Chapter 15: The Twelve Statues

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning gently poured into the bottom of the cave, Hong Lie and Ma San'er also regained their former vitality.

The first problem is still to find a way out first, otherwise we will have to wait at the bottom of this lake to starve to death. The two did not dare to slack off, feeling that what was said in the letter had little to do with the current situation for the time being, so they did not continue to read the content of the letter, and immediately took separate actions.

"Lao You, look! Why does this statue look so much like you! ”

Ma San'er suddenly exclaimed at a statue.

It turned out that it was close to evening when the two of them fell to the bottom of the lake yesterday, and the light was not very good, so they did not have time to carefully check the situation at the bottom of the lake, nor did they care about the physiognomy of the statue more than ten meters high.

Now that the sun is shining and the sky is bright, the whole pattern of the bottom of the lake and the twelve statues can certainly be seen clearly.

Looking closely, Hong Lie was also taken aback.

The statue in front of Ma San'er and the two next to it are all Oriental faces, the remaining six are Western faces, and the remaining three look neither Oriental nor Western, not to mention the facial contours are more prominent, the figure is about 5 meters higher than the other statues, and the eye ratio is much larger than the average statue.

These twelve statues are like the majesty of the twelve Leshan Giant Buddhas.

"How is this possible!" Hong Lie muttered to himself, and he couldn't understand the strange events that happened one after another.

If you look closely at the clothes of this statue, it is not a modern costume, but the expression and silhouette are really almost exactly the same as yourself, as if poured out of a mold.

Judging from the degree of weathering of granite rocks, Hong Lie believes that the age of these statues is at least 5,000-6,000 years old, which belongs to the ancient period of architecture.

Yesterday, I was already amazed at how the ancients were able to carve hard granite so finely and smoothly, and I never thought that today's discovery would be even more shocking and incredible.

And the appearance of the three statues of Western faces seems to have been seen somewhere, but I can't be sure.

After being surprised, the two of them were still puzzled, so they could only look for exits everywhere around.

Hong Lie looked at the small waterfall hanging next to the place where he fell yesterday, and listened to the sound of the "booming la" water, and suddenly had an idea.

"Ma San'er, I think there is a way for this water!"

"What's the doorway?"

"You see the water has been spreading from the surface of the lake, you and I have been at the bottom of the cave, why the water level has not risen, we have not been drowned by the water this night, right?"

"That's right! There must be an outlet for this current! Ma San'er slapped his head vigorously.

"The fact that the water is flowing lower and not backing up proves that the outlet must be lower than where we are and that there is enough open space to drain the water"

Hong Lie continued, "If we are lucky, the water outlet should be the exit for us to escape!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes" Ma San'er nodded again and again, and the man jumped up and ran towards the waterfall, eagerly looking around near the place where he fell into the water.

"Lao You, there's a crack in the stone here!"

Hong Lie grabbed a few steps, squatted down to check, and couldn't help but be disappointed.

I saw a boulder five or six meters wide and deep in the stone wall, and there was indeed a stone crack. The water that overflowed from the surface of the lake to the bottom of the cave flowed through this crack in the stone.

But the stone wall was so huge that it could not be moved by man. When the two of them saw this, they couldn't help but be extremely depressed.

Hong Lie looked back at the statue of "himself" from a distance, and suddenly found something.

He found that in addition to the three tall statues, the other nine statues had one thing in common, that is, on the upper left side of each statue's sword, that is, where the heart was, there was a very inconspicuous small groove.

As if realized, Hong Lie turned and walked over to the statue that looked like himself, and prepared to climb up. Ma San'er is now physically and mentally exhausted, and he is accustomed to sitting on the ground. Although he was closely watching Hong Lie's movements, he could only shout loudly at Hong Lie, "Be careful!" It counts as moral support.

When Hong Lie came closer and was about to climb, he found that although the statue was smooth, there was a small and narrow stone staircase less than half a meter wide along the inside of the clothes and arms that led straight to the top of the statue's left arm.

If a person is standing on the left arm of the statue, the height is just enough to reach the groove in the center of the statue. Everything seems to have been deliberately arranged by the designer.

Ma San'er couldn't see it from a distance, so he asked loudly at Hong Lie with concern, "Lao You, have you found an exit?" If you can't find it, I think we can dig a few ladders from the stone pillar in the middle and connect it."

Hong Lie had just climbed to the position of the statue's arm, and when he heard Ma San'er say this, he turned his head to look at the stone pillar in the middle.

This didn't matter, but it surprised Hong Lie again.

The situation of seeing is also very different due to the different angles from which the stone pillars are viewed from the bottom and from the statue. It turned out that the two of them looked like a partially collapsed stone ladder from the bottom of the lake, but from Hong Lie's current position, they completely changed.

Hong Lie was very sure that it was not a stone staircase, and the stone staircase did not collapse at all, which can prove that the middle stone pillar was still intact from the fact that no collapsed stones were found at the bottom.

What he saw now was a living, huge and three-dimensional diagram of the double helix structure of DNA! This spiral, starting from the bottom of the "T" shaped stone pillar, extends to the end point, almost at the same level as where Hong Lie stands, and is exactly where all the twelve statues are pointing and focusing.

In the middle of the stone pillar, there seems to be a somewhat unusual artifact. It stands out because it doesn't fit in with the surrounding rocks. But if it weren't from Hong Lie's position, even if he looked at it from the same position of other statues, or from the ground, he would definitely not see a single star.

Hong Yeol had to admire the designers of this complex, which was not only extremely ingeniously conceived, but also surprisingly large-scale. Such technical ability and engineering quantity are far beyond the reach of people.

However, the location of these twelve statues is too far from the central stone pillar that no one can reach it without the help of effective tools, and it is impossible to get the artifact.

Thinking about it, Hong Lie had no choice but to turn his head and continue to try to climb above the statue's left arm. Because the space is relatively narrow, only one person can stand, and you must be careful, otherwise you will inevitably see Marx and his old man when you fall from there.

Ma San'er saw Hong Lie slowly move the backpack to his chest, carefully took out the lacquer box, and respectfully took out the silver-gray Ruyi.