Chapter 382: Mountain Cracks
This section of the road is much easier than the previous one, and the five-kilometer journey only takes about an hour.
When Captain Connor made sure that the group had traveled five kilometers, they happened to be at the foot of a mountain. It's a bit inaccurate to say that this is a mountain, because although this mountain occupies a lot of land, it looks like it's a hundred and ten meters high at most, which is low in the mountain and high in the mound, so it's really not easy to classify.
The mountain was too steep to climb, and there was a crack at the foot of the mountain, which was wide enough for five people to walk in side by side. From the outside, the crack was dark, and I didn't know what it was like inside.
At the foot of the mountain was an open field, the terrain was flat and dry, Liu Yuanshu ordered the mercenaries to camp here, and he and Zheng Zheng, Tony, and Vincent got together again.
He took out Sinan and operated it again, looking at Sinan Spoon that was firmly pointing to the crack at the foot of the mountain, Tony confirmed: "That's right...... Judging from Sinan's reaction, this is it. ”
"Hoo ......"
Liu Yuanshu nodded, exhaled heavily, and said, "It's good here, it's good here......"
After repeating this two or three times, Liu Yuanshu turned to Zheng Zheng and asked, "Jack, tell me, what should we do next?"
"Me?"
Zheng Zheng was a little surprised, how could it be his turn to answer this question? He frowned, spread his hands and said: "I'm just an appraiser, I can appraise antiques, but this ...... I don't know much. ”
"I'm sorry......" Liu Yuanshu also realized that he had asked this question inappropriately, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little excited...... Well, it's just a matter of asking for opinions and brainstorming,"
Zheng Zheng touched his nose and didn't answer the conversation. In his heart, Zheng Zheng felt that this was a bit ridiculous: you are just a representative, now that you have found something, what are you excited about, if you are really excited, it is also the client's excitement to say the past, right? But if you can get dividends from this matter, then this is two words......
Zheng Zheng was still pondering here, and Tony had already picked up Liu Yuanshu's words: "Since we can confirm that the thing is in this cave, we can let the mercenaries go to explore the road first and see if there is anything abnormal." But......" he frowned, "the work ethic of a mercenary...... I'll be blunt, I'm not too comfortable letting them into this cave first. ”
Although what Tony said is a bit suspicious of living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, his idea is also reasonable, when will those mercenaries who work for money be gentlemen? Zheng Zheng also agrees with this statement, after all, the crystal skull is very important, if any of these mercenaries see the wealth and take the crystal skull into their own pockets, then all this rush and hard work will make wedding dresses for others.
Liu Yuanshu smiled and said, "Hehe, the possibility of this kind of thing happening is still relatively small, after all, mercenaries still care about reputation." If their reputation is ruined, no one will do business with them. ”
Listening to Liu Yuan's words, Zheng Zheng secretly said in his heart: "Dare to believe these mercenaries......?" After all, I've eaten dry food for a few more years, so I'm still more courageous than us young people......"
Thinking so in his heart, Liu Yuanshu on the side said: "But this matter is very important, it's not up to us to believe them or not...... To be cautious, I agree with Tony's idea. ”
Zheng Zheng rolled his eyes in his heart, this person just doesn't praise him...... As soon as he praised him for his courage, he immediately changed his tune. It's quite bold, but it doesn't seem like this mercenary is too reassuring......
Liu Yuanshu pondered for a moment and said, "That's it...... We went in with the mercenaries. If this is really a place where the crystal skull is enshrined and sacrificed, then there should be no danger here. But if it's a place like a treasure room, there's no telling if there are any traps. ”
Zheng Zheng said: "If there are traps, it shouldn't be easy to use, right? It's been so long, and the traps launched with things like bows and crossbow springs should have lost power." Even if there are traps, all we have to worry about is our feet, such as flap traps and the like...... You see what I mean, right?"
Liu Yuanshu glanced at Zheng Zheng with some surprise and said, "You seem to know these very well, Jack." ”
Zheng Zheng spread his hands and said, "I don't know much, I just do antique business, and I've heard of similar things, but I haven't really seen it, it's just speculation." ”
"Even if it's as you might guess, we can't be careless. Liu Yuanshu pointed to the crack in the mountain not far away, and said, "Our opponent is likely to be the Mayans...... O Mayans...... Who knows what they can come up with?"
Zheng Zheng rolled his eyes in his heart again, this person hasn't forgotten the Mayans. In Zheng Zheng's opinion, this place that is not high-end and high-grade at all has nothing to do with the Mayans, if this is really the handiwork of the Mayans, then how can it be said that the crystal skull will not be stuffed into the crack of a low mountain at random, right?
But what is going on here, then you have to wait until you enter the mountain crack to have a clue, and everything you say before entering the mountain crack is nonsense.
Once this matter is finalized, then there is nothing more to negotiate. Liu Yuanshu explained the arrangement to Captain Connor, and Captain Connor had no objection, and arranged for two people to guard outside, and the others to protect the formation and protect Zheng Zheng and the four of them into the mountain crack.
The mercenaries' equipment is still quite complete, and someone took out the air detection equipment to test it, proving that the air in the cave is harmless to people, and everyone went in. But it's harmless, but the disgusting smell of rot and mold in the air is ninety percent similar to a garbage dump that has been fermented for a long time and hasn't been swept away. It seems that there is no other outlet for this place, otherwise the air circulation would not be all this smell.
The crack in the mountain is extremely dark, and you really can't see your fingers. However, everyone has a strong flashlight in their equipment bag, and after turning on the flashlight together, the situation in the cave can be seen clearly.
There are mercenaries in front of him, Zheng Zheng doesn't have to worry about any traps under his feet, his attention is all on the stone wall of this mountain crevice.
If this is a place to enshrine crystal skulls, although this "gate" is not very magnificent, but does it need to be slightly trimmed, so as to paint a few murals?
But the walls of this mountain crack are clean, there are no traces of graffiti or decoration, and even the mountain walls are uneven. In Zheng Zheng's opinion, this mountain wall should not have been repaired in any way, and it is definitely a pure natural shape.
The biggest problem is not here, but the ground in the crevices of the mountains.
Zheng Zheng and his entourage came here from yesterday's camp, and Zheng Zheng saw it all the way, and the road where everyone came was artificially repaired. Although it is not obvious and does not emphasize perfection, it is also a relatively flat ground that can be easily accessed by others.
But in this cave, this is not the case at all. The ground of the cave is rough and rugged, and if you don't pay attention to what you are underneath your feet, you may trip over the rocks under your feet. Compared to the ground outside, the ground in this cave is truly natural, and has not been artificially trimmed.
In Zheng Zheng's view, the problem lies here: Suppose this is used to worship the crystal skull, which is regarded as a representative of some mysterious power, then since the road here has been repaired with great effort, then why not repair this cave where the mysterious object of the crystal skull is stored?
This question doesn't make sense anywhere: who has ever seen a builder build a fairly flat road in front of his house, but when he built his yard, he didn't level the land in the yard at all?
Holding a flashlight shining on the walls and ground, Zheng Zheng muttered in his heart: "I don't understand...... I don't understand...... If the ancestors of Argentina had obtained a crystal skull, they would not have enshrined it as a sacred object? There is no reason to deal with it so sloppily in such an important place...... Tsk, I don't understand, I really don't understand......"
Zheng Zheng was pondering this, and the mercenary who was walking in the front to explore the path stopped, flashed the light towards the people behind him, and then made a series of gestures.
Zheng Zheng and the four of them didn't know what these gestures meant, so they just watched the mercenaries on the side take out their gas masks and put them on, and they all raised their hearts one by one. Seeing this, Captain Connor, who was not far away, said to the four of them: "There is a discovery ahead, there is no danger, but the air is polluted, please wear a gas mask." ”
Only then did the four of them understand what was going on, and their hearts relaxed a little and mentioned it again: these words are understood, and there are discoveries ahead......
The four of them put on gas masks, and Captain Connor led the way to the front of the group.
Seeing that the crystal skull was about to be seen with his own eyes, Zheng Zheng was still a little excited in his heart. In any case, this is a legendary thing after all, not to mention whether there is any magical effect, just being able to prove its existence in person is not in vain.
When he walked to the front of the line, even through the gas mask, Zheng Zheng could smell some disgusting smell of decay, and he didn't know what it was coming from.
Standing at the front of the team, Zheng Zheng saw clearly what was going on in the belly of the mountain with the lights played by the mercenaries behind him.
At a glance, Zheng Zheng's hair was on end, and his whole body was hot, and he was in a cold sweat at this moment.
At the front of the line was a place that was more open than the mountain crevice, almost thirty square meters.
And in the belly of this mountain, dozens of boxes are densely placed.
and, dozens of skeletons with white bones.