Chapter 84 The Corpse Laughing at Me
I raised my flashlight and shone it up as much as possible. Two white reflective spots appeared from the black shadow. I couldn't help but frown, "It looks like it's..."
Before I could finish my words, Shi Tao suddenly pointed to a point forward above the stone wall and said in surprise: "Look, there is still there!"
I looked in the direction Shi Tao pointed, and sure enough, another shallow cave appeared above the stone wall. There was still a black shadow inside, but the shape of this black shadow was much clearer than the one in the cave in front. We can all clearly identify it. The black shadow in the stone wall cave is a human! The people inside seemed to be sitting cross-legged. Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but remember that some martial arts novels described similar scenes. Some people practiced to a certain level and would come to practice on the cliffs. Once they suddenly realized, they would become immortals. However, they had already penetrated underground. It would be difficult to ascend to immortals here. It would be more convenient to enter the ground!
Or maybe Shan Huan's ancient country was still martial, and this was the place where they went to seclusion to practice? Although I knew that this situation was impossible, under such circumstances, people would unconsciously start making random guesses.
I went to see the figures on the stone wall cave again, and then I found that the two reflective white dots on the black shadow just now were the eyes of humans! There was no black eyeball in the eyes, and the pair of white eyeren seemed particularly terrible! But it can be seen that this person was sitting very straight and looking ahead, but I don’t know why he died, whether he came here before he died, or was placed here after he died.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel cold behind my back. Who is the person on the stone wall? I even had the urge to climb up to see what it was, but it was just an impulse.
As we continued to move forward, there were more and more caves on the stone wall. When we shone the flashlight, the above stone wall was densely covered with such caves, and there was a person sitting upright in each cave.
We stood in front of the stone wall and felt an indescribable gloomy and weirdness!
The flashlights we shined on the stone wall were already full of figures of different sizes. We didn't even know which one to look at. I couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my god, where is this?"
The second uncle also looked at the stone wall in front of him with surprise, and after a while, he spoke: "This should be a cemetery!"
"Graveyard?" Kong Xue looked at her second uncle in surprise.
"That's right," Uncle Er nodded, "China's funeral culture can be traced back to before the Xia Dynasty. Since ancient times, there are many ways to bury dead people, including earth burials, water burials, cremation, and ice burials. Some are stranger, hanging coffin burials, urn coffin burials, and sky burials in Tibet. What we see should be a funeral method, cliff burials! But people are absolutely unimaginable that a country that uses cliff burials was an ancient country deep in the desert a thousand years ago."
I looked at the caves dug out of the stone walls, "It is not easy to build such a burial place. Moreover, what if more and more people die, the stone walls are not enough?"
The second uncle shook his head, "You are thinking too much, funerals are always classified into grades. I guess those who can be buried here like this are definitely not ordinary civilians."
"Isn't it a commoner?" I thought for a moment, "Are these people buried some good things?" As soon as I said that, I suddenly felt that I was becoming more and more like Lantern Festival, and now I am also starting to think about using the underworld. When I think of Lantern Festival, my heart still felt inexplicably painful.
After hearing what I said, Uncle Er nodded seriously, "It is very likely that since we are here, let's look for it. Maybe there will be unexpected gains!" As he said that, Uncle Er took out the searchlight from his bag.
This kind of detector has a very brightness, but it also consumes electricity. The electricity in the battery won't last long, so we generally won't use it unless it is necessary. This time, Uncle Er took it out, and it seems that he will find something!
The searchlight instantly illuminated the entire stone wall as bright as day! The scene on the stone wall shocked us even more. There were rows of caves neatly arranged on the stone wall, and corpses sat upright in it.
This time, with the help of the searchlight, we saw the appearance of some people clearly. However, what we were numb all over was that the faces of these people were all very long, and not just their faces. Their necks, hands, arms, and legs were all thin and long, almost exactly the same as the strange mummy crawled out of the well. I thought that mummy was a special deformity and an exception. I didn't expect that all the corpses here were like this. Could it be that the people in the ancient Shan Huan Kingdom were like this?
Looking at these slender people, my scalp was numb.
Of course, not all caves have people. Some caves are empty, but there are some corpses that have fallen into pieces below them. It seems that some corpses have not been released steadily. In the event of earthquakes, they will "fall" and turn into stumbled mummies and scattered on the ground!
Uncle Er adjusted the angle of the searchlight and scanned the entire cliff burial group on the stone wall. The whole scene made people feel indescribable, especially the white reflective spots. When the corpses lit up, my heart was unconsciously tightened. We actually felt a strong pressure, which made our voices feel very low.
The searchlight streaked across the stone wall, and suddenly I seemed to see something, and seemed to see something wrong, but this situation flashed through the light and I didn't even have time to see it clearly.
The second uncle finally fixed the aperture of the searchlight at the middle part of the stone wall, put down his backpack, brought only some necessary items, pinned the short knife around his waist, grabbed the mountaineering rope and said to us: "You guys are waiting here, I'll go up and take a look!"
Maybe it was the feeling that I felt at that moment. I always felt something was wrong here, so I thought it was a bit inappropriate for Uncle Er to go up now, so I said, "Uncle Er, I think this place is a bit weird. Let's be careful and don't take risks!"
The second uncle smiled, "How can so many dead bodies be placed on the stone wall not be evil? But it's like this, where there are good things, there are evil things, how can you find the underworld weapon when you are afraid of evil!" As he said, the second uncle patted me, "Okay, it's okay, it's not the first time we two have worked together, please take a look for me!"
I was still worried, "Uncle Second, I'd better go up with you!"
The second uncle waved his hand quickly, "Give me aside! My eldest nephew, it's not that the second uncle underestimates you. You are not as hot as you are now. If you have a little surprise, I have to be distracted to take care of you. Just wait below. If I can't handle it, you can take action!"
Uncle Er felt a little disappointed, but what he said was true, and it was tactful enough, but I still wanted to persevere. Just as I was about to speak, Shi Tao said next to him: "Old Zhuo, I'd better go up with you. Although I may not be able to help you much, I should not have to worry about your distractions and care!"
I had seen Shi Tao's skills when I was dealing with the mist monsters in the Qilian Mountains Temple. If it weren't for the end of saving us, Shi Tao could have been able to move forward and retreat freely among the mist monsters. So, if Shi Tao went up at this time, I would be more at ease.
Uncle Er pondered for a moment, but there was no reason to object, so he nodded in agreement.
Kong Xue and I were next to the searchlight, watching Shi Tao and Uncle Er start climbing the stone wall. Since the cave at the bottom of the stone wall is still very high from the ground. They could only use rock climbing to the bottom of the cave, and then continue to climb up with the help of caves one by one.
At the beginning, everything went smoothly. Shi Tao followed his second uncle, and the second uncle checked the corpses in each cave one by one, and exchanged words with Shi Tao from time to time, or took some things from the corpse and put them in his pocket. It seems that this should be the second benefit of our trip to the desert in addition to Uznamu!
Uncle Er and Shi Tao had already climbed to the sixth row of caves. At this time, they were already very high from the ground. I was at least twenty meters away, so I couldn't help but feel a little worried about them! For safety reasons, Uncle Er and his team also put some rock plugs on the stone wall and made some fixed insurance.
The two of them climbed up a little more, and the second uncle turned his head and shouted to me: "Big nephew, turn the angle of the searchlight. It is now shooting directly at us, and my eyes are blurred!"
I nodded and quickly turned the searchlight a little to the side, so that the light would not directly hit Uncle Er and the others, and also ensured that they could get enough lighting. However, as the aperture of the searchlight moved, another batch of caves and corpses entered our field of view.
Looking at the corpses and their eyes with white light on their heads, although there is no danger at the moment, it still makes people feel uncomfortable.
Suddenly I felt the discomfort feeling became stronger and stronger. It seemed that something made me feel uncomfortable, and something was wrong again, and it was particularly strong!
I began to carefully observe the corpses in the aperture. Suddenly, I realized something was wrong. I immediately rushed to the scalp and exploded! Cold sweat oozed out of my back!
I saw that all the corpses were sitting cross-legged and looking forward. Although the whole scene seemed a bit gloomy and weird, there was still a solemn atmosphere. But among these corpses, there was only one corpse. His eyes were not looking ahead, but were looking down slightly at me!
I was so incredible that I rubbed my eyes hard. When I looked over again, I realized that the body was not just looking at me, but there was a hint of rising in the corner of his shriveled mouth. Damn! He was actually smiling at me!
Chapter completed!