Chapter 427: Cleaning the Palace
After thinking for a while, Chen Ziyang suddenly thought of a way to get the best of both worlds to deal with the current dilemma.
The problem now is that the desert is very hot during the day and the sun is shining, so digging in such a situation will not only consume too much physical strength, but also consume too much water in the body.
And the night in the desert is very cold, and even if I am covered with sheepskin and sand, I am still shivering with cold. Sleeping on such a cold night will consume too much calories in the body, which is equivalent to consuming your few foods in disguise.
The method that Chen Ziyang thought of was to turn himself upside down. During the hot day, find a shady place to sleep well, so that you can avoid working when the temperature is high, and avoid excessive loss of energy and water.
And when night falls, the desert will become cold, and you can dig at this time, so that you can use exercise to combat the low temperature of the desert at night.
If you use this method, you can not only save your physical strength, but also allow yourself to dig in a cool environment, so that the digging efficiency will be much higher.
After thinking of this method, even Chen Ziyang felt that he was a genius. may be because he has made up his mind to stay here, he no longer has the depressed mood when he was entangled in the choice between the two paths, plus he thought of this good way, and now Chen Ziyang has let go of the burden in his heart and is in a good mood.
However, it is not even noon now, and he has just woken up, so Chen Ziyang only knows that he will definitely not be able to sleep now, so it is better to use the time in the morning when it is not too hot to carefully observe the palace of this ancient country, find the place where he started digging tonight, and wait until the afternoon when the temperature rises to find a shady place to sleep.
The ruins of this palace are very large, roughly rectangular, with a distance of about two or three hundred meters from north to south, and a length of about six or seven hundred meters from east to west. Chen Ziyang knew that it was unrealistic to dig up every corner of this ruin, and it was very likely that he would only dig for three or four days, so where to dig was very important.
So Chen Ziyang walked directly into the hall of the nearest palace from the circular stone platform, and then he slowly sketched the ruins of this ancient imperial palace in his heart, wanting to restore this palace in his heart, and roughly judge what these rooms are for, so as to arrange the order of his excavation work.
But when he thought about it, when he really did it, Chen Ziyang saw that this matter was not as simple as he imagined.
The ruins of this palace are dilapidated, and in many places even some of the broken walls have disappeared, and it is very difficult to determine the general structure of the palace from these remaining broken walls.
Since there is no way to do this by eye observation alone, Chen Ziyang thought of using a compass, but he just doesn't know if the palace of this ancient country also used feng shui when it was built. It is very likely that this place is far away from the Central Plains, so the architectural style here has not been influenced by the architectural style of the Central Plains, and the compass is not used at all.
After walking around the ruins of this palace with a compass for a long time, Chen Ziyang also gave up this practice. Even if this palace is built in the same style as the Central Plains, and the knowledge of feng shui is used, but the area of this palace is very large, and there is more than one room in the same direction, and it can even reach a dozen or dozens of rooms, and the structure and size of these rooms are basically the same, and it is difficult to judge what each house is for.
After a long sigh, Chen Ziyang scratched his head, he was a little troubled. It is really not easy to find the clues of this ancient treasure from such a large area of ruins, and all kinds of methods will not work at all, it seems that it can only rely on luck.
After looking at the ruins of the palace for a long time, Chen Ziyang was already noon at this time, and the temperature in the desert was getting higher and higher. Looking up at the sun hanging high above his head, he knew that it was time to go to bed, even if he didn't do the physically demanding digging work, but under such high temperatures, he would lose a lot of water in his body.
Returning to the place where he spent the night before, Chen Ziyang is now a place that is also very suitable for sleeping during the day. The location he unintentionally chose can almost be regarded as a treasure of feng shui.
The place he had chosen was in the middle of two houses, and it seemed that there should have been a narrow hallway, and at the other end of the hallway there was the wall of a third room, which was surrounded by three walls into a small cul-de-sac.
The remaining broken walls on both sides of the place are relatively high, and when the sun is high during the day, the high walls on both sides can make this narrow aisle full of shadows, so that the temperature here is not too high. At night, the high walls on both sides can block the cold wind at night. It can be said that this place is perfect for rest, both during the day and at night.
Lying in the shadow between two broken walls, Chen Ziyang forced himself to fall asleep quickly. Although he didn't rest very well the night before, Chen Ziyang at this time was not sleepy at all, and he couldn't sleep at all.
It is difficult for a person who doesn't need to sleep to fall asleep, lying in the shadows, Chen Ziyang tossed and turned, but he couldn't sleep, but he still forced himself to lie there honestly, if he gave up resting at this time because he couldn't sleep, and got up to act again, Chen Ziyang knew that the good idea he thought of would be invalid. No matter how good an idea is, only after it is really implemented and the effect is obtained, can the effect of this good idea be unleashed.
But sleeping is something that can't be forced, Chen Ziyang knew that he would not be able to fall asleep for a short time, so he lay there and turned his attention to the three surrounding walls, hoping to find something interesting and stare at for a while, so as to guide himself to fall asleep quickly.
In this way, Chen Ziyang lay there and looked east and west, which really made him find a more interesting place. In the direction of Chen Ziyang's head, there were many dents on the shortest wall of this cul-de-sac.
Seeing these strange traces, Chen Ziyang turned his body 18o degrees, so that his feet were facing the wall at the end of the dead end, so that he could easily see these notches on the wall.
The upper part of the entire remaining wall is densely covered with dozens of nicks of almost the same size and shape, which take on the shape of a drop of water, with one end more rounded and the other more elongated, each about five centimeters long.
Although the marks are not facing the same direction, and there are many subtle differences between the nicks and the notches, and because of the age, the edges of these notches have been smoothed out and do not look so obvious, it can be seen that all the notches on this wall should have been made by the same thing or tool.
What kind of tools did these nicks make? What's the use of making these notches on this wall? Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang carefully observed the broken walls on both sides of his side.
After looking at these two broken walls, he found that the walls of these two broken walls were relatively smooth, and even if there were some other marks, they were obviously different from these notches on the third wall.
It's really strange, why is it only on this wall, but not on the other two? Chen Ziyang locked his eyes on these traces on the wall, and kept thinking about questions like these, and soon, unconsciously, Chen Ziyang, who closed his eyes in a daze, fell asleep, it seems that his method of guiding him to fall asleep by diverting his attention is indeed very effective.
When the sun was about to set in the evening, Chen Ziyang woke up from his sleep. After a long stretch, he found himself a lot more energetic. Seeing this kind of nick on the wall again, Chen Ziyang smiled slightly, he couldn't imagine that these nicks still have a hypnotic effect, which is really good, and when he can't sleep during the day in the future, he can use this method.
Finding a relatively high broken wall, Chen Ziyang climbed up, he sat on top of the broken wall, eating compressed biscuits in his backpack, drinking water from the kettle, and looking into the distance.
The sunset in the desert has a special interest, watching the blood-red sun slowly sinking at the junction of the sand and sky, Chen Ziyang is enjoying this moment of tranquility, if he is not in this predicament, he is likely to be intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of him. But at this time, Chen Ziyang was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery, even if the picture in front of him was beautiful, he didn't know how to eat it.
After looking around all the horizons, Chen Ziyang still didn't see anyone in his field of vision. With this feeling of loss, he thought melancholy:
"It's been two days, and it's the second day. Yesterday morning, he activated the circular stone platform, and the storm rose under the effect of diamonds, and it was estimated that Yang Lei and the others who were above the deep well at that time would play with their lives to avoid the strange wind, if they survived, two days would be enough for them to come here from the distant sand dunes, it seems that they are really more than lucky. ”
Chen Ziyang knew Yang Lei's temper very well, and he knew that if Yang Lei was still alive, he would definitely come back to find him, just like he had stayed firmly and wanted to find Yang Lei.
If this kid is still alive now, even if there is a sea of swords and fire between the two of them, he will definitely overcome all difficulties and return to his side, even if his leg is broken, Yang Lei will climb back with his own hands. But nearly two days have passed, but Yang Lei has not heard from him, and the only trace of luck in Chen Ziyang's heart has been shattered.
The increasingly gloomy sky was very similar to Chen Ziyang's mood at this time. After wiping away two tears from the corners of his eyes, he jumped off the broken wall and turned and walked to the ruins of the ancient palace. Chen Ziyang knew that he had to get into work quickly, and if he was so idle, he could only make his mood worse and worse, and make himself more and more depressed, which would not be good for his survival in the next few days.
The first place Chen Ziyang chose to find the clues to the treasure was the most central and northernmost area of the entire palace. Generally speaking, when playing the game, the final boss will be waiting in this area, so he thinks that there is a better chance of treasure hidden here.
Chen Ziyang knew that he could not dig up all the sand and soil, so he stuck to the remaining broken wall and slowly cleaned up the sand under the broken wall, wanting to see if there was any ground in this palace, and whether he could find the secret room hidden underground from a corner.
In this way, Chen Ziyang slowly cleaned up the sand in the palace. He slowed down his digging as much as possible, so that the force of each shovel was about the same, and all the movements were relatively slow, so that he could save his physical strength as much as possible and allow himself to dig more places.
Soon, Chen Ziyang realized that his approach was quite correct. Although the temperature in the desert is very low now, but because I have been exercising, I don't feel how cold, compared with the night before in the sand and shivering, this night is much more comfortable, although a little tired, but it is much better than being frozen there.
A few hours later, Chen Ziyang had cleared out several sections of sand around the broken wall, and it seemed that there was no ground in this palace, and there was still endless sand underneath the broken wall.
Because he had just used the method of reversing black and white, by the second half of the night, Chen Ziyang was already sleepy, and his upper and lower eyelids were fighting. But he still forced himself to pick himself up and keep digging. After all, if you fall asleep now, it will still be difficult for you to fall asleep the next day.
Just when Chen Ziyang was dazed because of fatigue and sleepiness, suddenly there were some very strange traces on the broken wall that he was digging by himself.
These traces are different from the marks he saw in that alley before, these traces look like some words and pictures, but because the light is very bad, and these traces have been smoothed out by time, they don't look so clear, so Chen Ziyang can't see what is carved on this broken wall and what it means.
At this time, he remembered the flashlight he had lost before, and if he had a flashlight now, it wouldn't be so embarrassing.
However, this unexpected situation suddenly made Chen Ziyang feel a lot more energetic, and he decided to wait until dawn to carefully study these marks, and now his main task is to clear out all the sand and soil under this broken wall, so that all these traces are revealed.
When Dongfang revealed a touch of fish belly white, the exhausted Chen Ziyang finally liberated the broken wall from the sand, so he threw away the sapper shovel in his hand, sat on the ground, and stared at the broken wall carefully.