Book 1: Chapter 45

Book 1: Chapter 45

"Burn rhinoceros horn?" I wondered aloud. Burning such a thing in an ancient tomb do you want to see ghosts? And why burn it in this exact spot?

An image suddenly popped into my head of a basin full of rhinoceros horn wax slowly burning in this lonely underground hole. No one could see the light from this position except for those who climbed into this passage.

There were distance markers inside the hole and a warningor last wordsoutside of it. I took a deep breath and shouted, "Fatty, let me pick your brain."

"Little Brother is closer to you, can't you ask him first?" Fatty scolded back.

I cursed, "Cut the crap. I have something to discuss with you. I see something now. I then proceeded to describe everything I saw.

"Whats behind the bronze basin?" He asked.

I took a look with my lighter, but it was just more of the dark hole without any noticeable differences.

But it had to be different. This was the end of the yin markers and there was a bronze basin with rhinoceros horn candles in it. No matter how you looked at it, this place was different and very special.

When I told Fatty about the situation, he remained silent for a moment before leisurely saying, "Shall we enumerate? Think about it first, why would someone carve a distance marker in this tunnel?"

It wasnt unusual to carve a marker like this, but it was normally carved in the opposite direction. "This reversed carving is like a countdown, I said to him. It means that whoever entered this hole only wanted to go as far as seven yin."

I was surprised, but quickly realized that they were right.

But highways were set up like this because they only went one way and it was impossible to turn back. So, if you missed this exit, the next one would be hundreds of kilometers away.

I broke out in a cold sweat and said to myself, dont tell mefrom this point on, we can't get out of this hole? Is there an exit right in front of us?

If the next exit was a hundred kilometers away, then we were basically dead. But I didnt see anything on the wall here besides this bronze basin.

Since the exit behind us had been blocked and we couldnt get out, I had been crawling forward the whole time without ever thinking about going back.

"Fatty, try and see if you can climb back!" I called to him.

"Shit, have you been going the wrong way? Fatty asked. Cant you be fucking smarter?"

"Just try crawling a few steps," I said.

Fatty let out a curse and then I heard him panting before he suddenly shouted, "Fuck!"

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

I became nervous after waiting for a while with no answer. I wanted to crawl back and shout louder, but Poker-Face caught my foot and stopped me. Then, I heard Fatty cry out, "There are people everywhere behind us!"