The Lost Tomb : Ten Years Later

Chapter 14: All the Way Down

As I fell all the way down, I found that there were many slates below, which were filled with jars. It was no wonder the well was so shallow.

My weight, coupled with the broken jars, caused me to fall through multiple layers, and I didn't know how many I had fallen through before I reached the bottom.

A bunch of broken pieces of porcelain were stuck in my flesh, and I cursed as I turned over. Ever since my debut, zombies rose everywhere I went, and I fell down whenever I stepped on something. But I also blamed my bones for being too heavy. There wasn't much meat on them, but I still weighed so much.

It was so dark that the moonlight and fluorescence from above couldn't reach, and I turned on my flashlight to look around. I turned and found that this was a particularly narrow, but fairly high well shaft made entirely of blue bricks.

I had studied architecture, and knew at a glance what its purpose was. When the water level in the well was too high, it would overflow from the wellhead and submerge all the jars. The channel at the bottom of this well must have been connected to all the wellheads, but it had been dry for quite some time. I didn't know where the channel would lead, so I stood up, shook off the fallen leaves and broken porcelain pieces, and then looked up at the wellhead.

As soon as I looked, I saw a huge face staring at me. I raised my middle finger, and it suddenly opened its mouth and spit out a monkey, which fell right in front of me. I was stunned for a moment, before I turned and ran. The old memories that surfaced weren't good, and I remembered how fucking unnatural these birds were.

Under the flashlight's shaking light, I saw that the channel was full of grid-like forks in the road. I heard the sound of another person falling down and shouted "Xiao Hua!" to see if it was him, but it was Kan Jian who responded with, "Boss, it's me! We're safe. They can't get in, right?"

"Fuck you, run!" I yelled.

"Don't worry, they can't get in. And if they can, they can't run fast. Ah!!! What is that thing!!" I didn't know where Kan Jian's scream came from in the dark.

"Idiot, I told you to run." When I stumbled, an idea popped into my head. There was a wine jar on top of the collapsed wellhead in front of me, which was blocking the way. When I looked back, the monkey rushed up and threw itself on my face.

I fell on my back, flipped the flashlight over so the taser part was facing outwards, and pointed it at the monkey. The monkey convulsed under the electricity and fell to the ground. I got up, put my foot on its neck, and sent it back to its maker. Since it had been on my face when it was electrified just now, my entire jaw was numb. When I turned and saw a mass surging in the darkness, I knew that something else was coming. As soon as I lifted my flashlight, I saw a dense pack of those monkeys.

"Aw fuck," I took a deep breath and turned to continue running. "Kan Jian, are you dead?" I shouted.

"Not yet!" Kan Jian yelled back, his voice far away. "But I'll definitely die in a minute!!!"

I also heard Wang Meng's voice come through the darkness, "Where is everyone? Where is everyone?" It was right next to me, so I turned and ran into the fork, but I ended up tripping and rolling down. Fucking hell, there's even steps. When I got up, I just happened to collide with Wang Meng, and one of the monkeys immediately jumped towards me. The two of us kicked out and sent it flying. I got up and saw that Wang Meng had a gun on his hip.

"Why are you running with a gun?!!! You piece of shit!" I pulled out his gun and cocked it, but Wang Meng shouted: "You can't use this gun!" As soon as I pulled the trigger, I heard a loud noise. My whole body was blown back by the recoil, and I hit the wall. I couldn't feel anything from my hands to my shoulders. "You dick, what did you put in it?" I could taste blood, and knew I had bitten my tongue. When I looked up, the monkey that had jumped towards us just now was beaten into a bloody pulp. I could hardly hear anything and had to shake my head a few times before the sound started filtering in again.

"One bullet is a combination of six Remington bullets." When I looked at the tip of the gun, I saw that it had burst open like a blooming flower. I glanced at Wang Meng, and he said, "The man who did it said it can only be fired once, so I wanted to keep it for myself as a last resort."

"You were saving the last bullet for yourself?"

"Yes."

"Who would use something like a cannon to commit suicide?" I stared at him and then started yelling, "How much do you fucking hate yourself? You shoot yourself in the head, and nothing's left, yeah? Don't you know it's hard to clean this kind of mess up? The medical examiner is also a human being, you know? Don't trouble others, ok?" Wang Meng was completely speechless as he looked at the monkey that had been beaten into pulp. I lifted him up. If this continued, I couldn't go on like this. I went to lift the hand that had just fired the gun, but found that I couldn't.

I looked down, fuck, if my hand is twisted like this, it must be fractured. Is it really going to end here? No, there has to be a way out. I took out a cigarette and lit it before I started shouting, "I'm going to die young! Xie Yuchen, come and fucking save me!!"