Chapter 9: The Forest of Death

Su Cheli was very puzzled by the fact that Weah had not been able to catch up, after all, judging from the previous brief contact, Weah's running speed would definitely not be lower than his own, and he might even be stronger than Ye Xiaohan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at it this way, even if he and Ye Xiaohan took advantage of his unpreparedness and ran into the passage mouth first and threw off some distance, 'Weah' should be able to catch up soon with his terrifying speed, unless he has a 'cat and mouse' mentality, or is it ......

Thinking of this, Su Che's eyes began to become a little unpredictable, and he muttered in a voice that only he could hear:

"Is it your duty to be a 'chaser'?"

At this time, the passage in front of him was gradually no longer shrouded in shadows, but there was a faint glimmer of bright light flickering and blooming, and this light gradually became larger as Su Cheli and Ye Xiaohan continued to get closer-

Obviously, not far ahead is the exit of the passage!

"Are we going to have the third symbolic mechanism?"

Ye Xiaohan looked at the exit of the passage in front of him, and while maintaining the same running speed as Su Cheli, he whispered in his mouth.

Su Cheli listened to Ye Xiaohan's words, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly turned his head and asked, "Ye Xiaohan, did you also encounter the symbolic mechanism when you were in the central passage?" What is the symbolic organ you encountered....."

Bang~!

Just as Su Cheli was asking Ye Xiaohan, there was a somewhat familiar sound of heavy footsteps behind the two of them again-

Weah's footsteps!

Bang~!

As if he deliberately stepped on it for the two of them, he deliberately maintained a dull force and a sense of rhythm that pressed step by step, making people feel as if they were choked by the throat.

At this moment, Su Cheli and Ye Xiaohan finally ran out of the dark passage, and what appeared in front of them was a hall similar to the previous two symbolic organs-

The dark rock floor like a swamp, the blue-black stone pillars engraved with intricate ornamentation, the oil fire lamp hanging in the middle of the blue-black stone pillars like a dark lamp, and the rock walls surrounded by various murals are also painted, forming a familiar scene like a nightmare.

However, the difference between this hall and the previous two halls is that-

There is no door at the end of the hall here! There is no passage either!

Moreover, there is no zenith in the hall here, and the flawless moonlight illuminates everything in the hall like a searchlight, and if you look up and look closely at the sky, you can see the dark and deep night and the bright moon as bright as fireflies.

Bang~!

The sound of heavy footsteps behind them became clearer and clearer, and although the passage behind the two of them was still a shadow at the moment, it could be concluded from the footsteps that were much clearer than just now—

Weah is not far from the two of them~!

Su Che centrifuged his head, directly took Ye Xiaohan's hand, and rushed into the hall with her-

"Huh~?! Wait~! Beware of the trap ....."

Before Ye Xiaohan's words fell, Su Cheli had already stepped on the dark rock floor like a swamp, and at the same time, the sound of a mechanism turning began to turn!

Kela~Kerala~.... Bang~!

A stone door suddenly fell from the entrance of the passage behind the two, completely blocking the retreat of the two, but when Su Cheli saw this scene, he showed a look of relief.

Ye Xiaohan also reacted at this moment, looked at Su Cheli speechlessly and complained:

"I said~, aren't you afraid of stepping on the mechanism and stepping to death? After all, the mechanism in this hall may not necessarily fall through the stone door, maybe it is the kind of mechanism that directly 'kills', and I am afraid that I will not even have time to burn paper money for you." ”

"That's better than going straight to 'Weah', right?"

Su Cheli retorted and explained:

"After all, once Weah rushed in, the two of us would have to delay for a few minutes at most, and the final outcome would be nothing more than a slow death at Weah's hands. In this way, if I choose to 'step' on the mechanism, there is a certain possibility of death, but if I don't choose to 'step' on the mechanism, it is a doomed and slow death. In that case, why don't I give it a go? ”

As he spoke, Su Che pointed to the altar that rose from under the cracked dark floor not far away, and there was a Xiuzhen-shaped 'missing carving' on it and said:

"However, the most important thing now is to crack this symbolic mechanism, you see that the 'countdown' over there has already begun, if we don't hurry up, I'm afraid it won't end well."

Hearing this, Ye Xiaohan glanced at the 'missing moment' not far away, as if he had thought of something, and said with palpitations but a little inexplicable excitement:

"It's true~, the symbolic mechanism of 'sea water inflow' before, but it almost killed me~! Fortunately, I had an idea at that time and discovered the 'secret' hidden on the mural, otherwise I would have really confessed there~! ”

Su Che frowned when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke up to continue the topic that he had not been able to finish before-

"Ye Xiaohan, you also encountered the symbolic mechanism of 'seawater backflow' before?"

"Well, at the last minute, I discovered the way of life of the 'Ark' and the true meaning of 'sea inflow' through the hints of the mural."

At this moment, Su Cheli noticed that there was a shallow scar on Ye Xiaohan's palm, and when she was bathing under the moon before, he only noticed that there was no scar on her body and ignored this shallow scar on her palm.

It seems that this shallow scar is the ironclad proof that Ye Xiaohan has passed the 'sea water inflow' - if you want to pass the symbolic organ of the 'sea water inflow', you must water the 'ark' with blood.

"Could it be that even if we enter different passages, we will encounter the same symbolic mechanism......?"

As he spoke, Su Cheli lowered his head and thought deeply, as if there was something vaguely in his mind that connected all the fragmented fragments, but he couldn't catch the naughty tail of that thing.

"Su Cheli, Su Cheli~! Feed~! Don't be stunned, that guy is 'counting down' right now! Let's go and see what's going on on the altar. ”

Ye Xiaohan's slightly anxious words brought Su Cheli's wandering thoughts back to reality, and at the same time, Su Cheli finally reacted-

Right~! Now it's important to crack the symbolic mechanism first, and if you have any other doubts, wait until you have passed the symbolic mechanism safely.

Su Cheli shook his head slightly, and after putting aside the vague 'premonition' in his mind, he was about to turn around and walk towards the altar.

"I said, 'Can you let go of my hand?' Su, Che, Leave, First, Sheng~? ”

Ye Xiaohan calmly faced Su Cheli, who was still unconscious, and said the words 'as if nothing happened', especially the last few words, she said almost word by word, gritting her teeth.

"Oh, I'm sorry~!"

Su Cheli was a little embarrassed to let go of the soft and boneless slender hand that had been pulled by himself, because he was in a hurry to 'step' on the trap before, in order to prevent Ye Xiaohan from being blocked or run over by the falling stone door, so he pulled her and rushed into the hall. After that, he forgot to 'let go' because of various changes, so that he kept eating Ye Xiaohan's 'tofu', which is indeed his own problem in some ways.

However, Ye Xiaohan did not delve into this matter, nor did he take out an axe again as Su Che was on guard - under the 'shame and anger', he took out an axe again.

On the contrary, she just glanced at Su Cheli with some disgust, and then walked to the altar very sensibly, which made Su Cheli a little embarrassed by herself.

Then, Su Che saw Ye Xiaohan walking towards the altar calmly, so he shook his head helplessly, throwing away the thoughts in his mind that were involuntarily generated by instinct, and his heart began to become rational and calm again, and followed Ye Xiaohan to the altar with a step.

This altar is a delicate altar that emerges from the bottom of the floor after Su Cheli triggered the 'mechanism', and the dark floor in the center of the hall cracked like a tangram.

The whole altar is not so much an altar as a pulpit, because it is really too 'delicate', not tall at all, as if it is a condensed 'essence' - delicate and small.

Similarly, the 'leaky carving' on this pulpit is also very small, and the two 'leaky buckets' are only the size of a water glass. However, this does not affect its constant flow of water droplets, carrying out a 'countdown' like a talisman.

Su Cheli estimated the height of the waterline and the speed of the water flow in the 'Leaky Carving', and judged that its countdown was about 10 minutes, and at the same time, he was also puzzled that this 'Missing Carving', which should have appeared in the ancient ruins of the Xia Kingdom, actually appeared in the Mayan region here.

Of course, Su Cheli didn't dwell on this for too long, but continued to observe this 'pulpit' -

The podium is the color of white marble stone throughout, flawless white and engraved with symbolic ornamentation, while an oil lamp is placed above the front of the podium, and next to it is a small concave puddle that is empty except for water.

And in the middle and lower pages of the front of the podium, there are clear lines of strange words engraved, Su Cheli and Ye Xiaohan are the same as before, through the silver bracelet can clearly understand the 'meaning' of these words-

The civilization of Muriah is rooted in the natural forest that nurtures life,

The Muriyah race is derived from the survivors of the Mesoian civilization.

The Muria people, who have lost their three eyes, like to wear forehead jewelry,

The Murians, who have lost their civilization, believe in the religion of nature.

They are afraid of the fire, because it will cause a forest plague,

They are afraid of the cold, which will frostbite countless plants.

However, they ignore one fact -

He who thirsts for death is also thirsted for by death!

And 'natural' -

It's their 'death'!

The above are the words engraved on the front and bottom pages of the podium, and Su Cheli looked at the few lines on the platform in front of him and gradually fell into deep thought, and at the same time muttered to himself:

"The civilization of Muria was lost to the sudden change in temperature under the exchange of magnetic poles......"

After speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the murals on the surrounding rock walls, and Ye Xiaohan beside him was already looking at the murals around him intently-

The murals on the surrounding rock walls seem to be arranged chronologically from left to right.

The first mural on the far left depicts a vast ocean, with a few stars of survivors of the 'Mesoian civilization' floating on the surface of the sea with wooden planks in their hands, and not far away there appears to be a forested island.

The second picture depicts a lush forest with Mesoia survivors, all holding their children. It's just that these children have obviously lost a third eye on their foreheads, which seems to be due to the complete cripple of Mesoia's civilization.

The third picture depicts a group of humans kneeling in front of a statue without a third eye on their foreheads.

The statue's nose is long and pointed, like a drill, and the corners of its mouth are long and curved fangs, and its head is adorned with a knotted strap, making the statue look brutal and primitive.

Su Cheli frowned slightly when he saw the appearance of the statue in the painting, because he recognized the prototype of this statue - the rain god Shak!

('Shak' is also transliterated as 'Chuk', which is a transliteration problem, but in fact they all refer to the same god.) )

In the genealogy of the Mayan gods believed in by the Mayans, the rain god Shak is shaped like this, and the rain god Shak is the god most closely related to the forest!

Moreover, there is another point that attracts Su Cheli's attention - that is, the Muria people in the mural seem to be changed to believe in the rain god Shak, and are no longer all dwarfs like the previous two civilizations. Their height can be seen by referring to other environmental objects in the mural, and their average height seems to have reached a level of nearly 2 meters!

Su Cheli hurriedly looked at the next picture, which was the fourth picture, and the last picture-

Fire~!

It was as if the fire was burning in the forest, setting off the despair on the faces of the groups of Murias in the mural, and their messy figures fleeing in disarray.

In addition, the sun in the mural is also painted with an extraordinarily bright red paint, and the red color seems to be bloody, which makes people feel a panic in their hearts, as if they feel the malice from the world.

"Fire? Could it be that the exchange of magnetic poles caused the forests where the Muria people lived to be transferred to the 'equator'? Therefore, the sun in the painting is deliberately painted with red paint to remind the viewer that this is the 'equator'? ”

Su Cheli frowned and pondered, and at the same time moved his gaze back to the oil lamp on the podium and the small puddle next to it, and began to try to connect the two:

"Does the oil lamp represent the 'sun'? So what does the puddle represent? How should 'pole swapping' be reflected? How exactly can they form a key to cracking the 'symbolic mechanism'? ”

At this time, Ye Xiaohan, who had been staring at the mural, suddenly turned his head and proposed to Su Cheli:

"Su Cheli, do you think the 'oil lamp' on that podium will be used to be 'extinguished' by us? In addition, I wonder if the "extinguishing" of the "oil lamp" symbolizes the "sudden change in temperature"? ”

Ye Xiaohan flashed a pair of big moving eyes, his eyes were fixed on Su Cheli, quietly waiting for his reply.