Chapter 375: The Mural
Supposedly, a picture like this should give people a sense of infinite joy, but I don't know why, when I saw this mural, I had a strange sense of crisis, I always felt that the baby in the leader's hand exuded some kind of danger signal.
When I wrote this, in order to better recall the appearance of the mural, I also brought Lao Liang and Lao Liu and asked them to help me recall the specific appearance of the mural.
Lao Liang said that most of the figures on the mural are black, and only the baby held high by the leader is depicted with red paint, which is as red as blood.
It was only after listening to Lao Liang say this that I remembered that there were indeed only two colors on the mural, red and black, and every time the baby appeared, the red tone in the mural would increase.
As you look down at the mural overhead, the content of the mural behind you becomes more and more bizarre.
The second painting shows the leader sitting on a platform, and there are many people around the platform, and the baby has grown into a teenager, he has been depicted in red paint, and the reason why I say he is a teenager is because he is about the same height as the adults around him, but he is still a little shorter.
In the third painting, there is a man tied to a pillar, and the flames are also painted with black paint, but next to the pair of flames stands the adult baby, who is red, and in his hand it seems to hold a torch. And not far from him was the leader who knelt on the ground.
Because the images on the murals are not very vivid, the style of painting is extremely rough and not detailed at all. Sometimes, I can only speculate about what these paintings are talking about.
I feel that the third picture seems to show that the baby grows up to be a person of higher status than the chief, but he is not the leader, because he does not have a crown, but he is red.
The reason why he has a higher status than the leader seems to be because he is red.
I know it may seem far-fetched, but that's what I thought in my heart at the time. The reason why the mural was painted here in the first place was only the use of red on him seems to show that this blood red has a very special meaning.
The fourth painting is a little chilling, in this painting there are many dead people with severed hands and feet, lying on the ground, with severed hands and severed feet stacked together, while the red man stands next to the pile of stumps, holding torches in his hands, as if dancing. Behind him, still prostrate on the ground, the leader's calves severed, but his hands intact.
In the last painting, there is only the leader and the red man, and the leader is kneeling in front of a stone, as if writing something. And the red shadow caught fire, and black smoke rose from his body and flew into the sky, forming a black cloud.
When I see these murals, I can only paint them as they are, but I don't know what they are trying to tell us.
Liang Houzai frowned tightly and looked at the mural, and then said to me: "It seems that the old man is the one who painted the entire mural." ”
Thinking of what was on the last mural, I nodded approvingly.
Liu Shangang didn't seem to be interested in the mural on the stone door, he just stared at the hole at the bottom of the door and asked me if I wanted to open the stone door and look inside.
Although I was anxious to catch the corpse, I was quite sensible, and immediately shook my head: "There is very likely something in the stone gate, and the corpse has led us all the way here, and it seems that it is also trying to trick us into opening this door, so we can't be fooled by it." Let's go back first and ask Uncle Liu what is inside this stone gate. ”
At this time, it had been a full two hours since we entered Area 4, and it was time to return the same way, so Liu Shangang didn't say anything more, and followed my footsteps in the direction where I came.
After walking a short distance, I suddenly noticed two very protruding objects at the top of the tunnel, I had not paid attention to the top of the tunnel when I came before, and the coverage area of the flashlight beam was not large, so I did not even see them.
I stepped forward and illuminated the two things with a flashlight, which were a pair of stone carvings embedded in the top of the tunnel, carved with the heads of some kind of beasts, because the craftsmanship was very rough, I could not make out what kind of animal heads they were, I could only see that they had their mouths open, and the tiger teeth and fangs in their mouths were very long, and their eyes were half-squinted, even if the craftsmanship was rough, but I could vaguely feel that the people who carved them seemed to deliberately make their eyes appear gentler and more casual.
At this time, Liang Houzai came to my side, pointed to the two avatars and asked me, "Brother Dao, do you think they look like Dorjee?" ”
Not to mention, it's really a bit godlike, Dorjee's teeth are so sharp and long, and its eyes when it looks at us are also very gentle and tame. Even these two avatars are about the same size as Dorjee's head.
I said, "These two heads may be the ancestors of Dorjee." Listening to Uncle Liu's meaning, the Dorjee ethnic group seems to be the ones who guard the Jizo tomb. ”
Liang Houzai picked up my words: "They are not guarding the Jizo tomb, but the door. ”
I glanced at Liang Houzai, his eyes were fixed on the two stone statues, and I patted him on the shoulder: "Don't train in the afternoon, go back to the ranch and inquire about Shimen." ”
Liang Houzai nodded.
We left Area 4, passed through the cemetery, and returned to the place where Mr. Sun, Xian'er, and Luo Fei were resting, and when we came out, Mr. Sun was still talking and laughing with Luo Fei, but as soon as he saw us, he immediately shut up. I know he's still angry.
At this time, Liang Houzai and Liu Shangang were embarrassed to speak, or I was thick-skinned, picked up the water bladder and took a breath, and then said to Mr. Sun: "Mr. Sun, I want to go back to the ranch in the afternoon, and let go of the training first." ”
Mr. Sun's tone was a little impatient: "What's wrong?" ”
I told Mr. Sun about the accidental discovery of the stone gate after tracking the armor corpse all the way, and by the way, I also described the content of the murals on the stone gate in detail.
In fact, according to my original plan, if Mr. Sun knew what was going on with that door, we wouldn't need to make a special trip back to the ranch, just ask him if we have any questions.
But Mr. Sun obviously did not know the existence of the stone door, and as he listened to my statement, his brow gradually frowned, until I finished speaking, and his brow had been twisted into the word "Chuan".
Mr. Sun first scolded me: "Didn't you tell you not to go too deep, why didn't you listen?" ”
I made an embarrassed look and smiled: "I was thinking, anyway, there are no more evil cults in District 4, so I just went in and took a look." Besides, we went so deep to capture the corpses. ”
Mr. Sun folded his arms, pondered for a while, and then directly changed the topic: "There are dozens of tunnels at the end of Area 4, and some students in this special training were besieged by evil spirits and accidentally bumped into one of them, and I went to look for them, but I didn't find any frost, stone gates or anything like that." ”
At this time, Liu Shangang suddenly interjected: "We walked fourteen tunnels, and there was nothing abnormal, only the fifteenth tunnel had a stone gate." ”
Mr. Sun was stunned for a moment, and then asked me: "You have already walked through fifteen tunnels?" Those tunnels are very deep, and it takes about two hours to walk back and forth, which means that in the past few days, you have been hiding from me every day to go deep into District 4? Zuo Youdao, do you know what kind of behavior you have? ”
I said calmly: "Disobey discipline and deceive the teacher." ”
Mr. Sun: "Alas, you kid is really, this kind of thing is still reasonable. ”
But after a while, Mr. Sun smiled again: "Speaking of which, when Lao Chai was young, he seemed to have such a personality. You two masters and apprentices are really the same, doing all these crazy things, and never admitting mistakes when things go wrong. ”
I saw that the atmosphere had eased, so I quickly picked up: "Mr. Sun, do you really not know about Shimen?" ”
Mr. Sun shook his head: "The messenger is only responsible for managing the Jizo Tomb, but we rarely enter a few training areas, and we have a manuscript left by the Yuxian ancestors, which explains the structure of the entire Jizo Tomb in great detail, but there is no mention of the stone door. ”
Liang Houzai, who was standing next to me, asked Mr. Sun again: "There is no mention in the manuscript left by the Yuxian lineage, what are the dozens of tunnels in the depths of Area 4 for?" ”
Mr. Sun still shook his head: "The manuscript only says that there are tunnels inside, but it doesn't say the purpose of these tunnels. Hey, by the way, did you just say that the person on the mural turned into a black cloud in the end. ”
I nodded in affirmation.
At this time, Mr. Sun frowned, and muttered to himself: "Red people, black clouds, I seem to have heard of it somewhere, but where did I hear about it, why can't I remember." ”
I said, "Maybe it's from the people in the ranch, I think that the things in the stone gate may be related to the ancestors of Dorjee, and on the way back, we also saw two heads of beasts, and it is basically certain that those two heads are the heads of the ancestors of Dorjee." ”
"No, I'm sure I didn't listen to the people from the ranch," Mr. Sun pondered for a while, and then said: "But the people from the ranch may know the origin of Shimen, so let's go back first and ask Lao Liu about them." ”
When he said this, Mr. Sun's tone was obviously a little faster than usual, and he should have had a hunch that the corpse deliberately led us to the stone gate, and there might be a lot of articles in it.
And one thing is very important, that is, no matter what is suppressed behind the stone gate, as long as the armor corpse can make a hole and get in, it is possible to bring out the contents inside, of course, I just say it is possible. I think that even if it could bring out the contents of it, it would not be easy for it, otherwise it would not have done everything possible to lure us through.