The Demonic Wooden Box did not warn, and Yunia did not respond, indicating that the skeleton in front of her was just an ordinary skeleton.鑑
Approaching with a kerosene lamp, Ma Wei discovered that the skeleton was nailed to a pillar. It was not a black stone pillar. There were ancient cipher texts carved on the surface of the pillar. When struck, there was a clear echo like a bell. It should be someone's kind of metal.
From the top of the metal pillar, two chains hang down, passing through the shoulder blades of the skeleton, so that the owner of the skeleton can only touch the ground with his toes. The metal pillar is cold in winter and hot in summer, which will continue to torture the owner of the skeleton.
"This is a cruel punishment tool." Ma Wei glanced at the location of the bones and said: "Or it may be a sacrificial ceremony, where a living sacrifice is placed at a fixed distance and dedicated to the gods."
"No way...."
Daniel Digu said: "The gods of the Golden Age, with their alchemy at its peak, were able to create manned airships. Why do such cruel living sacrifices still exist? Shouldn't they be civilized? Even Budge said , people in the Golden Age didn’t have much respect for the gods!”
"There is no inevitable connection between science and technology and civilization." Ma Wei said in a deep voice: "A high degree of technological development does not mean a high degree of civilization. Although the two are often linked to each other, that is only under the premise that technology is independently developed by humans. .”
"In the golden age, the alchemical technology used by people was taught by the golden gods. In essence..."
"Human beings of that era were not influenced by the development of science and technology, and their thoughts were primitive and backward. It was normal for them to use some cruel sacrificial rituals. Even today, the phenomenon of living sacrifices still exists in the Southern Continent."
The message that circled around the metal pillar said in agreement: "Brother is right. These sacrifices are not necessarily dedicated to the golden gods. Look, the cipher text on the pillar is very similar to the lush ancient text on the altar above. The trees are somewhat similar, and I suspect that the sacrifice was dedicated to the Alchemy God Tree!"
"and...."
Lai Wen kicked the hard black bulge on the steps with his feet and said doubtfully: "The design of these steps is too weird. No matter what era, the meaning of steps is 'climbing', not to mention that this is an altar. If you want to walk, who is smart enough to install these things that hurt your feet on the steps? Do you want a foot massage?"
After being reminded by the message, Mawei and others also noticed the occasional bumps on the steps. They bent down to observe for a while, and Daniel was surprised: "This is a shell! Why are there shells on the altar? Is this city built?" Is it under the sea?”
"It's not built on the bottom of the sea." Ma Wei frowned and said: "Atlantis is a city that was flooded. Among the gods in the natural era, I am afraid there are gods who can control natural disasters. She flooded the gold The city of Era, I thought it was only Atlantis before, but now it seems...Londinium has also been submerged."
Where is Atlantis?鑑
According to ancient books and Holmes' investigation, it is most likely that it was at the junction of the Southern Continent and the Central Continent, which is 108,000 miles away from London. Assuming that Atlantis and Londinium were flooded at the same time, what would happen? Doesn't mean....
That flood ten thousand years ago covered the Southern Continent and the Central Continent?
Or is it even more exaggerated, that the Western Continent, the Northern Continent and even the entire world have been flooded?
If this is the case, then the methods of the gods in the natural era would be too cruel.
It is not incomprehensible for Luca, the God of Liberty, to betray Odin before the final battle.
It would be too arbitrary to infer that Londinium was submerged by the flood based on only a few remaining shells on the altar. Mawe and the others carried kerosene lamps and continued to explore downwards. Along the way, they encountered 9 more identical ones one after another. Metal pillars, each metal pillar is 555 steps away from the previous metal pillar.
The strange thing is that the metal pillar closest to the top of the altar is bound to a human being. The metal pillar 555 steps down is not bound to a human being, but to the black skeleton of a siren. It cannot be seen that it is a Siren. Still from the Seran tribe.鑑
The bones on the third metal pillar that Mawei and his men encountered were no longer humanoid at all, but some kind of reptilian creature with a huge head.
The fourth root, the fifth root...
Until they reached the bottom of the altar, Ma Wei and the others never encountered humanoid skeletons again. The beings bound on the metal pillars were each larger than the last. The skeletons on the last step were actually...
dragon!
A giant dragon with perfectly formed bones!
Even though it has been dead for many years, the dragon's skeleton still exudes an astonishing aura, as if it is still alive and just sleeping.
The dragon's skeleton was extremely huge. Only one knuckle of its front paw was the size of a normal human man. Its entire body was as prostrate as a hill.鑑
No one knows how a metal pillar that is insignificant in front of it restrains it.
Daniel stretched out his hand to touch the dragon skeleton, but was stopped by Ma Wei. He stared at the dragon bones in front of him and said: "This is a city shrouded in death. Don't touch these things that look very strange at first glance until the investigation is clear." .”
"Oh..." Daniel retracted his hand and asked curiously: "Brother, don't you think there is something wrong with the placement of these sacrifices?"
"what is the problem?"
"Think about it, among the 10 skeletons we have seen along the way, the most powerful one must be the dragon! But the dragon is at the bottom, shouldn't he be placed closest to the top of the altar? ?”
If divided according to strength, the dragon should indeed stay closest to the altar, but no one has ever said that the sacrificial positions are divided according to strength.
Starting from the bottom keel, every 555 steps, the size of the sacrifice will shrink in one circle until the human skeleton closest to the altar.鑑
Could it be that they are arranged according to body shape?
No....
The act of arranging the positions of sacrifices according to their body size has no meaning and deviates from the original intention of sacrifice.
The person who placed it must have had other ideas.
"Dad, this is evolution." Yunia, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke.
"Evolution?" Ma Wei frowned and asked: "You mean, from dragon to human, is an evolutionary process?"
"Yes, Dad." Yunia nodded: "I think this altar should represent the desire of people in the Golden Age to become gods. They longed to master the supreme power, so they prayed to the Alchemy Tree, hoping that it would Come."
"Is this your guess or..."
"That's my guess!" Yunia tilted her head, winked at Mavey, and said innocently: "I don't know what people in the golden age thought... Yunia was wrong. ?"
"You're right, this is indeed a possibility."
Ma Wei looked back at the more than 5,000 steps, feeling more and more that Yunia had told the truth.
perhaps....
This is an evolutionary path.
"Let's go, keep moving forward and see what's around."
"Brother, won't you take the dragon bone with you?" the message asked: "This is an extremely rare potion material!"
"Because it is extremely rare, it should continue to sleep. At least now is not a good time to wake it up." Ma Wei said: "When no one has it, you'd better not have it, otherwise... a hundred people It’s hard to argue.”
In the current world, there are no signs of dragon activity. If a dragon reappears, it will definitely cause a commotion.
In this case, if Ma Wei suddenly comes up with a high-level magic potion that requires dragon bones to make, what will the Church of the Three Destinies think?
Do you think he has outstanding ability in doing things, or do you think he has a huge wealth?
What to do if it's the latter?
Is he really important compared to the skeleton of a giant dragon?鑑
Instead of pushing yourself to the forefront, it is better to leave the keel here and take it out when needed later.
After arriving at the bottom of the altar, Mawei took out a compass and checked the direction, avoiding the Thames River in the south and continuing to explore westward.
As the soil was turned over layer by layer, a shimmering silver road appeared under their feet. It was tougher and smoother than stone bricks. There were many striped grooves in the middle of the road, which seemed to be some kind of drainage facility. Both sides of the road....
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The outline of a house appears.
