Chapter 152 [The Truth About Cannibals]
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After Chen Ergou came out of the stone room, he searched carefully in the valley. Many strange natural plants were also discovered, but the audience's attention was obviously still on the diamond at the moment, and the barrage was full of calls to see the diamond.
Chen Ergou couldn't be impatient at first and showed it a few times. Such a large red diamond is rare, even if it is a rough stone. What's more, there are a few white diamonds that weigh a lot at first glance. "How much does it cost?"
The audience is envious, jealous and hateful, like a dick who plays live broadcast, and suddenly becomes rich and handsome. And the tall and smart self is still sitting in the office and wasting his time.
This group of guys just didn't get tired of watching it, and in the end they simply ignored it.
Coming to a cliff rock, Chen Ergou found some murals carved in granite, which were rituals representing the sacrifice of the entire tribe. He was shocked, walked over a few steps, and said, "Maybe we can find the mystery of this tribe's disappearance from here." ”
These murals have already begun to be painted in color, after all, the jungle has a lot of resin and tree sap paints. Their faces and heads were smeared with a layer of white.
On the first mural, a circle of people all stretches out their hands to the priest or patriarch with a tall feathered hat in the middle. The style of painting looks terrible, just like the dense forest in front of you.
Chen Ergou couldn't understand it either, so he could only guess roughly and explained: "Maybe this is a ritual before the hunt starts, and the weapons they use are still in the primitive stage, bows, arrows, spears, etc. The contrast between these portraits and their surroundings shows that they are all short in height, which is a common feature of the tribesmen who live in the primeval jungle. ”
"Even now, there is still a primitive tribe that is almost isolated from the rest of the world, living deep in the mountains and dense forests on the Congolese border. They are the Egmies, the shortest species in the world, commonly known as the Lilliputies. The average height of adult men in that group is only 1.42 meters ~ 1.45 meters, and women are generally about 10 cm shorter than men. ”
"Not only humans, but even elephants living in the jungle are much smaller than African elephants, and their tusks are significantly shorter. This is also an evolution that was created to facilitate walking among the dense trunks and vines of the jungle. ”
The audience saw that he was addicted to the mural, and finally gave up continuing to brush the barrage. Some left with jealousy, others stayed temporarily.
In fact, these people who ask to see diamonds are all newcomers, and old viewers will not keep brushing like this. If you want to see diamonds, you can see them at any time of the day at the jewelry store. This mural is rare, isn't it more interesting than diamonds?
Chen Ergou felt that he was also related to the murals, the first two trips, they found precious primitive murals, and now they have found paintings of the disappeared tribe in the depths of such a jungle.
At first, I just looked at it from the perspective of appreciation, but I was surprised when I saw the last few murals.
In one mural, a man is tied to a pillar, surrounded by a circle of small people holding torches, and four or five are biting at the people on the pillar.
"Ah, is it really a cannibal?" the audience saw it at night, and used the barrage to let out their own exclamations and questions.
The content of the mural couldn't be clearer, it's not eating people, it's something, and there is a villain holding an arm in his hand.
The barrage exploded, if Chen Ergou would have saved a wave at the beginning, now he has honestly shut up.
Continuing to look down, he found that there was really such a barbaric custom, and shook his head and said: "I thought that the civilization development of this tribe was not low, and there should be no cannibalism, but now it seems that I was wrong." These murals have been a great insight into the life and customs of this tribe. They have the custom of performing rituals, cannibalism, and storing bones. ”
"Look here......" he said, pointing to the small details of one of them, also tied to a human with a face covered in white ash, "they must be eating people of the same race, perhaps sick and dying, or perhaps sacrificial." ”
Pointing to the small figures around him who happily raised their hands in the air, "The corpses will be boiled in a pot burning on a large fire until the flesh and bones are completely separated. Then they put the meat together with beans and corn to make a pot of porridge. The motif of the moon represents that the time is at night. This should be part of a ceremony that lasts all night, during which they sing and dance. ”
The final fresco, revealing the ending: "After the ritual is over, the bones are stored in a stone chamber...... That is, the place where I just came out to save. After some time, they were taken out and hung on rooftops and trees, praying for the spirits to help them hunt safely. ”
"There are also some finger bones that have also been preserved, maybe they think that eating the body of the same clan like this can be regarded as a kind of nostalgia, and they can be together forever!"
The content on the mural is too cruel, which makes many viewers curious, but those who have low tolerance can't accept it.
He only makes factual statements about cannibals as a real thing, and does not comment on his own supervisor's judgment. Fortunately, this mural community is not large, which means that their civilization does not last too long.
After Chen Ergou finished reading the mural, he still didn't know where the people of this tribe had gone, "Maybe they encountered an earthquake or a volcano?" In the history of human development, there are too many unanswered puzzles, which may be waiting for future generations to uncover, or may be buried forever in the dust of history.
Follow the gap in the valley and soon come to the exit of the valley.
There are also two statues here, but this time they are carved orangutans, two orangutans with their cheeks in the shape of a reflection.
They have been squatting there for an unknown number of years, watching the people out of the valley all the way.
Walking out of the valley, he was already sweating profusely, mixed with a foul smell, and almost fainted. There is no wind at all in the jungle, and it is especially easy to sweat. Fortunately, the field of vision suddenly widens in front of me, and you can see the clear sky when you look up, which makes people feel much better.
The most important thing is that there is a rushing stream ahead.
He let out a sigh of relief and smiled, "Okay friends, this short but wonderful adventure is over first, and we will continue this trip." ”
"I'm going to follow this stream, hoping to get to the edge of the river as soon as possible. If you can, build a raft to cross it. Because on the north bank of the Congo River, there is also the most famous guy in the ape family, the King Kong gorilla!"
There had just been a rainstorm in the rainforest, and water was now everywhere.
The shadows of the grass and trees are reflected in the water, and the green shadows are swaying, which is lovely, and I don't know whether the trees decorate the charm of the water, or the water moistens the trees, and the plants here always show a colorful and verdant scene.
Now the water left over from this torrential rain has brought great obstacles to the trip.
After entering the dense forest, it is separated from the blue sky again. You can't look up and you can't see the blue sky, and the soles of your feet can't touch the dry, hard ground.
Only moss is overgrown, and when you step on it, it seems to be soft and does not walk on the ground, and if you are not careful, you may slip. And under the dim light, the snakes and insects that come and go from time to time are equipped with a layer of dim color, which can't help but make people frightened and avoid it.
He didn't go far before he paused, then walked over, turned over a few young bamboos, and said to a reptile on the ground that was almost completely transparent, and the internal organs and bones were clearly visible: "This is a glass snake." ”
"Rather than saying it's a glass snake, it's better to call it a glass lizard because it's a type of lizard. It's about 1 meter long, but you might not expect it, it's about two-thirds of its tail. ”
Chen Ergou boldly grabbed it, and the little guy crawled on his arm in a panic, and many people who were afraid of snakes got goosebumps.
"This lizard is mostly non-venomous, and has a very smooth body surface, with eyelids that can open and close at will, and when it encounters a surprise attack, it acts like a gecko, and its tail can be detached from its body. …… Show everyone a magical thing!"
The audience didn't know why, but they saw Chen Ergou laugh evilly, squeeze it hard, and something magical happened.
The scary guy, who was still very long, actually broke into two or three by himself from the middle. If you really want to touch porcelain, it is still a glass attribute, and it will be shattered all over the ground when you touch it.
Throwing away the glass snake casually, the head of the glass snake crawled quickly, and soon burrowed into the dense forest to merge with the surrounding scenery and disappear. "When attacked, its body will break into several pieces, its head will flee in the confusion, and then it will grow a new torso, which they will be able to live in. ”
"66666, the snake demon reappears in the rivers and lakes. ”
"The snake demon now disdains snakes, not even lizards. ”
"Poor glass snake, where did it provoke you, to suffer such a catastrophe for nothing. ”
"White Lady: Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor, wait for me to grow into a thousand-year-old white snake spirit and come to you for revenge!"