Xixia dead book

Chapter 57: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (57)
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Everyone looked in the direction of Tang Feng's finger. On the snow not far away, all the way to the north, a series of similar paw prints appeared.Han Jiang pointed to the snow under his feet and said: "This place was originally full of such paw prints. It was definitely not left by a single animal. It should be a group of such animals. It's just that, as I said just now, the heavy snow covered the ground two days ago. paw prints, so some paw prints can still be recognized, and some have been unrecognizable."

"In other words, the last time this group of animals came here was at least a few days ago, what kind of animal could it be?" Makarov's judgment is always cautious.

"Okay, we don't need to guess blindly. Follow these paw prints to find something, and you will definitely gain something!" Tang Feng said to everyone.

The four of them searched forward along the mysterious paw prints looming on the snow. Tang Feng kept looking at the compass to judge the direction. The GPS and electronic compass were all buried by the avalanche, and now we can only use this most primitive tool to identify the direction. The direction displayed by the compass is exactly north, which means that the paw prints have been extending northward.Where will these mysterious paw prints lead them?Tang Feng was thinking to himself, and suddenly another scene appeared in his mind.

This time, Tang Feng walked to the front of the team.Following the paw prints on the snow, after walking about one kilometer, two tall and precipitous snow peaks appeared in front of everyone, Tang Feng was secretly amazed.He was about to reach the snow peak, and the paw prints were still stretching forward. He couldn't help muttering: "It seems that there is no way ahead..."

"Try going forward!" Han Jiang encouraged, and then added, "But be careful! The front may be the lair of this kind of animal!" As he said, Han Jiang stretched his right hand into his bosom, ready to take out it at any time. A pistol, just in case.

There is a snow slope ahead, and the terrain is getting higher and higher. Standing under the snow slope, Tang Feng can't see the situation above the snow slope, but those strange paw prints under his feet still appear faintly on the snow slope, and they keep moving towards the snow slope. Extended on snow slopes.Tang Feng felt his heartbeat speed up inexplicably, but curiosity still drove him up the snow slope.

A quarter of an hour later, Tang Feng had already stood at the highest point of the snow slope, and the paw prints under his feet were still extending forward... But at this moment, he couldn't care about those paw prints anymore, because there was a huge paw print in front of him. At his feet, a glacier that was longer, wider and more spectacular than Glacier No. 2 appeared in front of him.

Han Jiang, Xu Renyu and Makarov also saw this glacier, Han Jiang was shocked, and muttered to himself: "This...is this the No. 1 glacier whose direction cannot be clearly seen on the satellite photos! "

"Yes! It should be Glacier No. 1! It's unimaginable. It seems that there are two snow-capped mountains blocking our way. There is such a hidden pass between the snow-capped mountains. We are standing on the pass now, and that is under our feet. No. 1 glacier that leads to nowhere in the satellite photos." Tang Feng said excitedly.

"It turns out that the shadow part that cannot be clearly seen in the satellite photos is this pass. Now we can descend from here, without having to climb the cliff, and cross the difficult No. 2 glacier." Makarov was also a little excited.

But Xu Renyu lit his pipe, exhaled a puff of smoke, sneered, and said, "Why are you so excited? Why can't I be happy when I see this pass and No. 1 glacier. Look at this glacier, the slope is gentle , is wide and flat, and the altitude is not high. Here, I show here that the altitude of the pass we are standing on is less than 4000 meters, which is much lower than the No. 2 glacier we walked on. We should not go on No. 2 glacier , almost lost my life there."

Xu Renyu's words made Han Jiang's face very ugly. Although the choice of Glacier No. 2 was passed collectively by everyone, he was the first to lead, and he also had the leadership responsibility. It was really his own major mistake to put everyone in danger. Han Jiang fell into a never-before-seen self-blame.

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Everyone fell into an awkward silence at the same time, and in the end, Tang Feng came out to smooth things over: "The choice of No. 2 glacier was passed collectively by everyone. Besides, the direction of No. 1 glacier could not be clearly seen on the satellite photos at that time, so it is impossible to do so now." have nothing to say."

"Yes! Although everyone has encountered some dangers, fortunately everyone is safe now." Makarov also smoothed things over.

"Okay! I admit that as the captain, I have the leading responsibility in choosing the route. If I go on the No. 1 glacier, I will not encounter the fragile serac forest of the No. 2 glacier, the ubiquitous ice cracks, terrible avalanches, steep We will reach here relatively smoothly. However, now is not the time to conduct a review. If necessary, I will conduct a review to the head of the headquarters after returning. Now, our task has not been completed , I hope everyone will not slack off and continue..."

Before Han Jiang finished speaking, Xu Renyu patted him on the shoulder, squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't take what I just said to heart. Don't worry, we will do our best to complete the task."

"That's good! Judging from the current situation here, the Blackhead Stone Chamber is very likely to be nearby, and judging from the surrounding environment, no one has been here recently, because there are no paw prints on the snow except for those unidentified animals. There are traces of people coming, so we are in sight of victory, and we are only one step away." Han Jiang encouraged everyone's morale.

Tang Feng also agreed: "Not bad! The more I look here, the more I feel that this is the place we are looking for. Now our top priority is to find the ground building relics in the satellite photos."

Xu Renyu patted the snow on his boots and said, "It's not easy. The relics of the buildings on the ground shown in the satellite photos are very unclear. It's hard to find. Before I set off, I specially installed a metal detector, and it was buried by the avalanche yesterday."

"Everyone, do your best! But, hurry up, it's going to be dark soon." Tang Feng actually had no idea.

The four of them came down from the snow slope, and when everyone didn't know where to search next, Han Jiang suddenly discovered a series of strange paw prints appeared on the snow slope. At the same time, other people also found this series of claws print.Tang Feng observed for a long time, and said: "Another series of paw prints came out? Judging from the paw print itself, it should be left by the same kind of animal as the paw print we found just now; judging from the direction, the two series of paw prints came from the pass. It’s just that this series of paw prints and the previous paw prints diverge here. The series of paw prints just now extended to the vicinity of the cliff, and this series of paw prints seems to extend westward. We might as well follow this series of paw prints to Look around, maybe you will find something."

Upon hearing Tang Feng's suggestion, Xu Renyu smiled and said, "We are being led by the nose by this unknown animal now!"

"There is nothing wrong with being led by the nose by animals! My experience tells me that animals can come and go freely in many places that humans cannot reach!" Han Jiang said, leading everyone to search west along the newly discovered series of paw prints. .

The four of them walked westward for a while, when Han Jiang tripped over something, staggered, and almost fell.Tang Feng supported him, turned his head and looked at the ground, a little black was faintly exposed in the thick snow. "There seems to be something there!" Tang Feng said.

"Yes, something very hard, like a rock, tripped me." Han Jiang said, staring at the place where he tripped just now.

When a few people came to that "rock", Tang Feng bent down and brushed off the snow on that "rock", and a square "rock" appeared in front of everyone.Tang Feng was pleasantly surprised, because he saw that this was obviously artificial, otherwise there would be no "rock" with such a shape.He couldn't wait to take off his gloves, and picked up the "rock" with his bare hands.As soon as he picked up the "rock", he whispered: "No! This is not a rock! This thing is much lighter than a rock."

Tang Feng continued to clean the snow on the "rock". Slowly, slowly, as the snow on the surface of the "rock" was removed bit by bit by Tang Feng, the "rock" revealed a beautiful pattern.Everyone stared wide-eyed, looking at the "rock" in Tang Feng's hand in surprise.

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Since entering the Snow Mountain, Tang Feng's professional knowledge has been nowhere to be used, and now he can finally display his professional knowledge.He only glanced at it, and judged with certainty: "This is a complete square brick with lotus pattern wrapped around Baoxiang flowers. This kind of brick was often used in palace buildings in the Tang and Song dynasties."

"During the Tang and Song Dynasties? Does that mean that the Western Xia court would also use this kind of brick?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng.

Tang Feng nodded. Just as he was about to say something, Xu Renyu exaggeratedly exclaimed: "It seems that I always thought that the party members would not come to such a remote and desolate place. I must be wrong. I was wrong, I was wrong, I underestimated party members too much, underestimated them too!"

"Hehe! Doctor, you have turned upside down very quickly! Are you so sure that this patterned brick is related to the black head stone chamber?" Tang Feng laughed.

"Isn't this obvious? Ancient things have appeared here, and the architectural relics on the satellite photos may be here, plus the legend of the party members, everything fits." Xu Renyu said with certainty.

"Yeah! The appearance of this patterned brick has already explained the problem. You know, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, such exquisite patterned bricks were not enjoyed by ordinary people. Most of them were emperors' palaces, tombs, or royal temples. Religious and sacrificial buildings are equipped with such high-standard patterned bricks. There is only one explanation for the appearance of ancient patterned bricks in such a desolate and difficult-to-reach place, which is fired for a special purpose.” Tang Feng further deduced.

"Let's see if there are any bricks like this nearby." Han Jiang ordered.

Everyone separately found several such patterned bricks in the nearby snow, some intact, and some broken.Tang Feng held a broken brick and shouted to the others: "You don't need to look for it anymore, I can tell you with certainty that there was an ancient building here, under our feet! Its construction specifications are extremely high, although it has been It was destroyed, but its relics can still be seen in satellite photos, which shows how grand it was back then."

"Then is this building the Blackhead Stone Chamber?" Makarov asked Tang Feng.

Tang Feng shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about this. But according to the legend of the party members and our previous judgment, the Blackhead Stone Chamber should not be a man-made building, but a cave-like stone chamber."

"So, we have to continue to search. Everyone spread out to the west to search. Hurry up, it's getting dark!" Han Jiang ordered.

The four lined up, keeping a certain distance from each other, and looked for Xilawang.This time, Makarov was the first to discover the situation.He found an arch-shaped hole on the rock wall on the west side, but the hole was very small, and the inside of the hole was dark and deep, so it was hard to see how deep the hole was.

"Come here quickly, I found a hole." Makarov called out to the crowd, and after a while, Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Xu Renyu all surrounded him.

Although they had been mentally prepared, the four of them were still stunned when they found this mysterious hole in Area C. They couldn't believe that such a small hole could be the black-headed stone room they were looking for so hard?

"It's hard for people to get in such a small hole. Could it be a black-headed stone chamber?" Xu Renyu couldn't believe it.

Tang Feng stared at the hole in front of him. Suddenly, he said, "No! This hole is not only that big! Look, it's covered by snow and gravel."

"There's nothing to say, this is it!" Han Jiang made up his mind, walked to the entrance of the cave first, and began to clean up the snow and gravel at the entrance of the cave.

It was already dark, but the four of them turned on the flashlights regardless of the darkness, and worked hard for 10 minutes.As the snow and gravel at the entrance of the cave were cleared one by one, the entrance of the cave was getting bigger and bigger. Tang Feng was on the left and Han Jiang was on the right. Suddenly, their hands touched something cold and hard almost at the same time.Tang Feng hurriedly brushed off the snow on it, and soon, under the light of the flashlight, a hideous, topless humanoid stone monster appeared in front of him.

The surroundings were pitch black, Xu Renyu and Makarov, including Tang Feng, were quite surprised when they saw such a "monster" under the light of the torch, and Xu Renyu even took half a step back in fright!At this time, the "monster" on Han Jiang's side also appeared, exactly the same as the "monster" on Tang Feng's side, exactly the same!
When Tang Feng saw this "monster" for the first time, Tang Feng also felt a "thump" in his heart. He was really taken aback by this "monster", but he quickly calmed down, because he looked at it and suddenly felt that the "monster" in front of him This "monster" is not so scary, but has a kind of deja vu familiarity.

Tang Feng was staring at the "monster" in a daze, when Han Jiang's voice came from the other end: "Tang Feng, what kind of 'monster' is this?"

"Everything is right, this is the legendary black-headed stone room!" Tang Feng said slowly.

"Why are you so sure that this is the Blackhead Stone Chamber?"

Tang Feng explained: "If it is not certain that the patterned bricks discovered just now are the black-headed stone chamber, then the appearance of these two 'monsters' can definitely be confirmed. This kind of human-shaped stone statue is unique to Xixia. Mausoleum has seen this kind of human-shaped stone statue. At that time, this kind of stone statue gave me a deep impression, because it is different from the stone carvings in other parts of China, and it is also different from the stone carvings of all dynasties in Chinese history. This is Xixia The unique stone carving art, we can see them here, no need to ask, this hole is undoubtedly the black head stone chamber. And these two stone statues should be carved by the party members back then, standing outside the stone chamber door, for the purpose of avoiding evil and exorcising demons."

"Like the gate gods in ancient China?" Makarov asked.

"Almost!" Tang Feng laughed.

"Leave them alone, speed up and clean up the snow here." Han Jiang urged.

After a while, a huge hole appeared in front of everyone.Looking at the dark and deep hole, for some reason, Makarov suddenly felt that his feet were not listening to him, and he could not help but be the first to walk into the black head stone room.A few months ago, his son was the first to break into the basement of the Winter Palace where the jade screen was stored, and then encountered an accident; today, he was the first to break into the black-headed stone room that no one has entered for hundreds of years, waiting for him What will it be?

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It was icy and snowy outside, but the interior of Heitoushi was as warm as spring. Tang Feng couldn't help unzipping his down jacket.In the stone chamber, the light from the four flashlights was far from enough to illuminate the entire stone chamber. Tang Feng shone the light on the cave wall, and found a protruding stone carving on the stone wall of the stone chamber at intervals.Tang Feng took a careful look at the protruding stone carvings, and they turned out to be wolf heads with bloody mouths wide open!Surprised, Tang Feng observed carefully and found that the wolf heads were carved lifelike and different from each other, but one thing was the same. All the stone carved wolf heads opened their bloody mouths and stared ahead vigilantly.

"A wolf again?!" Xu Renyu muttered to himself.

At this time, Han Jiang also saw the wolf head stone carvings on the stone wall clearly. He pointed to the bloody mouth of the "Langtou" and asked Tang Feng: "Is this the place where the ancients used to put oil lamps or candles?"

"It should be!" Tang Feng also thought of the actual function of these "wolf heads".

"That's right! Fortunately, I prepared some candles." As he spoke, Han Jiang took out a large bundle of candles from his backpack, lit them one by one, and placed them in the bloody mouth of "Langtou".The faint candlelight finally illuminated the entire stone chamber.

It was only then that everyone was able to observe the whole picture of the stone chamber. The entire stone chamber was transformed from a natural cave. It is magnificent and huge in size, with an area of ​​about several hundred square meters.In the stone chamber, using the original rock, four huge stone pillars were hewn to support the entire stone chamber.

"These four stone pillars are just right, no more, no less, just enough to support the entire stone chamber. It seems that we have underestimated the wisdom of the party members before!" Tang Feng exclaimed.

However, when Tang Feng and the others looked around the entire stone room, they found that there was nothing in the room except for the four pillars. There was neither the jade screen they dreamed of, nor even the human-shaped stone carvings and patterned bricks found outside the stone room. The stone chamber is empty.

"Could it be that someone has already ransacked this place before us?" Xu Renyu said disappointedly.

"Impossible! Except for the animal's paw print, there is no human trace outside the stone room. It is impossible for those men in black to overtake us!" Han Jiang's brain was making quick judgments.

"Maybe someone has been here long ago, not the men in black, but someone else." Makarov was also disappointed.

(End of this chapter)