Chapter 663: The Pilgrim Team
Flying and jumping are prohibited in the Valley of the Dead.
But that only works if there's nothing underneath.
Just like you can jump lightly on the plank road, as long as there is something blocking the gap, it can be used as a temporary ground, so that you can easily jump over.
Everyone tied the gong hammers seized from the red lantern head to the joints of the red lantern head to prevent the joints of the red lantern head from bending at critical moments.
Then he placed Red Lantern's body at the gap in the plank road, and the stiff body did not fall down.
After placing the body, a stone was thrown over the body, proving that Wu Xian's guess was correct.
After everything was verified, everyone started to pass through the crack.
Under normal circumstances, with a running jump, even a girl can easily jump over a distance of more than three meters.
But everyone was in poor condition, the plank road was not suitable for running, and the obstruction of the corpses made everyone's jump very thrilling.
Lan Xuan, the last one to pass, almost fell from the crack because of her poor physical strength. Fortunately, General Huang Yuan, who had been guarding on the side, caught her hand and prevented her from falling into the bottomless abyss.
At this point, everyone successfully passed this two-meter "natural chasm".
When we first entered the blessed land, there were sixteen people in total.
As of now, the family members include Wu Xian, Jiang Huaian, Guo Xiake, Han Yu, Lan Xuan, Huang Yuanjiang and Fan Qingyue, a total of seven people have survived.
The newcomers are Yuan Buai, Liu Chen, Qu Ying, Zhong Xiuwen and Fu Dahai.
The group of twelve people took a brief rest.
Then, under the illumination of the ghost fire, he moved quietly downwards.
The plank road made a creaking sound, and the dust accumulated over the years fell down. Under the plank road, which was less than half a meter wide, was the Valley of the Dead, which was unknown how deep it was. Occasionally, a corpse would crawl by, or a person, animal, or bird would fall down. The wind blowing through the canyon made a roar like that of an evil spirit.
As they walked down, there was not a single moment when anyone could feel at ease.
Wu Xian discovered as he moved forward.
The further down you go, the smoother the rock wall becomes. You can clearly see traces of human excavation, which should be the work of the excavators. Some of the rock walls are even engraved with patterns similar to carvings.
There were fewer hollows on the rock wall, and the colorful and dense will-o'-the-wisp fires also became sparse and monotonous. The further they walked, the more unsure they felt, not knowing what terrifying things were waiting for them ahead.
This journey took almost an hour.
Suddenly, Fan Qingyue, who was walking in the front, stopped and shouted to the back:
"The plank road is broken!"
Everyone was suddenly in an uproar. Was it possible that, like before, they would need to pass through unknown traps before they could find a way to move forward?
Fan Qingyue changed the subject and smiled:
"We have reached the end of the plank road. It seems like there is a large space here, just like the crack cave on the upper level. We can take a rest here for a while!"
Wu Xian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then he complained about Fan Qingyue's way of speaking halfway.
He even wanted to rush over and kick her hard on the butt, but when he thought that she might feel comfortable doing so, he gave up the idea.
From the plank road, you can see the condition of the entrance of this space.
The outermost side is a huge stone door frame, with sculptures on each side. However, these two sculptures are crafted with exquisite skills and can use stone to carve out the features of flexible objects, but the specific carvings are very grotesque.
One is an amorphous piece of flesh with countless tentacles, and the other is a gas mass with countless faces. There is no text description, so it is impossible to understand what the statue wants to express. Slightly inside, you can see the rock floor, the vertical smooth rock wall and two extinguished metal lamp stands on the rock wall.
Considering that the last time they entered the crack cave, they were attacked by a madman, which caused the mink girl Bai Yuxin to fall off the cliff and die, so everyone was very careful when entering the new space this time.
Everyone stood vigilantly. Wu Xian, holding a kerosene lighter, walked to the lamp stand under everyone's protection and lit the wick of the oil lamp.
call……
Warm firelight lit up from the lampstand, and then everyone saw that there were more than a dozen mummies staring at them!
After a brief shock, everyone confirmed that these were really just corpses, and not evil spirits pretending to be corpses.
In addition to the mummy, everyone also discovered that this was a huge stone room, covering an area of almost three hundred square meters.
On the left side of the room, there are twelve tables with different statues of gods placed on them, corresponding to the twelve people who are still alive.
Deep in the room, there is a stone staircase leading down.
This staircase should be the way everyone will take next, which means that they don’t have to split up to find the way, they can just go down the stairs.
After looking at everything in the room, everyone looked back at the mummies.
There were a total of sixteen mummies, all in different postures. They looked very relaxed, as if they had died without knowing it. The clothes they were wearing were all styles that were convenient for moving in the wild.
Wu Xian squatted beside a dried corpse and looked at the information card hanging on her chest.
The mummy's name is Fatima. She belongs to the 27th pilgrim team and is only 28 years old. At first glance, it is difficult to connect the blonde and blue-eyed athletic beauty in the photo with this mummy.
Everyone looked at everyone's name tags one by one.
It was discovered that these mummies came from different countries and regions, belonged to different races and cultures, but were united together.
Like Wu Xian and others, they were sent down by humans from above to make a pilgrimage to the bottom of the Valley of the Dead!
These people, as ordinary people, were able to overcome numerous crises and make countless sacrifices to reach this position, which is enough to show their abilities.
But they still died here.
Jiang Huaian couldn't help but sigh:
"I don't know what happened up there, but judging from these badges, at least in the early days of the disaster, the countries of this world united and mobilized huge manpower and material resources to send people to the Valley of the Dead for pilgrimage. That's why the 27th pilgrimage team was able to be so large."
"As for our group, they seem more like unlucky citizens who were randomly captured. This is enough to show that the world above the canyon is on the verge of collapse."
The world of Fudi is so cruel. If Wu Xian and others did not have the ability to worship gods, they would not have been able to get here.
After confirming that there was no danger on the body, everyone began to search it.
Each corpse was fully equipped with gloves, woolen hats, windproof sunglasses, safety ropes... but there were no knives, binoculars and other items that Wu Xian and others were most looking forward to.
In addition, there is a huge mountaineering bag next to the mummy.
These mountaineering bags gave everyone a huge surprise. There were sleeping bags, bandages, medicines and food in the bags. Most of the food had spoiled, but there were still some cans that should be edible normally after opening!
With these supplies, the tired people can finally have a good rest.
(End of this chapter)
