However, there is nothing special about this third-level cemetery. The only difference is that the space is larger than the two levels above. There is also a large coffin, but there is no corpse in the coffin.
I don't know how many cemeteries like this exist, layered like this. Perhaps even the people who originally created this Xiaohe Cemetery couldn't count them. I quickly found the entrance to the third level. It was quite obvious here, right in front of me, two caves.
There are two roads in total, maybe both lead to the fourth floor, or maybe neither of them leads to the fourth floor.
Just when I was unsure which way to go, I shone my flashlight over and found a note taped to the wall of the cave entrance. I walked over and took a closer look. Written on it in pencil: "We entered the cave on the left. Xiaofei, you and the brothel owner will go to the right. Whether we find Xuanxuan or not, we will meet up there before 4 PM."
Seeing this, I breathed a sigh of relief. Since Zhang Haitao and Lao Sha had already entered the cave on the left, the brothel owner and I decisively chose to enter the cave on the right.
However, the brothel owner was still unconscious, so I had no choice but to continue carrying her inside.
This passage was very long. I didn't know how long I had been walking. There was no other sound except my footsteps and the breathing of the brothel owner and me. It was pitch black all around, which was really creepy.
I could even feel my own heartbeat, it was beating abnormally fast. I was afraid that a ghost would suddenly rush out in such a place, which would definitely scare the baby to death.
The flashlight began to dim, a sign that it was running low. I simply turned it off and continued walking. My eyes could now see through the darkness, and I could walk through it as if nothing was there. I didn't need a flashlight. I had only used it for show.
I walked for another quarter of an hour, and just when I was about to go crazy, I finally saw a faint light. Damn it, I've finally reached the end. If I keep walking aimlessly like this, I'm going to go crazy!
I ran quickly to the light. The light here was actually emitted from the two eyeballs of a stone statue. The statue was about three meters tall, wearing armor and holding a spear, and looked very much like a guard. And looking over there, there were many such stone statues, two rows on the left and right, with no end in sight.
Each eyeball on the stone statue emits a faint light, making the light around the tomb very bright, so you can see everything clearly without a flashlight.
Murals hung on the left and right walls. Like the stone statues, the scrolls were extremely long and folded. The background was white gauze and flames, and the paintings depicted camel carts, people, and something that looked like a desert. The people in the paintings were dressed in coarse wool and sheepskin, wearing fur boots sewn with thick thread, and wearing pointed felt hats with several feathers.
I watched this scene in amazement, a bit stunned. A place like this, a cemetery visited countless times by tomb robbers, actually still had such a wonderful mural? Could it be that those tomb robbers would have a change of heart one day?
At this moment, the previously unconscious brothel owner's disturbing voice suddenly rang out in my ears: "From the people and scenery depicted on this mural, we can tell that it tells the story of the Loulan people trading in this desert. If such a mural could be stolen, it would certainly be worth a fortune. And then, look below the mural, there are bones scattered on the ground. Clearly, someone has been here before and was interested in this mural, but ultimately died here."
My ears were numb and itchy from the brothel owner's panting, but after her analysis, my doubts were finally resolved. It wasn't that the tomb robbers had a change of heart, but that they simply had no idea where to start in this place!
I chuckled and said, "Sister brothel owner, are you awake? That's great, why don't we go back?" Just kidding, I don't want to die in this damn place! Compared to money, I still choose to save my life!
The madam got off me, yawned lazily, then twisted her neck, glared at me, and said, "Since you're here, it would be a shame if you didn't take some back with you. If you go back empty-handed, the owner's spirit in heaven won't let you go!"
I rolled my eyes. The brothel owner simply couldn't stand this theory, so I could only turn a blind eye. As I followed the brothel owner toward the mural, I asked Su Xiaoniu in my mind, "Xiaomo, Xiaomo, are we going to steal that mural? Is there any danger?"
Su Xiaoniu hesitated for a moment and said, "Strange... There are actually spirit cow tears on the mural. I can't tell if the mural is dangerous. - But from the dry bones below, I can see that it will not be easy to get the mural. You should be careful."
Damn, it’s pointless to ask... Su Xiaoniu said that there are spiritual cow tears on the mural, which should be spiritual buffalo tears, but who would be so bored as to smear cow tears on a mural?
Just as I was wondering, the procuress had already reached out and touched the mural. My heart skipped a beat as I watched her carefully trace her fingertips across the mural. Suddenly, her fingertips stopped sliding. The next second, she quickly inserted her palm under the mural and pulled it up, lifting half of it.
At the same time, the madam shouted, "Get down!"
Arrows suddenly rained down from the wall like locusts. I was so scared that I almost peed my pants. I fell to the ground and didn't dare to move.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... A hail of arrows rained down, but the procuress remained unfazed. With each step, she pulled the mural down layer by layer in her hands. Suddenly, her pace quickened, her arms, holding the mural, swung up and down. With each swing, a wave of arrows flew out, which she swiftly dodged. With each step, the stone below sank, and she leaped onto another stone before it.
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