Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

After hearing what Cui Hao said, I also felt a little hot.

My hands and feet, which were originally numb from the cold, became quite warm.

This is quite similar to the last time when the Buddha's relics generated heat, so I thought it was the Buddha's relics that had an effect.

Actually, I was ignorant at that time.

We both felt that the fever was due to hypothermia.

When the surrounding temperature drops rapidly, the body's temperature regulation center is stimulated.

It will stimulate the sympathetic nerves and increase the secretion of adrenaline to encourage the body to increase heat production and bring the body temperature to normal human body temperature.

When the body generates heat rapidly, people often have the illusion that the temperature is warming up or even feeling hot.

Once the rapidly generated heat is exhausted, the body will enter a colder and weaker state, and death can easily occur.

Later, four geologists died in Ailao Mountain.

When they died, they lifted their clothes to their bellies and had mysterious smiles on their faces. This was because they had a heat hallucination due to hypothermia before death.

The heat that Cui Hao and I feel at this moment is a similar illusion.

"It's quite hot. This cave is so weird."

"Since we can't get out of the stone gate, we can only find another way."

Cui Hao and I returned to the cave and headed deeper.

Whoosh!

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, but we both felt hotter and hotter, and even started sweating.

After drilling five or six meters along the slope of the cave, the front suddenly opened up and revealed a square brick room large enough for a person to stand up.

The stone fairy who had just disappeared was now standing in the middle of the brick room.

There is a two-story platform made of bricks around the brick room.

Pots, pans, stoves, medicine cabinets and other items are placed on the table.

I looked around, then up.

There is a basketball-sized hole pointing straight upwards on the roof of the brick room, which seems to be used for ventilation.

If I'm not mistaken, the gusts of cold wind are related to this ventilation hole.

After observing, I carefully crawled out.

As soon as I stood up after entering the brick room, I felt dizzy and my body went limp and I fell to the ground.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?!"

"I feel a little dizzy and weak."

It was difficult for me to speak, and my whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

This is a more serious sign of hypothermia.

Cui Hao's situation is similar to mine.

After entering the brick room, he lay on the ground and shivered.

"I'm dizzy too. Have I been infected?"

"The heat is gone, and now I feel even colder!"

I propped myself up and looked at Cui Hao.

His entire body was red but his face was pale, and he was shaking like a tractor.

At that time, the tractor would shake violently when it started. If you dared to sit on the tractor for half a day, your body would be shaken apart.

"The heat I felt just now was an illusion!"

"Look at the white frost on the walls, it means the temperature is very low!"

"Get warm quickly!"

I forced myself to walk towards the medicine cabinet on the second floor.

The medicine cabinet is made of wood and can be heated by lighting it.

Wow.

I opened the medicine cabinet drawer.

A strong medicinal aroma hits you in the face.

I can't tell what medicine is inside.

Anyway, these are medicinal herbs from hundreds of years ago, so I guess they are no longer usable.

I pulled out the entire drawer and threw it on the ground: "Rat, light the fire!"

"it is good."

Cui Hao reached into his bag.

He took out a box of matches with trembling hands.

When I pushed open the matchbox, my hands were shaking so badly that the whole box of matches spilled onto the ground.

"Hold!"

"My hands are shaking, please wait for me."

"The fire will be lit soon."

Chila!

The match head passed over the match skin but failed to strike.

Things back then were generally poorly made.

Some of the match heads are big, some are small, some are stuck together, and some are even just wooden sticks without a head at all.

The leather for rubbing fire is not very good, and it will be worn off after a few rubs.

In normal use, these problems can be tolerated.

But now our lives were about to end, and we were both getting anxious.

Cui Hao tried several times to strike a fire but failed, and he got so angry that he started cursing.

"Dog Hammer Match!"

"Oh, you're about to catch fire!"

Chila, chila.

After breaking several matchsticks, he finally lit one.

"Fuck! It finally happened!"

Cui Hao held a match in his right hand and carefully protected the soybean-sized flame with his left hand to ignite the medicinal herbs on the ground.

But just as Match moved to the medicinal herbs, a gust of cold wind blew over.

call!

The flame flickered twice and went out.

Cui Hao threw away the matchstick in despair.

"Who the hell is behind this?!"

"Fanning someone in the dark isn't a skill. If you have the guts, come out and kill me!"

Only his curses echoed in the brick room.

Other than that, there was no movement.

I was too weak to stand, and my legs gave way and I fell to the ground.

When he fell, his arm hit the second-floor platform, and a lot of pots and pans were swept down with it.

Jingle bells.

Pots, pans, and bowls made of copper and iron fell to the ground, making a series of noises.

The lid of the pot rolled off, and a small Bagua alchemy furnace rolled out from the pot.

It spun around and rolled right in front of me.

The Bagua alchemy furnace is silver-white in color, with Bagua runes such as Qian, Kun, Gen and Zhen on the furnace body, and two sacred beasts, a dragon and a tiger, carved on the furnace lid.

I thought the Bagua alchemy furnace was made of pure silver.

But when I picked it up with my hands, I realized something was wrong.

It doesn't feel like silver, but more like copper.

But are there silvery-white bronze objects?

Really!

There are records of white copper casting in my country as early as BC.

White copper is the earliest nickel-copper alloy in the world. It has a color similar to silver and is highly resistant to corrosion. It is often used as weapons, coins, and vehicle accessories.

White copper was widely used during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was later introduced to Europe for study and imitation.

This Bagua alchemy furnace is made of white copper.

I picked up the alchemy furnace with both hands and shook it.

Clang.

There were sounds coming from inside, and it was obvious that there were some pills left behind.

Click.

He opened the lid of the alchemy furnace and poured out a pitch-black ball.

The ball looks like the big honey pill called Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan.

But the surface is delicate and moist, and light shining on it can reflect colorful strong light.

I think this thing is more like black pearl.

"Brother, I can't light the match at all." Cui Hao asked me for help in a crying voice.

Most of the box of matches has been used up.

Either you can't strike it, or if you do, it will be blown out by the wind.

Cui Hao's mentality has completely collapsed.

I put the black pill into my pocket and moved to Cui Hao's side.

"Please help block the wind."

Cui Hao silently propped himself up and used his back to block the wind.

I took the matchstick and struck the match skin.

Chila, chila.

He broke three matches in succession and finally lit one.

We both quickly reached out to protect the flames.

Use the small flame to ignite the medicinal materials, and as the medicinal materials burn, a small fire gradually forms.

The heat from the fire helped us both gradually recover.

"Brother, why do I always feel that this stone fairy is looking at us?" Cui Hao said secretly while looking at the stone fairy.

I feel the same way.

Although the stone fairy was on our side, we felt from time to time that she was spying on us.

But we have been here for such a long time. If the stone fairy is really a goblin or ghost, she should have attacked us long ago.

I took out the sachet containing the relics and held it in my palm.

He turned around and faced the stone fairy, ready to use courtesy first and then force.

"Are you a ghost immortal?"