The footsteps and singing behind us were getting closer and closer. None of us dared to stop. Instead, we rushed forward with all our strength. Finally, just when the sound was about to catch up with us, the few of us rushed into a large square tomb. Within, we escaped from the long tunnel behind us.
The moment we stepped into the space in front of us, the singing behind us stopped suddenly, and the footsteps also disappeared instantly, as if they had never existed at all.
"what happened?"
Panting heavily, I gently put the girl down on my shoulders, and then helped the old man beside me breathe.
The old man shook his head, staring at the long tunnel behind us in horror, and quickly grabbed my arm and pointed to the space ahead.
"Continue to follow me forward. It is still too dangerous for us to stay at this entrance. I will explain it to you when we get to a safe place."
Instead of wasting time, I immediately waved to the three of them and asked them to follow me.
A few of us moved toward the middle of the tomb, and finally arrived at what the old man called a safe place.
We all breathed a sigh of relief. The old man took out a white cloth and gently wiped a stone in the middle, and then asked us to sit down.
This place is quite clean. It may have been dealt with by this old man and the others before. I nodded and did not refuse. I thanked the old man and went on.
We sat in a row, and the old man and the others sat next to us, still breathing heavily. I didn't push them, and let them slowly calm down and then communicate with us about the subsequent situation.
After nearly half an hour, the old man and the others recovered. The old man led the girl to me and bowed slightly to me.
"Thank you. If you hadn't helped us two just now, we might have been caught up by that thing now."
I waved my hand to tell them not to pay attention, and at the same time asked the old man again, what was it that was chasing us in that passage just now?
In fact, there were several times during the journey that I wanted to look back and look at what was behind us, but unfortunately, in such a panic, our only thought was to rush forward.
If I turned around in that situation, the thing behind us would definitely catch up and wouldn't give me any chance to escape, so I didn't have many options in front of me at that time.
The old man sighed deeply, then he took out his mobile phone and stuffed it into my hand.
The old man helped me click on the screen, and then after sliding on the screen, a picture suddenly appeared in front of me.
The moment I saw the content on this picture, I couldn't help but open my eyes in surprise.
"What's this?"
Directly in the center of the picture, there stood a tall figure. To be precise, this figure was nearly two meters tall, almost three meters tall.
This figure has a humanoid shape, but there is a woman with long hair lying on the figure's body and on the shoulder.
The eyes in this woman's eye sockets are red. At the same time, the woman's arms are tightly wrapped around the three-meter-tall figure, and her red lips are slightly raised as if she is chanting something.
After the old man saw that I could see clearly, he immediately swiped back and then called up a video for me to watch the content in the video.
A strange piece of music sounded. Since the person in front seemed to be running at that time, we couldn't see clearly the scene recorded in the camera. We could only vaguely see the light through the flashlight in this person's hand. The figure I saw must be the one I just saw in the picture.
The person who shot the video seemed to be running for his life, his speed kept accelerating, and he shouted for help. Unfortunately, this person did not escape.
He was soon overtaken by the figure behind him. The next second the camera blurred and was soon covered with blood.
The phone fell to the ground and rolled into an unknown corner. Then the camera vaguely recorded a person lying on the ground. He was dragged out by the tall figure just now and quickly disappeared from the camera.
The old man looked at us with ugly expressions, and sighed deeply at us.
"This is one of our companions who came with us. We actually heard the same sound in the tunnel at that time. At that time, a few of us wanted to go see the situation. He was the vanguard of our team, so this guy took the lead. Go check what’s going on ahead, we’ll be on standby.”
As the old man spoke, his face showed a bit of regret and helplessness, even a bit of sadness.
"But none of us thought that this thing was for killing people. Just when our companion went to check the source of the sound, he suddenly shouted at us, let's run away. So we quickly took it After grabbing the things, he turned around and ran towards the tomb."
I nodded. In fact, I didn’t need the old man to tell me what was going on. There was a 80% chance that the person in the lead would not have survived. As for the mobile phone, it was 80% that they picked it up when the old man and the others returned to the passage.
As expected, the recording continued for the second half of the video, until the faint singing disappeared, and then a series of messy footsteps came from the front.
Then there was a scream, apparently they had discovered blood on the ground. But it was too late at this time. The old man knelt down and picked up the phone. Then he clicked the end button, and the video ended completely.
The old man looked at the four of us with a bit of envy in his eyes.
"To be honest, you guys are really lucky. If you hadn't met us, you might have died in that tunnel by now."
As he said that, the old man patted my shoulder with a very magnanimous look.
I understand what the old man means. I just saved their lives, so the old man is telling me that they also saved our lives, and no one between us owes anyone a favor.
This old man is also open-minded and does not hide anything when facing us. Working with such an old man actually makes me feel quite at ease.
I nodded and thanked the old man, sat on the stone with them silently with my cell phone in hand, and quietly began to observe the surrounding environment.
I took a flashlight and shined it on the surrounding stone walls, and soon discovered that there were several large boxes placed deep in the tomb directly in front of us.
It's just that these boxes are still tightly closed at this time. It seems that these old men did not open these boxes after they arrived.
In addition, in the center directly behind the box, there is a huge bronze stone door. The door is also carved with various patterns, but it is a little far away and cannot be seen clearly.
When the old man saw that we finally noticed the bronze stone door, his eyes became a little complicated when he looked at me again.
The old man quickly stood in front of me and begged me with his hands clasped in fists.
"Chen Xiaoman, logically speaking, I can be considered your grandfather. Originally, I shouldn't beg you like this, but my ability is really limited and I can't open the door in front of you. So I am destined to meet you today. , you are going down too, can I get in on the fun with you? Let’s find a way to open this bronze door together.”
I have a congenital affection for this old man, and this does not conflict with our goals. In addition, what the old man needs is completely different from us.
If you make a friend here, things will go smoothly under this tomb.
Of course I didn't refuse, so I nodded.
"No problem, but I was in a hurry just now, and you didn't tell me your real name, and what is your granddaughter's name?"
The old man smiled and stroked his beard, and pushed the little girl in front of me.
"My granddaughter's name is Wang Nuan, and my nickname is Wang Liguo. Just call me Lao Wang. As for my granddaughter, she should be a few years younger than you."
I nodded and looked at the other attendants beside Lao Wang. He also introduced us one by one.
The names of these followers, Lao Wang, were arbitrary, and they were named after southeast, southwest, northeast and northwest.
After saying that, the old man's eyes flashed with a bit of disappointment, and he murmured to himself.
"It's a pity that Hongzhong who came with us didn't survive smoothly, otherwise I could have introduced that guy to you. He has a bold personality, which will definitely suit your taste."
I looked at the mobile phone held in the old man's hand. The video I just took was dragged away by the weird giant figure. It was probably a so-called hit.
This old man is really interesting. He is addicted to playing mahjong, and all the people under him have this name.
I greeted them and prepared to take them to the bronze stone door, trying to find a way to leave this place as soon as possible.
There was no cover in the long and narrow tunnel behind us. Although the old man told me that after they ran into this tomb before, the strange shadow stopped chasing them.
It's possible that the thing was afraid of something in the house, so it didn't dare to come in. But I always feel that this speculation is too arbitrary. If there is any mistake, we will all be doomed.
We have to leave this place as soon as possible. After entering the bronze stone door, we can completely get rid of the strange figure.
I took Cui Haoda to the bronze stone door and asked him to help me hold the flashlight and carefully walk through every corner of the bronze stone door.
"Why does this door look so similar to the underwater door outside? Do we need to remove the bronze blocks on the door and rearrange them?"
I felt that the structure of the door here was very similar to the water gate outside, so I reached out and tried to see if I could remove the bronze block on the bronze stone door.
