The sudden situation came too fast. The surrounding walls were closing much faster than they had opened. The entire underground river began to shake violently, and loose areas continuously dropped rocks and dust. The rubbing of the stones produced a violent sound, with pieces of rocks and debris falling down continuously.
"What did you step on?"
Guyu shouted in anger, and Luoyun himself was quite panicked, turning back to look at us in surprise. At this point, the wall in front had already closed one-third, and its speed was increasing.
"Luoyun, come out quickly!"
I waved to Luoyun, and he began to move towards the exit. By now, two-thirds of the earthen wall had already closed.
Fatty reached to pull the lever next to the door, but despite his great strength, the lever still had no response. Gritting his teeth, red-faced, he struggled but couldn't budge the lever.
"Open it for me!"
Fatty exerted all his strength, but to no avail. Finally, he had to give up, gasping for air, and shouted, "The lever isn't responding. Luoyun, come out quickly."
Luoyun had already run outside the earthen wall. Just as he was about to reach out his hand outside, at that moment, the stone coffin behind him suddenly opened with a loud bang. Then, Luoyun suddenly screamed, as if something was pulling him back, pulling him hard.
"Damn, someone is pulling me, Shange, someone is pulling me!"
I heard him shouting at me continuously, lying on the ground, surrounded by darkness. I couldn't see what was dragging him backward. Anxious, I didn't think much, I rushed in at the moment the earthen wall closed!
Fatty followed closely behind. Just as we rushed in, the earthen wall closed with a "rumbling" sound, and everything around us became completely dark.
"Luoyun, Luoyun!"
I shouted several times, but never heard him answer. I lifted the flashlight and shone it into the darkness, but the light was limited and I couldn't see Luoyun's figure at all.
I dare not act rashly, and after waiting for a while, I thought the pearl outside would definitely open the earthen wall. However, several minutes passed and there was no reaction from the earthen wall. Could it be that they have no intention of letting us out?
"Why haven't they activated the mechanism yet?" the fat man asked, frowning.
"Perhaps the mechanism is stuck. This is the only route to explore the underground river. If they don't open the door, we won't be able to continue treasure hunting. Let's first find Luoyong, there must be something that caught him and pulled him back just now," I replied, pulling out the triangular spike and illuminating with the flashlight, cautiously moving forward. In the current situation, we could be attacked at any time, so we must be careful.
It was unusually quiet all around, not even a sound of the wind. Normally, Luoyong would surely shout after being attacked, but when the fat man and I rushed in, we didn't hear any noise at all. Where is he? Did someone cover his mouth or knock him out?
"Luoyong! Luoyong!" I called again, but still no reply. As we cautiously approached, the fat man and I gradually got closer to the central stone coffin. I pulled the fat man and we stopped next to the stone coffin, not daring to get any closer.
"Should we open it?" the fat man whispered, pointing at the stone coffin. I hesitated, now that Luoyong had disappeared, continuing to explore might not find him. On the contrary, this stone coffin, which had once housed the small monster and the pale-faced creature, was now in front of us. What's inside? Is it really as Gu Yu described - filled with treasures?
"Forget it, Luoyong is important. Let's find him first. This stone coffin is weird. Let's not touch it for now," I said, and we were about to turn around. But as soon as we turned, the stone coffin behind us suddenly made a "thud" sound. Because we were facing away, neither of us knew what had happened to the stone coffin!
"Fat man, did the stone coffin just make a sound?" I asked in astonishment.
"Yes, damn it, turns out I didn't mishear. Could there be some monster inside?" the nervous fat man said, his voice trembling.
"Let's slowly turn around and see what's going on."
With fear in our hearts, our movement to turn around was very slow. When we were halfway turned, the stone coffin suddenly jumped again. This time I saw very clearly out of the corner of my eye, the entire lid of the stone coffin suddenly popped up as if something inside the coffin was pushing upward with great force.
"Bang! Bang!"
Suddenly, there were two loud noises, and the stone coffin was pushed one after another. The thing hiding in the coffin seemed to be struggling non-stop to come out.
"Damn, what is it!" the fat man said nervously, his voice quivering. If the pale-faced creature came out, we might still be able to fight it with our current abilities. But if the small monster came out, we didn't know anything about its strength or abilities. What if it's a corpse witch?
"Boom!"
The thing in the stone coffin was very restless, constantly pushing outward. I lifted the triangular spike and shouted, "Where did this monster come from? Do you really want to fight me? I'm not afraid of you!"
The fat man also shouted from behind, "Your family Cui has the protection of ancestors, dealing with you is just a matter of a few tricks. Don't seek your own death!"
"Speaking of which, my legs were still shaking a bit."
"Wuwu..."
Hearing our shouts, a strange sound suddenly came from the stone coffin, like a voice, but not clear. It entered our ears, sounding like the strange cries of a wild animal, with a hint of mockery.
"Hey, you've got some nerve, don't you? Dare to mock me, watch me, Cui Ye, deal with you."
The fat guy got angry. We were all brave men, not afraid of anyone! At worst, it would be death. Holding a triple-edged spike, he charged towards the stone coffin. I followed behind, holding a flashlight, alertly looking around. If a monster really jumped out of the stone coffin, the fat guy and I would fight.
The fat guy didn't hesitate much and pressed down on the coffin lid. Luckily, there was no green flame burning and the stone coffin was pushed again, and the sound continued.
"Xiaoshan, I'll just let this guy out and kill him directly!"
The fat guy was a troublemaker, he insisted on letting them out when they were just fine inside. I was about to disagree, but this guy had already lost his temper. He slowly lifted the coffin lid, revealing the situation inside the stone coffin.
"Wow!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as the heavy lid was opened, the fat guy shouted and then repeatedly stepped back in fear.
"What's going on?"
I asked in surprise. The fat guy pointed to the stone coffin and shouted, "Inside, inside is a beautiful young lady!"
Hearing this, my head also spun for a moment, as if I hadn't heard clearly what the fat guy said. I lowered my head and asked, "What did you say? What's inside?"
"Inside is a..."
There was no need for the fat guy to explain further. A hand reached out from the coffin, under the flashlight's glare, it was clearly a woman's hand, fair and delicate, with beautifully manicured nails.
"A woman?"
I was completely stunned. The fat guy hastily retreated several meters and stood by my side.
The person in the coffin slowly stood up, first revealing a side face, wearing a white shirt and a pair of blue jeans. With short hair, the side face looked quite beautiful, thin but with a good figure, at least from the side, there was a sense of curves.
"Who are you?"
The fat guy asked nervously after swallowing some saliva.
The woman slowly turned her head. I had encountered a ghost woman of the Mosuo tribe before, so I immediately became wary when she turned her head. The triple-edged spike was held across my chest, ready to strike.
However, to my surprise, when she turned her head, she revealed a beautiful and delicate face, with a beauty mark below her left eye. Her eyes were large, like the beautiful girls on the New Year's calendar.
"Who are you?"
I dared not slacken and asked again.
The woman looked foolishly at us, silent like a puppet. We didn't dare to approach, and so we remained in this standoff.
Maintained for nearly a minute, the woman suddenly twitched her nose, and just as Fatty and I were on edge, she suddenly burst into tears and climbed out of the stone coffin, running towards us. However, she accidentally fell to the ground and ended up sitting there crying non-stop, muttering, "You scared me to death, you scared me to death!"