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

Chapter 502
The moment the eyes of the two met each other, they both understood what the other was thinking.

Not only Chen Ziyan had delusional thoughts, but also Old Dog Wu.

It's just that neither of them has an impulsive and reckless character, so they restrained their thoughts in the next moment.

While tossing his mind, Chen Ziyan realized that things couldn't go on like this, so he said softly, "Fifth Lord, I think we all need to calm down."

Chen Ziyan didn't hide his thoughts, because we are all the same, and it's useless to argue about some things, it's better to be honest.

"That's right..." Old Dog Wu immediately understood Chen Ziyan's accident, nodded his head and smiled wryly, "It's still my little friend who wakes up. I'm already old, but I still can't see through this mundane thing."

What Chen Ziyan wanted to express was very simple, that is, although the unknown liquid used to preserve the vitality of the nephew in the stone carving was precious, there were many thorny problems in front of him in order to successfully develop the value of this liquid.

The first is the material. Although it is not difficult to test the specific composition, the stone carving of the nephew is too long ago. Under the vicissitudes of life, it is not easy, or even impossible, to find all the required materials. .

Those who have been exposed to ancient objects all the year round know better than anyone else that with the passage of time, many ancient animals and plants have long since disappeared in the torrent of time.

And there are other issues such as formulas, so now these stone carvings are only valuable, not finished products that have fulfilled their value, and there is no need to fight for this.

More importantly, the underground space now nominally belongs to the Bureau of Folklore Affairs, so the top priority before the two of them is not how to divide the spoils, but how to grasp the discovery in front of them.

Compared with this issue, things like fighting for power and profit can be moved back.

Wu Laogou understood what Chen Ziyan said, and he also agreed, but he also expressed his attitude, that is, he still "can't see through ordinary things", and the implication is very clear, it is this harvest that he will not give up.

Chen Ziyan was not surprised by the answer, and said with a smile: "This shows that you have a good attitude."

Sometimes the answer does not require words, and attitude can also have the same effect.

After receiving Chen Ziyan's reply, Old Dog Wu smiled even wider. Compared to those young people who were proud and arrogant, he preferred Chen Ziyan who knew how to weigh the pros and cons.

Of course, this means that whether it is Chen Ziyan or Wu Laogou, they are not such unfounded retail investors, otherwise it must be a different scene.

"Fifth Master, how about we go out and have a look?"

After successfully reaching an agreement, Chen Ziyan stood up, shook his nephew in his hand, and expressed his thoughts.

Now that they have mastered the amulet of nephew, instead of continuing to have meaningless suspicions here, they might as well focus on continuing to explore.

From the state of the black-haired snakes that appeared earlier, it can be seen that there must be plenty of food in the deeper depths, otherwise there would be no way to supply so many snakes.

From this point of view alone, we can know that there must be another universe in the depths, and it is a place that must be explored.

"Alright." Wu Laogou looked at the direction in which the cobras retreated, and readily agreed.

In fact, even if Chen Ziyan didn't take the initiative to mention it, he still wanted to mention it.

Now there is nothing else worth studying here, and the remaining stone carvings are not suitable for touching. The only thing we can do is to go deeper to have a look.

Because there was a captured nephew by his side, the in-depth process was smooth and messy. After Chen Ziyan and others left the stone carving defense line under the cliff, they didn't even see the shadow of a black-haired snake.

From this we can see how powerful this 'talisman' is.

As the team continued to advance, the environment around them began to change. Apart from the usual mud and rocks on the ground, there were only groups of underground green plants. Although there was some vitality, it was still hard to hide the desolation.

But at this moment, in front of everyone, there is an underground jungle. This jungle is composed of many strange-shaped underground plants. On the branches of certain trees, you can see obvious crawling traces of snakes. Obviously this is the black hair The place where snakes live.

"Chen Xiaoyou, look at this."

Not long after entering the underground jungle, Wu Laogou suddenly stopped, and his inspection eyes fixed on a cave not far away.

Chen Ziyan followed his gaze and immediately understood why the other party stopped for this.

Because this cave, which is half covered by moss, doesn't look like a snake cave, but more like it came from other creatures.

"It's a rat hole."

After seeing the doubtful look in Chen Ziyan's eyes, Old Dog Wu took the initiative to give the answer.

"Rat holes? All the snakes here feed on rats?"

The first time he got this answer, Chen Ziyan thought of the black-haired snake's food.

As mentioned earlier, if there is a miniature ecological chain in this kind of underground space, there must be a bottom-level creature, and rodents with complex feeding habits, fast breeding speed and many, no matter from which point of view, they are very meet the corresponding standards.

"Not necessarily." Wu Laogou shook his head slightly, explaining: "If the snakes here really feed on rats, then there must be a huge number of rats here, but there is only this rat hole nearby, which is obviously not enough. need."

"Yeah, this cave alone doesn't explain anything." Chen Ziyan nodded.

These words reminded Chen Ziyan of a certain country where rabbits plagued the country all the year round. As far as he knew, the wilderness of that place was basically a small hole in three steps and a big hole in five steps, with fat rabbits running around everywhere.

If the situation here is really as I thought, with some kind of rat as the bottom creature of the biological chain, then the situation here should be even more chaotic.

After all, this place has existed for a longer time. Even if there are snakes constantly consuming it, only the number of rats is limited. Things like caves will not disappear out of thin air, so this hole should not be the only one in the field of vision.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan looked at the other plants around him, and soon found what he was looking for.

He walked to the side of a broad-leaved plant to make sure, then turned to Old Dog Wu and said, "Fifth Master, I think there should be other creatures here."

"Oh?" Old Dog Wu came over, his eyes full of curiosity.

He knew that Chen Ziyan was not aimless. Since he said that, he must have the evidence.

Chen Ziyan gently flipped the leaf in front of him, revealing the gap at the edge, and said: "This is not a trace left by a rat. If I guess correctly, it should come from some kind of insect, so I suspect that this underground space The ecological environment is more perfect than imagined.”

If this is not a special case, then there is no micro ecological chain here.

"Then where have all the creatures here gone?" Old Dog Wu also felt that this argument made sense.

But at the same time, there is also a doubt, that is, there are traces of animals here, but there are only plants in sight, and there is not even a shadow of an animal, which makes people feel very weird.

Although the traces of activity are enough to explain the problem, but if you can't see the living things with your own eyes, you can't be completely sure after all.

"I think... it should be because of these little guys." Chen Ziyan said, mentioning the nephew in his hand.

He thought about it, and finally found that this was the most likely reason.

Perhaps the invisible deterrence of the nephew is not only felt by the black-haired snake, but also by other creatures living here.

Although this idea sounds absurd, based on the information Chen Ziyan knows so far, it is the most likely explanation.

"Because of these nephews?"

Looking at his nephew who was still in a coma, Old Dog Wu narrowed his eyes slightly.

According to their previous guess, the main creatures in this underground space should be snakes, that is, those black-haired snakes, but now this situation is a little bit off.

If this is the case, then nephew's dominance here is a bit too outrageous.

But for one or one type of creature, it can also be explained by attribute restraint, but if it really has an indiscriminate effect, it's not that simple without thinking about it.

"Well, there is a high probability." Chen Ziyan let out a sigh of relief: "Fifth Master, let's go on, the answer is waiting for us ahead."

It's not easy for Chen Ziyan to be too decisive. After all, it's too early to draw any conclusions. It's better to take action directly.

"Okay." Old Dog Wu nodded.

In fact, both Chen Ziyan and Wu Laogou knew that if they wanted to see the true face of this underground space more clearly, they had another method.

That is to go in without taking your nephew. If there is a relatively complete ecological chain here, you will definitely be able to see it that way.

But thinking of the wave-like group of snakes before, this thought only flashed in the minds of the two of them, and they gave it up in a very tacit understanding.

As they continued to go deeper, the two saw more underground plants, and at the same time found more traces of biological activities.

But this didn't help them solve their doubts, because these discoveries were the same as before, only traces, but no living things could be seen.

It's as if the creatures living in this underground space suddenly mysteriously disappeared the moment before they arrived.

"This place is really weird." Now even Old Dog Wu was a little uneasy.

This feeling of sudden silence no matter where you go is really uncomfortable.

"Fifth Master, we're all here, let's go inside again." Chen Ziyan also felt a little uncomfortable, but there was no better way, so he could only comfort him.

Now that I have penetrated a part of it, it would be a pity to just give up like this.

Wu Laogou didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, in fact, he was not willing to give up like this in his heart.

After Chen Ziyan adjusted his mentality, he continued to move forward, but the moment he turned around, he couldn't help but froze, and quickly adjusted the direction of the searchlight in his hand.

Wu Laogou also noticed Chen Ziyan's strangeness, and quickly looked towards the position pointed by the light beam. He knew that Chen Ziyan's reaction like this probably meant that he had made an important discovery.

As the searchlight beam freezes, Chen Ziyan and Wu Laogou clearly see a looming building outline among the jungle plants at the end of the beam.

The two looked at each other, and neither of them said anything hastily. After nodding towards each other, they lowered their steps and walked towards the building.

As the distance drew closer, Chen Ziyan found that this was a very typical stone building, which was constructed of stone blocks of uneven size. The most important thing was that the building was relatively intact, but it looked a little dilapidated.

In such an unchanging and dead jungle, such a sudden discovery was undoubtedly a good thing for them.

However, Chen Ziyan was not in a hurry to enter the stone building that was already covered by underground moss and vines, but walked around the building very carefully.

Fortunately, because of my nephew, there are no more creatures in this underground jungle, so this inspection process did not encounter any danger or obstacle.

"There's something wrong." Chen Ziyan said in a low voice after checking the surrounding situation.

So abrupt!
There are no traces of buildings around here, only this single seedling in front of me.

If there was a complete building complex here like on the cliff, then he wouldn't be suspicious, but the situation is different now.

Again, this building is too obtrusive.

On the contrary, Old Dog Wu didn't care much, and gently pushed aside the vines at the entrance of the building, and said with a smile:

"I have seen similar buildings in the mountains before, and the reason for this is because other buildings around are made of wood."

As soon as Chen Ziyan heard this, he understood what Wu Laogou meant. The stone was because the building in front of him was an important building at the beginning, while ordinary houses were made of wood. With the changes of time, the wooden houses have melted into the earth. Here, only stone buildings remain.

But before the joy appeared, Chen Ziyan suddenly thought of another question: "Fifth Master, this is different from what we saw on the cliff."

It's not too far from the cliff here, so there's no reason why there are two buildings with different styles.

After being reminded by Chen Ziyan, Wu Laogou stopped the movement of his hands. He came to the position of the wall, and quickly cleared out part of the covering, revealing the specific appearance of the stone wall inside.

When he saw the stone wall, Chen Ziyan quickly stepped forward to help and began to clean the bottom of the stone wall.

After seeing the square stone at the bottom, Chen Ziyan was finally sure that the building in front of him was not from the same group of people as the ones they had encountered before.

That means things are starting to get complicated.

The appearance of two ancient architectural sites with different styles in such a close area indicates that two different races once appeared here. It means that their previous speculation may be overturned.

hostility?Or alliance?
Looking at the rough wall in front of him, Chen Ziyan thought to himself.

Based on his understanding of the ancient people, there should be no third possibility.

(End of this chapter)