Chapter 10: The Snake
Zhang Xuan stood at the back of the building, with a white thing lying in front of him. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Su Lan's thinking of urban people has not completely switched over, and at first glance I thought it was a bunch of plastic bags: "Are you okay?" β
Zhang Xuan shook his head: "I saw a mural on the wall just now, and when I wanted to lean over to see it, it suddenly fell from the beam of the house and hit me, startling me." β
"There's a mural on the wall here?" Su Lan looked in the direction of Zhang Xuan's gaze, and under the light sprinkled by the cracks in the stones above her head, there were really faint traces of lines on the wall, and her heart moved.
"What's going on?" Lao Qiao and Mr. Zhao with guns also rushed over, and after Zhang Xuan explained what had happened, Mr. Zhao raised his head to look at the beams. Lao Qiao stared at the things on the ground, picked them up and touched them, and his face changed suddenly: "This ...... It's the skin of a fucking snake. β
"Are you sure? I'm afraid it's nonsense. Zhang Xuan asked.
"You're a fucking fool," said Lao Qiao angrily, "During the Vietnam War, Lao Tzu's comrades-in-arms were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and the snakes shed their skin and hung on the branches of high trees. β
"However, this layer of skin is too big, this diameter is one meter smaller, how big a snake can have such a big snake molt." Zhang Xuan's voice was a little weak.
"This ...... What the hell knows...... "Old Joe's palm gripping the handle of the gun was already sweating, and he looked around for fear that a giant snake would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
"Old Joe, can you tell how long ago this skin was shed? Maybe it's an old skin, and Tang Sancai is the same age, the molting snake has died a long time ago, and we are still here to worry about it. Among these people, Mr. Zhao was the calmest and asked Lao Qiao.
"I really don't know."
"Come and see." Su Lan, who had been standing in front of the wall and looking at the mural, suddenly opened her mouth and beckoned everyone to come over.
Lao Qiao didn't move: "Life is at stake, who is still interested in breaking the mural." β
"You don't understand this, the murals of ancient civilizations can provide us with many clues, and some can even determine the life and death of adventurers." Mr. Zhao said that he walked next to Su Lan with Zhang Xuan. Mr. Zhao's hand casually rested on Su Lan's shoulder: "Xiao Su, what did you find?" β
I said Mr. Zhao, are you an occupational disease developed by collecting intelligence, why do you always have to physically touch the ground when you see me. Su Lan resisted the urge to throw his hand off his shoulder, pointed to one of the murals and said, "The snake we saw should be it." β
"This is a totem they imagined to worship, right?" Zhang Xuan smiled, "How can there be a monster with a snake's head and a scorpion's claw in this world?" β
"Unfortunately, I came across one when I first entered town."
Zhang Xuan's laughter immediately became hoarse.
"You don't look like someone who can survive a snake attack." Mr. Zhao looked at Su Lan, the hand on his shoulder increased, and there was a flash of shrewdness in his eyes, "Xiao Ji saved you?" β
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Could it be that Mr. Zhao is actually the same? And a crush on Xiao Ji? Otherwise, why is his attitude so subtle every time he mentions this man? Su Lan speculated wildly and said, "Mr. Zhao, you hurt me." β
"I'm sorry." Mr. Zhao let go of his hand, Su Lan rubbed his sore shoulders, pointed to the prostrate people around the basilisk and said, "This basilisk, no matter how the species appeared, in short, has a very lofty status here, and it may be the totem of these people as Zhang Xuan said." Looking at the body ratio of the snake to the human, this snake stands up twice as tall as a human, ruling out the possibility of deification and enlargement of its size, and may be the owner of the snake. β
"There are so few material resources in the desert, what does such a huge basilisk eat?" Zhang Xuan asked.
Su Lan smiled bitterly: "A larger python can swallow an entire cow, let alone this?" The bad habits of humans and animals are common in ancient civilizations all over the world. If you look at the mural here, although I don't recognize the strange text symbols on it, there is a picture of two people carrying a person and putting it in front of the snake, which is probably a human sacrifice. β
"Human sacrifice...... It's a bit too cruel. Zhang Xuan muttered.
"Yes, if the poisonous snake is fine, the venom paralyzes the nerves or poisons it directly to death after biting it, if it is swallowed alive like a python, and it is suffocated and digested little by little under absolutely sober consciousness, it is really eight lifetimes of blood mold." Mr. Zhao interface.
"Say no more!"
Mr. Zhao shrugged: "There seems to be a secret door hidden on the tail of this snake. β
Su Lan nodded: "I also found out, but I don't know if there will be a mechanism or something or if it leads to some tomb, so I didn't dare to touch it." β
"Your dad is a cultural relics worker, so he doesn't have any common sense. Since ancient times, Chinese tombs have emphasized feng shui and secrecy, and they are not Egyptian pyramids, so how can there be a reason to bury ancestral tombs under religious sacrifice sites? Zhang Xuan scoffed at Su Lan's statement.
Su Lan took a step back: "I don't know if it's a religious sacrifice place, anyway, I don't have the courage to open this door, since you are so sure that there is no problem, then you come?" β
"You...... When you were a child, you studied cultural relics with your dad for a few years, and my dad passed away when I was three years old. Besides, would you be embarrassed to ask me to do this kind of work with a delicate girl? β
"You kill more people than I do, and when you train me, you are more ruthless than anything else, and you are a delicate girl? If there is really a secret weapon with your skills, you may be able to dodge it, my three-legged cat kung fu nine achievements are hanging, and you also want to use me to find my father. β
"You ......"
"Enough, you two!" Old Joe couldn't bear to interrupt the argument between the two of them, strode between them and raised his gun, "You all stand back!" I'll kick open the door when I count to three, and if there's any danger, you should take care of it and dodge it in time! One, two, threeβ"
Lao Qiao kicked open the secret door in the standard posture of special forces anti-terrorism and rolled to the side, Su Lan subconsciously protected his head and face and retreated, but there was no sound for half a day. Old Joe leaned over and looked inside, it was a dark hole, found a piece of gravel and threw it in, there was no reaction for a long time, and it seemed that there was no gravity mechanism.
"Really, there's no, look at how scared you out. out of interest. Old Joe lowered his gun, and was about to walk in when he heard footsteps coming from the inside out, and then a woman covered in blood rushed out and ran outside, screaming miserably as she ran. Old Joe was stumbled by him, and he hadn't figured out what the situation was. Listening to the rustling sound, quickly from far to near, everyone fixed their eyes on a huge snake head, emerging from the depths of the cave!