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Chapter 317 The Battle Between Man and Tree
When Chen Ziyang was thinking about where this strange ancient tree grew, he found that the instructor Liu who was standing next to him saw the picture, his eyes lit up, and even his hands were trembling because of it. Trembling slightly with excitement, it was obvious that he had seen something very important.

Instructor Liu stretched out his hand and stroked the giant tree-shaped pattern for a while, then he turned his head and ran to the next stone tablet.Chen Ziyang did not follow him to join in the fun.Since entering this underground passage, Instructor Liu has been very interested in the plants on both sides of the passage. From this point, Chen Ziyang judged that what Instructor Liu was looking for was probably related to these plants, so he It's normal to have such a move.

Stopping in place, Chen Ziyang carefully looked at the giant tree in front of him, trying to figure out what kind of plant it was.

This big tree has luxuriant branches and leaves. If calculated according to the height of the characters in the picture, this big tree is at least more than 30 meters high.The tree was covered with round fruits, which looked like tomatoes. In addition, there were long aerial roots hanging from the tree, but these things could not provide any clues, so Chen Ziyang Turned to the next screen.

Only at this time did he realize that Instructor Liu had already run far away, and there were three or four stone tablets between the two of them. It seemed that Instructor Liu didn't find what he wanted to see on the stone tablet, so he looked at it so fast .

But Chen Ziyang's mentality was different, he didn't care about the treasures here at all, what he was most worried about now was whether he and Yang Lei could leave here safely.Therefore, it is necessary to look more at the contents of the pictures on these steles. You can learn more about this ancient country, which will make the two people safer in the next treasure hunt.

When he saw the next picture, Chen Ziyang found that this picture was exactly the same as the previous one. He came up with an idea, did he just have an illusion?I didn't go to the next picture at all, but was still looking at the previous picture.

After being stunned for a while, Chen Ziyang walked back to the previous stone tablet. There was nothing wrong, it was not his own illusion, the two pictures were exactly the same!
"This is really strange. What is going on here? Why are there two identical patterns here? This is very unreasonable. How could someone carve two identical patterns on such an important place?" No After figuring out the situation, he walked to the front of the next stele and looked at it carefully.

After looking at the picture for a long time, Chen Ziyang realized that it was not that the two pictures were exactly the same, but that the differences in the pictures were so subtle that he didn't notice it.

The overall composition of this picture looks exactly the same as the previous one, but Chen Ziyang noticed that the figures of these people kneeling in front of the big tree had changed a little.All the people kneeling on the ground seemed to have lost weight, and several people had a few more wrinkles on their profiles.

"What does this mean? Could it be that these people have been kneeling here for a long time? So long that these people have grown old?"

All the people in the picture looked exhausted and very listless, as if everyone had lost their energy.Because the difference between the two pictures was too small, Chen Ziyang couldn't grasp the subtle differences, so he had to walk back and forth between the two pictures, comparing them non-stop.

Apart from the difference in the worshipers, there is another obvious difference between the two pictures, which is the fruit on this giant tree.

In the second picture, the fruits on the giant tree seem to be bigger, and there are some folds on the fruit. It seems that these fruits are about to ripen, and the skin of the fruit is already a little shriveled.

Chen Ziyang couldn't figure out what it meant, so he had to turn to the next picture, which surprised him.

In this picture, the number of people kneeling in front of the giant tree has obviously decreased a lot, and the most surprising thing is that many people were hanged on this giant tree.

A large number of aerial roots hanging from the giant tree hang dead people one by one. These people's hands and legs hang down feebly, and their heads droop.The aerial roots were wrapped around the necks of these people, and all the hanged people were all shriveled, looking like a mummy, and many of them were even skinny, and the whole person looked like Like a skeleton.

After noticing this, Chen Ziyang found that all the people kneeling in front of the tree seemed to have lost some weight, and at the same time, these people had more wrinkles on their bodies.At the same time, the fruit on the big tree was also bigger, and the fruit was already covered with traces of cracks, and the whole fruit looked like a football.

"What do these three pictures mean?" Chen Ziyang couldn't figure out the key point. He glanced at the words under the stele and gritted his teeth.It would be great if I could understand these words. I guess these words are the stories on the screen, but unfortunately, none of the five people in the team should know these words.

Chen Ziyang noticed before that when everyone looked at these steles, they only looked at the upper part of the steles, that is, the part of the picture, and no one bent down to look at the words below the steles.

At this time, Instructor Liu had finished reading all the steles, and he sat there quietly, stroking his chin with his hand, as if he was thinking about something.

From instructor Liu's expression, Chen Ziyang judged that he probably did not fully understand the meaning of these pictures, and it seemed that what he most wanted to see did not appear on these pictures.

At this time, Xiao Ren and the team doctor had also lost interest in these patterns. While eating lunch, Xiao Ren whispered a few words into the team doctor's ear from time to time. Yang Lei of Jar had a mocking smile on his face.It seemed that the two were laughing at Yang Lei's mentality of being a money fan.

But Yang Lei didn't care about it, and kept sorting out the piles of pots and jars in front of the stele, trying to pick out some more valuable ones and put them in his backpack.

Now Chen Ziyang was full of questions but no one could answer them, so he could only continue to look at the pictures on these steles.

The big tree is still painted on the next picture, but this picture gives people a very bleak feeling.One after another shriveled dead bodies were hanging from the aerial roots of the big tree, but at this time there were no worshipers in front of the big tree.

A lot of altars and jars that were used as sacrifices were broken, and several altars were also overturned. It can really be said that the ground is in a mess.Seeing this, Chen Ziyang guessed that the purpose of these people's sacrifices had not been achieved. Maybe this ancient tree did not meet their requirements, but he didn't know why these people were hanged on this tree.

The next picture finally no longer depicts this strange big tree, but returns to the palace of the ancient Yumi country.

Although there are still caravans leading camels passing by in this picture, Chen Ziyang found that there are obviously fewer people in this picture, as if the number of people walking on the streets of the ancient country of Yumi has decreased a lot , The caravan is also much less.

All the people who appear in the picture are all skinny and ugly, the old people are all skinny, and the children are sitting weakly on the side of the street.Even the fountain in front of the palace seemed a little weak.

Seeing this, Chen Ziyang knew that this ancient country had begun to decline.So far, all the pictures are actually telling the story of this ancient country. The ancient country went from decline to prosperity, and then from prosperity to decline. There are two very crucial things in the middle.

The first one is the mysterious woman who brought the diamonds. It was the diamonds she brought that turned the ancient country of Mimi into an ancient oasis country in the desert, but this woman mysteriously disappeared.

The second is this strange big tree. After the big tree appeared, all the pictures on the steles gave people a feeling of silence.And the turning point between the two is that strange eye-shaped pattern.

The following painting gives people this feeling even more strongly. In this painting, there are no caravans on the streets of the ancient country of Mimi, and all the villagers are listless and dejected. The old man staggered along the street on crutches, and the others were also leaning feebly against the side wall of the house.

Chen Ziyang saw a person lying down on one of the streets. From the person's expression and body movements, he judged that the person should be dead.

But beside the dead man, there were a few people sitting there, but they were indifferent to the death of this man, as if they had expected such a thing to happen long ago.

Seeing this, Chen Ziyang's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of the thousands of loess tombs he had passed by before. "Is this because the plague has broken out?"

There are even more dead people in the next picture. There are several dead bodies lying there on almost every street, and some people wearing soldier armor are carrying these dead people far away with something like a door panel. walk around.

Although Chen Ziyang had long been prepared to see this picture, when he really saw the dead bodies painted on the pattern and the desolation of the entire ancient city, he still felt a sense of sourness in his heart.

These pictures are drawn so realistically that it is easy to resonate with them.It seems that in addition to being highly skilled, the person who sculpted this pattern really cared with his heart, which is why he was able to render the feeling in his heart so vividly.

In the next picture, except for the people still standing in front of the palace gate, there are no other things on the streets except dead bodies, not even the people who collect the bodies of these people. .

Dozens of people stood in front of the palace. These people were clearly divided into two groups. One group had a larger number of people, but these people were dressed in rags and looked like civilians, while the other few dozen people stood at the gate of the palace. Before, the clothes were more gorgeous.Among these people, Chen Ziyang saw the king of the ancient Yumi country who was kneeling in front of the big tree before.

At this time, the king was opening his mouth, stretching out his hand to gesture something, as if he was explaining something to the common people in front of him.In the ranks of civilians, there were also several people standing at the front, talking to the king.It appears that the two groups are arguing.

Although there were several ministers standing behind the king, they were all looking at the king out of the corner of their eyes, their eyes full of disdain.Chen Ziyang reckoned that if it wasn't for these people's identities that forced them to stand behind the king, it was very likely that they would stand against the king.

"What exactly caused the quarrel between the common people and the king?" Chen Ziyang couldn't figure it out.You must know that in that feudal era, the king was high above the king. Unless the common people took up arms to overthrow the king, otherwise, these common people would only be lambs to be slaughtered, and it was impossible for them to contradict the king so blatantly.

And the king seemed to know that he was wrong, and Chen Ziyang could see from his expression that even he himself didn't quite believe what he said.It seems that this king won't last long. It seems that in the entire ancient kingdom of Mimi, except for the king himself, everyone else is against him.

Seeing this, Chen Ziyang quickly looked at the next picture. Just as he guessed just now, the king at this time has become a prisoner, tightly tied into a rice dumpling.Dozens of people held torches and weapons in their hands, and pulled the bound king to the front of the giant tree.Among these people were civilians, as well as the former ministers. It seemed that the king had finally betrayed his relatives.

Chen Ziyang, who was eager to know what was going to happen next, hurriedly looked down, and the next picture actually described the battle between these people and the huge ancient tree.

The king who had become a prisoner was thrown aside, and the others were either holding torches, or holding short swords and spears, and were fighting with the aerial roots growing from the giant trees flying in the air.

This discovery startled Chen Ziyang. He quickly looked at the roots of the plants on the side wall of the passage, "Could it be possible that these things can move?" He continued to read.

A lot of corpses lay here and there on the ground. It seems that the group of people who fought with the giant tree suffered heavy casualties, and the big tree at this time was not much better. The whole big tree was burned and swallowed by flames. The fruit on the tree fell to the ground, and at the same time, many branches of the big tree had been burned.

The battle between the man and the tree is described here, and in the next picture, some ragged people are standing in the distance of the ancient city and looking towards the direction of the ancient city.These people were all carrying their bags and lined up in a row, and there was a long row of footprints on the ground extending from the ancient city to the crowd. It seemed that these people were leaving the ancient country of Yumi.

At this time, half of the ancient city has been blurred, a large black cloud-like thing is swallowing the ancient city, and the exposed part of the ancient city is already dilapidated.

(End of this chapter)