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

Chapter 499 Contradictory Murals

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Naturally, Chen Ziyan would not reject this proposal, and he himself wanted to know what was recorded on the mural.

Then Chen Ziyan looked at the wall again, compared the inheritance memory in his mind, and began to decipher it with guesswork.

"This seems to be a prayer in praise of the gods." Chen Ziyan said after reading it for a while.

He saw some words of praise on it, and there were many words representing 'God', so he made this judgment.

"A prayer in praise of the gods?" Hearing this, Old Dog Wu shifted his gaze to the mural next to him.

Compared with the texts from ancient times, the murals are undoubtedly easier to understand. At least there will be no black eyes. Even if you can't read the content accurately, you can still make guesses based on the patterns above.

This mural can be simply divided into two parts, and the graphics outlined by the simple lines are fairly clear.

The main body of the upper part is an extremely large boa constrictor. Below the entangled boa constrictor, there is a circle of pious kneeling human figures.

The lower part of the mural is a group of people as the main body. It seems that these people are grazing, but the creatures they graze are not ordinary domestic animals, but snakes.

Looking at the mural that may describe the scene of herding snakes, Wu Laogou said in a low voice: "If you only look at the upper part, the gods described in these texts are likely to be some kind of snake gods, but the ones below The murals are clearly grazing or hunting snakes?"

He didn't doubt Chen Ziyan's translation, because it was useless to doubt it. Chen Ziyan was the only one who could understand it, so naturally he meant what he said.

Moreover, the content of the upper part of the mural can also confirm that the former owner of the ruins did worship some kind of snake-like creature.

According to Wu Laogou's understanding of the ancients, the era when this relic appeared, the totem culture should be in the prevailing period, and such situations are very common.

But it's not normal to shepherd a creature of worship.

"I think it's more like grazing. If it's hunting, it should reflect an atmosphere of urgency." Chen Ziyan said.

He knew that although the ancient murals had simple lines, they could still express many things.

Then he continued: "As for the question of contradictions, is it possible that this group first raised a certain kind of snake, and then slowly derived their beliefs?"

Chen Ziyan guessed that the snake god on the mural was the snake god he knew, but he was not sure yet.

Because he also has no evidence that the snake god is connected with the ancient underground snake worshipers.

It was precisely because of this that he thought of this possibility.

If the existence of the ancient gods is excluded, the ancient totem culture did develop in this mode.

"If you say that, I think I know the origin of those black-haired snakes outside." Wu Laogou nodded in agreement with Chen Ziyan's statement, and said.

Since this is not a tomb, the black-haired snake is naturally not a tomb guard beast. According to the murals found, these black-haired snakes are most likely raised by the original owner here.

"Well, it should be like this." Chen Ziyan also nodded.

Although the origin of the black-haired snakes is most widely said to have come from a certain location on the Silk Road, if their original origin came from snake worshipers, there is no conflict between the two.

Chen Ziyan is very clear that the snake worshipers are a race that can travel long distances underground. As long as there is an abyss connecting the surface and the underground, they can appear anywhere, and so can the creatures they raise.

One thing Chen Ziyan was curious about now was how many snake mines like this were there.

Before he discovered this relic, he might have thought that there were only Gutongjing and this place, but now Chen Ziyan didn't think so. Judging from the underground development of the snake worshipers, they must have built many similar living places.

However, Chen Ziyan didn't say anything about it, because he could see that other people still thought that the ruins here were buried products, and they didn't even have the slightest understanding of the so-called snake worshipers.

Although Old Dog Wu is considered his partner now, Chen Ziyan will not tell everything. The information about the snake worshiper and the underground abyss is not weaker than the Bronze Gate.

After studying the murals for a while, Chen Ziyan and the others continued to explore the ruins.

If you want to find more murals or text information, after all, the information given by the murals here is really limited, and it is impossible to make too many judgments without understanding the cause and effect.

It's a pity that the group searched through the entire ruins, but failed to find any useful clues.

But it's understandable when you think about it. You must know that even in modern times, the popularity of culture is not high, let alone such a distant era, to be able to find characters in ruins of this scale is already a big gain.

After leaving the ruins, the group continued to move towards the depths, but this time they walked for nearly an hour, but failed to find similar ruins. There were only solid mud floors and some underground rocks along the way.

"Master Chen, isn't this place too big?"

During the break, Li Wu finally couldn't bear it, and moved to Chen Ziyan's side and spoke.

In fact, not far from the ruins, he wanted to ask this question.

According to his previous experience, such an underground space is generally not that big, but what he encountered this time was different.

Even if they had to look around the surrounding environment along the way, at their speed, they were at least [-] kilometers away from where they came down.

This is just walking in one direction, the overall area of ​​this underground space can be imagined.

"This place should not be an underground karst cave caused by the movement of the earth's crust, but more like an existing space." Chen Ziyan thought for a while and decided to dig a little deeper.

Li Wu's mood has become obviously irritated. He knows that this is caused by the unknown and the environment. Although his subordinates did not show it, the situation is more than worse.

So we should also give them a little confidence, otherwise they may go wrong if they don't go far.

"The underground space that already existed?" Li Wu was slightly taken aback.

Although he hadn't experienced this situation much, he had heard it mentioned by his colleagues in other provinces that the operations department at the headquarters ran in there all day.

Thinking of the stories he had heard from his colleagues, Li Wu shuddered subconsciously: "Master Chen, are we going to meet those ghosts as well?"

Li Wu is very self-aware. He knows that the headquarters handles those things that he can't resist at all. They usually handle some logistics work well, but going to battle in person is purely death.

"Probably not." Chen Ziyan shook his head slightly: "Don't worry, at least you won't encounter anything particularly dangerous."

If it was said that he had just come to the ground, he really didn't dare to be so sure, but now that it's been so long, he already knows the general situation.

Chen Ziyan does not deny that there are some incomprehensible creatures in the ground, but according to his understanding, these creatures are generally divided into two categories, one kind will actively attack people, such as the magic wolf and sin-eating Baru in the snow mountain, and the other Class is a passive form, representing nature is corpse fragrant konjac and baoxianghua.

If there are some creatures that actively attack people in the ground, they have already appeared in front of them, and they are still safe and sound, it means that there are no such creatures here, or they will not take the initiative to attack like Baoxianghua.

"That's good." Hearing Chen Ziyan's assurance, Li Wu's heart was slightly relieved.

If this place is really that dangerous, then he would rather give up his plan and go back home now, because it is a crisis that he cannot contend with.

But if there is nothing too dangerous, then the matter is another matter, and the crisis becomes an opportunity in an instant.

"Director Li, Chen Xiaoyou, it seems that you all know something about the underground space?" Old Dog Wu asked after listening for a while.

He has always heard about the situation in the underground space, and this is the first time he has actually experienced it.

Hearing the words at this moment, I wanted to make a side note.

"Fifth Master, haven't you met him before?" Chen Ziyan was a little surprised.

He really didn't expect that Old Dog Wu would say such a thing, because he thought the other party knew about the underground space.

I don’t know about the snake worshipers, but the underground space is another matter. After all, the snake worshipers are a race that nests in the abyss, but it doesn’t mean that all underground spaces are related to the abyss. These are completely two concepts.

For example, people who are engaged in their industry are more likely to come into contact with the underground space than ordinary people. Strictly speaking, the bottom of the Sheguo ruins in the Qinling Mountains can already be attributed to the category of underground space, but the connection has been artificially opened up. So Chen Ziyan thought that Old Dog Wu knew about this matter.

"I have encountered it, but I have not understood it in depth." Wu Laogou said softly.

He has indeed encountered the underground space a few times, but at that time he only went to the ground to seek money, and usually he just tasted it, and seeing that there was no benefit in it, he simply left and finished.

Later, when I became curious, the plates of the Bureau of Folklore Affairs were also spread out, so I didn't have the opportunity to learn more.

Wu Laogou, who was forced from Changsha Run to Hangzhou, was bitten by a snake once, so he didn't show too much toughness in this regard, so he still has a little understanding of this so-called underground space.

"Actually, I don't know much about it. I just met it when I went to the field and went in to explore it." Chen Ziyan said after thinking about it.

This is what he said in his heart. He has never encountered too many underground spaces, and some of them he dare not go in at will. The only one that goes deep is the Kunlun Dragon Top, so he really doesn't know much about these.

Li Wu also shook his head again and again: "I don't even know. Fifth Master, you also know the scope of my jurisdiction. This is the first time I have come here. I just heard people say it before."

"Then can you tell me what is going on in this so-called underground space, so that I can have a clear idea?" Wu Laogou didn't give up, but asked again.

Chen Ziyan did not refuse, and directly told him what he knew: "Fifth Master, this underground space is actually simple to say, that is, there is a wide space deep underground. Generally speaking, such a space will create a unique space. The ecological chain, if it is empty, it is needless to say, but there is another situation, that is, there are ancient creatures left in it, and many of these creatures have some strange abilities, so it makes people feel that the underground space is empty. scary."

After talking about this, Chen Ziyan also briefly gave examples from the creatures he encountered during his trip to the snowy region.

"Unique ecological chain..." Wu Laogou frowned slightly after listening to Chen Ziyan's narration: "Chen Xiaoyou, are you really sure there is no danger here?"

Although he doesn't know much about the underground space, according to what Chen Ziyan said just now, there must be some kind of ecological chain here, because there have been two strange creatures, the nephew and the black-haired snake.

But this does not mean that there are only these two kinds of creatures here, because just the nephew and the black-haired snake cannot build a complete ecological chain.

The problem is that they have walked all the way, except for the solid ground and rocks, not even a blade of grass. This is somewhat inconsistent with Chen Ziyan's statement, and Wu Laogou has to be suspicious.

He didn't doubt Chen Ziyan's statement, but suspected that there was some danger lurking here, which was not as safe as it seemed on the surface.

"Danger should exist, but it won't be fatal." Chen Ziyan said hesitantly.

He was a little unconfident when asked by Old Dog Wu.

Indeed, this underground space is somewhat incomplete.

However, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents. After all, he has only seen a few underground spaces, and the information he summed up may not be applicable to all situations.

"Go on for a while. If we haven't found anything yet, I think it's better for us to go back first." Wu Laogou heard the meaning of Chen Ziyan's words and gave his own suggestion.

He felt that since he was not sure whether there was danger, he should proceed steadily and explore this underground space step by step with the location as the center.

In this way, even if there is really any danger lurking, enough reaction time is reserved.

Li Wu immediately agreed: "I think Master Wu is right. If we haven't found out yet, we might as well go back and take a good rest."

He intends to report the discovery here. There is an underground space here and a preliminary exploration has been carried out. His credit is enough, and there is no need to take unnecessary risks for this.

And even if he really explores this underground space, the harvest will be the same. Unless he wants to transfer to the operation department of the headquarters, there will not be much increase.

Seeing that both of them said this, Chen Ziyan didn't want to be too independent, so he could only say: "Okay, let's limit it to half an hour. If we don't find out again, we can go back and talk about it first."

After thinking about it in his mind, he felt that he could go a long way in half an hour, and if he hadn't found out yet, it was really not suitable for him to move on.

(End of this chapter)