Sand Sea Devil's Nest 17

He said that the death of his companion in the desert was an ominous omen, not to mention that Hao Aiguo was bitten to death by the devil's messenger poisonous snake, and a poisonous snake with black sarcoma on his head appeared, indicating that the legend that Hu Da abandoned this desert to the devil to the devil is true.

An Liman has a strong sense of religion, there is no place for Hu Da to shelter, even if he is killed, he will not go, we have no choice but to rearrange it, let him set up camp in the mountain pass, take care of the camels and weight.

I wanted the fat man to stay and keep an eye on him, in case the old man escapes and leaves us ...... here, it doesn't matter if he runs away, there are no camels, we will have to drive all the way back on the 11th, and it is hard to say how far the 11th can drive in the desert.

Thinking about it again, An Liman should not run away alone, after all, he has come all the way to the present, not to mention that he has not yet received his salary as a guide, which is not a small amount, enough for him to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

However, because I was too careless, I have suffered many losses, and at this time I must be more careful, so I took An Liman's hand and asked: "Old man, how does Hu Da punish people who lie and betray their promises?" ”

An Liman said: "Well, it will turn his family's money into sand, and even his salt will also become sand together, and in the end, he will starve to death, and he will die in the black desert, and he will go down to the hot sand hell after death, and suffer 1,800 kinds of torture." ”

When I saw that he said solemnly, I put my heart down, and people with strong religious beliefs have the advantage that they are afraid of suffering after death, so they dare not do things that are too sorry for the conscience of heaven.

There were only seven people who entered the ancient city this time, and among them was an unconscious Ye Yixin, who was carried by Chu Jian, and the remaining five people had to carry some equipment and weapons, plus food and water bottles, and the weight on everyone's body was not small.

There is a famous saying in the army: A soldier is not a soldier, and he has forty pounds on his body. That is to say, the officers and soldiers in the army, when marching, have at least forty pounds of equipment on their bodies, and some have to carry heavy infantry weapons such as machine guns, flamethrowers or anti-tank equipment, which is even heavier.

I had been in the field army for ten years, and I had a lot of equipment on my back, but I didn't think it was anything, Professor Chen couldn't bear it, and finally I had to travel as lightly as possible and entered our final destination, the "Exquisite Ancient City".

The distance from the mountain pass to the ancient city was very close, and we arrived at the city gate after a meal, which had long since collapsed, and the ditch in front of the city was filled with yellow sand, and we entered the city through the ruins of the city wall, and there was a dead silence in the ruins around us.

The gap between this and what I had imagined was so great that I could not help but be disappointed, the streets and houses in the city were either collapsed or dilapidated, and from a distance I thought it was okay, quite imposing on a scale, and when I looked inside, there was nothing but sand and rotten wood, broken stones, and any gold and silver treasures.

There are only a few dilapidated, huge wooden pillars and beams on which the vermilion paint has long been peeled, and you can still get a glimpse of the luxurious atmosphere in the city in the past.

We tried to go into the ruined houses at the city gate, but found that although most of the ruined houses were exposed outside the desert, the yellow sand in the houses was piled up to the roof.

Legend has it that the city was destroyed in battle, and the allied forces attacked the palace, and just as the battle was nearing its end, the Black Sandstorm buried the Elite Kingdom and the inhabitants of the city in the depths of the sand. It was not until the nineteenth century that the movement of the desert brought it back to light.

From the scene to the scene, it basically coincides with the legend, but there are no dried corpses, presumably buried in the sand.

I was bored, but Professor Chen seemed to be interested in everything in the ancient city, even a broken wall could be seen for a long time.

I have to remind them that Ye Yixin, this little girl, is still sick, saving people is the most important thing, it seems that the residential areas in this city are filled with yellow sand, and even a well can't be found, let's go to the palace to have a look, there may be a water source there.

Professor Chen patted his head: "Hey, I'm confused, it's important to save Xiaoye, let's go to the palace quickly, the kingdom in this desert is all built in the place where the underground river is close to the ground, and some underground palaces have rivers passing by, and the palace is generally in the middle of the city." ”

As they searched for their way through the ruins to the middle of the ancient city, the fat man said to me, "Old Hu, do you know what I want to eat the most now?" I want to eat cantaloupe and mare's milk grapes, and a piece of watermelon, alas...... I don't want to talk about it, the more I talk, the more thirsty I get, my throat is smoking, and I have to jump down and take a bath when I find the underground river. ”

I said to the fat man, "This Exquisite Queen lived a very luxurious life, and must have often enjoyed the chilled watermelons soaked in the cold underground water, but even if the watermelons are preserved to this day, most of them will become watermelon stones, and the grapes may also become raisins." ”

The fat man complained: "This place where birds don't, I really can't imagine that there were people living in the past, don't say 20,000 Meizi next time, the gold and silver mountains are piled up to my eyes, and Lao Tzu will not enter the desert, the most uncomfortable way to die in this world must be to die of thirst." ”

As soon as I mentioned death, I remembered Hao Aiguo, who was bitten to death by that strange snake, although he died quickly, but I don't know how painful it was when he died, the appearance of the snake was also strange, there was a black sarcoma on his head, which was full of black water, and he could fly up and hurt people when he cut it into two sections, this kind of snake had never even seen Shirley Yang, I don't know if there was anything in this city.

The seven of us searched for a way through the ruins, and when we came across the collapsed place, we took a detour, and walked for a long time to come to the middle of the ancient city, where the streets were quite wide, and although the yellow sand was everywhere, the pattern of the streets could still be seen.

However, apart from the sloping black tower, there were no other large buildings in the vicinity, let alone a royal palace, not even a decent house, and all the weathered earthen walls.

Professor Chen said that the royal palace here may be built underground, and there is too much sand in the city, so let's go to the black tower and watch from a high place to see if we can find the entrance to the underground palace.

The base and most of the arched stone gates were buried in the sand, and the black tower, carved from the large stone of the Zagrama Mountains, was six stories high, slightly sloping, but still very strong. In addition to the rarity of building materials, there is a black olive-shaped stone ball at the top of the tower.

Professor Chen put on reading glasses, looked up for a long time, and then looked through the binoculars, saying to himself as he looked: "Yes, I didn't think of it before. ”

I wanted to ask him what he hadn't expected, but Professor Chen slumped short and got into the tower gate, and he seemed to be in a hurry to confirm something, so we hurriedly followed.

The walls of the tower are densely carved with peculiar ghost cave inscriptions, and each floor has a black stone statue, and the first layer is a stone sheep, which is nothing special.

On the second floor, there is a stone elephant, the size of an ordinary person, with a high nose and deep eyes, half-kneeling in the tower. The third layer turned out to be the "Giant Pupil Stone Statue" we saw in the nameless town when we were hiding from the sandstorm.

Professor Chen stopped on the third floor of the Black Tower and said, "It seems that my guess is correct, the source of those giant pupil stone figures unearthed in various places is the Exquisite Kingdom, and the material is the black stone of Nazagrama. ”

Sadipon asked, "Professor, what is this tower for?" Why is there a statue on each floor? ”

Professor Chen said: "I speculate that this black tower is used to show the status of the ghost cave clan, and the stone statues on each floor represent different levels, the first layer is livestock, and if I guess correctly, there should be another layer underground, where hungry ghosts from hell are placed." The second layer is the common people, including all the Hu people in the Western Regions, whose status is only higher than that of cattle and sheep, which is equivalent to slaves. The third layer is the portrait of this giant pupil, I just looked, the stone ball at the top of the tower, is the shape of an eye, the totem of the giant pupil stone man and the shape of the eye, representing the worship of the eye of this nation, let's go up and see, what is the higher status in the exquisite country. ”

The fat man said, "I can even guess it at my level, and I bet it must be a statue of the Queen." As he spoke, he went up to the fourth floor first.

I followed closely behind, and went up to take a look, but unexpectedly, the stone statue in this layer, with a snake body and a human head, has thick limbs, the hind limbs are in the shape of a beast, the forelimbs are in the shape of a human, holding a sharp sword and shield, and the head is a male face, with a hideous face, staring eyes, as if it is the angry eyes of the inner temple, and the back of the stone statue also has a black ball, like the strange snake in the Zagrama Mountain.

This kung fu Professor Chen and others also came up one after another, and when they saw this strange stone statue, they were amazed: "This seems to be the patron saint of the kingdom, and there is also a black ball in the shape of an eye on his head, it seems that the ghost cave people really believe that the eye is the source of all power, and the status of the patron saint is still under the queen, it seems that the exquisite queen has indeed been deified, let's go to the fifth floor to see if it is the statue of the queen." ”