Chapter 181 Going to the Underworld

When Xiao Ran heard this, he had to wait quietly for Xia Qiusheng to rush towards him, turn off the flashlight, and then follow the sound and run to the moving stone wall.

He turned on the flashlight again and saw that Xia Qiusheng was still writhing next to the collapsed stone stove, so he quickly checked the condition of the stone wall.

It turned out that according to the original mechanism design, when the stone wall moved, the heavy wooden frame would also move into a groove of similar size next to it. But now Xia Qiusheng's slap collapsed the frame, and the wooden frame was stuck in the groove.

The edge of the slot cannot move.

The sound of the wheel slipping continued to come from the wall, and if this continued, the mechanism itself might be damaged. Xiao Ran quickly directed the two of them, and he and he carried up the wooden frame, and let the wooden frame re-enter the grooved track.

The mechanism started to operate again, and the half-human-high passage was finally fully exposed. Xiao Ran took a flashlight and looked inside, and it suddenly became clear after seeing the cave. There was a stone staircase made of natural stone slabs extending all the way down, and there was a pattering of water.

The sound of water came from the entrance of the cave.

Xia Qiusheng had already stood up from the stone stove, and his heavy body slowly turned towards Xiao Ran and others. Xiao Ran quickly directed Xu Er and Liu Shengli to get into the hole, only to hear Liu Shengli shout: "Manager, it's very spacious in here! This is

Why is there a handle..."

He heard the "click" sound of moving the handle coming from inside, but before he could stop it, the wall and wooden frame began to move back along the original route.

Xiao Ran was about to get into the hole when he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him. He quickly got out of the way, and then half of the bronze tripod hit the wall next to him.

After all this fussing, the entrance to the small cave was somewhat obscured by the wall. Behind the cave, Liu Shengli and Xu Er were busy fussing around, blaming each other from time to time.

Xiao Ran didn't care much. He took off his backpack and threw it into the hole. Then he slid over and headed towards the entrance of the hole that had covered one third of it.

Seeing that his body was halfway in and was about to be stuck at the waist, Xia Qiusheng also ran over with heavy steps. Xiao Ran suddenly felt an instinct, he relaxed his body and shook, his joints "clicked" apart, and his whole body felt like

Like a loach, it burrowed through the gradually narrowing gap.

As soon as his head passed through the cave, he quickly tightened his joints, and his arms were like rubber bands that were tightened and then relaxed, and instantly bounced into the cave. He felt that the pads of his fingers were almost grazing the stone wall of the cave entrance, and the wall where his fingernails were closed was so light.

Clamped lightly.

Xiao Ran lay on the stone steps, wiped the cold sweat from his head, and screamed in his heart that it was so dangerous. He was almost pinched to death at the entrance of the cave just a fingernail away.

"Bone-shrinking skill, you have to thank me for washing your blood and washing out your abilities..." Bai Jiukuo said quietly.

He heard the heavy sound of the wooden frame falling to the ground again behind the entrance of the cave. This time, it might be impossible to open the stone wall mechanism from inside. Xia Qiusheng outside the cave roared angrily and unwillingly, and kept banging the wooden frame, making a sound like chopping firewood.

"Crack, click, click" sound.

Xiao Ran looked at the flashlight again and saw that the natural stone steps were twisting and winding all the way down, and the bottom could not be seen for a while. There were also a series of torches inserted into the stone walls on both sides.

Liu Shengli asked timidly from the side: "Manager, are you okay? I was also careless just now..."

Xiao Ran said solemnly: "Twice, Liu Er! Why can't you see me? You hope I die, right?"

Liu Shengli scratched his head and kept apologizing. Xu Er changed the subject: "Xiao Gang, what should we do down there? Should we go down or go back?"

Xiao Ran said: "We will definitely not be able to go back. We can only go down now. The mantra left by Xia Qiusheng outside the door said that if you open this mechanism, there will be another cave. I am looking for a wind underneath.

There is still the sound of water blowing, there might be another way out, we can go down and have a look first."

Several people packed up their belongings again, took down two torches from the wall, lit them, and climbed down the stone steps.

This stone step is very deep and long. Although it is not steep, it keeps twisting and turning along the way. If you don't remember the direction and distance carefully, you really don't know where you are.

Xiao Ran held the compass and mentally estimated the approximate distance and direction, and found that they were approaching the center of the abandoned village. However, there were more than 300 steps along the way, and the repeated scenes in the darkness made the other two people feel a little nervous.

"Xiao Gang, are we going to go to the underworld along the way? My grandfather once told me some fairy tales. It seems that people go all the way to the underground after death..."

At this time, there happened to be a scream of an animal or the wind. Liu Shengli was so frightened that his legs went weak and he sat on the stone steps. He cried and asked Xiao Ran: "Manager... there really is an underworld..."

Xiao Ran saw that the two of them were frightening themselves, and they would have to hold him back if this continued, so he said: "I don't know if there is an underworld. I have to die first to find out. But I know that as long as there is air and water, that person will be alive."

I hope. Now we have no other way but to move forward. I know a little bit about physiognomy, and the faces of both of you are destined to be of the same age. You will definitely not die here. Get up quickly and follow me!"

As he spoke, he kicked Liu Shengli on the butt. Liu Shengli started to groan and continued walking down with him.

After walking about a hundred more steps, an iron door that was ajar finally appeared at the end of the stone steps. Xiao Ran held up a torch and took a look, and saw that there was still a six-handed and four-legged statue of Empress Xia on the iron door. It seemed that this was still the place.

Part of the underground chamber of Xianniang Temple.

He asked Liu Shengli and Xu Er to get out of the way, then he stood in front of the door with a knife in his hand and opened the door suddenly.

There was a "squeaking" sound of mice, and a dozen large black-haired rats, with their eyes flashing red, ran to the side, stretching their noses vigilantly to smell the scent of these strangers.

After the iron gate, there is a decagonal hall. There is an iron gate on the wall on each side. Nine huge pillars are at the junction of each side, supporting the stone roof above. These pillars are also naturally round.

Several of the wood roots were rotten to varying degrees.

In the center of the hall is a sunken open space with the same decagon shape, with four or five steps on each side.

In the center of the open space is a huge copper square box. From a distance, there are many strange carvings all over the box. On the lid of the box, there is also a statue with a very familiar shape.

This hall is very large, covering hundreds of square meters. The Wolf Eye flashlight is used frequently along the way, and the power is somewhat unstable. Every time it is turned on, the light will weaken. But even if the battery is changed, it cannot illuminate every part of the hall.

detail.

Xiao Ran heard the sound of gurgling water more clearly, and it should be behind the adjacent iron door not far away.

He pulled out a torch from the wall next to the iron door and lit it. He told the other two people to be careful not to touch anything and to be careful where they stepped. Then the three of them entered the iron door one after another and slid forward to touch it.

Before he had walked a few steps, Liu Shengli, who was at the back, suddenly shouted: "Dead man!"

His voice echoed in the empty hall, and then a nerve-wracking scream came from a corner, scaring the three of them so much that they dropped the torches in their hands to the ground.
Chapter completed!