Chapter 153 Flying to the Moon

Uncle Ming gave Fatty and me the two daggers used by the "Hatetian clan" to scrape clams and slay dragons. He said that if he wanted to dive in Guixu to find a way out, he basically had to be mentally prepared to never return. God knows the depth of the water. If there is any danger, we have the "water-dividing sword" of the ancestors of the Dan people to defend ourselves, which is at least more reliable than the diving knife and spear gun. The fat man and I secretly cursed Uncle Ming for trying to push us out as a shield.

But I can't argue with him at this moment. I took the time to tell everyone that it seems that there is a big tide in the sea. Guixu may be filled with sea water at any time. The only way to stay here and be burned by the dragon fire is to die. Let's dive into the water to survive. , you only have one chance, there is no reason to look back. If you run out of scuba and still can’t swim out... I don’t need to tell you the result. In short, remember three points. First, act as a team, advance and retreat together; second, , don’t waste time; third, you must withstand the psychological pressure at the last moment, you must be brave, make a desperate move, and never turn back.

At this time, everyone knew that with the scuba oxygen we carried, if we wanted to escape from Guixu without even confirming whether there was an exit, the chance of getting out alive was probably not even one in a thousand, but staying here was not a threat. The surge overturned the boat and it fell into the water to feed the sharks. It was burned to death by dragon fire and hot springs. The situation took a sudden turn and plummeted. There was only a few minutes left to breathe and think. No action was taken. There is no way to survive. As Uncle Ming said: "If you don't gamble, you don't know how good your luck will be." No matter how rare the opportunity is, it is still an opportunity. Instead of waiting to die, why not take a chance while you have enough energy now? Even though they have made up their minds.

At this time, the fire rain suddenly stopped falling, and the sharks on the water surface nearby were snatching the carcasses of the snappers. The water had risen to the heads of the bronze slaves. There were densely packed bronze heads on the water, and the sound of the surrounding water surging was like the sound of the seabed. When I hit the giant bell, the atmosphere was indescribably depressing. But seeing that it was my chance to get into the water, I gestured to everyone, put on the frog goggles and put my breathing tube in my mouth, and was about to take the lead and go down to the water along the "桔木". But Guchai grabbed his arm.

I pushed away the frog mirror and asked: "What? You're shrinking from the battle?" I saw Ryūto Guchai's face full of surprise and horror. He said to everyone: "You can't leave... I saw... a white... White sun!”

I heard Guchai say that he saw the "white sun". I didn't understand what nonsense this kid was talking about. I thought he was too nervous and frightened. After all, the strong psychological pressure caused by despair was not what he was 16 or 17 years old. A teenager can bear it.

Uncle Ming was shocked. Seeing the bright sun on the sea was not a good omen. Anyone who knew about walruses knew that "the sun was pale and the storm was coming", that was a sign of an imminent sea disaster. He almost collapsed. On the ground, luckily she was helped up. Shirley Yang asked Guchai: "Don't worry, please speak clearly."

Guchai hurriedly pointed to the top of his head: "Look, the sun is white..." No one expected that the sun he mentioned was right above their heads. How could they see the sun in the sky in Guixu, whose terrain resembles the belly of a whale? ? When he was about to cast his gaze upwards, unexpectedly, there was a round object with white light hanging above his head, facing the top of the "Jiu wood" inlaid with arrow stones.

Just now, the sea and air were excited, the dragon fire in the rock formations splashed, and a fire rain fell. The mid-air was filled with mist formed by the burning sea. Therefore, no one paid attention to the situation above. I was shocked at first and felt a little confused. My mind wondered: "What is that?" The thing happened suddenly. For a moment, my mind couldn't recover. I was just confused, but I still knew that that thing was definitely not the sun.

Shirley Yang stared at the black dome in the rock formation that was obviously higher than the surrounding area. She seemed to suddenly think of something and said happily: "Ghost Island!" It turned out that the white halo was not the sun described by Gu Cai, but the sun that disappeared in Guixu. A "skylight" covered by the sea air. There is a sky gate above the ground and an undercurrent below, which has kept it alive for thousands of years. When we first entered the coral spiral, the tide receded, and a black patch of black was exposed on the sea. The island is a "ghost island" that appears and disappears due to tidal action.

When the tide rises, the island will be submerged under the water. When the tide level is low, it will appear on the sea surface again. At first, we mistakenly thought that the ghost island was the back of a giant whale emerging from the water, fearing that it would be exposed by the waves. The ship was capsized and bombarded with Poseidon cannons, confirming that it was an isolated island on the sea. The ghost island divided the coral spiral into two areas: east and west. We were attacked by the "sea snake" and sank into the eye of the sea from the east side. Unexpectedly The ancient ruins of the Hentian clan in Guixu are built directly under the Ghost Island.

What's more, he didn't expect that there was a skylight-like cave on the Ghost Island, which only opened to the sea. The sky must have become bright, revealing a disk of skylight. Only then did Guchai mistakenly think that he saw the day before the big storm. It was estimated that this wellhead The cave like this was not destroyed by the "sea-shaking cannon" on the Trident. Look at the sun-shooting artifact "Jiu Mu", which looks like a big tree with arrow stones inlaid as an umbrella canopy. It turns out that the sun-shooting totem has a rigorous layout and has deep meanings. Now I feel that the haters have taken great pains to build a mythical scene. It is not just a simple show, but there seems to be something bigger hidden in it. The secret is that since the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, some people have used the sun, moon, stars, fish, dragons and animals to represent defense. Judging from the broken copper ornaments on the sacred tree on the seabed, the skylight corresponds to the moon position. I really can’t guess why it is arranged like this. .

The fat man asked everyone: "Everyone, I told you not to stop and marvel. Haven't you seen the water rising? Should we climb up along the sea-fixing needle, or dive into the water to find another way out? It's not too late. Where to go? We must get it quickly. Make up your mind.”

I saw that the ghost island was directly connected to the sea. I heard loud rumblings all around, which was a signal that the tide was about to rise. When the tide level increased, the ghost island would also be submerged under the water. I had to seize the opportunity to climb the sacred tree and leave Guixu. , it’s not too late to worry about the rest until we get back to the sea.

I thought about this and was about to make a decision when Shirley Yang suddenly stopped me and said: "At first, I thought that using barberry wood to make giant arrows was inconsistent with the ancient legends of Chinese civilization. Although the Hentian clan used the sun-shooting totem to Descendants claim to be themselves, but the oak tree is a sunken tree. It is said that it is an ancient sacred tree that can grow from the bottom of the sea to the moon palace. The skylight-like cave is located in the moon position, which must be a symbol of the bright moon. Records of the Hentian clan in ancient books There are very few, but on the bronze tripod from the time of King Mu of Zhou, there is a legend about the Hentian family flying to the moon after death. I am afraid this is not a totem of shooting the sun, but a journey to the moon, which is used by the dead souls. Let’s climb from this Is it dangerous to go up there?"

Everyone's hearts sank. It turned out that the "Jiu wood" was not a war totem of "shooting the sun", but a symbol of the underworld of "flying to the moon". In the final analysis, this crater was indeed an "ancient tomb" that existed outside of common sense. In the coral Due to the condensation of sea air in the Spiral Sea area, stars and moonlight are rarely visible. The white skylight at the top of the "桔木" is indeed like a full moon. This undersea sacred tree that ascends the souls of the dead seems to be only one step away from the bright moon. , as long as you climb to the top of the "楗木" and jump, you can leave this sea of ​​chaos with no exit.

Uncle Ming saw the chaos of sharks on the surrounding water. Diving in the sea would inevitably lead to a life-and-death struggle with sharks. He had been on the sea for many years, so he naturally knew how powerful it was. The current situation was that he would rather go up than down, so he hurriedly said to everyone: "Miss Yang is right. Reason, there is an ancient legend about the sacred tree reaching the moon to die in the sea, but even if it is the sacred tree with the souls of the dead under the water flying to the moon, now it is the road to the sky that we must put ourselves to death and survive..." After that, he took the lead in climbing up the dragon scale covered tree. The rough ancient wood slope slowly climbed up to the skylight above step by step, humming the miserable tunes of the Dan people in his mouth to encourage himself, as tragic as a wolf howling and a ghost crying: "My sea god, save my poor man, I am not afraid of the bottomless waves, but I am afraid that I will not be able to get home..."

I saw that Uncle Ming had climbed onto the sacred tree that seemed to lead to the bright moon. He was over sixty years old. He said it without hesitation, but he was also very agile with his hands and feet. I cursed him in my heart for his selfishness that only cares about the individual and not the collective. However, his actions also dispelled our concerns. We were all in one fell swoop. At this time, the whole team had to climb up the exit in order to escape. However, we could not throw away the scuba gear. We gritted our teeth and carried the weight to climb up, just in case. If you can't get out from above, you can still fall back into the water.

The second person to climb up the "楗木" was the fat man. He was carrying a scuba lung and a large bag of green heads. Although the weight was heavy, he could not bear to leave one item behind. He could still handle the load, but he could climb on the ladder. High-level moves have always been his weakness. When things got pushed to this point, he had no choice but to risk it. He closed his eyes and climbed several meters from the leaning giant tree in a few steps.

Everyone climbed up the tall "楗木" covered with copper chains in a row. They didn't know whether this tens of millions of years old wood could still withstand it. They leaned over and looked down. The sea water was rolling all around, and the soles of their feet were shaking. Countless bronze slaves can still be seen on the water, and many sharks are circling and swimming in the water. Most of the ruins of the entire ring-shaped ancient city have sunk into the water. I was worried that the fat man would accidentally fall because he was too nervous, so I lay in front of him. The fat man shouted: "Commander Wang, please open your eyes quickly. We are about to climb to the moon. The little widow in the moon palace and her elixir of life are still waiting for you to receive it."

The fat man felt that the water was pouring under the huge tree, and the cold wind coming down from a high place was whizzing by his ears. He dared not open his eyes, but he could still keep up with his words, and shouted: "Hu Bayi, when did this happen? Why are you so immoral again? You don’t know that this commander has such a refined taste in his life. When he goes to high places, he just likes to close his eyes and meditate and play deep things. We are like mirrors in our hearts. When we open our eyes, not only can we not see Little widow, you still have to fall down to feed the fish, and then I will have to pull you up on the back of your wicked and smoking pillow..."

Amidst the roar of the roaring waves, the six people climbed to the top of the sacred tree on the seabed. By this time, their backs and waists were sore from being pressed by the heavy objects. Although their hands and feet were weak and no one dared to let go, they could feel the air from the sea blowing on their faces. , the white sky is clearly visible, but from below, "Zhimu" seems to be very close to the exit, but when I get there, I realize that there is no way to go out without putting on wings. Uncle Ming stood up tremblingly at the highest point. Come, put your toes up, and reach out to the edge of the cave without giving up, but it is too far away, still more than ten meters away, and you suddenly feel discouraged and almost fall off the sacred tree and fall into the water.

I secretly cursed that I was careless this time. I didn’t bring any climbing equipment such as a rope hook gun or a flying tiger claw when I went out to sea. Although I was only a few steps short of the height, I felt anxious and had no solution. Only then did everyone realize that mortals are not eating food. Chang'e, who took the elixir and ascended to a light body, was made of flesh and blood throughout her life, and her body was heavy and muddy. Even if she was the most sage and sage, Confucius and Mencius, with talents and knowledge from all over the world, or as brave as the overlord of Western Chu, some The divine power of tearing silk from the ground and dragging down nine oxen is also subject to the gravity of the earth. It can never take a step off the ground out of thin air. The situation of "flying to the sky and flying to the moon" can only exist in myths and legends.

I climbed up to the belemnite embedded in the wooden end. The belemnite has become a fossil and has been washed away by sea water for a long time. It is still strong and strong. I tried it and it was still strong. I saw that the dragon fire in the rock formation made the sea air hazy, and I felt like I was in mid-air. There were clouds under the feet, and dozens of meters below was a turbulent chaotic water. The water was still gradually increasing. At this time, everyone's faces were covered with sweat and moisture. Seeing that the road to "running to the moon" was a dead end, they all gasped. Ruoqi is helpless.

But Uncle Ming still came up with a whimsical idea. Maybe when the water rose, he could swim out of the cave entrance with the surge of water. Guchai and Duoling looked around, but they were at a loss. I heard the sound of cracking in the sky above my head. , whistling back and forth, thinking that the sky outside is just getting bright, and it is the time when the morning tide is coming. I am afraid that the ghost island will be submerged by the rising tide in a few moments, and the sea water will pour in through the skylight. It will definitely be troublesome to stay here. It was washed into pieces by the rapids. It seemed that the sea had to go down through the waterway. When I looked down, I saw countless sharks and vicious fish rolling around in the water. It was really frightening. There was no cover and no obstruction to the water, let alone trying to sneak in. Deep down, I am afraid that as soon as I enter the water, I will be eaten by a group of sharks.

At this time, Shirley Yang suddenly said "Hey". On the leaning figure, there were many belemnites with a diameter of several meters long, just like the canopy canopy of an old tree. The belemnites are fossils of ancient marine life, and the sunken trees are also deposits. We can no longer tell whether the belemnites embedded in the sunken wood are naturally occurring or artificially embedded in the ancient wood that is thousands of years old. However, there is a copper door where the belemnites are sparse on the wooden body. The textures on the thick copper plate are all It's like a scale, very close to the black scales on the wood trunk. If Shirley Yang hadn't stopped on the slope of the wood body, it wouldn't have been easy to detect.

None of us expected that there would be such a large copper door on the wooden body near the top of the "楗木". We used our hands to remove the seaweed and other objects on it. Among the copper patterns, there were clearly vague carvings of the undersea sacred tree connecting the sea water and the bright moon. Those The flying death bird totem that can also be seen in the ancient tombs of the Yin and Shang Dynasties in the Western Zhou Dynasty further proves that this is the tomb passage of an ancient tomb. It immediately reminds people that the "楗木" is hollow, and there is a passage hidden inside, a passage for the deceased. The passage where the undead walk on the sacred tree to the moon must be the ancient tomb of the "Hatetian Family". This is similar to the ancient Chinese tomb customs of leaving a "Tianmen" at the entrance of the underground palace for the tomb owner to ascend to immortality. It's just that the "Heaven Gate" where the dead souls run to the moon for the elixir of death is opened above the sacred tree that is supposed to lead to the Moon Palace.

At this time, the big tide from the "Coral Spiral" sea covered the sky, and the misty sky suddenly dimmed. Everyone knew that as soon as the tide passed the Ghost Island, it would flood down immediately, and the water under the "Japanese Tree" would no longer With the rise, the sharks have eaten up the "deep sea goldeneye snapper" that was killed by the cluster grenade. Going into the water now is tantamount to seeking death. In front of the fangs of the sea, we are in a dilemma. No one can be a hero. , all of them were ashen-faced, clinging tightly to the arrow stone at the top of the sacred tree on the seabed, panicking.

I saw that the bronze door was slightly sunken into the wood and was sealed very tightly. I didn’t know if the ancient tomb had been filled with sea water, but I had no choice but to slide into the ancient tomb through the tomb passage to avoid the rapids above. , there was a dangerous situation of sharks below, pointed to Shirley Yang at the bronze door, and said: "Since we can't go up to Guanghan Palace, we can only go down to the cemetery."

Shirley Yang nodded, and then used the diving knife to pry the closed copper door. I pulled out the "water-dividing ancient sword" used by the Hentian clan to take the dragon's jaw with my backhand. At this time, I didn't care how precious the copper sword was. I could only... He used it as a crowbar, but unexpectedly the blade was sharp and tough, and after being strangled several times, the chain tied to the copper door was cut.

At this time, the sea water above the head was pouring down one after another, and the tide had not yet submerged the ghost island. However, under the surging tide, the tide had reached the top. Time was getting increasingly urgent. Uncle Ming, Guchai and others looked anxious, and they all They squeezed over to help and worked together to open the copper door on the wet old tree. The thick copper door had not been opened for thousands of years. When it was opened now, there was no sinister atmosphere. It was just musty and disgusting, revealing a dark place. The wide passage is extremely wide and deep, bottomless, as if it leads directly to the underworld.

Shirley Yang took a stick of "inch phosphorus" and threw it down. After measuring the air circulation, it was harmless to people, so she immediately said to everyone: "There is no sea water in it, and the air is safe. You can go down!"

As I spoke, the tide came to my head. I couldn't think about it anymore. I pushed the people around me into the passage in the "桗木" one by one, followed them and got in. I quickly closed the copper door again, and in the darkness, I felt a sound like rolling thunder in the whole space. The torrent of sea water hit the sacred tree on the seabed with a roar. The sound inside the big wood was even more deafening. The muscles and veins in my whole body seemed to be shattered. The copper door was pried open by us. In the bad places, water is constantly seeping down.

I opened my mouth wide and dared not close it to prevent damage to my eardrums. Someone had already turned on a diving flashlight in the dark wooden passage. This kind of lighting tool is not very effective in a waterless environment, but it can be hung on the body to free up hands. To do other things, I also turned on the diving flashlight on my chest, and saw that in this indescribably large wooden tomb passage, the surrounding wood was extremely dense and the inner wall was rough. Although there was a lot of moisture, it was still wet. It was slippery, and the weights on everyone's bodies were extremely heavy. It was sometimes easy to go up and sometimes difficult to get down in the sloping tomb passage. They had to use diving knives to pierce the wooden wall, grit their teeth, and slowly move downward inch by inch.

I don’t know how long I have been afraid of climbing downwards. The sound of the sea tide hitting the sacred tree has become quieter. I don’t know whether it is because the water in Guixu is full or the tide has receded. But I can’t see the end of the tomb passage. The moisture became more and more pungent, and finally I heard the sound of running water, and the giant tree reached the bottom.

Shirley Yang Teng lowered his hand and threw a phosphorescent bomb down. The light reflected the water. It was no more than ten meters away from the water. Below was a pool of quiet water. There was no where to go. I asked everyone to first put the inflatable rings of the two inflatable backpacks together. They tore them apart, threw them on the water, and then fell into the water one after another. They all struggled to swim to the air bag to rest. Thinking back to the critical situation just now, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.

I looked up and looked around in the bright phosphorescence. The bottom of the huge black tower-like tree fell into a cave formed by the remains of an ancient coral reef. The bottom was filled with water of unknown depth. The copper door led to the water surface in the cave, and there were piles of piles in the cave. It is covered with tortoise shells and keels as big as millstones. The bones are densely packed with ancient symbols and marks for divination. However, they have been soaked in sea water for too many years, and most of them are blurred and difficult to distinguish. On the rocks not far away, there are There is a skull of an ancient creature that looks like a giant whale. There are dozens of bulging human shapes in the skull. It may be the place where the corpse is parked in the ancient tomb. It is probably an ancient corpse that contains "Zhuanzhu" in its mouth and has not changed for thousands of years on the seabed.

I subconsciously touched my diving bag, and then I remembered that I didn’t bring the “Black Donkey Hooves”, but I did have a cold and hard “Qin Wang Bone Mirror”. I felt at ease and wanted to check the water depth, but found that on the dial The index has reached its top, and I don’t know if it’s broken or because the water in the coral cave is simply unfathomable.

When the fat man came down just now, he was so scared that his calves were cramped. But when he saw that there were still dead people in this strange ancient tomb, he suddenly became emotional again and dragged everyone to go to the water to see what was going on. I saw those piles of whales. The bone fossils were just right for everyone to take a break, so they waved to them and asked them to swim over and take off their equipment to take a breather.

Everyone climbed up the rocks exhausted and saw a fish ointment candle made from the mummy of a shark poured with oil. The ointment of the shark will last forever and has a very low ignition point. It can burn as long as there is a little air. , it can be used as a substitute for saving a flashlight. Uncle Ming immediately raised the "fish candle" and lit it. He illuminated several dead bodies in the whale bones and muttered to himself: "Ignore your old mother Hei, there really is an ancient tomb of the Hentian family in the South China Sea. These genuine underwater zombies are worth a lot of money..."

Under the candlelight, before we could see the vague ancient corpse clearly, we first discovered that on the tortoise shell in front of the whale bones, there was a mark of "shock up and down". Since we had seen it two or three times at sea, even Uncle Ming and Fatty has already recognized it. This is a hexagram that "shocks Baili". What is the profound meaning of this ancient hexagram that appears repeatedly in Guixu? (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!)