Chapter 239: Oracle Bone Inscription on the Stone Stele
Jiao San looked at his results with satisfaction, obviously addicted.
And the main thing is to vent anger and decompression.
Because Jiao San's best tomb robbery skill is blasting, he also has a deep study of blasting.
Although blasting is not a very popular means in the technology of tomb robbery, it has to be said that sometimes, blasting is also very critical and essential.
Xu Tianchuan vaguely remembered the first time he went to the Taoist tomb with Jiao San, Jiao San's blasting methods.
These explosives are also made by Jiao San himself, and they are divided into two types, one is an explosive cartridge and the other is an explosive bag.
This time, all Jiao San carried on his body were explosive cartridges, each of which was five centimeters in diameter and twenty centimeters long, and the explosive barrels were filled with gunpowder.
The biggest advantage of this type of explosive cartridge is that each one is independent, and the amount can be used at any time according to the actual demand, and if you want to be powerful, you can use several more to wrap the leads together. If you want to be a little less powerful, use one or two.
Jiao San used six just now, but this time he directly used ten, and he also threw it farther.
Rumble!
Obviously, this time the blast was even more powerful than just now, and there was a violent muffled sound under the water, causing huge waves to roll on the surface of the water.
Under this powerful detonation force, within a radius of ten meters from the explosion point, all the fish under the water were stunned, floating to the surface of the water, a large white flower, and the stumps of various parts of the water ghoul's body.
Even Xu Tianchuan could feel the stalactites tremble slightly.
And Xu Tianchuan also noticed that there were subtle cracks in the stalactites with a layer of green moss on the surface.
"San'er, we can't blow it up anymore, this stone is not as strong as we imagined!"
Xu Tianchuan hurriedly reminded Jiao San.
In fact, there was no need for Xu Tianchuan to remind him, Jiao San himself felt that this huge stalactite was shaking.
In fact, stalactites are the precipitation of calcium carbonate in the cave, not rock, and not as hard as rock.
In addition, Jiao San's blasting can only be thrown into the distance, and it does not have much impact on the water ghouls in the vicinity, so this kind of explosion can only vent anger, and it will not play a key role in the current situation, let alone get all the water ghouls below.
It's better to find a way to get out of this place now.
Xu Tianchuan looked at the deeper part of the cave and saw that there were some stalactites of different sizes, and he had already thought of a possible solution in his heart.
That is to use ropes to connect these stalactites and travel through hemp ropes fixed to each other in the middle of the stalactites.
However, it is almost ten meters away from the stalactites in front, and it is not a simple matter to tie the hemp rope up.
But now, there's only one way to try.
"Uncle, look at this stone tablet!"
That is, Xu Tianchuan had just taken out a bundle of ropes from the storage space of the system, and Xing Chang, who was a little lower, suddenly exhaled in surprise, as if he had found something on the stone tablet, and stared at the position under his feet with a pair of eyes wide.
Xu Tianchuan also immediately followed the usual gaze and looked down.
I saw that after the stone monument that was originally covered with green moss appeared in the slight cracks, some of the moss on it fell off, revealing the obvious carving marks inside.
What kind of character does it look like.
"There seems to be words engraved on this stone tablet!"
Xing Chang exhaled in surprise again.
At the same time, Xu Tianchuan also quickly took out the Youtian Sword, stuck to the surface of the stone tablet, and shoveled off the layer of green moss attached to it.
There are really words engraved on the stele!
"It's Oracle!"
Xing Chang's originally surprised eyes furrowed his brows deeply again.
The oracle bone inscription is the earliest Chinese character discovered, and it first appeared in the Yin Shang period, that is, more than 1,300 years BC, nearly 4,000 years ago!
Xu Tianchuan had determined that this peculiarly shaped stalactite was artificially carved, and now there is an oracle bone inscription on it, which means that this stele existed as early as thousands of years ago in the Yin Shang period.
"Xiao Changzi, you also know oracle bones?"
Xu Tianchuan looked at Xing Chang and asked.
Xing Chang shook his head: "I don't understand, I just know that this is an oracle bone style." ”
Immediately afterwards, Xing Chang asked rhetorically: "Uncle, do you know the oracle bone inscription?" ”
The oracle bone inscription on this stele is a very important find, and it is very likely that it contains some information about this cave, so it is also very crucial.
Facing the expectant eyes, Xu Tianchuan nodded.
The oracle bone inscription Xu Tianchuan does understand a little, but this stone tablet is covered with moss, and it needs to be removed before it can be read as a sentence, plus the time is too long, and some of the handwriting on it has been corroded too blurred.
Xu Tianchuan could only do his best to scrape off the moss on the stone tablet with the Youtian Sword, tilt his head to adjust the perspective, and study every word on it hard.
"Shopkeeper Xu, what is written on it?"
Jiao San also couldn't help but be curious, and asked.
"Sacrifice!"
"It's about the sacrifice, and it's about the identity of the owner of the tomb!"
Xu Tianchuan said with a serious expression.
"Who is the owner of the tomb?"
Xing Chang also hurriedly asked at this time.
Xu Tianchuan shook his head: "The oracle bone inscription carved on it is carved in order from top to bottom, but a large part of this stone tablet is soaked underwater, so I can't see the full text, there is only one piece of information that is still relatively important, the owner of the tomb is a high priest of the Shang Dynasty, who is responsible for the sacrifice of the Shang Dynasty, and every time it is sacrificed with a living person, to bless the Shang king......"
As for how to protect the Shang King, all the following words are soaked underwater.
In fact, Xu Tianchuan was more curious than Xing Chang and Jiao San, and he couldn't wait to dive into the water and read the entire text.
Because Xu Tianchuan has a strong premonition in his heart, this is really important to him.
However, the water ghouls are ferocious and vicious underneath the water, and if they go down, they may be torn to shreds in an instant, and like Mrs. Ma, only one head will float up.
As for human sacrifice, this was not new at all in the Shang Dynasty.
According to historical records, the Shang Dynasty was the most prosperous period of the slave dynasty, and it was also the period with the most sacrificial activities.
The living sacrifice of the Shang Dynasty was also very cruel and terrifying, the most typical is the 'Xuan sacrifice', which is to cook the sacrificer directly. There is also 'killing', which means making people into dried meat as sacrifices, anyway, it is all kinds of cruel sacrificial methods that exterminate humanity and despise life, only you can't think of it, and no one can't do it.
This is all very verified by historical documents, not to mention for the Black Shang Dynasty.
In short, during the Shang Dynasty, the heyday of slavery, the lowest slaves were like domestic animals.
In fact, this is also very normal, after all, thousands of years ago, human civilization has just begun, where there is a beginning, there will always be a transition period, and the idea of a hundred schools of thought only appeared in the development of human civilization.
Judging from these, it is possible that these water ghouls were the sacrificers who were 'killed' at that time, and after being made into jerky in some way, they underwent corpse transformation, and then became the current water ghouls.
As for whether the ghost girl god will be the owner of this ancient tomb, Xu Tianchuan is not sure for the time being.
If you look at it from the perspective of Xu Tianchuan's speculation alone, the possibility is not very large.
Of course, now is not the time to think about this.
The water ghouls below are frantically climbing up, crashing into the underwater monument in different ways.
Since cracks have appeared on the top of the stele, there must also be cracks below, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time.
When it collapses, it's too late to remedy it.
"Forget about these words for now, because there are only a few paragraphs, and there is not much information, find a way to get out of here first!"
Xu Tianchuan looked up again at another huge stalactite ten meters away, and the stalactite just opposite had an upward water chestnut.
Xu Tianchuan put a circle on one end of the hemp rope, and then charged his strength towards the water chestnut, the technique is exactly the same as the man who sets the horse on the grassland, in fact, Xu Tianchuan also learned this technique.
As for the accuracy, it's a pity that it's still a little bit worse, and it didn't hit, mainly because the distance is really a bit far.
After the thrown rope fell to the surface of the water, it was immediately grabbed by the water ghouls in the water, and grabbed the hemp rope and dragged it vigorously into the water.
Xu Tianchuan immediately cut off part of the hemp rope and recharged his strength.
The accuracy of this second time was just right, and it happened to be set on the water chestnut of the stalactite opposite, firmly fixing the hemp rope, and forming a straight line between the two.
"I'll go first!"
Xu Tianchuan took a deep breath and accepted Yu Dantian, grasped the rope with both hands, and slammed his heel violently, swinging directly over.
The distance of more than ten meters in the middle, when the two ends form an almost parallel line, it is definitely impossible to swing directly over.
This also requires Xu Tianchuan's light skills, when he swings to the middle, he lightly steps on the water with his toes, does another somersault, and jumps up.
At the moment when the toes touched the water, the water ghouls below almost jumped out of the water, stretching out their arms to try to grab Xu Tianchuan's ankles.
If the middle is really caught by the water ghoul in the leg, he will definitely be dragged directly into the water, and it will be 100% finished.
This is also what Xu Tianchuan is most worried about when he takes a deep breath.
But fortunately, Xu Tianchuan's speed was fast enough, and it was indeed dangerous enough, just a few feet away, Xu Tianchuan's body that jumped up again landed on the stalactite.
"Adjust the angle of the hemp rope up and down!"
Xu Tianchuan, who came over safely, immediately lowered the position of the hemp rope at this end.
Jiao San, on the other hand, raised the position of the hemp rope, so that a downward angle was formed.
After the angle was adjusted, Jiao San and Xing Chang used an iron rod to screw it in the middle of the hemp rope and used it as a zipline tool, trying to lift their bodies up to avoid the lower half of their bodies touching the water when they slid over, and successfully slid over.
But these water ghouls under the water could sense the presence of yang energy on the three of them, so they swarmed again, like evil wolves chasing after them.
"Shopkeeper Xu, there's no way to get rid of the zongzi below!"
Jiao San looked at the water ghouls below and immediately followed, gritting his teeth angrily.
"Let's use this method to move forward for the time being!"
Xu Tianchuan looked at the dense stalactites in front of him, like a stone forest, the deeper he looked into the cave, the denser these stalactites became, and the closest distance was almost next to each other.
This time it's a hunch!
No!
Not a hunch!
Xu Tianchuan felt in his heart that in the depths of this cave, there seemed to be a force attracting him, as if he was pushing his back from behind, pushing his back to the depths of the cave.
In this three-person team, Xu Tianchuan is equivalent to the soul of the team.
Therefore, whatever Xu Tianchuan said and any decision he made, Xing Chang and Jiao San did not follow any opinion.
That is, because the distance between each stalactite in front of it is relatively close, it is also more convenient to use the same zipline method just now, and as long as the rope is strong enough, there is no risk at all, even if the water ghouls below follow it crazily, there is no way to jump out of the water.
The three of them were like spiders spinning silk, little by little, into the depths of the cave.
And the deeper he went, the stronger Xu Tianchuan's feeling became, and the power of pushing himself behind his back became greater and greater......
Xu Tianchuan can be sure that this is not an illusion, nor is it a psychological effect, but there is a force that is attracting and calling him forward!
"There's high ground ahead!"
That is, when Xu Tianchuan was puzzled by this, he suddenly used his night vision eyes to see in surprise that there was a high ground in the depths of the cave!
The distance is about twenty meters! It's a lot of land indeed, and it looks like it's pretty wide!
"Huh?"
"Shopkeeper Xu, are you mistaken, why didn't I see it?"
Jiao San listened to Xu Tianchuan's exclamation, and was surprised and happy in his heart!
But he held the miner's lamp in his hand and shone forward, and the end of the pillar of light was all dark, and he didn't see the high ground Xu Tianchuan said at all.
Because the effective irradiation range of the miner's lamp is simply not less than twenty meters.
That's the biggest benefit of night vision eyes.
Speaking of this night vision eye, I have to mention Jiao San.
Last time, Jiao San ate a snake gall, and it was recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that the eater's night vision was like day.
But Jiao San ate it, how long has it been in between, I'm afraid it has already been digested and discharged, but Jiao San does not have the ability to have night vision.
Could it be that what is said in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is false, and the effect is wrong?
Or is it somewhere the wrong way to open?
"Nope! That's right! Highlands indeed! Be vigilant at all times! ”
This plateau is on the left side of the cave, and it stretches inward, the area is very large, because of the unevenness, and there are many rocks on the plateau that block part of the view, so it is not possible to see the whole picture completely for the time being.