Chapter 9: Catacombs
After I fell to the ground, I was completely dazed.
This is obvious, the sound coming from the floor doesn't sound solid.
"Look around and see if there's a shovel ." I stood up and looked around.
The house was full of garbage and in a mess.
But there was no shovel.
My cousin squatted down and took a look, then asked Dong Jing and I to stop.
"Don't look for it. This is not something you can get with a shovel. There is probably a secret room underground. We need to find a mechanism in this house to have a chance to open the secret room."
My cousin’s words made me freeze for a moment and frowned slightly.
organ……
Because no one has lived in this house for many years, the whole house is in a mess and there is no water or electricity.
The mechanism must be in some corner where no one knows about it, and the house is so big, how can we find it in a short time?
I was stopped by my cousin's words and didn't know where to start looking.
Dong Jing was quite enthusiastic and had already been searching everywhere in the living room.
She held a powerful flashlight in her hand, and wherever she passed by, there would be a strong light.
I bit the flashlight and started looking for the mechanism.
Suddenly something jumped out and I stepped back and hit the wall behind me.
It seemed like something was protruding from the wall and hit my back directly. It hurt so much that tears came out.
But at this moment, the mechanism was activated.
The tiles began to slowly move away, revealing a staircase.
Just as my cousin said, there is a secret room inside.
We saw a hole in the floor and were very curious.
My cousin went down first, but after taking only two steps, he missed a step and slid down.
I was lying on the side watching, and when I saw that my cousin was in danger, I quickly reached out to help him.
But when my cousin's hand pulled mine, I felt a powerful force pulling me down.
I didn't control myself well and was pulled down by him.
The secret room was not deep and we soon reached the bottom.
Fortunately, my cousin was cushioning me, otherwise I would have fallen and been injured.
"You kid! Why don't you get up quickly?!"
My cousin's complaining voice rang in my ears, and I slowly got up.
But my waist seems to be twisted, and it hurts a lot when I move.
In front of us, there was something like a stone wall blocking our way.
"Maybe it's just a storage room. There's no way out." I muttered softly.
Dong Jing, who was upstairs, slowly came down at this time. She shone the strong flashlight in her hand on the stone wall, and I lay on it to look carefully.
There was text on it, but I couldn't read it carefully.
As Dong Jing walked down, the light became brighter and brighter, and the words in front of him became clearer.
But just as Dong Jing reached the bottom, the tiles above our heads were closing.
Oops!
My heart shuddered.
If the floor tiles are closed, how are we going to get back later?
Thinking of this, I ran back.
In a few seconds, I jumped onto the stairs and reached out to grab the floor tile.
But the tiles were too heavy and I couldn't pull them by myself.
It wasn't until my cousin came to help that I could barely get the tiles to move slower.
But there is still no way to prevent the tiles from seaming.
I was extremely anxious and had already rehearsed in my mind how we would die.
Let’s not talk about whether we can stay here for ten days or half a month and then starve to death. The biggest possibility is that we will suffocate to death.
"Dong Jing, go out first. Once you go out, press the button on the wall and it will open."
I was sweating all over, with beads of sweat oozing out of my forehead, so my tone of voice was naturally not that gentle.
Dong Jing didn't bother with me at this time and just took two steps up the stairs.
But for some reason, the speed at which the floor tiles were sewn together suddenly increased.
My cousin and I, two grown men, couldn't hold on any longer. Seeing this, Dong Jing quickly quickened his pace.
Just as she was about to go out, the floor tiles were completely sewn together.
I looked a little discouraged, frowning and breathing heavily.
What should I do?
Before I could recover, the stone wall behind us suddenly moved.
What does it mean?
Double mechanism?
As long as the floor tiles are closed, the stone wall will open.
After the stone wall was opened, there was a large secret room in front of us.
This secret room is very strange. There are , a big pit in the middle, and a straight road ahead.
I took two steps and found that my cousin didn't catch up with me, so I turned around to look at him.
"Don't go forward yet, this place is a bit weird. It looks like an ancient tomb, and it's a Chinese tomb."
My cousin looked a little nervous. He took Dong Jing's flashlight and looked around.
I followed the light of the flashlight and began to look around the secret room.
It is indeed just as my cousin said, this terrain looks like the Chinese character "中".
Dong Jing and I didn't dare to run around. My cousin was the most skilled among us, so we all followed him.
As he moved forward, we followed.
After walking a short distance, a wooden box similar to a coffin suddenly appeared in front of me.
But this wooden box is different from ordinary coffins .
There is a large white paper flower on top of the wooden box, which looks quite old.
The wooden box was just closed, which proved that there must be a body lying inside.
This is an underground tomb.
"Let's go," I said with a trembling voice. Staying here made me feel a little uncomfortable. "I don't feel good to come to someone's cemetery for no reason."
Dong Jing turned around and looked at me with a sharp look in her eyes: "If you want to leave, just leave. No one is keeping you here."
As she turned around, she muttered again, "A grown man is always scared like a dog."
When she said that, my face immediately started to burn.
People only for a few decades, so there is no need to waste your life in advance.
But there was no way, I couldn't find the way out, so I could only follow them.
"We have to find a way to get this coffin out."
My cousin changed his usual nonchalant look and became serious, which made him look quite handsome.
"We can't even find the way out now, how are we going to get this coffin?" I said with a hint of complaint.
After all, coming here was not entirely my intention. Although I am greedy for money and don't want to waste a good opportunity to make money, I also have to live to spend the money I earn!
"Just shut up!" Dong Jing couldn't help but growl. I didn't dare to say anything and continued to move forward.
I was also very angry. After this, if I follow my cousin again, I will take his surname!
I walked forward with my head down, when suddenly I heard a rustling sound in my ears, which made my scalp tingle.
