Chapter 359: A True Treasure Trove
There are more and more statues along the way, and hieroglyphs and unique ornaments are scattered throughout the passage, like galleries.
Walking and walking, the soldiers found some secret doors.
Usually at the corners of the passages, behind these secret doors, are stone chambers of various sizes. Some of the stone chambers are surprisingly large, but empty, and I don't know what the use of digging such a space is. Some stone rooms are not big, but the space is small, but there are all kinds of sundries. Because of the passage of time, these debris have decayed, and the original form cannot be seen.
"Maybe it's wood, or fur or something! they're like our books, they hold important information, but unfortunately we don't see them anymore. After careful observation, Lin Dong came to such a conclusion.
His expression was very regretful.
It's as if a treasure full of treasures has been lost.
Professor Jeffrey was a little disdainful, he felt that the Maya were still primitive people, and that the civilization process was only a little better than the knotted rope record, and no matter how advanced the recorded things were, what was the use of them in modern society? Moreover, the things recorded by the ancient civilization were either sacrifices or all kinds of bizarre myths and legends, and this kind of thing may be of some use to novels, movies, and other entertainment industries, such as writing a novel or making a movie with the Mayan theory of the end of the world, but in retrospect, the Mayan civilization is for modern science? Sorry, science is moving forward!
At the end of the passage, there is a large space that is ornately decorated like a palace.
Gold is inlaid on the walls as a pattern.
And more about shells.
Beautiful seashells.
Professor Jeffrey's eyes twitched.
He really wanted to yell at the Maya who built this big palace.
"Haha, I'm right, the Mayans really love shells. In the most important places, they would sacrifice shells to their gods!, dear Professor Geoffrey. Hurry up, get these treasures back to your base. It's all yours, don't look at me like that, I promise we won't lift a finger against it!" the griffon laughed wildly.
"Who cares about that garbage!" Professor Jeffrey sneered, "Are you stupid for me?"
"Mr. Wood, what do these images say? The hieroglyphs seem to be a little different from the ones I saw earlier?" Josiah keenly noticed that the hieroglyphs here were a little more special, as if they were more sophisticated, of course. It could also be the language of another system.
"The image in the palace may be about the people of that time paying homage to their gods through sacrifices!" Lin Dong shook his head: "As for the hieroglyphs, I can't understand it either. This kind of hieroglyphs, like you, I just saw it. They are a precious relic of civilization, and if it is not necessary, I would advise yƬ not to destroy its original appearance. If you want to get this gold back to base, I want you to rub it out of paper and do a physical restoration. Try to keep the original civilization record of the Mayans!"
"Oh no, Mr. Wood, you may have forgotten that there are cameras in this world!" Professor Jeffrey ordered the soldiers, "Shoot them." And then peel off the inlaid gold, I don't think that putting gold on the wall is civilization, on the contrary. Turning gold into money is the best tool to advance technology. ā
"......" Lin Dong suddenly felt that talking to this person was a waste of saliva.
"Shoot it first!" little Eric saw that Lin Dong liked this kind of civilization record. I felt that this was a good opportunity to win over the other party: "Mr. Wood, if you like it." We can completely restore it in the base without leaving it at all, and give you a slow study. Gold is valuable, but we can give you anything as long as you are willing to stay. ā
"There seems to be a secret door here!" Fawkes found on the side of the palace.
People rushed over.
Push open the heavy secret door.
It was found to be filled with various bones.
There are human and animal ones, densely packed and piled up.
Professor Jeffrey was not very interested in these ancient bones, and he picked up a bone casually, and found that the bone was so brittle that it shattered when he held it lightly, and countless powders were stained on his hand, and he was immediately very upset.
"The records of the Epoch Secret Disk are indeed correct, and many Mayan leaders came here to worship and sleep here in ancient times. Josiah muttered.
"This bone must be from that kind of winged snake, right?" Fawkes made another discovery.
She pointed to a pile of broken bones.
motioned for Lin Dong to go over and look.
Lin Dong nodded: "It is indeed the bone of the winged snake, and besides, this winged snake grew very big before it was born, much bigger than the one seen at the base." Judging by its shattered condition, it should not be weathered, but rather a bit like it was attacked by some kind of creature. Its body was hit hard by a force, its ribs were broken, part of its spine was shattered, and even the hardest skull was cracked. ā
Big Ivan followed this reasoning and guessed, "Could it be that this winged snake was killed by some strong Mayan man?
Philip immediately shook his head: "No, the Winged Serpent has a transcendent status in the minds of the Mayans, and under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the Mayans to make a move against the creatures they respect!"
"Could it be another creature that killed it?" Fawkes began to search for the 'murderer' in the stone chamber.
"Why don't you guess that it was injured by some kind of creature to protect its master, and then its owner brought it to this place of pilgrimage to sleep? If there was a fight here, there would have been traces of a fight in the stone room, but there was no such thing here, so the chances of a fight here are very low. And from the way it was in before it died, it didn't look like it was fighting at all, but it was a bit like a relaxed sleep! You see, its wings are folded up and put on its back, and if it is a fight, they should be open...... Although I don't know their habits, if it is a bird fighting, the wings are generally spread out, and it is impossible to completely retract them, which is not conducive to balance!" Lin Dong denied Fawkes's judgment.
"There's no point in discussing this! If you want to study the Winged Snake, we have a living one in our base, so why bother guessing here! Mr. Wood, we have limited time, a total of five days. But I walked for more than two days halfway, if I didn't return in time. It is very likely that the gate will not be restarted in time. "Professor Jeffrey doesn't want to take these useless bones back.
And these bones are rotten and can't be touched at all. It shatters at the touch of it.
He hopes that this fruitful journey will end.
Everybody has gold on their backs.
Then, as fast as you can, rush back to the gate and wait for it to open.
Because of the prolongation of the Ze area, the need for a detour of one day and one night on the way, and the weight of the gold on his back, Professor Jeffrey felt that the time for this return trip needed to be hurried. Instead of discussing bones here, it would be better to go back and study the living winged serpent.
"......" Lin Dong showed a speechless expression for the second time.
"Pierce, and Paul, you have a squad of genetic soldiers. And all the soldiers escort Professor Jeffrey back! Back to the camp, and if it's too late, then go back early, and wait before the gate. Everyone should bring as much gold as possible, but don't exceed your own tolerance, and the most important thing for you is to pay attention to your own safety. In terms of gold, we will give you a reward of 30% according to the total amount carried!" Josiah found that Professor Jeffrey was a little jealous, and it might affect the Mayflower group's wooing of Mr. Wood. So a decision was made to let the soldiers return with gold, leaving only the most powerful genetic soldiers.
"Yes, but I'm worried it's too far. Communications will be affected. Pierce, the captain of the gene team, has concerns.
"It's all right, we have the ability to protect ourselves! If you can't wait for our return after the gate is opened. Then you go back first. Wait until the charging is completed, and it will be agreed in half a month. Try to open the door again, and we'll be able to get back by then. Josiah had another backup plan.
"Understood!" Pierce snapped into a military salute.
He took ten genetic soldiers with him. And all the soldiers.
Preparing to escort Professor Jeffrey back, because of the large amount of gold obtained by entering this passage, the soldiers felt that the trip was very rewarding, and their morale was high. The gold inlaid on the walls of the palace, they are not in a hurry, they can't run anyway. As for the beautiful shells, forget about these things, who in modern society has never seen shells? Who would think these things are treasures?
The female soldier in charge of escorting Lin Dong did not leave, but Lin Dong said to Little Eric: "Let them go back, if time is tight, they may not be able to catch up with us!"
"What do you think?" said little Eric.
"I must be responsible for Mr. Wood!" shook the female soldier, who was wearing only a vest and was particularly athletic.
"Yes, we also feel safer with you!" Several of the other female soldiers refused to return with the male soldiers.
They are not very strong.
But there are also women who have a natural instinct, otherwise, they would not have come in a few times and returned safely.
Follow the male soldiers, if the journey is safe, of course it is good, if they are attacked by monsters, such as crocodile frogs or rats, they must be the first to die. They didn't say anything on the surface, but they had already decided in their hearts that without Mr. Wood to guide them, the return journey of the male soldiers might not be as safe as when they came. Maybe the bloody rain and bloody wind will have to fill the life all the way, so the safest thing is to follow the 'god'-like man in front of him.
Gold is good, but you have to have a life to turn it into money.
Otherwise.
It's better to stay on the stone wall and make decorations!
The soldiers were gone, and Professor Jeffrey left in a good mood and with a smile on his face, for whom the trip to the underground was a great harvest. Gold is here, Mr. Wood, it's better to stay here forever, genetic research, the world does not need a genius scientist with a 100% success rate, but a professor with a success rate of only 5%.
Only then will the genetic medicine become more precious!
"Mr. Wood, I hope you will come back soon, and don't let us worry too much!" Professor Jeffrey said beautiful words on the surface, but in his heart he hoped that this young man would never come back, and that it would be better to step on some trap and fall to pieces, or meet a huge monster and be swallowed by the monster.
"......" Lin Dong has already decided not to talk to this guy, even if it is a word.
After Professor Jeffrey left, the atmosphere in the team suddenly improved.
No one stopped Lin Dong's research anymore.
Even, what Lin Dong wants to study, Josiah and Little Eric will make it as convenient as possible, not mentioning time and return at all.
Lin Dong looked at it one shell after another, and sometimes stared at a certain shell for a long time, as if there was a peerless beauty on it. Josiah was patient, and he let the genetic soldiers pitch their tents to rest.
At first, the female soldiers accompanied Lin Dong to look at the shells, but soon they couldn't bear it, and sat on the ground one by one and talked quietly, drinking hot coffee.
accompanied Lin Dong throughout the process.
It's not Lin Dong's iron-pink griffin.
It's not Big Ivan who is bored enough to sit on a stone bench and drink coffee, but Philip and Fawkes.
"Do you understand?" Philip felt a little strange, to be honest, he didn't understand what Lin Dong's actions meant at all, he was just accompanying.
"No, what do you get?" Fawkes asked with a smile.
"I think I'm patient!" Philip smiled.
"Me too!" Fawkes stroked the shells on the wall, "I really don't understand, why did the Mayans put these precious shells on the wall, and since they liked it so much, shouldn't they be kept secret in some box?
"These are not just shells, these are also the information and maps left by the Mayans for future generations!" Lin Dong suddenly replied to her.
"What?" Little Eric, who was talking with the griffon, immediately threw down the coffee cup in his hand and hurried over with Josiah.
"You mean, there's a treasure trove in this shell palace?" Fawkes reacted immediately: "yes, I've always thought it's strange, the Mayans should be more than that! They should guard more things, gold is just a very ordinary metal for them, and it is only widely used for its luster." And these shells must be more than just decorations, so there is a treasure trove here?haha, I suddenly wondered what Professor Jeffrey's expression would be like when he knew that he had missed his best treasure......
"Don't be too happy too early, I only see a little clue, and it's still far from the truth!" Lin Dong smiled.
"Don't worry, we're not in a hurry, you take your time, you can tell us to do whatever you need!" Josiah hurriedly said, while little Eric on the other side asked the female soldiers to serve Lin Dong the freshly brewed tea.
"It's a pity we can't help you!" Philip sighed regretfully.
Don't talk about him.
Everyone in the audience was dazzled by these shells, and they couldn't see anything at all.
Fortunately, they also know that in this world, some people are incomparable, especially the terrifying genius who can be 100% able to do genetic reality!
For the Mr. Wood in front of him, who was focusing on studying shells, Josiah sighed for the first time in his heart, but unfortunately the other party was a Chinese, if he was a Chinese, it would be great! (To be continued......