Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Dead Boy of the Black Desk (I)
The originally warm picture was destroyed by Li Xinwen inappropriately: "Okay, you two, don't leave the ink there, since it's done, let's continue to set off, the road ahead may only be more difficult than now." "Yes, although Li Xinwen's words are very beautiful and not popular, they are indeed true.
Soon the three of them climbed up the rope to the chain again, looking at the metal disc launchers on the four bronze pillars, the arrows on which they should have been shot at this moment. But in the dark hollow of the launcher, there was an unhurried self-loading of arrows.
Seeing this scene, Li Xinwen quickly urged: "Don't ink, it seems that the mechanism they designed is definitely not a one-off." Little monkey, you should feel lucky, if it weren't for the fact that this trap hasn't been triggered all year round, and with a little bit of coque, you would have been shot into a hornet's nest just after you jumped. β
Hearing Li Xinwen's explanation, the little monkey shrunk his neck in fear, the feeling of being on his back just now was indeed very thrilling, if he was given another chance, the little monkey was not sure that he would still have the courage to jump down. People are like this, when they don't know how to be afraid, they dare to gamble their lives even if they die for a lifetime, and once they say that they know they are afraid, they have to think twice even if they are nine out of ten.
The three of them ran to the lock road quickly without ink, and this time because the arrows were not loaded, the three of them reached the end of the ropeway without danger. A black platform appeared in front of them, and they didn't know what kind of metal they were made of, because they were afraid that there would be a mechanism, so the three of them didn't dare to step on the black platform.
Liu Xiaoge took the flashlight inch by inch, and even the little monkey, who had always been impatient, stood aside to observe, which showed how much stimulation the mechanism in this cave brought to Liu Xiaoge and his party. First of all, the black platform is stepped and divided into three floors.
Each floor is about two meters high, and the third floor is almost six meters high. The black platform is not very large, although it is difficult to see the whole picture with the light column of the flashlight, and the base of the lowest layer is square in shape, and each side is about ten meters long.
The upper layer becomes circular, and the diameter is directly reduced by about six meters. The top layer is not very clear because of the angle, but it can be determined that it is an irregular pattern. The material of the stone platform is very special, it feels very metallic, and the possibility of being an unknown metal is very low, and it is likely to be an alloy.
Then I looked at the surface of the black table floor, and found that the surface was frosted, and there was no obvious pattern. Looking at the wall again, this time it is no longer nothing, at a glance you can see that there are a lot of reliefs carved on the wall of the black table in front of you, according to the outline, these reliefs are made very exquisitely, and they are definitely not carved casually.
It's a pity that the cave is damp all year round, and most of the reliefs are rusty, and there are a few relief patterns that are still vaguely recognizable. One of them shows three people, standing on a high platform, one holding what looks like a weapon, and one holding a bamboo slip.
The last person was dressed as a military attachΓ©, and the three of them stood side by side, a picture of pointing out the country. Li Xinwen looked a little thoughtful, and Liu Xiaoge also studied archaeology to some extent, and still knew a little about the famous Minyue Dynasty in Fujian.
This Minyue Dynasty is one of the Baiyue Kingdoms, which is a new form of civilization formed after the Wuyue civilization of the original Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was destroyed by the Chu State, fled to the Fujian region, and combined with the local ancient Min people.
The Minyue Kingdom inherited the superb bronze smelting skills of the ancestors of the Wuyue period, so there are so many exquisite and very strange bronzes in the tomb of the Minyue King, which is from this. Secondly, combined with the witchcraft civilization of the ancient Min people, although the witchcraft of the ancient Min people has been lost until now.
However, there is still a mark left in history, and Liu Xiaoge has maintained a skeptical attitude towards this record before. Now that he has really gone to the tomb, he still admires the witchcraft of the ancient Min people very much, but Liu Xiaoge still disagrees with his cruel practices.
Then I crossed the fresco, and sure enough, the next scene was a typical sacrificial fresco, on a high platform, there was a strangely dressed man, holding a strange stick-like object in his hand, with his teeth and claws. It is very likely that this person was the high priest at that time, and under the high platform, there were countless villains dancing with him.
This made Liu Xiaoge directly think of the strange projection of the main tomb in the upper underground palace, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, what is the point of killing so many people in order to achieve a certain purpose. The values of the ancients, Liu Xiaoge can't empathize with them, so it's still very difficult to understand.
Just when Liu Xiaoge fell into deep thought, Li Xinwen no longer planned to continue to observe, and took out a bouncing ball played by children from her backpack. Towards the ground of the black table, the transparent bouncing ball smashed on the black table, triggering the small light inside, and the whole ball lit up violently.
With the amazing bouncing force, he began to bounce up the stairs one by one. All three of them stared at the white bouncing ball vigilantly, ready to dodge the trap attack at any time. The bouncing ball eventually landed on the black table on the second floor, during which time the black table was very calm and nothing happened.
The little monkey looked at the two of them seriously, and suddenly felt a little too cautious, and sneered: "You two, you are just too careful, don't fight with me this time, or I will take the lead." Looking at this situation, there should be no mechanism in this black station. β
After that, he glanced at the two of them, and took three big strides to the second floor of the black platform. Reaching out to pick up the bouncing ball that fell in front of him, Liu Xiaoge saw that the little monkey had no accident, and he raised his feet and wanted to keep up. At that moment, the little monkey made a gesture of non-movement, staring mysteriously ahead as if he had spotted something strange.
Liu Xiaoge hurriedly asked, "Hey, little monkey, what did you find?" The little monkey scratched his ears and cheeks for a while, wondering, "How can this be described?" I don't know how to say it, you wait, I'll find out first. β
After that, the little monkey grabbed the bouncing ball, picked up his arm and made a baseball throwing motion, and smashed the spring ball in his hand violently. Liu Xiaoge saw that the spring turned into a white light, flew out violently, and then smashed into something, and then violently catapulted back and fell into the lake behind them.
Seeing the bouncing ball falling into the water, Li Xinwen's face twitched subtly, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Little monkey, you remember it for me, you owe me a ball." The little monkey was a little embarrassed by Li Xinwen, coughed twice and pretended to be serious: "Well, it's confirmed." I don't know what it is, but it shouldn't be dangerous, so come up. β
Liu Xiaoge was a little impatient to wait for a long time, and jumped on the second floor of the black platform a few times to learn from the little monkey's touch, and shone it with a flashlight. The flashlight's beam soon shone next to the steps leading to the third stone platform, with several chains that were also black.
One end of the chain was welded to the black table, while the other end was fastened to a strange thing. At the first glance of this thing, Liu Xiaoge also began to understand the words of the little monkey, this thing is indeed difficult to describe, as if it is the corpse of some kind of creature.
However, the corpse was curled up, and it was covered in something made of bronze. If the things that are white because of the decay of the corpse are bones, then these strange bronze devices are directly embedded in the skeleton of the corpse.
Li Xinwen had already paused, and took a dagger and picked it at one of the corpses. The corpse was not large, like an ordinary big yellow dog that had always been raised, and it was easily overturned, revealing the head of the corpse.
The head had rotted beyond recognition, but the skeleton was still relatively intact, and the moment I saw the skull. Liu Xiaoge gasped, this oval shape, combined with the proportions of the skull and body, Liu Xiaoge almost instantly recognized what kind of creature this corpse was.
As long as this thing is familiar with the corpse, it will definitely not be unfamiliar, because this is a human skull, and it is the skull of a young child. So since the person who was chained here like a dog by a black iron chain was a five or six-year-old child, a bad feeling rose in Liu Xiaoge's heart.
And when he was alive, he poured copper water into the bones through some special means, if Liu Xiaoge remembered correctly, this method was used to make something called a living figurine. Only those perverted ancient Minyue wizards who can make such cruel living figurines can master this technology, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can make, and this is the reason why Liu Xiaoge feels bad.
Although these ancient sorcerers were cruel, they would never do such things for no reason, their status was very high in ancient society, and they would never do meaningless things. Although Liu Xiaoge didn't know what the purpose of this was, at this moment, two words came to Liu Xiaoge's mind, corpse boy.
This corpse boy is also a special kind of figurine, and like other figurines, the method has been lost to this day, not only the method of production, but also his exact function. Liu Xiaoge also saw rough records in the ancient books left by his grandfather, and it was said that the corpse boy was extremely evil. Since ancient times, ghouls have been different, zombies are zombies, and ghosts are ghosts. However, the corpse boy is indeed one of the few ghosts that combines the characteristics of two types of ghosts, or a special existence between the two realms.
Seeing that Li Xinwen was still fiddling with the corpse of the corpse boy, Liu Xiaoge didn't dare to think about it, rushed forward, grabbed Li Xinwen's hand and said, "Don't worry about it, let's get out of here quickly, I don't think it's better to go up to this upper floor." Seal the door with a corpse child, and it is very likely that there is a witch array on it. If you go up rashly, there will definitely be no return. β
Li Xinwen put away the dagger, stared at the black platform on the third floor, and suddenly turned her head and smiled at Liu Xiaoge. Although in this dim cave, although Li Xinwen was a little embarrassed, it was still difficult to hide the charm in that smile.
Like a spring breeze, like autumn rain, like winter snow, it caressed Liu Xiaoge's heart. This made Liu Xiaoge suddenly lost, and then Li Xinwen suddenly stuck to Liu Xiaoge's body, put her pretty face against Liu Xiaoge's cheek, and said in a soft voice to Liu Xiaoge's ear: "Little brother, you are a Taoist, you can protect me, right?" Give me a hand, I'm going up, come along. β