She finally managed to get close to the porcelain shard! The cold touch came through the thin fabric of her burial shroud. With her hands, which were tied behind her back, she groped very carefully. Her fingertips touched the rough surface of the porcelain shard and its cold, sharp edges.
We must seize this opportunity!
Her hands were stiff and numb from the effects of the drug and being bound, her fingers barely obeying her commands. With the sides of her fingertips, she cautiously and painstakingly hooked onto a relatively gentle indentation on the edge of the porcelain shard, trying to avoid cutting herself. The cold, sharp touch stimulated her nerves.
Got him!
She dared not use force, afraid of dropping the porcelain shard or cutting her fingers and losing her mobility. She carefully held the shard, dragging it little by little behind her back.
Now, we need to find a way to leverage resources!
She turned her body with difficulty, moving her back toward the coffin, until her cold back pressed against something hard—a raised stone base at the bottom of the coffin, with relatively smooth edges.
This is it!
Jiang Chan gasped for breath, her body trembling slightly from the exertion. She felt the rough hemp rope binding her wrists. She gritted her teeth, pressing her tongue firmly against the wound, letting the intense pain stimulate the nerves that were almost numbed by the medication.
start!
She gripped the porcelain shard tightly and, using its sharp, curved edge, rubbed it hard against the rough hemp rope on her wrist, stroke by stroke!
Sizzle... Sizzle...
The faint yet clear sound of rough hemp rope fibers being scraped and cut by the sharp edge of porcelain shards rang out against the background of cacophony cries.
Each friction required her to use every last bit of strength to move her arm at that tiny angle. Her elbow pressed painfully against the cold stone base.
The rope tightened around my wrists as they were pulled back and forth, causing a burning, stinging pain in my skin.
Sweat, the sweat from the effects of the medicine, and fine beads of blood from overexertion mixed together, flowing down her temples and neck, dripping into the dust beneath her.
The effects of the medicine dragged her arm like a heavy lead weight, making each movement of lifting the porcelain shard and grinding it down with force incredibly difficult.
Her arm muscles ached as if they were being torn apart, and trembled uncontrollably. Numbness kept creeping into her consciousness, almost causing her to lose strength and let go several times.
"Creak—Bang!"
A dull, loud bang!
The last light in the tomb disappeared! The stone door closed completely, cutting off the faint sunlight and all sounds from outside.
The darkness that descended instantly was only provided by a few small, flickering lamps beside the coffin, which cast a distorted shadow of the enormous coffin onto the wall, like a hideous monster.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and then an even louder, more desperate cry from the depths of the soul suddenly erupted! Like a wild beast trapped in an iron can, it was filled with utter despair and the fear of impending death.
"ah--!"
"The door is closed! The door is locked shut!"
"Help! Let me out!"
The darkness and utter confinement engulfed everyone like an icy tide. Several women completely broke down, frantically banging their heads against the stone walls or coffins, producing dull thuds accompanied by even more piercing screams.
The air quickly became thin and polluted, and the suffocating feeling of death gripped everyone's throat.
Jiang Chan was also startled by the loud slam of the door closing, and her movements paused for a moment. Her back was pressed against the cold stone base of the coffin, and she could clearly feel the stone slabs vibrating.
Despair coiled around me like a cold, venomous snake.
But the excruciating pain on her tongue and the sensation of the hemp rope on her wrist being slowly rubbed apart were the only real things in the darkness!
She couldn't see her own movements, only her senses. The sharp edges of the porcelain shards cut back and forth across her wrist, slipping off several times at the wrong angle. Twice, the sharp porcelain blades even grazed her own wrist skin, causing a sharp stinging pain and a warm, flowing sensation—she had cut herself.
But she didn't care at all.
Sizzle... Sizzle...
The sound of the rope grinding became intermittent, and her hands trembled even more violently. The effects of the drug made her vision blur, and her arms were so weak that she could barely lift them.
Each friction was accompanied by heavy breathing and trembling of the body.
It'll be soon...it'll be soon...
She could feel the tight grip on her wrist loosening little by little! The fibers of the hemp rope were being cut!
Darkness and despair pressed down on her as if they were tangible, and only the constant, faint rubbing sound of her wrists and the strong taste of blood in her mouth were her only weapons against the entire tomb.
The dull thud of the stone door closing struck Jiang Chan's heart like a heavy hammer. The last ray of light vanished completely, and the tomb chamber was swallowed by pure darkness. Only the tiny flames of a few eternal lamps beside the coffin cast ghostly, flickering shadows in the thick darkness.
The enormous shadow of the coffin weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.
"Aaaaah—!" A muffled thud of a skull striking a hard object came from the direction of the stone wall, followed by an even more shrill and frantic scream.
The air instantly became thin and polluted, carrying a strong earthy and sweaty smell; each breath felt like inhaling scalding hot sand.
Utter despair detonated the tomb chamber. Wails, curses, and the sound of banging against the walls... all blended into a desperate symphony of death.
Jiang Chan pressed her back firmly against the cold stone base of the coffin, breathing rapidly. The feeling of the rope breaking and loosening on her wrists was so faint yet so real! She struggled suddenly!
Whoosh!
The rough hemp rope that had been tightly wedged into her flesh finally slipped completely off her wrist!
I'm free! At least my hands are free!
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