Chapter 31: The cycle of death?(1/2)
Thinking about the bumpy journey and seeing the sad scene in front of you again, Hu Che felt very guilty and despair.
He was a depressed and unsuccessful border policeman. Most of his comrades who joined the army at the same time were already in a state of great success. Looking at himself, Hu Che became more and more sad and had a lot of negative emotions.
He pulled out a dagger, laughed at the cold light of the blade, hanged himself in great grief, and died with his ambition...
With his hand raised his knife and was about to stab the heart, Han Meimei in her arms raised her face, wiped a bloodline from her forehead, and looked around like a spring silkworm.
The fog around was getting thicker and thicker. Han Meimei didn't see anything else, but saw Hu Che right in front of her and couldn't help but be surprised: "Ah? Big brother, are you here in this underworld? Is it because of me? I knew that you can't bear to leave me."
Hu Che was stunned and held Han Meimei and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you not dead yet?"
Han Meimei thought she was dead, but after hitting her, she woke up a little bit, shook her head, and then she wondered why she wanted to die like this?
"Ah? Big brother, are you going to commit suicide?" Han Meimei said in surprise when she saw Hu Che raised the dagger.
Hu Che just frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't want to live in this world anymore, it's boring."
I don’t know why, but Han Meimei also wanted to die very much. Just as Hu Che said, she suddenly realized that living was boring.
But Han Meimei had attempted suicide after all. After one experience, although she was still very sad, she was still rational and sober, and she had a subjective consciousness of fighting against this sad mood in her mind.
"Brother, be more awake. This place is evil and will make people sad."
Without outsiders' reminder, this kind of emotional fluctuation from within is difficult to detect and prevent. As long as you have a sense of it, you can control yourself, at least rational or sober.
At this time, Hu Che was sad and afraid. Although he felt sad and wanted to seek death, this emotion was clearly disturbed by the outside world. Even if he was tired of the world, he shouldn't commit suicide by wiping his neck at this time?
Realizing this, Hu Che quickly threw the dagger away, constantly comforting himself: You can't seek death, you can't seek death, the unit will pay you another 4 days, and the director also said that he would introduce me to the partner. Liu Xiaozhuang from the border defense force still owed me 300 yuan and didn't pay me back...
Just muttering around, I don’t want to die so much if I have the belief in living.
But even though he overcame his extreme sorrow, the sadness and powerlessness still exist.
At this time, looking at Hu Shanshan and Zhang Shuaishuai on the side, they all leaned against the pile of stones and cried, as if they had suffered some blow, and were in a slump, decadent and depressed.
Hu Che was not stupid either. He soon realized that this situation was very similar to the previous Yintou Weng. If you don’t do anything, everyone will lose their will because of this sadness. Even if you don’t commit suicide, you will consume yourself here because of your despair and will never get out again.
As soon as he realized this, he suddenly saw Han Meimei lying on the ground, saying some strange words sadly and closing his eyes.
Seeing this, Hu Che knew that she had not been able to fight and had already planned to lie down and wait for death.
Hu Che pushed her, but when he saw that he had no reaction, he asked Hu Shanshan and Zhang Shuaishuai again. He slapped his palm on the faces before waking them up, and then explained the evil nature here.
The latter was so scared that he slapped his forehead. It was obviously still in pain, but he was already fighting for himself.
Zhang Shuaishuai's glasses were broken, and she stood up while groping, and suddenly pushed her hands hard on the pile of stones.
After pushing it several times, the pile of stones fell down.
Only then did everyone see that there was a skeleton corpse that collapsed to the ground with the stones.
"This...is there a dead person inside?"
Hu Che took a step back and quickly kicked Han Meimei, urging her to get up quickly.
Han Meimei waved her hand sadly and impatiently: "Don't bother me, I won't accept customers today."
When Zhang Shuishu heard them say there were bones in the pile of stones, his face changed suddenly. He groped and found another pile of stones, put his face on and listened.
When Zhang Shuaishuai heard this, his face turned even more ugly, and he was so scared that he staggered and fell to the ground.
"These are all old men's helmets, they are graves."
Since ancient times, many places have had a strange custom called abandoning old custom.
This is a phenomenon in the development of human civilization. It is believed that the elderly have lost their productivity and should abandon their ethnic groups at a certain age and leave limited resources to young children.
Maybe when looking at this again, many people will be indignant and accused him of being contrary to human ethics, but in that material scarcity and lack of clothing and clothing, human survival is threatened, but from the perspective of the human population, it is beneficial.
The custom of abandoning old people is not just accusation of human relations. Throughout history, abandoning old people is not uncommon.
Zhang Shuishu told everyone his guess and said, "I heard that before the liberation, there was still a custom of abandoning the old man. Any elderly person in his family who did not die of illness after the age of 60 will build an old man's helmet in front of the door. The children will feed them for a period of time, and then seal the old man in a pile of stones and let him die..."
After hearing this, everyone was mixed with emotions. They looked around and couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.
"I said why would there be such a big resentment here! It turns out that it comes from these stone tombs!"
Hu Che pulled Han Meimei up, and the two of them supported each other and walked forward. Although the sadness here was strange and evil, as long as the consciousness was firm, it could still be devastated, which was slightly inferior to Yintouweng's demonic nature.
Zhang Shuishu also continued to move forward with the help of Hu Shanshan, groping forward while talking, for fear that when everyone relaxed their attention, they would have the opportunity to take advantage of the sadness here.
"Even though the old man is hateful, it is just a bad habit in human civilization. It is also because of its existence that will make future generations cherish and respect the elderly more. It is a manifestation of civilization progress..."
Hu Shanshan didn't have the time to listen to these great principles, looked around and asked in a low voice: "I don't understand why there are so many stone tombs in this cave? And why do we feel heartbroken when we place these stone tombs here? Is there any scientific basis for this?"
Zhang Shuishu was shocked. If he insisted on putting this situation into science, it would be a big topic. But why did the old man appear here? Is it still necessary to ask?
"Hua Xiaodie is proficient in Yin and Yang prophecies and divination, and she is really a strange woman! I don't know what secret she has tried hard to protect."
Hearing this, Hu Che sneered: "The Revolutionary Army of the Northern Expedition was unstoppable. Sun Yukui knew he was doomed, so he asked Hua Xiaodie to bring his family wealth and reserve force to hide it. So it can be imagined that the end of this corridor must be the property plundered by Sun Yukui."
"I heard that Sun Yukui had dug an ancient tomb. The reason why his power is huge is that he uses the treasures obtained from the tomb digging."
While speaking, the four of them had already walked out of the old man's pile of stones, and the mist in front of them melted, which was a corner of ninety degrees.
Walking through the corner, when the light of the flashlight shone through, everyone's eyes lit up, and there was a straight passage in front of them, with many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the stone walls on both sides of the corridor.
...
I saw that there was a piece of white in front of me, covering the entire cave, with ancient ink calligraphy and paintings.
Zhang Shuaishuai lost her glasses and couldn't see clearly. She squinted her eyes and looked around with her neck stretched out.
Hu Che looked at Hu Shanshan with doubts and said, "You said before, what else is there for the sufferings of the world that Moslin told you? Joy?"
Han Meimei interrupted, "Oh, big brother, how can joy be considered suffering?"
That being said, everyone knows in their hearts that if such a rule really exists, the emotional harm they will face next should be a frame-up with joy as the theme. But how can joy kill people? This is a bit incredible.
Zhang Shuaishuai's knowledge seemed to be quite extensive, and everyone looked at him in unison.
Shuai Shuai lost glasses and was like a blind man. After hearing the description in front of him, she said astonished: "I heard that there was an eunuch named Ruan An in the morning. He was a talented man who had participated in the construction of Zijing City."
Hu Shanshan narrowed her eyes and asked, "Ruan An? Isn't it a eunuch?"
Zhang Shuishu nodded and said, "If a person has defects, his mentality will change. And this Ruan An from Nanyue is a very talented alien. He once painted nine thousand three hundred paintings, all of which were happy and desires in the world. It is said that his paintings are magical. If you observe them, you will feel happiness and enjoyment, so that you will lose your mind and escape from it and will be banned forever..."
"Damn, is this evil?"
Zhang Shuishu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's heard from, but it should be fake."
Han Meimei lit a cigarette, and there was still blood thread hanging on her head, which was very embarrassed.
"No matter how much food it is, it will burn it, and everything is gone." Han Meimei said as she went up to light the fire.
Hu Che thought it was inappropriate and stopped her and said, "Sister-in-law, can you not be so violent? With so many calligraphy and paintings, the fire is together, I'm afraid we will be roasted into Sichuan bacon."
"What do you think you should do?"
Hu Che had no choice, but then he thought, if what Zhang Shuaishuai said was true, it would be a good way to die, at least he would be to sink into happiness and enjoyment.
"Can we do it without looking at it without looking?" Hu Che suddenly suggested.
At this time, Hu Shanshan narrowed her eyes. She had good eyesight. If she looked over with a flashlight, she could vaguely see some of the characters and paintings.
"I think we may be considering the problem complicated."
Hu Shanshan said and turned to everyone, saying, "Just you said, if this place is really a kind of calligraphy and painting that confuses people's minds, just burn it or cover your eyes. Hua Xiaodie has done such a big trouble, why should you set up such a level with obvious flaws?"
Zhang Shuishu nodded and quickly understood what she meant.
As a senior dog licking who has been maintained for four years, he can quickly understand the meaning of the goddess's myth.
"Although the levels we passed are dangerous, they are not desperate situations. Hua Xiaodie is deliberately guiding us."
Hu Shanshan nodded, squatted on the ground, drew a long corridor with the stone, and divided it into paragraphs.
He signaled: "It is not difficult to see if we sorted out the levels we experienced. The caves here are in groups of two: the first choice is the pottery pots and the arsenal on the rock wall, which we need to be careful to pass; then there are two caves separated by screens, which are haunted and brave enough to pass; followed by Yintou Weng and Lao Renzhao, which both amplify our inner emotions, require willpower and self-awareness to pass."
"You mean, these levels are a test for us?"
After Hu Shanshan said that, she threw away the stone, stood up and clapped her palms and said, "If there is really a regularity, this level in front of her should have nothing to do with emotions, it is a new test topic."
Although Zhang Shuaishuai's eyes were invisible, he was very sensitive to the space scope here. He thought about it for a while and suddenly said: "This tomb passage will not be too long. After passing the three tests of 'carefulness', 'bold and brave', 'rational will', the last one should be."
After finishing smoking the cigarette in Han Meimei's hand, she threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it on her toes, "Cao, Hua Xiaodie is quite good at playing, just like she knew we would come here to see her. She has prepared so many tests to see me. I'm afraid she's a lunatic!"
"Hua Xiaodie's behavior is a bit suspicious of showing off her talent, so I think the last test of our wisdom and talent is the key, so these calligraphy and paintings are very important, and may be the key to opening the last secret."
After Zhang Shuishu said that, he suggested that everyone continue to move forward. There may be no direct danger in this level, but it is very challenging and needs to go in and find clues.
That being said, it was everyone's guess after all. If you really want to walk forward, everyone is still very worried and afraid to move forward.
But we must take this step in the end, and we cannot stop because of fear.
The four people were walking on thin ice, looking while walking. The two walls were covered with messy calligraphy and paintings, which mostly depicted the various forms of life, from the hustle and bustle of the city to the farming of the countryside, all kinds of things.
As we walked, the cave ended. As Zhang Shuaishuai said, there was indeed no direct danger in this level.
But when they walked forward, there was another corner of 90 degrees. When they walked over, they were stunned. The calligraphy and paintings in front of them were still covered with white flowers, exactly the same as what they saw when they walked out of the old man's helmet before.
"This... is back?"
Hu Che looked back incredibly, but because there was a corner of 90 degrees, he couldn't see the cave behind him.
To be continued...