People are in the comprehensive tomb, unloading the mountain and stealing the chief

Chapter 315 The second half of the cave

They said they were looking for a suitable place, but in fact they chose a place to rest, which was not too far from the altar, but higher from the water.

After all, for them now, the hidden threat in the water is the highest. Whether it is the female corpses before or the giant toads that are still preying on midges, they all need to be cautious.

Several people did not sit facing each other, but chose to sit side by side facing the outside in order to beware of possible dangers at any time.

In this way, no matter which direction there is movement, they can find it at the first time, and the rock wall has been checked behind, and there will be no problems.

"I just took a look. There are a lot of fossil trees here, and there are places where they are intertwined with each other, enough for us to walk on them. Do you think we should continue to walk on the waterway, or go forward from here?" No one took the lead Opening his mouth, Chen Ziyan threw bricks to attract jade.

He wasn't lying, he had indeed observed the fossil trees because that was the most pressing question before them.

If they continued to take the waterway, they would have to face threats from the water at all times, but the fossilized tree branches were not easy to walk, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they could take every step of the way, but they didn't need to worry about being attacked suddenly.

Hearing the two choices given by Chen Ziyan, everyone was silent for a while, and they could naturally hear the difference.

And they all understand one thing, that is, although the waterway is dangerous, the speed is much faster than walking on fossil trees.

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Chen Ziyan didn't rush to urge him, but took out the golden mask he got from the jade coffin earlier.

The helmet of the barbarian leader in the relief just now has many similarities with this mask, so he wants to study it carefully to see if the two are the same thing.

Chen Ziyan's actions were not hidden from the others, so they all saw the golden mask, but except for Shirley Yang's thoughtful look, the others didn't pay much attention to it.

Seeing Chen Ziyan holding the golden mask in front of him and looking it over and over again, Xue Liyang quickly had a guess in his heart, and asked, "You want to verify this mask, is it the helmet of the barbarian leader in the relief?"

Because the composition of the relief is too simple, such details are easily overlooked, so in the team, apart from Chen Ziyan who paid special attention to it, only Shirley Yang noticed this.

After hearing Shirley Yang's question, Chen Ziyan raised his head: "Yes, although one of these two things is a helmet and the other is a mask, I always feel that they have many similar characteristics."

Shirley Yang showed such a look, and then said: "Actually, I also have the same feeling. Now it seems that we all have such a feeling, so it should not be an illusion."

Speaking of this, Shirley Yang paused for a moment, and continued: "Looking at the condition of the altar, it must have a history of at least 3000 years, and the tomb of the King Xian is only more than 2000 years old, so the sequence is obvious."

"Let's assume that if this secret cave is the only way to the tomb of the king from the outside world, and the so-called mountain god entrenched in the depths is the guard in charge of guarding the checkpoint, is it just to act according to the law and also to that place?" The so-called gods donate enough giant toads, and we can pass here smoothly."

"This is really very possible..." Chen Ziyan thought for a while, and knew that if the conditions were really as Xue Liyang said, he could indeed use this method to pass through the obstacles behind.

Of course, the premise is that they can catch enough giant toads.

After all, this thing will not be caught obediently. It is okay to catch one or two, but it is not easy to catch too many.

The most important thing is that they don't have corresponding means of catching them. From the previous relief, it can be seen that the ancestors who used to live here had a set of means to deal with such creatures.

Just as Chen Ziyan was thinking about it, he heard Shirley Yang say again:

"Actually, there is one thing that I have never understood. According to my understanding of animal habits, this kind of water should not be suitable for creatures like toads to live in."

The other people's attention has long been attracted by the conversation between the two. After hearing Shirley Yang's doubts, Ding Sitian said:
"Generally speaking, creatures like toads live in wetlands. I think they will come here in groups, which should have something to do with the midges just now. It is likely that it is the egg-laying period of these underground insects, so they are attracted. these toads that lived in other areas."

Because toads not only produce poison but also can be used as medicine, Ding Sitian has a deep understanding of this creature, and came up with this possibility after a little thought.

Hearing Ding Sitian's words, Shirley Yang nodded suddenly: "The fact should be like this, even if the body size is much larger than normal, the habits of creatures are engraved on the genetic chain, and they will not be easily changed. "

Chen Ziyan keenly noticed the key point, and asked, "If you say that, doesn't it mean that the waters here are connected to the outside world?"

If so, then their previous conjecture was probably wrong, there is no ability to shrink people here.

Xueli Yang frowned and thought for a moment when she heard the words, and then said: "But if you say it this way, there is no way to explain the size of these toads. If there is no special thing in this space, then there is no reason why things here are so much more than normal."

She felt as if things were stuck in some kind of paradoxical situation.

At least based on the information she has received now, there is no way to give a reasonable explanation.

It was Ding Sitian who, after thinking for a while, came up with a conjecture: "Is there such a possibility that the special magnetic field we guessed does exist, but it is not limited to this gourd hole, but radiates to the entire wormhole?" What about the valley or even the entire valley?"

"As far as we know so far, there are already two unusually sized creatures, the green scaled python and the giant toad, and neither of these creatures has lived in the gourd hole."

The explanation given by Ding Sitian is barely reasonable, but there are many things that can't be explained, that is, if it is really like what she said, everything they saw when they came should also be beyond common sense.

Let's not mention plants, but as far as animals are concerned, whether it's an eagle owl or a small tree lizard, they are all the size they are familiar with.

Taking this into consideration, Chen Ziyan shook his head: "This also doesn't make sense."

The series of conversations between the three made Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan look dazed. Hu Bayi was a bit better. Although he was not proficient in this aspect, he still understood a little bit, but Wang Kaixuan was completely at a loss.

The fat man, who was confused by what he heard, felt that this would not work, so he said, "Why don't we put this question aside first, or go to Xianwang's tomb to find the answer as we had planned, and now we still want to talk about the mountain god's question." Let's do it."

Hearing Wang Kaixuan's words, Chen Ziyan also knew that it was time to stop. If this topic continued, it might not be possible to have an answer tomorrow.

Thinking this way in his heart, he said: "Fatty is right, let's talk about this mountain god first."

Seeing this, Hu Bayi took the initiative to answer the conversation: "This mountain god is [-]% sure to exist now, but the cognition of the ancients is very different from ours, so it is still very difficult to determine what it is. Now we can only make A preliminary analysis."

Chen Ziyan asked: "Old Hu, do you think this mountain god is anthropomorphic or humanoid?"

Anthropomorphism is other creatures, so it is shaped into a human form. If it is humanoid, then this so-called mountain god is at least a humanoid creature.

Hu Bayi thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, this mountain god is probably a thousand-year-old zombie king. Think about it, how well the features of bristles on the face and lifeless face match zombies, and according to According to the relief description just now, the Yi people sent those big toads into the cave, but they were not eaten whole, but were sucked out of blood and turned into dried toads. This eating method is also very suitable for zombies."

"As for the way for the barbarians to pass there, I think it is to feed the old zombies with toads first, and then use this golden mask to frighten them, so that they can take the opportunity to pass."

After all, Hu Bayi looked at the golden mask in Chen Ziyan's hand. He hadn't thought of it before, but now that he thought about it, the golden mask might be a treasure to suppress corpses and ward off evil spirits.

When Wang Kaixuan heard Hu Bayi's words, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. After all, the zombies thousands of years ago are still very likely to become fine, and they would be afraid of anyone.

So this guy thought for a while and said: "As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't overwhelm a local snake. This old zongzi has lived here for so long, and I haven't seen him go out to do anything illegal. This is probably from the zongzi. Good people, if you want me to say that we don't have to make trouble with them, we will also catch a few big toads as a gift later, we are newcomers and follow the rules, we will definitely not suffer."

After finishing speaking, this guy may feel that the words are a bit soft, so he added: "Of course, it's not impossible to be tough with our skills, but it's unnecessary, it's a matter of giving each other face."

Although what he said was high-sounding, no one knew what this guy meant.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Shirley Yang denied it: "I don't think the mountain god may be a zombie. There have been rumors about zombies since ancient times. How could the ancients regard him as a mountain god?"

There is nothing wrong with this, even the barbarians would not enshrine corpses as gods.

"If it's not a zombie or something, it's most likely some kind of humanoid creature." Ding Sitian said.

Hu Bayi said: "It is possible to be humanoid, but it is still unknown. If you want me to say, let's just go and have a look. If it doesn't work, then come back to catch toads."

At this moment, he also realized that the old zombie was too unfounded, so he wanted to change the subject.

Wang Kaixuan was very supportive of this, and then said: "Yes, just do what you want, no matter what he is, if you don't see it, you have no right to speak."

Seeing this, Chen Ziyan said, "Then go and have a look. Have you figured out how to get there?"

What he said later was just to ask casually. He never expected to involve so much, so after hearing Hu Bayi's proposal, he immediately brought the topic back to the way forward.

Hu Bayi said: "I think it's more appropriate to walk on this fossil tree. It's okay to walk slowly, but there is a lot of room for maneuvering, which is a great advantage."

This was the reason he had thought up just now, but he was distracted by the matter of the mountain god, so he didn't say it.

After thinking about it, the others felt that this was a good reason. The waterway would return quickly, but the scope of movement was limited to the boat, which was far less convenient than on the fossil tree.

Especially when encountering danger, there are many ways to avoid it.

Since everyone agreed to walk on the fossil tree, Chen Ziyan didn't say much. To him, the difference between the two is actually not that big.

After packing up everything, a group of people started to move forward on the fossil tree hanging above the water.

Although many of these fossil trees are connected together, there are occasional gaps, but these gaps can be crossed in depth without causing too much hindrance.

After advancing more than a hundred meters in this way, Chen Ziyan suddenly noticed that the surrounding red walls began to shrink.

He calculated silently in his heart, and found that he and others should have arrived at the position of the central interface of the gourd by this time.

The roots of the plants extending from above here are gradually thinning out, which makes the air less humid and hot than before.

Soon, Chen Ziyan saw the junction of the two caves, but there were no fossil trees for them to settle down. In the end, the few people who were more than ten meters away had to wade through the water.

After arriving at the joint in the center of the gourd cave, Chen Ziyan found that the water surface here was just parallel to the bottom of the narrow cave in front of him, and the gourd cave was inclined downward, which caused the water here to flow through. The drop formed a waterfall with little water flow on the other side.

Not paying too much attention to this small waterfall, Chen Ziyan grabbed the entrance of the cave with one hand and looked inside.

With the help of the light of the flashlight, he found that the slope inside was very steep and deep, and it was still an arc that could not be used by force. This made them better use ropes to descend if they wanted to pass.

They have all the tools you need, so you don't have to worry about it.

After installing the fixed rock wedge and climbing rope, several people slid down the rope one after another.

In the process of falling, Chen Ziyan did not forget to look around, but it was so quiet here that there seemed to be no sign of life at all, like a still dark world.

Compared with the cave they just left, it is like two worlds of life and death.

Feeling that the flashlight was hindered and he couldn't shine too far, Chen Ziyan threw a cold fireworks directly downward.

He had a hunch that it was not long before landing, so he had to be clear about the situation below.

With the fall of the cold smoke and fire, Chen Ziyan really saw the situation below clearly.

The first thing to appear at the foot is a large wet superimposed rock, surrounded by deep groundwater.

(End of this chapter)