Chen Ergou began to explore deeply, and found more wood-carved trees along the way, but they were not as big as the two guards outside. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info some simply tree a wood carving mask standing in front of the road.

Each piece has a different form, and the carved appearance is also different.

The audience was shocked to watch, as if they had stepped into some extremely cruel and terrifying place.

Chen Ergou explained: "I only cared about educating you just now, and I forgot to talk about important things, such as these wood carvings. ”

"In Congo, wood carving is very famous, and it represents the core art of African wood carving. ”

"Mrs. Disman once said: African art is not made for appreciation, but for the gods and kings. And its role is not for decoration, from the past to the present, it is to express and support their basic spiritual values for the survival of society. ”

"The wood carvings here are usually dominated by statues and masks, which usually have long faces, big eyes, and a bit of a dull look. ”

"Some tribesmen use religious rituals to bring these gods into the sculptures and receive protection and wisdom from them. They believed that the dead always exist among the living, and that the wood carvings were the embodiment of the spirits of their ancestors. ”

He took off a carved wood mask, gave a close-up, and said: "You see, these portraits usually seem to be stiff and fixed, often in an upright state, without any turning posture, no gestures. However, it is this kind of wood carving that has the characteristics of a true African work of art: a sense of rhythm!"

"If you want to understand African culture, you can achieve it through wood carved masks, which are the only ones that have the breath of life that is unique to Africa. ”

smiled, put the mask back again, and said, "The wood carving masks here are so rich and diverse, which proves that the level of civilization development of this tribe is not low. If I'm willing, I'll take one out and maybe sell it for a good price. ”

Of course, the sailors don't believe it.

"Really, don't bully me for reading less?"

"This kind of mask that is about to rot can also be regarded as a treasure?"

The further he went, Chen Ergou soon found more traces of human activity, not on the ground, but on trees.

It was a number of wooden houses built on trees 6 to 30 meters high, which looked strange, but they were all rotting and collapsed because they were too old.

The audience was dumbfounded, if it weren't for the fact that the treehouse was all rotten, they really thought they had come to the elven world in "The Lord of the Rings". Feelings: This is still a tribe that lives in the trees.

Not to mention ordinary audiences, even historians are afraid to widen their eyes and be ecstatic, eager to replace Chen Ergou and run over to study it carefully.

Chen Ergou took a closer look, and all of them collapsed, and even climbed a tree to see what was in the wooden house up close, but he didn't get anything.

At the slightest touch, the wooden house falls apart. God knows how many years have passed.

After getting off the tree, he clapped his hands and said, "It's a pity, these are all in the old embedded architectural style." They are afraid that they have been building wooden huts in the trees of this jungle for generations, so as to protect them from floods and various animal infestations, as well as from the invasion of hostile neighboring tribes. Therefore, in the architectural structure of the treehouse, there is a unique study. ”

"Judging from the architectural complex, the number of this tribe is about two hundred, which is not a small number. A tribe of people on both sides is enough to dominate the forest. And judging from the proficiency of the wooden houses and wood carvings, I am afraid that out of the woods, the strength is also among the best among many tribes. ”

The expedition has already attracted the attention of the vast majority of the audience.

More sailors got the news and are still pouring into the live broadcast room.

Because what I saw and heard in front of me was too unbelievable. Is it simply exploring another planet? Even some unscrupulous media have reported on it, preemptively exposing it, and deceiving some traffic.

Chen Ergou's exploration was not over, and at the end of the passage, it led to a cave, where the water became very deep.

It was pitch black ahead, and he couldn't hear an echo for a long time, so it seemed to be clear?

The stick was inserted into the water, but it was not shallow, and said, "I want to go in and see, this kind of cave is usually a treacherous place, and maybe it can solve why this jungle tribe has disappeared." ”

The audience sweated for him, this is really playing with his life.

Chen Ergou had already jumped into the water unequivocally, pounced on Ling Ling, and suddenly a handful of black things flew over his head.

"It's a bat. ”

The feeling of hundreds of bats flying overhead is definitely not good.

Chen Ergou put on his hat, pulled his collar up, and said, "These things may carry rabies and even various germs." I want to avoid getting bitten myself. ”

"There aren't many cave-loving bats in this jungle, more fruit bats. They prefer to stay in the trees, and when the dry season comes, it is the time when the endless fruit bats migrate. Millions, tens of millions, of black-pressed fruit bats will fly to the swamp in swarms, and the scene is spectacular and terrifying. ”

Maybe it's because it's flooded, it's still running water, so there are no bird droppings, bat droppings, and the like everywhere in the cave. The air is also fresh. It finally made him feel better.

The further he went, the deeper the water became, and it was already sinking into his neck.

Then there was a stone wall blocking the way in front of him, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It seems that my speculation is wrong, maybe there is a ventilated place at the top of the cave." It's not that this cave is open. The way out of the cave ahead was flooded, and I had to dive through. ”

It's really uncomfortable.

Even if the water is clean, it's where bats live.

God knows how many things were mixed up in there.

But the reality is like this, there is no way.

He took a deep breath, pinched his nose, and plunged underwater.

The camera followed it, and the water was so cloudy that it was difficult to see the direction at all. He only relied on a bright light cast by the dog's egg, and the further he swam, the more space and depth the water became. I don't know how long it is ahead, he swam for almost 3 minutes, and he is about to lose his breath.

Thanks to his diving skills, which is LV3, his diving apnea limit is 6 minutes.

If you can't find a way out, you have to go back.

A bright light suddenly appeared in front of him, and his heart moved, and he paddled through it with his hands and feet.

The light was above his head, and he sped upward, and just when he was about to hold his breath, his head jumped out of the water.

"Breathe, breathe" couldn't help but exhale heavily, "I almost suffocated just now, and I swam over at a loss." Let's see what the hell is this place?"

The dog's camera turned around, and a bright light fell into the room, and the scene in front of him made him stunned.

The tens of millions of viewers in the live broadcast room were also stunned, "Incredible!"

Because the entire stone room, including the walls, emitted this kind of fluorescence.

It's blue, like a ghost fire. Against the backdrop of the dark blue fluorescence, all kinds of elephant tusks, strange stone slabs, rotten bows and arrows are piled up on both sides.

In the center is a pure black corpse with bone ornaments and a chieftain's collar that have not rotted on its head.

Chen Ergou climbed ashore and was amazed, but did not speak for a long time, until he saw this corpse, he said: "This is the body of a chief, coated with various branches and gum, and after twenty or thirty years of smoke, it will be placed in the house for preservation." As long as it is well preserved, it can withstand years without rotting. ”

He lightly touched his flesh with his waist knife, and there was a crisp sound of "snort", which was already hard.

He didn't touch the tusks, they were all jungle elephant tusks, very short and bloody.

Walking back and forth in the small stone room, looking at the bits of blue light spreading on the walls, he said, "In the forest, there is a group of creatures that are neither animals nor plants, and they continue to work endlessly in the dark, and that is fungi. ”

"The presence of fungi gives the land life, and they digest all the waste produced by the forest. Some rare fungi use enzymes that emit light, and locals call it 'chimpanzee fire'. Without these fungi, dead plants would pile up, drowning all that is still alive. The glimmer of light emanating from this stone chamber was clearly some kind of fungus as well. ”

Hearing this explanation, the audience was a little disappointed, and just now they thought they had bumped into the planet Pandora in "Avatar". Chen Ergou was a little disappointed in his heart, although this place was magical, it was obviously not the place marked on his parchment roll. The reason for the disappearance of the tribe has not been found.

With the help of the dog's photographic lights, he searched the stone chamber to see if there was anything meaningful.

Turning over a pile of rotting fur of unknown animals, a musty smell enters the nasal cavity.

He clutched his nostrils and stepped back.

Suddenly, a little red light shone brightly, and it stood out in the dark environment.

Walk over and shake off the fur. The sound of "gurgling" stones tumbling can be heard far away in the stone room.

At this moment, the eyes of all those who saw the stone lit up.

“……”

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(Everyone reflects that the first two chapters are too preachy, Xiangrui accepts criticism, I may be overkill in shaping the image, try to pay attention to it in the future, thank you for mentioning it!)