A few hours later, the moon has set in the east, and the sand and dust layer in this small area has been completely cleaned. The exposed stone strips on the ground fit perfectly with the foundation of the stone forest next to it, as if a pavement had been paved in this area. Layers of stone strips and floor tiles are common.
This kind of generosity symbolizes huge wealth and population base.
A small city like Loulan, with a population of less than 10,000, simply does not have the manpower and material resources to build such a magnificent underground mausoleum.
The only direction could only be the legendary Queen Mother of the West clan.
"Professor Huang, what is your overall judgment about this place?"
The sand and dust in the entire central area had been cleaned up, but no tomb entrances were still found. Jiang Yingxue could only seek some answers from Professor Huang.
At this time, Professor Huang was still lying on the ground studying the occasional reliefs on the stone strips. His interest was suddenly interrupted, and he could only turn his head and take a look.
Seeing that he was the biggest boss here, he could only pat the dirt on his body and stood up from the stone ground.
“It is recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that the Queen Mother of the West has a hoopoe staff on her ladder, and there are three blue birds to the south of it, feeding the Queen Mother of the West, in the virtual north of Kunlun.
On these stone strips, there are occasionally some bird-shaped reliefs, which seem to be the legendary blue birds.
The blue bird feeding, in a general symbolic sense, represents financial power, but such a pattern appears on the stone strips of the tomb, and the deeper meaning is interesting.
Based on the previous situation where Sima Tian and others entered the tomb chamber along the tunnel, the overall function of this stone forest is not to trap tomb robbers, but more likely to induce living creatures passing through this place to enter the central area of the stone forest.
Only this stone forest nearby has a certain shade effect, so this induction hypothesis is also established.
In other words, the entire stone forest is actually a feeding tool for this underground mausoleum, helping the mausoleum attract living creatures passing through this area to the entrance of the tomb passage.
As long as the tomb passage is opened regularly, desperate living creatures will enter the tomb chamber regularly.
A tomb requires living animals to be taken regularly, which makes it even more interesting. "
Professor Huang was able to analyze so much content just by relying on some bird-shaped reliefs. He is indeed a genius in archaeology.
In addition, based on Professor Huang's analysis, the ancient tomb they are currently in is not dangerous in the general sense, but a completely evil tomb, a tomb whose basic characteristic is to swallow living creatures!
"As Sima Tian described before, there are a large number of hunting agencies in the tomb, and their purpose is also to hunt down the living creatures that come in.
Could it be that these living creatures were blood animals used to sacrifice the owner of the tomb?
In ancient times, animals were killed to obtain blood for the purpose of making alliances or offering sacrifices. This phenomenon seems very reasonable.
But for an ancient tomb that has been buried for such a long time, what was its original purpose in designing a blood sacrifice?
You know, this was a lake back then, and aquatic fish didn't seem to get caught in the confusion because of some stone pillars.
If it was just to guard against some tomb robbers, then the idea of feeding on blood animals seemed a bit exaggerated. "
Before the abolition of human burial, it was normal to use a large number of slaves for burial, let alone the use of blood animals.
There was no doubt about this, but Jiang Yingxue made a comprehensive analysis based on the ancient application scenarios of this stone forest, and immediately discovered many contradictions.
"Unless, when we originally designed this ancient tomb, we had already anticipated the situation of Lop Nur drying up after a thousand years.
You know, the drying up of Lop Nur is entirely due to soil erosion caused by artificial farming and livestock raising.
Although the water body of Lop Nur was still vast at the time, its area must have been shrinking. Especially for the last Queen Mother of the West, this shrinking trend must have been very obvious.
Once an underwater mausoleum loses the protection of the water body, the difficulty for tomb robbers will be greatly reduced, and the defensive characteristics of this stone forest will be revealed.
As for the symbol of the blue bird feeding, it is nothing more than a psychological deterrent effect of the mausoleum designer. Its essence is no different from the mausoleum curse of "whoever opens it will die".
The tomb robbers who can find this place have more or less cultural heritage. After understanding the meaning of the blue bird relief and seeing the automatically opened tomb passage, they will also have subjective fear on the psychological level and will not easily go there. Be the blood animal who actively feeds. "
Excellent anti-theft design of a mausoleum must take into account the influence of time and the test of the mausoleum in the future environment.
It makes sense for Professor Huang to interpret the existence significance of the stone forest and the blue bird relief from this perspective.
In other words, this stone forest was not used to obtain blood sacrifices for the tomb owner, but just to plant a psychological hint for the tomb robbers.
Worried about the possibility of the blue bird feeding on blood, the tomb robbers took the initiative to retreat, which was naturally for the best.
If you encounter the kind of stupid young man who is not afraid of death, this kind of psychological hint has been planted, and combined with the many mechanisms in the tomb, it can also make the tomb robbers lose their last will to survive in the case of heavy casualties.
In this way, tomb robbers will not uselessly destroy more facilities in the tomb because of their strong desire to survive.
"It seems that the mechanism that automatically opens the tomb passage automatically opens after the water body dries up.
Judging from the wear and tear of these stone strips, it doesn't look like they are opened and closed frequently.
Or, these stone tomb covers are likely to be opened in batches according to a certain established pattern.
Even more bold guesses are that the tomb area corresponding to each blue bird relief will be different, so that different batches of tomb thieves can be eliminated to a greater extent.
If this is the case, then even if we wait here, we may not be able to follow Sima Tian's past trajectory.
As a result, the effective paths that Sima Tian and others used their lives to create will no longer exist, and we have to continue to use our lives to fill in new mechanisms. "
Based on the discussion between Jiang Yingxue and Professor Huang, the inference given by Bai Ning is slightly pessimistic.
Not only is the time to enter the catacombs area uncertain, but even the established passage through the levels will be different.
In this way, once they enter the tomb, subsequent support is equivalent to being cut off.
The environment in the tomb is extremely dangerous, and the escape route is completely cut off. In such a dangerous place, no matter how you look at it, there is a narrow escape from death.
“Then let’s start with these slates.
These granite slabs may have been as hard as iron to the ancients, but in the face of modern tools they were nothing more than dregs of work. "
If it weren't for the fear of bad effects, Jiang Yingxue would have really wanted to use explosives to blow up these stone slabs.
After glancing at Professor Huang who continued to remain silent, Jiang Yingxue waved her hand and motioned for the rest of the team to get started.
I don’t know if it’s because the terrain here is particularly prone to wind and sand. The air that had been clear for a while was once again filled with light wind and sand. Everyone was working all night in the wind and sand, with the sound of clanging and knocking, and the sound of machines. The roaring sound is endless.
After more than an hour of equipment erection, the temporary pulley lifting kit was completed.
Under Jiang Yingxue's signal, the first thing to target was the stone strips with blue bird reliefs.
The drill bit of the drilling machine rubs out sparks on the granite, which seems to indicate that these stone strips are unusual.
This is very strange. There are obviously reliefs on the stone strips, and their shape is even more angular. How could it be so hard? !
After drilling for several minutes, a small hole half a finger deep was left in the stone strip.
"Get a more powerful drilling machine."
Bai Ning was also a little surprised at this time, and also a little curious about the ancient craftsmanship of these stone strips.
If combined with magical technological products like the Pisces Jade Pendant, then this so-called Queen Mother of the West clan is likely to retain some of the high-tech products of the Fourth Civilization.
The fourth civilization was eventually destroyed by a great flood. Driven by the world-destroying flood, the last spark of civilization of the fourth civilization would reach the roof of the world, Tibet. This was a possibility that had been recognized before.
In this way, it is normal for some of them to live in the Kunlun Mountains area.
Those living in the Kunlun Mountains may not even be normal humans, but may also be some genetic products of the Fourth Civilization.
Therefore, the deified Xiwangmu clan, in its basic human form, has non-humanoid characteristics such as tiger teeth and leopard tail.
Some of the physical qualities are half-human and half-animal. Coupled with the legacy of the fourth civilization technology in his hands, there seems to be no problem in building such a beautiful mausoleum.
“These things are obviously not something that can be cut by a group of people armed with stone weapons.
The West Queen Mother clan in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is deified, certainly not because of their half-orc characteristics such as tiger teeth and leopard tails.
Being able to copy the power of living creatures is consistent with the basic authority possessed by a god.
When you were talking about dry fruits before, you mentioned that the history of ancient mythology is most likely the history of technology left by the fourth civilization.
If the Xiwangmu clan is the continuation of some human subspecies of the Fourth Civilization, then their demise would seem very strange.
Why did a race that escaped the destruction of the fourth civilization suddenly disappear in the peaceful years?
It stands to reason that with their high-end technology that can replicate people, they can have as many slaves as they want, so how could they suddenly perish? "
Based on the previous exploration of the ancient ruins of Tunguska and the subsequent discussion with Bai Ning, Jiang Yingxue was not very surprised by the specifications of the Xiwangmu Mausoleum. On the contrary, she was very curious about the reasons why the Xiwangmu clan was eventually annihilated in the long river of history.
“The inheritance of high-end technology requires a given population base. If a sound industrial system cannot be established, then the industrial pearl formed by various basic industries cannot be condensed.
Even if the Queen Mother of the West clan is lucky enough to obtain a batch of high-tech products inherited from the Fourth Civilization, they do not have enough population to pass them on.
In addition to demographic factors, the energy base is also very important.
Let’s not talk about the energy basis of replicants. Once the energy reserves of the Queen Mother of the West are exhausted, the high-end technology they are proud of will become a pile of scrap metal.
At that time, the foundation of the rule of the Queen Mother of the West will be shaken, and under the brutal rebellion, any civilization will be wiped out in an instant. "
Jiang Yingxue was convinced by the answer given by Bai Ning. As the actual controller of a consortium, she naturally knew the importance of talents.
