Chapter 332: Scorpiontail Portrait
This is too strange, right?,The photo was taken recently.,It's only been a dozen days.,How can it be so coincidentally peeled off here.,Could it be that the fake Achuan found something.,Just deliberately removed it.,In order not to let us see it?
It doesn't make sense, if he really doesn't want us to know, he just doesn't shoot here, although this is the most well-preserved part of the mural, but he only needs to move the angle slightly to keep the black shadow out of the camera, and I walked forward a little more, and there is nowhere else that black shadow image but here.
The black shadow is a must, he is to let the archaeological team know the existence of the black shadow, I turned my head to look at Professor Zhang, and remembered what he wanted to say that day, the reason why he judged that this is Qingya Ancient City is probably related to the black shadow.
The fake Ah Chuan is to attract the attention of the archaeological team and attract them to come as soon as possible, I walked back to look at the wall, the traces of the mural peeling off are very old, by no means recently peeled, and then take a closer look at the characters above, I was taken aback again, the color of the characters on it also has many fallen parts, it seems that it is not as bright and complete as in the photo.
It's a pity that I can't remember the details clearly, Professor Zhang also walked over slowly, and when he saw the figure in front of him, he was immediately stunned, hurriedly rummaged through the photos from his backpack, looked up and lowered his head to compare, and his face changed.
I carefully observed his face, and took in his puzzled expression, he must have seen that the mural was different, but I am now working for the Mo family, and I can't remind him of the abnormality of the mural, so I can only wait for him to speak in person.
Professor Zhang's face was suspicious, and he compared the photos before and after for a long time, and those students also came, Sun Kai was the first to notice that something was wrong, and pointed to the peeling part under the mural and said: "Teacher, this is the place on the photo, I remember that there is a black thing underneath, why is it gone?" ”
"Hmm, hmm......" Professor Zhang replied vaguely, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he took out a small flashlight and looked at it carefully, wishing that the whole person would lie on the mural.
I turned my head to look at Ah Chuan, only to see that his eyelids were half-drooping, I couldn't see what I was thinking, he also saw the photo, although it was only a glance, but his observation power was far from being comparable to mine, and there was no reason why such an obvious abnormality below could not be found.
I thought of his strange attitude that night, and I felt a sense of irritability in my heart, as if some secret was about to come out, but through a layer of tissue paper, I turned around and saw Professor Zhang holding a flashlight and slowly looking at it from the bottom to the top, and muttering a sentence in his mouth: "Strange ......"
I took the opportunity to walk behind him and take a look at the photo, this photo is very new, the people on it are lifelike, and if you look closely, it is indeed a little different, except for the black shadow at the bottom, the most obvious is that the hair is slightly nearby, and a small piece is also peeled off, and there are slight differences in other places, but they are all very subtle.
"It's really strange, looking at the peeling color of this mural doesn't look like it's recent, this picture looks like it was taken years ago." Professor Zhang shook his head and spoke.
"Could it not be this in the picture? Some of the same characters are also possible. Liu Dongqing spoke.
"Perhaps." Professor Zhang frowned, but he didn't say much, just walked forward, he must still be suspicious.
I fell to the back, raised my hand to caress the peeling place below, the rough touch went straight to my heart, once the mural loses the oil paint coverage, the weathering speed of the peeling area will be faster, Professor Zhang is right, this peeling mark really looks like it was left a few years ago.
Could it be that the fake Ah Chuan came here a few years ago? I turned my head to look at Ah Chuan, but I only saw his back, my heart was pounding, the old and new photos don't represent anything, as long as there are negatives, although the characters here are similar, none of them are exactly the same, Liu Dongqing's guess is untenable.
What does it mean if the fake Ah Chuan really came here a few years ago? I had a cold war, the water behind this is too deep, if he has been here, the Mo family must have also come, otherwise there will be no speculation about that thing, if they have all been here and have not taken out that thing, it will be worth thinking about.
I didn't know what it was, I didn't think it was terrible, but now I always felt that there was something hidden in the darkness behind me, the sun had sunk, and the last light we saw came in from the lowest window* that had never been buried by the wind and sand, and there must have been a window below, but there would be no more sunlight.
The sky was getting dark, the skylight at the top of the temple barely shone into the light, and the statue sunk in the darkness was outlined by the dim flashlight with cold edges and corners, treacherous and cold, and the eyes seemed to be moving with us, staring at us deadly.
I took out a flashlight and turned it on, the hall immediately lit up a little, obviously very cool, but I panicked and sweated, at this moment with my back to the mural, one hand and one flashlight shone into the darkness, there was nothing behind me, only yellow sand stone pillars and statues, all of which were cold dead things.
The more this is the case, the more terrifying it feels, those lifelike statues seem to be alive, looking at us who disturb the peace of the ancient city, especially the female statues at the end of the main hall, and their beautiful faces are a little fierce under the interplay of light and shadow.
I took a deep breath, I don't know why, my courage is obviously much greater than before, but here I was beaten back to its original form, maybe the legend is too terrifying, let me feel terrified from the bottom of my heart, even if nothing appears, the feeling of being on my back lingers.
The mural really can't see anything, the characters on it are all independent individuals, unable to explore the culture of the ancient city, and the weathering has been mottled for a long time, it is even more difficult to figure out, the archaeological team took a few photos and walked all the way to the statue at the end, I quickly followed, there was no sunlight, the temperature was lower, the cold wind continued to blow from behind, and the cool swished into the collar, which made people can't help but shrink their necks.
The statue was so tall and so tall that we walked all the way to the front and looked up at her like a god, the flashlight shining from below, casting a shadow that seemed to be looking down on us, and we couldn't help but feel awe.
"Look, there's something behind it." After Lao Huang turned to the statue, he suddenly opened his mouth and shouted.
The group walked behind the statue together, only to see a strangely shaped stone sculpture sticking out of the sand nearly ten meters away from the main body of the statue, only a little bit was exposed, and it was impossible to see what it was.
It's not a big thing, it's about the size of a human head, it's round at the top, but it's out of shape at the bottom, it's so close to the wall that it might be extending from it.
The sky is getting dark, the archaeological team members are excited, there is no intention to call it a day, at this moment take the tools to clean up this strange thing, we assembled the sapper shovel to help, but was stopped by Professor Zhang: "This thing has a strange shape, it should be very important, it is easy to destroy without professional technology, we can do it." ”
We retreated silently, Lao Huang looked angry, and muttered in a suppressed voice: "Mom/Damn, it's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people." ”
I turned my head to look at Ah Chuan, but he looked happy to see it, and now he left the sapper shovel and sat on the high place on the sand slope, holding a searchlight and watching them dig.
I sat down next to Ah Chuan, only to see that Lao Huang had already laid down over there, obviously not interested in this thing, I suppressed the impulse in my heart, I wanted to ask Uncle Ah Chuan Yuan where they went, and asked why the photo was taken a long time ago, but after hesitating for a long time, I still couldn't ask, not to mention that the archaeological team was in front of him, even if there were only a few of us, he wouldn't say, if he wanted to say it, he would have told me a long time ago.
The archaeological excavation was very fast, and the object was revealed earlier than we had expected, and I could clearly see that under the dome was a delicately carved barb, very large, larger than the dome, and the curved appearance was very familiar.
There was nothing attached to the barb, and the other side was cleared out, with thick and strange lines, showing a curved corner, cut one by one, as if buried deeply.
I looked at the stone carvings that were gradually cleared out and felt more and more familiar, how the image of this thing was so similar to a scorpion tail, my guess was quickly confirmed, with the continuous excavation, its appearance also appeared in front of everyone's eyes, this is indeed a scorpion tail, and it is not attached to the wall, but extends to the side of the female statue.
The sand below was very thick, and they dug more and more hard, but one by one they were so excited, they didn't see the slightest half-dead appearance when they were in a hurry, and even Wang Ze, who had just been poisoned, was full of energy.
Ah Chuan got up to dig the sand, did not touch the sand near the scorpion tail, but began to dig from behind the statue, and soon the same lines appeared behind the statue, I could see the gods, I had thought about whether the statue was standing or sitting, but I never thought that it was not a human at all, but a monster with a human body of the scorpion tail.
Under that stunning face and bewitching female figure is a terrifying and ugly scorpion tail, the huge contrast hit my eyeballs, seeing what Ah Chuan dug up, the archaeological team's movements stopped, there is no need to continue, anyone can see that this is part of the huge scorpion tail, and then dig down maybe you can see the scorpion feet.
Looking at the distance between the scorpion tail and the human form, it is not difficult to imagine how big the scorpion tail below will be, I just feel uncomfortable standing on this sand surface, as if this lifelike scorpion tail will be resurrected at any time, pulled out of the sand and gave us a hard look.
Lao Huang was not afraid, and at the moment he was joking: "Look at your queen, she is still a scorpion beauty." ”
Professor Zhang showed an expected expression: "This is not the queen, it is the gods, they worship the scorpion form, so they will give the gods the image of half human and half scorpion, the gods admired by the ancients have many animal images, scorpions are more common in the desert, and they are poisonous, they just worship its power, tigers and snakes are very common, nothing to fear." ”