If these human-faced beetles are also part of the combat system of the Shan Huan Kingdom, then speaking of which, the two big human-faced beetles we encountered on the edge of the dark river are even the stragglers of the Shan Huan Kingdom, and the small human-faced beetles hidden in the face carvings on the stone walls are the Boy Scouts!

However, judging from the situation on the ancient battlefield just now, the main force of the Shan Huan Kingdom is still people, and it may even be those "deformed people" with long arms and long hands!

But through the content of these murals, the reason for the carving of human-faced beetles on the stone gate just now has been explained, and I said: "In this way, these human-faced beetles are actually a kind of totem worship in the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan. ”

Kong Xue frowned with some disgust, "Worship a bug? ”

Shi Tao continued: "No, in fact, the various tribes of the Western Regions back then, and even the later North Wind Nomads, they all had their own various totems, and there was not only one. For example, the ancient Xiongnu in those days, they worshipped many animals, such as eagles, tigers, deer, sheep, horses, and even birds. These are their totems, but the totems also have a primary and secondary division, still take the ancient Xiongnu as an example, although they worship a variety of animals, but their banner is a wolf, this flag is called the wolf flag, which shows that they worship the most or the wolf. ”

Kong Xue nodded as if she didn't understand, "It's like I like a lot of people, and in the end, I will only choose one person to marry." ”

Shi Tao was a little confused by Kong Xue's strange understanding, and nodded hesitantly for a long time, "That's probably what it means!" ”

I looked amused and shook my head, then turned to look around, and it occurred to me that when we came here, the stone door was closed. This shows that the people of the Tang family did not go here, but when they were in the water just now, the obviously vomited out a corpse of the Tang family, I originally thought that I would be able to catch up with the whereabouts of the Tang family this time, but it seems that we missed them again. Did they take a different pathway, or did they follow the river where I had just found the shadows?

Finding out that the Tang family avoided this place and did not take our route made me a little worried, why did they not take this road is because this road is too dangerous?

I was thinking about it, when I suddenly heard a "huh" from Wenmo, who had been silent all this time. When I heard this voice, my heart immediately trembled. This voice shows that Wen Mo must have discovered something again, and it must not be a good thing to make him feel strange!

I walked over in fear to see what Wenmo had found. At this time, Wenmo was standing next to a stone pillar. I asked curiously what he was looking at.

Wen Mo pointed to the ground, "You see, the color of this area is obviously different from the surrounding color, and there is not only one such area, but more than one layer, I just took a cursory look around, and I found that there are many similar large traces on the ground, especially around the four stone pillars." ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but sigh, "Boss, that's it!" Wouldn't you be too sensitive, what's so strange about that? When this place was built, there were no roller brushes, no air pump spray guns, and the paint on the walls and floors was not evenly proportioned, which is not too normal! ”

Wen Mo shook his head, "It's not as simple as you think!" ”

I was stunned by what he said, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Before Wenmo could answer, Shi Tao squatted on the ground and took a closer look at the ground, the areas that Wenmo said were inconsistent in color, and after a while, Shi Tao stood up, I haven't asked him anything, just by looking at his face, I know that things may not be good!

Shi Tao's expression became very ugly, and he couldn't tell whether it was fear or worry, or both. I hesitated and asked, "Brother Tao, what did you find?" ”

Shi Tao's lips trembled visibly, and it took a few seconds before he spat out a word in a deep voice: "Blood!" ”

"Blood?" I immediately crouched down and looked at the various shades of marks on the ground. Gently touched it with his hand, there was a clear concave and convex feeling, which really looked like the result of some kind of liquid solidifying. If these are blood stains, after a long time, the hemoglobin is oxidized, and under the influence of iron in it, the blood stains will turn dark brown, and it is indeed indistinguishable from the black ground in such light.

I pulled the Swiss Army knife out of my pocket, gently lifted a small piece from the ground, carefully shone it with a flashlight, and put it under my nose to smell it. Maybe it's because it's been too long, and it's a strange smell, but the smell of blood mixed with it was still captured by me, and my heart immediately moved, and it was blood!

I stood up and looked in horror at the black-brown marks on the ground, and I realized that these were actually dried blood clots, large patches of blood, layer upon layer, almost all the areas where our flashlight could find, including our feet. I made up the picture of the blood all over the ground at that time, where is this burial chamber, this is simply a scene from a horror movie!

Thinking of this, cold sweat unconsciously oozed from the corners of my forehead, I subconsciously took two steps back, only to find that there was still dried blood under my feet, I realized what the strange fishy smell in the air was, it was the smell of blood accumulated for many years, I felt a surge in my stomach, I almost vomited!

Kong Xue looked at her feet, and also showed an extremely disgusted expression, and at the same time, there was a fear in her eyes, "Why is there so much blood here?" Could it be that this is where they slaughtered sacrificial animals!? ”

Livestock? In fact, the situation that Kong Xue thought of was really the most optimistic situation. Because I feel this smell of blood, not of animal blood, but of human blood. Because the salt content of human blood is higher, and the composition of various enzymes in the blood is also different, even if you only rely on the sense of smell, you can still quickly distinguish this knowledge, because it is the innate nature of animals to distinguish the taste of the same kind.

Wen Mo shook his head, "It is impossible to slaughter livestock in the tomb, and the blood on the ground is not animal blood. ”

Sure enough, Wenmo was the same as I thought.

Hearing Wen Mo say this, Kong Xue's eyes immediately widened, "It's not animal blood, is it ......" Due to the fear in her heart, Kong Xue still didn't say the word human blood in the end.

Wen Mo nodded, and then said: "Actually, this is not what I am most worried about, what I am worried about is the function of this tomb, it is not like a sacrificial temple, but like a food trough pit!" ”

"Trough?!" I immediately understood what Wenmo meant, and a strong chill immediately ran in my heart. The enclosed space, the ground full of blood, thinking of this, my brain suddenly buzzed, and I couldn't help blurting out, "Could it be that someone threw a living person here back then, just to feed ...... Feed something? ”

As soon as I said this, Shi Tao and Kong Xue's faces immediately turned pale. Wenmo nodded in my frightened gaze.

I immediately reflexively raised my flashlight and shone it around, I always felt that something was hiding in the darkness somewhere, waiting for an opportunity, and at the first chance it would pounce and tear us to pieces, and our blood would cover the floor of this tomb with the latest layer!

"Feed the living!" Kong Xue couldn't help but shudder, "This is too cruel!" ”

I sighed and said, "Two thousand years ago, when the whole society was still in the stage of slavery, the slaves and prisoners of war at the bottom of the society were almost indistinguishable like pigs, cattle and sheep, and it was all too common for people to sacrifice or feed on living people. The ruling class at that time, relying on this means to establish its transcendent position, would also use some mysterious and cruel means to create the illusion of special abilities, so as to consolidate its own power. Of course, this is not all bluffing, and almost all ancient rulers had the habit of collecting rare birds and animals. It's also possible to raise some kind of special monster in a special way! I just don't know, what kind of thing is raised in this place? ”

Shi Tao frowned and thought for a while and said, "Even if there is such a thing, it has been so long, it should have died a long time ago!" ”

I smiled wryly, "I hope so!" Hopefully this is all in the past! ”

"That's not right!" As soon as I finished speaking, Wenmo on the side suddenly spit out these two words, because two heavy hammers smashed on my heart.

I asked in a trembling voice, "Why?" ”

Wen Mo looked at the top of the tomb and then looked around, "It's very simple, whether it is the stone gate just now, or the patterns on these clay pots, they all indicate that the protagonists here are those face beetles." ”

No way! Really! The most important thing is that we all know that the human face beetle is still alive! Judging from the blood on the ground, this beetle is bloodthirsty and ferocious, and the two largest we've seen are the two by the dark river, almost the size of a basin, and who knows if there are bigger ones hidden somewhere!

I panicked a little all of a sudden, "Then what are we still grinding around here!" Let's go! Are you waiting for those big bugs to come out and receive them?! ”

So a few of us hurried to the exit of the tomb, but just as we passed a row of huge clay pots, suddenly, I don't know which clay pot it was, there was a faint but clear coughing sound!

This very soft coughing sounded like a thunderclap to our ears, and when I was walking closest to this row of clay pots, this sound suddenly sounded in my ears, and I was unprepared, my heart almost went into arrest, and my scalp was numb in an instant!

I stepped to the side, staring at the clay pots, "Holy! What a sound just now! ”