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We thought we were going to dive into the water, but the snake twisted its body and shot straight into the sky!

Achilles' body went down. But just as the snake's head was about to touch the wall, a 'ka ka' sound came from underwater, followed by a 'door' opening up above, the snake's body rose straight up!

I was relieved that I was still alive.

The snake's speed was extremely fast. A gust of wind blew past, whistling as it moved upwards. As he moved, four doors opened.

My eyes widened. This was clearly a planned path. This cylindrical path was obviously carved for this snake.

Thinking about the sight of the Dragon Palace and the fact that we can leave after getting that beast, my mood relaxed a little.

Suriyawong was screaming behind him.

After breaking through fifteen doors in a row, the snake finally lowered its head. All of the snakes that had seats in the room fell to the ground. My grip on the chain was finally released, and there was a red indentation in the palm of my hand. This snake was perfectly vertical, and if he didn't pull it a bit, he would be bleeding from the head.

I got out of the snake and went to the ground to unwrap it. Then the snake hissed and retreated again.

Suriyawong exclaimed as he looked around. I was equally shocked.

It really did look like the Dragon Palace in front of him. The ground outside this area had been hollowed out, and if he wasn't careful, he would fall to the ground. He couldn't see the support point below, it was as if this piece of stone was floating in the air.

The underfoot pattern was uneven, carved with scallops, algae, coral, small fish and other patterns. At each of the four corners, there was a stone pillar that was as thick as a person's arm. The material was identical to the ground, and on it, there was a similar carving of a dragon.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, does this guy really think of this place as a dragon palace? This decoration. Why not just build it under the water?

We were still carrying oxygen cylinders on our backs, but after testing, we were able to breathe and simply closed the valve.

Suriyawong walked over to the stone pillar and said, "Let's go back later …" Still using that little red ball? "There are some on the wall too. Why don't you take one of them?" Don't move first! I hastily shouted, "Don't move!"

Suriyawong looked back at me, puzzled. I explained, "Outside is the mechanism for things. It might have become a symbol to hasten one's death. It's better to not move first." He nodded.

Achilles had reached the opposite side of our ascent. A few extremely large rocks had been used to erect a high seat, and a chair was placed on top of it. A man wearing a black robe was sitting on it, and his hands were spread out on the armrests on both sides of the chair.

When I looked at the handrail, it was exactly the same as the two stone rails that Sullihua had stepped over when we entered the spiral path. The dragon's eyes were also red.

This was not a dragon palace, but his tomb.

When I thought of this, I knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "We were forced to do this. Ancestor, please forgive us."

With that, he stood up. The other foreigner looked at me. The former froze, while the latter followed my example and knelt down, repeating what I had said.

Su Lihua said helplessly, "You Chinese people..." I just like to scare myself. " I know what he means. Presumably it was because I was afraid there was a ghost here that I decided to take revenge.

My grandfather had told me that even though we were archaeologists, entering tombs for research and rescue, not for money, our actions were no different from those of a grave robber to these long-dormant undead. Kneeling down and kowtowing was not a shameful thing. It was an expression of respect and apology for his ancestors.

I have always kept this matter in mind. Since there wasn't a large group of people blocking them, I naturally thought of this matter.

I did not expect Achilles to act like this. After he finished, he stood up and walked to his seat. He then said in a muffled voice, "I found it."

He finally found it.

A large stone in my heart fell to the ground with a thump. He came out with a "key" the size of a knuckle in his hand.

The corner of my mouth twitched. "This …" Is this a tomb suppressing beast? "Are you sure this is the right size?" "That's right." Achilles said lightly.

I took it and prepared to put it away. It was heavy to the touch, but it was not made of porcelain or pottery, but stone. It was a black three-eyed black rhino with two eyes carved in white lacquer, and a red gem in the middle of its forehead.

I wasn't even sure if it was a gem, or some sort of cold, inorganic stone. It was cut into many diamond-shaped pieces. They were densely packed together, but the cut was extremely standard. The light from the flashlight gave off a layer of flickering light. It was cold as my hand turned.

The appearance and theme of this tombstone is very unique, especially in its size. I have never seen a tombstone that is the size of a finger before. And the shape, just as they said, was indeed like a key — when one looked at this tombstone from the direction of the light, one would see that the part where it was cut in half looked smooth and smooth, while the other side was a silhouette of a key with its teeth moving up and down.

"Why is it half gone?" I touched the side that was as straight as a straight line. It was very obscure to the touch, and was the complete opposite of the smooth side. It was clearly cut open.

"I don't know," Achilles shook his head. I think there's only one here. " "Then I'll take it off!" Su Lihua had already reached out his hand to button it.

I quickly put the tombstone in a box. He walked quickly to the edge, reached down, and dropped the pill.

I took a sip of water and waited for the snakes below to rush us down. The advantage of being up and down vertically is the accuracy of the throw. He would have to take another roller coaster ride later.

As my mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, a loud crashing sound came from below. I packed my backpack and put on my diving suit. He heard the swishing sound below.

"Dodge!" A golden light flashed before my eyes and a golden liquid immediately fell onto my face. The diving suit was immediately melted and a hole formed in it.

F * ck me! Just a little bit more and I would have had such a handsome face!

Suriyawong stood at the front of the snake. Just a moment ago, the dark cyan skin was completely stained with the golden paste, and the thick layer of skin was flung everywhere! The snake seemed to have locked onto him, and seeing that he was about to fall down, Su Li Hua jumped and landed on the corpse. Crack! Crack! Crack! The bones were cracked, and he sat down on the pile of bones.

The snake seemed to be very afraid, but it didn't relax at all. It stared at him with its pair of big eyes.

Was he f * * king crazy?

"This is a true snake!" Achilles suddenly shouted.

My scalp is about to explode and blossom, what is a real snake! It's not like we just... Wait, no!

On the back of the snake is a blue and gold pattern, extending all the way down from the snake's crown. This pattern looks very familiar, and the flesh behind it is completely undamaged.

I couldn't think of anything else. I kept my eyes on the pattern. The more I panicked, the more I couldn't remember. My head felt like it had exploded, but I couldn't even remember what that pattern meant.

Achilles' actions were vicious. Relying on the snake, he ignored him completely. He pulled out a dagger from his belt and stabbed into the snake's flesh. With a "pu pu" sound, blood spurted out.

This was a real bloody snake!

The snake hissed and writhed in pain, not even bothering to look at Surihua. Its huge head went straight for Achilles. The size of the snake was not something the two palms could compare to. Its mouth was wide open, big enough to swallow half of Achilles.

I wiped the sweat off my forehead, but he didn't panic. He turned around and ran to the back of the seat. The dagger was still stabbed into the snake's body, but the snake didn't dare to take a single step closer to Yue Chi.

At first, I thought that he had some tricks up his sleeves, but I didn't expect him to do the same. However, I wasn't injured. No one dared to get close to the snake's body, as its body was covered in a thick golden fluid.

The battle had reached a stalemate. The snake rose into the air and its body hung in the air above the place where the two of them had escaped from and started to shake its body crazily.

I have never seen a snake that would not bite but shake its body, much faster than the way Indian artists play with snakes. With a swoosh, the golden liquid that filled the sky started pouring down. It looked as beautiful as a rain of flowers, and was as terrifying as tens of thousands of arrows shooting out at the same time. Achilles did not make a sound. Suriyawong, who was sitting on the chair, let out a few screams. His diving suit had already been corroded into several holes. He was carrying a bag on his back, and the pain seemed to have woken him up. He quickly pulled out his gun, aimed it at the snake's eye, and fired.

That eye was like a target. With a bang, it exploded, and red blood spilled everywhere. The snake's body swayed and fell to the ground. Su Li Hua's face was covered in blood and eyeballs. He raised his hand and shot another shot into the other eye.

The snake didn't rely on its eyes to identify its prey, but the pain was interlinked. It fell to the ground with a thud, causing blood to flow out of its eye sockets. The ground became wet with large puddles of blood.

I didn't expect him to die so quickly. The three of them looked at each other, Su Li Hua's face was full of joy and confusion: "Could it be that there's really a ghost here? Because I didn't kowtow and punish me like this? God! "You Chinese …" Only then did he realize that he was still sitting on top of a pile of broken bones. He jumped down and added, "This is too terrifying! "No wonder everyone needs to know kung fu." No, "I said." It's probably because you took the pills.

When the snake hit the ground with a clatter, my brain was turned on. He remembered where he had seen those blue and gold patterns before.

It was the same pattern that had appeared in the golden liquid earlier, the same circle that had appeared in the middle. That is to say — the snake that came out the first time we dropped that red ball and the one that brought us up after that was not one.

When I thought of the phrase "the only servant", I felt that the sun had set. The only servant still had the only guard, right? This was way too f * cking tricky.

Suriyawong said, "Then... "Then …"

I walked over, grabbed a red ball from the chair, and threw it on the floor. "I'm not sure either …" There was another splash under the water, and a few seconds later the snake that had brought us up lay there again, but the snake's body was still there.

We stepped on the carcass of the snake and went over to the mechanical snake. I hung the two packages up and almost fell over again. I climbed up and down and went out of the reservoir again as I had done before.

This time, I was really fine, and it was much more relaxed than the last time. There were many things inside that I didn't understand. It was none of my business if I just took what was needed and left.

The day after I left, I received an address in Beijing on my cell phone, indicating that I was to send the three sets of diving suits over. I could probably guess, and then I slept at home for a few days. Achilles and Suriyawong had returned to Shanghai, and I had no idea where they were going next. What do you mean? Wei Yuting and I wanted to find me, but we couldn't get away. I stayed at Shang Qiu until the start of the next mission. My mood had returned to normal, but sometimes I would fall into a daze, thinking about something.

We were in a trance for almost a month, and we never received any so-called missions. No one even told us exactly where we were going on the stone monument (or who, in fact, would tell us). Ike had told me when I went to the Pingji Mountains in Henan province, but there was no one there.)

I've been looking for my dad for a while, too. When I called the research institute where he works, saying that he entered the mountain, the phone call that I received from Dunhuang might really not be from my father, but I didn't know most of it.