Chapter 9 Red Dragon Claws! Glacier Corpse
Chapter 9 Red Dragon Claws! Glacier Corpse
Next, everyone hammered in the nails, tied the ropes, and prepared to go down.
Ye Yixin stayed there and could contact the command center and request support at any time.
The others went down together.
The fat man took a look down and suddenly felt dizzy. He had a slight fear of heights.
Hu Bayi frowned, "Fatty, are you okay?"
The fat man swallowed his saliva and laughed dryly: "...I'm fine."
"Teacher, go slower." Jiang Hua tied the rope for Professor Chen and climbed down slowly with him.
After all, Professor Chen is already in his sixties or seventies, so if anything unexpected happens, he can take action in time.
The crack is about a hundred meters deep, and there is only some faint light underneath.
Everyone climbed down slowly, and everyone was very careful. After all, this was a cliff, and if anything unexpected happened, it would be life-threatening.
Suddenly, the fat man missed a step and fell down.
"Ah..."
Seeing this scene, everyone's face changed.
"Fatty, are you okay?" Hu Bayi shouted hurriedly.
Fortunately, with the help of the rope, the fat man was hanging in the air, shaking constantly.
The fat man was so scared that he almost peed himself. He swallowed hard, suppressed the fear in his heart, and responded: "Lao Hu, I'm fine."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Jiang Hua noticed that the rope supporting the fat man was rubbing against a sharp stone as the fat man kept shaking. The sharp stone kept cutting the rope, and only a thin piece was left.
"Fatty, stop moving!" Jiang Hua's heart skipped a beat and he shouted quickly.
"What?" The fat man was stunned.
"Your rope is about to break!" Jiang Hua was very decisive and quickly crawled towards the fat man.
When everyone heard this, they quickly looked up at the rope and were all frightened.
The fat man was so frightened that he dared not move.
However, he was too fat.
The rope was repeatedly cut by the sharp stones, and finally, with a slight sound, it broke under the heavy load.
“Ahhh…” The fat man screamed suddenly.
"Fat!"
Everyone was shocked and shouted.
Jiang Hua's eyes focused, and his whole body moved like a monkey. He stepped one foot on the stone, and the rope in his hand kept sliding down, rushing towards the fat man.
However, he still fell a little short.
The fat man's huge body continued to fall down in free fall.
At this critical moment, a gleam of light flashed in Jiang Hua's eyes.
Red dragon claws!
His spine was like a big dragon, and his inner energy burst out, providing him with a force. His right hand was like a claw, and he grabbed the fat man's collar with one hand.
The fat man's own weight, plus the force of free fall, the force at that moment exceeded more than 300 kilograms.
If Jiang Hua had not already broken through to become a first-grade warrior, even if he had caught the fat man, he would not have been able to hold him back and might even have been dragged down with him.
"I'm so scared!"
The fat man was still in shock, and his legs were shaking. The moment he fell, he really thought he was dead.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Hua saved his life at the critical moment!
"Brother Jiang, you will be my brother from now on!"
"You saved my life. From now on, I will do anything for you, even if it means I can do it!"
Everyone landed safely on the ground.
The fat man immediately hugged Jiang Hua excitedly and said with a solemn vow.
Hu Bayi also came over and said seriously: "Brother Jiang, thank you so much for saving Fatty's life. I, Hu Bayi, owe you a favor!"
Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Lao Hu, Fatty, as long as everyone is okay."
Hu Bayi turned his head to look at the fat man, kicked him hard, and said angrily: "Fatty, what the hell happened to you just now? If it weren't for Brother Jiang saving you, your two hundred pounds of flesh would have been smashed into pulp!"
The fat man scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Uh... I wasn't paying attention. I just missed a step. I'll be more careful next time!"
Hu Bayi glared: "Do you want to do it again next time?"
The fat man said helplessly: "I promise I won't do it again, is that okay?"
Professor Chen was sitting on the ground, gasping for air. It was obvious that climbing down from the top was a big burden for an old man like him.
Professor Chen thankfully said, "Xiao Jiang, I'm so glad you were here just now!"
Otherwise, how would he explain the loss of one person in his archaeological team before even entering the Kunlun Glacier?
On the other side, Shirley Yang was thoughtful.
She knew very well that under the circumstances just now, even for her who had undergone rigorous training, it would be difficult to save the fat man.
This young shopkeeper of Guxuan seems to be quite skilled...
Suddenly, Satipeng screamed, "There is a dead body here!" Everyone looked over quickly and found a dead body.
The body was frozen in ice and was wearing mountaineering clothes with a backpack next to it.
Fatty: "Old Hu, could it be that the fire beetle you mentioned killed it?"
Hu Bayi shook his head. "It wasn't done by a fire beetle. If it was, there would be nothing but ashes left here."
Shirley Yang also said: "He was probably frozen to death. He couldn't escape here and had to freeze to death. Judging from his clothes, he should be from my father's expedition team. I saw him once."
"Ah." Chu Jian was shocked. "Doesn't that mean..."
"My dad..." Shirley Yang lowered her eyes, "I was mentally prepared before coming here."
After resting for a while, everyone started to set off.
As the leader, Hu Bayi warned: "Everyone must be careful, and don't make any noise. Keep up with the team, and don't lose sight of everyone. Do you understand?"
"Yes!"
Everyone packed their luggage and prepared to go inside.
Satipeng took a camera and took a picture of the corpse with a click.
Hu Bayi frowned, "Xiao Sa, turn off the flash quickly, it will easily cause a commotion."
Satipeng said quickly, "Yes, yes."
Jiang Hua was thoughtful. He remembered that in the TV series, it was Satipeng’s camera that caused the fire beetles to riot.
"Xiaosa, can you let me see the camera?"
Satipeng was stunned for a moment, "Brother, what do you want a camera for?"
But he still handed the camera to Jiang Hua.
"Oh, let me see if there are any nice photos in there." Jiang Hua responded casually.
I opened the settings and found that the flash was not turned off.
Jiang Hua was speechless. Fortunately, he was more careful, otherwise if he alarmed the fire beetle, everyone would be in danger.
Everyone came to an underground river.
The river here is calm and the temperature is suitable.
The entire underground river is not big, only about a hundred meters.
"Hey, Lao Hu, it's so cold outside, I didn't expect it to be so warm in here." The fat man held a flashlight, observed his surroundings, and stretched.
Hu Bayi did not look happy.
"Old Hu, what's wrong with you?" the fat man was stunned and asked.
Jiang Hua also shook his head, "Fatty, the temperature of this underground cave is just right, which is not a good thing."
"Ah, why?"
"If you feel comfortable, then other things will naturally feel comfortable too."
"You mean... there's something in this river?"
"I guess so." Jiang Hua narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Then what do we do?"
Jiang Hua spread his hands and said, "Cold dish!"
At this time, Hao Aiguo screamed.
"Look, there is something on this stone wall."
Everyone looked at the stone wall. Under the light of the flashlight, strange words appeared on it, which looked like ghost paintings.
Professor Chen adjusted his reading glasses and looked at it carefully.
Suddenly the fat man said in surprise: "Why do the ghostly characters on this stone wall look a bit like the characters on my jade pendant?"
"That's right!" Professor Chen was a little excited. "Xiao Wang, it's not just a little similar, it's exactly the same. This is the writing of the legendary Jingjue Kingdom, the Ghost Cave Script!"
"Ghost Cave Scripture?" The fat man was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have heard Jiang Hua talk about it before.
Professor Chen explained: "Jingjue State was a small country in the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty. Since the ghost cave text appeared here, it proves that there must be some connection between Kunlun Glacier and Jingjue Ancient City, but we don't know it yet!"
Hao Aiguo had a happy look on his face. "Xiao Sa and Xiao Chu, hurry up and write down the words on the stone wall. This may very well open a new chapter in the archaeology of the Western Regions!"
Professor Chen also said excitedly: "Shirley, we really made the right decision to come to Kunlun Glacier."
"This place is really connected to the Jingjue Ancient City. The ghost cave text on it is the evidence! Your father and his men must have discovered something, so they came here."
Professor Chen turned around and said to Jiang Hua, "Xiao Jiang, can you tell what's written on it?"
Jiang Hua was famous in school for his profound knowledge of ancient Chinese characters.
That's why Professor Chen let him join the archaeological team this time.
Jiang Hua looked at the words on the stone wall, his eyes gleaming with brilliance.
If it were in the past, then reading these ghost cave texts would be like reading a heavenly book.
And now, he has received a reward from the system—mastery of Ghost Cave Script!
When I looked at the words on the stone wall again, I could understand all the information on it.
(End of this chapter)