How can there be a connection between pangolins cleaning up crater garbage and what happened tonight? This statement of the madman six confuses us.

The cousin whispered to the madman six: "Senior, I think if we stay any longer, there will be nothing else to discover, why don't you go back first?" ”

Maniac Six nodded and said, "Okay, I think so too, actually, I just saw that pangolin remove the bloodstains, and I thought of a very important point." ”

Everyone also felt that it was better to go back, because when we stood in the crater, our spirits were highly tense, and in the darkness around us, it seemed that there were murderous intentions everywhere, and danger could appear at any time, coupled with the cold morning breeze, everyone shivered and felt very uncomfortable.

At my cousin's suggestion, we immediately got out of the crater and returned home.

When we returned to the warm room and looked at the flickering candlelight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, Mr. Yuan's feelings were completely restored to normal, and when he saw us, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" Have you seen that murderer, or Xuan Heng's senior? ”

The cousin shook his head lightly and said, "No, when we went, it was over, but we saw a pool of blood on the ground, and yellow-green juice, etc., and after a while, I also saw a red pangolin come out and clean up the blood and other stains on the ground, but other than that, I didn't find anything else."

After hearing this, Old Man Yuan had a worried look on his face, and he muttered a prayer: "Bodhisattva bless, bless my Xuanheng seniors to escape this catastrophe." ”

"Mr. Yuan, have you ever seen that red pangolin?" Madman Six suddenly asked Old Man Yuan.

Old man Yuan nodded and replied softly: "I often see it, it will clean up some corpses that occasionally appear in the crater, and you also know that in that crater, because of the special air current, there are very few debris and garbage, but it is inevitable that some animals will go there, and even die inside, and at that time, the red pangolin will appear and eat those animal corpses, so the crater can be kept clean."

I once asked Xuanheng seniors about the red pangolin, but he only said that the pangolin was their 'gatekeeper' and played a very important role in protecting them, but he didn't elaborate on anything else. ”

The madman listened and nodded thoughtfully.

"Old-timer, Tong Guò pangolin, what secret did you discover? What does it have to do with what happened tonight? ”

Hearing Xiao Lei's question, Old Man Yuan also looked at the madman six in surprise, obviously he didn't know anything about the secret hidden behind the pangolin. In the candlelight, everyone looks at the madman six, waiting for him to uncover the secret of this heavy dà.

The madman nodded, his brows furrowed, as if he was still thinking about something, and after a moment's pause, he seemed to sort out his thoughts, and then slowly spoke: "There is a phenomenon, I don't know if you have noticed it - when you use a basin that holds mutton and then fill it with water to drink the sheep, the sheep generally will not drink it, because when the sheep smells the smell of mutton, the meridians will change violently in an instant.

In fact, people also have a similar phenomenon, when people smell the putrid smell of human corpses, the meridians will also be affected significantly. And this effect is very huge, and sometimes it will come out immediately, for example, a person who has been hurt by the smell of corpses will suddenly become very sensitive to the smell of watermelon, and hate the smell of watermelon, let alone let him eat it, even after smelling the smell of watermelon, he will feel nauseous.

Why would a person who has been injured by the smell of corpses suddenly hate the smell of watermelon? This is because the relevant meridians of a person are injured by the smell of corpses, and these injured meridians happen to be the meridians that are responsible for a certain type of smell.

In the evolutionary history of animals, there have been many animals that feed on their own kind, but these animals soon became extinct, because after eating the same kind, the meridians will be greatly disturbed, and the immune system of such animals will be defective, and their physique will also change, so that they will be derived from various deadly germs, so that they will soon become extinct. ”

Everyone can barely understand what the madman said in the sixth sentence, but what is the connection between this and the question we are asking? Maniac Six seems to be a bit of a non-answerer.

After listening to it, we realized that the principle that the madman said was indeed very closely related to the secret he said.

"Mr. Yuan also said just now, Xuanheng's predecessors said that the pangolin was the 'gatekeeper', that is to say, the red pangolin is very important for their survival under the crater, which also proves my speculation.

Judging from today's events, in the space below the crater, in addition to Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting, there should be another person, or a group of people, and those people want to eliminate Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting and seize the important space below the crater. ”

Sister Li couldn't help but interject and said, "It's possible, do you remember those explorers who entered the canyon and were killed by the ancient corpses of the Qin Dynasty in the cave?" Only the historian in Shanghai escaped. The reason why those ancient corpses of the Qin Dynasty can become zombie-like things is also because of this meteorite? ”

Madman Six nodded and continued: "Xiao Li is right, you all know that this meteorite has a special energy, and this special energy can make the cells of human skin and animal skin undergo huge changes, so that skin cells can absorb nutrients and breathe, thereby leading to the gradual degeneration of internal organs.

Those ancient corpses, if they are affected by the aura of the crater, will also undergo these changes, and those legendary zombies are most likely the skin of those corpses, which have undergone these changes.

Researcher Wang once said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, a large number of strange burial methods appeared in this area, why is this? It is likely that in the Spring and Autumn Period, someone discovered the secret of the crater, so they connected the tomb with the crater through the special form of tomb guò, and used the special aura under the crater in the hope that the dead could be resurrected.

Based on these circumstances, I guessed that in addition to Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting, would there be other ancients who survived? And the person who assassinated Xuanheng was this kind of surviving ancient?

Because according to Mr. Yuan's description, the person who assassinated Xuan Heng seemed to be an ancient corpse, because the flesh on his face was already mutilated, and his cheekbones were exposed. ”

Kenya, Old Man Ouyang, Mr. and Mrs. Chen, etc., because they are far from knowing all kinds of situations in it, so we talk about these as if we are listening to the Arabian Nights.

But Xiao Lei had a lot of doubts about what the madman six said, and as soon as the madman six finished speaking, he questioned: "I still don't understand what you said, for example, according to the experience of Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting, when a living person lives in the space under the crater, the skin of the body can undergo huge changes - from ordinary skin cells to special cells that can both absorb nutrients and breathe, but for this change, if it is not suppressed, the skin will become thicker and thicker, and over time, People will die, so Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting must drink that special fresh urine regularly to regulate the growth rate of skin cells in order to survive.

This is the effect of that crater on the living.

However, according to what we know, the effect of the crater on the corpse is not like this - if the internal organs of the corpse are not hollowed out, even if it is affected by that kind of aura, it is difficult for the corpse to 'live', and even if it can be lived, it will become a very low intelligence, zombie-like thing.

But according to Mr. Yuan's account, the thing that assassinated Xuan Heng not only could speak, but also tell lies, which shows that its intelligence is very high, if it is an ancient corpse, a zombie formed by the influence of the crater aura, it will not have such a high intelligence;

But on the other hand, if that thing, like Xuanheng and them, was an ancient living person who was affected by that aura and survived, then how could it be? Because it is different from Xuan Heng and others, there is no fresh urine, which can be taken regularly to inhibit the overgrowth of the skin, so that it is impossible for them to live until now. All in all, I think there are a lot of doubts and contradictions, which are hard to figure out. ”

After listening to Xuan Heng's words, the madman nodded again and again with a smile and said: "What Xiao Lei said is very reasonable and very logical, but what you said, I have almost taken it into account, I think the biggest possibility is - according to the scene that Mr. Yuan saw, the one who assassinated Xuan Heng should be an ancient corpse, because from the rotten flesh on the face and the exposed bones, it can probably be judged, that is to say, under the influence of that special aura, the ancient corpse has become a zombie-like thing, but there is one thing - just as Xiao Lei questioned - If that's the case, that ancient corpse's intelligence should be very low, how can it be so high?

I'll answer this question later, but now I have something for you to see, and let Researcher Wang identify what dynasty this thing belongs to. ”

After saying this, Madman Six took something out of his pocket, shook it, and said, "This is the one I just picked up in the crater." ”

In the candlelight, we took a closer look, and the thing was rusty, the size of a finger, and there was a hook on its head, which looked inconspicuous, even if it was usually thrown on the ground, it was difficult to attract attention, and it was still at night, and the madman six was able to find this kind of hook, and it seemed that the observation was indeed extraordinary.

My cousin took it, looked at the general shape, and was obviously a little surprised, and then asked Mr. Chen for a magnifying glass, and looked at it more carefully.

After a long while, he raised his head and said with a solemn expression: "That's right, this is the 'clothes and belt hook' in the Spring and Autumn Period, in ancient times, this kind of 'clothes and belt hook' is very common, and the 'hook' in Zhuangzi's 'thief of the hook is punished, and the thief of the country is the prince', which refers to this kind of 'clothes and belt hook', why does this 'clothes and belt hook' appear in that crater?" Could it be that the ancient corpse fell from it? ”

The madman nodded and said: "It should be, when Xuan Heng is fighting with that ancient corpse, it is inevitable that he will be scratched, and, judging from Xuan Heng's experience, he should be a very scheming and thoughtful person, maybe when he was stabbed by that ancient corpse, he deliberately ripped off this 'belt hook' on the ancient corpse, in order to leave some clues for Mr. Yuan, in that extremely urgent situation, this may be the only clue that Xuan Heng can leave." ”

Maniac Six's analysis is reasonable and convincing, coupled with my cousin's profound academic attainments, the two are really a perfect match, leading us to break through all kinds of mysteries.

But Maniac Six still has a key question that has not been explained - how can the ancient corpse have such a high level of intelligence? Because according to our existing experience, even if the ancient corpse becomes a zombie under the effect of aura, its intelligence is very low, how can it express such a complex meaning in words, and it is still a fabricated lie, what is the secret in this?