This carved cylinder is the most well-preserved one of its kind that Meng Zitao has ever seen, and from this point of view, it can be said to be very rare. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What's more, this carving tube was found in the abdominal cavity of the corpse, and there was nothing else except weathered clothing, which seemed unreasonable and had to make Mencius think deeply.

He couldn't help but wonder, could this carving tube be eaten by this man on purpose?

Speaking of which, most of these bone and tooth carvings came from large and medium-sized tombs with abundant burial utensils, indicating that the owners had extraordinary social status, and it is speculated that they may have been shamans and other characters during their lifetimes.

In the prehistoric tribal society, the shaman could "reach the heavens and the Jedi", and in layman's terms, he was the "liaison" between man and heaven and earth, and his status was extremely noble, second only to the leaders of the time. At that time, there were only two major events in the tribal society, namely sacrifice and war, and the sorcerer performed one sacrifice, and the power was several strong, and some tribal leaders simply acted as sorcerers themselves.

From this point of view, the carved cylinder of the Dawenkou culture is likely to be a religious ritual instrument when the shaman was a deacon.

Meng Zitao carefully observed the carved cylinder in his hand, in fact, the external shape of the carved cylinder has revealed its own religious information, the hollow cylinder of the carved cylinder seems to be similar to the jade cong that symbolizes the round place of the sky in the Liangzhu culture (the body is also hollow, the plane is round and the outside, symbolizing heaven and earth) has a similar function to the heaven and earth, probably the wizards at that time used this artifact as a tool to deify their status.

Because this object is a religious ritual object, it is extraordinary to the ancients, and it is very possible that there is some secret hidden in it.

But I don't know the corresponding thing, just such a carving tube is useless, and moreover, Meng Zitao didn't find anything unusual when he used his ability. There are too few clues, and of course you won't be able to find the answers you want.

Since this is the case, Meng Zitao put it away, examined the man's bones again, and made a new discovery, the back of the man's head was hit with a blunt object, indicating that the person should have been killed.

It's kind of funny, was he killed for money, or because of this carved tube, or whatever? And how did he find out about this place, and what was the purpose of coming here?

A few thoughts flashed through Meng Zitao's mind, but judging from the appearance of the bones, it was not a short time for this person to die here, and there were no other letters, words and other things left here, so it was basically impossible to find the reason.

At this time, Mencius heard a groan, and the sound should have been from the army, so he hurriedly ran over and found that the army was indeed showing signs of awakening.

"Great army, great army......"

With Meng Zitao's call, the army's eyelids jumped for a while before they slowly opened. After looking at Meng Zitao for a while, he asked with some confusion, "Where is this?"

His voice was hoarse due to the severity of his injuries and excessive blood loss.

Meng Zitao comforted: "It's still in the ancient tomb, but the three-legged turtle has been killed by me, don't worry." Would you like some water?"

The army nodded with some difficulty, and Meng Zitao immediately took out the water with the spiritual liquid and fed it to him.

After drinking the water, the army's spirits were much better, and he hurriedly asked, "What about the others?"

Meng Zitao replied: "An old man and a middle-aged man have died, the life of the youngest is in danger, whether he can survive depends on his own survival instinct, and the other four should not be a big problem." ”

The army commander sighed: "Hey, the mission has failed. ”

Meng Zitao reprimanded angrily: "What task are you still thinking about like this, it's not for me to say, if I hadn't arrived, today next year would be your death day!"

The army was silent, and he also knew that what Meng Zitao said was the truth, but the heavy casualties still made him feel very uncomfortable.

Meng Zitao said: "Okay, don't think about it, the old saying is that manpower is sometimes poor, and you can only do your best to wait for the destiny of heaven, just with my understanding of the strength of the three-legged turtle, you are already good if you are not eaten by it." By the way, after I entered the passage, I was hallucinated due to poisoning, didn't you encounter it?"

"Didn't come across. Dajun shook his head, and continued: "However, after I entered the passage, the Sui blade you gave me began to heat up, and then I noticed that the color of its sword body became darker and darker, and I don't know what was going on. ”

Speaking of this, the army took a breath and continued, "Hearing you say that, I wonder if it was because Sui Blade absorbed the toxin that saved us. ”

Meng Zitao felt that the possibility was not small: "Where is the Sui blade now?"

"It has been corrupted by the venom of the three-legged turtle, but I am fortunate to have it, otherwise I would not have had a chance to injure its foot, and we would not have escaped the fate of total annihilation." ”

Meng Zitao saw that the army was struggling to speak, and said, "You can rest for a while." ”

Dajun shook his head: "It's okay, I'm still holding on, the most important thing now is how to get out." ”

From the time he walked into this stone room until now, Meng Zitao had no time to think about this problem, but now he immediately reacted, looked around, and found that there were indeed no traces of doors and passages here, not even any candlesticks or stone tables, and the entire stone room was empty.

This made Meng Zitao feel strange: "Have you ever looked for a mechanism or something like that before?"

The army said, "I have searched for it, we have searched this place, and there is not a trace of it." ”

Meng Zitao realized that he had asked a nonsense, for such a long time, of course it is impossible for them to sit still in the army, it seems that the exit should not be here.

So he said, "You can rest here in peace, call me if there is something, and I'll go outside and have a look." ”

"Okay. ”

Before leaving, Meng Zitao checked the other wounded again, and the others were in stable condition, but the youngest one was not in good condition, and it could already be said that he was angry.

Meng Zitao sighed secretly and gave him another drop of spiritual liquid, if it still can't get better, the situation is not optimistic.

Because of the existence of the three-legged turtle corpse, there is a foul smell in the room outside, in fact, inside, the stench is already obvious, but Meng Zitao used some means, so he can bear it, but out of the stone room, Meng Zitao feels as if he is in a pit, and the taste is too "sour"!

In addition, Meng Zitao also found that together with the head of the three-legged turtle that was cut off by him, all its flesh and blood turned into a pool of black and foul-smelling sewage, and only the carapace of the three-legged turtle was left, but considering that this thing was highly poisonous, Meng Zitao did not dare to look at it rashly.

I don't know if this thing is poisonous or not, Meng Zitao sprayed some antidote made of spiritual liquid, and it was enough to use up a bottle, and the taste in the room was better.

Meng Zitao then observed the surroundings of the stone chamber, but found that the situation here was exactly the same as the stone chamber just now, and there were no useful clues.

It was a bit of a headache for him, was this a dead place? The passage was between two other intersections, but it was blocked by boulders, and it would take a lot of trouble to get there. But if the exit is over there, there is no way to do it.

Meng Zitao frowned, and walked to the passage, ready to take a look at the situation of the boulder, and was walking, when the peripheral light of his eyes suddenly noticed a faint flash, if he hadn't reacted quickly, maybe he might have missed it.

Meng Zitao hurriedly stopped, looked in the direction of the flash, and under the illumination of the light, another flash of light appeared, and he walked towards that place. After getting closer, he found that the original shining place was a bronze mirror pasted on the wall, and after so many years, there was not much rust color, and it could still reflect the light, which showed that it was well-made.

However, what does it mean to put a bronze mirror here, and does it have anything to do with the exit here?

Next, Meng Zitao tried all the methods he could think of, but he didn't find anything unusual, and he was a little discouraged.

"By the way, could it be like that!"

Meng Zitao's heart moved, and he pointed the miner's lamp at the bronze mirror, and looked along the reflected light, but found that on the stone wall opposite, in the darkness, there was a very dim, similar to the light and shadow of the portal.

Meng Zitao was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that he had hit the right one, he walked to the wall, and pushed hard at the position of the light and shadow just now, and sure enough, a turnstile appeared, which was ingeniously made, and there were stairs behind the turnstile.

With this discovery, Meng Zitao was in good spirits, and at this time, he heard the shouts of the army and hurriedly ran over, and it turned out that someone had woken up again.

The person who woke up was named Lu Jiuzhong, a researcher, and Meng Zitao fed him some water, and his spirit was better, and then he expressed his gratitude to Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao said that he was fine, and went to check on the other wounded, and he regretted that the young man still did not survive.

Hearing this news, both Dajun and Lu Jiuzhong were silent. After half a sound, Lu Jiuzhong said angrily: "Most of this matter is Lu Wei's responsibility, he has chosen such a path, not to mention, he is still greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise Xiao Zhao would not have been so seriously injured!"

Lu Jiuzhong said that Xiao Zhao is a young man who has just died, Xiao Zhao is also a warrior, and he is specifically responsible for defending Lu Wei, but this Lu Wei is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he does not listen to the command in the team, and wants to escape from the battle, but he was exploited by the three-legged turtle, if Xiao Zhao did not come forward, it is estimated that most of the casualties will be killed and injured this time.

However, Lu Wei was also seriously injured because of this, and finally paid the price of his life, which can be regarded as deserved.

Meng Zitao persuaded: "As the old saying goes, people die like lights go out, Lu Wei is already dead, there is no need to say it again, after going back, right and wrong will be judged by themselves." And your current situation is the least suitable for anger, for the sake of your own health, you better calm down and recuperate. ”

"Hey, I'm just not worth it for Xiao Zhao. Lu Jiuzhong sighed sadly.

"Good news. Meng Zitao smiled faintly: "I have found an exit just now. ”

"Ahh

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "So now I want to ask your opinion, should I go to investigate first, or should we go together?" But to be honest, let me go alone, I really don't feel at ease with you. But if we go together, I won't be able to take a few of you with me. ”

The army tried hard to support his body, but he still couldn't do it, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

Don't look at the army's injuries are much more serious than Lu Jiuzhong's, but in fact, Lu Jiuzhong's physical fitness is even more unbearable than the army, and he can't even lift his hands.

The army said: "Forget it, let's stay here, it should be safe here to get rid of the three-legged turtle, if we follow you, we will be a burden, once we encounter danger, it will affect you." ”

Lu Jiuzhong also agreed with Dajun's view.

"Okay, I'll explore the way first......"

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao suddenly thought of a question: "Wait, I think it might be a good idea for us to go back the same way." ”

"What's wrong?" asked Dajun in surprise.

Meng Zitao said: "The reason is very simple, if I pass through the Hugh Gate, then which passage shall we go out?"

The army thought about it, it was really like this, if you choose Jingmen, you must go out with the cooperation of two people in the end, but they are all wounded, and they can't run at all, so how can they get out safely then?

As for choosing other passages, the devil knows what will be inside, and if it is a strange beast like a three-legged turtle, or something more dangerous, then they will be dead.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice to go back the way you came.

Dajun said: "It's okay to go back the way you came, but I don't know if there will be any problems." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Now is not the time to think about this, I have to go and get rid of the boulder first." ”

"What boulder?" both Dajun and Lu Jiuzhong were a little puzzled.

So, Meng Zitao told what happened just now, although Meng Zitao said it simply, but Dajun and Lu Jiuzhong still heard it in fear, if they encountered this situation, what would be the result?

After that, Mencius found some tools and prepared to go to get rid of the boulder, and after walking out of the stone room, he closed the door he had just opened, so as not to cause trouble if something jumped out.

Meng Zitao returned to the position of the boulder, first slashed a few times with his sword, and easily cut down the stone, but this speed was too slow, he simply dug a few holes and buried the explosives, and after igniting, there was a loud bang, and the boulder was torn apart.

Using the same method, Mencius cleared the stone gate on the way to the road, and then returned to the side of the army.

The army was safe and sound, but another person woke up, and the army struggled to feed him water, but the wound opened again, which was told by Meng Zitao.

After that, Meng Zitao also reflected on what he had done badly, and he should move the wounded to the army, so that it would be at least more convenient.

After settling everyone, Meng Zitao returned the way he came, and he didn't encounter the slightest danger all the way, and he didn't know if it was a lie that he couldn't return the same way in the ancient tomb that he had learned before, or because the mechanism had fallen into disrepair and had been broken, or because the previous one had been cursed and affected by hallucinations.

Professor Shen was very happy to see Meng Zitao come out, but Meng Zitao's ragged appearance also shocked him, and he hurriedly asked what the situation was.

Now it is important to save people, and Meng Zitao does not want to explain more to him for the time being: "Professor Shen, let's talk about this while walking, now let people carry the wounded out first." ”

"How many wounded are there?" Professor Shen immediately became anxious when he heard this.

"Now there are five wounded. ”

"What about the others?"

"All sacrificed. ”

"What! all sacrificed!" Professor Shen was stunned, and the others next to him were also stunned, according to Mencius Zitao, everyone who went in was not intact.

"If I hadn't gone in time, the whole army would have been wiped out!" Meng Zitao's tone was a little unpolite, and to be honest, he was particularly angry now that he thought of this operation without telling him in advance, otherwise there would not have been such serious casualties.

"What about Elder Liang, did he sacrifice too?" Professor Shen was anxious.

Meng Zitao said: "If you say that you are talking about an old man, you have indeed sacrificed. ”

"Bastards, how do they protect them!" Professor Shen suddenly exploded.

Meng Zitao also broke out, and angrily reprimanded: "They are working hard, you still say such things, don't think that you are too old to be old, dare to say this again, believe it or not, I will beat you like this!"

Professor Shen was also extremely angry, and said angrily: "They are all soldiers, this is their mission! Now it is dereliction of duty!"

"Dereliction of duty?!" Meng Zitao was angry: "It's not that I'm talking big, this world is me, otherwise based on the severity of their injuries, do you think you can save them? They have one foot on the ghost door closed, and you still say that they are derelict in their duties, which is really hard-hearted! Forget it, I don't want to talk to you, you guys carry a stretcher and come with me." ”

The people who were pointed out by Meng Zitao looked at Professor Shen, Professor Shen waved his hand, and then said, "I want to see how amazing your medical skills are, otherwise...... Hmph!"

Meng Zitao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and led everyone into the passage, and along the way, he briefly recounted the situation he had encountered.

When everyone saw the corpse of the warrior who had sacrificed their lives, they were all grieved and saluted silently. Then when he saw the mechanism that Meng Zitao encountered, he all gasped, it was really hard to imagine how Meng Zitao could get out, it can be said that he was superhuman.

And when everyone saw the huge turtle armor, they were shocked beyond measure, and they could imagine how dangerous the advance troops were.

Professor Shen muttered, "If this thing is the same age as the ancient tomb, then it must be thousands of years old, and what did it rely on to survive during this time?"

Meng Zitao also considered this, and he felt that there might be an answer in another channel. But then again, the three-legged turtle is so big that it can't rely entirely on prepared food unless it can go on a hunger strike for thousands of years, but that's obviously counterintuitive.

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