This photo is very blurry. If you didn’t look closely, you would think it was a waste photo caused by a mistake.
However, upon closer inspection, the things in the photo are even more shocking.
It was a monster as tall as a man.
The face is blurry but a bit ferocious and vicious can still be distinguished.
Especially those two eyes that are beyond normal human proportions.
It is the kind of killing devil mentioned in Mr. Li's notes.
Mantis monster!
The monster in the photo is maintaining a jumping posture, with one foot almost leaving the ground.
Perhaps it was moving too fast, dragging a blurry afterimage behind the monster.
However, it is this blur that highlights the ferocity and cruelty of the monster.
In the background, some broken limbs and broken arms on the ground can be vaguely seen, as well as some team members shooting in resistance.
Chen Tao could imagine that the team that suddenly encountered the mantis monster was massacred wildly, and the photographer pressed the shutter in panic.
Maybe the next second, his head would be in a different place.
Just a mantis monster outside is so fascinating, and it can be seen how terrifying it is in the underground palace temple.
Grandpa and the others escaped from such ferocious creatures back then. It was truly a blessing in misfortune.
The notes mentioned a number of people, Nazi executives who held key secrets.
But these people had long since disappeared with the collapse of Nazi Germany. Even if they did leave any information and clues behind, they would definitely be in the hands of the military of the victorious country.
Hehir Alder and the others failed to reach the temple, but according to Mr. Li's account, there were corpses of Nazis in the ancient battle pit in front of the temple, which means that some remnants of the party entered.
No one knows what those people did there.
Things have happened so long ago, unless it was the core group of Nazis back then.
But trying to find a breakthrough from this clue is almost impossible for ordinary people like Chen Tao to even think about it.
The only way is to follow Grandpa's clues.
Mr. Li once said that grandpa disappeared alone for a long time and went to a place that none of them knew.
Combining various clues in the notes, grandpa should have gone to Tibet.
So now it seems that that place is most likely the so-called "axis of the earth" mentioned by the Nazis.
But the question is, where is this place?
Although my grandfather most likely went to Tibet, the detailed location of the cave was not mentioned in the notes.
Chen Tao said his eyes were on another hidden grid.
squeak……
Another dark panel was pried open, and inside was also an oilcloth bag.
With a trace of prayer, Chen Tao opened the door.
"this......"
Chen Tao was a little stunned.
Inside was a dark dagger, with an old envelope pressed under the dagger.
The short sword is about one foot long and has a simple and heavy style.
The head of the sword is engraved with an unnamed ferocious beast.
The scabbard is mainly thick black with red silk embedded in it, which is simple yet noble.
Clang!
When the sword is drawn out of the body, the sound is crisp and ringing in the ears.
The sword has eight sides, is black and straight, and is engraved with auspicious patterns. The blade curves and extends from both sides, somewhat in the style of a Han sword.
Judging from the material, it is neither bronze nor dark iron, but a more special kind of black gold. Under the light of a flashlight, it is extremely sharp.
Upon closer inspection, Chen Tao couldn't help but exclaimed.
This material is actually the same as Yang Lixuan's short spear and Liu Yan's finger-tiger scimitar.
Chen Tao couldn't help but his hands shook.
That is a magical tool that can cut iron like clay!
Chen Tao weighed it in his hand and found that the weight of the dagger was just right.
Clang!
He raised his hand and stabbed out, the blade passed by, and the perfect line cut through the air, making a low sound.
"This is a serious weapon!" Chen Tao was overjoyed. Compared with this dagger, the dagger in his hand was nothing.
"Buried Souls..." Chen Tao carefully looked at the inscriptions on the end of the sword hilt.
He remembered that the two short spears owned by Yang Lixuan were called Mo Feng, and they were some sacred weapons of the Mo family.
So what is the origin of this short sword called Soul Burial?
etc!
A thought flashed through Chen Tao's mind, and he couldn't help but buzz.
Bury the soul!
Burial Guards!
Chen Tao's heart beat faster. This sword may be a key clue to solve the puzzle!
After swallowing, Chen Tao turned his attention to the old envelope.
After opening it and taking only one glance, Chen Tao was stunned.
The familiar font made his heart beat faster.
Chen Tao, Qi.
Chen Tao opened the envelope almost tremblingly.
"Go to Tibet."
There are only three short words on the paper.
Then, a complete map.
It was a majestic mountain, hidden among the rolling snow peaks.
In a very inconspicuous position, there is an entrance sign painted.
Chen Tao swallowed.
Could that place be the legendary "Shambala Cave"?
It was mentioned in the notes that Himmler met with Hitler and proposed to send a special operations team to the Shambala Cave in Tibet to find the "Earth Axis" that could control the world.
To this end, Himmler talked secretly with Hitler for six hours and submitted a 2,000-page report to Hitler, including a map showing the general location of Shambala.
Over the years, there have been widespread rumors about this incident.
According to German officials, all the information on the Nazis' first entry into Tibet was destroyed in the Cologne Fire in the autumn of 1945.
A large number of files that Harrer brought with him when he returned to Austria from Lhasa in 1951 were confiscated by the British. Harrer disappeared mysteriously. It was not until Harrer published "Seven Years in Tibet" in 1953 that the outside world learned that he was still alive.
Therefore, the map of unknown origin in the hands of the Nazi high-level officials has always been full of controversy.
Although most people believe that the map has disappeared, some still believe that the map was in Haller's hands and eventually fell into the hands of the British.
Nazi files are extremely confidential and are absolutely inaccessible to ordinary people.
So where did the map in the letter come from?
Looking at the thing in his hand, Chen Tao suddenly felt a little scared.
What frightened him was the letter.
To be precise, it was the person who originally wrote this letter.
Before going to Heizigou, he found a letter among his grandfather's belongings.
It was that letter that made him go to Heizigou inexplicably, overturning his previous peaceful life.
Now, another letter appeared.
Chen Tao couldn't believe it. This was just a coincidence.
The person with the same handwriting as myself, the person who wrote a letter to himself decades later without knowing when.
Chen Tao felt like a grasshopper tied to a rope, like a white mouse under transparent glass.
Everything about him seems to be under the supervision of others, and every step he takes seems to have been arranged by others.
Even grandpa can't figure it out.
At this point, he began to suspect that his grandfather was definitely not as simple as leaving him a key.
How can there be so many coincidences in this world?
Grandpa left suddenly, leaving nothing behind but a bunch of unsolvable mysteries.
"Grandpa, you really tricked your own grandson!" Chen Tao had a headache.
After calming down, Chen Tao fell into deep thought.
This feeling of being led by someone's nose is really uncomfortable.
But being shrouded in mystery made him even more uncomfortable.
The most direct and crude way to unravel all this is to follow in Grandpa's footsteps.
He had no choice whether to go to Tibet or not.
Click!
While Chen Tao was thinking, there was a sound of things falling and glass breaking from downstairs.
"There's movement!"
Chen Tao woke up instantly.
He didn't lock the door outside!
Thinking of this, he picked up the black gold dagger and tiptoed downstairs.
As soon as he arrived in the living room, he saw a dark figure flash out from the door.
"who!"
Chen Tao chased after him, but he heard a cat meowing among the swaying weeds in the yard.
"It turns out to be a wild cat." Chen Tao shook his head and turned back to the room.
In Grandpa's bedroom, the picture frame originally hanging on the wall fell off.
Looking at the old gray and yellow photos in his hands, Chen Tao was in a daze.
In the photo, the young grandfather is wearing a gray suit and sitting on the Taishi chair. He wears a black ring on his finger and has a somewhat heroic look on his face.
And beside him stood a young and beautiful woman.
"I never imagined that my grandparents had such an interesting story when they were young."
The woman in the photo is none other than Chen Tao's grandmother, Chu Yuxuan, the daughter of the Chu family who disguised herself as a man.
Chen Tao learned everything about his grandma from other people's stories.
My grandma passed away the year after giving birth to my fourth uncle.
After grandma left, grandpa also stayed with her for the rest of her life.
This photo is the only photo of him and his grandma together.
Chen Tao took out the photo from the frame.
The photo frame is broken. If you continue to put it in it, the photo will not be saved.
"Let's go find Mr. Li to repair it tomorrow."
As he stood up, Chen Tao's eyes drifted past the mirror beside him. He couldn't help but exclaimed and fell to the ground.
"Holy shit!"
If you like Forbidden Ruins and Lost City, please collect it: () Forbidden Ruins and Lost City, Shuhai Pavilion is updated the fastest.
