They said they were looking for a suitable place, but in fact the place they chose to rest was not far from the altar, but it was just higher than the water.
After all, for them now, the threat hidden in the water is the highest. Whether it is the female corpses before or the giant toads that are still preying on midges, they are all existences that need to be carefully guarded against.
Several people did not sit opposite each other, but chose to sit side by side facing the outside in order to guard against dangers that might arise at any time.
In this way, no matter which direction there is movement, they can detect it immediately, and there will be no problems with the inspected rock wall behind.
"I just took a look. There are a lot of fossil trees here, and they are intertwined with each other. They are enough for us to walk on them. Do you think we should continue to walk on the waterway or move forward from here?" No one took the lead. When he opened his mouth, Chen Ziyan started to talk.
He didn't lie, he had indeed observed the situation of the fossilized trees, because it was the most pressing problem before them.
If they continued to walk by water, they would have to face threats from the water at all times, but the fossilized branches were not easy to walk on. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were taking steps step by step, but they did not need to worry about being suddenly attacked.
Everyone was silent for a while after hearing the two choices given by Chen Ziyan. They could naturally hear the difference.
And they all understand one thing, that is, although the waterway is dangerous, it is much faster than walking on fossil trees.
Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Chen Ziyan did not rush to urge them, but took out the golden mask he had previously obtained from the jade coffin.
The helmet of the Yi leader in the relief just now had many similarities with this mask, so he wanted to study it carefully to see if the two were the same thing.
Chen Ziyan's actions were not hidden from the others, so they all saw the golden mask. However, except for Shirley Yang who looked thoughtful, no one else paid much attention to it.
When Shirley Yang saw Chen Ziyan holding the golden mask in front of her and looking at it repeatedly, she quickly made a guess in her mind and asked, "Are you trying to verify whether this mask is the helmet of the leader of the Yi people in Futuoli?"
Because the composition of the relief is too simple, this kind of detail is easily overlooked. Therefore, apart from Chen Ziyan, who paid special attention, only Shirley Yang in the team noticed this.
After hearing Shirley Yang's question, Chen Ziyan raised his head and said, "Yes, although one of these two things is a helmet and the other is a mask, I always feel that they have many similar features."
Shirley Yang showed a look that was indeed the case, and then said: "Actually, I have the same feeling. Now it seems that we all have this feeling, so it shouldn't be an illusion."
At this point, Shirley Yang paused and continued: "Looking at the condition of the altar, it must be at least three thousand years old, while the Tomb of King Xian is only over two thousand years old, so the order of succession is obvious."
"Let's assume that if this secret cave is the only way from the outside world to the location of King Xian's tomb, and the so-called mountain god entrenched in the depths is the guard responsible for guarding the pass, then as long as we act in accordance with the law, we can also treat that person The so-called gods donate enough giant toads, and we can pass here smoothly."
"It's really possible..." Chen Ziyan thought about it briefly and knew that if the conditions were as Shirley Yang said, he could indeed use this method to pass the obstacles behind.
That is, of course, if they can catch enough giant toads.
After all, this thing won't just sit around and catch it. It's okay to catch one or two, but it's not easy to catch too many.
The most important thing is that they have no corresponding means of catching them. From the previous scenes, it can be seen that the ancestors who once lived here had a way to deal with this kind of creature.
Just when Chen Ziyan was thinking about this, he heard Shirley Yang say again:
"Actually, there is one thing I have never understood. Based on my understanding of animal habits, this kind of water should not be suitable for creatures like toads to live."
The attention of others had long been attracted by the conversation between the two. After hearing Shirley Yang’s doubts, Ding Sitian
said:
"Generally speaking, creatures like toads live in wetlands. I think they will come here in groups. It must be related to the midges just now. It is probably the egg-laying period of these underground insects, so they are attracted These toads live in other areas."
Because toads not only produce poison but can also be used as medicine, Ding Sitian has a deep understanding of this creature and came up with this possibility after a little thought.
Hearing Ding Sitian's words, Shirley Yang nodded suddenly: "This should be the fact. Even if the body size is much larger than ordinary, the habits of living things are engraved in the genetic chain and will not be changed easily. "
Chen Ziyan keenly noticed the key inside and asked: "If you say this, doesn't it mean that the waters here are connected to the outside world?"
If that is the case, then their previous conjecture is probably wrong. There is no ability to make people smaller here.
When Shirley Yang heard this, she frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "But in this way, there is no way to explain the size of these toads. If this space is not special, then there is no reason why things here should be so much beyond the norm."
She felt as if things were stuck in some kind of contradictory situation.
At least with the information she got now, there was no way to give a reasonable explanation.
But Ding Sitian, after thinking for a while, came up with a conjecture: "Is it possible that the special magnetic field we guessed does exist, but it is not limited to this gourd hole, but radiates to the entire insect What about the valley or even the entire valley?”
"As far as we know so far, there are already two unusual-sized creatures, the blue-scaled python and the giant toad, and neither of these two creatures yet live in the gourd cave."
The explanation given by Ding Sitian was barely reasonable, but there were still many things that could not be explained. That is, if it was really like what she said, everything they saw when they came should be equally beyond common sense.
Let’s not talk about plants, but as far as animals are concerned, whether it is a wither owl or a small tree lizard, the size is familiar to them.
Considering this, Chen Ziyan shook his head: "This also makes no sense."
The three people had a series of conversations, and Hu and Wang Kaixuan were confused. Hu was relatively good. Although he was not proficient in this area, he still understood it somewhat, but Wang Kaixuan was completely confused.
The fat man, who was confused after hearing this, felt that this was not going to work, so he said: "How about we put this problem aside first, or go to the tomb of King Xian to find the answer as originally planned. Now I still want to talk about the mountain god. It’s about that.”
After hearing Wang Kaixuan's words, Chen Ziyan also knew that it was time to stop. If he continued talking about this topic, he might not be able to get an answer by tomorrow.
With this thought in his mind, he said: "The fat man is right, let's talk about this mountain god first."
Seeing this, Hu took the initiative to answer: "This mountain god is now 80% certain to exist, but the understanding of the ancients is very different from ours, so it is still difficult to determine what it is. Now we can only make a preliminary analysis."
Chen Ziyan asked: "Old Hu, do you think this mountain god is anthropomorphic or humanoid?"
Anthropomorphism is other living things, so it is shaped into a human form. If it is humanoid, then this so-called mountain god is at least a humanoid creature.
Hu thought for a while and said: "From what I can see, this mountain god is probably a thousand-year-old zombie king. Think about it, the long hair on the face and the lifeless face match the characteristics of a zombie. And according to what I just said, According to the description of the relief, the Yi people sent those big toads into the cave, but they were not eaten whole, but the essence and blood were sucked out and turned into dried toads. This eating method is also very consistent with zombies."
"As for the way for the barbarians to get through there, I think they should first feed the old zombies with toads, and then use this golden mask to scare them, so that they can take the opportunity to pass."
After saying that, Hu looked at the golden mask in Chen Ziyan's hand. He had not thought of it before, but now that he thought about it, this golden mask was probably a treasure to suppress corpses and ward off evil spirits.
When Wang Kaixuan heard Hu's words, he felt guilty. After all, zombies thousands of years ago are still very likely to become
The kind that has semen will scare anyone if it is placed on them.
So the guy thought for a while and said, "As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. This old Zongzi has lived here for so long, and I haven't seen him run out to do anything illegal. Most of these things are from the Zongzi. Good people, let me tell you that we don’t have to make trouble with others. We will also catch a few big toads as greeting gifts later. We are new here and will definitely not suffer according to the rules."
After finishing speaking, this guy may have felt that his words were a bit soft, so he added: "Of course, with our skills we can be tough, but that's not necessary. It's a matter of giving each other face."
Although what he said was high-sounding, no one knew what this guy meant.
However, as soon as he said this, Shirley Yang denied it: "I don't think the mountain god may be a zombie. There are rumors about zombies since ancient times. How could the ancients regard them as mountain gods."
There is nothing wrong with this. Even the Yi people would not worship corpses as gods.
"If it's not a zombie or something like that, it's probably some kind of humanoid creature." Ding Sitian said.
Hu said: "It's possible to be human-like, but it's still unknown. If you ask me, let's just go and have a look. If it really doesn't work, we can come back and catch the toads."
At this moment, he also realized that what the old zombie said was too unfounded, so he wanted to change the topic.
Wang Kaixuan was very supportive of this and said: "Yes, just do what you want, no matter what he is, if you don't witness it, you have no right to speak."
When Chen Ziyan saw this, he said, "Then let's go and have a look. Have you figured out how to get there?"
What he said next was just a casual question. He never thought it would involve so much, so after hearing Hu's suggestion, he immediately returned the topic to the way forward.
Hu said: "I think it's more appropriate to walk on this fossil tree. It doesn't matter if you go slower, but having enough space to move around is a big advantage."
This was the reason he had just thought of, but he was distracted by the mountain god's matter, so he didn't say it out loud.
Others thought about it and thought that this was a good reason. The waterway was faster and faster, but the scope of movement was limited to the boat, which was far less convenient than on the fossil tree.
Especially when encountering danger, there are many ways to avoid it.
Since everyone agreed to walk on the fossil tree, Chen Ziyan didn't say much. To him, the difference between the two was not big.
After packing up everything, the group began to move forward on the fossilized tree hanging above the water.
Although many of these fossil trees are connected together, there are occasionally gaps. However, these gaps can be crossed in depth, so they do not cause much hindrance.
After advancing for more than a hundred meters, Chen Ziyan suddenly noticed that the surrounding red walls began to shrink.
He silently estimated in his mind and found that he and others should have arrived at the central interface of the gourd at this time.
The plant roots extending above here are gradually becoming sparse, which makes the air less humid and hot than before.
Soon, Chen Ziyan saw the interface between the two caves, but there were no fossil trees here for them to stay. In the end, the few people who were more than ten meters had to wade through the water.
After arriving at the joint in the center of the gourd cave, Chen Ziyan discovered that the water surface here was just parallel to the bottom of the narrow hole in front of him, and the gourd cave was tilted downwards, which caused the water here to flow through. The gap forms a waterfall with a small flow of water on the other side.
Without paying too much attention to this small waterfall, Chen Ziyan grabbed the entrance of the cave with one hand and looked inside.
With the help of the light of the flashlight, he discovered that the slope inside was very steep and deep, and it was still an arc that could not be borrowed. This meant that if they wanted to get over, it was best to use a rope to descend.
They have all the tools you need, so you save yourself some trouble.
After the fixed rock wedges and climbing ropes were installed, several people slid down the ropes one after another.
During the process of falling, Chen Ziyan did not forget to look at his surroundings.
But it was so quiet here that there seemed to be no sign of life at all, like a still dark world.
Compared with the cave they just left, it was like two completely different worlds of life and death.
Feeling that the flashlight was blocked and couldn't shine too far, Chen Ziyan threw a cold firework directly downward.
He had a hunch that it wasn't long before landing, so he had to know the situation below.
As the cold fireworks fell, Chen Ziyan really saw the situation below clearly.
The first thing that appeared under my feet was a large piece of wet stacked rock, surrounded by deep underground water.
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