Chapter 42: Half a stone statue and half a bone
Zhou Fan didn't pay attention to Zimeng, it was better for him to go ahead, although this thing is good, but it is too arrogant, and he is not calm enough in trouble, Zhou Fan is really afraid that he will encounter something in the back.
The two of them walked under the dark and damp ancient well with a strong flashlight, and gradually the two came to the end, it should be said that it was a wall, blocking their way.
After the two came to the wall, they couldn't find the way, which made Zhou Fanzimeng and both feel strange, tomorrow Mingyou is below this, but when the footprints reach here, they disappear, as if they disappeared out of thin air.
"Don't go far, let's look for it alone, if there is any other way out." With that, Zhou Fan walked to the other end of the wall.
Zimeng stopped talking nonsense, and followed the light from Zhou Fan's flashlight, and moved to the side little by little, because there was only one flashlight, Zimeng didn't have as much light as Zhou Fan's, so he could only touch the wall and walk to the side.
After a while, Zhou Fan was already there, and he searched for it, but he still didn't find any other passages or exits, so he returned to the same place, and then shone the light towards Zimeng.
Zimeng was suddenly photographed by Zhou Fan, and immediately took two steps back, covering his eyes with one hand, and holding on to the wall with the other hand to prevent himself from falling, this is a habitual action In this dark space, he has become accustomed to the dark sight, and no one can stand being suddenly photographed like this.
And Zhou Fan took a photo of Zimeng's face again, which is even more conceivable: "Uh, hehe, I'm sorry I didn't pay attention for a while, I forgot, I forgot..."
The two of them were also frightened by the sound, and Zhou Fan listened carefully, but he felt as if something had been pulled, and when he heard it again, his body shook slightly, and his eyes were up, and he instantly moved the flashlight to Zimeng's position.
Sure enough, Zhou Fan's unintentional photo just now made Zimeng stand unsteadily, but unfortunately Zimeng's hand holding the wall happened to hit the mechanism on the wall, and then there was a rumbling sound.
At this time, Zimeng had put down one hand and no longer covered his eyes, but the other one was still on the wall, because a green brick on the wall had been pressed down by him, and he didn't dare to let go this time, because the rumbling sound had not stopped, and he was afraid that if he suddenly let go, the mechanism would stop.
Gradually, the rumbling sound stopped, and then where they were standing just now, a hole in the ground was revealed, Zhou Fan shone it with a flashlight, and looked at the light, but saw a burst of reflection.
Take a closer look at the hole in the ground is actually built along the wall, reflecting the steps made of bluestone one by one, probably because of the age, some of the stone steps are covered with moss.
Strangely, moss usually grows by rivers or streams, but how can there be moss in this dark cave? Is there an underground river down here? Thinking of this, Zhou Fan was a little uncertain, and looked at the hole in the ground for a while.
"Go on, don't think about it." Zimeng dragged Zhou Fan, who was distracted, and walked down the steps step by step, Zhou Fan still couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so he didn't think about it anymore, since it had come to this point, there was no reason not to go down.
It was rare for Zhou Fan not to oppose Zimeng's willfulness once, so he let him pull himself like this, and walked towards the dark hole step by step, and the two of them were only halfway through, and there was a very heavy damp at the bottom.
It's just that this moisture still has a rotten smell, which makes people smell a feeling of nausea, but fortunately, both of them are wearing gas masks at this time, and no matter how choking the smell, they can't smoke them.
And the further down you go, the more you can feel the dampness, like a slight drizzle, the whole air is filled with the feeling of rain, although this humidity does not wet people, but it makes people extremely uncomfortable.
The two of them were also very unimpressed by this moisture, but they had no choice but to continue walking all the way down, the two of them didn't know how many meters they had gone down, and Zhou Fan was even a little skeptical that they were going to go all the way to the center of the earth, or to enter the underworld.
"Look there's a light down there." Just as the two were walking aimlessly, Zhou Fan suddenly heard Zimeng exclaim.
In an instant, Zhou Fan put aside the messy thoughts, and looked along the place pointed by Zimeng, and sure enough, there was a glimmer of light less than ten meters below them, and if you looked closely, it should be the light of a flashlight.
This made both of them feel extremely excited, the first is that they know that they will go down more than ten meters to the bottom, and they don't have to walk aimlessly like this, and the second is that God bless is still safe, and the flashlight light below is only available to God Bless, otherwise they don't believe that there are others below.
This time, Zimeng learned well, and looked at Zhou Fan, but chose not to make a sound, and continued to walk down slowly, since there is the light of the flashlight below, then ninety percent of Tianyou is below, in this kind of weird place, the most taboo is to shout, otherwise it will cause something that should not appear.
The closer the two of them got to the light, the more cautious they became, for fear that something bad would happen, but they were too worried, and the Tianyou below happened to be standing there, watching Zhou Fan and Zimeng come down.
Tianyou didn't show too much surprise, but glanced at them talkatively: "You're here, I thought you left me and ran away." Tianyou still has the heart to tease the two of them at this time.
This made Zhou Fan feel very strange, and he didn't know why he was so calm: "You already knew that we were coming down." ”
"Yes, there are only a few of us in the Zhaozong Mansion, and when you found the mechanism and opened the hole in the ground, I heard it, and the mechanism was set up inside, and you must have heard the rumbling sound outside.
I was in it, let alone inside, so I already knew that you were coming down at that time, but I didn't expect you to come down for so long, and I waited for you here for a long time. Tianyou smiled and took Zimeng's words.
Zhou Fan looked around before looking at Tianyou and asked, "Have you found anything after coming down for so long?" ”
Tianyou shrugged: "I don't know about this, and I don't dare to walk around after I come down." Tianyou looked at Zimeng and Zhou Fan, who were puzzled, and continued without waiting for them to ask: "You can come and see this. ”
After saying that, he walked to the side, Zhou Fanzimeng and the others also followed when they saw this, and after the three of them walked a distance, Tianyou stopped, waved his hand at the two, and signaled the two to be careful of the ground in front of them.
Then he jumped down first: "After I found this, I didn't dare to walk around, I vaguely felt that this place was not simple, it didn't look like a mausoleum, and more importantly, I was worried that I had already caused something, if I didn't hold this ancient sword, I really wouldn't dare to come here." ”
After speaking, he motioned to Zhou Fan and them to look at the two stone statues in front of them, which should be said to be half-stone statues, because the upper half of the stone statues is made of stone, while the lower half is bone, which is very weird.
The stone statue is half-human, half-beast, the lower half is a human skeleton, and it is all exposed, the upper half is the body of a lion, but the head is the head of an eagle, which looks very incongruous, and the more you look at it, the more you feel twisted.
"What the hell is this! I grass. Zimeng stared at the stone statue for a while, and from time to time knocked on the upper body of the stone statue with his hand.
"Your uncle, can you be honest." Zhou Fan pulled Zimeng, who was still looking at the stone statue, this thing is really not afraid of death, and he knocked it with his hands when he saw it, but Zhou Fan came to whatever he was afraid of.
Zimeng knocked on the stone statue just now, and the stone statue cracked from the head to the waist, the moment the stone statue cracked, Zhou Fan and the others couldn't help but retreat a few meters, and Tianyou also returned the ancient sword to Zhou Fan, after all, he can be regarded as a sharp weapon at most when he holds this thing, but it is different in Zhou Fan's hands.
Under the gaze of the three people, the stone statue cracked a little bit, and slowly a very impactful picture was displayed in front of their eyes, looking at everything in front of them, the three of them felt that their heads were no longer enough.
But what appeared in front of them was such a magical scene, Zhou Fan and the others looked at the cracked stone statue intently, only to see that the stone statue revealed its original appearance little by little.
The cracked head of the stone statue is still the same as the previous carving, but it is not rotten, but stands there vigorously, and as the stone statue cracks, the body parts are gradually revealed.
Originally, they thought that the body of the next waist was also a lion's, but what was revealed was a human body, and the three of them were immediately shocked and couldn't breathe smoothly.
Looking at the creature in front of them, they didn't know how to explain it, most of the stone statue was already exposed at this time, the human body, the eagle's head, but the lower body was bone.
However, this bone is not a normal human skeleton, although the pelvic bone looks like a human, from the thighs to the soles of the feet, it is the shape of a beast, but I don't know what kind of beast it is, it only has three toes, and it is unusually thick.
Just looking at this bone, you know how strong it was when it was alive, this almost mythical thing, but it really appeared in front of the eyes of the three people, Zhou Fan looked at the blazing eagle eye, he had some doubts, whether this thing is still alive, after all, it is too real, if this thing suddenly moves now, it is not allowed that the three of them will run away immediately.
At this time, Zhou Fan didn't know what to do, after taking a deep breath, he pulled Tianyou Zimeng back a little distance again, and turned on the flashlight from a distance, so that he had the courage to look at the two great gods in front of him again.
Zimeng was also shocked and couldn't speak, "This, whether this thing is a human or a ghost, I rely on it." ”
"If I'm not mistaken, it's the legendary totem guardian."
"What's the Totem Patronus?" Tianyou was also looking at the stone statue, and when he heard Zhou Fan say this, he hurriedly asked.
"Totem is one of the earliest cultural phenomena in human history. A symbol of a group, mainly to distinguish one group from another. From a totem, one can deduce the myth of a race.
And the totem of the Shang clan is, "Heavenly Destiny Xuanniao" This thing I have seen in some unique books before, its record "eagle head human body, beast bones, when born as a god, death is easy to be a god." Its soul is immortal and comes to life.
This is a record of that thing in the only book, saying that it is the generation totem of the three ancient dynasties of Yin Shang, and it is also the "totem guardian saint", and what we see now may be the generation totem of Yin Shang. ”
After speaking, Zhou Fan tried his best to calm himself down, but the hand holding the ancient sword still couldn't help but tremble a little, but it was no wonder that they were afraid, anyone who saw this thing would be afraid.
After all, according to the chronology, Yin Shang is at least more than 3,000 years old from now, and the previous thing is at least a species from 3,000 years ago, but the shape is still as alive, and this thing can still be preserved so well, it is too shocking, and it has to be scared.