I and I watched the ritual scenes recorded around us beside the human-shaped execution pit. The more we looked at it, the more shocking it became. Although those ancient carvings have a simple composition, they give people a psychological impact that is no less than seeing it with their own eyes.
People were being torn alive in front of them, and every stroke in the mural seemed to be dripping with blood.
But what is more cruel and ruthless than the murder ritual murals is the reality that we must face. There is no room for flexibility in the iron-clad rules. If you want to hold a ghost cave ritual, you need at least one person as a victim. There is no sacrifice.
The soul is like a candle that cannot burn without air.
The simple human figures in the mural can clearly distinguish the sacrificial priests. The entire process of sacrificing snake bones is completed by two priests. They wear different clothes and masks. They first fix a slave to the wall.
On the top, use a sharp tool to peel off the slave's skin from the top of the head. Before the slave is completely dead, he will be placed in the execution stone trough on the ground to kill him. Then a priest will hold the dead sacrifice.
, enter the place where there are two pools on the altar, which is the main place for worshiping snake bones. No matter what kind of ceremony is performed, the deceased and the phoenix gallbladder must be sunk into the two corresponding pools at the same time. This
It seems to be to maintain some kind of balance of power.
The scene of the murder ritual was so cruel that after watching it twice, I felt unwell all over. I seemed to smell a strong stench of blood in my nose, and felt disgusting and terrifying in my heart. I asked if there was any other way.
If in order to survive, accomplices kill each other, no matter from a moral point of view or from a conscience point of view, it is unacceptable at all costs. Colleagues, accomplices, to put it bluntly, they are brothers and partners who eat together. They are all served in the same pot.
No one can be cruel to anyone, and even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will fall into a desperate situation. They can escape the curse of the ghost cave, but they will never be able to escape the curse on themselves.
Curse of conscience.
Obviously, it also caused a heavy psychological burden. I comforted her and said: It is not a dead end yet. If we think of other ways, we will definitely find a way. Although I said this, in fact, I had no idea at all.
I just don’t want to face this cruel problem for the time being, so it’s good to delay it for a moment.
The stone troughs and walls where the skinning and killing rituals were held were unbearable to look at. We returned to the hall with two pools, and saw Axiang sitting next to Uncle Ming, holding his severed hand and sobbing softly. Uncle Ming's eyes were blank.
, sitting against the wall with his head hanging, while the fat man was squatting on the ground, looking at a strange crystal bowl. When he saw me coming back, he invited us to come over and look at it together.
I had already seen this transparent crystal bowl when I came in, but it didn't catch my attention. It seemed strange at the moment. When I came to look at it, I thought: This looks like a timekeeper or something like that.
The body of the crystal bowl is like a small water tank. It is connected to the mountain of Yushan, but it is completely integrated and you can’t see where the interface is. I don’t know when, a thin wisp of dark blue crystal sand leaked from the top.
There was already a layer of accumulation at the bottom of the bowl. I looked up from where the crystal sand was flowing out. At the interface with the mountain, there was a black ghost mural. The face was blurry and unrecognizable, but I felt that it looked very much like a ghost in a tunnel.
Mahakala strikes the Thunder Mountain. Is this crystal bowl that is continuously pouring quicksand an ancient timer? It is placed here inexplicably and what role does it have? I had a not so good idea in my mind, but like that black
It was as blurry as a shadow. Although my mind was very confused, I still felt that this thing that calculated time was not a good thing.
The fat man said to us: As soon as I came in, I noticed that this thing started to flow into the crystal sand. Judging from my appreciation of antiquities and aesthetic taste, this thing is quite ingenious, and it can be purchased in Panjiayuan.
It’s a good price, why don’t we take it back and keep it as a souvenir?
I was deeply confused, so I shook my head at the fat man, nodded again, and then suddenly said without comment: Maybe after we entered the altar, we accidentally touched some mechanism, and the crystal bowl began to count down. If the quicksand injection
We haven't completed the ceremony yet, so we turned our attention to the dark ghost mural.
I suddenly realized, yes, this underground altar is the core of the sacred territory of the evil Luo Hai people. Naturally, you cannot enter or exit casually. If the ceremony is not held at a certain time, then the Mahakala in the tunnel will hit Lei Shansuke.
It will be put into the altar from the white tunnel. We still don’t know what the black shadow-like thing is. It seems to be some kind of evil substance that exists in the crystal stone and is the monitor of the altar. So what are we left with?
How long will it take
Judging from the speed of the quicksand injection and the size of the giant crystal bowl, we only have two and a half to three hours left, and we must complete the cruel skinning and killing ritual within this time.
Facing this ever-passing countdown to death, our heartbeats began to speed up. It seemed that what was flowing out was not the crystal sand, but the souls that were constantly pouring out of the body. They said that time was still rich, but they stayed in the altar in Jade Mountain and stared at the quicksand.
Look, this can only suddenly increase the pressure in our hearts. Let's retreat to the stone ceiling beam outside to discuss how to deal with this matter.
Fatty and I also had this intention, so we took Axiang and Uncle Ming with us and temporarily left the evil altar cave. We sat under the stone statue near the sky beam, each thinking about his own thoughts, and fell into a long silence.
silence.
In the end, I was the first to speak. Along the way, I was constantly exposed to the ghost cave, snake bone space, and various religious legends that I had never heard of before. I gradually got a rough concept of the bottomless ghost cave. I talked about my concept again.
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The exquisite ghost cave tribe calls the bottomless pit with snake bones buried in it called ghost cave. Luohai people do not have this name. They directly call it snake bones. They are corpses from the imaginary space and should never exist in our world.
In the present world, the abyss-like hole is the memory in the mind of the corpse. The Evil Luohai people believe that the world is a reincarnation cycle of life and death. After the destruction of this world, another world will be born, and the cycle will continue.
The bones of the world will also be resurrected in that world. By constantly sacrificing their lives to serve it, they hope that the evil Luohai people can also survive in another world.
If we understand the legends of ghost caves from another angle, we will find that these legends have striking similarities with the ancient Chinese secret art of Feng Shui. The root of Feng Shui is not the direction of dragons, sand and water, but in the final analysis is the pursuit of the unity of nature and man.
What is the unity of heaven and man? It means that the world of heaven and earth, including human beings, including various living beings, in the concept of the unity of man, they do not exist independently, but are integrated. It is a whole, which is like the holographic theory of the universe in later generations.
In the theory of the unity of man and nature, it is proposed that although the two qi of yin and yang are divided into two poles, since they are one, there is also a point of fusion. This area is the dragon pill of the Zulong vein, and the dragon pill buried deep in the Kunlun Mountains.
It is the place where the vitality gathers. When you look up, you can see the crystal veins above your head. Some of them have completely turned black, and some are shining brightly. The lifespan of one dragon vein has expired, and another new dragon vein has begun to appear. This is what is called
The exchange of life and death. In the whole world, I am afraid that this rare geological phenomenon is only found under the dragon roof in Karamir. This is the place where the yang blends and mixes, so the evil Luohai people will build the altar at this important location where the arcs intersect.
.Although the ancients were primitive and ignorant, perhaps their understanding of all things in nature was far deeper than that of modern people.
The curse of the ghost cave, whether it is a virus infected through the eyes or the resentment from the evil god, the most direct and effective way to eliminate it is to press the corpse of a cursed sacrifice into the two gallbladders in the dragon pill in the opposite position.
In a pool, cut off the connection. There are records in the murals in the altar that this passage has been closed more than once. After closing the passage, the ghost cave and the shadow of Evil Luohai City, including the marks on our bodies, will not disappear, but they
It has become a reality, so there is no harm until a new sacrificial ceremony is held. However, this altar cannot be destroyed, otherwise it will have a great impact on the landscape of the mountains and rivers, and it is difficult to estimate what the consequences will be.
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I looked at the time, and before I knew it, I had been discussing with him for an hour and thought of many possibilities. However, the final result was still the same as the previous conclusion. There was no victim, and everyone had to suffer.
Die in the altar.
The fat man listened for a long time and couldn't get a word in. Although he didn't fully understand what was going on, he at least got a general idea and said: Isn't the victim simple? Isn't this ready-made? A small amount is not a gentleman.
As Dubu Husband spoke, he looked at Uncle Ming. The meaning was already obvious. I could understand the underlying line without saying it: If someone wanted to die, no one would be more suitable than the old Hong Kong farmer. He was the one who asked for it anyway.
We have told him eight hundred and sixty times not to let him follow us, but he insists on following us, and now his head is knocked stupid. In addition, he is much older than us. The curse of the ghost cave is that whoever is older will die first, so he
We are not much different from dead people now, so we don’t need to promote the spirit of revolutionary humanitarianism. According to Lao Hu’s words, that is called sacrificing one’s life to hell to save the world. It has achieved a positive result, which is gratifying.
When Ah Xiang heard this, her face turned pale with fright. She couldn't even cry. She hugged her tightly and begged: Sister Yang, please don't kill my godfather. Only my godfather cares about me in this world.
There are no other relatives anymore.
I advised her not to worry, and then said to me: You can't do this. You know that I am religious. I would rather die than do something against humanity. Although Uncle Ming will probably not survive this time tomorrow, we
If we kill him, how can we face our own conscience? The Lord teaches us:
I said to you: Your master may talk some innocuous nonsense. I don’t want to listen to him, but you are right. We are forced to do some things that are morally unjustifiable in life. Don’t
Not to mention, if you just touch the rules of Captain Jin, you can count them. We have committed all the violations. It can be said that the window paper of morality has been pierced for a long time. But if you poke one finger in, it will affect the whole person.
There is still a difference between getting in through a window. I still can't do such a sinister thing and I can't do it.
Seeing what I said, he felt relieved and said: If someone has to die, I will
I know that I have always felt guilty for causing many people to be implicated in the incident of going to the ghost cave in the desert. She is a very willful person. At this time, she was probably planning to die on the altar so that we could live. So I didn’t
After she finished speaking, she quickly interrupted her. Everyone looked at me, thinking that I had come up with some idea. I was so confused. Looking at Uncle Ming's expressionless expression, I couldn't help but feel a trace of murderous intent in my heart, but
The rational side is forcibly restraining myself from this thought. Various contradictory thoughts are intricately intertwined. My mind is boiling. I feel like my head is about to split. I look at my watch again and see the life-threatening timeline of my death.
It kept shortening. I saw the fat man throwing the phoenix gall in his hands and playing with it, so he grabbed it and said, be careful if it falls under the sky beam. The water below is deep. If this bead is gone, none of us will really lose it.
I can't live. Is this a toy?
The fat man said dissatisfied: Why did you all suddenly become soft-hearted today? In fact, I see that Uncle Ming is suffering a lot while he is alive. He looks stupid and wilted. I can't bear to see him. Let's take this opportunity today and send him to bed early.
Cheng Zhengguo is the one, sister Axiang, don’t be reluctant to let go of your godfather. If you don’t let him die, you are holding back your godfather and delaying him. There is no such shop in this village. If you die tomorrow, it will not be considered as saving the world.
If a person dies, then he will not be able to achieve good results, and he may not know what he will be born in the next life. And there is also the most important reason. Don't forget, Uncle Ming has a concussion, he is stupid, and he just doesn't know anything.
Instead of
Axiang was speechless by the fat man's theory, and was about to continue crying, but suddenly she heard Uncle Ming, who had been sitting there silently and unresponsive, moan softly: Oh, it really hurts, I still have this old life.
alive?
Axiang was pleasantly surprised when she saw that Uncle Ming's consciousness had returned. Uncle Ming looked very weak, his eyes were scattered, and he said that he had just fallen onto the crystal stone at the bottom of the clouds, hung up his mountaineering helmet, and hit his head on something hard.
I didn’t know anymore, so I asked where this place was.
As soon as Axiang told him the situation just now, Uncle Ming stroked Axiang's head and sighed: Poor boy, Brother Hu has something to say to him.
Uncle Ming asked Fatty to stay away for a while. They knew that Uncle Ming probably wanted to talk about Axiang's marriage, so the two of them had to take a few steps back. Uncle Ming said to me with tears streaming down his face: In fact, since I found out the name of this Thunder Mountain,
, I have already been mentally prepared. This time it seems that I injured my internal organs. This is God's will. Everything is God's will. Since no one dies, no one can leave alive, so I have to accept my fate. But this kid Axiang,
I'm worried. You must promise me to take good care of her in the future. As she spoke, she grabbed Axiang's hand with difficulty and wanted to let me hold her hand.
I saw that Uncle Ming was a man about to die, and his words were kind, and a bird was about to die, and its song was mournful. I suddenly felt a sadness in my heart, so I held Axiang's hand and promised: Don't worry about these things.
Although I may not necessarily marry her, I will always take care of her as I would my own sister. I will never give her anything watery to drink while I eat dry food.
Uncle Ming's eyes showed a look of relief, and he wanted to hold my other hand. When we were saying goodbye, I was also quite moved. I just wanted to reach out my other hand to hold it with him, but I saw it in a trance.
When I saw a strange light in Uncle Ming's eyes that was hard to detect, I suddenly thought of the phoenix gallbladder in the other hand, and it was like a flash of lightning flashed through my mind: Fuck you girl, this act is real enough, but I want to fool you.
I'm still a little overheated
But after all, my reaction was a little slow. In less than a second, Uncle Ming grabbed the phoenix gallbladder, rolled away from the ground, and I still had one hand held with Axiang.
I quickly shook off her hand and wanted to jump on Uncle Ming's legs to grab him, but this place was not far from the edge of the sky beam. Below was a mirror maze-like crystal stone, and there was water in some places.
The phoenix courage of the whole life and death was likely to fall during the fight. I threw a rat weapon, but I didn't dare to use my strength, and I couldn't catch him.
Uncle Ming was like an old monkey. He jumped up from the ground, stepped on the stone in front of the stone figure, and climbed up to the top of the stone figure in a few steps. If he raised the phoenix and dared to touch me, I would throw the beads down.
, the worst is to die together, fat boy, you two bad guys, you are so smart that you want me, Lei Xianming, to die for you, it is just a dream, I have never seen any scene, and you don’t live to the end every time, don’t even think about killing me.