The Dead Zone: Maya Stela - C39

“Down?”

Achilles took the lead and jumped down from the top. Suriyawong smiled and jumped down as well, grinning at me from below.

I gritted my teeth and jumped in as well. This place wasn’t the corridor from before. The most eye-catching thing was the five meter tall entrance to the cave which was built so tall that one couldn’t see the top of the cave. It was carved with dragons and phoenixes.

I couldn’t help but exclaim, “This … “This,” what a hole this would be.

Achilles did not say, and Suriyawong said in a surprised and admiring voice, “China… “Awesome!”

I smiled. Achilles strode forward.

Such doors don’t usually appear in places like this. A carp leaping over a dragon’s gate was a symbol of what dragons were like in ancient times. The one on the other side of the Yellow River had a history, and the rest were similar to the one in Beijing. That was also under the feet of the Son of Heaven. How could there be such a thing when there was no store in front of this village and it was not the territory of the imperial family?

The other way was that there would be a temple behind it, but what kind of temple was going to be built here? If it was only a temple, why would there be a dragon and a phoenix lying on its back?

Now, many of the attractions of this kind of gate are about to rot the street. However, the dragon and phoenix lying on top of it were not easy to use in ancient times. One could tell just by looking at the claws.

The doubt in my heart grew deeper. I couldn’t wait to quickly walk a few steps forward. Unknowingly, I had already walked alongside Akereus. However, he was stopped by Shi Mu. Shi Mu’s eyes were glued to the black mass in front of him.

This time, the flashlight is even higher than we originally had, military SL-2301. I look back at the string of English words above and laugh to myself that I’m crazy. I’ve never seen it before, and I don’t know how I got the numbers in my head.

It was just a small episode, and I quickly put it out of my mind. Since Achilles had stopped me from coming forward, I was not an indiscreet person. He stepped back a bit and put some distance between them. He suddenly sprinted two steps and jumped left and right on the brick without any pattern.

Suriyawong walked to my side and said, “Do you know what this is?” In his hand was a dark red bead the size of my thumbnail.

I shook my head and asked him where he’d seen it. He smiled shyly. “When I took the photo, I saw that the reflection of the pearl was taken from the dragon’s mouth.”

I wanted to grab him by the neck and pinch him awake. Can this thing be taken at will? This is a treasure of China! You foreigner know shit! What was there to do?!

Likely, Suriyawong was shocked by the malevolence on my face, he shrunk his neck back and said, “I …” I also tried to press it, but there was a groove in the dragon’s mouth where this was placed.

I took the bead and looked at it. Actually, it shouldn’t be called a bead, it was more like a mud ball or a pill. Because of countless years of weathering and dehydration, and also being tossed back and forth by Suriyawong, the surface had already cracked.

Frustrated, I wiped my face and threw the pearl back to him. “I can’t press it in. It’s already a little cracked.” I… I didn’t mean to. ” He wanted to cry.

My eyes followed the shadow of Akereus who was jumping further and further away. I waved my hand and said, “It’s alright. Keep it. Maybe it will be useful.”

The entire door was carved out of stone, and there were no colours on it, so it was hard to tell when it was built. He could only deduce from the formed dragon that the time was not earlier than Qin and Han dynasties. Only this “bead” in his mouth could be removed. It must be useful!

Akereus was no longer visible. Su Lihua, however, wasn’t worried in the slightest. Looking into the distance, he said, “He’s definitely going to do something.” My heart was full of nonsense. After a few seconds, the ground in front of him started to shake and rumbling sounds could be heard. In just a few seconds, a large portion of it had already sunk down. I can’t close my mouth. Achilles stood in the distance, but all he could see was a small black dot.

Suriyawong spoke remotely with his watch, indicating that we could pass.

Although there were a lot of rocks falling down, there were a lot of squares that could be stepped on. Suriyawong and I split up. Get to the other side and stand firm. Accius walked on without looking back.

I didn’t know if it was due to guilt or something, but Su Lihua stuffed the bead into my hand and followed me quickly. If I had a box or something, I would have put the bead away properly, but there was nothing in my hand but a flashlight, and I was sweating when I held it in my hand. He didn’t care about all that. He just stuffed the bead into his pocket. He had no choice but to do so.

Suriyawong spoke a few words, then moved back to follow me in a straight line. He leaned close to me and cleared his throat before he began to speak.

His cousin was so serious that I pricked up my ears. Just hearing the first sentence was a bit of a surprise, he said, “We are going to fly.”

I felt foolish and thought to myself, “If you want to go to heaven, go to hell.” He continued, “The road ahead can’t bear too much weight at once, so the package may have to be shared.”

I nodded in agreement. There was no need for him to introduce the situation, the scene before his eyes was undoubtedly displayed under the strong light.

This was a “suspension bridge”, or rather, two ropes. A stone tablet stood next to the two stumps that held the rope.

I leaned over and read the words out loud, “If I don’t enter this place, I can be reborn. If you were to enter this place, you would be condemned to hell. These 25 characters were painted in red with cinnabar. It was clearly a small seal, but every word was strange, as if they had been twisted.

After staring for a while, he felt his scalp tingle and his eyes grow blurry as if he had been sucked into a whirlpool. I stepped back a little. Suriyawong didn’t understand what I was saying, so I translated it again in English. The idea was that if I went in, I wouldn’t be able to come out, I’d have to go to hell. Achilles stared at the stone.

When I looked at the stone monument closer, I realized that one side of the cinnabar was smeared with black, causing each character to ripple like water. No wonder I couldn’t see through it just now.

Achilles said, “Walk over.”

There were two ropes, each thick and bound together by several ropes of hemp. The rope was black and not brittle to the touch. I pinched out a handful of black powder. This smell was extremely familiar. I immediately replied, “It’s blood.” This rope has been soaked in blood. ”

The rope is not easy to break, I know that, but the rope is soaked in blood, which is unheard-of. It’s also because I’ve seen a lot of ‘blood products’ along the way. Otherwise, who knows how long this matter would have entangled in my mind.

However, even if it was soaked in blood, after so many years, the water in the blood had already dried up. All that was left was a layer of “Blood Shell”, and the powder would tremble and fall off.

Fortunately, the rope was not so fragile as to be unbearable. As long as we tie the rope around our waists, we can pull it back in case of an accident.

I thought we were going to split the bags, but Achilles and Suriyawong signaled. He wrapped one end of the ring around his waist, then gave the other end to Su Lihua while the other end was tied to the stone pillar.

I took a quick look and understood. They didn’t want all three of them to walk on this extremely brittle rope. Ready to walk the double rope.

There was a wide gap between the two ropes. Accius put on a pair of thick-skinned Finger Leak Gloves, walked to the front and pulled the two ropes together. With a “huala” sound, a third of the rope had already fallen.

He was about to slide to the middle when he noticed that the ropes were drawing closer and closer to him. However, due to the long rope, he seemed to be able to lift it easily. His hands moved forward and the rope shook a few times. He immediately jumped onto the rope and climbed back onto his legs. By the time he reached the end of the rope, he had rolled over from the top of the rope to the bottom of the ground.

That action made me gasp in amazement while at the same time I broke out in a cold sweat. When he reached the other side, they tied the rope. He took out the hook again.

Neither Suriyawong nor I had as much physical strength as Achilles, which was nearly seventy meters away. I’m already wondering if we’re still in the mountain where we started.

Achilles gestured. I pulled on my gloves and clutched the rope around my waist. Carrying a small amount of luggage behind him made it feel like he was riding on a cable car. However, he had to gather all his strength into his hand.

Suriyawong was slower than me, but his expression was much calmer. He grabbed at the air with both hands and walked over.

After that, Arcus took his knife and cut the rope. I was surprised at why I had cut myself off. Suriyawong blinked and said righteously that he couldn’t give others an opportunity to take advantage of him.

I don’t know if this other person exists or not. But he was the one with the information. I just need to keep up. I took my flashlight out of my bag. There’s no need to pack it up. Suriyawong and I will each take a half, with Achilles leading the way.

I thought I’d see something different. After walking for a while, the tunnel became smaller, turning into a deep tunnel, but it was big enough for five people to pass through side by side. Suriyawong and I walked behind, and my cousin was very excited.

I’ve always had an idea. It’s why these foreigners want to take the wealth of China. But now that he thought about it, how could she have a weak body like Wei Yuting’s?

It was really unreliable.

I shook my head to myself. He caught up to Suriyawong’s “You’re crazy” gaze.

This passage was not short. The main point is to bend the winding up and down. But our general direction should be down. Stretching high and low, I couldn’t see the top of it when I was tall, but when I was short, I had to crawl with my bag on my back.

It didn’t look like it had been dug up, but it looked like it had been made by nature. But geography tells me — Impossible.

The sensation passed, and my mind was caught by the two figures beside me.

“Dragon?!” I shouted in shock.

The two dragons twisted together, forming a barrier.

The shock in my heart can’t even be expressed in words. We call ourselves the descendants of dragons. However, in history, there were only a few people who dared to use dragons. Even princes and princes did not have the qualifications to do so, and at most, it was a python with four claws. And what did the two entanglement mean?

The two dragons blocked our path of upright advance, and I crouched below them. Suriyawong was much more handsome than me. He jumped over it in a high jump posture. After landing on the ground, he hurriedly moved closer to me, who was still passing by from below.

I twitched the corner of my mouth and he said loudly, “Look!” “What is this!?”

The angle he was looking for was truly bizarre. I stood on my tiptoes to see the highest point where the two dragons intersected. There was a dark red ball on it.

Su Lihua was shocked, “Is it the same thing as the one I just picked up?!” He reached for it. I was looking at the dragon’s head and couldn’t stop it for a second. It would be hard to take it off and press it again. He carefully pulled it twice and said, “This …” “Why is there another one here?” “Keep up.”

My brain was a mess. He didn’t know if this thing had any meaning. Accius had walked to the front of the group, but he did not care about these things.

Suriyawong was European. Achilles is a hybrid of China and Russia. Worthy of being called a fighting nation. My mind was racing.

The road ahead was flat. The only annoying thing was that it was still spiraling up like before. He was indeed spiraling upwards, and no one knew what was at the bottom. We were halfway out of the house when Achilles reached a height he could not see. It convinced me that we were no longer on the same hill, that we were so far away that we couldn’t see the top of it.