Daomu Biji

Changbai Mountain is a potentially active volcano. According to historical records, the last small-scale eruption should have been 1,000 years ago. Although the volcano has fallen silent now, the nearby geothermal energy is extremely rich, and many geological gaps and lava vents from the volcanic period remain extremely intact. Due to the high temperature, there might be a steaming crack in the ground behind the dragon sealing stone, which is why the smell of sulfur comes out.

This is undoubtedly good news for us. In such an environment, having a stable heat source is definitely more economical and practical than lighting a bonfire. However, the huge black dragon sealing stone is pressed on it. According to visual inspection, there are at least a dozen It weighs tons, and we don’t have any mountaineering equipment. It’s really difficult to turn it over.

The fat man was a man of action. He raised his arms and asked us to move the stone. Several people went up and tried to carry it twice. A group of people were sweating profusely and their faces were red, but the stone did not move at all.

The fat man was panting and cursed: No, old man, I told you that our equipment is not good enough. Look at the current situation, it would be better to have some explosives.

Monk Hua said that if you don’t understand, then don’t talk nonsense. Our old man has crossed more bridges than you have walked. It is right not to bring explosives. You said that we are at the bottom of the valley and there is snow above your head. You can just place a blast hole there. The snow on top was shaken off, and they were buried alive in one fell swoop.

The fat man had nothing to say in reply. At this time, I saw many stones of different sizes stuck on the lower edge of the Panlong Stone. I had an idea and said to them: Maybe you don't need explosives, let me do it.

As I said that, I took out a masonry hammer from my luggage, walked to the side of the Panlong sealing stone, carefully inspected the larger stones below, and then aimed at one of them and hit it hard. With a pressure of more than ten tons, I received another sideways hammer blow, and a crack immediately opened, followed by a series of Carrara stone friction sounds. The Coiling Dragon Sealing Stone above began to slide along the stone slope due to the sudden change in support force.

We quickly stepped back. The Panlong sealing stone slid down a few inches and began to tilt again. However, the stone was too heavy. It slid a little and stopped. Even so, we still saw the back of the sealing stone. A rock crack in the mountain was exposed.

The crack in the rock is as wide as a head, and a person can barely pass through it. Looking at the edge of the cave entrance, it looks like a torn rock formation, with no traces of artificial excavation. The smell of sulfur comes from inside.

The fat man turned on the flashlight, reached in and took a look. He turned around and said, It's very warm inside, but the angle is too uncomfortable and nothing can be illuminated. Moreover, there seems to be writing on the stone wall inside.

What's written? I asked.

The fat man squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, and said, I can't understand, I don't know what to write.

As he spoke, he tried to duck in, but the fat man was indeed too fat.

This hole obviously didn't fit him. After squeezing it a few times, he couldn't squeeze it in. Finally, he took off his outer coat and managed to get in.

Chen Pi Asi asked Ye Cheng, Lang Feng and Pan Zi to stay outside to take care of anything. We followed the fat man and got into the gap.

The whole place here is a rock crack that split when the mountain moved. After entering, we found that the crack was a steep downward direction, and it was very dark inside. It seems to be extremely deep, probably leading to the inside of the mountain.

There is not much space at the opening of the gap, so two people cannot stand side by side, and it is very difficult to walk inside the gap. There are large rocks underneath, with sharp edges and corners. The smell of sulfur in the cave is very strong, and the temperature is at least 30 degrees. After touching it, Even the stones are hot.

We walked a few steps forward on our hands and knees. The fat man shined a flashlight on one side and said, Look, what are these words?

I turned around and saw that the words were not carved on the wall of the gap, but on a random rock at the bottom. They were all unfamiliar words, a bit like Chinese, and a bit like Korean. The carvings were very messy.

Monk Hua went over to take a look and confirmed, This is a Jurchen character.

What are you writing about? the fat man asked.

Monk Hua said: Wait a minute, I'm not that good. You have to look at it to find out. I'll draw it down first.

We waited for a while, and then Monk Hua copied these words into his notebook. The fat man took the lead. We lined up and continued walking deeper into the cave.

We call it walking, but actually we use our hands more than our feet. The entire gap is almost 30 degrees downward, and there are no steps. You almost have to climb down. The inside is sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, sometimes high, sometimes low. In some places, people You have to sit down to pass.

The only comfortable thing was that it was much warmer inside. As we crawled, we all started to sweat, so we had to unbutton our clothes. At this time, the fat man asked: Old man, do you think it is not a coincidence that the sealing stone blocks this gap?

Chen Pi Asi chanted: Kai Tong built the mausoleum and used local materials. There are so many random stones outside here. It should be the quarry used for quarrying when building the mausoleum. Maybe this gap was discovered when they were quarrying. I don't know why, but in the end I had to use a sealing stone to suppress it.

Less than a hundred meters down, the smell of sulfur became stronger and stronger, and the rocks became darker and darker. They all began to show the luster of colored glaze, which was the trace of mica melted at high temperature. I oops, and I was already thinking, this should be It is the lava vent of a volcano. Changbai Mountain is a potentially active volcano. If it suddenly erupts and magma erupts from the inside of the mountain, we will be dead.

Thinking wildly, suddenly, the two people leading the group stopped and looked with their flashlights. It turned out that the crack in front suddenly shrank, the rocks overlapped, and there was only a very small gap left to go down.

I squatted down and used my flashlight to shine inside. It was caused by the collapse of the gap. The gap inside was so small that it looked like you had to crawl on your stomach to get in.

Chen Pi Asi looked at the entrance of the cave and knew that he was not strong enough to climb in. After some discussion, I asked Monk Hua to accompany him and wait for us. Me, Fatty and Menyoupin went in to see what else was inside.

We took off our coats to reduce our size as much as possible. This time, the three of us went down front and back, squeezing into the gap bit by bit.

I thought that the collapse of this section was only temporary. If we crawled forward a few steps, there would be an exit. If it was real, we could turn around and go back in time. I didn’t expect that the gap in this section was very long. After climbing for a long time, we could still pass through. Unexpectedly deep.

The stones inside were very sharp. I climbed a few steps and my clothes were torn in several places. The rocks were squeezing my lungs and the temperature was getting higher and higher, making it increasingly difficult to breathe.

The fat man behind felt the same as me, and held my feet and said, No, there may be a problem with the air quality here. It would be too reckless for us to come in without even checking.

I wanted to look back, but the space was too small, and there was really nothing I could do. I thought that I had crawled a long distance just now, and I couldn't bear to go back. Moreover, in this situation, crawling backwards would probably be more painful than when I came here, so I said: Let's go back. Take a few more steps forward, and then exit if you still haven’t reached the bottom.”

The fat man responded. At this moment, suddenly, the oil bottle in front of him shouted: Huh?

I turned my head and looked forward, but there was nothing in front of me. The oil bottle that was blocking me just now disappeared in front of me. There was only a dark stone passage that led to nowhere.