Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 4: Bronze blood one

The first sound Asule heard when he woke up was the sound of water, the sound of water filled his ears, as if the whole world was raining.

He curled up his hands hard, clenched his fists hard, and felt something in his body. He groped under his body, there was some wet dry grass, and further down was the cold and wet stone ground. He opened his eyes a little, there was only darkness, not a gleam of light.

He struggled to sit up, his arm seemed to be sprained, and he couldn't stop the pain.

He stood up, wondering if what he saw was an illusion, such a deep darkness, as if there was nothing in this world, only him. Fear quietly surrounded him, and he stepped back tremblingly, slamming into the stone wall. He stuck tightly to the stone wall, and felt the smooth holes in the wet stone wall with his hands.

"Where is...?" he asked himself.

It's not because it's dark, there's only pure darkness overhead, there's no sky, it's like the ground.

"Under the ground!" He suddenly woke up.

Such wet stones, dark and humid air, and small round holes on the smooth stone walls that seemed to be washed out by water... He suddenly understood that there was only one place he knew that was like this— —The dungeon in Beidu.

The stone palace where the ancestors' spiritual tablets are placed is in a natural cave. When he was very young, the Lamb Festival followed the Maharaja to worship the ancestors, and a warrior once took him to see the nearby dungeon. The northern capital is not far from the foot of Tongyun Mountain. Under the rocks of this sacred mountain, there are many underground caves that are bottomless and interconnected. If you go down, sometimes you will find a huge underground palace that can accommodate thousands of people. You will get lost in it and never find the body.

The dungeon in the northern capital is also set in a cave. The barbarians in the grasslands are not good at building houses. The cave is the best prison. It's just that the warriors didn't let the curious Asule go deep into it. It is said that most of them were detained. No one who entered the dungeon came out alive. It's not that he couldn't stand the torture, but that he went crazy in a dark place.

The deepest impression in Asule's mind is the iron chains nailed to the cave wall as handrails. Those iron chains are fixed in each hole to prevent the feet from slipping when walking.

Knowing where he is, he feels more at ease. The warriors on the black horses did not kill him, but sent him here. He touched his waist, and the blue shark was still there.

He drew out his dagger, groped along the stone wall, and found the cold iron railing. This seems to be a natural stone gap, simply equipped with iron bars. He tried to stick his head out, and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, his thin figure was just right enough to slip through the bars.

With a sudden light all over, he was already free.

"Ah!" He was so excited that he couldn't help but yelled softly.

Immediately, he realized this stupid mistake, and hurriedly rushed to the edge of the stone wall to stick to it, holding his breath and making no sound. The surrounding area was still quiet, there were no guards rushing over, only the soft sound of water, endless. Before he had time to rejoice, a greater fear gripped his heart fiercely. He was sure that there was no one here, only he was locked in this stone cave with no exit.

He felt that all the strength in his body had slipped away, and he couldn't help but want to curl up and sit on the ground.

"I...I have to go! I can't stay here!" He still stood up.

He tried to move forward along the stone wall. Every few steps, there were holes in the stone wall, and the iron chain was extended. Following these iron chains, Asule felt that he was still moving towards the exit, and the iron chains were now like a thin thread, tying him to the outside world. The ground was wet and slippery, he staggered, his legs softened and he sat on the ground.

"Take a break," he said to himself, "just one."

A cold wind flowed around, as if passing through some gap, making a low and sharp whistling sound. He felt tight in his chest, so he lay down and turned his head to the ceiling of the cave.

"Suma escaped?" he thought, "That's good..."

The thought warmed his heart. It was at least a little useful to save Suma by himself. He missed his warm tent, and thought of Suma's slender and warm hands groping to cover him with the quilt every night, gently brushing his forehead. He suddenly felt that tenderness more than ever before, wishing that Suma was by his side.

"Go out! You must go out!" He gritted his teeth.

He moved with all his might, groping for the next hole again and again. His lips seemed to be bitten by himself, and the salty taste of blood swirled on the tip of his tongue.

"One hundred and twenty-seven...one hundred and twenty-eight..." He counted the holes, which stretched endlessly, as if there were hundreds of millions of them.

Suddenly there is light ahead!

His heart almost jumped out of his throat. Not knowing where the strength came from, he no longer had to hold on to the walls and chains, he got up and rushed over. Those tiny bits of light, like fragments of stars, although faint, illuminated his eyes.

Guang Liang looks very close, but he can't run no matter what. His feet slipped, and Asule fell to the ground suddenly, his forehead was wet and seemed to be broken. He endured the pain and wanted to get up again, but stayed there.

He suddenly found that there was more than one place of light, besides the bright light in front of him, there were also dots of light floating out from behind him, passing by his side.

He climbed a few steps to the side tremblingly, and suddenly saw the water. It turned out that he had never noticed that there was an underground river not far from the cave wall, no wonder the sound of rushing water always filled the entire cave. And the ones that illuminated the water were a few green fish with shimmering light on their bodies. They are gathered together, even the bones are transparent, suspending quietly, flowing with the water.

The magnificent color of the little fish made him forget his fear for a moment. He followed the flowing water, and gradually the light in front of him also slowed down. It was a group of long-tailed fish with light blue color. They were not like the green fish, whose whole body was like transparent crystal, and a small ball appeared on the forehead. Brighter radiance.

The further you go, the more fish there are, the light yellow ones, the light red ones, the green lotus ones, and the fishes that are as big as Asule's body all over the body. The Emperor, quietly floating in the middle of an open water. Schools of fish swim around it, and the five-color light is reflected on the top wall of the stone cave, which makes people feel that the top wall of the stone cave is also transparent, as if seeing colorful stars.

Asule sat there blankly, turning his head to look around.

"Ah!" he exclaimed in horror.

By the majesty of the school of fish, he could clearly see the rocks around him. Not far behind, on the milky white stone wall, a snow-white skeleton was locked there, with iron chains wrapped around its arms, and four iron wedges passed through the gaps in the bones of its hands and feet, nailing it to the stone wall. The skull hung its head, its teeth were incomplete, and half of the jawbone fell off, leaving a sinister smile on its face.

Asule turned his head and ran back desperately. Now the clattering sounds that filled the ears seemed to be the grinning grin of the skeleton, and it seemed to be chasing after it. He was covered in cold sweat, he couldn't run anymore, he could only cling to the rock wall tightly, his violent heartbeat seemed to tear his chest open.

It was still the monotonous sound of water, but the skeleton did not chase after it. He gathered himself together, leaned on the stone wall and wanted to stand up, but suddenly, he froze, and despair completely surrounded him. There are no more gouges in the stone walls here! He has lost the only thing that can show the way!

He pressed his head hard, stood by the water, looked at the strange fish and water flow in front of him, the underground river extending in all directions branched out into countless tributaries, and there were indistinctly countless holes and rocks. Around him, it looked like a spider's nest, or one of his East Lu toys. Several silver mirrors were put together, and the shadows reflected were layer upon layer, endless.

He felt that the blood all over his body was gradually turning cold. He wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry. He wanted to jump into the river in front of him, but he didn't have the strength to take a step.

He suddenly heard a low laugh, which he thought was a hallucination. Before he could turn around, someone gave him a light push on the shoulder.

He fell into the river, the icy water choked his nose and eyes, his last look from the transparent water, a vague black shadow watched him struggling coldly through a layer of water . The shadow gradually swelled and filled his entire vision.

Everything went dark.