C105 Warning
C105 Warning
I lowered my head and didn't say anything. Looking at the dark cave entrance, I thought about the experiences of my trip to Myanmar, thought about my unknown future, and thought about what Qiu Tong had just said. I couldn't help but feel numb and sad …
However, I felt that Qiu Tong was making a big fuss out of nothing. Even if the consequences were a little severe, it wasn't worth mentioning it as a dry hole. Besides, this dry hole isn't a snake or scorpion cave, it's not that scary! The youthful vigor made me look unconvinced.
"Did you not hear what I said? Are you callous? " Qiu Tong said, "Have you never tasted a dry cave before? If you can't see the coffin, you won't cry..." Do you want to go in and see what it feels like? "
I nodded numbly. "So what?"
"Then go in and try it out. If you have the ability, go in and try it out. Do you dare?" Qiu Tong purposely provoked me.
"I'll give it a try. What's so amazing about it?" My rebellious nature came up. Although I knew that Qiu Tong was purposely provoking me, I still decided to be stubborn. I really didn't think that the dry cave was scary. The snake and scorpion caves were scary, but isn't the dry cave a little dark and lonely? This, in turn, aroused another strong curiosity. I had a chance to taste the dry hole, but it was extremely rare for me to get past this village without the shop.
I decided to try, firstly, to counter Qiu Tong's provocation, and secondly, to satisfy my curiosity.
I guess Qiu Tong was trying to get me to really taste the dry hole to make her words more persuasive.
"Okay, Qin, let him go down and have a try. It's not good for him to say anything, but he has to try the taste of reality. Otherwise, he won't be able to have a deep impression and will experience the dry cave life." Qiu Tong said angrily.
"Alright, let's give it a try. It's also good for youngsters to try the taste of the dry cave and learn to value life and freedom more." Qin found a thick rope and tied it around my waist: "I'll put you down in this 20 meter deep hole. I'll pull you up after 3 hours. If you can't take it anymore, then pull the rope and I'll pull you up."
When I heard that they were going to try, I couldn't help but shiver. However, in front of Qiu Tong, I couldn't act like a bear and act brave.
"Qin, is there water in the cave?" I heard my voice tremble again, and I looked at Qiu Tong, who was looking at me with mockery in her eyes.
"This is the south slope, there's no water here!" Qin said.
Qin started to let the rope go bit by bit, and I started to go down bit by bit. I didn't bring any illumination tools.
The light quickly dimmed, and the little bit of light from the hole hung over my head. It grew farther and farther away from me, until it became a paper-cut moon above my head. Finally, my feet gave a thump. Then the stones were covered and the moon was gone and some sound and light and life were gone and I was left alone in the depths of the seven-story building at the center of the earth, a dry well, no, a real grave.
The darkness was like a tide, and the surroundings were deathly silent. When a person puts his hands in front of his eyes but sees nothing, his eyes lose their function like a blind person's, fear rises in him. At that moment, I realized that man was an animal that needed light. The darkness was reminiscent of death.
I felt my way along the walls. I estimated that the dry hole was about four or five square meters deep, and from time to time I tripped over something. But I didn't dare touch it.
The thought made my scalp tingle and my limbs go cold, and I bit my lip so hard I didn't make a sound.
But at this moment, I absolutely can't yell, that would make Qiu Tong laugh me to death.
I tried to convince myself not to think about those disgusting skeletons, to concentrate, to adjust my breathing, to sit down and start luck... Gradually, I entered a state, as if I had become the prisoner of death in the past …
The earth was silent, and there was no sound. I was like a lost lamb in a space without time, with no concept of time, no light, no sound, only the cold, damp, and rotting breath of the earth around me.
The darkness was pressing against my brain like a heavy stone, and I could hear my heart pounding, the blood running loudly in my veins. I could hear the dull rattle of rust on my joints and bones, and my eyes and ears were filled with hallucinations of silence.
At this point, I think I'm finished.
At this moment, I thought of that terrifying night. If it weren't for Qin, Lee Shun and I would have become eternal enemies in the cave of snakes and scorpions, and that cave would have become my eternal resting place. From now on, there would no longer be a master of posturing whose name was Yi Ke in the world, and no one would ever be able to solve this mystery.
Suddenly I heard something strange, really, because the dead silence had frozen, and my hearing became acute. My nerves tightened at once, and the sound became distinct and rustling, moving slowly somewhere above my head, like a mouse, like... Snakes!
My hair stood on end.
I was blind, blind, blind even to my own nose, and that meant I had no power to resist. I was a little regretful. I shouldn't have been angry with Qiu Tong. I shouldn't have been so curious to experience this terrifying killing pit.
It wasn't a scream that came out of my throat. It was a scream, a scream. To my surprise, deep in the soundless depths of the earth, I made a sound so loud that it sounded like a train siren, deafening me.