Chen Yulou was in a panic as he repeatedly urged everyone to leave this place. The tomb passage of the First Emperor's mausoleum seemed to have been opened in a tunnel eroded by the underground river. Other than the everlasting lantern tunnel that led to the depths, there were many large and small caves that led to unknown places. After walking for a few kilometers to the north, the stone wall suddenly widened. The everlasting lantern tunnel continued to extend into the distance, but they could no longer continue forward.
The foreigners were hungry and tired. Although it was safe to follow this path, no one could survive without food and water.
The karst cave suddenly widened at this intersection, and a very spacious space suddenly appeared in front of them. The everlasting lantern tunnel extended forward along the plank road on the stone wall, disappearing into the cover of the opposite rock wall. The top of the cave was about ten meters high, and the left and right sides extended infinitely, leading to an unknown place.
"I hear the sound of water! It's coming from the west. " Chen Yulou said in a low voice. The east side of the plank road was a hard stone wall, and the west side was a steep cliff. The cave was almost fifty meters high, but near the exit where Chen Yulou and the others were, there was a relatively gentle steep slope. Although it was still rugged, it was enough for them to use ropes to descend.
Fortunately, only the top section, which was about five meters high, was relatively steep and curved. They needed to use a rock wedge to fix it on the stone platform next to the plank road, and then put down a rope to let them descend. Fortunately, only the less than five meters drop needed to be lowered with a rope, otherwise, the rope they brought with them would not be enough.
At this time, the things that Laura and the others brought could be put to use. Their fiber ropes were strong and durable, and much lighter than the leather ropes that Molle carried with him. The Xieling Ridge bandits also had this kind of device to cross the terrain, called a centipede ladder. The soft ladder was shaped like a centipede, and the barbs that extended out from each section could hook onto the cracks of the rock wall and play a fixed role. However, this kind of Xieling Ridge secret device was carried separately by the bandits so that they could regroup at any time.
After Chen Yulou and the others were separated from the Xieling Ridge bandits, they were no longer useful.
On the other side, Laura, O'Connor, and the others were fixing the rock wedges at the edge of the cliff. Kunlun Molle asked Chen Yulou in a low voice, "Young Master, do you think these foreigners are reliable? I have a feeling that they want to take us deeper into the mausoleum of the First Emperor. "
Chen Yulou replied in the same Xiangxi dialect, "Of course not, but we are now in a hopeless situation. Without these people's help, it will be even more troublesome. We, the Ridges Shifting Warriors, are not the Gold Raiders. We care about numbers. Now that there are only two or three of us, what's the difference between rushing in and dying? Although these people have ulterior motives, at least they can be used by us for the time being. Moreover, the guns are on our side, so what can they do? "
While the foreigners were tying the ropes, Partridge Whistle found Laura and asked, "No one has entered the mausoleum of the First Emperor for thousands of years. How did you know that he was going to be resurrected? And what's in it for you to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to stop the resurrection of the First Emperor?"
Laura replied, "Stopping the resurrection of the First Emperor Qin is good for the whole world. I know that your country has been invaded. Many countries in the West are eyeing China covetously. Many people expect a 'sage' to save China. Your great scholar, Mr. Liang Qichao, is obsessed with the so-called 'enlightened autocracy.' The martial arts of the Dragon Emperor have made you all look forward to it. "
"But this kind of expectation is just an illusion. The resurrected dead have nothing to do with the person who was alive. They are bloodthirsty and cruel, and they don't care about any life. This has been proven in the West! "
"Are those rumors true?" Partridge Whistle asked with a solemn expression, "Did the West really resurrect a dead Egyptian high priest and let him bring four subordinates who were resurrected with him to destroy England?"
Laura recalled all this, took a deep breath, and said, "Yes, we are here to save our country. And it's not us who resurrected the monster, but a group of Easterners. In Egypt, they used a kind of divine power to resurrect the ancient Egyptian high priest, Imoden, and then brought the other half of the divine power to the East. We have reliable information that their target is the Dragon Emperor. After resurrecting Imoden, they decided to resurrect the cursed king of the East and let his Undead Empire rule the earth again. At that time, the tragedy that happened in England will happen again in China. "
The expression on Partridge Whistle's face changed. He seemed to be looking forward to it, and then he asked worriedly, "Then among the subordinates of the Egyptian high priest, Imoden, is there a woman whose eyes are connected to a world like the abyss?"
Laura was stunned. She never expected this Easterner to care about this. "There is such a person. We call her the Eye of Infinity, Menes. When she opens her eyes, everything she sees will be swallowed into hell. We have tried to peek into the world behind her eyes, but all the results pointed to … "
"Pointed to what?" Partridge Whistle asked excitedly.
Laura rolled her eyes with her back to Partridge Whistle. She decided to tell a lie. "The power that points to the resurrection of Imoden. We think that Imoden gave the divine power to his subordinates, which allowed Menes to master this terrible power. Now, the Dragon Emperor's mausoleum may also have this power. "
As soon as Laura's voice trailed off, she saw that Partridge Whistle had fallen into a trance. However, she had decided to tempt Partridge Whistle to help her save the world, stop the resurrection of the Dragon Emperor, and obtain the weapon to destroy Imoden at the same time. Her heart was beating fast. She was worried that Partridge Whistle would see through her lies, because Menes obviously had this power before Imoden had obtained the divine power. She quickly changed the topic.
"Sir, I know you don't trust us, but please think about it. The fate of China should be in the hands of its people, not a resurrected dead man, an ancient tyrant. The example of England is not far away. The elites and outstanding people of your country are trying to wake up this sleeping lion. As long as this country of 400 million people awakens, it will definitely stand tall in the world! It will definitely stand tall in the world! Why place your hope on a dead man? "
Partridge Whistle was silent. He quietly returned to Chen Yulou's side and said to him, "What do you think of what she said?"
"What do you mean?" Chen Yulou raised his head in surprise and asked.
"Stop pretending. I don't believe what we said can escape your ears! Should we really stop the resurrection of the First Emperor? " Partridge Whistle said, "Although these foreigners can't be trusted, you and I both know that there is an order of Yin and Yang, and that there is a Dao of life and death. The resurrection of the dead is destined to go against the laws of life and death. Moreover, the hope of today's China does not lie in the hands of a dead emperor."
"So you are willing to stop the resurrection of the Qin First Emperor?" Chen Yulou was silent. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and rolled one for himself. He picked it up and lit it in his mouth. He puffed out smoke rings and said, "These foreigners are up to no good, but the Qin First Emperor may not be a good person either. If they want the things in the mausoleum of the First Emperor, they will have to get through me first! "
"A thief does not leave empty-handed. I, Chen Yulou, am determined to get that thing!" Chen Yulou grinned and said, "Maybe one day, I can also play as an emperor!"
Partridge Whistle looked at him deeply, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
At this time, the ropes that went down were finally arranged. Red Lady took the lead. She was from an opera troupe, so she was the most agile. She could play with a rope, not to mention going down. Therefore, she easily landed on a relatively flat stone slope below and raised her head to meet the people coming down from above.
The second person to come down was Laura, followed by Commander Bai, Kunlun Molle, and O'Connor. Chen Yulou was halfway down when he suddenly heard the movement of another person on the stone platform above his head. He hurriedly sped up and shouted above his head, "Be careful! There's someone! "
Partridge Whistle was protecting the rope with Indiana Jones. When he heard Chen Yulou's warning, he saw a white shadow flashing by from the corner of his eyes. The two box cannons fired behind him. Partridge Whistle's marksmanship was superb. Even though he fired in a hurry, he did not lose his aim. The bullets hit the chest of the white shadow, making muffled sounds as if they had hit rubber or rotten wood.
However, the white shadow did not seem to be injured. It was only the recoil of the bullets that made it pause, revealing its true face.
It was a tall humanoid covered in feathers. From the parts of the body that were not covered by feathers, one could see that its skin was purple and had already dried up. A layer of white corpse hair covered it, and then a layer of flat feather-like hair grew over it. The two bat muscles under its ribs were particularly prominent. From afar, it looked like there was an extra layer of flesh between its arms and ribs.
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