Tomb Raiders: After living in seclusion for a hundred years, my little brother invited me out!

Chapter 334 This is not a monkey, this is a human

Zhang Yang didn't say anything, but looked at the things hanging like fruits.

One by one, they all wore the stone masks worn by the monkeys just now, all hanging upside down on the branches of the bronze tree, trembling slightly with the breeze blowing.

It feels like it's still alive.

"Mr. Zhang, aren't these monkeys too?"

Wu Xie spoke in a low voice.

Zhang Yang climbed up two steps calmly, until he got closer, only then did he realize that these masks hanging upside down were slightly different from the monkeys he met before.

It's just that the bodies of these people appear to be stronger, and the skeleton looks more like a human being.

These corpses have long been dried by the wind blowing down from above, leaving only a shriveled torso.

Because the torsos of humans and monkeys are similar, it is difficult to tell what is different for a while.

However, Zhang Yang found it strange that there were so many corpses here at the same time, maybe it was really for sacrifice.

Since it is a sacrificial offering, why bother to wear a stone mask on his head?

There's something unreasonable about this.

At this time, Wu Xie and Old Itching also mustered up the courage to climb up, and after seeing the face of the mask clearly, they were trembling with fright.

"Well, these monkey masks seem to be distorted, and they are somewhat different from the previous ones."

As he spoke, Wu Xie pointed to the stone mask closest to him.

Looking at the strangely distorted stone mask, Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.

Under normal circumstances, a stone mask like this would fall off with the death of the monkey.

After all, after a living creature dies, the muscles of the body will start to contract, and the blood in the body will gradually evaporate, so the head will naturally be much smaller than before.

Naturally, the mask will gradually separate from the physical body as the muscles shrink.

But otherwise, the mask felt as if it was inlaid on the monkey's head, and there seemed to be no sign of separation.

And every mask is worn on the head intact, which is a bit unreasonable.

Unless the stone mask is directly baked into the flesh, so it is connected with the flesh and blood.

Or it could be said that the ancients used some more bloody and cruel means to directly make the stone mask and the face grow together, so that even if the living thing died, it was impossible to separate it.

"Mr. Zhang, do you think these monkeys have some kind of skin disease? You can see that the hair has completely fallen off, leaving only a layer of white skin."

Old Itchy asked curiously from the side.

Only then did Zhang Yang notice that the monkey really had no hair, only a layer of white grease remained.

"wrong."

Suddenly Zhang Yang seemed to realize something, and subconsciously leaned over.

"Mr. Zhang, what's wrong?"

Wu Xie and Lao You became more and more curious and followed them.

Zhang Yang directly reached out and took away one of the stone masks, and the dry face cracked instantly, and then turned into pieces of white fragments and fell to the ground.

However, the inside of the stone mask was actually wrapped with something, so Zhang Yang still had a mask in his hand.

At this moment, Lao Tiao leaned directly in front of the head, looked down, and suddenly said in shock:

"This, this is not a monkey, this is a human."

Wu Xie and Zhang Yang also looked over, only to see that the entire face of the mummy was in the shape of a skeleton.

Moreover, the original eye sockets had already shrunk completely into two black holes, and the bones of the mouth were even more violently opened, exposing a few crippled teeth inside.

The entire face has also been completely deformed due to years of loss, and the face has a somewhat hideous feeling.

The entire tooth has been ground down, without the slightest trace of fangs, which shows that human beings cannot be wrong.

Although it is said that monkeys are very similar to humans, this monkey has sharp canine teeth and thick roots, which are used to tear and bite food.

So in essence, they are still different, which is why it can be seen at a glance.

"Mr. Zhang, what, what's going on here? Didn't they all say it was a monkey before? Why is it now a human?"

Wu Xie became a little scared.

Both monkeys and humans wear stone masks here, which means that there must be someone controlling everything here.

Zhang Yang looked down at the mask in his hand calmly, and found that near the mouth of the mask, there was a trace of mediation, a bit like the inner shell of a snail, and there was a small hole.

Zhang Yang turned over the mask directly, and then said:

"This mask needs to be worn with the mouth open."

"what?"

Wu Xie was so surprised that he almost knocked his chin off.

The old itch couldn't even speak.

"Mr. Zhang, what does this mean? Does this masked man need to open his mouth?"

Lao You felt that he had been walking in the ancient tomb for so long, and it was a long time since he had seen him. This was the first time he had heard of such a mask wearing method.

"Mr. Zhang, could it be that there is something strange in the mask?"

Wu Xie came over and carefully examined the mask in Zhang Yang's hand.

After all, no matter whether it is a monkey or a human, after wearing this mask, it is not allowed to eat or drink.

So what do they rely on to survive?

Just now those monkeys were alive and kicking and almost killed them.

Without saying a word, Zhang Yang directly raised the Big Dipper Knife in his hand and pierced the mediation-like thing inside the mask.

Unexpectedly, something like a crab's foot was exposed inside.

Zhang Yang stretched out his hand and pulled it out forcefully, but he didn't expect it to be half a bug's corpse.

Because of the age, the bug's body had already stiffened and turned black, and it was impossible to tell what kind of bug it was.

"Bugs? Why are there bugs in this mask?"

Wu Xie became more and more curious.

Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, but this reminded him of the previous scene in the cave.

Those worms are also attached to the back of the corpse weeter, and then rely on the esophagus to obtain the conditions for survival.

So, will this bug do the same thing?

Subconsciously, Zhang Yang turned his head to look at the shriveled corpse, his gaze was directly fixed on the big mouth.

He directly took the Big Dipper Knife in his hand and poked it in, and quickly pulled out the other half of the bug's corpse.

So, that's what he thought it meant?

"Hey, why is the corpse of this bug in the mouth of a person? Isn't this too disgusting?"

Wu Xie suddenly retched.

The old itch on the side also said speechlessly:

"Could it be that these masked people survived by eating bugs?"

Zhang Yang shook his head and said:
"I don't think so."

(End of this chapter)