Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

What are evil spirits? Is it a tragedy that keeps reincarnating? Or is it an incurable sadness? Or maybe it's a painful memory that's been awakened? Is it an emotion sealed within a fixed period of time, or a photo that has long been mottled and gone? Things that have been dead for a long time sometimes feel more real than alive. They refuse to leave and are always lingering.

Because the topics it involves are so vast and will extend to more unknowns, there are almost no answers, at least for now.

The noise that lingered around my ears at first, such as asking what this was, what kind of ghostly noise it was, etc., was followed by an overwhelming low volume, causing everyone to stop talking to each other. Everyone can feel that in less than two minutes, all the mysteries will be revealed. Whether they want to know or not, they will be exposed in the depths of the dark grotto that is about five meters wide.

Panic-stricken crowds of people were walking around, with common expressions of fear, hesitation and hysteria appearing on their faces. However, the sparkling diamonds deep in the ground were still stimulating desire, so no one threw the thunderbird to the ground, yelled that I don't want to play anymore and left. Now that we have been involved in the whirlpool of events, we will face two outcomes, either victory or defeat. Everyone who has experienced chaos for the first time will think about it, what if the situation is not as bad as they thought? What if someone else is the unlucky one? If you are hot-headed and choose to retreat, but others support you, how can you have the face to come back and participate in plagiarism? Precisely because all kinds of thoughts exploded at this moment, although people were retreating step by step, they did not collapse because of this.

As they retreated to the narrow stone path, I was left alone in front of the huge cave.

Soon, the low moans deep in the cave were interrupted by several roars, and crow-like shadows began to appear among the rocks in various caves. The people in the work gang were frightened and stabilized the rifles in their hands.. Over time, Rosa recognized that it was a familiar tone that she had heard in the tunnel, so she came to look around and asked tremblingly if it was the group of old women dressed in medieval clothes who were showing off their power.

I nodded wordlessly and glanced at her. Compared to the others, Rosa may be the bravest one. After all, this woman is also the queen of the cable station and the on-site boss of the work gang. This type of person has a strong ability to adapt and handle public relations crises.

"No matter how scared you feel, try not to show it on your face."I secretly held her hand and whispered:"If you show the slightest fear, people's hearts will disappear immediately. Uncle Beard and the others have lost their backbone and have become frightened birds. Three months ago, like you, I trembled and was so scared that I wanted to turn around and run away, but in the end I persisted."

"What was the situation at that time? Can it get worse than now?" She tried her best to suppress her fear and asked in a trembling voice.

This is a good question, but I don't know how to answer it. The scene during the Yin Zhi War is vivid in my mind. Countless elites of the dark world fell in a pool of blood, and even conjoined themselves after death. There was no funeral in front of them, so they were burned to the ground. In contrast, people at that time had no way of retreat and could only choose to fight. But the current situation is far more favorable than that then. You can advance or retreat. I believe that no matter how weak the work gang is, it will definitely run faster than a hare when it comes to fighting for the right to survive.

The only uncertain factor is the strange screams wandering around the cave. What is it? And what is it? Where did it come from?

This kind of low voice was uniform and the pronunciation was unclear. It felt like a person passing by a church, accompanied by the collective chanting of the bells, which seemed solemn and vigorous. Soon after, I discovered that I was wrong. It did not come from the depths of the cave, but came from the back of the rocks on the cave walls in front of me. As the first piece of soil was shattered and fell to the ground, more sand and soil poured down like a torrent that burst the embankment. In more than ten seconds Finally, various sections of the dark grotto had been washed away. And the strong light of the mirror lamps set up around us began to dim at a speed that could be observed by the naked eye. The light gradually turned into a mist-like fluid, which was covered by this section of darkness. The corridor is drawn away bit by bit

"Set up obstacles and move quickly. I once interviewed the 504th Regiment of the Howling Eagle. No matter what we want to do, necessary defensive measures are indispensable. This is what they did during the rehearsal."Rosa waved to everyone and shouted:"Anyway, I will neither run away nor call for help, so why don't I need the wealth that I don't own? When the people in Black Maple Town found out, we had already escaped."

Many years later, I followed Lin Rui into the training ground of the 101st Air Assault Division in Hopkins, and saw the same scene, except that they were conducting an anti-terrorism exercise, not the main land warfare drama. But Rosa got through The shouting still had an effect. People from the cable TV station began to move various boxes and sundries. They were piled high in front of the grotto and sorted at the same time.

Compared with ordinary townspeople, the work gang showed a certain degree of Organizational initiative, after all, they pay attention to seniority. Rosa is a small supervisor among the twenty-five people, and the rest of the big shots are senior on-site directors, then recording engineers, sound effects engineers, lighting engineers, etc., and the last one is Assistant. What worked was what Rosa said. What she considered was the numerical advantage. Apart from us, there were still more than 20 people in other caves, and the total number was nearly 60. And the so-called six-winged land There are only two evil spirits, and each person can drown them with a spit. In short, the chance of winning is very high. She has made a statement, and then the people have to make a choice between staying and staying.

People quickly put up a fish scale in front of the grotto. Formation, raise the debris barrier to above the waist, leaving gaps for easy insertion and change of positions. Then divide the personnel into groups. Those with shooting experience are responsible for burst shooting, those who do not know how to shoot but have arm strength are responsible for throwing mines, and they can't do anything. Sorting and reloading, in short, everyone focused on one thing. After completing this, Rosa grabbed the mobile phone and planned to connect with Soul Scythe and others to find out what happened.

Uncle Beard has a wealth of He had camping experience and had the highest record of killing a wild boar, so he was assigned to the sniper position. I don’t need to introduce the types of ammunition. They are the ones who assemble the ammunition during the day. I asked him what he would do if Sister Di found out about his involvement in robbery. What to do? Will she be angry because her subordinates are under the jurisdiction of the cable station? Uncle Beard replied that she was the first to break the rules, and Sister Di was also enjoying it.

Not long after, Eubisio's voice sounded, and they also Deep in the cave, less than 300 meters away from us. The reason was that someone saw those top students having different intentions and smashing them with gun butts in an attempt to break the amber barrier, so they fell into the trap of others. As for the horn He also heard the low moaning, but he didn't know what it was. What happened now was the third fulcrum of the widow's defense.

"It should have nothing to do with the ghost under the soil, but something else." When he learned that the work gang had come to the second fulcrum, he was not only a little happy, but said:"That's good. Before verifying the situation clearly, let's first check the second fulcrum. Taking control is better than doing nothing."

When I was about to tell him that Krys ran away out of control, the walkie-talkie was taken away by Rosa. She hurriedly asked if the amber barrier had been broken open. When she learned that it had not been broken, she felt relieved. Come on, walk up to the crowd and describe the situation.

"Nothing has changed, the amber was broken, and the diamond is still there. They took pictures and sent them back to me." She held up her phone and showed everyone the pictures of the barrier one by one. The crowd was excited and applauded. Rosa He nuzzled at Uncle Beard and me, and said:"You, and you, come with me, let's go first to see what's going on at the other end of the grotto."

"It's too dangerous to do that, so we rely on this to find the way."Based on past experience, I stopped her from advancing and raised the glass bubble in my hand.

I asked Rosa to turn her back, rounded my arms and threw the thunderbird. The glass bubble hit the top of the cave wall, bursting out with a light that was blinding. With the compressed gas burning in the air, I finally saw a horrifying scene. The depths of these dark rocks looked like a tomb. In the niches carved out of the rock walls, there were densely packed and neatly arranged mummies. The mummies were wrapped in linen and bark. A pungent salty smell rushed straight to my forehead, making me dizzy.

These niches were irregularly built, like a messy honeycomb, some were tilted sideways or tilted , like an earthquake scene with ruins. The highly dehydrated corpses had their hands clasped in front of their chests, tightly holding a weapon with ax blades on both sides. They resembled skeletons but were not shriveled. There were obvious anatomical marks on their bodies, and their internal organs were It must have been hollowed out, but only the eyeballs were left. They were incorruptible, so that each mummy had an angry look, looking down at us from top to bottom as we walked by. However, they were indiscriminately removed. It was obscured by countless cobwebs, as if covered with several layers of sheets. She could only see a rough outline, but it was not clear.

Rosa had never seen such a posture before. She wailed, and was so shocked that she almost lost her breath, and started to walk. beat the wind

"Throw the glass bubble in your hand, just like you asked me to do!"I grabbed Rosa's slender waist, held her wrist, threw the object in my hand, and once again illuminated the grotto brightly. This woman cannot be paralyzed to the ground in fear, she is an example for those watching from behind, as long as She is still standing in place, and her work will help people's hearts and will not dissipate. And I am too young, and Uncle Beard is a deputy. They are both people who are insignificant. If we want to stabilize the second fulcrum, we must establish this woman's leadership position.

Rosa How smart she was. She immediately understood the meaning of my rebuttal. At the same time, she saw that those things were just dead objects under the white light, and quickly stabilized her mood. The work assistant saw that we were still standing in front of the cave rock, breathless and heartbroken. Jumping, the kind of torn and bloody scene that I had imagined in my mind did not appear at all. I couldn't help but stop the commotion and gradually returned to my original position.

I motioned to Rosa to stay where she was and invited Uncle Beard to go with me. Adventures like this are a must. Some people were watching their backs to prevent accidents. As I got closer, I stretched out my hand to push aside the cobwebs like hanging curtains. I saw that the niches were really disorderly and chaotic. It seemed that there was a force twisting the originally well-organized tombs together. , looking extremely weird and dazzling.

These mummies have slender and slender limbs, wearing various thick feather-woven ornaments on their heads, and their chests are covered with light armor, made of a jade-like material. The skeletons wear rotten earth-red cloaks on their shoulders. , aged and moldy, hardened and curled, and the ankles were tied with long bristle shin rings. The remains could not be distinguished because they were coated with thick resin, so that the exposed limbs were black and shiny. On these torsos, There are many complicated patterns drawn on them, which look like tattoos and oil paints. In addition to the double-edged axes, the weapons in his hands also include strange shovel-shaped spears and swords. Most of them are short blades no longer than half a meter. Hidden deep in the rock wall where light cannot penetrate.

The mummy's neck, fingers and armbands are all wearing jewelry made of gold, silver and other materials, and are inlaid with many gems, many of which are raw diamonds captured by cameras. This also shows that these skeletons had a noble status, they were either princes or chiefs, and they were buried in a more grand manner after death. Uncle Beard couldn't help but reach out and touch it, but I grabbed his wrist.

"Are you worried that they will suddenly jump up and bite you on the butt? He smiled awkwardly and said,"I just want to take a closer look.""

"It's hard to say whether it will suddenly come to life, but touching it casually is definitely inappropriate, but where did these things come from?"I let go of his hand and recalled that when Sister Di was sleeping not long ago, she said that she saw rotten hand bones among the rocks. Could it be that they were referring to them? In terms of the appearance of the feather crests, these mummies looked a bit like Indians, but the tribal The breastplates worn when going on an expedition were not green stone strips, but plate armor made of flax and willow wood, specially designed to prevent bow shooting. They have been placed here for a very long time, and the early nomadic tribes in North America were very Being backward, they did not know metallurgy and forging. They used stone flakes for spearheads and arrowheads, and even used whole sections of polished rosewood as hammers. Later, the Puritans landed and established settlements, and the Indians traded with them. Change. Their learning ability is amazing. They quickly mastered horse riding and shooting, and their blades began to be replaced with pig iron.

"I can't say anything, Dixie probably knows more about this than me. Uncle Beard also felt that the mummies were special. After thinking for a moment, he patted his thigh, looked at the crowd not far away, and said,"Why not ask the Georgians about Georgia?""

Under Rosa's instigation, a frail man walked up to us cautiously. It is said that this man studied history before joining the TV network. However, facing the dozens of mummies in front of him, he felt both scared and disgusted, and refused. He said the smell was too unpleasant and refused to come close. After just a few seconds, he noticed the luxurious jewelry worn by the skeleton, pushed Uncle Beard away and came forward to take a closer look.

"This is not a North American Indian. Usually the feather crest is decorated with various colors. The red feather represents the phoenix, the white feather represents the water heron, the black feather represents wisdom, and the green or blue represents the priest or the newlywed, but I have never seen purple bird feathers.. The color purple was invented by humans and is a dye made from the bile of marine organisms. It is very rare among birds. Most of the feather crests are woven from flax, which is an ornamental craft and does not shape animal heads or shapes. These mummies are more like tiger warriors of the Incas or Aztecs."

"Before the Batu Tunnel was first excavated, it was an ancestral tomb of Indians. However, according to local chronicles, they were moved to the other side of the river and could not have stayed here. And wearing such a luxurious treasure, how can it still be preserved to this day? It stands to reason that he would have been ripped off at that time."Seeing that we both were speechless, he pointed at the weapon and continued:"And this part is even weirder. Most of the Indians who appear in movies and TV series wield handaxes. That is when they need to travel across mountains and rivers, both as weapons and as weapons. Use it as a digging tool. But these objects have no practical use and are more like burial objects."

"Heavy treasure? Are you saying these mummies wear ornaments?"Everyone in the work group heard this word, their eyes glowed green, their sleeves were rolled up, and they were ready to get a lot of money. The assistants like the braces girl took the opportunity to tease, saying that maybe the soul sickle was transmitted back The photo is fake. In fact, they had already broken down the barrier and looted wantonly, but they asked me to stay here to look after their home and care for them. If I don’t do anything now, how long will it take for this to happen? Everyone was yelled at by them, and they all lost their temper. Unload the firearm and grenade.

At this moment, the walkie-talkie rang again. It was unknown who the person on the other side was speaking indistinctly, but everyone could hear the content accurately. He asked me to wait and search among the surrounding grottoes. If I saw any corpse wearing jewelry, They immediately set fire to it, and now they have identified that they were the culprits of the commotion. Before she could finish her words, someone took the walkie-talkie away from Rosa's hand. As soon as she finished her work, the gang was furious and kept talking about others. There is no such thing in the world as we are all plotting against ourselves, but we have to obey orders.

At this time, all kinds of conspiracy theories and inflammatory words are spewing out like a dam. The order is out of control, and Rosa can't suppress it. , these people rushed forward and squeezed the three of us away in an instant. In the face of wealth, no ghosts and ghosts are afraid. Everyone quickly used lasso to pull out mummies, tearing the bark and hemp, like We fell to the ground like beasts and grabbed the jewelry frantically.

In this way, we were gradually squeezed to the edge of the crowd, and finally we were pushed hard by Agai and retreated into the cave. I was angry and annoyed, but there was nothing I could do about it.. This group of ugly people, no matter how bad they are, have a successful career and a happy family, which is many times better than me at the bottom of society. How can they be so greedy? I suddenly felt that humans are no different from beasts under the influence of all kinds of desires. , it is so absurd, but it explains the greatest truth of human nature. Looking at them, I not only laughed out loud, but soon felt my arms tighten. I lowered my head to look, and I noticed that besides me and Uncle Beard, there was another person at the scene. The sane one, that's Rosa

"Stop laughing and do something! She looked pale and pulled us hard, shouting:"If this continues, something will happen!""