The Dead Zone: Maya Stela - C49

Grave guarding beast.

Normally, I wouldn’t have cared about these things. However, the sudden appearance of a pair of glowing black eyes from a dark mass of shadows was something I couldn’t bear.

The eyes of this tombstone shone. I leaned over to take a closer look. It was a black gem polished into an arc for eyes.

This was very valuable. I thought to myself.

“Oh,” Elder Li squinted his eyes and turned to me. “Don’t touch it, let’s go.”

The tomb had not been damaged, so it could not be called a rescue. The things inside should be left in peace.

After walking forward for a short distance, his legs suddenly felt weak, as if he had lost all of his strength and was standing on cotton. I looked down and saw a snake under my feet.

It’s over. I was about to step back when Elder Li walked in front of me. There was a “Pa ji” sound. [What the hell? How can this be good? I covered my scalp and whispered, “Elder Li!” “Retreat!”

Elder Li glanced at me, then walked on, his feet clacking as if he’d gotten addicted. The breakdown in my heart. With a sweep of the flashlight, he discovered that there were such things in front of him.

His heart was cold. My feet jerked and my heels slipped to the ground.

Trembling in fear, I waited for what would happen next. To my surprise, the skin of the snake rolled on the ground, revealing its white belly. Even though I kicked it like I was rubbing noodles, the snake remained motionless.

“Not hibernation? Is he dead? ” With such a large movement, even hibernating would be impossible to endure. No matter who it was, they wouldn’t be able to withstand a single stomp.

“Chi!” I say, why do you not dare to leave? ” Elder Li said, “These are all dead snakes. If a normal hibernating snake wasn’t frozen in an extremely cold place, it would always coil up, at least protecting seven inches. If it were to lie straight and rigid, then it would be dead.”

“Oh, oh, oh.”

“Except for some monsters, the ones guarding the underground area are insects and cold-blooded animals that don’t need to see the light of day. Snakes, scorpions, and bugs were the most common type of underground palace guards, but since the ground was devoid of food and it was sealed, how could bluestone bricks be able to easily escape? Snakes can’t be voluntary guards, can they? ”

I’ve seen many snakes in the past few days, and this is the first time I’ve seen a dead snake. He wondered if it was voluntary or forced to do so when he thought of the python that had been killed under the connection to the reservoir.

I don’t know how they did it over there, they were all alive. He recalled the twisting lines of the walls at the foot of the Pinky Mountains and felt a sudden sense of fear.

Song Ping said, “We don’t know if we can use the items that we brought with us this time …” Even if Elder Li said that this place isn’t a mausoleum, he still hasn’t changed his mind. Looking at this dead snake in the house, I can guess the feeling in my heart.

“Ah!” Elder Li waved his hand and said, “I couldn’t get out of the house with the things in your bags.” He looked at me and said, “Your backpack is ready!” I nodded. Song Ping thought that my burden was not in their group, and seeing Elder Li’s attitude, he could tell that there was something he could save his life. He immediately let out a sigh of relief, but his expression instantly turned unsightly. “Then they …”

“It’s fine,” Elder Li said. “Why do you think I’m so confident about letting them in? What are you guys calling Uncle Zhang? It’s more than enough to protect him, so don’t worry about it. ”

“That Uncle Zhang? Do you know him? ”

“Not really,” Elder Li said. “We all know a little bit about his abilities. Hmph!”

Seeing Elder Li’s expression, it was definitely not a good thing to know a little. Song Ping and I were silent at the same time. Song Ping pointed at my bag and looked at Elder Li from the corner of his eyes. I shook my head. I don’t know why Elder Li is so sure it’ll be all right.

There was a stone door in front of them, and some faint rays of light were coming from below. Sounds of noise could be faintly heard.

Song Ping’s gaze shifted slightly as he reached out his hand to push it away. Seeing Elder Li standing at the door without moving, he quickly withdrew his hand.

“We’re here.” Elder Li said, “Peace, after you enter, move with them. Don’t go with me. ”

“Ah?” “Don’t, don’t …” Song Ping wailed, “I feel more safe with you.”

“What, you’re not staying with your Uncle Zhang anymore?” “No, no, no, no.” Song Ping shook his head like a rattle drum.

“Chi!” Elder Li sneered. I see something amiss. The two words “Uncle Zhang” had quite a profound meaning. Was this because the team had ignored the two old experts before and instead considered them to be close to Uncle Zhang’s temper?

“Alright.” Elder Li raised his foot, but didn’t head towards the stone door. Instead, he turned around and returned to the center of the relatively open area.

The path that we had come through was not the diameter of the stone door, but a large area. I looked down at the ground. In the middle was a blooming lotus flower, the two outermost petals about three meters apart. The lotus petal seemed to have been carved out of real stone and stood upright on the ground, in stark contrast to the petals that were spread out flat on the ground.

Elder Li didn’t mind at all as he stepped on it. Compared to how he was carefully protecting the broken kettle handle on the television, he seemed like a completely different person.

He stomped the lotus seed directly onto the ground with his foot. Immediately, a black liquid seeped out from the outermost cracks of the lotus petal, smearing layer upon layer of the flower petal. It looked like it was drawing very quickly, or perhaps it was the blooming of a lotus flower.

This scene was truly amazing. When the last stroke was finished, the petals suddenly grew an inch taller.

This change occurred right in front of his eyes, causing him to be caught off guard. I reflexively retreated two steps back as Elder Li shouted, “Stand up there!”

Without a sound, we have already floated five centimeters off the ground. We hastily jumped up onto the ground. Our feet were still rising an inch at a time, and our speed was getting faster and faster.

I looked down, and Elder Li shouted, “Jump!” I glanced at it. The surroundings were made of stone, so he didn’t hesitate to jump up, brushing against the air currents. When his feet landed on the ground, he heard a loud bang behind him as rocks came crashing down. I turned around and looked up. The lotus flower had already shattered into pieces. A crater had appeared on the surface of the stone and it was falling to the ground.

I looked around, and apart from a round hole, there were identical corridors on both sides.

This scene is very familiar. When Old Song and I first entered it, we did the same thing. I don’t know if this kind of mechanism has gone bad or not.

Elder Li and Song Ping waved at me from across the room. I walked around the hole on the ground and walked beside them.

“Regarding the lotus flower from earlier, is there anything you want to say?”

Song Ping replied, “The Orthodoxy of the Eastern Han Dynasty is Buddhism. There is no conflict between them.” “Yes, what else?”

I thought for a moment and said, “This place is related to religion?”

“Yes.” “What else?” Seeing both of us shake our heads, Elder Li had an expression of disappointment.

“Where is Shang Qiu? “What is the capital city of the Eastern Han?” He said, “With such a large movement, it is impossible that the ruler of the country did not know about it. That is to say, this was allowed by the royal family and they even supported it. After all, these actions required not only manpower, but also financial support.

If it was built underground, then it definitely wasn’t built to make people worship it, right? The worship that had always been built in the High Hall could not be placed underground, nor could it be a personal worship of the royal family. There was absolutely no need for this. Those who came here were all stepping on lotuses. He stepped on the lotus flower and ascended! “Don’t you feel anything?”

I hesitated before whispering, “Immortality?” To be happy to ascend to the Immortal Realm? ”

Elder Li smiled but didn’t say anything.

It was as if we were walking in a maze, one after another dozens of forks in the road. Elder Li didn’t even think twice as he turned left and right, choosing to follow us as fast as he could.

Song Ping asked curiously, “How did you identify such a large route?”

“Accept?” Elder Li smiled. “How is this recognition? You can leave as you wish.”

This time, Song Ping and I felt a little embarrassed. I’m fine, Song Ping’s face turned a little green.

“What are you panicking for?” Elder Li said, “I already said that ordinary people can’t transfer, and the people that come in are all their own people. Do you think this maze will stop them? As long as the first turn is right, it doesn’t matter how we leave the rest. ”

“Oh, oh.” We let out a long breath. Thinking about it, Elder Li did indeed stop for a moment at the first fork in the road.