Chen Ziyang saw that in a small open space not far in front of him, there seemed to be a black shadow squirming constantly, judging from the scope of this black shadow, the volume of this thing was not too small, no matter how you look at it, it was the size of half a basketball court.

Because the light was very bad, and Chen was afraid of the size of this thing, and he didn't know if this behemoth was in danger, so Chen Ziyang took out the Xuanming Ancient Sword, and cautiously groped his way forward, approaching this huge black shadow.

Seeing a dark shadow squirming in the dark, Chen Ziyang didn't even dare to come out, for fear that he would frighten the thing in front of him. When he got closer, he realized that he had misunderstood, and it turned out that this dark shadow was not a huge thing, but a large number of ghosts gathered together.

In a clearing in front of Chen Ziyang, dozens of ghosts huddled together were kneeling in one direction, and the movements of these ghosts were basically the same, so from a distance, the black bodies of these ghosts were all connected, as if a whole object was wriggling.

Although he found that what he was facing was not a huge monster, these dozens of ghosts still frightened Chen Ziyang. This clearing is not too big, but the number of ghosts here makes him speak, in addition to the ghosts that Chen Ziyang saw kneeling in the center of the clearing, there are also many ghosts around the entire clearing.

Together, there were more than two hundred of them, even more than all the ghosts he had seen in the square in front of the palace combined. Seeing the scene in front of him, Chen Ziyang knew that he was very likely to find the right place this time, so he hurriedly looked in the direction of these ghosts kneeling, but there was nothing there.

"It's really weird, what are these people kowtowing to the air for no reason?" Chen Ziyang thought in his heart.

At this time, the sky had turned from dark to dark, and the sky was much brighter, and it seemed that the sky was about to dawn. After staring at the sky that was about to glow, Chen Ziyang was a little anxious, he knew that if he waited for the sky to brighten, these ghosts would definitely be sucked into the diamond again, and it would be difficult to find clues at that time, and he had to hurry.

So Chen Ziyang hurriedly ran to the front of the kneeling ghost, wanting to see what was on the ground there, but there was nothing in front of the clearing except yellow sand.

Walking back and forth in this clearing, Chen Ziyang stepped on the ground with his feet as he walked, hoping to hear echoes and other sounds, so as to judge that the underground here was empty. But the sand under his feet was very soft, and even if he stepped on it vigorously, he could only hear the sound of the soles of his shoes rubbing against the yellow sand.

"What are these people prostrating? Judging by their pious appearance, this kneeling thing must be something that these ghosts respected very much during their lifetime. Chen Ziyang turned his head to look in the direction of the little girl who had carved patterns on the wall earlier.

Because the sky was brighter now and his vision was much better, he could vaguely see the ghost of the little girl. Since you can see the little girl from where you are standing, it means that the little girl can see where she is. There should be nothing wrong with that, it should be here.

The little girl kept nodding her fingers at the place, as if she were counting something, and when she had counted to a certain extent, she drew a pattern on the wall and recorded the next number. But what is there to count here?

Chen Ziyang carefully observed the surrounding environment, this small open space is in the northwest of the entire palace ruins, almost close to the edge of the palace ruins area, and there is no broken wall near this place at all, it seems that when the ancient kingdom existed, this was also an open space.

These ghosts have been kneeling here, which means that when the ancient kingdom existed, it was a place of worship, and people came here all year round to worship, so there must be something here, but they didn't find it.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang turned around and wanted to continue to search in the vicinity, but when he turned around, he found that he didn't know when it started, and there was a row of ghosts in this small clearing.

Unlike these ghosts who were kneeling on the ground, the extra ghosts were lined up in a straight line and were slowly moving forward. However, Chen Ziyang noticed that the expressions on the faces of these ghosts were very strange, and there was a trace of sadness on their faces, as if something sad had been bothering them.

These ghosts were slowly walking in the direction of the other ghosts kneeling, their pace was very slow, and from the way these ghosts walked, Chen Ziyang saw some clues.

The ghosts standing in a row were strangely distant from each other. From the first ghost onwards, the distance between each two ghosts is almost equal, and the distance between each group of ghosts is different when two ghosts are in a group.

After discovering this strange place, Chen Ziyang walked to the vicinity of this row of ghosts, and slowly walked forward with them, while staring at these ghosts carefully.

All the ghosts' hands hung down at their sides, and no matter how the ghosts' bodies swayed, their drooping hands remained motionless, as if they were carrying something.

Recalling the action of the little girl who carved the pattern before pointing and counting, and remembering the little people lying on the horizontal line drawn by the little girl, Chen Ziyang reacted violently, could it be that these ghosts were carrying something similar to a stretcher? If that's the case, it makes sense.

Every two ghosts are a group, and the two ghosts carry a stretcher together, so no matter how these ghosts move, the distance between each two ghosts is equal. Coupled with the complaining expressions of these ghosts, Chen Ziyang affirmed this even more.

Judging by this line of thought, there are so many ghosts appearing at the same time, which means that many people are being carried on stretchers, and it is no wonder that the little girl who was drawing pictures on the wall would be pointing and counting the number of people who were carried on these stretchers.

"What really happened to this ancient city? Why are so many people being carried on stretchers? Is it because there is a war? Was the person being carried on the stretcher dead or seriously injured? Chen Ziyang's first thought was war, and only when war occurred would this kind of scene in front of him appear.

However, it doesn't matter what the specific reason is, after thinking of this, Chen Ziyang instantly gathered several clues he had collected. There is nothing wrong with the villain lying on the horizontal line and the stretcher carried by the ghosts, as long as you follow this group of ghosts forward, you will definitely be able to find some secrets.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sun was about to rise, but the group of ghosts was still walking unhurriedly. Chen Ziyang, who was following alongside, was so anxious that he stomped his feet, eager to go up by himself, snatched the stretcher that did not exist in the ghost's hand, and carried it away quickly.

Because he was too anxious, Chen Ziyang ran a few steps in the direction of the group of ghosts, walked to the front of the team early, and searched there. But after he advanced more than ten meters, he still didn't see anything strange here, so Chen Ziyang turned around and wanted to get closer to the ghost team, and at this time he saw a strange scene again.

At this time, one of the ghosts in the team has been buried in the earth, or this ghost has burrowed into the yellow sand. The ghost still maintained a posture of walking slowly, but the lower half of the ghost's limbs were no longer visible, and only the upper half of the body was exposed to the yellow sand, as if it had been buried in the earth.

Before Chen Ziyang could figure out what was going on, the sky in the east had already brightened, and the sun had risen from the horizon, revealing an arc of gold.

With the first rays of sunlight, Chen Ziyang saw that the hundreds of ghosts in front of him all disappeared in an instant, as if they had never existed, and the entire Huangsha Ancient City regained its tranquility.

"Was it my hallucination? Or am I mistaken, why is the ghost only the upper half exposed outside the yellow sand, and where is the lower half of its body? Because it happened too suddenly, and all the ghosts disappeared at this time, Chen Ziyang didn't know if the truth was what he saw just now. With a skeptical attitude, he walked over to the location of the half-body ghost just now.

Chen Ziyang searched carefully around here. If you say that what you just saw was a ghost passing through an earthen wall, then you wouldn't be the slightest surprised, but judging from the form of the ghost just now, it seems that this ghost is walking under the yellow sand.

In other words, there should be a space underneath here, or rather a passage to the underground.

An ancient country in the desert has a space that exists underground, and there are many people carrying stretchers walking here, and at the same time, there are many people kneeling there in front of this space.

"Mausoleum! The bottom of this place should be the mausoleum of the ancient kingdom of Sumi! That's why these ghosts will carry the stretcher to the inside, and the stretcher is not a wounded, but a deceased, so there are so many ghosts in this open space to worship here, and they are not worshipping any totem or any god idol, but the dead. ”

While carefully searching nearby, Chen Ziyang thought that it would be good if the sun could appear a little later, and he wouldn't have to search so hard, but the current clues were enough, and the rest was just a matter of time.

In this way, Chen Ziyang searched carefully step by step in this area, not letting go of every inch of space. He put his feet in the sand and kept moving, using his feet to find what he was looking for in the sand. Suddenly, Chen Ziyang felt the tip of his right foot kick a hard object. He was delighted with the discovery.

Chen Ziyang hurriedly leaned down, using the scabbard of the Xuanming Ancient Sword as a tool, and removed the surface of this hard object and the surrounding sand little by little, and soon, a square stone platform appeared in front of him.

Suppressing his nervousness, Chen Ziyang slowly touched off the sand on the surface of this square stone platform with his right hand, and familiar notches appeared on this stone platform.

As soon as he saw the pattern and direction of these notches on the square stone platform, Chen Ziyang knew that he had found the right place, these notches were exactly the same as the stone pillar where the diamonds were placed and the notches on the circular stone platform below the stone pillar, and at the same time, in the very center of this stone platform, there was a groove the size of an egg.

After slowly pulling out the sand in the groove with his fingers, a smile appeared on Chen Ziyang's face. This groove is very familiar to him, whether it is the size or shape of the groove, it is exactly the same as the groove of the security diamond at the top of the stone pillar, don't think about it, this is also the place where the diamond is placed.

After searching the neighborhood for a while, and finding nothing else, Chen Ziyang couldn't wait to walk out towards the stone pillar altar. As long as you get that diamond and place it here, you will definitely open up the underground space here.

While on the road, Chen Ziyang kept guessing what it would be like after placing the diamond on the square stone platform, guessing what the square stone platform would open and what would be in it.

Quickly ran to the square in front of the palace ruins, and after seeing that the diamond was still on the stone table, Chen Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, the diamond was still there, and there were no surprises.

Just as he walked to the front of the stone pillar and reached out to pick up the diamond placed on the stone pillar, Chen Ziyang, who wanted to return to the square stone platform immediately, stopped his movements.

A very strange sound came into his ears, Chen Ziyang raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound, judging from the sound, the place where the sound came from was far away from here, but in this quiet ancient city, even the slightest sound would be heard clearly.

After listening quietly for a while, Chen Ziyang couldn't hear what this sound came from, but this sound was very coherent, and it seemed to be getting louder and louder, it seemed that something should be approaching here.

Although Chen Ziyang couldn't wait to open the square stone platform now, this sound attracted his attention even more.

"It's finally here?" The only possibility that Chen Ziyang could think of was that a group of the four batches of people he had guessed before had already come here, and his waiting was finally going to come to a conclusion, and it was very likely that he had made the right bet this time.

Chen Ziyang, who had hurriedly climbed up a high wall, stood there, staring into the distance, and he saw billowing sand rolling up on the horizon in the distance.