At this moment, I was really cold to the extreme, because it was just my guess before, but if I misjudged, I would definitely go crazy with a temper one after another, and at this time, he gave a response like a deathly silence, which was equivalent to acquiescing to everything.

I didn't ask again, he didn't speak again, in silence, breathing together with each other. It wasn't until a distant sound came from the top that the silence was interrupted, and I subconsciously looked up and saw the beam of light moving from far to near at a very fast speed, and by the time I reacted, it had already fallen into the water with a bang, and then the bottom of the water opened up the waves, gradually illuminating the dim space like an underwater lamp.

Instead of rejoicing in being able to see the environment, my heart sank to the bottom, knowing what had fallen from above because of the great movement and the light. The hedron, the glowing hedron that is said to manipulate the layers of microorganisms.

This sinking means that the threads connecting the layers inside it are broken, and no one knows what will happen.

Looking at the top through the light, there is a huge hole, which seems to sink from the bottom of the stone chamber we are in, and all of them have fallen into this space. Judging from the height of the eye, there are two possibilities: either the sixth layer is extremely large, with a height of tens of meters up and down; Either we fell a few floors and fell to the bottom, which meant that the bottom of the stone chamber we were in was hollowed out.

At this time, there were soft voices in my ears one after another: "It seems that we have not fallen to the eighth floor, but to the ninth floor." ”

I look back, and he thinks so? Or asked, "Why isn't it the sixth layer?" Maybe these six floors are special and vast. But seeing him, he shook his head and said: "I didn't think there was anything special about the so-called control room just now, but now I understand that its special is not only the spar that can induce magnetic fields with microorganisms, but also the close connection with the ground floor space." It is the fastest path to the bottom. ”

The corners of his mouth twitched, "The quickest way?" In this way of falling? "The person who designed this ancient cave is too weird.

After a sullen laugh, he replied: "Naturally, it can't have fallen like this, if I guessed correctly, the stone chamber we were in just now had a secret mouth to come down, or there was originally a rope ladder or something that went straight to the bottom, but with the devastating collapse just now, those devices should have also sunk to the bottom." It is no wonder that the passage dug late and late has to be outside the door of the stone chamber and not directly into the stone chamber, and this is the reason. ”

When Xiang Wan was mentioned again, I remembered the topic that had no results just now, and I could tell from his tone that even if Xiang Wan did something to him, he was not angry. I don't want to dwell on this all the time, even if I know the inside story, I can't solve the dilemma in front of me, so it's better to move my mind elsewhere and go to a strange space, maybe even the ninth layer of the ancient cave, I can predict that this place will not be too peaceful.

First of all, the pool of water in front of me is strange, I don't know if it is affected by the light of the spar, it is a dark green color, which gives me a very familiar feeling. Soon he figured out where the familiarity came from, and he felt the ball from the inner pocket of his coat, which was almost identical in color and brightness compared to the pool. As far as the eye can see, the pool is also round, so to put it more figuratively, what I have in my hand is a small ball, and this pool of water is like a super large ball.

One after another, he came to the conclusion: "There must be a connection between the two. ”

I made a bold hypothesis: "Do you think there is a self-destructing system mechanism in this ancient cave itself, and when the explosives shake its foundation, this mechanism starts to activate, and the ultimate goal is to let this hedron sink into this pool?" ”

"Xiao Jiu, let's get out of here first." After a few seconds of silence, a decision was made. I didn't say a word to get up from him, and then went to pull him, and after a while, his strength had recovered a little, and he could barely stand up.

If my hypothesis is true, then the self-destruction system of this ancient cave must have some kind of effect, and it is likely that this hidden pool is the starting point to produce various changes. In the case of unknown movements, it is best to stay away from this place first.

Walking in the backlight, when the light was lit just now, we saw the shore we went on, one side was a secluded pool, and the other side was empty and could not see the end, similar to the secluded path of the promenade, of course, this path was wider than any of the floors we had walked before, and the distance between the stone walls on both sides was about thirty meters. Judging from the geographical location of the space, the direction taken is outside the secret door of the stone chamber, and the top is about six meters high.

It only took a short distance to notice an anomaly. Originally, each layer was basically a natural cave wall, except for the passage dug to the late one, there were no traces of artificiality, but at this time we saw some carvings on the stone wall. Undoubtedly, it is artificial, and I don't know whether the carving is sprinkled with phosphor or some special material, so you can clearly see the scene engraved on the painting in the dark.

So, after all, it is different from the previous layers. In fact, originally, after not planning to seek revenge on Han Jiancheng, we could withdraw from this ancient cave, but it backfired, there were always some people who would be involved in something, and then it was like the hand of fate was manipulating, pushing us down layer by layer.

The carvings on the walls are quite clear, depicting the daily life of a country from kings to courtiers to ordinary people. It seems that the country is rich because it is orderly from top to bottom, and the people live and work in peace. One of them is more eye-catching, because when carved into the palace courtyard many times, that place occupies a large area. It was in the square outside the gate of the palace, and there was a platform in the middle, and at first I didn't know the meaning of the platform, but then I saw a man in a black robe standing on the platform, looking up at the sky, and when all the people below worshipped, they roughly understood that it should be an altar, and the man in the black robe was a priest.

Presumably, the country had a lot of trust in the rituals, and the status of the shamans became exalted. I thought back to a dynasty in ancient times when the sacrificial activities were held at the main entrance of the palace, and I turned around and couldn't think of it due to the lack of history.

casually asked about succession, thinking that he would not know about it, but he heard him affirmatively: "This country should not be recorded in the official history, and it may belong to a small country in the remote." Because although almost all dynasties believed in sacrificial activities in ancient times, none of the dynasties built the altar directly at the gate of the palace compound, and most emperors went to the mountain to worship their ancestors. ”

I asked, "Could it be that the palace carved here is actually a palace on a certain mountain?" He shook his head and raised his hand to point to the countless people who were kneeling on the ground, "No emperor goes out to worship his ancestors, he will take the common people with him." ”

If you look closely, it is true that many of the images carved by the kneeling people are ordinary clothes of the common people.

The war began to appear in the carvings in the back, but it does not seem to be in the imperial city, and the depiction protrudes a woman, standing on top of the chariot, surrounded by dense soldiers, and the final battle should be won. Then when she returned to the court, she knelt at the bottom of the court, and the king sat on it, and someone beside her was holding a scroll and reading something, which I guess was a seal on her. The reason why that battle was won is probably due to this woman's credit.

But looking at the back surprised me, it was different from what I thought. On a high platform, the woman was lying there, and under the stage was a raging flame, and the people around were watching countless people, which means that not only did not give the woman a title, but burned her to death?

Looking backwards was sure that she was really dead, for a tomb had been erected in front of a back, and from the clothes and figure of the back, it seemed to resemble the king of the country. I couldn't help but sigh and murmured, "It's a pity that I just died." ”

But I heard a series of voices in my ears: "No, she is not dead, Xiao Jiu, you see." Following the direction he pointed, it was several scenes in the past, but the woman who should have died in the fire appeared in the portrayal again.

This time the scene was in the imperial court, or the king's bedchamber to be exact. The woman knelt at the king's feet, and fell on her knees, not knowing what to cry out to him. I don't know why, almost every painting with a king is only engraved with his silhouette or back, and his front has never been engraved, so it is not clear from the painting what expression he has on his face at the moment.

Then the scene shifted to a small lake, where only the king stood with his back to him, and it was difficult to understand the meaning of this picture. The difference between a painting and a text is that if you look at one of the scenes, you won't be able to understand the meaning you want to express. After taking a few steps forward, he understood that it was the woman who had gone down to the lake, and that the king was waiting for her, and when he saw the woman coming out of the water, he dragged her up.

But seeing that the woman's whole body was frozen, I guessed that the lake water might be extremely cold, and the temperature at that time must have been very low. The scene changed again, back to the king's bedchamber, where the woman was talking to him. On this mural, a woman's demeanor is deliberately depicted, and her eyes are firm and sad. The next scene feels a bit abstract, as if the artistic conception expressed is a sudden change in the wind and clouds, as the sky is covered by dark clouds, the houses and people on the ground begin to disappear, and even every grass and everything is being swallowed.

It was not until the last desolate place, when the back of the king stood again, that I felt the taste of loneliness and desolation. Is it to express the artistic conception between heaven and earth, only he is alone? Is this a king's sigh, or is it a fictional story created by a carver? It is intended to show that kings have always stood alone on the highest place, seemingly in a high position, but in fact they are just poor people.

As I listened to my thoughts, he took a few more steps forward, and when he saw that the fresco was over here, he turned around, pointed to the back of the last king, and said, "He is the carver." ”

"You say he carved these murals? On what basis? ”

He pursed his lips and smiled, and said eloquently: "The basis is very simple, any master who portrays with the mentality of a bystander, when they depict the characters, what they like most is to grasp the demeanor of the people, so the facial expressions of the characters are the essence of many carvings. But of the depictions we saw, almost no one was portrayed except for one or two facial depictions of the woman. Even such an important role as the king is mostly replaced by the back, so I can't think of any reason why other painters would dare to carve like this, except for the king himself as a painter. ”