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Chapter 318 The Dead King

Looking at this huge black cloud-like thing, Chen Ziyang felt that it was very likely that it was referring to a sandstorm.It was a huge sandstorm that completely annihilated this ancient city in history.

Why such a coincidence?Just after the battle between people and the ancient tree, the ancient city was swallowed by the sandstorm. Could it be that the sandstorm was caused by the burning of the ancient tree?
Because this picture was already the last one, Chen Ziyang looked at it for a while longer. He guessed that the people who left the ancient city should be the ones who left the roll of sheepskin.However, it is easy to deviate from the picture to understand the implied meaning of the picture, and the number of these pictures is limited, and there are some places in the middle that are not coherent.

Thinking of the roll of sheepskin, Chen Ziyang turned to Instructor Liu and asked, "Isn't there someone who knows this kind of writing? It's the person who translated the writing on the sheepskin. Who is this person? Let him Translating, translating, we can save ourselves from guessing like this again."

"Dead!" Instructor Liu replied angrily. Chen Ziyang could see that Instructor Liu was in a very unhappy mood now, which probably had something to do with him not finding the clues he wanted here.Inexplicably slammed, Chen Ziyang ignored Instructor Liu, but carefully looked at the last picture.

At this time, he noticed that among the group of people who left the ancient city, a corner of one person's baggage came off, and a football-shaped object was exposed inside. Chen Ziyang suddenly remembered that this object should be the tree. The fruit of an ancient tree.

In addition to this person, there are several other people who are also carrying burdens. Although the items in these burdens are not exposed, Chen Ziyang saw that the things in the burden should be spherical, which probably refers to this ancient tree. The fruit of the tree.

This is really strange. These people hated this ancient tree so much that they even burned the old tree, and they paid a lot for it. Many people died under the aerial roots of the old tree. But why did these people take away the fruit of the ancient tree?If these fruits are planted, will another ancient tree grow?

For no reason, Chen Ziyang felt a strange feeling in his heart.He felt that everything he experienced was probably related to the seeds of these ancient trees that were taken away by the residents of the ancient country of Yumi.And it is very possible that this diamond was also taken out by these people, and finally put into that ancient tomb.

Just as Chen Ziyang continued to search for other clues on this picture, a detail caught his attention.Among these people who left the ancient country of Yumi, some people's lines are very unclear.After discovering this strange place, Chen Ziyang found that in the last picture, many lines were not carved very well.

All the pictures are carved on the stone tablet. The lines of all the previous pictures are very smooth and coherent, and the depth is roughly the same. It can be seen that the people who carved these pictures worked very hard and were almost meticulous.

But on this last picture, there are many lines of different shades, and the edges are rough, and the thickness of the lines is also inconsistent. It is obviously not at the same level as the previous carvings.

Taking a closer look at the material of this stele, Chen Ziyang saw that the material of this stele was the same as that of the other steles, so it meant that the flaws in this picture were not due to the material of the stele. Then it is only possible because of the sculptor.

His first thought was that the person who carved this stele had changed, not the one who carved other steles, but after looking at it for a while, Chen Ziyang denied his idea.

Although the last picture was carved rougher, no matter the depiction of the characters or the way the lines were moved, they were all exactly the same as the previous pictures, that is to say, the sculptor hadn't changed.

What caused the sculptor to be less than perfect with the last drawing?Chen Ziyang couldn't figure it out, and just as he was about to continue his research, Instructor Liu said, "It's been a lot of time, half a day has passed, the research is almost done, let's move on. "

Hearing what Instructor Liu said, Yang Lei quickly pulled Chen Ziyang aside and tore off his backpack.Then Yang Lei stuffed all the food and water he had dumped on the ground into Chen Ziyang's backpack.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Lei picked up his backpack full of pots and jars, and grabbed six smaller jars with each of his ten hands and carried them in his hands.

Seeing Yang Lei's virtue, Chen Ziyang wished he could go up and kick him. "Lei Zi, if you don't be so greedy for money, I will like you more." He gritted his teeth and said.

"No one is perfect, hehe, no one is perfect. Everyone has hobbies. I just like these pots and jars. It's not for money. Let me make this clear first. It's not for money. I just like art. I have a collection. hobby."

The team walked around more than a dozen steles and continued on. As the crowd got deeper, the plants climbing on the side walls and top of the passage became thicker and thicker, making the entire passage narrower a lot.The left and right sides are okay, after all, this passage is very fast, but some of the relatively long spikes growing on the plants climbing on the top of the passage are about to touch the top of the person's head.

After not walking far, Xiao Ren, who was at the front of the line, suddenly stopped, and his flashlight shone straight on a section of plant on the side wall of the passage, and everyone saw a skeleton hanging from the plant. On the spikes that grow on it.

This discovery made everyone alert. Instructor Liu quickly bent down and reached out to take out the pistol from his waist, but when he touched an empty holster, he remembered that all the weapons were in the holster. Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei.

After throwing a complaining look at Chen Ziyang, Instructor Liu pouted at Chen Ziyang, which meant to let him go and have a look.

At this moment, Chen Ziyang walked quite a distance with a heavy backpack on his back, and was already a little tired.So he took off the backpack and threw it at Yang Lei's feet, then drew out the ancient Xuanming sword, and slowly touched the plants.

Walking up to the skeleton, Chen Ziyang looked around carefully. Apart from the skeleton, there were some scattered objects on the ground, but they didn't seem to be in any danger.After gesturing to the people behind, indicating that it is safer here and letting them come forward, he carefully observed the skeleton.

The skeleton was relatively complete, and a few spikes growing from the plants penetrated through the gaps in the skeleton's ribs, making the skeleton's ribs hang on the plants.The skull's cervical vertebra passes through one of the eye sockets of the skull and hangs the skull from it.The skeleton's pelvis, arm bones, and leg bones all piled up directly under the skeleton.

Not far from the skeleton, there were a lot of items piled up on the ground. Chen Ziyang walked over and checked each item carefully.At this time, several people from behind also rushed over.

Although Yang Lei was also curious about this skeleton, he was reluctant to put down the jar in his hand, so he stood aside and stared at everyone.

The team doctor carefully gestured around the skeleton, as if trying to figure out the cause of the skeleton's death.After glancing at the skeleton, Instructor Liu came to Chen Ziyang's side and inspected the items on the ground with him.

The things on the ground are very mixed, there are some daily-use utensils and pots, and some other daily utensils, but what Chen Ziyang is most interested in is an iron rod and the hammer head of a hammer.

After picking up these two things, Chen Ziyang looked carefully. This iron rod-like thing actually looked like a chisel, but the tip of the chisel had been ground so badly that there was no corner at all. Even the edge of the tip of the chisel has been rounded, and there are still a few nicks on the chisel, and the end has been flattened. It seems that it has been used for a very long time.

The same is true for the hammer head. This hammer head is very worn, and even both ends of the hammer head have dents left by long-term knocking.The handle of the hammer was gone. Chen Ziyang guessed that this was because the wood that used to be the handle of the hammer had rotted away.

Holding the chisel with difficulty with his left hand, Chen Ziyang handed over the hammer with his right hand.Sure enough, the end of the chisel fit perfectly into the indentation on the hammer head, and it appears the two were used in conjunction.

Seeing Chen Ziyang's action, Instructor Liu said, "This person should be the one who carved the patterns on the stone tablets before."

After nodding his head, Chen Ziyang dropped two things and continued to rummage around.All the pots were empty, and there was something similar to a small iron pot on the ground.

"Could it be that this person has lived here all the time?" This is also reasonable. After all, it took a lot of time to carve the patterns on the dozens of stone tablets before, but Chen Ziyang felt a little strange. It should be regarded as the holy land of the ancient country of Yumi, why did this person live here for a long time.

However, from the contents of those pictures, it can be seen that the sculptor knew all the things that happened in the ancient Yumi country.Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang became curious about the identity of this person, so he walked to the side of the skeleton, trying to find out the identity of the skeleton before his death.

At this time, Instructor Liu also thought of Chen Ziyang. He walked up to the team doctor and asked.

"This should be the skeleton of a male, about 40 years old when he died. This man was impaled to death by the spikes on the plant, and he should have been pushed to these spikes vigorously. The spikes are very long , It directly penetrated several of his internal organs, which can be judged from the position where the spike pierced.

Moreover, this person should have died immediately on the spot. Where the spikes of the plant touched the person's ribs, there were no friction marks left by the struggle. "

Although the team doctor said a lot, knowing the cause of this person's death did not help to understand his identity.Chen Ziyang and Instructor Liu stood by and watched, trying to find something that could identify the skeleton.

"Don't move, it's mine! I saw it first, and I picked it up first. Don't steal it from me." Yang Lei suddenly shouted at the top of his voice.

At this time, Chen Ziyang realized that at some point, Yang Lei picked out something between the thigh bone and arm bone under the skull with his feet.

But because Yang Lei was not willing to drop the jars he was holding, he could only use his feet to firmly slam the thing down, and bowed down, putting on a defensive posture towards Xiao Ren who was at the side.

"Er Yang, hurry up, come and pick it up, this is real gold, and we have made a small fortune." Seeing that Chen Ziyang noticed this, Yang Lei said quickly.

Walking over, he pulled out the thing he stepped on before from under Yang Lei's feet, and after wiping the dust off it with his hands, Chen Ziyang found that it was indeed a piece of gold just as Yang Lei said.

This is a round gold ornament the size of a fist, with a hollow decorative pattern in the middle. On the back of this gold ornament, there is a gold hook more than an inch wide. The hook and the ornament are connected together and should be cast as a whole.

Although it seems that the production of this gold jewelry is relatively rough, Chen Ziyang feels that if it was placed 2000 years ago, this kind of craftsmanship would have been considered top-level. After all, people in that era were limited by the tools, so they could It is commendable to make something like this.

"I seem to know who the dead person is." Chen Ziyang said while holding the gold jewelry.

"Who is it?" Instructor Liu asked eagerly.

"I don't know if you have noticed that on the previous steles, all the people were depicted in great detail, and even the ornaments on these people were all carved out.

In those pictures, there is a person who is similar to the king, that is, the person who was bound during the human-tree war. I guess that person is the king of the ancient country of Mimi. When present, he always has a round belt buckle around his waist.

Although the picture is not so detailed that even the pattern of the belt buckle is carved out, but you can see here that the hook behind the accessory is so wide, and the distance between the hook and the accessory is very narrow, this should be a belt buckle. "

Hearing this, Instructor Liu hurriedly walked up to Chen Ziyang, wanting to reach out and grab the gold belt buckle for a closer look, but Yang Lei who was standing by did not do it.

"Back, back, you can't play with it from a distance, have you heard that? Just stand a little farther and look at it, or I will really cut you." After saying this, Yang Lei raised his hand high The three jars in the right hand made a gesture of smashing down to Instructor Liu.

But then he glanced at the jar in his hand from the corner of his eye, showing a reluctant expression, and slowly put down his right hand.

Seeing Yang Lei's virtue, Instructor Liu didn't have the heart to confront him, so he really stopped there, glanced at the gold ornament a meter away from Chen Ziyang, and nodded.

"So this person should be the king of the ancient Yumi country? This is really strange, why did he die here?" Instructor Liu said to himself.

(End of this chapter)