In the cold and gloomy cave, although the flare was only a flash, under the keel of the Xinyuan, Han Le clearly saw thousands of bones!

This kind of scene of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood was only seen last time when Han Le was planted into the Nether Eye. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Only this time, there was no flesh and blood, there were just thousands of dry bones!

"This is not human bones. ”

Han Le took a deep breath and took a few steps forward.

Soon, there were also fragments of bones on the ground.

The closer you get to the Xinyuan, the more intact the bones become.

Han Le crossed the pile of white bones and came to the front of the keel.

From this point of view, the Xinyuan was not actually buried by some mud and quicksand, but surrounded by these white bones!

He managed to find a relatively intact skeleton.

There is no difference between the upper body and human bones.

The lower half of the body has obvious atrophy, and below the spine, there is only one bone that resembles a leg bone but is much thicker.

This shape made it easy for Han Le to think of the mermaid in the legend of his previous life.

When he was reading idle books in the library of Tai'an No. 1 Middle School before, he also learned that there were some legends about the mermaid clan near the East China Sea.

It's just that legends are legends after all, at least in Tai'an, the existence of mermaids is always a mystery. Most people believe that it is the superstition and illusion of fishermen, and only a few people firmly believe that mermaids really exist.

Han Le didn't know if these bones belonged to a mermaid, but what he knew was that these bones must be some kind of creature.

What are they gathered here for, dying so neatly?

Linked to the appearance of the Bronze Gate, the rigor of the expedition plan, and the truth that the Xinyuan was buried, Han Le felt that his heart was so blocked that he couldn't speak.

How tragic was the desperate island back then?

When these creatures were killed, what kind of miserable hellish scene was it?

Living sacrifice.

Han Le had such a word in his mind.

In fact, on this point, during the conversation with Ah Qing, Han Le noticed some foreshadowing and wording. At that time, he couldn't figure out Ah Qing's hints, but now, he understood everything!

The opening of the bronze door is a price.

In other words, there is a reincarnation time for the bronze door to open. When it is open, anyone can enter, but when it is closed, the "key" must be used to open the bronze door.

Before, Han Le thought that the key was a precious item.

But when he saw so many corpses, Han Le instantly understood what the so-called key was!

That's the life of a large number of living beings!

"He Qingzhi and the others back then hid the Xinyuan here, and sacrificed so many innocent lives alive before opening the bronze door. ”

It's a pity that they are full of confidence and want to expedition to the world behind the bronze gate, but they are defeated by the sea beasts that rush out from behind the bronze gate. ”

"Was the original expedition really for the well-being of mankind?"

"Or, for one's own selfish desires?"

Han Le deeply doubted this.

In the original draft of the expedition, he always remembered the names of the five men.

Those five people should all be no longer there by now, except for Jiang Dongyun.

Now, in the case of seeing so many corpses, Han Le really wanted to ask: Is it necessary?

It's a pity that Jiang Dongyun is still in Yu Changge's realm, and when Yu Changge didn't wake up, Han Le could only remain silent.

He adjusted his mood and tried to climb onto the Xinyuan, but found that most of the Xinyuan was crushed under those white bones, and it was very difficult to enter it.

At the very least, the bones need to be removed.

He obviously can't do it alone.

He wandered around the Xinyuan for a while, and after making sure that the ship was the one he was looking for, he left a mark nearby.

He didn't immediately go back the way he came, because the underground cavern was very long.

He walked along the road ahead, and soon came to a place that was now dry, but once seemed to be the sea.

It was a cylinder-like underground space, with many small caves on the walls of the cylinder.

The cave is fairly open and contains some rudimentary dwellings, including scallops and polished stone tools.

Not far away, there is a long corridor.

Han Le walked through the corridor, only to find that it was a mural that had not yet been completed.

At the beginning of the mural, the style of painting was quite lively.

Although Han Le couldn't read the text above, he could still understand the general meaning:

In the beginning, the sun rose from the bottom of the sea, and in the depths of the sea, a group of humanoids with tails were born.

They breathe freely at the bottom of the sea, they feed on seaweed, and the murals occasionally depict merfolk hunting sea beasts.

They live in this cylindrical underground space, and each cave is the residence of a family of fish.

They worked hard to keep the tribe alive.

Until one day, they came to the surface of the sea and met humans fishing.

They have an upper body similar to that of a merfolk, but the language barrier and the difference in biological nature have caused a lot of conflict between the two sides.

In the mural, it can be seen that the merfolk were very panicked when they first came into contact with humans.

It should be the human fishermen who are relieved of them, but at that time, the humans already have some experience in resisting the wild beasts, and they are more aggressive than the unarmed merfolk.

The merfolk were devastated, and many of them even died on the surface of the sea.

As time passed, more and more mermaids rushed out of the seabed, and the more they came into contact with humans.

At first, they were hostile.

But slowly, the wise man between the mermaid and the human still found a way to communicate.

Gradually, they build trust.

It didn't become a very friendly partner, but at least it wasn't as tense as it was at first.

As can be seen from the murals, it is believed that the fishermen of a small village near the East China Sea established a social relationship with this mermaid tribe.

In the days that followed, there were occasional contacts and even trade. The calm and calm depicted in the mural.

The next picture is a change in style and begins to depict a ritual of the mermaid clan.

Because of the language barrier, Han Le could only see what they seemed to be celebrating.

The ceremony seems unusual, they celebrate not in the nest under the sea, but choose to float to the surface, and the mural even depicts the spectacular scene of thousands of mermaids jumping out of the sea at the same time.

And in the course of the ceremony, they came across a ship.

The people of the ship didn't know them, and the sailors in the mural had very exaggerated and surprised expressions.

There was only one person, standing at the bow of the boat, who walked down very kindly.

He can walk on the surface of the sea, and he communicates with the merfolk.

In the whole mural, all the figures are very blurry, but this person, the painting style is clear and excessive, and it is completely realistic.

This person Han Le knows.

That was the sword god He Qingzhi many years ago!

Judging from the murals, they should be very friendly to He Qingzhi, if He Qingzhi sacrificed these mermaids alive, then the surviving mermaids, when painting the murals, will definitely turn him into a big demon king, right?"

"What happened next, what happened next?"

Han Le looked behind curiously.

It's a pity that when he gets here, he can't see anything.

There are only large sections of blank space.

Han Le found a lonely skeleton in the hallway.

It should be the author of the mural.

He also held a broken graver in his hand.

The Carving Knife is clearly not a product of the merfolk, it should have been exchanged for it from humans.

"Is it because the carving knife is broken, so you can't continue drawing?"

"He Qingzhi met the mermaid, and then chose to sacrifice this group of lives in order to open the bronze door?"

This is one of the more reliable versions that Han Le thought.

It's a pity that the mural was not finished, and the real historical truth is estimated to be buried in the dust for a long time.

There is also a path ahead.

Han Le was originally going to finish exploring this place, but at this moment, Ziluan's warning voice came from his mind.

This is a signal that the sea water is spreading up the riverbed and is about to pour back into the underground cavern.

If Han Le doesn't retreat, it is estimated that he will be submerged by the sea.

He thought about it, but left quickly.

Evacuating from the underground cave, Han Le didn't waste much time on Desperate Island.

Anyway, the so-called curse, he also found out, it was the floating grass that was doing the trick.

And the real Xinyuan is not at the so-called shipwreck site, but on this desperate island!

"Tomorrow, let everyone go to the island!"

"Just burn all the floating grass. ”

Han Le thought so.

It's just that when he arrived at the boat, he found that Yu Jiuxing quietly walked over, his face a little heavy.

He had two letters in his hand.

Han Le looked at it, and sure enough, there were two more albatross on the Firebird.

This kind of albatross was domesticated by the capable people under the bloody hand Xue Evil, and it was specially used to deliver news to pirates, and now it is occupied by Han Le.

"Two pieces of bad news. ”

Yu Jiuxing said in a deep voice:

"Dragon City and the Bay of Bones, after hearing that you are going to salvage the Xinyuan has begun to be implemented, there are moves. ”

"The first news is from Longcheng, it is said that it is the descendant of the Sword God, holding the Sword God token, and wants you to cooperate with them to salvage the sunken ship, they mean that they don't want the things on the ship, they just want a family heirloom left by the Sword God on the ship. Tut-tut, heirloom, won't they be what they say when the time comes?"

"The second piece of news is what we should have sent in the Bay of Bones. The son of the Pirate King, with a fleet of ships, has come to our side, but their purpose is very simple, just to avenge the sea beast you killed at sea. ”

"How's it going, it's a big problem, isn't it?"

Han Le smiled:

"When I wanted the news to get out, that's what I wanted. ”

"The descendant of the sword god and the son of the pirate king, the more people who come, the better, let's see the excitement. ”

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