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

Chapter 320 The key?I just happen to have it!
After sizing up the two worms, Xue Liyang shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy. With our current equipment, it's very difficult to kill this guy."

Then she explained: "If I'm not mistaken, this is probably a long beetle worm with a rare round nerve structure like the sun goddess snail. If you want to kill it completely, the best and most effective way is to change the oxygen content in the air."

When talking about the latter, Shirley Yang glanced at the body of Huo's Undead Worm with some pity. If it wasn't for the bronze heavy armor and carapace with amazing defensive power, they might have taken another way to deal with this beast. giant worm.

After all, compared to changing the oxygen content here, it would be easier to divide this giant worm and take it outside. At that time, no matter how special it was, it would be invincible.

However, the astonishing defense of the double armor has become the biggest obstacle to this method. Without suitable tools at hand, this method can only be thought about.

"Anthropoid beetle of the round nerve?" Hearing this word, Ding Sitian couldn't help looking at Xue Liyang, with surprise mixed with puzzlement on his face.

She has always been interested in insects. After all, many insects are good materials for medicine, so it is hard for her not to be interested in this giant insect that has long since disappeared with time.

To be honest, she wanted to get to know her better!
Shirley Yang didn't hide her secrets, and directly said what she knew:
"The species of the long beetle can be traced back to the Cambrian period hundreds of millions of years ago, when invertebrates originated, and all creatures at that time were still in a low-level evolutionary stage, and the original form of this long beetle was With its tenacious vitality, it has escaped countless times of earth-shaking species destruction, survived until the Triassic period tens of millions of years ago, and gradually evolved into one of the largest insects in history."

"Different from common organisms whose central nervous system is dominated by dendritic nerves, this kind of multinucleated single-celled organism with a rounded nerve structure is extremely rare, and there are only two types of organisms that have been clearly confirmed so far. One was hundreds of millions of years ago. Mysterious creature-the sun goddess snail, and the other is the long beetle in front of us, also known as Huo's undead worm."

Knowing that this strange creature between an invertebrate and a half-spine is a unique creature that can continue to survive as long as a part of the neural network is left unless the whole is destroyed at the same time, Shirley Yang explained it in detail, Try to let others have a more comprehensive understanding of this thing at one time.

At the same time, she is also carefully observing the creature in front of her. After all, this is a species that has long been extinct in the long river of history due to the environment. She would be lying if she said she was not curious.

Shirley Yang can guarantee that if those biologists are made aware of its existence, even the whole world will go crazy because of it.

She remembered that she had heard it before, and it was said that some scholars insisted that the scarab in the Pharaoh's emblem, the so-called insect of the gods, was based on this long worm.

For this reason, these scholars and those who hold the opposite view have always been at odds, even now.

Ding Sitian didn't know Xue Liyang's thoughts, but after listening to her story, her eyes looking at the giant insect's body on the ground also lit up.

This thing is simply too attractive to her!

It can be said that as long as you are in a suitable environment all the time, it is completely equivalent to immortality.

It doesn't need to be thoroughly researched, it just needs to be able to comprehend the slightest bit, and that will be a great harvest for Ding Sitian.

"This should not be the first generation of long beetles. I have also read some relevant information and know that this ancient creature has a unique way of self-reproduction." Chen Ziyan added upon seeing this.

Although this can also be regarded as a different kind of immortality, compared with the fact that this giant worm has survived since ancient times, there is still a gap, and it is easier to accept.

Shirley Yang said with emotion: "Even if it is like this, it is amazing enough."

"Huh? What do you think this is?"

At this moment, Wang Kaixuan, who wandered around to the fractured part of the worm's body at some point, looked at the fractured part where the juice flowed across, and suddenly let out a light sigh.

When the others heard his words, they temporarily put aside what was in front of them and walked over.

Then they saw that in the broken flesh of the worm's body, there was a faint metallic luster, and it seemed that they knew that it was not something that belonged to the Huo's undead worm.

Chen Ziyan immediately thought of what it was, and said to Wang Kaixuan: "Fatty, get this thing out and have a look!"

"okay!"

In fact, even if he didn't say it, Wang Kaixuan planned to do so.

After getting the team leader's consent at this moment, the fat man became even more unscrupulous, directly stabbed his engineering shovel in, and violently pulled it up.

Not long after, he pulled out a square object from the worm's body.

The surface of this square object is dripping with juice. You can only see a lot of concave and convex copper nail caps on it, like a bronze box, but you can't see more details.

However, considering that this is within the scope of Xianwang's tomb, and the jade coffin of Xianwang's high priest is in front, the possibility that this is a copper coffin cannot be ruled out.

After briefly dealing with the slime on the surface of the copper box with an engineering shovel, Wang Kaixuan immediately let out a cry of surprise:

"Sure enough, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. I didn't expect to wait for your fat master here!"

After seeing that it was indeed a copper chest, his first reaction was that it was a treasure chest, and there was definitely a treasure left by King Xian inside.

Seeing this, Shirley Yang's complexion changed, and she said in surprise, "This reminds me of the Pandora's Box hidden in the belly of an ancient dragon in ancient western legends!"

The implication is very clear, even this copper box may not be a treasure, but some kind of disaster!

Wang Kaixuan immediately retorted: "I said Miss Yang, how can Western legends count here? This must be a treasure chest!"

He was afraid that the big guy believed Shirley Yang's words, and if he didn't open the box because of this, he might not even be able to sleep at night.

Chen Ziyan didn't care about the opinions of the two of them, he circled the copper box on his own, thinking whether to open it now.

There is no doubt that there are both treasures and secrets hidden in it.

Even Chen Ziyan now suspects that the key to the abnormality of the gourd hole is also hidden in this copper box.

Seeing that no one spoke, Wang Kaixuan couldn't wait any longer, and urged: "If you want me to say, don't worry about what's in it, let's see if we can find out. Even if there are some monsters and ghosts sealed inside, how many years have passed, I'm afraid All that's left is bones."

He is extremely advocating opening the box, but he doesn't want to keep thinking about it in his heart, it's really tormenting.

After hearing Wang Kaixuan's words, Chen Ziyan also broke away from his thoughts, secretly thinking that he really thought too much.

Even though he cleaned up his portable space, the copper box could barely fit in, but that was really a bit of a waste.

Others don't know what's inside, but he still knows something. Although he's a bit uncertain about the specific capabilities of those things inside, he still knows the approximate volume.

If you only put the few things in the box, it will not take up much space in your carry-on.

In this way, there will be no delay in storing the things discovered later, which will undoubtedly be more efficient.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan nodded to Wang Kaixuan: "Then open it and have a look."

What Wang Kaixuan was waiting for was this sentence. Dang even straightened the bronze box, intending to see how many valuable licensed goods were inside.

But when he was about to start, he found that even after preliminary cleaning, the filth on the box was still an obstacle for them to open the box.

So I had to drag it to the water's edge resentfully, planning to wash it with water again.

Hu Bayi was worried that he would go to the water's edge alone, so he immediately followed him, helping the side while keeping an eye out for movement in the pool.

During the cleaning process, Hu Bayi inadvertently discovered that the female corpses spit out by Huo's undead insects did not sink back into the bottom of the water, but just floated on the water surface, but lacked the faint blue luster. , so it didn't attract their attention.

Although he was a little curious about these female corpses, Hu Bayi didn't have time to talk to them now, so he didn't take them to heart.

Wang Kaixuan didn't notice this at all. After finishing the bronze box, he immediately dragged the box back excitedly.

Although he couldn't wait in his heart, he also knew that it was not suitable to stay by the water's edge at this time.

Seeing that Wang Kaixuan had finished handling the bronze box, the others all came over.

Seeing this, Wang Kaixuan said: "Please help me, I just saw it. This thing is all made of big copper plates. Its strength has collapsed. I probably can't do it alone."

It was only during the cleaning process that he discovered that this thing looked like a box. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a whole copper ingot.

Chen Ziyan looked at the copper box, and found that each side of the object had the same appearance, and it was impossible to see up, down, left, and right. There were 48 copper caps on each side, and there were no other features.

Hu Bayi also twitched the corner of his mouth: "This is really a big solid piece of copper!"

When he was just cleaning it, he was too busy paying attention to other places, but he really didn't notice that this thing would look like this.

Shirley Yang was the most straightforward. She took out a small geological hammer and knocked on it. After hearing the echo, she said, "It's empty inside. It's indeed a container."

Then she turned the copper box around, looked back and forth, and finally found two blocked gaps at the bottom.

This gap can only see a rough outline, but it looks like it should be a keyhole or something.

Shirley Yang found something casually, and after cleaning up the two gaps, looked at the two strangely shaped holes and frowned slightly:
"The shape of these two holes is very strange, there are no rules at all, it doesn't look like a keyhole!"

Wang Kaixuan immediately leaned over to have a look: "If this is not the keyhole, then if you want to open this box, you can only greet it with explosives!"

"Don't worry, now I can only say that it doesn't look like a keyhole, and I haven't really confirmed it yet." Hu Bayi said.

Ding Sitian glanced at the strange hole and said, "If this is really a keyhole, where is the key? Could it be hidden in the body of this Huo's undead worm as well?"

While speaking, she subconsciously looked at the insect body not far away.

It is common sense for Ding Sitian to think this way, since the copper box came from Huo's Undead Worm, the key is naturally very likely hidden in its body.

After all, looking at the entire Gourd Cave, if one were to say which place was the safest, it would naturally be the Huo's Undead Worm.

"It makes sense!" Hu Bayi nodded immediately.

Now he also felt that the key might still be in the body of Huo's Undead Worm, so he wondered how to find it.

But before Hu Bayi put his thoughts into action, he ran to rummage in the belly of the insect, and saw Chen Ziyan take out something leisurely.

It was the dragon-tiger staff that they found in the high priest's jade coffin before. There was no need to compare them. Just seeing the dragon-tiger staff, everyone knew that it was the key.

The dragon and tiger heads on both ends of the staff match the keyhole on the copper box.

Shaking the dragon and tiger staff in his hand, Chen Ziyan said with a smile: "I don't know if there is a key in the worm body, but I happen to have one here."

"What does this mean? It means that the baby here should be destined to us!" Wang Kaixuan immediately smiled and said excitedly.

Ganqing's key to the copper box has long been in the hands of himself and others.

Chen Ziyan gestured twice at the hole in the copper box with the dragon and tiger staff, and successfully distinguished which one was the head of the dragon and which was the head of the tiger.

Seeing this expected result, not to mention other people who were curious, even he, who already knew what was in the box, subconsciously felt an indescribable sense of anticipation.

But just as Chen Ziyan was about to put the key in and open the copper box, Hu Bayi suddenly reached out to stop him.

Although Chen Ziyan didn't make a sound, he still looked over with a puzzled face.

Facing Chen Ziyan's puzzled gaze, Hu Bayi said: "Master Chen, I don't know what's in here. There may be poisonous smoke, hidden arrows and other traps. It's better to be careful."

Following his gaze, Chen Ziyan realized that there was a problem with his position, and he happened to be standing directly in front of the copper box.

If there is really a hidden weapon here, then his current position is definitely the first to bear the brunt.

While secretly thinking that he was slacking off, Chen Ziyan hurriedly left here. Although he remembered that there would be no accidents during the unpacking process, who can say for sure about this kind of thing.

Didn't Fatty, a notoriously reckless person, subconsciously avoid the front of the copper box at this moment?
After readjusting his position, Chen Ziyan stretched out the short stick again, but just halfway through the movement, he suddenly realized another problem, that is, he forgot which key to open first.

Or to be more precise, he doesn't remember such side details at all.

But since the copper box in front of him has two holes, and the short staff in his hand is also one with two heads, there must be a priority.

Although this is not as good as the red and green threads used to defuse bombs, it cannot be done casually.

　I have made some revisions to the recent content, starting from chapter 281, so I hope you will forgive me for the inconvenience caused by reading.

　　
　
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