Da Zhao was about to cry, pointed to the ground and said:

"Ahh Yes! Yes! Zhou Xiaozhou, put him down, hurry up! ”

Zhou Ning also wanted to, but now he didn't dare to move, because the crack was still expanding, not to mention anything else, as soon as he got rid of it, it would definitely be shattered into slag.

"My hands are numb, help me."

Xia Momo rushed over at some point, pressed Zhou Ning's hand, stuck it on the ground, and then gently pushed the cocoon, just like that, the gentle movement also made more fine cracks appear on the cocoon.

From the crack below, it was more than two fingers wide, and you could see that there was a certain gap inside, and it was pitch black in the depths, and I didn't know what it was.

Zhou Ning helped Xia Momo up, and at this time, Xia Momo's hand trembled badly, and Zhou Ning patted her arm.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, give me a strong flashlight, I don't move, just take a look at what's inside."

Xia Momo was a little worried, but Zhao Zhu Xingxing and they all came over, Xia Momo was helped up, Zhu Xingxing gritted his teeth and smiled, this expression was the same as Zhao Xinli.

"What are you afraid of, it's just a real-life archaeological game that doesn't cost money, and besides, this thing fell by itself, no matter how terrible it is, and the corpse we dissected is terrible, a few adults have seen the giant view, and they can still be calm when they smell the smell, even if this is a dried corpse, it is no different from a dried duck."

"Phew, don't harm the air-dried duck, Chen Cheng, don't pretend to be stupid, give me a strong flashlight."

Chen Cheng moved sideways, stuffed the strong flashlight into Da Zhao's hand, and hurriedly ran back to the direction of the cave, Da Zhao shook his head, didn't talk nonsense, holding the strong flashlight, he was about to illuminate the gap.

Zhu Xingxing was relatively close, his fingers curiously picked at the edge of the gap, and when the strong flashlight was aimed at the gap, he snapped, and the cocoon was completely cracked, like an eggshell, divided into two parts, and scattered left and right.

Zhu Xingxing was startled, and quickly took a step back, Da Zhao was also frightened, and suddenly turned around and glared at Zhu Xingxing, but the expression on Zhu Xingxing's face was frightened, although he didn't scream, but he also pointed to the middle of those broken 'eggshells' next to Da Zhao.

"Don't stare at it, it doesn't look like a hairy egg."

Zhou Ning couldn't bear it this time, after all, hairy eggs were his favorite food.

"Zhu Xingxing, shut up for me, talk about food, and throw you out to stay with the tour guide."

Zhu Xingxing looked aggrieved and stomped his feet and pointed behind the two.

"Don't look at me, I'm wrong and don't eat again, you go back and see what it is?"

Zhou Ning and Da Zhao turned around, and the strong flashlights and LED lights in their hands shone on the black lump in the middle of the eggshell, not to mention that it really looked a bit like a hairy egg.

Zhou Ning shook his head, let himself forget this idea, and took a closer look, this black thing, the height was about fifty centimeters, the same shape as the eggshell outside, but it was slightly thinner.

As the light rotated, Zhou Ning used the eggshell fragment to flick the thing, and at the moment when it turned around, everyone was silent.

Sure enough, it was a dried corpse.

It was not a white ossification, but a completely dry corpse, with its knees curled up and its feet crossed under its left and right buttocks, its hands crossed around its shoulders, and its head hanging slightly, so that its face could not be seen.

The color of the whole corpse was dark, and a faint stitching mark could be seen in the center of the skull, Zhou Ning turned around and stretched out his hand, Zhu Xingxing had already prepared a pair of gloves for him, but this was a plastic disposable glove, Zhou Ning didn't dislike it and hurriedly put it on.

Only then did he carefully check it, and also looked at the material of the eggshell, Zhou Ning stood up, and Liu Yufei walked over.

"It's the first time I've seen something like this, is this a burial form?"

Zhou Ning shook his head.

"Remember the altar inside? I feel that this is one of them, when I chose this route before, I also checked the relevant information, there is a local Yugur tribe, who believes in the 33-day cave of the horseshoe temple that Da Zhao said, and worships the green Tara.

This is also the image of Green Tara, and I think the carving is more exquisite, the natural cave, such a superb carving, maybe this place was once built during the more prosperous period of their faith, just like the Longmen Grottoes and Dunhuang, all represent the prosperity of an era.

As for the blockade, maybe it has something to do with that decade, or maybe because of the war, the people who blocked it back then are no longer there, and they can't open it here, so that future generations can trace it, but this place seems to be different from the 33-day grottoes, I can't say where it is different, the overall feeling of the sculpture is different.

I think it may be a different period, the eight cocoons hanging in the main cave on the outside were originally thought to be placed randomly, but since there is such a special red stone underneath, I think this is the same as we guessed before, related to sacrifices.

And Green Tara I searched for entries at that time, and I remember one thing very deeply, saying that Green Tara can save eight kinds of suffering, such as lion disaster, elephant difficulty, snake disaster, water disaster, prison disaster, thief difficulty, and inhuman difficulty, also known as "saving the eight difficult mothers", which is exactly eight, and can be matched here. ”

Da Zhao ripped off Zhu Xingxing's backpack, rummaged through the tablet, which contained a travel guide, searched for a while, and found an introduction to Green Tara, as well as the introduction of this clan, there are many pictures in it, one of which is the picture of the main sculpture in the Thirty-three Days Cave.

Da Zhao turned on the camera again, compared it twice, and after a long time, he pointed to the picture and said:

"I'll go, Zhou Xiaozhou, your analysis is right, the Buddha statue here is very different from the one in the Thirty-three Days Grottoes, this one is more delicate, more soft, and the colors are gorgeous, about art, we don't understand, you can ask Teacher Xia, but do you find that this Buddha statue is not holding a blue lotus in his hand."

Xia Momo also came over at this time, leaned sideways, kept her eyes from touching the lump on the ground, looked at the pictures in the camera and the tablet, compared them, and nodded.

"The mudra is not the same, you look at the Thirty-Three Days Grotto, the left palm is outward, the thumb is holding the blue lotus, this is the left palm up, the index finger and thumb are pinching a red lotus, and the plants in the background behind are not the same, and this is more feminine than the image of the Thirty-three Days Grotto, is this Green Tara a woman?"

Da Zhao hurriedly nodded, found some text content, and showed it to everyone.

"It is said that before Green Tara became a Buddha, she was originally a princess of what country, and when she finally became a Buddha, she tried to overcome public opinion, retain the image of a woman, and purify all sentient beings, she was sitting on a lotus throne, whether this has anything to do with those lotus leaves under the cocoon of the sacrifice, after all, they are all red."

Several people nodded, indeed the red lotus with a blood-red jewel-like lotus leaf is very echoing.

Zhou Ning had already finished checking the dried corpse inside the eggshell at this time, stood up and took off his gloves.

"This dry corpse should be a boy of six or seven years old, of course, this is inferred according to the height of modern people, everything wants to be determined, we need our kind of professional equipment to carry out bone age inference, and facial restoration.

As for the cause of death, there is a narrow cut on the top of the head, which is difficult to distinguish in the hair, especially the decoration of the braids, which I think should be a form of human sacrifice, that is, cutting the scalp, digging a hole, and pouring mercury into it, so that the body does not rot.

In the tombs of many dignitaries and nobles, you will see such a boy and girl dry corpse, lifelike, thousands of years without decay, but this is slightly different, the method is similar, but the method of artificially making a dry corpse is more professional, it is estimated that before death, he was fasted with water and even took laxatives.

Only a large amount of dehydration and emptying of the digestive tract can the corpse not decompose, and after being poured with mercury, in order to maintain its original state, after death, it is placed in a specific posture, and then wrapped in a white cloth and sealed with wax on the outside.

As for why this is done, I don't know what the meaning is, this is what the archaeological department should study, but this stitching technique can be said to be very modern? ”

Liu Yufei gasped and said with some panic:

"What do you mean, this is not the corpse of an ancient, but a modern person?"

Zhou Ning shook his head.

"I'm not sure, we'll see further checks, okay, let's get out and wait for the local police to come over at the entrance of the cave."

Da Zhao nodded, put away their equipment, the eggshells scattered on the ground and the dried corpse did not move, but just cleaned up their traces, and everyone came to the entrance of the cave.

Before they could climb out, they heard Guide Liu outside shouting at them with excited crying.

"Here, the police are coming."

Following the direction of his finger, several people looked over from the defective position, and more than a dozen people had climbed up, some in police uniforms and some in civilian clothes, but they were walking on the ridge, and the inclination made them feel tired when they looked at it.

Guide Liu's hands were about to shake off, and he kept guiding those people to the path, and in a moment these people entered the cave one after another, after all, now the camouflage of the cave entrance has disappeared, and the part that connects the edge of the mountain still remains, and everyone jumped in.

Zhou Ning had already stepped forward and handed his work card to the person who walked over, who was in his thirties and looked like a leader.

"Hello comrade, this is my work card, we are from Qindao, we went to the Tianshan Mountains to play and then came here independently, today"

Before Zhou Ning finished the introduction, a short and fat man with glasses in the back came over, panting, his face was very embarrassed, he raised the strong flashlight in his hand, kept looking at the defects of the hole, and looked at Zhou Ning angrily, and the strong flashlight also shone on Zhou Ning's face.

"Don't talk nonsense, what did you do?"

Liu Yufei tilted his head, his eyes were already narrowed, and the next moment he was afraid that he would kick people away, Da Zhao hurriedly stopped Liu Yufei, after all, he was the best at dealing with these problems.

Zhou Ning simply took a step back and closed his mouth and waited for Da Zhao to solve it.

Da Zhao rubbed his hands together and pointed in the direction of the desert.

"Yes, but I'm going to have to explain what happened."

Humpty Dumpty, who wore glasses, waved his hand, his face full of disdain, and said impatiently in the tone of a local accent.

"What nonsense to talk to them, quickly take them away, lock them up and educate them well, they should be beaten and beaten, check what unit, let their families come and collect people, as for the compensation issue, I will go back to the library to calculate it later and give an account."