Volume 1 Sacrifice of the Corpse to the Mountain Chapter 61 Deduction
Corpse oil!
Different from the corpse oil seen in the northwest foothills of Wumuyin Mountain before, the color of the corpse oil here is darker and brighter.
The corpse oil picked up by the two dogs with a scoop is clear yellow, but the corpse oil here is like castor oil with a very high concentration, the density is viscous and has a certain hardness, and a thick layer is pasted on the water surface, which is like a big pool of turtle jelly.
Most of the people present were Tufuzi, and there were many graves dug upside down, so they were naturally no strangers to corpse oil, and when Zhang Shouyu said this, they immediately took out small shovels and dug up a little bit in the water to take a closer look.
"It's indeed corpse oil that has been precipitated for a long time, but it looks like it should be four or five years old, not more than a year."
After looking at it for a long time, Bu Nanyu said a judgment.
This group of guys was extremely bold, except for Yanzi, who was a little afraid to look at it, everyone else was not interested in the scene in front of them.
After all, if you look at the dead body too much, the sense of fear will be numb.
Zhang Shouyu had seen Situ Ling's forensic doctor in Baihu Village before, these guys who dissected corpses all day long ago could eat and sleep next to the corpses, staring at the intestines and lungs soaked in formalin, eating noodles, and sucking the porridge while studying bile and pancreatic juice.
Forensic doctors will do the same, let alone tomb robbers who will not see the light of day.
"Impossible, Miss Bu, I also took a look just now, the corpse is affected by the surrounding environment, and the degree of decay has been slowed down, but it really won't be four or five years, four or five years of exposure to soaked water, it will not leave a flesh, it will only be minced meat."
Situ Ling corrected Bu Nan Yu, and Yang Biao also nodded, after all, he just judged that.
Second Master Qian also expressed his opinion.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is minced meat in this corpse oil, this is not ordinary corpse oil, but the deterioration produced by the decay and accumulation of corpses."
"It hasn't sunk to the bottom after all these years, tsk."
Han Yangzao pursed his lips.
"It's not that it doesn't sink to the bottom, it's that it can't sink, the density of this water is higher than imagined!"
Situ Ling said solemnly that his words were still credible in this regard, after all, he believed in science.
Zhang Shouyu listened carefully, and the sound of water flow that he had heard outside the cave before was still there, but except for a huge black water here, there seemed to be no sign of trickle.
"Where does the sound of water come from?"
Zhang Shouyu looked at Situ Ling.
Situ Ling was thoughtful, and did not reply to Zhang Shouyu immediately, but cautiously looked around the edge of the huge pool.
It didn't take long for a few large bubbles to bubble up in the middle of the pool.
Then, the severed limbs floating on it began to sink slowly, and finally they were completely engulfed!
That feels...... It's like you've been sucked into it by something!
"What's the situation!"
Seeing this, Hanyang immediately raised his gun, and without saying a word, bang bang is two shuttles, and the roar of huge guns is deafening, but the black water is still black water, and it is still lifeless.
"Nothing?"
Han Yangzao muttered, and the next moment he was cleaned up by the second master.
"Reckless! With so many rotting corpses, if the accumulated methane is enough, you will blow up this place directly with these two shots, do you know! β
"Don't be impulsive, it's not man-made."
Situ Ling waved his hand at Han Yangzao.
"When I was in school at the Nanjing Mining School, I did learn geological knowledge, and the sound of the water here is dull, and the waterway should be buried in the ground and in the cave wall."
Situ Zero pointed around.
"I said Adjutant Situ, this is not an autopsy, is what you said reliable?"
Liu Daxun smiled and questioned.
Situ Ling smiled and didn't respond, but just looked at Wu Feng calmly.
"You can trust, I was a classmate with him at the beginning, Nanjing Mineralogy School advocates Western learning in China, I still remember that there is a senior named Zhou Shuren who is very good, not only knows how to geological survey, but also can measure water quality, these are our compulsory courses."
Wu Feng's words were sincere, and no one had any objections for a while, and they all looked at Situ Ling and motioned for him to continue.
"Ladies and gentlemen, having said that, I am indeed only scratching the surface, so I dare to guess below."
Situ Ling walked most of the circle and returned to the crowd.
"This corpse oil pool should be living water below, there are traces of the transformation of the ancients, I don't know what method was used, in short, a very orderly circulating water system has been formed, there are probably two dark river trickles, one is transported up, one flows down, and the corpse that sank just now should be affected by one of the trickles."
"Could it be that this is the inlet and outlet channel used by the Situ clan to build this place in the first place?"
The second master took a mouthful.
"It should be, but what kind of structural technology is used, what kind of extraction principle, this is not something I know. The trailmaster's previous speculation has been confirmed, and it is really possible that the ancients used this waterway to enter and exit this place. β
After Situ Ling finished speaking, Han Yangzao took the fabric he had cut off before and opened his mouth.
"So, the group of Japanese people who came here more than a year ago should have relied on this waterway, but why did they all die here?"
"Brother Zao, what you said is not rigorous, most of the Japanese must have withdrawn, it should be that none of the Japanese who have arranged to work here have left this place alive!"
Situ Ling corrected Hanyang, but this was obviously not good news.
Li Ya assembled a Luoyang shovel for water, slowly [inserted] into the water to probe for a long time, and then said a creepy conclusion.
"The corpse oil probably comes from seven or eight time spans, and it is nearly five meters thick!"
"Grandma, how many people have to die here!"
Yang Biao scolded, then called Liu Daxun, and together they turned on the flashlight and searched from the other side.
Since these two people cooperated with the blast, the relationship has gotten better and better along the way, at least on the surface.
The atmosphere in the cave was a little depressing, and the swallow silently came out of the cave first, after all, looking at such a pool of stagnant water, he would really vomit after watching it for a long time.
Zhang Shouyu's mind was churning, and he thought of the rotten green corpses that appeared in the main temple of the mountain god.
Could it be true?
Master..... What the hell are you doing!
At this moment, no one is idle in the cave, after all, this waterhole is really huge, everyone left and right division of labor turned on their flashlights and began to carry out further search and visit.
"Turn over the scum of those Japanese and see if there are any ancient corpses and artifacts pressed down there, if you don't hurry down or open other holes, it's a waste of time here!"
Li Ya shouted at everyone, her motive for going to the tomb this time was pure.
Zhang Shouyu and Second Master Qian didn't move.
"Master Qian, what do you think about this corpse oil layer?"
"It's hard to say, this is not a structural tomb in the normal sense, and many unbelievable things have completely exceeded the scope of ancient tombs."
"What if it's just from the perspective of the burial chamber?"
Zhang Shouyu's words seem to be asking questions, but in fact he is deliberately clichΓ©.
He had some ideas in his heart, but before he was sure, he wanted to hear what Second Master Qian had to say.
"From the perspective of the burial chamber, the nearly five-meter layer of sedimented corpse oil is still at such a depth, and it is guarded by the ancient ten arrays, and it is estimated that only the burial pit can explain it."
Zhang Shouyu nodded when he heard this.
Indeed, with so many people dead, it's really unreliable to say something else.
"Master Qian, do you say that there is such a possibility, just now Situ Shizhu said that there is a water system circulation here, divided into yin and yang, upper and lower strands, is it possible that these corpses and corpse oil floated up from the main tomb at the bottom? I mean, if there's a main burial chamber down there! β
"Gone with the wind?"
A word woke up the dreamer, and the second master was shocked by Zhang Shouyu's assumption.
"Yes, it's floating! The burial pit in front of you is an illusion! β
Zhang Shouyu stretched out two fingers, one pointing to the sky and the other to the ground.
"If it's really as Adjutant Situ said, it's likely that there are burial places at the bottom and above, after all, we didn't enter the cave where the walking corpses with parasitic corpses were located on the third floor, what if there was a similar water system in those caves?"
"This ......"
The second master had a solemn expression, didn't say nonsense, raised his hand and motioned for Zhang Shouyu to continue.
"Master Qian, if this is really the case, if it is Situ Xuance who is really buried at the bottom, his status is definitely a prominent figure in the Situ clan or the dynasty at that time!"
"But as far as the old man knows, there should be no such person as Situ Xuance in history, and of course it may be that the old man is lonely and unheard. However, there are still precedents for double-tier burials, but here the battle is ...... It's a bit bigger. β
"Don't think about it so much, just follow the current train of thought and think about it, and then think about what those Japanese are trying to do when they use the waterway to come here and die here!"
Zhang Shouyu guided him step by step, and the second master was also suddenly opened, and the hot sweat on his head gradually turned into cold sweat.
"Double-tiered burial...... Or is it so generous, if there is really a main burial chamber at the bottom, the old man guesses randomly, guesses randomly, is it possible that this main burial chamber is also connected to the Rehe River, and the corpses of the martyrs are connected up and down, and as the place falls into disrepair and the river leaks, some of it has all floated here? β
"I think so too, just now Situ Shi also said that the water here is also weird, the density is extremely high, and it is not uncommon for corpses to float, everything can be explained like this!"
The old and the young hit it off, but their faces didn't look relaxed.
"According to this line of thinking, Zhang Daochang, then this place is a little stranger, you say that if it is really such a structure, why build so many bronze rope bridges outside?"
Second Master Qian's question was raised again, but this did not stump Zhang Shouyu.
"Master Qian, the current state of the underground lava is quite gentle, when this place was built a year and five hundred years ago, I don't know what it looked like, as the so-called vicissitudes of life change for no reason, maybe the underground was not like this? Besides, even if the tomb repairers of the Situ clan are highly skilled, they can run around in such a sinkhole, and it is really not conducive to construction if they do not build a bronze rope bridge, right? β
"That's right, we just have to make a fortune, and it has nothing to do with us how this land was built."
The second master stroked his goat's beard.
"According to this, Zhang Daochang, if there is a main tomb below, its empowerment and the secret silver inside the coffin should be extremely exquisite, otherwise it will be eroded by such heavy water, I'm afraid there will be nothing left!"
"If the Situ clan can build such a place, it should not be difficult to solve these problems."
Zhang Shouyu said as he pointed outward, pointing downward, intending to point to the hot underground magma.
Second Master Qian vaguely understood what he meant, and just wanted to continue chatting, he saw that the two people who were visiting left and right rushed back one after another.
It's just that these two groups of people are a little different.
Hanyang made a bunch of heavy things, looking at the wet, it should have been salvaged from the water, and his expression was solemn and full of disgust.
On the other side, Yang Biao and Liu Daxun are like two fools who are being chased by mad dogs, with frightened expressions and pretending to choose no way, running towards the entrance of the cave like fleeing!
"Second master, Li Paitou, over there...... There's a stone pier over there...... Will eat people! β