I glanced up at Li Huiyan, and saw that she was walking in front seriously, and she didn't seem to be disappointed or want to give up.

These ladders have not come to an end, and after all, we don't know whether our choice is right or wrong.

"Be careful, it's time to turn ahead."

Li Huiyan whispered a reminder to me, and then the passage in front of me suddenly disappeared, and there was a ninety-degree turn to the right, and after the turn, the stone staircase under my feet also disappeared, and the ground became a flat and straight passage.

We went all the way, and after a few more turns in the passage, there appeared on the shoulder-high walls of the passage in front of us, and there were one at a distance of about two feet, along the passage into the distance.

"Are these the legendary lanterns?" Seeing this, I couldn't help but be surprised.

When I used to go to school, when I heard an archaeology professor talk about the lanterns in ancient tombs, I scoffed at them.

According to archaeology professors, an everlasting lamp can burn in the tomb of the owner of the tomb for thousands or even tens of thousands of years without extinguishing. But in my opinion, this kind of thing is completely contrary to common sense, and naturally it is difficult to be convinced.

For thousands or even tens of thousands of years, even light bulbs will be broken countless times, not to mention small oil lamps that burn oil every day.

As I approached the first lantern, I couldn't help but stop and observe.

I don't know how many years this ever-bright lamp has been burning, and there is still a small half of the milky white lamp oil in it. Although I can't tell what the oil is based on the color alone, it's safe to say that it's not your average oil.

When she saw these ever-bright lights, Li Huiyan had already turned off the flashlight in her hand, and since there were lights here, there was no reason to continue wasting electricity.

In such a dangerous and unfamiliar burial chamber, preserving the power of the battery is almost as important as protecting your own life.

After walking for about five or six minutes, Li Huiyan's footsteps in front of her slowly stopped, and she was standing in front of an ever-bright lamp with wide eyes as if she was observing something.

I stepped forward and saw Li Huiyan gently raising her hand to touch the lantern in front of me, to be precise, touching a pattern on the lantern.

"It's ...... Merman?

I stopped and looked at the spot where Li Huiyan's fingertips touched, and saw that there was an extremely familiar pattern on the lantern, which turned out to be a mermaid depicted in countless strange legends.

The legend of the mermaid, whether it is Eastern mythology or Western legend, has similar records, and you can also find a lot of mermaid-related news on the Internet.

For example, a fisherman on the seaside of a certain place found a mermaid carcass and was taken away by a certain government for study, or a video that was widely circulated on the website some time ago, and someone filmed a live mermaid with a camera on the beach.

All of these show that human beings yearn for the unknown creature of mermaids.

However, there has never been a definitive conclusion as to whether merfolk exist in the world. Some people say yes, after all, human beings still know too little about the vast ocean, and some people say no, because mermaids are a bit against scientific common sense.

When I was in high school, I had some thoughts and speculations about mermaids. Is it just a coincidence that in ancient times, when the exchange of information between various civilizations on various continents was almost zero, the myths and legends and historical records of many ancient civilizations appeared as an unknown creature?

Or rather, there was a time when there were indeed human beings on the earth, and they were witnessed and recorded by ancestors in different places.

At this moment, I looked at the position touched by Li Huiyan's fingertips, and the creature with a fishtail and a human body was not a mermaid that only appeared in myths and legends.

As I watched, I felt as if the mermaid had come to life, and was about to burst out of the light and jump in front of me.

"Do you believe that there are merfolk in this world?" Li Huiyan withdrew her fingers, turned around and asked me in an extremely serious tone.

"I used to believe it a little bit when I was in high school, but then I was a little skeptical." Hearing this, I replied honestly, "It's just...... Now that I see these ever-bright lights, I have some denial of my own thoughts. ”

In some Chinese historical records, mermaid fish oil was the preferred material used by the nobles of the ancient imperial palace to make lanterns in tombs. It is rumored that the lantern made of fish oil can burn continuously for thousands of years without extinguishing, so it is also called the lantern of ten thousand years.

"Although I have seen some sporadic archaeological data and records about mermaids in my grandfather's study before, I have never believed that there are really mermaids in this world, but after seeing these ever-bright lights today, I have to believe it." It was only after a moment that I heard Li Huiyan's voice in my ears, and this time her tone sounded a little excited and excited.

"What do you mean...... The lamp oil in this ever-bright lamp is the kind of fish oil that can be burned for thousands of years without extinguishing? I asked, somewhat uncertain.

"Well, that's right, these ever-bright lamps can burn in this ancient tomb for thousands of years without extinguishing, and they should be made of mermaid oil." Li Huiyan nodded and said.

Although I had expected Li Huiyan to answer like this, when her affirmative answer came to my ears, I couldn't help but be taken aback and speechless with excitement.

The ever-bright lights in front of me are undoubtedly evidence of the real existence of mermaids, and if these things are made public, it is difficult to imagine what kind of huge sensation it will cause.

"Why don't we take a lantern with us, and if we're lucky enough to leave here, we can take it out and study it carefully?"

Looking at the ever-bright lamp burning faintly in the passage, I said to Li Huiyan.

Although it seems disrespectful to the owner of the tomb to do this, I still don't want to miss the legendary ever-bright lantern made of mermaid oil. After all, if you miss this opportunity, you may never meet again in this life.

"Well, I have that idea too."

To my surprise, Li Huiyan would have objected to my proposal, but as soon as my voice fell, she replied immediately without thinking about it. It can be seen that she seems to have such a mind for a long time.

Just do it, because I still have Xiao Yue on my back, I can't spare my hands, so this kind of thing has to be done by Li Huiyan.

Fortunately, these lanterns were only placed on small platforms on both sides of the passage, and Li Huiyan took them down almost effortlessly. Holding the removed lantern in her hand and blowing it out, Li Huiyan took the lead again and walked towards the front of the passage.

Without saying a word, we turned a few more corners in the passage, and after about ten minutes of walking, a stone door appeared in front of us.

"Why is this grimace again?" Li Huiyan was the first to stop in front of the stone gate and said in a strange tone that I had never heard before.

It was as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was talking to me.

"Grimace?" Hearing this, I hurriedly stepped forward and stood side by side with Li Huiyan.

Sure enough, as far as the eye could see, a washbasin-sized grimace relief was carved on the stone door in front of him.

Why? Why is this stuff happening here?

Ever since I learned I had a grimace birthmark on my back when I was seven years old, and that weird and terrifying nightmare I had since I was a child, I have been particularly sensitive to grimace patterns.

This is the third time I have seen the grimace pattern today, once on the lid of the huge bronze coffin in the Yao family ancestral hall, once on the small bronze box taken out of the coffin, and once here.

Grimace! Tumulus!

The moment I saw the grimace relief on the stone door in front of me, my heartbeat suddenly increased a lot, and the quiet atmosphere was so quiet that I could even hear my own heartbeat clearly.

There are also grimaces here, could this tomb be the one I often see in my dreams?

The mechanism to open the stone door was on the side of the stone door, and it was within reach, but at this time I was a little timid, and I didn't dare to reach out and press the switch of the stone door.

Is dream and reality finally colliding at this moment? I was a little excited.

"Don't, Zhang Sansan, let me ......"

Just as I mustered up the courage to stretch out my hand and was about to open the stone door in front of me, Li Huiyan stopped me with a voice. Immediately, she took out her mobile phone and took several photos of the grimace pattern on the stone door.

Seeing this move, I couldn't help but look at Li Huiyan a few more times again, the strange behavior of this beautiful school girl is getting bigger and bigger in my heart.

As early as when I was in the ancestral hall of the Yao family, I could already see that Li Huiyan seemed to be in a strange mood after seeing the grimace pattern on the coffin lid, and these strange behaviors at this time made me much more curious about her, and even had an urge to ask her out loud immediately.

Of course, Li Huiyan obviously also saw that my performance after seeing the grimace pattern every time was a little different from ordinary people, and several times I saw that she wanted to say something to me and stopped, but every time she forcibly held back.

Obviously, Li Huiyan, like me, is also waiting for a suitable time.

After taking these photos, Li Huiyan stretched out her hand and pressed the switch on the right side of the stone door.

Click......

There was a sound of a machine turning in the wall to the right of the stone door, followed by a slight rumbling sound.

As long as we open this stone gate, everything will be clear, whether the path we choose is correct or not, depends on what will happen after this stone gate.

At this moment, Li Huiyan and I both became a little nervous, and we could hear each other's breathing becoming very rapid, obviously a little afraid that if we lost our previous bet, then everything would be over.

However, before opening the stone door, we didn't completely give up hope in our hearts, after all, everything is possible, isn't it?

I don't know if it's because the years in the tomb are too long, the speed of the stone door opening is extremely slow, it took more than a minute for the stone door in front of us to be completely opened.

As soon as the stone door was opened, a pleasant sound of running water came into the ears of Li Huiyan and me.

Li Huiyan turned on the flashlight again, only to see that what appeared in front of the two of us was a cave, and in the middle of the cave there was a clear pool with a diameter of at least four or five zhang.

But this was not what I particularly paid attention to, and what made me pay special attention was the fact that several broken wooden coffins were floating on the surface of the pool.

By the light of a flashlight, I could even see several strands of long black hair peeking out of the cracks in the cracks of two of the broken wooden coffins.

Perhaps because of the flow of water, these wooden coffins were constantly fluttering on the surface of the pool at this time, and the long hair floating in the water looked particularly strange.