Chapter 54 The Strange Cave
This route moves parallel to the cliff, and the situation is similar to when I came up just now. It also leaves rows of holes after the stones fall off, so it is easy to settle down. However, the only troublesome thing is that the vegetation here is much denser than the one I just now, so I had to stop occasionally and clean it with a short knife.
As I moved forward, I heard the sound of water getting louder and louder, and then I noticed that I was approaching the waterfall. Could it be that this road originally led to there?
The further I walked, the water vapor in the air became very heavy. After I carefully walked around a slightly raised rock, I was surprised to find that there seemed to be a hole hidden under a hanging vines and weeds in front of me!
Just as I approached the entrance of the cave, I also noticed that there were also many patterns similar to eyes engraved on the cliff inside. However, perhaps because of the dense vegetation here, the patterns engraved on it were much lighter by wind and rain, so it was much clearer than the patterns of the eyes I saw before. It was precisely because of this that I realized that not all these eyes were opened, and many of them were closed.
This reminded me of the eyes I saw in the passage of the altar of offering. Could it be that the carved eyes here are the same as the ones there? I still remember that Wen Mo told me that the situation was called the silence of the eyes. Could it be that the same here?
I advanced along the hole in the cliff and came to the cave. I fired a flashlight and carefully shone it along the side of the hole. I probably saw some things scattered on the ground, but there was a thick layer of dust on it, so I couldn't tell what it was.
Not far away, the waterfall was flowing down, and the mist floated on my face. I suddenly had a strange idea. Could it be that I discovered the water curtain cave?
I grabbed the edge of the hole with one hand and stepped into one foot, but the problem arose. Since the last hole on the cliff is far from the edge of the hole, if I want to buy the other foot, my remaining injured left arm must be used. Although I was indeed a little scared when I remembered the previous pain, I had already walked here and there was absolutely no reason to return it.
I gritted my teeth and comforted myself: No matter how much it hurts, it will be this. I thought about it, took a deep breath, and suddenly raised the remaining foot, then I pushed my left arm hard, and I suddenly entered the hole. At the same time, a piercing pain came from my left shoulder, and I couldn't help but scream and squatted on the ground. Beads of sweat as big as beans instantly oozed their foreheads. At this time, I felt a little dizzy when I said it hurt so much that it was not an exaggeration.
It took me a long time to recover. I covered my tingling shoulders, stood up and looked around. With the light coming in from the hole, I suddenly saw a black shadow with claws in front of me!
I was startled and instinctively seemed to retreat, but as soon as my feet took half a step, I stepped on the edge of the hole, and I quickly stopped my body. When I turned around, I saw a cliff that was nearly seven-story high, and my legs couldn't help but numb.
I calmed down, held the knife tightly, and then raised my head to look forward again. I noticed that in front of me was a stone platform, and there was something similar to a statue above the stone platform. However, this statue looked very strange. Regardless of its appearance, it was just visually vague.
I rubbed my eyes, and my eyes gradually adapted to the darker light in the hole. I walked closer to the statue, and then I noticed that there was a thick layer of spider webs wrapped around the outside of the statue, so now I can only see its general outline, and the specific appearance of this statue has been completely covered by spiders.
I looked around and found that the space was not large, it was only about twenty square meters. There were some broken vessels around and fragments of something that could not be seen.
There was a thick layer of dust on the ground, and there were spider webs of all sizes hanging above, almost connected into one piece. It seemed that no one had stepped on this place for thousands of years.
I checked it and found nothing valuable. At this moment, I suddenly heard someone calling my name outside, which was the sound of Lantern Festival. So I quickly turned around and walked to the entrance of the cave. I carefully poked my body out, and just heard Lantern Festival's shouting: "Zhuran!! Where are you!!! You won't really fall down!!! Zhuoran!!"
I responded, "I'm here!!! Lantern Festival, can you hope I can order it well!"
"Where?" At this time, I saw that at the top of the cliff diagonally above me, Yuanxiao's big head poked out.
"What about this!" I endured the pain of the wound and waved at him.
Yuanxiao touched me, saw me, and waved at me, "Why did you run there?"
I pointed behind me, "There is a cave!"
"Cave?" Lanxiao was slightly stunned when he heard my words, "What's inside?"
I shook my head, "It's nothing, just a statue, it should be the place where God was worshipped."
Lantern Festival then said, "Look for any good things inside!"
I knew what he was thinking, so I just let him give up, "There is nothing complete except the statue, so don't worry about it!"
Yuanxiao thought for a moment, "Then see if that statue is heavy? Is it possible to move it away?"
"Go to your uncle! Get out!"
Yuanxiao couldn't help but sigh, but she still didn't give up, "Can you do it yourself? I'll go down too?"
I quickly waved my hand at him, "No, I'm OK, you guys can find a way to get me up."
Yuanxiao nodded, raised the rope and waved his hand, indicating that he was now at the position directly above me, and put the rope down. I made an OK gesture and returned to the hole.
I looked around again. There was really nothing useful, so I planned to walk towards the entrance of the cave. But the moment I turned around, I saw the statue on the stone platform again. My heart couldn't help but move, and I looked up at the statue for a moment. Gradually, an impulse arose in my heart. I wanted to peel off the spider webs on it and see the true appearance of the statue.
So I carefully climbed up the stone platform and stood in front of the statue. For some reason, I suddenly started to feel nervous, my heartbeat and breathing faster. I took a deep breath and was about to use the short knife in my hand to pick the spider web on the statue, but suddenly I found that the spider web on the face of the statue had moved.
I was shocked and immediately stopped the movements in my hand. But when I saw my ups and downs, I couldn't help but smile and curse myself about my brain. The spider web is so light, it must be blown by my breath. It's really scaring myself!
So I held my breath and used a short knife to sculpt the spider web on my face. But what surprised me was that the spider web moved again. And this time it moved very strangely, no longer like the fluttering just now, but a twist, as if something was about to break through from it and break free.
My expression changed drastically. I jumped off the stone platform quickly and couldn't help but think that this statue wouldn't be able to move, right? But this is impossible! It's just handmade by people, and it's impossible to have life. You can't just get the essence of the sun and the moon here, and become the essence, right? This really makes it impossible to remember Journey to the West!
Just as I was thinking, the statue suddenly began to sway. I was shocked and thought to myself: No! Is this statue really a spirit?
I couldn't help but look around, thinking in my mind how I could avoid it if the statue chased after it. However, things were not as mythical as I thought. The statue shook and suddenly fell forward. I hurriedly jumped backward and avoided the falling statue.
As the statue "boomed" and fell to the ground, because the ground was covered with a layer of extremely fine dust. Suddenly, all the dust on the ground rose into the air. In an instant, the scene in front of me was blocked by the dust, and I was choked and coughed repeatedly.
I immediately covered my mouth and nose, turned around and ran to the hole. Just as I was about to stretch my head out to breathe the fresh air, I suddenly heard a strange laugh from behind me! The laughter was very strange, as if a person made a very nervous, and a very sarcastic sound.
In an instant, I felt my whole body numb and my scalp exploded. I felt that the sound was not far behind me. I forced myself to calm down and put the short knife across my chest.
After adjusting my condition for a moment, I turned my body suddenly. At the same time, I swung the short knife in my hand back with force. But before I could look up, I could clearly feel that my knife had cut the empty space.
I looked at the dust in front of me that had begun to gradually float back and forth, but found that there was actually nothing there!
Because the statue fell to the ground just now, many spider webs at the top of the cave were pulled down together, and some white things were hanging on the top of the cave, making my light feel the white shadows around me. Some extremely thin spider silks floated on my neck, feeling itchy, so I hurriedly wiped them with my hands a few times.
I looked down at the ground. The statue just now had fallen to the ground and broke into several pieces. Only then did I notice that it was hollow inside. I remembered that the spider web outside the statue just now had a strange twist, and an idea suddenly popped up in my mind. Could it be that something was hidden inside just now, so the situation just now happened!
Chapter completed!