Chapter 138 Nine-story Demon Tower

Author: Reading hurts the eyes

Chapter 138 Nine-story Demon Tower

Because I was afraid that light and sound would attract the attention of possible fire ladybugs, even if I held a flashlight, I only used it to illuminate a distance of less than half a meter in front of me to explore the path.

And everyone tried their best to remain silent or speak as little as possible. Even the wounded were suppressing their moans.

In this dark, silent environment with no way out, it is a great oppression for anyone's spirit. Therefore, after walking for two or three hours, many people's faces already showed uneasiness.

With an irritable look on his face, the team gradually became noisy.

Even the always bold Acheng tugged on the strap of his backpack and asked in a low voice with a slight uneasiness: "Brother Jie, do you think we can really go out?"

However, in such an environment, his voice still reached everyone's ears, and many people with the same idea also looked at Luo Zihang, a junior student...

His previous actions of saving people and killing fire ladybugs made everyone subconsciously trust Luo Zihang.

Luo Zihang scratched his head. Although he was confident about going out, he couldn't explain it to Acheng and the others.

At the same time, he was also puzzled. They had only been here for less than three hours, and they were already "unstable in military morale." However, in the novel, more than ten hours had passed easily... How could this increase the difficulty?

Or maybe that guy Xu Witu didn’t consider this issue at all when he wrote the novel?

"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to get out." Just when Luo Zihang didn't know how to answer, Professor Wei took over the question. With his rich experience, he knew that the team must not be disrupted at this time, so he said: "

We have walked for so long without any difficulty in breathing, which means there is air circulating here, so there must be an exit here, even if it is just a gap, but don’t we still have engineering shovels?”

"But professor, if you do this, won't it cause another avalanche?" a student asked with fear.

"We just kept walking down," Professor Wei said with a smile: "If we walk for a while, we will reach the foot of Kunlun Mountain. Where will there be an avalanche?"

As he spoke, he took out the barometer and measured it.

"Look, according to the data on the barometer converted into altitude, there should be no snow outside. If we go some distance further down, we can even boil the water."

Professor Wei shook the barometer in his hand and said in a relaxed tone.

His words once again stabilized the "military morale", and coupled with the fact that they had not seen the fire ladybug after walking for so long, everyone's worries gradually relaxed and they began to whisper to each other, which was quite relieved.

Less mental stress.

After walking like this for another three or four hours, everyone gradually stopped talking. Firstly, they were tired after walking for such a long time, and secondly, there was really nothing left to say.

Fortunately, this time, there were new changes before everyone fell into panic again.

"Listen carefully, can you hear the sound of water? This means there must be an underground river here. As long as we follow the direction of the underground river, we will definitely find the exit!"

Professor Wei said excitedly that this time, he was no longer just trying to stabilize the morale of the military, but really saw the hope of going out.

"Very good!"

Everyone who also saw hope quickened their pace and continued walking down.

It is written in the novel that the protagonists and the others walked for more than ten hours. Luo Zihang and the others actually walked for more than ten hours. Even because they had to take care of two classmates who had fallen and injured themselves, their pace might have been a little slower...

I don’t know if they will be able to reach the exit in time when there is an earthquake later.

Luo Zihang thought with some worry.

In fact, his current mentality is very strange. Not only does he not want these "NPCs" to burp like this because of the time they spent together, but he also knows that they are just "NPCs", so even if they die, it won't be a big deal.

This led to the fact that he obviously wanted to save them as much as possible, but when he encountered some situations that he could not explain, he would subconsciously choose to wait for things to develop.

And since this time period belongs to the plot of a novel, and no matter how well he performs, he will not appear in the movie, Luo Zihang's motivation is even less.

Just when Luo Zihang was struggling, the terrain under his feet finally became flat. Professor Wei immediately asked everyone to stop for a while and eat something to replenish their strength.

"Wow! Professor, what are these things? Are they gems?"

Acheng looked around with a flashlight and found that the surrounding stone walls were full of square, translucent colored stones, and couldn't help but marvel.

Although the archeology major also studies some geological knowledge, Acheng's main focus is dating, so this knowledge is relatively weak.

Of course Professor Wei recognized these minerals, but his glasses had been broken before, so he stretched his neck and looked at them for a while before receiving the answer: "These are mica and crystals..." He seemed to have guessed.

When Acheng's thoughts came to his mind, he added another sentence: "It's worthless."

Sure enough, Acheng immediately lost interest after hearing that these things were worthless.

On the contrary, the two girls were very interested in these crystal clear stones. They took small archaeological shovels and planned to get two crystals from the mountain wall to take back as souvenirs.

After a short rest, Luo Zihang and others were on the road again. They followed the sound of water and walked towards the underground river.

However, they had not gone far and before they could see the underground river, they saw a "golden" shaped wooden tower made of thousands of giant trees blocking their way.

The base of the wooden tower is nearly two hundred meters wide and is made of rammed mud and stone. The body of the tower is made of thousand-year-old cypress wood. It is divided into nine floors. Each floor is filled with dry skeletons of men and women wearing strange ancient costumes.

There are people of all ages, and every big tree is covered with Tibetan secret texts.

The most important thing is that there are countless red flashes dotted on the tower - countless fire ladybugs are perching on it.

The moment Azati saw the nine-story demon tower, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to the nine-story demon tower in the Tibetan way, and mumbled something in Tibetan.

Luo Zihang didn't pay attention to him, but shouted to the others: "Point all the flashlights down and lower your voice. Those red dots are fire ladybugs. If we alert them, we will be dead!"

After hearing Luo Zihang's reminder, everyone who was still a little relaxed immediately closed their mouths, held their breath, and pointed the flashlights in their hands to the ground. Some people even turned off the flashlights directly, and Azati, who was still prostrating, also stopped

He stopped his movements, stood up carefully, and retreated into the crowd.

Everyone slowly backed away for a distance, and then they dared to take a deep breath. However, everyone's expressions were not very good, because judging from the sound of running water, the underground river was right behind the nine-story monster building.

In other words, if they want to get out, they must pass through the nest of the fire ladybugs.

"Professor, is that... a tomb just now?" A graduate student asked in a low voice: "Aren't Tibetans accustomed to sky burial? The Uyghur tombs don't seem to be of this style."

"That is a nine-story demon tower. There is also one in the snowy area of ​​Qing Province, but it is severely weathered and is far less complete than the one here... According to local legend, this nine-story demon tower is the burial form of the tomb of the demon kingdom in Tibetan mythology, but

Before this, no other nine-story monster buildings were found in other snowy areas, so we speculate that this shape should be the unique tomb style of Tubo, but now it seems... not necessarily so."

Professor Wei looked a little excited, after all, this was a major archaeological discovery.

But when he thought about whether they could get out alive or not, he quickly calmed down...

"I can't see very clearly now. Is there another way over there just now?" Professor Wei asked.

"No." Luo Zihang replied: "The nine-story demon building almost blocks the entire passage. There is only a passage on both sides that is more than one person wide. There is no other way."

Everyone was silent.

There is only one choice now, but no one has the courage to speak out.

Considering that if the delay continues, if the earthquake shakes the fire ladybugs, they will have no place to escape, Luo Zihang took the initiative and said: "Now it seems that we can only pass through the nine-story demon building...

…”

He paused and gave everyone a psychological buffer before continuing: "We just got so close and the sound was not too low. We still didn't alarm them, which shows that they are not very sensitive to this level of sound, so just be careful.

If you try not to make any noise at all, there should be no problem."

"That's right, we actually have no choice." Professor Wei also agreed: "If we don't pass through the nine-story monster building, we can only wait here to die slowly. We might as well try to fight... As long as we fall into the water,

These fire-emitting bugs are nothing to be afraid of."

In fact, without Luo Zihang and Professor Wei opening their mouths, everyone knows that crossing the nine-story demon building is the only way to survive, but they have not been able to make up their minds because of the fear of the fire ladybug.

Now that Luo Zihang and Professor Wei have revealed the reality before their eyes, even if they still resist approaching Fire Ladybug, they have no choice but to bite the bullet.

However, before crossing the nine-story monster building, everyone still made some preparations...

They first wrapped the shoes with cloth strips to reduce the sound of footsteps as much as possible, and then put the two injured people with broken legs off the stretchers. They were carried by the two strongest border guards. The two girls even took the initiative to use cloth strips.

Tuan stuffed his mouth to prevent himself from screaming in case of any sudden situation. Seeing this, several boys who were not very confident in their courage followed suit.

After everything was ready, everyone turned off the flashlights and returned to the nine-story demon building. Then they divided into two teams and tiptoed past it with the help of the faint light emitted by the group of fire ladybugs.

The distance of 200 meters under the tower felt like everyone had walked 20,000 meters.

After finally passing the nine-story monster building, everyone no longer dared to let down their guard, so they quickened their pace slightly and continued to rush to the river.

Luo Zihang, who was walking at the front, turned his attention to his feet, because here they should encounter a small Overlord Salamander...

To be honest, he didn't understand why the newt dared to get so close to these fire ladybugs?

If it is the invulnerable overlord salamander at the back, which is more than ten meters long, then it is probably not afraid of fire ladybugs, but what is the reason for the little salamander that can be knocked down with two shots? Racial suppression?

After all, there are bugs in the diet of this thing. Maybe fire ladybugs are similar to millet peppers for them?

Luo Zihang, who was complaining in his heart, did not forget about the business. Soon, he saw a one-meter-long black "little" thing lying on the ground not far ahead. If it hadn't been for the

There are some white round spots, but Luo Zihang really may not be able to spot them.

The moment he saw the overlord salamander larvae, Luo Zihang raised his hand and made a stop gesture. The others immediately stopped after seeing the gesture without any hesitation.

In addition to this gesture being agreed upon a long time ago, it is also because Luo Zihang's performance during this period made everyone willing to trust his judgment.

Luo Zihang picked up the flashlight, shined a light on the salamander lying on the ground, and then gestured for everyone to carefully walk around it.

"So big? Overlord Salamander?"

After Professor Wei saw this "little" salamander, he exclaimed softly subconsciously. Although his main focus was not on ancient creatures, he had learned about it to some extent.

However, Professor Wei also knew that now was not the time to study these things. He glanced at the Overlord Salamander lying on the ground with some reluctance, and then cautiously walked around it.
To be continued...