Double-layer tomb with hanging coffins at high altitude

  "Hei Shu, why don't we go in first? The water current here is too fast." Lao Wang suggested, his face looking a bit unsightly.

  My heart is particularly sad, my eyes are moist, but I just can't cry.

  I dare not think that just a second ago, the person was still alive and kicking, but in this instant, he's lying on the ground, his face still smeared with blood, unable to move at all.

  I'm not like them, old and experienced, I've seen a lot, I was stunned there, my mind went blank, and I couldn't even speak.

  "My god, what a mess is this?" The thin monkey also stared at the scene in front of him, his face pale, and muttered curses.

  "The things there are covered with deadly poison, and if you touch them, you will definitely be poisoned." Hyakushou began to explain, speaking as he stepped onto the stairs and climbed up.

  I pulled at the corner of my mouth, wanting to call out to him, but didn't know what to say, so I just stood there motionless.

  "Hei Shu turned his head and said seriously: 'If you want to stay alive, no one should move anything here, not even the corpses.'"

  Ancient people used poison for a long time, and their use of poison was far more ingenious than modern technology. They could make it colorless and odorless, killing people without leaving any trace. The ceramic jars scattered around the tomb chamber must have been coated with a highly toxic substance. If someone touched them, they would end up like Zhang Lao, with their face rotting away, flesh and blood muddled together, and struggling before dying.

  They all climbed up into the tomb, and I was hesitating whether to go up or not when I accidentally looked down and was startled to see that the water had already risen so high.

  "You son of a bitch, aren't you afraid of death?" The little monkey cursed at me when he saw my hesitant look.

  At this time, the rumbling sound coming from my ear intensified again, scaring me so much that my legs went soft and I almost sat down in the water. This is too frightening, if I get completely wet on a cold winter's day like today, I'll freeze to death.

  "Come on, kid! The whole tunnel will be flooded soon!" Little Skinny Monkey urged anxiously.

  I tossed my backpack upwards, grabbed the stairs with both hands and kicked hard to climb up, picked up my backpack, carefully looked at where I was standing before, water had already spread to the stairs.

  What a close call! I almost got soaked.

  It's okay, came up quickly.

  "Don't go touching those things on the ground, be careful yourself." The thin monkey looked around, let out a sigh of relief, patted my shoulder and said: "If something really happens, I might not even have time to take care of myself, just be more careful with your own eyes."

  Hei Shu and the others carefully covered their mouths and noses, gingerly avoiding touching Zhang Lao's corpse on the ground. I followed their example, covering my mouth with my hand and trying to avoid those ceramics.

  These ceramics look very old, probably because they are from a long time ago. If it weren't for the poison on them, once taken out of the tomb and seeing daylight again, each one would be worth millions at auction. Unfortunately, this thing is highly toxic. Ordinary people who see an antique in front of them will definitely be unable to resist taking advantage of the situation to touch it, causing their face to rot and their flesh to fall off. This is exactly what the owner of the tomb had in mind. It turns out that the owner of the tomb must have been very familiar with human nature and had a very deep and dark mind.

  As I passed by Zhang Lao's body, I stopped for a moment, and my eyes were moist.

  Goodbye.

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, this is not the time to be sad, let's hurry up and leave, there are too many dangers here." Bai Sheng said as he turned his head.

  I know they didn't have much to do with Old Zhang, and I should be the one most familiar with him. I held back my tears, forced myself to look away, and carefully walked through this desolate scene.

  After walking in, we found a small path made of bluestone slabs appeared before us, which was on the side of this tomb chamber. It didn't attract attention at all, and it was also an exquisite design to let this tomb chamber get rid of those who intruded first.

  Bai Shou was still walking ahead, I was behind Hei Shu, the only sound in the entire tomb chamber was our soft shoes making a "shasha" sound on the bluestone floor, but I always felt that there seemed to be another "shasha" sound around us, echoing with our footsteps.

  The first time I went down, I couldn't help but feel suspicious and eerie. Zhang Lao had died, and this was a place where the dead lived. My heart was racing "thump thump" as if it was going to burst out of my throat. What could that rustling sound be?

  Bai Sheng stopped in his tracks, the space in front of him suddenly expanding. The bluestone path split into two, one continuing forward as before, while the other suddenly rose upwards, going up. He was shocked, this tomb, how did it feel like a building, could it be a double-layered tomb?

  "What road shall we take?"

  It's either one or the other, this is inevitable. Hei Shu picked up the flashlight in his hand and shone it forward, the road that went upwards seemed to curve and wind its way up, as if there was a large space above. Then, he moved the flashlight to the road that led forward, which looked narrow and crowded, as if it had already come to an end, with no more road ahead.

  "He went up." He chose the road going upwards without any hesitation.

  I followed Hei Shu up the stairs, looking at his slightly hunched back. I couldn't express the feeling in my heart, it was blocked, and I felt suffocated. Behind me, Xiao Shou Hou was following closely, and in my ears, I could still hear that "shasha" sound. Slowly, the shasha sound became more frequent, with each step, it reached my ears, at first like fine sand, falling down bit by bit. Gradually, the shasha sound became more urgent, and in my heart, there was a huge sense of fear, as if they had gathered into a river.

  I was shocked in my heart, no good, it's a trap.

  Looking down at the ground beneath his feet, a seam was slowly expanding, and a cold air current was spreading from the bottom up, making his feet feel cool.

  "Not good!" Hei Shu shouted loudly.

  "What the hell is going on here?!" Little Skinny Monkey cried out with a mournful face.

  I was so frightened by this scene that I didn't know how to react, the thin monkey reacted faster, and with a sudden push, he urged me to "hurry up".

  Things happened too fast, Xiao Shou Huan only pushed me up after that, the crack under my feet had become huge, the stairs split in two, and below was a rapid flow of quicksand flowing down rapidly. Behind me came a series of mournful cries, followed by no heavy objects falling to the ground with a dull thud, where were they?

  Behind Xiao Shou Hou, Bai Shou Sheng and Lao Wang fell into the quicksand, disappearing in an instant. I only saw one of their hands, but that too was gone in a flash.

  At this scene, I couldn't help but tremble all over my body. My right hand was still tightly grasping the bluestone slab above. The thin monkey didn't know when he had rushed to the front and his face was pale. He grabbed my hand and pulled me up with a forceful pull.

  Hei Shu gazed at the swirling quicksand, his throat emitting a series of dull sounds, before finally turning away.

  "Run fast, don't stop!" The little monkey shouted loudly. He pulled me up and ran towards the small path leading upwards.

  Ran to exhaustion, legs numb, only knowing to step up the stairs and run upwards, didn't know how long it took, felt the surroundings open up, ears no longer heard that rustling sound, I collapsed to the ground like a pillar without support.

  Originally, Bai Shou and Sheng were walking in front of me. Now, the two of them have been swallowed up by a huge pit, and even their corpses can't be found.

  The image that keeps emerging in my mind is the hand that kept waving, slowly sinking down until it disappeared. The unspeakable fear in my heart makes me unable to face it head-on, a person who was fine one second, gone the next.

  "That's quicksand... " Hei Shu opened his mouth and muttered a sentence.

  Quick sand pit, as the name suggests, is a anti-theft technique adopted by the tomb owner to prevent later generations from robbing the tomb. In order to make himself rest in peace after death, he set up this trap, which also makes most of the grave robbers fearful.

  Things that I had only seen on TV before are happening right in front of me, one after another. I don't know how strong my endurance is; all I know is that the current me doesn't dare to face them.

  This road has been walked from the original dozen or so people to the current three people, with heavy losses.

  From the beginning, I thought this action was too simple. I thought that as long as we entered the mountain, we could find Qiu Bo and them, and then find Grandpa's, but now, no one has been found, yet so many people have died.

  The reason I didn't die was that Xiaoshou pulled me back, otherwise I would have been swept away with the Baishou Sheng and the others.

  "Come on, we can't stay here." The little monkey said with a gentle kick of his foot.

  Hei Shu looked at me, his face had slowly become calmer, but the moisture in his eyes betrayed him. He also said a sentence: "Xiao Jiu Ye, no matter what, we can't give up, we don't have the right to give up, especially when it comes to San Ye."

  Those two people who were lost, it is said that they were both found by Hei Shu, if they hadn't been trusted, they wouldn't have been looked for.

  "Hei Shu is right, your grandfather's matter has not been settled yet..." Xiao Shou Hou also nodded, his expression firm and determined.

  I listened to their words and felt a wave of unease, remembering what the old man at the inn had said - if you don't listen, you'll all die. That place isn't somewhere you can afford to provoke.

  Only three people were left dead, and this was no ordinary cruelty, it was not something that ordinary people could provoke.

  Are we all going to die in this godforsaken place?

  Still haven't found Old Man Zhou or Shou Bo, and there's no lead on Grandpa either.

  "Don't waste the opportunity they've fought for you." Hei Shu saw that I still didn't have any reaction, and added another sentence.

  In an instant, I somewhat understood. A strong thought sprouted, saying that no matter what, their sacrifices could not be wasted in vain.

  After a long time, I used my numb and painful hands to press against the ground, stiffly propping up my entire body, forcing myself through the pain, and crawled up. With great difficulty, I squeezed out one sentence from my mouth: "We continue walking."

  Found Qiu Bo, found Old Man Zhou, in his heart he didn't really hope to find any clues about Grandpa.

  "Since we've chosen this path, life and death are inevitable." Hei Shu walked ahead, his emotions now calm.

  We walked up the stairs for a long, long time, I don't know how long it was, probably over an hour, until we were all exhausted. Hei Shu suggested taking a break, so the three of us sat down on the stone steps, looking down at the seemingly endless staircase that disappeared into the distance, and also couldn't see the top.

  We didn't say a word, just drank some water and replenished some food. I choked, without much appetite, just like they said before, the fast food outside was much better. In the tomb, we could only gnaw on dry rations, and there were also some canned goods. Just looking at them made me lose my appetite. We had to gnaw even if we couldn't swallow, otherwise, we wouldn't have any energy.

  Right after that, we continued climbing up the stairs of this small road, without knowing how far away from the top it was, and estimated that it would take at least an hour to get there.

  I don't know when it happened, but the surroundings became wider and wider, this road also became smoother and smoother, not as laborious to climb as before. This road seems to be in the deepest place.

  The whole road feels like a tunnel through the middle of the mountain, but there's no tunnel that keeps going up and up, like climbing a ladder to the sky, with no end in sight.

  Yes, I suspect whether this staircase will keep climbing all the way up.

  It was roughly in front of the empty land that the light from the flashlight allowed us to see how big the place we were standing on now was, and I took a cool breath.

  What kind of place is this? The doubts in my heart are layered, and in the middle of the mountain, there is a space as large as a football field. Who is the owner of this tomb? It's actually built something like this.

  The thin monkey shouted in a surprised and slightly excited voice: "Wait..."