Chapter 31: The Cave Royalty

mysterious tribes, ancient peoples, cave royal clans;

The severed limbs were found in the area, and the number of corpses and limbs was clearly disproportionate, and only a small number of arm bones, leg bones, and skulls were found here.

Why did the ancients remove the flesh from their limbs? What are these arm bones, leg bones, and skulls used for?

The meat that was removed had already been eaten by Shi Zilong, probably because of the abundance of food, Shi Zilong did not attack Girus, Zhou Tianyi and the others.

The cave is different from the previous one, the entrance is relatively large, and there are some simple decorations on both sides, the largest of which is five meters high and four meters wide! There is a smaller ear hole on each side of the entrance, and next to it are two round stone pillars that lead to the top of the cave, about two meters in diameter, carved with strange animals and plants!

Girus became interested in that larger cave! forced Zhou Tianyi, Dong Tinghua and others to explore the way first. Dong Tinghua and Miao Weiqiang complained and dissatisfied, and were kicked by Jia Lanke alone, and pulled out the dagger to kill! Frightened, the two hurriedly ran to the cave! After making sure that there was no danger, Girus walked into the cave with his hands behind his back.

The interior of the cave is completely artificially excavated, and the entire space is about 130 square meters. At the innermost point, close to the rock wall, is a tall stone platform with a stone carved seat shaped like an animal! Shaped like a pangolin, the large mouth of the blood basin is covered with tiger teeth, and the hook of three daggers on the forepaw, it can be seen from the carved lines that the back is covered with hedgehog-like scales.

Everyone looked at the cave and sighed, digging such a tall cave, how did these ancients do it in ancient times when metal equipment was scarce? There are traces of excavation everywhere in the Demon Cave, what a huge project! How much manpower and material resources do you need to complete?

Zhou Tianyi looked at the carving of the animal, as if he had seen this animal in that book!

"What are you thinking?" Seeing Zhou Tianyi's brows furrowed slightly, Cangyin Daoist was thinking and asked.

"I think I've seen it in that book, it's like that! But don't know for sure! Zhou Tianyi said.

The animal-shaped carving on the seat is called 'Splitting Mountain'. According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", this beast has sharp claws and can be crushed to split mountains, with sharp fangs and barbs on its back, and its body is as big as a cow, living in deep mountain caves!

"Splitting the mountain・・・・・・ Cangyin Daoist repeated the name, as if he had heard it somewhere? Suddenly, I remembered a legend circulated by the ancient Yue people; In the midst of these mountains live an ancient and mysterious tribe that lives deep in a cave and has little contact with the outside world! Known as the 'Cave Royals', they worship a terrifying-looking monster called 'Splitting Mountain', which is regarded as the totem of the clan.

This cave is supposed to be the gathering place of the cave royal family. If this kind of monster really exists, then these artificially dug caves are easy to explain, it must be the 'cave royal family' who used the mountain splitting to dig out the outline of the cave first, and then manually trim it! But does this legendary monster really exist?

Counting from the number of caves found in the rock wall, a total of 11 cave dwelling groups were found in the cave. The number of caves is about 2,000! Each cave is more than 8,000 people based on four people, but tens of thousands of corpses are piled up inside the cave, where do these corpses come from? Where did the descendants of the cave royals go? Who slaughtered so many people?

The Cangyin Daoist walked to the stone wall to see if he could find the traces of the 'splitting the mountain' claws to open the mountain, but it was all artificially excavated! More than a meter above the ground, a faint scratch was found. The scratches are not clear! It should be painted in stone, with only a faint pattern!

However, you can vaguely discern what is drawn! The Hidden Daoist observed the description on the scratch;

A group of people with weapons in their hands are chasing and killing a group of unarmed civilians, and the common people are fleeing in all directions! Judging by the height of the mural, the person who painted the graffiti should have been a child.

As can be seen on these scratches, what is depicted should be a massacre! The object of the slaughter may be the corpse outside, but who are the slaughterers?

Judging from the overall structure of the cave, this should be the place where the supreme ruler of the 'Cave Royals' lived! A mercenary found another ear piercing on the right side of the pedestal.

inside the pierced ear;

A naked female corpse was lying on a stone bed, the bed was covered with an animal skin, the body of an adult man was lying next to the stone table, and the body of a child was curled up in the corner of the wall. It can be seen that the ancient cave of Fumo is a natural fresh-keeping box.

The stone carvings in the room are more exquisite! The middle-aged man has an ornament hanging around his neck! Like the claws of an animal, the size of a dagger! Girus took off the ornament and looked at it, it was very similar to the monster claws on the stone carving outside, could it be that there was really a monster splitting the mountain in the Demon Cave?

Inferred from the scene, these three people may be a family! The woman seems to have been 'assaulted' before she died, and no injuries were found on her body, so she should have been strangled to death by the abuser. The man tried to stop it, but he died under the abuser's sword, and the child's body was curled up in the corner, with a frightened look on his face, it should have been the abuser who killed the child before leaving!

The clothes on the middle-aged man's body were very similar to those found in the cave earlier, the workmanship of the former appeared to be relatively rough, and the workmanship of the latter was very fine. From the ornaments they wear, the ornaments they wear, and the location where they were killed, it can be inferred that they are supposed to be the owners of this cave, the supreme ruler of the cave royal family!

There are many doubts, the leader of the cave royal family was killed, and his wife and children died tragically! Could it be that there is a third party involved in this, and who killed the three people?

The people of Cangyin Dao did not find the evil ghosts in the stone room, where did the souls of these people go?

Everyone was very tired, and after a simple bite of food, they fell asleep in a daze, and several mercenaries took turns to keep watch, and by the way, they changed the batteries of the flashlights!

Zhou Tianyi's expression in his sleep was frightened, and he was babbling nonsense! The Cangyin Daoist who was woken up stared at Zhou Tianyi curiously, as if he wanted to hear his dream clearly.

Dreaming of a different world, the goddess Jiaolong;

Zhou Tianyi fled desperately, and a woman sitting on the back of the dragon chased after her, shouting: "Give me back the ・・・・・・!" ”

Suddenly, Zhou Tianyi was blocked by a coffin, and the coffin lid fell to the side, and there was nothing inside! A divine dragon floated in front of him, and his back was full of men, women, and children in ancient costumes, and the man sitting in the front stared at him and said: "This is your fate, this coffin will always belong to your ・・・・・・!" ”

Zhou Tianyi woke up in a nightmare, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes next to him stared at him! In the cold cave, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he had not yet recovered from the fright.

"What did you dream about?" The Cangyin Daoist asked curiously.

Zhou Tianyi recalled the scene in the dream, what did the woman sitting on the back of the dragon let her give back? To the horror, the woman sat on the dragon's back, exactly like the one carved on the mahogany box. On the back of the dragon sat a group of men, women and children, and at the front sat a man with his eyes closed and meditating!

The scene in the dream turned out to be exactly the same as the carving on the mahogany box. What is the connection between the mahogany box and this dream? What does this dream suggest? Why did the man on the dragon's back say, "This is your fate, this coffin will always belong to your ・・・・・・!" "What the hell is going on? Zhou Tianyi had a splitting headache. I didn't hear the question of the Cangyin Daoist at all.

Cangyin Daoist stood up, he had already guessed Zhou Tianyi's identity ・・・・・・!

The people left the cave and continued to advance into the depths;

When everyone left, the 'stone dragons' who were eating the corpses outside the cave raised their heads, looked at the backs of this group of people, and quickly crawled towards a hidden cave entrance, these stone dragons didn't seem to belong to this passage! Just come and forage!

The area is eerily quiet, and there are no resentful spirits or mutated species to be found! Behind the silence is often hidden danger, and everyone has a sense of foreboding!

The passage is getting wider and the roof of the cave is getting higher and higher! Everyone is approaching the core of the Demon Ancient Cave step by step. Suddenly, there was a sound of running water in front of me!

The space in front of me is indescribably large. The beam of light of the strong flashlight can irradiate a distance of more than 30 meters! Shine upwards and don't see the top, and you can't see the wall far ahead!

The crowd continued to walk forward, and the sound of running water grew louder and louder. In front of it is a natural underground rift valley, about fifteen meters wide.

Everyone was amazed! On top of the rift, there are two 'white bone bridges' made of white bones.