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

Chapter 322 The Items in the Box (continued)

Chen Ziyan saw that there was nothing to prove the identity of these bones among the sundries, so he could only remind him:
"Since there are many contradictions in this skeleton, could it be some other creature shaped like a child?"

"Shaped like a child... big head... long arms... short legs..."

After Chen Ziyan's suggestion, Shirley Yang Dang even thought of something, and immediately said:
"This reminds me of a legendary creature—the mandrill. According to the records in ancient books, this forest spirit has the characteristics of a large head and long arms, which are quite consistent with the bones in front of me."

"It is indeed possible, but mandrills have always been illusory creatures, but they have never been proven to exist." Hu Bayi was a little skeptical, and thought for a while and said: "It is said that this thing can spread wind and rain in the mountains and forests. , itself has a wide range of mythology, if this is the case, wouldn't it be more like a mountain god than Huo's undead worm?"

That's what Chen Ziyan was waiting for, and immediately asked, "Why isn't the mandrill a mountain god?"

"Mandrill..." Hu Ba instinctively wanted to refute, but then he remembered what Chen Ziyan said at the altar, and whispered to himself: "There were really two mountain gods?"

"Isn't this obvious? How could King Xian recognize the mountain gods enshrined by the Yi people? After conquering this area, he will inevitably choose a new 'clean' mountain god, which will also play a good role in his rule. Consolidating role." Chen Ziyan gave a convincing reason.

Such a choice would be made by any ruler.

Shirley Yang also said: "It was very common for mandrills to be regarded as mountain gods in ancient times, and it also conforms to the image we have seen, so the truth of the matter is probably that these mandrills were originally worshiped by barbarians. After King Xian captured this place, they were replaced by Huo's undead worms who also lived in this area."

This also makes sense, why the bones of the mandrill were put into the animal skin pouch with spells printed on them, and were so solemnly stored in the body of Huo's Undead Worm.

Because King Xian, who firmly believed in the existence of souls, was the chief culprit of their deaths, that's why they were suppressed in this way.

"That's true." Hu Ba nodded.

This inference was well-founded, so he had to believe it.

"Okay, hurry up and look at the next thing." Chen Ziyan said upon seeing this.

Now that the matter has been explained clearly, there is no need to waste too much time on this matter.

After putting the bones of the mandrill and the sundries back into the animal skin bag, Chen Ziyan looked at the last grid in the copper box.

Inside this grid is a small copper box that is very similar to a copper box. On the lid of the box is cast a ferocious ghost head. Not to mention the ugly face, this ghost head has a pair of bone wings on both sides, which is quite a bit like a sky patrolling nightshade. charm.

After a little inspection, after confirming that there was no problem, Chen Ziyan opened the copper box.

With the opening of the lid of the box, a faint blue and cold light emerged from it, and then a three-legged toad with the same faint blue color came into everyone's eyes.

This faint blue three-legged toad is about the size of a human head and has a plump body. It naturally exudes a proud look when it raises its head. No matter what material it is made of, this lifelike form and spirit can be called rare. A masterpiece, if coupled with this obviously unusual material, it is undoubtedly a fetish.

Chen Ziyan did not touch the three-legged toad rashly, but took out his short stick and tapped it. From the crisp knocking sound, he judged that the material of this object might be stone.

"It seems that... let's call it the Flying Yaksha Copper Letter for now. It should be the Toad Palace for the three-legged toad." Chen Ziyan looked at the copper box in his hand and said slowly.

"Speaking of which, we have seen many similar things along the way. It seems that this toad must have a unique meaning in the Zhelong Mountain area." Shirley Yang thought of the toad logo on the town mausoleum and the giant toad in front of it. , said so.

Hu Ba nodded and said: "The toad has been one of the representative things of the Moon Palace since ancient times. Isn't there a word called 'Toad Palace Zhegui', which refers to the prosperity of the world. position in the eyes."

"Then this three-legged toad is the most valuable treasure here!"

Wang Kaixuan's eyes lit up when he heard these words, and he asked excitedly.

He doesn't know much about appreciation, but in terms of appearance, among the three items in the copper box, the three-legged toad is undoubtedly the most outstanding, even the slightly mysterious bluestone bottle is slightly inferior.

"It's really not impossible. This three-legged toad is enough to be called a god." Hu Ba nodded.

After getting his affirmation, Wang Kaixuan clapped his hands vigorously: "This is really a blessing from the previous life!"

Shirley Yang didn't pay too much attention to the value of the three-legged toad, but calmly analyzed its role: "I think its ability is more worthy of attention than the price of this three-legged toad. All the strange things that appear in this cave , the source is very likely to come from this."

When talking about the latter, her eyes moved to the bluestone bottle.

Although only the three-legged toad was mentioned, the suspicion of the bluestone bottle is not low, and it is also the target of her suspicion.

It's just that judging from the current situation, the three-legged toad is more likely.

However, before Shirley Yang's words fell, a piercing cry of a baby was heard suddenly.

In such an underground cave, no one would think that the crying sound was really made by a baby, so everyone reacted accordingly as soon as the sound sounded.

Chen Ziyan, who had expected this earlier, was the one who reacted the quickest. At this moment, he quickly turned around and looked in the direction of the water pool.

He heard very clearly that the piercing cry came from the pool.

When Chen Ziyan's eyes fell on the bank of the pool, he saw a strange baby lying there with his whole body wet.

But after a closer look, it was found that this strange baby was not lying on its stomach, but that its lower limbs were not human at all, so it gave people the illusion of lying on its stomach.

This strange baby is a half-human, half-insect form. Its upper body barely has a human shape, but its lower limbs are completely insect-like. It has no legs at all, and looks like a mollusk from a distance.

"What the hell is this!" Wang Kaixuan exclaimed immediately after seeing the strange baby's appearance clearly.

He dared to take Hu Bayi as a guarantee that he had never seen anything uglier or more evil than this in his life.

"I don't know, but it's definitely not something good." Hu Bayi said warily.

There is no need to verify it, just by looking at such a weird and hideous appearance, one knows that it is definitely not a good thing.

But when everyone was shocked by this strange baby, the strange baby on the bank howled and jumped up, and rushed towards Ding Sitian who was closest to it.

At the same time as the strange baby jumped up, with the help of the light, everyone could clearly see that the strange mouth was split into four pieces towards the four corners, and the inner wall of each piece was full of anti-serrated barbs. Just like the mouthparts of some insects.

However, compared with the strong visual impact brought by his broken head, this mouthpiece is nothing.

Facing this sudden attack, Ding Sitian subconsciously waved the flashlight in his hand, while with the other hand he touched the gun hanging on his chest.

But the speed of this strange baby was extremely fast, before her fingers could touch the trigger, the mouthparts flowing with muddy mucus were already close in front of her eyes.

At the moment when the strange baby's barb-like fangs were about to touch Ding Sitian, a long stick came first and landed on the strange baby's waist, sweeping it onto the ground. off the ground.

Before the strange baby got up, Hu Bayi, who had already rushed over, slashed over like a storm with an engineering shovel.

Although the shovel blade of the engineer shovel was not sharp, it displayed extraordinary power in the hands of the furious Hu Bayi at the moment, chopping the strange baby who had just opened its teeth and claws to pieces in a few strokes.

"Okay, okay, old Hu, he's dead." Seeing this, Wang Kaixuan hurried forward to stop Hu Bayi, and kicked the broken corpse of the strange baby aside.

Hu Bayi was stopped by him like this, and the anger in his heart had been vented, so he broke away from the emotional control.

But he didn't make a sound, he just walked to Ding Sitian's side panting, causing Wang Kaixuan to curl his lips from behind.

For making the strange baby into this state, Hu Ba has no regrets at all, this thing dares to try to hurt Ding Sitian, and it is considered kind of him, Hu, to take it to pieces.

"Whoa whoa-"

Just when everyone thought the matter would come to an end temporarily, a series of babies crying sounded again.

Everyone who was chilled in their hearts followed the sound and found that next to the corpse of the strange baby, several strange babies appeared again at some time.

These strange babies were circling around the corpse of the same kind at the moment, and at the same time they continued to howl harshly, but they did not attack them.

"Are these strange things afraid?" Wang Kaixuan secretly asked after seeing this scene.

"Afraid? I can't say whether this thing has emotions or not." Chen Ziyan vetoed his guess without hesitation.

He is very aware of the nature of these strange babies, and they may not even be considered insects.

"Be careful, everyone, they are calling for their companions!"

At this moment, Shirley Yang seemed to have thought of something, and quickly reminded her.

Thinking of the dense crowd of infants in the original plot, Chen Ziyan's pupils also shrunk, and immediately said: "Everyone do it together, we can't let them continue."

Although the others didn't know the origin of these strange babies, seeing Chen Ziyan's solemn expression at this moment, they knew that things were not simple, so they immediately pulled the trigger on those strange babies on the shore.

Although these strange babies look terrifying, they belong to the category of horror movies that don't need makeup, but when faced with the rain of bullets, they still have no power to resist, and they are all torn into pieces in the blink of an eye.

After confirming that there were no strange babies alive on the shore, Hu Bayi finally couldn't help asking: "Master Chen, what are these?"

From Chen Ziyan's reaction just now, he already knew that the other party knew something about these strange babies.

"I probably know something..." Chen Ziyan let out a sigh of relief.

While responding, his eyes fell on the water not far away, and he quickly locked on one of them.

Don't look at Chen Ziyan's straightforward answer, but he didn't actually think about how to explain it. Now that he saw what he was looking for, he was slightly relieved.

because……

The reason he wanted was found!
At the point of his sight, there was a broken female corpse floating.

Hu Bayi had been keeping an eye on Chen Ziyan's movements, and seeing his eyes fixed on the water pool at this moment, he followed him.

But when he saw the female corpse there, he couldn't help frowning.

The female corpses he had seen before were all on their backs, so he had never seen the back of a female corpse, so he was a little surprised to see it now.

I saw the limbs of the female corpse broken at inconceivable angles, holding an olive-shaped translucent object, which looked like a giant cocoon.

But at this moment, the cocoon is already broken, and there is a gap directly above, but it looks like something is coming out of it.

"Did those weird things come out of here?" Wang Kaixuan's voice trembled a little.

Not only Hu Bayi saw the female corpse on the water, but everyone else saw it too. After seeing the female corpse and the cocoons, they naturally knew the origin of those strange babies.

Thinking of the almost countless female corpses in the water, with Wang Kaixuan's character, he couldn't help feeling a little scared at this moment.

"Obviously." Chen Ziyan nodded slightly.

This is why he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the female corpse, because he knew very well that after seeing the corpse, other people would naturally understand why he wanted to stop the strange baby.

Because... everyone knows how many female corpses are in the water.

Xue Liyang took two steps forward tentatively, and shone a flashlight at the cocoon, and then saw layers of secret spells engraved on the broken cocoon shell.

The moment she saw these secret spells clearly, her complexion changed, and she immediately said to the others after she retreated: "This is a suffocation technique!"

"Shushu? Is it the same as the figurines we met earlier?" Wang Kaixuan asked.

"The same is different. Both are containers, but the things they carry are different." Shirley Yang thought for a while and said.

Although the things conceived in the human figurines I met earlier are dangerous, they are completely different from the babies in these female corpses.

Recalling the information she had read, Shirley Yang said: "The strange babies we have seen should be the ones bred by King Xian using the sputum technique."

If she hadn't read the relevant records, she probably wouldn't have recognized the identities of these strange babies.

Of course, the content of the information she read was also very limited, otherwise she wouldn't have recognized the baby's identity until she saw the 'container' at this moment.

"Leave these weird babies alone, let's go to the exit first." Chen Ziyan reminded.

He thought he wouldn't encounter baby babies this time, after all, they didn't take the initiative to provoke those female corpses, so they ran out anyway.

(End of this chapter)