Chapter 113: The Bridegroom and Pure White, the Stag and the Warrior

Watson took the cotton mask handed over by Nero. This mask seemed to have been dripped with some kind of liquid. As soon as he put it on, he could immediately feel a slightly pungent breath pouring into his mouth and nose.

But after taking a few consecutive breaths, the olfactory nerves seem to get used to it quickly, and then you can smell the sweet and sour taste like fruity wine...it actually smells quite good.

The passage between the first and second underground floors is a curved downward staircase located on the outside of the pyramid.

Watson and the others went down the steps paved with thick stone slabs, and after just turning a downward turn, they arrived at the exterior of the second underground floor.

In the middle of the stone wall tilted at an angle of thirty degrees, there is also a door that has long been cracked. The thick stone door has been opened to the outside to create a narrow gap that is just enough for people to pass sideways.

The door panel and door frame all showed a strange silvery white luster, and there seemed to be some images carved on them that looked like human skeletons. Moreover, these skeletons all stood up with their backs to the door, as if they were moving towards the door.

Watson had been familiar with the history of Mithraism. He knew that in the teachings of Mithraism, it was the god Mithras who created everything in the world, and everything in the universe, including the soul, was under his control... The god Mithras divided the entire universe into seven layers. If mortals want to obtain eternal life and immortality, they must go through seven portals - seven portals made of different materials that represent different stars in the universe.

The first level is the Gate of Lead, which is the Crow Gate on the underground floor that they just passed through, and it also corresponds to Saturn.

The second gate is the Tin Gate in front of you, the Bridegroom's Gate, which corresponds to Venus.

However, Watson thought of the Crow's Layer that seemed to be built in imitation of the Mansu Woodland, and he couldn't help but think in his mind:

"According to the information revealed by Little Victor, there is a gate in the Mansu Woodland that can lead to the next area. It is called the Pure White Gate... and the silvery-white Groom's Gate in front of him seems to Is it also somewhat similar to the characteristics of the Pure White Gate he described?"

"According to this inference, then the Bridegroom's Layer is also imitated from the area behind the Pure White Gate? If this is true, then I can just use this to see what other areas of Mansu look like."

"And judging from the relief on this door panel...do these skeletons represent the souls of dead humans? Just like the invisible undead souls I met near the rugged boulders before?"

"Based on the content of the relief painting, it seems that after the mortals die, their souls will go to the next area of ​​​​Mansu through the Bridegroom's Gate (Pure White Gate)?"

"Then if the Pure White Gate in Mansu is really like the Bridegroom's Gate in front of me...then the next time I dream about Mansu, wouldn't I just have to follow the traces of the invisible undead? Can we naturally find the Pure White Gate?"

"It's just that I was able to open the road to the forest in the dream, but I actually relied on the guidance of the secret transmission of the moth. I don't know whether opening the pure white door... also requires some kind of secret power as a key, or is it What kind of price is needed... Just as the price of dreamwalking in the forest is to give up your hair, the price of the pure white door is to give up your bones, and you need to pull out a tooth to pass through it smoothly!"

Watson's mind was filled with random thoughts and imaginings. He eagerly wanted to enter the door, witness the structure and layout of this floor, and then verify his conjectures in his dream.

However, the church members just stopped in front of the door and extinguished the lanterns and fireworks in unison, and he followed suit.

Clovette leaned into his ear and whispered softly: "John, the next floor is very dangerous. You can follow me quietly later, put your hands on my shoulders, don't talk or breathe, and don't breathe." Just keep silent and look around... Don't wander around and look around, just follow us!"

Watson hummed slightly to show his understanding, but in fact, the moth's vision had given him the ability to see at night. Even in this lightless underground, he could see things as clearly as daylight.

The seven people reorganized into a straight line, with Nello in front and Watson in the back, and slowly passed through the groom's door and entered the second level of the underground pyramid space.

As soon as he entered the door, Watson immediately felt a biting chill, as if he had walked into an ice cave thousands of years ago. There seemed to be countless thin needles made of ice pricking his skin, the extreme cold It seems to penetrate deeply into the bone marrow, completely freezing these trespassers here.

If Watson were not wearing a mask at this time, he believed that his breath could be condensed into an arrow of air and sprayed out.

However, he was also keenly aware that in the seemingly deep darkness, none of the six believers in front of him breathed out as they moved forward. They were obviously holding their breath the whole time while moving forward.

The top of the head is finally no longer pure darkness - the ceiling, as dark as the night sky, is dotted with cobalt blue light like stars, which has not been extinguished after thousands of years.

These cobalt-blue radiances come from crystals hanging from the ceiling, carved into the shape of some kind of plump fruit.

This is probably some kind of radioactive material. Watson thought this, and unconsciously associated the scene above him with the cobalt blue light curtain he had witnessed in Mansu.

It seems that this underground pyramid space is really built to imitate Mansu... I wonder, what does the area behind the Pure White Gate look like?

With this question in mind, Watson did not move his neck and shoulders, but quietly moved his eyes, looking at the situation on this floor in a way that Krovit could not detect at all.

In this huge bridegroom floor, there was a dense group of horrible mummies with withered flesh and blood!

They should have been soldiers of an ancient legion in their lifetime. They were all wearing armor and holding sharp weapons. They lined up in a square formation, all facing the exit with their backs to the entrance, as if they were waiting in full battle formation to defend against something that might escape from the lower floor.

Even though this ancient army is now withered and wrinkled, and its skin is as dry as an old tree, tightly attached to the hideous and piercing bones, it cannot cover up the iron-blooded spirit left in them... This must be an elite force.

Moreover, the bodies and armors of these mummy soldiers were covered with scars from swords and knives. Some of the soldiers standing near the corridor between the entrance and exit even had round bullet holes on their bodies, and the dry black flesh inside could be vaguely seen... Strands of cold air were swirling around the edges of the wounds, as if leaking from the inside of the mummy, and as if trying to repair these damaged bodies.

This scene reminded Watson of the broken zombies sent by the Flash Blade Cult before. Could it be that all the mummy soldiers on this level were refined into broken zombies after death? !

He finally understood the danger that Krovit said... Such a large army of broken zombies, although they didn't know why they were sleeping here, but if they were awakened by accident... I'm afraid they would all be buried here, sleeping in the ground with these mummies!

He noticed that in the corner of the formation of this broken zombie army, there were actually several mummies in modern clothing. Their bodies were already broken quite badly, their faces were covered with traces of gnawing, and large chunks of flesh and blood were missing, revealing the white bones inside... Perhaps they were the explorers who had failed in the previous invasion.

And Watson also noticed that the bricks and stones of the walls of this layer were actually engraved with traces of knife and sword slashing, as well as scratches like ten fingers, and black blood remained inside the scratches... Could it be that this elite ancient army was forcibly detained here while they were still alive and refined into broken zombies? !

Such a vicious ritual, such a terrifying power, this is only the second layer, what kind of danger will be hidden in the next five layers? !

Watson retracted his gaze to prevent his inadvertent gaze from awakening this group of undead monsters that seemed to be in a deep sleep, and followed Crovitt's steps to leave this dangerous bridegroom layer.

The so-called Bridegroom's Layer... Does it mean that all the creatures who died tragically here will be forcibly retained by this underground pyramid, and their bodies will become slaves here, and become forced bridegrooms?

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As soon as he left the Bridegroom's Layer, Watson immediately felt the warm temperature embrace him again. Although it was still low temperature, he finally didn't have to be in an extremely cold environment like the inside of an ice cellar.

After leaving the Bridegroom's Layer, Crovitt and the others did not stop. They walked away in a silent and anxious pace, as if they were suspects who were eager to escape from prison after being paroled.

Until they went deeper along the stairs of the second and third floors, gradually moving away from the Bridegroom's Layer and away from the group of terrifying broken zombies.

The team leader Nello said: "Okay, it's safe here. Everyone rest here for three minutes now, and we will continue to go down later."

The other members who had been holding their breath and blushing for a long time heard this, and then they were completely relieved and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

Then he breathed as much as he could, inhaling the turbid air underground and exhaling the carbon dioxide in his lungs.

"Huh - I finally got here. Every time I passed by there just now, I would feel very uncomfortable." Crovitt turned around and asked, "John, are you okay?"

Watson was already pale with cold, but he just shook his head slightly.

When everyone was resting, they also lit the lanterns in their hands again, and the yellowish light illuminated the spiral stone steps under their feet.

But Watson could feel that the depth and breadth of this spiral staircase were far greater than the previous one. Every time he went down a circle, he could feel the diameter of the stairs gradually expanding... probably a total of more than ten meters away. This proves that the space on the third underground floor is also getting wider.

And the space inside the third floor must be extremely high... just because Watson silently counted the number of stairs going down, he sank at least 20 meters before reaching the end of the stairs.

When he went all the way down to the bottom, he saw an extremely thick and tall wall standing in front of him.

The smooth and flat wall, shining under the lantern light, flows with a bronze color as heavy as history.

And it seems that there is no gap between the bricks and stones on the wall, as if it is cast in one piece... But Watson guessed that this should be the result of pouring boiling copper liquid on the outer layer after the wall was built, and the copper liquid will naturally form this shape after cooling.

But! There is no entrance or exit on this bronze wall.

There is only a lifelike huge deer head carved on the wall, which presents a brilliant color like gold under the light of the re-ignited lantern.

This deer head is extremely huge, ten meters high. Together with one half-broken and one complete antler, it is nearly forty meters wide. If it weren't for the fact that the lower jaw of the deer head has been completely broken and disappeared... the deer head has a big mouth. It was enough to swallow up this group of greedy invaders from Cross Road Hospital in one breath.

Moreover, the surface of this huge deer head is covered with deep cracks, and the fleshy marrow as bright red as blood can be seen inside the sharp broken horns like blades... But it seems that this is not caused by the destruction of latecomers. , it should be the original builder’s design.

"This is the Stag Gate? But what kind of deer is so huge? Is this an artistic exaggeration, or is it really a replica of the Mansudu Deer Gate?" Watson murmured in his heart. , "It is said that only by passing through the Stag Gate can the esoteric cultists truly be promoted to the knower... What kind of secrets and what kind of power are hidden behind this door?"

At this time, Nellobacchus also approached, and he said in a deep voice: "Sir Watson, this is the obstacle that has always hindered us from continuing to explore this place... There should be a third door here, so that we can Enter the warrior level."

"However, you have also seen that there are no doors, windows, gaps or other places for entry and exit in front of you...the only thing is this huge bronze deer head."

"I once consulted Mr. Winfres about this matter. According to him, this should be an imitation of some other mysterious door... The deer's name is Gribby, and he will propose a random answer to any travelers who try to enter. The riddle, only if the correct answer is shown to Gribe, will he willingly open the gate of protection and let travelers enter."

"If the corresponding answer to the riddle cannot be answered, even if a high-level Qi influence is exerted, there is no way to force the door to open."

Clovette explained in Watson's ear: "Enlightenment is a secret power similar to the principles of our hearts. It is mostly used to open certain secret locks and mechanisms."

Watson nodded slightly, "I see... It does sound difficult to deal with. So what riddles has this giant deer head named Gribby raised before?"

"This is the place that has always made us feel embarrassed and confused." Nellobacchus approached Gribe's deer head and looked up at the remaining upper jaw of the other party, as well as the stomach that should be open as a door but was missing at the moment.

"But I don't know if it's because it's too old, or if this fake Grebe has been damaged by others, causing it to lose its function... But whether we roasted it, hit it hard, or insulted it, it always turned out that Unable to wake up the Grimby who seemed to have fallen asleep, he opened his mouth to tell the riddle."

The words coded on the mobile phone on the road may be a bit too rough. The author will optimize it tomorrow.