The human figurines on the opposite side were shaking more and more violently, and fine cracks began to appear on their bodies, as if something was really about to break out of their shells.
"Why does it feel like the anchor and the others are playing an escape room? It's so exciting! Isn't this tomb really haunted?"
"Don't be scary here, okay? I want to watch the live broadcast for a while longer!"
"Don't believe these things, bro, I am a materialist warrior, a thirty-year-old member of the Young Pioneers, and a staunch supporter of core values!"
"Yes, we must believe in science! Taishang Laojun is as urgent as the law!"
"Do you believe what you say? After watching the anchor live for so long, the last thing you can't believe is science."
"Yes, haven't you heard that sentence? The end of science is metaphysics, and the end of philosophy is theology!"
The netizens in the live broadcast room talked about everything, but Lin Yi didn't have time to watch.
Suddenly, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"I see!"
"Let me tell you, Mr. Lin, isn't it a little late for you to understand now? Besides, what do you understand?"
Even at this time, Wang Qiang still didn't forget to say a few insults to him.
"I have been thinking just now, now that this desert mole cricket has taken over this place, where have all the eggs it laid gone?
Just now, my elder brother showed me the sawdust of poplar wood and the shaking pottery figurines in front of me, which made me react immediately:
These human figurines are the delivery rooms of desert mole crickets. "
"delivery room?"
The three people around him shouted in unison.
"Yes, if my inference is correct, the giant mole cricket mother ate the poplar wood arms of the human figurines and laid her eggs among these human figurines."
Bai Lu looked at Lin Yi with a pair of big doubtful eyes.
"I remember you said before that the desert mole cricket likes to feed on carrion and dead bodies. Why does it use pottery figurines as a delivery room?"
Speaking of this, Bai Lu suddenly widened her eyes, pointed at the human figurines in front of her, and covered her mouth with one hand.
"No way? It's not what I thought, is it? It's incredible!"
"Why are you making riddles here? If you have something to say, just say it, don't hide it!"
Wang Qiang looked at the two of them and said anxiously.
"Consultant Lin said that there might be a corpse inside this human figurine!"
"Corpse?"
Now it was Wang Qiang and Abu's turn to stare.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
The voice of Professor Yu's assistant Zhao Chengzhang came from the intercom.
He is Professor Yu's close disciple.
Not only does he have a good understanding of ancient history and tomb culture, but he also has some talents in the study of ancient characters.
This time Professor Yu did not bring any other disciples with him, only his assistant and Zhao Chengzhang, which showed his trust in him.
"If we follow our previous inferences that the tomb system here belongs to the Western Han Dynasty, it is impossible for human sacrifices to occur! The pottery figurines unearthed from the Yangling Mausoleum of Han Dynasty are an example. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, no human sacrifices were found in any of the princes' tombs. Case.
Therefore, Consultant Lin’s inference does not hold true! "
"I agree with Researcher Zhao's opinion." Mr. Lu's protégé Xiao Song-Song Hongfei also expressed his agreement with Zhao Chengzhang.
Lin Yi picked up the walkie-talkie and directly explained his views:
"Then have you ever considered the question, is this the Western Region? They just followed the tomb system of the Han Dynasty.
As early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Qiang tribe came here to settle and multiply. The Qiang people during the Yin and Shang Dynasties were a dish. I guess I don’t need to say more about this, right?
The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions all have more or less Qiang descendants, so is it unreasonable for human sacrifices to occur here? "
After Lin Yi finished speaking, there was no message on the other end of the intercom.
Xiao Zhao and Xiao Song are both elites in history and archeology. If there were any flaws in Lin Yi's words, they would have already started to refute it.
"Comrade Xiaolin's inference is very reasonable. These human figurines are likely to be filled with corpses that were buried with them. Or, less optimistically, they were filled with living people when they were assembled."
Mr. Lu's voice came from the intercom.
"A living person? Isn't this too outrageous?"
Hearing this result, Wang Qiang couldn't help but take a few steps back.
Looking around, there are not a thousand but hundreds of human figurines here. Look at the size of these human figurines.
"Is it possible that the people who were filled in at that time were most likely children?"
"At that time, there were constant wars among the countries in the Western Regions. Once a certain country was defeated, most of the captives would be executed or buried. The same fate would apply to children. Only some women of the right age would be left. The craftsmen who made the figurines would Mercury was mixed with some potion, poured into the children's mouths and noses, and then sealed inside with pottery figurines."
"Why do these inhumane guys have to be executed?"
Wang Qiang cursed bitterly.
"There aren't that many resources, and wars start because of resources. If there are too many prisoners left, more resources will be consumed, and it will gradually become a burden on the entire country."
Bai Lu explained from the side.
"Hey, everyone around me is a master, but I'm the only one who's illiterate?"
Wang Qiang pointed at his nose and laughed at himself.
"Brothers and I don't know either. I've learned a lot this time."
Big Brother Abdul said with a smile.
Just when everyone relaxed their vigilance, the dark shadow that had been coveting for a long time in the distance finally launched an attack.
A huge body flew towards me in the darkness.
"careful!"
Lin Yi shouted and pushed Wang Qiang and others away. The two Yingjisha daggers in his hands were already unsheathed.
I saw two long beards with barbs following the sound, and swept to his face with a "歘".
With the sharp dagger and the blessing of Lin Yi's Emei thorn technique, he held the long beard with both hands and used both arms to cut off the long beards of the desert mole cricket.
This desert mole cricket didn't expect that its sneak attack would be discovered. It was spinning in pain, shaking its big head, and light green mucus flowed out from the broken part of its long beard, and was thrown everywhere.
"Everyone, be careful, don't get caught in this slime, it contains corpse poison!"
Lin Yi tightened his coat and protected his face with two daggers, leaving only a gap to observe the movement on the other side.
"Damn it, you don't follow martial ethics and you actually carry out a sneak attack!"
Wang Qiang held an engineering shovel in his hand and kept swearing.
Without its long beard to judge its position, the desert mole cricket was obviously in great pain. It locked onto Lin Yi's position and launched another offensive.
I saw it kicking rapidly, its six legs flying, its two large pincers opened, and it rushed towards Lin Yi.
Lin Yi ducked nimbly to avoid its attack, and turned back to insert the dagger into its head.
Just hearing the sound of "dang", the knife seemed to be stabbed on a stone.
"What a tough armor!"
Lin Yi shouted.
"Brother, let's help you!"
Abdul and Wang Qiang took out their machetes and engineering shovels and slashed at the desert cricket's back.
With a "clang" sound, the weapons in both men's hands were blown away by the indestructible armor.
"What is this guy's shell made of? Vibranium? He's invulnerable!"
Both Wang Qiang and Abu were bare-handed at this moment, and only Lin Yi still held a weapon in his hand.
The three of them fought in a Zigzag formation, surrounding the desert cricket in the middle.
"Get out of the way!" Lan Yun's team member Li Li rushed up, pulled out a pistol from his waist, and shot the desert cricket in the eye.
A ball of black-green blood shot out from its eye socket.
The pain caused the monster to spin on the spot, and its six-foot feet kicked the ground again.
"What a great shot! Why didn't you take it out earlier if you had this thing?"
As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, the human figurines around him suddenly cracked open one after another, and hundreds of desert mole crickets emerged from them and swept toward them.
PS: Fourth update, I hope readers who like this book will support it! Thank you everyone!
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