Sen could clearly see the structure of the cargo hold from outside the iron gate. Both sides of the cargo hold were filled with wooden boxes containing BLU-FB piled up to the top, and a half-meter-wide aisle was left in the middle. Looking at the overall structure of the aircraft, this cargo hold has more than ten meters long.Yuan Sen carefully groped the aisle and walked in. He groped into the cargo compartment. The wooden box was cut into a big cross, divided into four areas, one vertically, one horizontally, and two aisles. Yuan Sen went all the way to the end of the cargo hold, and found another iron door at the end of the hold. The iron door was not locked, but it was badly corroded, and the hinges were stuck tightly. push away. After the two entered, they closed the iron gate tightly and lit the torch again.This is a small airtight cabin with less than ten square meters of space.There was a desk and a file rack in the cabin, and a dead body was lying on the chair in front of the desk.可能是因为这间机舱密封得非常好，那尸体只是面容变瘪，腐烂程度非常的小，甚至可以看清楚他脸上的表情。 这是一个典型的美国人，脸型很长，高鼻子，看起来有四十多岁，很干练的样子。他死亡的时候，好像还在写着什么东西，桌子上摆着一本摊开的笔记本，钢笔掉到地上，死的时候应该非常的突然。 袁森拿起那本笔记本，上面纸张泛黄，用英文写了十几页的内容。袁森粗略地看了一下，越看越吃惊，在炙热的火光照耀下，他的脸色变得越来越难看。 巴哈尔古丽道：“师兄，怎么了？” 袁森飞快地把十几页的内容都看完了，才把笔记本递给巴哈尔古丽，巴哈尔古丽很仔细地看完笔记本，也愣住了。 笔记本的主人，也就是这机舱中的这具尸体，叫卡特·鲍威尔，他是美军131特种部队的参谋长官。此次被派遣执行一项特殊的任务，架驶一架C-119军用运输机从蒙古人民共和国起飞，飞抵贺兰山的一处秘密山谷，将飞机中10吨特制BLU-FB炸弹运送到指定地点。与此同时，C-119还会空投五名特种部队的士兵来配合完成这件艰巨的任务。 据他所知，最初引起军方高层关注贺兰山的原因，是一张来自古老东方的神秘羊皮卷。那张羊皮卷上记载着一些匪夷所思的事情，但是经过专家鉴定，这些事情都是真的发生过。军方最初接触到的献宝人是一位已故中国前政府高官的子女，该高官为了保护这个秘密，特意将他最信任的子女送到美国，而不久之后，这位高官也死于非命。 要揭开神秘羊皮卷的秘密，并非一人之力所能解决，那位高官的后人几番失败之后，通过关系结识了美方军队的高层，将羊皮卷的部分秘密透露了出来。这秘密很快就吸引了军方和政要的目光，他们很快就通过秘密组建了一支由131特种部队和各方面专家组成的特殊组织，唯一的目的就是破解这个秘密。 军方与那位高官后人采取合作的方式，共同开发，一起来挖掘羊皮卷背后的秘密，双方都付出了很大的努力，而且效果非常的明显。据说真正的东方羊皮卷是在中国政府的手里，但是这个世界上能破解羊皮卷的人，只有一个，那个人将破解出来的秘密交出来之后，就被处死，秘密后来随着前中国政府高官子女一起来到美国。 笔记上说，作为卡特·鲍威尔这种特种部队的首脑级别人物，他也有幸看过破解出来的秘密报告。那些文字记录确实是让人震惊，能破解这个秘密的人毫无疑问是个天才，根据那些秘密破解记录，军方高层制定了一个用十吨威力巨大的BLU-FB炸弹炸开秘密隧道的疯狂计划，只要能够穿过隧道，就能抵达目的地。 这个计划代号为“猎虎行动”，他作为行动的最高指挥官，亲自参与了行动的每个重要环节。就在秘密被逐一剖开的时候，他乘坐的这架C-119军用运输机在飞进神秘山谷入口的时候，突然遭遇到了火焰袭击，那些从天而降的火球四处飞射，一不小心被撞上，十吨BLU-FB的威力，足以将整个山谷变成一片火海。 飞机越压越低，试图躲过火球的袭击范围，可是就在这个时候，飞机的各项电子仪器全部失灵。这架C-119军用运输机经过特别改装，除了拥有强大的运输能力外，它的各项电子设备都是配备最先进的产品，发动机更是由原来的两台增加到四台。但是飞机飞到半空，就有两台发动机停止工作，驾驶员把飞机拉高了一千米，试图飞出山谷，紧接着剩下的两台飞机也停止了工作，飞机呈直线向下坠落。 卡特·鲍威尔自称在飞机濒临坠毁的时候，他还发现了一件更为恐怖的事情，在飞机里还存在着一个看不见的人。他能感觉到那个人就躲藏在暗中窥视着他们，寻找机会把他们一举歼灭，甚至飞机失事，也很有可能与这个躲在飞机上的看不见的人有关。 在紧要关头，飞行员试图将飞机紧急迫降，趁着这个关头，卡特·鲍威尔将自己反锁在秘密机舱里，准备写下最后一次工作日记。因为在飞机迫降的时候，他突然明白，那张羊皮卷的破解记录似乎存在问题，他要记录他的发现，留给军方侦查部队。可是就在这个时候，三重气阀反锁的秘密机舱铁门，被人从外面缓缓地打开了…… 笔记到这里戛然而止，卡特·鲍威尔没有来得及写下他的发现，就突然死去了。 根据目前的状况来分析，卡特·鲍威尔的死亡原因有两种，要么是被突然冲进来的看不见的人杀死，要么就是在看不见的人冲进来的刹那，飞机突然坠毁死亡。但是根据目前的状况，袁森根本不可能分析出到底是哪一种原因。 卡特·鲍威尔的笔记本上的记录，与田博士所讲述的解放前他爷爷陶素全的经历如出一辙，那个所谓的东方神秘羊皮卷应该就是指当年的新疆王盛世才送给国民党政府高层的西域羊皮卷。据田博士所说，现在西域羊皮卷还在中央档案馆，这和卡特·鲍威尔所说的也是一致的。笔记本中提到的中国前政府高官，应该就是指国民党统治时期的军统老大戴笠了，看来田博士对那本陶素全破解西域羊皮卷秘密的记录去向的分析果然没错，1942年戴笠的私生子偷偷去美国，是带着陶素全破解的西域羊皮卷的秘密去的。 他在中国的老子已死，没了靠山，要发掘羊皮卷的秘密，势必只有取得官方支持。戴笠死了之后，戴笠的儿子肯定对国民政府没有好感，更不可能跑去跟共产党合作，所以他最后唯一的出路就是选择外国政府的支持。 袁森在西域鬼国大泽王墓里遇到的大卫少校那帮人的尸体，应该也是卡特·鲍威尔“猎虎计划”的一部分。只是奇怪的是，中央这边对西域羊皮卷的破解都停留在阿勒泰地区，而陶素全的破解，则是在宁夏贺兰山区，这中间到底出了什么问题？ 而且杨健教授的那本阿尔泰山的探险日记里，详细地描述的探险经历，应该不会有假。记录进中央绝密档案的阿尔泰山探险事件，也都是真实地发生了，这两个方向的破解，到底谁对谁错？ 袁森越想越觉得这事儿有问题，但是现在也没办法解释，不过卡特·鲍威尔的笔记里所说的用十吨BLU-FB炸弹炸开隧道，难道这隧道就是通往这个秘密的必经之路？如果是这样的话，那他们找到那条隧道，是否就意味着可以解开这个秘密？ 袁森正在那里苦思冥想，巴哈尔古丽突然小声对他说道：“师兄，我怎么感觉这机舱里还有一个人？” 袁森一听，即使他经历过不少大场合，也被吓得汗毛倒竖。他一抬头，才发现他们带进来的火把已经烧到尽头了，火光抖擞了一下，就这么熄灭掉了，狭小的机舱里漆黑如墨，巴哈尔古丽就站在他面前他都没办法看清楚。 这个机舱只有不到十平米的大小，抬眼就可以看得清清楚楚，如果还有一个人，他不可能不知道啊。难道是巴哈尔古丽看了卡特·鲍威尔的笔记，心里害怕而产生的幻觉？ 袁森刚才检查卡特·鲍威尔的办公桌的时候，在桌旁发现了一把类似手电的东西，不知道是不是照明工具。他凭感觉摸到那个东西，推动开关，那手电居然亮了起来，而且光束非常的强，是一把战术灯。 袁森打着战术灯把机舱四周照了一遍，没有发现异常的情况，只是巴哈尔古丽的脸色特别的苍白。 袁森小声道：“怎么回事？” 巴哈尔古丽咬着牙，道：“我真的感觉到有个人就站在我后面，我还听到他的呼吸声，肯定不会有错。” 袁森愣住了，他的肉眼可以判断，这间机舱里绝不会有人，但是看巴哈尔古丽的表情，她说的势必是实话，那到底是怎么回事？难道这架坠毁了二十多年的飞机里，真的有卡特·鲍威尔所说的看不见的人？ 两人听着彼此的呼吸声，四周安静得可怕，袁森仔细地观察着这里的一切。突然，机舱外响起一声轻微的脚步声，袁森一惊，就去拉机舱的铁门，他奋力一拉之下，居然没有拉开。 巴哈尔古丽见状，也跑过来帮忙，两人无论怎么拉，铁门都纹丝不动。这铁门是双面三重高压气阀锁的，两面都可以锁上，只要锁上任何一面，另一面就不可能打开。两人都明白了，这门被人从外面锁上了，难道这个世界上真的有看不见的人？ 他们在水下洞穴里见到的那些影子人虽然非常奇怪，但是毕竟是有形有质的，行动速度特别快，但至少也是一种活物，可是这次，似乎真的就是看不见的人。 巴哈尔古丽慌了神，道：“师兄，我们该怎么办？” 这门既然被从外面锁起来，再怎么费力都不可能开启的了。袁森打量这机舱四周，四面都是高度密闭的铁壁，子弹都不可能打穿，更不要说出去了。 就在这时，机舱外响起了巨大的轰鸣声，那声音震耳欲聋，两人一听那声音就傻眼了，这是飞机发动的声音，这架在贺兰山原始森林里坠毁了二十多年的飞机，居然被人发动了。 那发动机响了一会儿，又熄灭了下去，两人在密封的机舱里无计可施，一路奔波，疲倦不知不觉地袭来，袁森和巴哈尔古丽靠在墙壁上，昏昏沉沉地睡了起来。 也不知道睡到什么时候，袁森被剧烈的震动震醒，巴哈尔古丽正抓着固定在地板上的资料架稳住。机舱摇晃得越来越疯狂，就好像是在三百六十度转动一样，袁森倒吸了一口冷气，道：“我的天，这是飞机在爬高啊，这飞机真的被开起来了。” 飞机快速爬高，过了十几分钟，机体稍微稳定了下来，接着，两人只感觉到身形一顿，人就被倒翻过来，巴哈尔古丽一时失手，人差点被倒撞在铁壁上。 飞机向下惯冲的速度非常的快，巴哈尔古丽大叫道：“师兄，是不是飞机要掉下来了？” 袁森摇头道：“不是，掉下来没有这么快的速度，这肯定是加速朝下俯冲。我的天，这到底是哪个疯子在开飞机？” 飞机加速得越来越快，就这么飞了二十多分钟，袁森心里暗自揣测，这不对劲啊，爬高只用了十多分钟，可是加速向下惯冲却用了二十多分钟，而且惯冲的加速度明显要比爬高的加速度大多了。难道是，这飞机飞进了地下更深的地方？ 看速度和时间，这飞机至少向下飞了几千米的距离，贺兰山下的史前原始森林本来已经深入贺兰山腹部，再朝下延伸几千米，那不是朝地心深处飞吗？ 飞机摇晃了一会儿，慢慢地减速，接着只听“轰隆”一声巨响，机舱里的资料架被震裂，一半倒在地上。袁森和巴哈尔古丽双双被甩了出去，背部撞在铁壁上，整个人都只觉得天昏地暗全身麻木。 两个人都被震昏过去，等袁森醒过来的时候，他环顾四周，机舱里一片狼藉，资料架子散落的东西被甩得到处都是，最关键的是，跟他同生共死的巴哈尔古丽，也不知去向。 袁森一下子就懵了，他跟巴哈尔古丽一同被反锁在这密室机舱里，难道是有人进来过，把巴哈尔古丽掳走了？ 他不顾身上的剧痛，把战术灯打到最强的光束，把机舱又仔细地检查了一遍。铁门依旧是被锁死，没有开过的痕迹，而机舱的一面铁壁，却从中间撕开，飞机的巨型三角起落架从铁壁插入，连带着一起把资料架也撕为两半。 三角形的飞机起落架将铁壁撕开了一个可容一人钻过去的洞口，难道巴哈尔古丽就是从这个洞口钻出去的？可是问题就在于为什么她要一个人偷偷地走，在这贺兰山深处，杨健教授已经不知去向，她唯一能够信任的人肯定只有袁森一个，她绝对不会一个人单独行动的。 这么说，很有可能是有人进来，把她掳走的了？如果是敌人，为什么不趁袁森昏迷的时候，把他解决掉，还要放着他活到现在？ 袁森越想越乱，索性不想，将起落架掰动一个角度，钻出了机舱。 袁森从飞机里爬出来，用战术灯朝四周照了照，他看清楚了所处的地方，禁不住倒吸了一口冷气。这里是一个巨大的山洞，山洞的横向和高度都有数十米，是一个天然形成的洞窟，巨大的岩石横竖倒插，排列得非常混乱。 一个人置身其中，有一种渺小和恐惧的感觉，山洞里不知道从哪里吹来的风，吹得袁森打了个寒战。 最让袁森吃惊的是，这架飞机是怎么飞进洞窟里来的，如果真的是人开的飞机，先不说他的飞行技术如何，单是这份胆量，就已经惊世骇俗了。一般而言，飞机在山峰之间穿梭都是非常危险的事情，稍有不慎，就可能机毁人亡。一般山群庞大的地区，都被列为禁飞区，飞机在高速飞行的状态下，碰触到山峰坠毁是很正常的事情。 可是，这架C-119大型运输机却被开到贺兰山地下的深窟来，而且飞机上还载有十吨足以摧毁一座史前原始森林的BLU-FB炸弹，稍有不慎就会引起爆炸。 这事儿怎么想怎么玄乎，如果不是袁森亲眼看到，打死他都不会相信这世上还真有飞机能够开到地底洞窟里来。 飞机呈斜线倒插在地上，下半部分的机翼完全折断，侧面的机身也被剧烈的冲击力刮去一大半，整架飞机就剩下一大半了。 但是让人奇怪的是，飞机撞成这样，竟然没有起火的痕迹。不过后来他才知道，这种C-119运输机不同于一般的飞机，是经过特殊改造的，四台发动机全部加了过滤网，只要一发生机油泄漏，机油会立刻过滤到一个特殊材料制成的密闭油箱里，再大的压力都不可能将它压坏。 这种独特的设计就是为了防止飞机运输火药炸弹的时候，发生燃油泄漏起火引起重大事故。而且这架C-119的货舱的铁壁都是特殊合金材料制成，坚韧度和耐压性都是一流的，所以飞机飞进洞窟的时候，遭受这么大的冲击力虽然机翼等设备完全毁坏，但是机舱部分却只受到轻微的损伤。 驾驶舱已经被撞裂，袁森掰开货舱的铁门，四个区装BLU-FB炸弹的木箱子被铁架子固定起来，撞击没有对它们造成任何影响。袁森仔细地检查了一遍货舱，又查看了废掉的驾驶舱，舱里没有人为留下的痕迹，甚至很难判断这架飞机是否是人为架势飞上天空的。 袁森从飞机上下来，一无所获，巴哈尔古丽也不知去向，地下深窟四周只有无尽的黑暗，没有一线生机。 袁森打着战术灯朝机头朝向的方向走，根据经验判断，飞机飞进来的方向，势必就是悬崖峭壁上的一个巨大洞口，否则飞机没办法钻进来。如果要想从这里出去，只能朝前，飞机飞过的悬崖势必无比空旷，断然没有其他出路。 深窟里的黑暗就像一个巨大的黑洞，将人类的一切生机都能吞噬，袁森打着战术灯小心地查看着四周的环境。这种战术灯全称叫做高压气体放电灯，它的结构非常复杂，工作电压的升压、恒流和稳压，都需要精密的电路控制，在七十年代还算非常高级的技术。这种战术灯的一大特点就是，支持红外、紫外的夜视功能侦查功能，使用寿命非常长，光效最高可以调节到每瓦六十流明以上，照射距离非常的远。 袁森照射到百米开外的距离，光束范围内都是凌乱的石头。贺兰山本来就在强烈的地震带范围内，山体内经常有大范围的地震，而这座地下深窟到处都是山体撕裂的痕迹，地上随处可见地震拱起的石堆。 就在这个时候，袁森突然听到深窟深处响起轻微的脚步声，那声音很微弱，但是深窟空旷，回声可以被放大很多倍。袁森急忙关掉战术灯，听那脚步声是朝飞机停靠的位置过来的，为了避免暴露自己，袁森躲在一个巨大的石堆后面，等那人靠近了再一击制敌。 那脚步声渐渐逼近，但是走了一会儿却又突然停了下来，袁森正纳闷，听那脚步声正渐渐远去。 袁森大为吃惊，在这个关键时刻，既然这地下深窟里还有其他的人，他怎么可能让那人逃掉。 袁森也不细想，猫着腰，沿着深窟墙角小心地朝前追去，他脚尖下地，快走轻放，无声无息地朝前奔去。 大概走了几百米，深窟前有一个褶皱形的大转弯，袁森绕过转弯处，却见洞窟深处亮着一团光。那光火红火红的，不像是正常光源所能发出，在深窟的深处若隐若现，看起来非常的不真实。 袁森想要靠过去，但是越靠近那光源，被发现的几率也就越大，现在不知道对方踪迹，不知对方是敌是友，一旦行踪被暴露，很有可能会凶多吉少。 袁森停住脚步，仔细看那团红光，却见那红光也在朝褶皱转弯的方向缓缓移动，那火光靠得近了，袁森看得清楚了许多。这一看之下，他吃惊得几乎要把自己的舌头吞掉。 那火红的一团根本就不是什么光源，而是一座庞大的城池。那城池里有坚固的城墙，还遥遥看到城内走动的人群，街道上商铺林立，蟠旗如云，人声嘈杂。而且那城内的人都穿着古代的装束，影影绰绰，亦真亦幻，看得人眼花缭乱。 紧接着，街市上一片骚乱，打着大红蟠旗的官兵推开人群，从巷子深处推出来一队囚车，有好几辆。袁森看那囚车上的人，排在第一个的是在大泽王墓遇到的林小姐，第二辆囚车里押的是黑面人，而第三辆押的人则是在飞机上失踪的巴哈尔古丽，最后面一个是杨健教授。 袁森心里狂跳，这是怎么回事？以前也听老人讲过，夜里在坟冢附近走路，如果运气背撞到鬼市，就是大凶之兆，阴间跟阳世一样，鬼市就是阴间野鬼赶集的日子。一旦被活人撞到，成群结队的鬼就会吸干活人的阳气，那活人必活不了多久，所以撞见鬼市在中国民间传言里一直都是不好的兆头。 袁森心里担心杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽，见那鬼市移动的速度逐渐减慢，怕它突然往反走，到时候追都追不上了。其实他心里更害怕，杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽失踪之后，是不是已经不在阳世而是去阴间做了鬼？ 但是这鬼市透着邪乎，未必就是真的，如果要探明一切，只有往深处侦查。袁森贴着深窟的墙壁，小心翼翼地朝鬼市靠近过去。他一路追了一个多小时，但是那鬼市总是忽远忽近地停在那里，就像一团正在燃烧的火焰。 袁森知道这里面肯定有问题，这贺兰山底下的深窟逼近地心，靠近地球最秘密的地方，什么事儿不会发生？ 袁森加快速度，一路奔跑，但是任他怎么狂奔，那火红的鬼市城池就停在距他不远不近的地方，怎么追都追不上。 袁森心中又急又恼，但是这个时候最重要的是冷静，正在他思考整个事情的来龙去脉的时候，脚下突然一空，跌进了一个地下深坑里。好在那深坑的土质并不坚硬，三四丈的落差也不能把人摔得怎样。袁森从地上爬起来，瞧见深坑的上空越来越亮，满目都是红光，敢情是鬼市城池朝他靠过来了，袁森的心里猛地紧张起来。 那红光越来越强烈，天坑上方的石头被照得就像火焰在燃烧，袁森心里吃惊，突然他看到一个人影停在天坑的边缘。袁森看到有人过来，知道必定是敌不是友，杨健教授和巴哈尔古丽都被囚禁在鬼市城池里，断然不会这么轻易地跑出来。 袁森对着天坑出口大声喊道：“喂，你是谁？” 上方没有反应，袁森正纳闷，天坑上面突然掉下不少沙子，袁森一看之下，大惊失色。原来上面的人把石磙大的一块石头推到天坑边上，这家伙果然居心叵测，竟然想用石头砸死他。 袁森大骇，叫道：“你到底是谁？爷死在这贺兰深窟里也想知道杀我的人是谁。” 那人也不说话，不过袁森看他的影子很壮硕，应该不会是他在贺兰山里遇到的那批人。袁森只听到上面“刷——刷——”石头滚动的声音，但是那人并没有把石头推下来，心里正奇怪，突然黑影一闪，那大如石磙的石头就从天坑上面呈抛物线滚下来。而且滚的不是