I know that all this I encounter now cannot be understood by common sense, looking at the magic lake haunted by the milky white fog, is it really the origin of human beings under this lake? It was here that Nuwa took soil and created human beings? It's here again to collect multicolored stones, smelt them, and repair the holes in the sky?

I thought of the general's words again, could it be that this so-called magic lake is just a shackle, trapping the generals in it so that outsiders can't enter?

I looked at the jade pendant in my hand again, it was obvious that these three jade pendants were a set, and the third jade pendant should have been handed over to me, since it was given to me, it naturally had his intentions!

Knowing this, I feel very sympathetic to the female hermitage, even though she is now overwhelmed with anger and hatred, and can even bring devastating blows to the world.

It seems that the only way to die well now is to find the sword, and then find the female squire, and try to gain trust.

Since when leaving, the general handed over the third jade pendant to me, I think that the combination of these three jade pendants should be the key to finding and entering the tomb of Dayu!

We didn't get close to the center of the Magic Lake again, and it seemed like there was a little person in everyone's brain urging them to leave.

The old man also said that he must leave as soon as possible, otherwise he would probably get lost if he didn't go out before the water was cut off.

At first, I didn't believe in such an evil sect, but on the way back, I took out the compass left by my master, and found that the compass had failed, and there seemed to be a strong magnetic field interfering in this area.

Dense fog, magnetic field, is all this a game set up by someone? The purpose is not to let outsiders approach?

It didn't take long to leave the Demon Lake, and in less than two hours, we had already entered the third village.

Unexpectedly, this third village is even more "poor", it is like walking into a primitive society, with small thatched huts scattered among huge stones.

It can be seen that the stones were once part of a huge structure.

I wanted to see if there were any photos in this village, and I thought that I could find some clues from the photos again, but after asking around, I realized that there was not a single photo here.

I'm not interested in the people of the third village, first of all, the language is different, in fact, they give people the impression of primitive people. I have a very strange feeling that these "fixed poverty" have voluntarily chosen this state of existence.

Next, we didn't waste any more time, and kept moving forward at a pace of one village a day.

The people in the fourth village are also relatively "pure", and they can be seen to be Han Chinese, which surprises me: these people walk in a strange posture, very similar to one of the characters in the mural seen in the cave of Camel Mountain before, and the person is also relatively tall, with an average height of no less than 1.8 meters.

The people in the fifth village are more delicate and petite, the general height of the men is less than 1.7 meters, and the basic height of the women is less than 1.6 meters, and the people in this village have very good skin, unlike Yeva, in addition to white, the skin of the people in this village is also very tender, and it seems that a pinch can get out of the water.

I have a bold guess, could it be that this fifth village is all of Japanese and Korean races? Thinking about it, I don't think it's very likely, after all, this is the interior of China, and it is too far away from Japan and South Korea.

It was held for young men and women from the fifth village. During the ceremony, I almost had a nosebleed, counting, these girls around me are impeccable in appearance and figure, but the girls in this village have a special beauty, which makes people feel pity in their hearts after looking at them.

Maybe the head of the fifth village saw my strangeness, and told the truth. During the whole process of the human ceremony, I had the expression of a big bad wolf, and where there were people in front of my eyes, it was clearly a petite sheep.

According to the plan, we will stay here for the night, and then leave the valley early the next morning, with the help of the short "high tide" of the Yellow River.

That night, I was placed in a room similar to a lang's room, and just as I was about to go to bed, two girls wearing a translucent pink robe suddenly came in from outside the door.

I remember that these two girls were held exactly today. Two of the dozens of girls of the human ceremony, and two of the prettiest ones.

"...... you?" When I saw them enter, I hurriedly asked.

"We are here to serve the little brother......"

I won't repeat the events of that night, and after the night, I was even more suspicious that the girl from the fifth village was really Japanese or Korean.

One night was "busy", and the next day it was not only Yu Lina who glared at me angrily, but even Muzi and Eva looked at me with complaining eyes. I don't know how to explain it, but on the one hand, I enjoy this life, and on the other hand, I feel a little guilty.

The contradiction between the nature of men and the constraints of civilized society exists in my heart......

I thought that when I left the valley, I must have returned the same way, but the village of the fifth village took the lead towards the back of the village.

The chief steward looked calm, and there was no strange expression on his face.

Is there another way? I wondered to myself.

Behind the village is a mountain, and we go up the gentle slope.

"Aiya, aren't we out of the valley?" I finally couldn't hold it anymore and asked.

"Yes! Little brother doesn't know yet, leaving the valley and entering the valley are not the same way. ”

In fact, I have also thought about this, there will be at least two roads in a valley, and at the same time, a kind of doubt has emerged in my heart: one of the two roads must be relatively close, so why don't we choose the same road when we come in and go out? And if you go up the mountain now, isn't it the opposite of the direction of the valley?

Although I was very confused, I didn't continue to ask, after all, what kind of Miao Master I am now, it is still necessary to maintain the majesty appropriately, and even occasionally pretend to be cool.

The village took the lead and walked to a cave at the top of the mountain, and as soon as he entered the cave, a chill immediately hit him, and at the same time he heard the sound of bubbling water.

At this time, the doubts in my heart reached the climax, why did you enter this cave, didn't you go out of the valley! Could it be that there is a way out hidden in the depths of the cave?

As soon as I entered the cave, I heard a bustling voice coming from inside.

When I looked closely, there was a group of people in the cave, about fifty or sixty people, and a few of them I knew were from the previous villages.

"Little Brother ......"

When they saw me come in, the hustle and bustle suddenly stopped, and they shouted at me together.

"Why are you here?"

I asked casually.

As soon as I finished speaking, I also saw bulging sacks piled up on both sides.

No need to ask, this is here to pay the rent!

Presumably they had some kind of agreement, agreed on the time, and at the same time brought the "rent" here.

Is there a way out here? My wondering has reached its peak.

After a few pleasantries to each other, they began to carry the sacks. Two minutes later, my doubts were half solved.

After walking dozens of meters inside, a river about seven or eight meters wide appeared in front of me.

Underground river? It's a dark river!

The rivers we often talk about are actually divided into two categories, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are called above-ground rivers, and there is a type of river hidden under the surface, collectively called underground rivers.

Seeing the boats moored on this river, my doubts were half solved.

This is the boat we came from, and this boat is parked in the valley at the other end of the valley!

After thinking about it, I probably guessed the reason.

It is estimated that this dark river is connected to the Yellow River, and the boat was sailed by them.

At the same time, I understood why we were here, this is the upper reaches of the Dark River, and with the current, we should be able to leave the valley soon.

Muzi and Eva were already crying and wanted to follow me, but they were forbidden by the chief steward.

"No one in this valley — anyone — can leave the valley, no one is an exception."

Farewell, you and me, I promised to come and see them, which eased the sad atmosphere.

Standing on the shore, I felt that the current was gentle, but when the cable was untied, it was loaded with a boatload of rented boats, and it flew away.

The dark river was in an underground cavern, and with my long vision, I could see that there were sometimes artificial traces on the rock walls above my head and on both sides.

There are frescoes, there are also scratches caused by cold weapons, and you can think that this cave with an underground river is a little old, and there are many stories that have happened here.

Ten minutes later, with a light in front of the eyes1, the boat sailed out of the dark river.

Half a day later, we circled around and returned to the Yellow River again, and returned to the Jade Girl Village.

Zhang Kailong and Li Xiaobai have been waiting at the export dock for a long time.

It was exactly seven days from going to returning, and it was about to arrive at the cold dew.

When I got ashore, I went straight to the dark room where my grandmother was.

I wanted to know about the mountains where the five villages were located, and my gut told me that my grandmother knew something that I didn't know was something.

Grandma kept silent at first, and when I asked why they couldn't leave the valley—and I said it with a hint of reproach and viciousness—she explained.

"Do you think it's too much for me to let them leave, and let them take Gu worm eggs every year?" Look at the opening and ask.

I nodded.

"Do you know what would happen to them if I didn't?"

I shook my head again.

"Actually, they can't leave the valley, it's not that I won't let it!"

When I heard this, I was a little confused, and hurriedly asked, "Why can't you leave?" ”

"Because only by staying in this valley are they human beings, and when they leave the valley, they immediately become the walking dead."

I'm even more blindsided, how is this possible!

"There are some things that I don't tell you the truth, not because I deliberately hide them, but I don't want you to know these terrible things."

Infiltrating things? I looked at my grandmother with a confused expression, trying to find an answer.

"I didn't want to tell you, but since you want to know so much—then you should hear a story!"

After a pause, Grandma continued: "They don't actually belong to this world, I gave them a second life. ”

Grandma's words were a little unbelievable, and I came to my senses after listening to them for a long time.

It all started fifty years ago.

Fifty years ago, a serendipitous one

By chance, Grandma got a palm-sized piece of ancient jade, and according to the tips above, she led people to find a valley.

The scene in the valley is very strange, and traces of human activity can be seen everywhere.

In the center of the valley lived a group of people in a primitive society (the people of the third village), who were soon tamed by their grandmothers.

The group took them to a hidden cave.

This cave is cold.

In the depths of the cavern, there are hundreds of stone coffins in which the living dead lie.

What is the Living Dead? These people appear to be asleep, but they are not breathing and have no other body reactions.

It is said to be a corpse, but there is not the slightest sign of decay, so it is called the living dead.

In the old Miao people, there is an ancient method of "resurrecting the dead", which can "resurrect" the dead with the help of Gu worms.

Of course, this resurrection is not really resurrecting the dead, but with the help of the special ability of this Gu worm, it stimulates the nervous system of the deceased.

In this way, the Gu worm in his body is equivalent to his brain, controlling the thinking and activities of the entire human body.

To put it bluntly, this is a system of symbiosis between humans and Gu worms, and the length of a person's lifespan depends on the survival time of the Gu worms in his body.

If the Gu worm is there, the person will live, and if the Gu worm dies, the person will also die.

In fact, the Gu worm eggs that Grandma sends every year are not to control them, on the contrary, to help them delay their lives

Hearing this, the shock in my heart was indescribable, what the hell is going on? Are all the people of these five villages human sacrifices?

To put it simply, it is a three-thousand-year-old slave society, and after the death of those high-ranking nobles and royal relatives, some slaves will be buried with them.

These burials are human sacrifices, as well as animal sacrifices and animal sacrifices.

It's not right to think about it, even if this valley is human 114414 it's cold dew, can you get close to the mountain demon? I asked, Shifting Gear.

"Hmmm! These days are the sleeping period of the mountain demons, if you have to get close, then choose these days! ”

That night, I told Chen Laosan, Zhang Kailong, and Li Xiaobai about my experience in the past few days, and they were first dumbfounded, and then incredulous.

Chen Laosan said lightly: "I also heard the old people in the village say that there is a death valley on the side of the Yellow River, and there are many dead people buried in it......"

We had a discussion.

All indications show that all this is probably true, and who can say what happened in ancient times?

Zhang Kailong pondered: "If you are busy, things are simple and clear!" As long as we can find the tomb of Dayu and find the sword in the tomb, can it be solved? ”

I nodded and said, "I can only say that if I find this sword, I have a much better chance."

Chen Laosan didn't speak, and when we mentioned the word "sword", he suddenly said: "You mean the sword of the Yellow Emperor!" Could it be the Xuanyuan Sword? ”

I have also heard of the Xuanyuan sword, the legend of this sword, the body of the sword is engraved with the sun, moon and stars on one side, and the mountains, rivers and plants on the other; On the hilt of the sword, the art of farming and animal husbandry is written, and the policy of unification of the four seas is written on the other.

In most legends, this sword was cast by the gods of heaven and given to Dayu.

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor held this sword in his hand and defeated it when he fought with the rival tribe Chiyou. After that, the emperor relied on the Xuanyuan sword to unify the four seas and take over the Central Plains.

After the death of the emperor, he gave it to Dayu, who had made great contributions to water control, and since then he has created the Xia Yu Dynasty and officially entered the era of farming.

If the Xuanyuan Sword is the sword in the mouth of the general, then this historical legend has to be changed, and the person who forged the sword is not the legendary

gods, but generals.

In orthodox history, this sword has the power to kill demons and demons, and it was cast by the gods, gifted to the Yellow Emperor, and then passed to Dayu, and finally disappeared in the negotiation period.

Could it be that this history is also a deliberate fabrication?