Sand Sea Devil's Nest 19

Except for me, the rest of the people felt strange when they heard the fat man's words, what happened to this person? How did this jade eyeball become yours? What do you think?

I muttered to myself, "If these archaeologists know that we are in the business of touching the blonde mound, it will be a bad thing." Hurriedly stretched out his hand to give the fat man a neck slip: "What the hell is so much nonsense, no one will treat you as a dumb person if you don't say a word." ”

The fat man knew that he was speechless, so he closed his mouth and stopped talking, but fortunately, he was wearing a double-filter gas mask on his face, and it was dark in the temple, so no one could see anyone's expression, and it also avoided some unnecessary embarrassment.

Professor Chen and his three students, all nerds, what I am most worried about is being seen through by Shirley Yang, she has a better brain than me I don't know how many times, and she reacts quickly, and she can't hide it from her if she shows a little bit of horse's feet, maybe she has already seen that I and the fat man are inverted craftsmen, but I didn't say it, and the matter has come to this, and I don't need to add a burden to myself, so I don't think about it anymore, and help the fat man put the jade pendant on the jade eyeball.

The pupils of the jade eyeballs are facing upwards, facing the ceiling, and the groove directly above seems to coincide with the fat man's piece of jade, changing the direction of the jade several times, and finally aligning, with a "click" sound stuck in, the jade eyeballs flickered, and rolled away from the previously fixed position, the ground was bare, and I don't know what kind of force fixed the jade eyes there just now.

I picked up the jade eyeball, handed it to Professor Chen, and asked him to watch it.

Shirley Yang folded a fluorescent tube to illuminate Professor Chen, so that he could see more clearly, Professor Chen took out the large mirror, turned it over and pondered it for two or three minutes, and kept shaking his head: "This...... I can't see what it does, but this jade eye is so big that it is so natural, and there is no trace of artificiality at all, and it can even be said that two thousand years ago, artificial technology could not have made it. ”

The ghost cave civilization of the Exquisite Country is too mysterious, Professor Chen and others have exhausted the efforts of the past few decades, and they have not mastered much information, but they have a preliminary understanding of some ghost cave text symbols and history, and speculate that this is a nation that uses the eye as a totem for spiritual worship, or a judgment made after arriving at the Black Tower, at this moment, it is naturally impossible to explain what this mysterious jade eye is.

At present, it can be determined that this hall with sixteen huge stone pillars is a temple, and since the Peerless Kingdom regards the eye as the highest source of energy, it is only natural that an eyeball should be enshrined in the temple.

However, why there is a groove on this jade eye, the fat man's jade pendant is installed, it fits perfectly, and as soon as it is installed, the jade eye that was originally fixed on the floor will naturally fall off, these things are incomprehensible.

Professor Chen asked the fat man to tell the origin of his jade pendant as it was, without the slightest concealment or exaggeration, and he must seek truth from facts.

The fat man has been a self-employed person for a few years, usually bragging about the mountains, basically not going to the brain, catching up with what to bragged, before coming to Xinjiang, he also once told the professor and others that this piece of jade was obtained when he went to Xinjiang to fight bandits. At that time, everyone laughed at it, and no one took it seriously, but just saw the mysterious ghost cave inscription on this jade, so they agreed to let him join the archaeological team and go to Xinjiang together.

Now that he was asked, the fat man saw that everyone was serious, so he didn't dare to brag about it, and his knowledge of the origin of this piece of jade was also very limited, so he said it 1510:

It turned out that the fat man's father participated in the revolution as early as fifteen years old, during the jute riots, and had a comrade-in-arms, in the later stage of the Liberation War, two comrades-in-arms who were originally in one class at the beginning, had been on different sides of the world, one in one field, one in three fields, and both achieved the senior commander level of the column commander, this comrade-in-arms of the fat man's father, when the People's Liberation Army entered Xinjiang with one field and one corps, he led the troops through Niya on the southwest edge of the Taklamakan Desert, and encountered a group of bandits of more than 100 people on the way.

At that time, the situation in Xinjiang was very complicated, and there were many stragglers of various armed forces, as well as a large number of bandits, horse thieves, etc., so it was normal for the People's Liberation Army and bandits to have encounters.

There is no way to know the origin and use of this jade pendant, except that the color and texture are unusual, and there are some strange symbols engraved on it, and there is nothing special about it, so I don't take it seriously.

Later, when the chief heard that his old comrade-in-arms had a big fat boy, he asked someone to give this piece of jade that he had inadvertently obtained as a gift and gave it over.

Later, after the countercurrent in February, the fat man's parents were impacted, and died successively, and the chief in Xinjiang also died of illness, when the fat man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, it was the age of four or six that he did not understand, and finally the relics of the family were only left with this ancient jade, which was preserved as a treasure, and all he knew about the origin of this piece of jade, which is all he knew.

After hearing this, Professor Chen sighed and said, "It's a pity that these people are gone, this piece of exquisite jade has changed hands several times, and the source is no longer verifiable......

Shirley Yang took the jade eye from the professor's hand and watched, she was engrossed in looking at it very carefully, I saw that she had not spoken much since she entered the exquisite ancient city, I thought that she might be because she saw this ancient city, she never found her father's trace, so she was worried, her father's explorers had been missing for more than a year, and it was extremely difficult to say whether they had arrived here, and this place was located in a mountain pass, and there were many winds and sandstorms, and the whole city was buried in the desert by the wind and sand all year round, I don't know how many times it was buried in the desert by the wind and sand, Buried and exposed by the next wind, we can find it this time, it can be said that we are extremely lucky, this vast desert, to find a small expedition team, like looking for a needle in the sea, how easy it is to say, she always has a glimmer of hope, always to see the corpse will be at ease, the deeper you explore in the exquisite ancient city, the stronger the sense of loss in her heart may be.

In the valley, I was saved by her, I hope to have the opportunity to do something for her, at this time, seeing that she is interested in this jade eyeball, I thought that it is a pity that the ancient jade is a fat thing, if it is mine, I might as well give it to her.

At this time, before Shirley Yang finished reading, the fat man was a little reluctant, and reached out to ask for it, Shirley Yang held the hand with the jade eye and shrank back, and said to the fat man: "What are you anxious about, I will naturally return you after reading it." ”

The fat man said: "Don't talk nonsense, this jade belongs to our family, what's the matter with making you look like a foreigner?" I'm afraid you won't be able to pull it out of your eyes. As he spoke, he grabbed his hand on the jade eye and snatched it back.

Seeing this, I hurriedly dissuaded: "Don't rob the two of you, don't rob, give me a little face as a captain, I'm in charge, let Miss Yang ...... Watch for five minutes. ”

I was afraid that the fat man and Shirley Yang would argue and break the jade eyeball, so I reached out to press the jade eyeball in the hands of the two of them as I spoke.

I only stretched out one hand, still holding it from above, the jade eyes were round and big, slippery and didn't leave a hand, one couldn't hold it, the jade eyeball fell heavily to the ground, snapped, and fell into eight petals.

Everyone stared at me, and Professor Chen pointed at me with a shudder: "You...... You, you, you......" You were stunned for a long time, and you were so angry that you didn't say a word.

I couldn't argue, and shook my hand again and again: "I'm not...... I am...... Isn't this also a good intention, I didn't expect it...... Why the hell is so unsturdy? As he spoke, he reached out to pick up the jade fragments on the ground, and secretly prayed in his heart that it was best to stick it up and restore it, otherwise they would ask me to compensate, which is a priceless treasure, even if I sell it in pieces, I can't afford to pay for it.

At that time, I was really a little confused, and my brain was confused, I forgot whether I prayed to Hu Da, God, Chairman Mao, or to the Buddha, probably because there was no fixed belief, resulting in the effect of prayer was not very significant, the jade eyes were not light, and the stone bricks on the ground were hard, and some places fell into broken foam, I scratched on the ground for a long time, and I didn't find all the fragments.

The fat man said: "Okay Lao Hu, if you fall, you will *** fall, don't pick it up." As he spoke, he grabbed me by the arm, trying to pull me to my feet.

I squatted a little longer, and I was anxious, and the equipment in the geological bag behind me was heavy, and I was pulled by the fat man, and my footing was unstable, and I sat on the ground with my ass, and I struggled to get up, and when I unintentionally looked up, I saw that in the faint light, there was a basin-sized eye on the roof of the temple, flashing with a strange light, staring at us.

When we came in, we had a cursory look at the surrounding environment, and we didn't look closely at the dark above, and no one noticed when such a large moving eyeball came out.

I hurriedly shone my flashlight upwards, although the temple was high, the range on the top should also be within the range of my flashlight, but as soon as the flashlight hit it, the pillar of light seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, except for the huge eyeball covered with red silk, the rest of the roof was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

Sand Sea Devil's Nest 20

The other six people also saw the huge strange eye above their heads, and everyone felt bad, afraid that the strange eye would fall and hurt themselves, so they all stepped back.

I saw that the giant eye turned in mid-air, and then fell to the ground, this time we can all see clearly, although this thing looks like an eyeball, it is actually a translucent ball of flesh, the outside is all blue and white substance, and the middle is wrapped in a large black thing, and it is strange not to look at it coldly, not to see it as an eyeball.

When the fat man saw this strange and abnormal meat ball, he panicked, so he put the assault rifle on his back in his hand, ready to shoot, I hurriedly held down his arm: "Don't act rashly......"

Before we could figure out what it was, the huge eye-like ball of flesh suddenly cracked open, and hundreds of entangled black strange snakes flowed out of it, these strange snakes were the same as the ones we saw in Zagrama Mountain, all of them were black scales, no more than a few dozen centimeters long, and a black sarcoma grew on the top of their heads.

Piles of strange snakes wriggled together, their bodies covered with sticky transparent liquid, as if they had just hatched from eggs, indescribably disgusting, and everyone's scalps were numb when they saw it, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back.

We once saw a statue of a guardian saint with a human head in the black tower, and there was also a black ball like this on the top of the head, Professor Chen speculated that this black ball was an eye, no wonder in the valley Shirley Yang saved my life with a flash light at a critical moment, it seems that the sarcoma on the head of this snake, even if it is not an eye, is extremely sensitive to light sources.

A scene in the valley left a deep impression on us, this unknown strange snake, with its strong body, can fly several meters in mid-air, and the poison is extremely fierce, once bitten, there is no time to rescue, it will kill immediately.

At this time, which was just delayed, the fat man and I stood in front of everyone, and shot while these black snakes were still entangled and did not disperse, their vitality was extremely strong, and only one head was left to hurt people, I greeted Chu Jian while shooting, poured solid fuel on it, and ignited a fire to completely burn them.

The firelight illuminated the temple full of large stone pillars, and hundreds of black snakes were burned to charcoal before they could show their fangs, and I breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the first strike was strong, the appearance of these black strange snakes, is it related to the fact that I broke the jade eyeballs? Or is that jade eye a sacrificial vessel, and by putting that piece of ancient jade on the jade eye, some kind of ritual is completed, and these strange snakes are guided out of the so-called imaginary space? No matter what it is, when you see this jade eyeball in the future, you must not take it lightly.

I asked everyone to look around, lest any fish slip through the net, and I looked carefully at the roof, and there were smooth stone bricks everywhere, and I really couldn't figure out where the big eyeball-like snake eggs came from.

This careful inspection did not matter, and sure enough, some unusual places were found, sixteen giant stone pillars in the temple, each stone pillar had a pattern of six eyes on the body, the base of the stone pillar was a regular hexagon, with five sides in the middle, and each side was carved with a small symbol, which was different, respectively, the hungry ghost, the sheep's head, the bearded man, the giant pupil man, the guardian beast, and one side was empty.

These stone pillars attracted our attention, Professor Chen recorded the types of these symbols one by one with a pen, let us turn the hexagonal stone seat under the stone pillar, and after a try, it turned out that there was a stone groove below, which was separated from the column body, and as long as we used force, we could rotate.

The professor said that it seems that this building is a large stone pillar, a temple used for ceremonies, and it is a multi-purpose sacrificial place, and the hexagonal symbol at the bottom of the pillar indicates its function.

These stone pillars are in a group of four, and the current arrangement is that the symbols of the guardian god are crossed against each other, and the jade eyeball just now is a sacrificial artifact, and the fat man's ancient jade is the magic weapon of the launching ceremony, and it is not ruled out that there are other magic weapons. As for how this artifact ended up outside, I'm afraid there will never be an answer, maybe there was a tomb robber expedition that entered the temple of this exquisite ancient country, or maybe two thousand years ago, those slaves who stole it in order to resist the rule of the Absolute Queen, there is no way to know.

It can be inferred that once the artifact is connected, it is possible to summon a strange snake that is regarded as a guardian spirit to come out and enjoy the sacrifice. Moreover, it is said that this is a multi-purpose temple because there are not only high-status guardian gods on this stone pillar, but also slaves, livestock, and evil spirits at the lowest level, and the temple may also be used for some rituals such as suppressing evil spirits and punishing slaves. Through the change of the arrangement of symbols under the stone pillars, different ritual objects are determined.

Shirley Yang asked, "Professor, this temple should be as important as the royal palace, will there be a secret passage here that connects to the underground palace?" Let's look around, shall we? Now Xiaoye is not in good health, and he must find the water veins in the underground palace as soon as possible. ”

Professor Chen said: "The old decay can guarantee the ticket, there must be such a secret passage, but since it is a secret passage, and the scale of this temple is so large, where can we find it for a while." ”

The fat man interjected: "The two shopkeepers, as the saying goes, take people's money and solve problems with others, you probably don't know how capable Lao Hu and I are, don't we have so many Soviet yellow explosives, you go out to rest, I will blow up a passage to come out, so that you can also see our means." ”

Professor Chen hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't come nonsense, these are the relics of ancient civilizations, and it is a crime to destroy a brick." ”

I thought to myself that I broke the jade eyeball just now, now is my chance to atone for my sins, the world's mountains and rivers geography and five elements of feng shui, all in the chest, how difficult it is to find a secret way, so I said to them: "I see the arrangement of the sixteen stone pillars of this temple, and the sixteen dragons through the ground are arranged, this layout is the same as the number of giant gates, the ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty has been used to arrange this kind of mechanism, and I watched the situation around this ancient city on the black tower before, and it really occupies the best position, so it can be seen that the exquisite queen is also a master who knows metaphysics, You might as well let me try it, and use the technique of dividing gold and fixing points to find a passage in the temple, and maybe I can find a secret passage, but I am also a beginner in this method, and if I can't find it then, let's think of another way. ”

After everyone listened, they all agreed, and watched quietly, I walked to the center of the temple, looking at the stone pillars around, in fact, this arrangement of the sixteen dragon pillars through the ground is not too difficult, and it is nothing more than a change in the twenty-four directions of the five elements of An, but the location and occasion are different, and there are only slight changes, and I walked back and forth a few times between the stone pillars, and secretly calculated in my heart.

This sixteen dragons are actually snakes, and there are clouds in "Sixteen Characters Yin and Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique": the snake is fluttering, and suddenly the north and south. Of these sixteen, only one of them passes through the leylines is the real dragon. It was easy to say, but it took a lot of thought to actually use it, and finally the target was on the four floor tiles in the depths of the temple.

Knocked with a small geological hammer, three of them are solid, only one of them emits an empty echo, this two-meter-square large stone brick, there is no wear and tear caused by frequent opening on the edge, it seems that few people have used this passage, unless explosives are used, if you want to pry it must not be pry open, the nearest stone pillar is the mechanism, I don't know if this mechanism is still working.

I beckoned the fat man to come and help, I put my hand on the hexagonal stone trough under the stone pillar, in case it turned the wrong way and triggered some mechanism, but the general situation was closed, so I asked the other Professor Chen and others to retreat to the outside of the temple, wiped the sweat beads on their heads and told the fat man, first put the empty side, aim at the stone brick that may be a secret passage, and then prepare to turn five squares clockwise, one square in reverse, then turn eleven squares clockwise, and then turn two squares in the opposite direction, not more at once, not less at once, otherwise it is difficult to say what will happen.

The fat man said: "Lao Hu, you don't know how to count, my grades were much better than you when I was in school." Stop talking nonsense, let's go. ”

I silently recited the mantra in my heart: "Thousands of miles to find the dragon, seek it left and right, follow the yang five steps, and the yin from one of them, open and turn." ”

The two of them exerted their strength, turned the hexagonal stone trough, turned one grid and counted them together, and after turning the last square, they only heard the sound of a bang, and the stone bricks on the ground collapsed, revealing a bottomless tunnel.