Chapter 5 The Human Face and the Fish Body
Although I still have a half-belief in the theory of biological evolution, I think of the discovery of the stalagmite, the purple light that reveals the shadow of a mermaid. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info involuntarily looked up at this stalactite cave, and the emotions in his heart were strangely complicated.
"If that were the case, wouldn't we have killed a prehistoric creature?"
"Not really." He turned his light behind me, and said, "I found a small pool, and the air around it smelled faintly salty, and it is estimated that it was connected to the sea, and these few may have come out of there. And you see, they are supposed to be modern species, and although they still have the body of a fish, the humanoid part is only degraded and there is only hair and a spine."
It turned out that the wriggling black whiskers were vestigial hair, and the white fish tongue was really the spine of a person.
I felt a chill down my spine, and it was hard to imagine that I could be the same root as this strange fish.
Qian Yu took the dagger, brushed away the black whiskers around the fish carcass, and said, "Come and see! It still has hands!"
When I stepped forward, I saw that there were two shrunken, wrinkled hands with only three fingers, which looked a bit like chicken feet.
I watched, speechless.
Qian Yu suddenly turned to me and asked, with a reproachful expression, "Didn't you tell you to wait for me where you are?" Why are you running around?"
Hearing Qianyu's question, he suddenly remembered the stalagmite, and excitedly told them all about the discovery he had just made, and pulled them around the stalagmite while talking.
I spoke with a fluttering eyebrow, just because I was excited, but I found that Qiancai's brows were getting deeper and deeper, and I could trap mosquitoes.
I cautiously asked, "What's wrong?"
Qian Yu's eyebrows were deeply locked, "I am going to find the mark left by Feng Xin." She paused, "But I searched all the places where he might have left a mark, and found nothing but some rubble. I had no choice but to give up, and I was about to go back to you, only to find out that you had been attacked."
"Signs?" I tilted my head in confusion.
Ziche explained, "Wumangxin, the mark of Feng Xin. If he takes the lead, he will leave a five-mandal heart pattern to inform safety on the one hand, and show the direction of travel on the other." Qian Yu nodded and continued, "That's right, if another corner of the five corners is particularly elongated, it means that he is heading towards that place."
"You just said something weird?" Ziche's gaze swept towards Qianyan.
"Yes. I've looked for it, but I haven't seen it, and it's the last one engraved next to the exit." Then the two fell silent, watching them look different.
I shuddered and felt that the situation was not good.
According to my own thoughts, the ponytail man named Feng Xin must not be simple, otherwise it is impossible to take the lead alone, according to the skills of the car and Qian Cai just now, the ponytail man must not be a fuel-efficient lamp, it is impossible to be killed by the strange fish here, and suddenly disappear in this hole, there must be a reason to be caught off guard.
I closed my eyes and pondered for a moment, "Maybe he also noticed something strange in this stalagmite, didn't you say that you found some rubble?" He probably smashed the stalactite. Why don't we try it too?"
I went on to explain my opinion that the color and shape of the sedimentation on the surface of this shiny stalagmite are different from those around it, and it feels like it has been poured layer by layer, which is very similar to the situation of filling molds in the past.
As I spoke, I picked at it with my fingernails, and a small piece of plaster fell off, and I was even more sure that it was definitely artificially cast.
Qian Yu looked at the stalagmites and took out a few pitons from the sides of his backpack and handed them to us. I suddenly felt that this gesture was very intimate, and the pitons were an essential tool for rock climbing, which was the same as the fact that the artists almost always had a utility knife.
Qian Yan is an expert at hammering nails in stones, and after she pointed out a few points to me and Ziche, the three of them went their separate ways.
The stalagmite was unexpectedly not as hard as expected, and the pitons were driven into it at once, and I nailed them in the order indicated by Qianyu, and then there were extremely long cracks in the stone face, and in only a few minutes, the stalagmites had been half chiseled open by us, revealing the secret sealed inside.
Sure enough, it was a bust of a fish.
The protruding fin confirmed my suspicion, and I couldn't hide my excitement, saying that it was this kind of emotion when the tomb robbers found the treasure! This mood is really indescribably surging.
In less than half an hour, the entire stalagmite was smashed open by the three of us, and a soft purple light instantly rendered. We were all stunned.
"It's ...... Purple chalcedony!" The sub-car was amazed.
Purple chalcedony is different from purple jade, the purple of purple jade is quite delicate and arrogant, compared to the purple chalcedony in front of you, it is a very restrained light purple, which makes people feel calm and calm.
Wrapped in the stalagmite is a human-faced fish figure carved from a whole piece of purple jade, the entire surface of which is polished quite smooth and clear, and the whole statue is about three meters high.
The purple jade used in the human body is all solid color, and when it comes to the body of the fish, the jade slightly reveals white spots with cloud-like shapes, and gradually emerges different shades of purple. With the delicate scales carved on the body of the fish, it reflects the colored light of purple or red. This look shows that this chalcedony has been carefully selected, and the jade craftsman has decided to use this unique cloud ripple before carving to present the crystal clear feeling of fish scales.
I can't help but admire the ancients, the lack of ancient tools, the jade craftsman can polish more than a dozen pieces of jade in a lifetime, it is already quite a remarkable thing, this purple jade statue in front of me, I don't know how many jade craftsmen have to go through to have such a finished product.
Although there are still some gravel particles sticking to the statue, which are difficult to remove in a short time, it still can't stop the noble aura of purple chalcedony.
The mermaid's face is still a little different from the facial features of modern people, the eye distance is very wide, the eyes are at the temple position, there is no nose bridge, instead of two narrow holes, which is not much different from the nasal bones of modern people. The mouth is raised, there are almost no lips, and a pair of fangs are spit out at the corners of the mouth. As for the human body, the hands show a posture of spreading hands, a little strange and a little hideous, and the overall appearance has no obvious features to show whether the carving is male or female.
This beautiful handicraft shining with purple light captured all the attention of those present.
The first one to come back to his senses was Qianyu, who looked at me seriously and said, "It can't be the only way, look for it! There must be a mechanism."
Ziche and I nodded, and began to climb up and down very tacitly, knocking back and forth, carefully looking back and forth for the time when there was a cigarette, because the whole statue was formed in one piece, how could I not feel that there was any mechanism. I even kicked all the small stalagmites in the neighborhood and didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.
Ziche stared at the statue with his hands on his chest, thoughtfully, "There is no mechanism that can be turned or pressed, what did Feng Xin find?"
Qian Yu was silent, Ziche said to himself, I was about to burn my head on the side, this is simply the 2.0 highest advanced version that everyone came to look for! And what kind of mechanism are you looking for? No one gave me a hint, and the nerves in my brain began to go wild.
I couldn't bear it, and I said that I couldn't see a fart even if I stared at the bottom, so it was better to check it again, maybe I really missed any details just now. Thinking about it, I climbed onto the pedestal, and stepped on the divergent fins with both feet, and then suddenly I felt that the position and curvature of the fins seemed to be designed for people to step on. Then I was face to face with the statue, and my eyes naturally met the fangs, and I didn't realize that there was still some hairiness in my heart.
I subconsciously put my hands on the statue's wrists, trying to maintain my balance and steady my body. At this moment, an idea flashed through my head for some reason. I learned the posture of the statue, spread my hands at my sides, and slowly moved my palms towards the palm of the statue.
The moment the palm was imprinted, the sky shook for a while, and some small dripping stones around it also fell, and the whole statue began to rotate rapidly and sink down, the sudden change surprised me, and I didn't care if the fangs were horrible, I pressed my face against it, desperately holding the jade statue and screaming, like a coffee cup in an amusement park, but this time it was standing and turning.
As I kept spinning my gaze, I saw the cart and the gentleman rushing in my direction, and the statue was sinking rapidly. Fortunately, they were surprisingly agile, stretching out their hands and kicking their feet, and they also climbed the jade carving.
There was a puff of dust, and the three of us sank into the ground with the jade carving.