In Shankou Village, and even in the entire Shankou Town, everyone knows the evil name of Ghost King Pit. And as long as they are mining here, no one dares to go deep into the mine, let alone walk around. In case of getting lost in
In the underground mine, you may never come out again!
"If you are willing to wait here to die, then you can wait here!" After finishing speaking, the old man with an unswerving expression put on his headlamp and strode towards the depths of the mine.
Just when Zhang Erchun and others were looking at each other, Liu Dong was already following Mr. Zhang.
"You are brave!"
Seeing Liu Dong, Mr. Zhang was somewhat surprised and said.
"Haha, I don't have anywhere to go anyway, so it's safest to follow you!" Liu Dong complimented without leaving any trace.
At this time, watching the two people walking further and further away, Zhang Erchun and the three people behind them looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and quickly followed!
This time the mine seemed extraordinarily deep, and there were a lot of forks next to it. It was so dark that you couldn't see the depth, and it was scary to look at it at first glance.
"Mr. Zhang, why don't we find a way out of these forks and go to the Ghost King's Pit?" Liu Dong asked.
"You are a foreigner and don't know that the mine tunnels in these forked caves were left behind decades ago. Over the past few decades, many of them have collapsed or been buried! Moreover, with the shortage of Qingtian stone resources,
Many mines have been formed by continuous excavation. We don’t have cables on us, so it is too difficult to find a way out of these mines!" Mr. Zhang shook his head.
"Then it won't be easy to find a way out of the Ghost King's Pit, right?"
Ghost King's Pit, just by the name, you know it's not a good place.
"Of course it's not easy! But precisely because it's not easy, the original old mines are basically preserved and have not been destroyed. So, if we are not lucky, we should be able to find a way out!"
Although he said this, Mr. Zhang also had some doubts in his heart.
In the hearts of the locals, the evil name of Guiwangkeng can stop children from crying at night!
It is precisely because of this that people are deterred from mining there, and most of the old mines that were decades or even centuries ago have been preserved.
After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, Liu Dong nodded clearly and did not ask any more questions. The atmosphere in the entire advancing team also became silent again.
For one hour, two hours, in the darkness, everyone could not feel the existence of time. Under the threat of death, they forgot about fatigue and hunger. The only thing that supported them in moving forward was the hope of living.
This time, Liu Dong really saw what it means to know the future and what it means to be experienced!
Although Mr. Zhang did not have the relic Yuan Guang to see in advance, Mr. Zhang was able to accurately find the path leading to one direction in the complicated spider web-like mine tunnels. Although it was inevitable that he would take some wrong turns along the way.
, but can often be changed back quickly.
Even if you encounter a deep mine, you can still find another mine to go around.
The method that allows Mr. Zhang to accurately identify the direction is the thickness of dust accumulated on the ground, the shape of the mine, and the traces of excavation around it. These seemingly inconspicuous features.
Mr. Zhang's rich experience also allowed the team filled with pessimism to maintain a glimmer of vitality.
After walking for about seven or eight hours, the surrounding mines suddenly became wider. Many of the mines that could only be walked hunched over or even crawled seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
"Watch your feet! Don't trip and fall!" Mr. Zhang's reminder suddenly sounded in the mine.
"Ouch...!"
"Tamad, how scary!"
After several screams, Liu Dong also saw what caused the commotion.
I saw two white skeletons lying on the ground beside a mine that was more than two meters wide. The clothes on the skeletons had rotted. But judging from the shape of the preserved hair, these two skeletons were at least from the late Qing Dynasty during their lifetime.
Basically every skeleton has a pig tail lying next to its head!
Looking at the hollow eye sockets of the skeleton, it adds a bit of ferocity in this gloomy environment.
Liu Dong also clearly noticed that after walking past the two white skeletons just now, the atmosphere in the team became heavier.
However, God was obviously not willing to let them go so easily. As they continued to walk forward, many decayed white skeletons appeared one after another. Judging from the integrity of the skeletons, it was obvious that the cause of their death was not
He was killed, but was trapped to death because he couldn't find a way out in the spiderweb-like mine!
"arrive!"
After following Mr. Zhang for more than an hour, he finally stopped.
Because the mine had become wider, Liu Dong also successfully walked behind Mr. Zhang. With the bright headlight on his head, Liu Dong could also clearly see the situation ahead.
If I had to describe it, the situation in front of me was like the abandoned underground coal mine in the first part of the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
At this moment, the five people were standing at the exit of a mine. There was a bottomless mine below them, and the uneven rocks on the top of the mine could be vaguely seen from more than a hundred meters above their heads. In front of them were large and small rocks of various thicknesses.
A different huge stone forest.
Among these stone forests, even the thinnest one is about twenty or thirty meters in diameter. At first glance, it looks as huge as a pillar supporting the sky.
Moreover, there are obviously Qingtian stones among these stone pillars. When Mr. Zhang shines his headlamp on the nearest one, the Qingtian stones of different colors on it emit light of various colors including red, green, yellow, and purple.
Liu Dong didn't know how many giant pillars there were that supported the cave in front of him. Because even his relic Yuanguang, which had reached a radius of 1,200 meters, couldn't find the boundary of this super giant cave.
Looking at the situation in front of them, it seemed as if they had left the earth and came to a completely different underground world.
"Uncle Zhang, is this the Ghost King's Pit?"
Several people who were completely stunned by the majestic scene here took a long time to react and asked.
Listening to Zhang Erchun's trembling voice, Mr. Zhang nodded with wonder in his expression.
In the past, when he was a child, he had only heard his father talk about the majesty of the Ghost King's Pit, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he felt for himself how incredible this man-made miracle was!
"In the past, this place was not called Ghost King's Pit! It was called Gongming Cave! Since the Han Dynasty, Qingtian Stone has been mined in Gongming Cave. For more than a thousand years, Qingtian Stone from Gongming Cave has been supplied to the royal family of all dynasties and the world's literati! Until
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, all the Qingtian stones here were dug out, and then they completely fell into decline and became a terrifying ghost pit!" Mr. Zhang said with emotion.
"This place has been dug for more than a thousand years!" Zhang Erchun exclaimed.
"To be precise, it's 1,500 years. If it hadn't been for such a long time of excavation, would you have been able to see this majestic scene in front of you that doesn't look artificial?" Mr. Zhang asked rhetorically.
"Yes! However, if the situation in the Ghost King's Pit is exposed, I'm afraid this place will become a world wonder like Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Warriors and Horses!"
The shock brought by the majestic and majestic scenes in the Ghost King's Pit temporarily suppressed everyone's fear of death.
"By the way, Uncle Zhang, why was this place called Gongming Cave before?" Ding Chuan asked curiously.
"Idiot, don't you know that Zhao Gongming is the God of Wealth? ... Instead of calling it Gongming Cave, call it Caishen Cave instead. How tacky!"
After scolding Ding Chuan, Mr. Zhang took a headlamp and looked around.
"Uncle Zhang, what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? Of course you are looking for a place to go down!"
"Go down? Shouldn't we hurry up and find a mine tunnel to get out of?" Ding Chuan asked.
"Get out? You all saw those skeletons on the way we came here! If you want to find a mine tunnel here to get out, there is no door!"
"What should we do?"
"Go down to the bottom of the cave!"
"Bottom of the cave?"
"That's right, if you want to get out of the Ghost King's Pit, you have to either go from the top or the bottom. These two places have the fewest holes. We have the best hope of getting out alive. If we want to get out from other places, we are simply courting death!"
After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, everyone used the light to look at the cave entrances that were densely packed like honeycombs on the surrounding cave walls, and gradually agreed with Mr. Zhang's words.
It is true that not everyone can get out of this underground maze composed of hundreds of mines alive. It is no wonder that after this place was abandoned, it would be trapped by someone called the Ghost King.
"There is no place to rely on under your feet, and it is impossible to get out of the mine above your head. The best choice now is to go down!" As he said that, the old man took a photo of the bottom of the bottomless mine.
"Uncle Zhang, how are we going to get down there? There's not even a rope?" Ding Chuan asked.
"Let's go, of course I will have a way to take you down!"
With that said, Mr. Zhang took the headlamp and walked back towards the mine where he came from.
Ding Chuan, Zhang Erchun and Yang Guohui immediately followed him. In this environment, Mr. Zhang is their backbone and their hope for survival.
However, Liu Dong, who was lagging behind, had no intention of leaving with him this time.
When he used the relic Yuan Guang just now, he made a new discovery in this huge underground mine, which surprised him.
"If they can't get out, help them then!"
Hearing the footsteps getting farther and farther behind him, Liu Dong thought to himself.
After making the decision, Liu Dong did not hesitate. Under the light of the relics, he looked at the Ghost King's Pit, which was more than two hundred meters high and looked like a cliff. He took a step forward and jumped in without hesitation.
Of course, it was not that Liu Dong couldn't think about it, but he was a very brave man. With the help of Relic Yuanguang, he was able to go down to the bottom of the cave safely without any ropes.