Li Ang concentrated on sensing the message sent back by Mosi's clone. The top area of the temple had been destroyed by the falling rocks above the cave, leaving only ruins. Apart from that, no traces of battle or dead bodies were found.
Come and try it quickly. 】
At the very center of the temple is an extremely vast stone chamber. On the four walls of the room, there is a copy of a mural.
The first mural is of hundreds of little people outlined with simple lines. They scream and cry, looking desperate, as if they are afraid of something, kneeling on the vast land, worshiping a towering spire. .
In other words, he was kneeling to worship the man at the top of the steeple.
The man was burly, with his face hidden under his hood. He had his arms spread out, holding a blood-stained golden blade in his right hand. Lying on the stone bed in front of him was a young nobleman who had been disemboweled.
The reason why they are said to be nobles is because the disembowelers are wearing luxurious white clothes and snake-shaped ornaments inlaid with gold and jade on their collars, which is in stark contrast to the thousands of simple-dressed civilians below the spire.
The strange thing is that even though he was killed and sacrificed, the young noble didn't feel any pain on his face. Instead, he smiled calmly, as if he was satisfied that he had accomplished something great.
Above the heads of the sacrificer and the victim, there is a blue sky.
It depicts two huge blood-red vertical balls, as if the devil is spying on the world.
"What does this mural... mean?"
Li Ang frowned unconsciously. Judging from the primitive and barbaric behavior of human sacrifice, the murals depicted were from an extremely long time ago, at least before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. By sacrificing humans and animals, ghosts and gods are appeased and ancestors are worshiped.
However, the clothing style of the characters in the painting is obviously different from that in the Central Plains. Moreover, those who were sacrificed were not prisoners of war but nobles.
He patiently looked at the second mural.
On the second mural, the hooded man is still there.
He stood on the cliff, stretching his arms as if scolding someone.
At the bottom of the cliff, thousands of civilians were digging in the soil with tools, and some people wearing noble clothes were hanging in the air.
These people waved their arms and made various gestures, and the huge rocks blocking the excavation process cracked and turned into smaller gravels, which were placed on the cart carried by the giant beast of burden that was obviously a monster.
"Monk?"
Li Ang was greatly shocked. The movements of the nobles in the painting were very similar to the primitive techniques of the Yin and Shang Dynasties described in the academy books.
No, even older.
Li Ang noticed that some nobles were holding human skulls in their hands, as if they were summoning the spirits of their ancestors to gain otherworldly power.
"If this is the case, the era depicted in the murals is even older than the Yin and Shang Dynasties..."
Li Ang frowned and looked at the third mural, only to see an inverted Babel structure deep underground.
In each floor of the tower, there are many villains living in different costumes and different classes.
Like the previous two murals, the common people have simple lines and poor clothing, while the nobles have delicate lines, gorgeous clothing and more facial expressions.
Everyone looked up at the top of the Tower of Babel with a look of fear and anxiety.
In the sky above the earth's surface, a huge gap opened, and black light poured out from it.
Animals, demons, humans, all living creatures fell to the ground, dead.
On the fourth mural, there is also the Tower of Babel that goes deep into the ground, but this time the cracks in the sky and the black light are all gone.
All the little people living underground came to the desolate surface and celebrated their new life with singing and dancing.
The above is the content of the four murals, and some footprints remain in the dusty open space in the middle of the murals. It is not clear when it was left.
Li Ang rubbed his temples with a headache, filled with doubts in his heart.
Jiuyou is definitely a barren land, much more desolate than Liyuan. I am afraid that only some extreme archaea can survive by relying on the thick smoke emitted by the underground hot springs.
A civilization that has monks and can build an underground Tower of Babel is undoubtedly advanced. Why did they bother to go deep underground and build such a temple in the Jiuyou Dark River?
"Judging from the content of the mural, it looks very much like a prophet from an ancient civilization who, through a sacrifice, made a prophecy that the devil would spy on the world.
This civilization believed deeply in the prophecy and mobilized the whole country to dig deep and build the Tower of Babel. I don’t know how many years later, the doomsday is expected, and all life on the surface is exterminated.
The ancient civilization that had been living underground returned to the surface and became the only survivor..."
Li Ang put down his arms and thought seriously: "A civilization that has monks and can build such a huge temple in the Nine Nether Dark River may be ignorant, but it is definitely not weak.
How much they trust the prophets and how much they fear the prophecies of doomsday will make them use all their strength to hide underground...
Could it be that they are from Siyou? "
The Siyou people are an extremely mysterious tribe. Legend has it that they live in underground rivers and rarely interact with surface civilization.
Except for a few eyewitness records that occurred before the Jin Dynasty and whose authenticity is difficult to distinguish,
There are only some fish bones that accidentally drifted into surface rivers and were recorded with obscure writings, which may be able to prove their existence.
Li Ang had indirectly come into contact with Si You Civilization before when he was kidnapped and semi-forced by Ya Jiuban and entered the underground ghost market——
At that time, the monk Shi Xing left a stone tablet and claimed that he had foreseen the death disaster. He then used the secret method of Jing Nian Sect to erase most of the memory. The remaining memory was divided into three parts and placed in three different places, waiting for the monk Shi Xing. After he wakes up, he uses the Lotus of Disaster to retrieve it.
The locations of the three locations are written in snake-shaped Siyou characters.
That stone slab is still hidden by Li Ang in a cave in the east of Chang'an City - there are too few samples of Si You's writing in Dongjun Tower and it is impossible to decipher it.
At that time, it was impossible for Li Ang to go to Dongjun Tower for verification and bring trouble on his own, so he shelved the stone slab and did not follow the clues any further.
It is now known that Shi Xingseng, who lost all his memories after his resurrection, has joined Zhao Ming. If they are also tracing the traces of the Siyou clan...
Li Ang stood up from the chair, left the Imperial Medical Office, and hurried to the Academy in a carriage.
To be on the safe side, it is best to inform the mountain chief of the information.
The carriage was bumpy, and Li Ang took the time to check the situation of the moray eel along the way - not only was he lucky, but he was also lucky. The moray eel worked hard to penetrate deep into the Nine Netherworlds and found the underground temple. After some investigation to obtain information, he walked along the underground river. Sailed upstream and successfully reached the "signaled" area, sending all the information back.
And he's not dead yet, he's hanging on a stalactite pillar and dying.
Li Ang was greatly moved and immediately followed the positioning coordinates and asked other marine creatures to come to support him. The method of support was to feed himself to the moray eels.
As for the eel itself...such an excellent employee deserves an award.
In line with the principle of using it to death as long as it never dies, Li Ang decided to allocate more shares of the moray eel to strengthen the moray eel and let it return to the underground river to continue exploring.
Outstanding young people should receive training.
Not long after, Li Ang arrived at the academy. He did not go to Xi Yangyu, who stayed in the academy and had the most authority. Instead, he went directly to Dongjun Tower, found the puppet servant Ati, and said seriously: "I have important information to tell Shan. Chief, please contact me."
The old man, the mountain chief, often disappears, ranging from a few days to a few months. No one knows where he has gone, including offering wine sacrifices and working as a businessman, and they can't contact him at all.
Ati, who doesn't look like an ordinary puppet servitor, is the "person" most likely to contact the mountain leader in an emergency.
"no."
Atti, who was pushing a trolley to clean Dongjun Tower, glanced at Li Ang calmly and said calmly: "I have no authority."
It was lack of authority rather than lack of ability. Li Ang noticed the key point of this sentence, emphasized his tone, and said seriously: "It's really important."
Ati stopped, stared at Li Ang with his hollow and deep eyes, and suddenly said: "If you can pass the Suanni Furnace test, you may have permission."
How long has it been since you were still undergoing trials?
The corners of Li Ang's eyes twitched. The test he received was much more severe than the ordinary academy patrol. Not only did he have to defeat the phantom of a high-level opponent in the Cloud Patrol Realm created by Suanni Furnace, he also had to not suffer any injuries on his body, even if Being touched even once is considered a failure.
As if he saw what Li Ang was thinking, Atti pushed the cart again, walked along the corridor, and said calmly: "Excellent young people should receive training."
