Chapter 27: Golden Wheel Lock (I)
The last one to descend into the tunnel must be the safest. However, from Jiang Xian's angle, he couldn't see anything below.
It was quiet, entering the dark kingdom. No matter rookies or veterans, they all maintained awe of the unknown. Only the ding-ding sound of the falling rain and the sudden flash of lightning across the sky made the figures of more than a dozen people look like ghosts.
The speed of the lifting rope was not fast. Two minutes passed quickly, and Jiang Xian silently calculated the time in his mind. His ears tried their best to catch every strange sound, but he could only hear the sound of rain hitting the bronze ware getting louder and clearer.
This meant that he was closer to the sculpture below... He pulled the rope hard, and adjusted his energy to a peak.
At this moment, a low cry suddenly came from below.
"What... is this!" "Oh my God... Oh my God..." "Fuck! What the hell... What the hell... Where are we in?!"
It was a sound caused by the shock that could not be suppressed, but it was immediately covered up by consciousness.
Zila... Jiang Xian turned around and headed towards the center of the cave. He suddenly discovered that a huge, hazy black shadow had appeared below him, like a dark god!
Boom! Suddenly, a flash of lightning passed by, reflecting a golden color.
"This is the sculpture!" He pursed his lips and stared down.
It was getting clearer and clearer… As the rope was lowered deeper and more than a dozen cold lights intertwined, he could already see the shape of the sculpture clearly.
big.
Very large.
The first thing that caught Jiang Xian's eye was a carved floating cloud, with the head of the sculpture below it, but it was not clear.
These floating clouds surrounded the sculpture like Buddha clouds, and nine huge discs were carved on it. The discs had no decorations. His body slowly slid down, and he finally saw the head of the sculpture clearly.
It was a man with a dignified face, his hair spread out in all directions like a lion, turning into clouds. His eyes were solemn. According to the proportions, Jiang Xian quickly calculated the size of the statue in his mind and soon came up with the answer.
“Seventy-meter sculpture!”
Facing such a huge sculpture, more than a dozen people climbed the ropes and slid down, like a dozen spiders holding silk. The contrast between the huge and the small made people feel awe to the extreme!
No one dared to speak, and they even held their breath. The golden sculpture shone with a strange golden-white color amidst the flashing thunder. It gave it a heart-pounding vitality. It seemed as if it would come alive in the next second and slap everyone in the face.
The less courageous players turned away unconsciously as they passed the other's eyes, fearing that if they blinked, the nearly meter-wide eye would become more lively and then... look at them.
Jiang Xian was not afraid, but stared at the statue, and first looked at the top of the statue.
Right there, all the hair was skillfully coiled into a circle, and in the middle of the circle stood a golden lotus, probably half a meter thick, with leaves and branches all pitch black.
"Did you see it?" Jiang Xian said to the intercom on his shoulder, "The lotus on the top of the head. This should be the source of the fire that destroyed Darong Village. This statue is hollow inside. But the empty space should not be large."
"It's incredible..." The Eight-Armed Arhat sighed. Her eyesight was the best among all the people. When practicing hidden weapons, good eyesight was the first priority. So she had seen the lotus a long time ago. Just when she was about to look away, her eyes suddenly flashed and she turned her head away abruptly.
After watching it quietly for three seconds, she said in a very serious voice: "Everyone, look...what is that on top of its head?"
Jiang Xian was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked over. At one glance, the sound of people gasping for air came from the channel one after another.
"Snake?!" Ling Xiaozi's voice became louder: "It's a snake? In this world... are there snakes this big?"
"Stop sliding down!" Chu Ziyi shouted into the intercom immediately. In an instant, everyone stopped in mid-air. The two people on the rope couldn't help but pull out their guns after hearing the word "snake".
Snakes... They were not far from the sculpture. If they were really snakes, in this state, they would probably be a replica of Anaconda!
However, they didn't know that the ones who were sweating coldly were not them, but the few people at the top who saw the scene carefully.
"Gulp..." Ling Xiaozi swallowed hard, holding the whisk in his hand. His fingers were white because he was holding it too hard. He saw clearly that the sculpture's hair formed a circle on the top of its head. The circle was about ten meters in size. A lotus stretched out from it. But around the lotus... like a mosquito coil, there was a huge snake coiled!
White snake.
It's probably as thick as a bucket. If you look at the length of the coil, it's at least more than 15 meters when unfolded! This is probably the largest python discovered in China so far. It doesn't take any effort to eat a person! Once it rolls you up, no matter how skilled you are, you'll die in an instant!
“What the hell…” Ling Xiaozi gritted his teeth and looked up, then looked above his head: “In this state… there is actually such a thing! Jiang… you are committing a sin!”
No matter whose snake it is, it’s always right to blame Jiang Xian first…
There was a dead silence, and fear was boiling and contagious. Eyes roamed around in panic, and the next second, several people exclaimed: "There's more! There's more here!" "I have it here too!" "Look... look at his neck! I, I thought he was wearing a necklace!"
The first person who tied the lifting rope had already reached the neck of the statue. They could see that there were several giant white pythons coiled on the earlobes and neck of the statue!
"Why are you panicking?" Chu Ziyi said in a low voice, "This could be the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor! Haven't you heard of the rumor that there are thousands of giant pythons released into the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor?"
The voice on the intercom temporarily became quieter. Jiang Xian said softly, "Eighth Sister."
As soon as the words fell, the eight-armed arhat pointed his finger, and the thick hand stroke was as fast as lightning, and a cold light broke through the air. With a light sound of "plop", a hole was directly punched through the seven-inch position of the white snake!
Like paper.
"This is...what's going on?" "Is it fake? Is it fake?" "This...is it too realistic?"
The intercom, which had just calmed down, was boiling again. The intercom is a self-built channel and does not rely on information transfer and exchange equipment, so the capacity is theoretically unlimited, but because the frequency is the same, multiple people will interfere with each other every time. And this time, the simultaneous exclamation directly made the noisy sound of the radio waves so loud that Jiang Xian turned his head.
Then, he grabbed the spare rope next to the lifting rope and pushed hard against the wall. In full view of everyone, without anyone being mentally prepared, the rope swung and actually floated directly over the head of the Colossus.
At this moment, it seems as if time has stopped.
Countless new and old team members saw this scene - under the heavy rain, the golden man was entangled by the white snake underground, and a nimble figure flew through the air. Just as the rope approached the top of the giant, Jiang Xian opened his black umbrella again, and like a light step on water, he flipped in the air and landed on the top of the giant.
silence.
All that could be heard was the sound of heavy rain.
The next second, a voice gasped in shock from the intercom: "What the hell?!"
Then, there was another trance-like voice: "A sword came from the west... a fairy from the sky?"
Shocked.
This scene will be forever imprinted in the minds of all the exploration team members. Except for Ling Xiaozi and the others, they will remember this scene for the rest of their lives. If it weren't for the discipline, the intercom would probably be filled with a sea of noise right now!
"Shut up!" Chu Ziyi's forehead veins jumped: "If you want to get paid to do something, whoever doesn't do the job well, don't even think about getting a penny!"
Listening to the sudden silence on the channel, he immediately said, "Mr. Jiang, are you okay?"
This sound finally woke up Ling Xiaozi and the others. Several voices rang out at the same time: "Mr. Jiang! Are you crazy?!" "Mr. Jiang, what are you doing!?" "Be careful!"
Jiang Xian had already squatted down above his head and waved his hand gently: "This is a snake slough."
However, no one else breathed a sigh of relief.
Snake slough... means there was once such a giant python here. Maybe... maybe it is still nearby!
"There won't be any snakes here." Jiang Xian said calmly, "There aren't usually any snakes in places where snakes shed their skin. They shed their skin far away from their nests. Don't worry!"
The words were simple, but this time, apparently everyone listened.
Rustle... Under the violent storm, dozens of tiny figures slowly slid across the giant's head, shoulders, abdomen... all the way down. The further down they went, the more they felt the giant's size. It was no exaggeration to describe it as breathtaking. The carving was so fine that the armor on the body and the lines on the fingers were lifelike. It seemed as if... as long as they clicked their eyes, the giant would come alive immediately!
Jiang Xian stared at the sculpture intently. He had already slid past the other person's waist. His eyes were fixed on the other person's hand.
The statue has his hands spread out, fingers crossed on his abdomen, and in his hands, he holds a huge golden ball.
There was no sculpture, just an ordinary golden ball, which was locked in the palms of the golden man like a lock.
After an unknown amount of time, everyone landed on the ground. Everyone looked up and stared at the huge sculpture in awe.
"What the hell is this thing..." Chu Ziyi didn't even bother to wipe the rain off his face, and said in a trembling voice: "Most of it is covered with verdigris. If the tomb is really Qin Shihuang's, it must be at least two thousand years old... Is this carved by... Qin Shihuang himself?"
It's so magnificent...Looking from below, it really looks like a god. It hits the most shocking corner of the human heart.
"Have you ever seen Qin Shi Huang with three bird legs?" Jiang Xian said calmly while holding an umbrella and observing the surroundings.
Yes, the upper body of this sculpture is human, but the lower body has three bird legs that suddenly grow out, supporting the whole body in a triangle shape. It stands abruptly in this huge space, like a prisoner of demons.
Boom! Lightning flashed across the sky, making it look particularly ferocious.
