Chapter 720 Tomb Chamber, Cry for Help from the Coffin
This fork in the road is no different from the other forks, except that it tilts upward at a greater angle. Every step I take feels like climbing a slope, which is extremely strenuous.
Moreover, as I walk higher, I suddenly sense a smell of corpses.
"Why is there a smell of corpses? Is there a zombie at the end of the fork in the road?" I frowned secretly.
However, judging from the faintness of the corpse smell, this zombie is at most a thousand-year-old zombie, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
I continued to walk upwards for about half an hour. The fork road that could accommodate two people walking side by side suddenly became narrower and could only accommodate me alone. As I went deeper and deeper, the fork road became narrower and narrower. In the end, I could only lie on the ground and crawl forward.
At this time, it was impossible for me to retreat because the fork road was too narrow. It was almost impossible for me to turn around and crawl out. So no matter what was ahead, I could only crawl forward. Fortunately,
this place was not far from the ground. After I crawled for about ten minutes, a faint light suddenly came from not far ahead. I was delighted and immediately increased my speed.
When I arrived at the exit, I found that it was actually a hole in the ground that was about the size of a washbasin. Through the hole, I saw that the outside was not the ground, but a place similar to a secret room.
"Is it possible that I... crawled directly to the ghost mother's palace?" I swallowed my saliva with a 'gulp'.
But no matter where the front is, I can no longer return. Even if it is a sea of fire and a mountain of swords, I can only bite the bullet.
With this thought, I took a deep breath, threw my backpack out, and then stretched out my hands to grab the hole. With both hands exerting force, my upper body drilled out of the hole.
However, the hole was too small. My upper body could still barely get through, but my butt was stuck. I couldn't help but curse, took a deep breath, and pulled my butt hard, and then I barely crawled out.
"Damn it!" I picked up my backpack and couldn't help cursing as I looked at the hole under my feet that looked like a dog hole.
This hole should have been made by the ghost-faced bat. I squatted at the hole and looked down. I saw that it was pitch black below, like the mouth of a monster. It was bottomless. A stream of cold wind blew out of the cave from time to time.
It was hard to imagine that I just crawled out of such a cave.
I took a deep breath, then stood up and looked around.
But when I saw the surrounding scene clearly, my pupils suddenly shrank, and my heart was instantly pulled up to my throat.
"Have I entered an ancient tomb?" I was shocked.
I saw that the place where I was at the moment should be a tomb. This tomb is not big, only about a few dozen square meters. There are several copper lamps hanging on the surrounding stone walls, and the faint light is emitted by the flames burning in the copper lamps.
"Is it Jiaoyu oil?" Legend has it that Jiaoyu oil can burn for a thousand years without extinguishing, but this thing is extremely precious and only the royal family can afford it.
Although Jiaoyu oil can burn for a thousand years without extinguishing, it also has a disadvantage, that is, the burning flame is not bright enough.
At this time, the tomb I was in had only one copper lamp hanging. The dim light made the tomb dim. Through the dim light, a big red coffin was looming in the darkness with the flickering light. It looked extremely creepy.
However, this tomb was too shabby.
In ancient times, those who could afford to use dragon fish oil were definitely rich or noble. However, this tomb was extremely shabby. Except for a coffin, there was nothing else.
It can be seen that this is definitely not the tomb of the tomb owner, but the tomb of the person buried with the deceased.
I no longer paid attention to the coffin, but turned around and began to look for the exit.
I saw a stone door on the wall on my left. The door was open, and from time to time, the smell of corpses and yin energy came in.
I didn't want to cause any trouble, so after finding the stone door, I turned around and walked out quickly.
However, just when I arrived in front of the stone door, I suddenly heard a muffled "bang".
The sound was so sudden that my heart was shocked and I froze in place.
"What's the sound?" I turned my head slowly and fixed my eyes on the coffin.
"Could it be coming from the coffin?" I frowned.
The next moment, there was another muffled "bang", and this time the sound was clearer. I immediately heard that the sound came from the coffin.
"Could it be that there is a zombie in the coffin? However, I didn't sense any corpse smell from the coffin. Logically, the corpse inside should not have transformed!" I looked suspicious, but then my heart suddenly jumped, because just at that moment, I seemed to hear... a person's cry for help!
"Is there someone in the coffin?" I widened my eyes, looking shocked.
This is a tomb in the Hatching Yin Land, and in a coffin in the tomb, there is actually a person lying, and still calling for help?
Where the hell did this person come from?
I swallowed my saliva with a "gulp", then put one hand on the Miao Dao at my waist, took a step, and slowly walked towards the coffin.
As I got closer and closer to the coffin, the clapping and cries for help from inside the coffin became clearer and clearer. Then I
heard someone shouting from inside the coffin: "Is there anyone here? Where is this? Help, let me out, let me out..."
I stared at the coffin with my eyes wide open, stunned, because I knew this voice, it seemed to be... Nangong Xiayu's voice!
"Nangong?" I approached the coffin and asked in a low voice.
The person in the coffin was obviously stunned for a moment, and then I heard Nangong Xiayu shouting: "Captain Zhang? It's me, I'm Nangong Xiayu, where is this, let me out!"
"It's really Nangong Xiayu, but why is he here?" The shock in my eyes became even deeper.
"Captain Zhang, hurry up, I'm suffocating!"
Nangong Xiayu's voice came out from the coffin again. I didn't have time to think about it. I grabbed the coffin lid with both hands, took a deep breath, and pushed hard.
With a "creaking" sound, the coffin lid was slowly pushed open by me. I moved closer to the gap and took a look inside the coffin. Who else could it be if it wasn't Nangong Xiayu?
At this time, he was curled up, staring with his eyes wide open, looking around in fear. When he saw my eyes through the gap, he was immediately frightened and screamed.
"Fuck, what the hell!"
"..." I saw this and my mouth twitched, and then I said, "Don't scream, it's me!"
"Captain Zhang?" Nangong Xiayu cried, "Captain Zhang, don't scare me, don't you know that scaring people can kill people?"
I ignored him, but secretly used my strength to push the lid of the coffin open.
When the lid of the coffin was pushed open, Nangong Xiayu immediately sneaked out of the coffin. He was obviously unaware that he was lying in the coffin. After sneaking out, he immediately screamed.
With eyes wide open in horror, he trembled and said, "I, I just...slept in a coffin?"