Everyone stared seriously at the changes in the water layer, which continued to seep down slowly and slowly, millimeters and millimeters.
Perhaps the sand layer under the stone slab was finally full. When the water surface was still about five millimeters away from the stone slab, the water surface finally stopped falling.
Although, this may be a thin layer of water adsorbed by the stone slab, it is more likely to be ice hanging caused by the cold.
However, everyone can only accept this result and wait quietly for the freezing of the entire tomb floor to be completed.
A few people were left to guard here, while others returned to the camp one after another to continue resting.
The moonlight night was silent, and when the sun rose the next day, everyone in the camp had already finished breakfast.
After these days of busy work, after more than ten hours of rest, I have recovered to the best of my ability. Even if the tomb below requires a full night of fighting, these elite bodyguards are fully capable of doing the job.
Everyone returned to the familiar cave entrance. The ice on the floor of the tomb was frozen white, and some cracks had occurred in some places due to the large volume of ice crystals.
Everything is as before, no mechanism was triggered during the freezing period, and it doesn't seem like any mechanism was about to be triggered.
Just in case, Bai Ning would not touch this bad luck. After asking people to focus on the cracked areas, they would pass through them all in a detour.
The brand new crawler robot was placed in the tomb chamber and ran around in a circle, but there was no movement at all.
In order to conduct a correct pressure test, Bai Ning also asked people to add more weight to the robot. It ran another lap with about the weight of a person. It was still fine. There was no sign of cracking on the ice surface. Everyone was secretly relieved. tone.
Under this premise, as long as everyone increases the contact area with the ice as much as possible during the journey, even some heavy-weight machines can travel well on the ice.
The early exploration personnel gradually went down to test, and even the area where the iron arrows were fired had been checked, and nothing unusual was found. Everything proved that the water attack was effective.
Bai Ning came to the stone coffin. It was the first time he saw this huge coffin at such a close distance. It was like observing a huge stone platform. Some light reliefs also suddenly appeared during the close observation. .
Bai Ning was not too surprised by this.
The builders of the tomb did this because they certainly did not want the reliefs on the surface of the coffin to be easily discovered.
Similarly, the fact that the reliefs on the surface of the coffin can be found shows that the traps in the tomb have been completely overcome.
The tiger's teeth have been completely removed, and the body of the tomb builder is placed in front of the tomb robbers. It all depends on the decision of the person in the coffin whether to make peace or negotiate, to threaten or to compromise.
If you look carefully, you will see that there are various unknown flowers, birds, fish and insects carved around the coffin, and there are also some angel-like people flying on it. The overall look is like a picture of heavenly bliss.
This is an external appearance that the person in the coffin wants to fly to heaven after death, but based on the huge symbolic meaning of the surrounding murals, no one dares to underestimate the hidden meanings that these reliefs may contain.
What's more, they had previously speculated that there might be some traps hidden in this coffin.
The overall interpretation of the relief paintings was more complicated than expected, and Bai Ning could only wait for Professor Huang's interpretation results.
While waiting and watching, Bai Ning gradually realized that these reliefs seemed to be telling a complete story, but what they told was somewhat unrealistic and more like a vision of immortality based on fantasy.
"What kind of story about ascension to immortality do you think may be hidden among these reliefs?"
Jiang Yingxue had already developed a strong interest in the topic of immortality. Seeing this extraordinary relief, she would definitely want to get to the bottom of it.
Surprised by Jiang Yingxue's question, Bai Ning glanced at it briefly, and then responded slowly:
“All the answers are just waiting for Professor Huang to finish his interpretation.
Such a huge coffin is rare in the world. If there are no hidden mechanisms inside, then there must be other more important secrets.
Considering that this mausoleum has the function of passing on knowledge, this burial chamber should also play the role of storing knowledge.
You must know that with the dignity of the Queen Mother of the West, even if the successors of future generations come, they will not be able to go to the main tomb here to disturb the souls of the dead.
Greed is human nature. If future generations of inheritors covet the burial objects of the Queen Mother of the West, some bad phenomena will happen here.
The mausoleum of the Queen Mother of the West was desecrated, which was obviously not what the mausoleum designer wanted to see. "
The main tomb of the Queen Mother of the West was the core purpose of their trip, and all the core secrets would be revealed near the coffin of the Queen Mother of the West. Now that Bai Ning suddenly said this, it really surprised Jiang Yingxue.
Having reached this point, have you been able to obtain the core inheritance here?
So, what is this thing that is so well hidden?
Faced with this almost infinite possibility, Jiang Yingxue was a little distracted for a moment, instinctively ignoring some of the secrets that might be hidden in these reliefs.
This kind of rhetoric is just Bai Ning's overall judgment on the intentions of the person in the coffin.
This huge tomb is more like a defensive target that shields the coffin of Queen Mother of the West from all intrusions. Whether it is inheritance or blocking tomb robbers, there must be a final result in this tomb.
Therefore, this huge coffin either hides all the inheritance of the mausoleum here, or hides some dangerous mechanisms that can bury everyone here with them.
Whether it is life or death, whether to go or to stay, it all depends on the specific meaning hidden in the relief of the coffin.
After a long time, Professor Huang suddenly sighed. This familiar behavior immediately attracted the attention of others.
"Why, is there anything surprising about what these reliefs say?"
Jiang Yingxue was the first to ask, mixing up the core questions in her heart.
"The accident is not too unexpected, and the complexity is not too complicated. It is just a bit sad."
Professor Huang adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and sighed with a sense of lack of interest in these reliefs.
For example, through this mural, Professor Huang saw a major secret that has been forgotten and ignored by everyone, but this story is full of meaning and makes people sigh.
“These murals look like stories from the fairy world, but they actually record a story about seeking immortality.
The various rare and strange beasts and flying immortals here are indeed depictions of the divine world, but more often than not they are derived from a personal illusion.
People think about it day by day and dream about it at night. People who see through the shortness of life will have the delusion of immortality.
The stronger this delusion, the stronger the illusion, and the stronger the obsession with immortality.
The so-called fame, wealth, family, and family are nothing but the most despicable things in the world in this huge obsession.
When inner demons suddenly arise, all things external to the body can be abandoned decisively.
The protagonist in the relief also ends up with nothing amid such constant abandonment.
I was lonely and independent, and finally a pill was suddenly formed amidst thousands of attachments. After taking it, everything finally returned to peace.
The body that finally returned to the dust was unknown, whether it was the remains of someone who died of madness or the remains of someone who had transcended and ascended to immortality.
No one knows what the result will be, only that there seems to be one less person in the world.
It seems that there has never been such a person. "
After listening to it as a whole, this seems to be a very sad story about seeking immortality, giving up everything in the world, and finally making a desperate move, not knowing either life or death, but quietly blending into the mountains, rivers, and vast world.
“Since ancient times, there have been countless people who have sought immortality, and countless people have died after taking elixirs and being poisoned.
There is nothing unusual about such a story.
The only thing that is more puzzling is the man in the coffin. Why should such a story be carved here?
In addition, we have roughly discussed before that the Xiwangmu clan may be a subspecies of orcs originating from the fourth civilization.
Since there are still people who are willing to seek immortality after the apocalyptic natural disasters, this means that the technology of seeking immortality should be a taboo in the fourth civilization, but there have been successful cases of research.
From this point of view, this coffin should contain some content related to immortality.
You know, current technology proves that the number of divisions of human cells is related to the gene telomeres. If there is a virus that can continuously repair the telomeres of cells, can it partially achieve the purpose of growth? "
Jiang Yingxue gave her own judgment on this story based on her own understanding.
This kind of understanding is full of optimism, but more often than not, it only expresses a guessing attitude.
You should know that they have already touched upon the conjecture of repairing telomeres and extending lifespan before. Now bringing it up again is just to confirm its feasibility.
“I think this mural should be to persuade future generations of successors not to be obsessed with the topic of immortality, but to maintain a hard and simple attitude of struggle.
You must know that the person in the coffin is a person with outstanding abilities. He has witnessed the power of ancient civilizations, and he also knows that the knowledge they possess is being irresistibly destroyed and lost.
Beings who stand at the pinnacle of knowledge reserves have not been able to understand immortality, so they will not believe that people of later generations who are far inferior to the current generation can take this road to immortality.
After all, if the technological level of future generations can surpass that of the people in the coffin, there will be no need to come here to inherit the ancient relics.
Therefore, this story of seeking immortality and its ambiguous ending is the biggest warning. "
Bai Ning gave a completely different explanation to the relief story. In this explanation, he completely denied the possibility of possessing knowledge related to immortality in inheritance.
Such a judgment really hit Jiang Yingxue's longing and desire in her heart.
It was originally a joyful thing to be able to find records related to immortality in this large tomb passed down from ancient times, but now it has become a vigilant admonition, which really makes her a little difficult. accept.
