The Dead Zone: Maya Stela - C48
The road ahead was practically blocked. Elder Li was not in a hurry as he wobbled his way into the tunnel ahead. This is the third side of the “Y” font.
With just the three of us, Song Ping had already been frightened by what happened. After all, he was the leader, and even though there was an elder in charge in front of him, he was still the one being punished. Elder Li looked at him and asked, “Your father is from the Song Family?” “Yes.” Song Ping said, “You know my father?”
“Back then, we were all in the same class, and then there was a research institute. “I can’t, I might as well retire to this small institute.” Elder Li waved his hand and suddenly turned around, “I know, you are the child of the Zuo family. Your father is called Zuo Ping Shang, right?”
“Right.” I wiped the sweat off my forehead and thought to myself, Is everyone that awesome now? You know me from so far away.
Song Ping continued to be stupefied. He probably thought that I was just here to make up the numbers, but now that my thoughts have been turned upside down, it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
After taking two more steps forward, my body could stand up straight. The space in front of me was now about two and a half meters high. I stood up straight and my vision was especially high.
“What is this!” I was so shocked that I almost swore in front of Elder Li. As he focused his eyes, he could not help but be at a loss of whether to laugh or cry. It was the face of an ancient lady with no eyes. However, because the marks on her eyes were almost worn out, she was scared out of her wits.
Elder Li and Song Ping were shocked by my sudden appearance. After seeing my embarrassed smile, they continued walking forward.
My heart churned. From my vantage point and height I could see the very long head-engravings. He didn’t know if it was because his eyes were particularly shallow or because of something. At first glance, there were no eyes on the densely packed faces.
Not only did they have no eyes, the entire board was filled with heads. One head was squeezed while the other was squeezed. All of them had eyes but no noses or mouths. It was one thing if he didn’t realize this was a face, but at the moment, it looked like a faceless woman embedded here, exposing her head.
“Stop!” Elder Li shouted. I stopped in my tracks and looked straight ahead. However, my body had turned into a bluestone slab.
I’ve seen too many of these recently. The top plate was even higher than the mud, creating a higher drop. Elder Li tremblingly squatted down and pressed his hands on the top of his head. Suddenly, a small piece of stone smashed into his head. The two sides of the stone suddenly turned and turned into a dead end.
Holy shit, we haven’t even gone in yet. Is the game really that big?
Just as I was thinking soundlessly, something came crashing down on my head like it was raining, but it was more painful than the rain hitting my head. I didn’t dare to look up for fear of smashing my eyes. I reached out my hand to touch it and rubbed my fingers together. When I looked down, they were all dirt. Elder Li stomped on the wall in front of him, causing the door to turn again. Crack! Crack! The path from earlier appeared again.
Without him saying anything, we followed behind him and entered the room. The door wasn’t closed, and it remained the same as before. The road behind us was still rustling with dirt. We were stunned, but Elder Li said: “Watch!”
I turned my head and saw that the soft footprints on the road were completely covered by the dust. In a few seconds, a thick layer of soil fell down, revealing a layer of white and green stone slabs.
Not only was the stone slab a different color, but its surface was clearly concave and convex. I stumbled and almost fell into a crack in the stone. They were all densely packed together, with the back of the head embedded in the stone, facing us, the black eye sockets were filled with mud, and the open jaw seemed like it was going to eat us.
Elder Li turned around and left. I closed my eyes and pulled my thoughts from the Skeleton Road. Elder Li asked in a low voice, “Do you know why you had your head stuffed with dirt?”
“All I know is that the Egyptians believed that the eyes were the windows of the soul, and that the soul entered the world of the dead from the eyes. I wonder if that’s what the ancient times thought?”
“No,” Elder Li glanced at Song Ping, who was still in a daze, “Why is it that so much dirt doesn’t fall down? Every bone is made of soil, and the more there is, the more there is, the more sticky it is.”
“Understood.” I suddenly understood.
“Sure, it wasn’t in vain for me to let you see.” Elder Li smiled in satisfaction.
The feeling of being a fodder in my heart rushed through me like a galloping horse. Just now, you … Are you messing with me?! I would rather not know than to look at the dense crowd of heads. Although I wasn’t scared, my body was still filled with habitual nausea.
“You know the way here?” Song Ping asked. I also had the same question in my mind. After all, Elder Li’s attitude was too light. It was as if he was strolling in his own backyard.
“You guys didn’t look at the top of your heads?” He said resentfully, “Didn’t any of you see the charms on the short wall when you first came in?”
Me: “…”
Song Ping: “…”
That’s not nonsense. The two of us had our heads lowered as we walked. Our backs were bent as we focused all of our attention on the ground and the ground below us.
Elder Li looked at the top of our heads and explained, “Actually, it’s better if you follow me. These two roads lead to the main room anyway. If there’s too little people to take care of, that side might already be in dire straits. ”
“The main tomb?”
“Main room!” Just like your living room! What main tomb… If this was a tomb, would you have painted your family’s treasure line on the ceiling? ”
“Oh, oh!” Song Ping came to a realization.
Elder Li kept walking forward, while the walls on both sides were covered with another layer of dirt. This time I didn’t move closer. I leaned as close to the center as I could. And one of the mud and bluestone roads was truly terrifying. Especially when I see the lady’s face up there, I always feel like there are skeletons down there.
“Let’s first talk,” Elder Li suddenly stopped and stood in front of the blue stone door, quietly saying, “People with bad memories are easy when they get old. You guys can decide on the road ahead. They’re all smart boys, I can’t remember. ” How can I not remember your calmness? Still, the two of us nodded. Old Li pointed upwards and said to me, “Look for the skull closest to the door.”
I was stunned for a moment. I thought to myself, how am I supposed to find out? I raised my head and saw that there was only a picture of a female official’s head left. I pulled her face to the side, revealing a large area of white.
At this point, I have almost understood everything. Who knew how many people had died in front of them?
“Press on it.” I pushed it in with my strong hands, but it was very easy. It fit perfectly. The only thing left of the skeleton was its mouth. The two rows of yellow teeth had already closed. My hands still had that feeling and suddenly felt a wave of numbness. I heard two “ka ka” sounds coming from the soil in front of me. The door trembled violently and was pulled out from the soil below.
In front of me is a large square of land, and on the floor are also pictures of the court lady. I am speechless, wasn’t it enough just now to go over my head? Still need to step on it for a while longer?
Elder Li said, “Alright, look.”
No matter how you looked at it, there was only this one path. There was no face on top of his head. It was as if the road in front of him had been replaced. Song Ping subconsciously wanted to step forward, but I stopped him.
I always thought it was weird, but when I looked up, there were two straight lines drawn on it, the same depth as the lady’s face. I was stunned. I don’t know if it was because I didn’t observe it carefully before, but now that this line is here, it always makes me feel weird.
Song and I looked at each other. I glanced at Elder Li out of the corner of my eyes. He was looking down at the face of the lady beneath his feet. I gritted my teeth, and with a snap of my hand, pulled out the two lines, revealing a long protruding strip underneath. I heaved a sigh of relief and became nervous again. Suddenly the whole road clattered again, more violently than ever before. Startled, I started to stagger. I grabbed Elder Li with one hand and the soil on both sides of me with the other. Even though it would fall off immediately, it gave me a sense of security.
Elder Li did not move at all and did not lean towards either me or Song Ping. Both of our hands were held by us, but we stood very steadily.
I was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, I felt a suction force pulling me towards the wall. I lowered my head and saw that it looked like a treadmill. Then, I started moving towards the center. Elder Li’s feet kept moving horizontally from left to right. Both of his hands were tightly grasped by us, and with this, we were able to control his body’s stability. No wonder he seemed to be standing so steadily.
Elder Li’s voice rang out because of the movement of his body. At the same time, a pile of dirt fell from the ground. I turned my face to the side and saw that only a thin layer of dust had fallen on it. I was startled.
Song Ping’s face was filled with disbelief, “They’ve been replaced?”
“No!” I said, “This pattern appeared at the same time. That’s impossible!” I focused on the top and bottom. The long pattern did not appear at my feet.
This fucking game is too big. How did you change this tunnel? The other two levels were filled with earth!
“Sure, not bad.” When everything calmed down, Elder Li said, “Did you see that? You don’t know if you’ll encounter something like this again.”
We were all stunned for a moment before Elder Li continued to speak calmly: “Do you really think that digging for tombs is the way to go? Have you seen a lot of tombs on TV or interviewed live? Have you ever seen someone like this exposed on television? But it did exist. This is not a tomb, this is a palace. ”
“Underground palace, Qin Shi Huang’s underground palace, you all know, the excavation ground of the terracotta soldiers is, is not? “From ancient times until now, there has been no such thing as more brutal, richer, more beloved, or more vast lands than Ying Zheng, right?”
“My grandson likes to read those novels about the God of Hell’s tomb robbing. You all think that it’s fake, right? Actually, there was one, but it wasn’t as exaggerated as in the book. China has a long history of five thousand years of culture. “If there is not a single clue or piece of information leaked out, you can write a book based on your curiosity and desire to explore the place where the Yang people don’t exist?” Elder Li enunciated each word very clearly, “There is a basis for all of this, even though it’s not much, even though it’s exaggerated. But it was undeniable — it was true. It’s just that those who don’t know don’t know. ”
We listened attentively. I have experienced many similar things before, but Song Ping seemed to be experiencing the reformation of three views.
“You look very carefully.” This is not a replacement. But we all know that it would be impossible to do it by a single layer. “There is another layer on both sides of the tunnel where we are right now. After the mechanism activates, we can move the plate — this is one whole thing, the power of the earth is not something that can be easily moved.”
I’ve already mapped that out in my head. Song Ping nodded his head after a few changes in his eyes. This time, I led the way and walked through the long corridor. There was no door in front of me, and the dark tunnel was about two meters long, wide enough for only one person to pass through.
“There’s no problem inside. Let’s go.” Elder Li waved his hand. I tilted my body, left hand holding the flashlight, and tilted my head to look ahead.
After the narrowest point at first, the road opened up enough for me to walk straight ahead. I looked down and saw a series of shallow steps. When I turned my head, I saw the upper left corner.
A Ghost King Treading on a Ghost, holding a Ghost Umbrella Zhong Kui stared at me with a pair of bull’s eyes.