Chen Jianqiu followed Holmes and continued to walk along the lake.

"Right ahead." Holmes led the way ahead, flying with small steps.

Chen Jianqiu stuffed a piece of chocolate into his mouth, and then trotted after him.

He had simply taken off his clothes, and as he ran, he shook the water off his clothes.

The water in the lake just now was really cold and biting, and even though he was strong, he felt a sharp loss of body heat.

Chen Jianqiu missed the bonfire in the illusion just now.

"Here it is." Holmes stopped in front of a half-man's tall rock.

The shape of this stone was no different from the ones Chen Jianqiu had seen in the square before, highlighting a strange shape.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at it and didn't see anything special.

"Come to me." Holmes beckoned to Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu walked to Holmes's side and turned to the other side of the stone.

By the light of the fire, he found that the top of the stone had been hollowed out, and there was some white solid inside, and the twists could be faintly seen on it.

"I guess it's some kind of animal fat." "I want to wait for you to decide what to do." ”

"Let's see if I can click on it."

Chen Jianqiu stretched out his torch and moved to the top of the stone.

What he didn't expect was that a small flame soon appeared on the stone, and then it slowly grew a little bigger, like a bright light.

By the light, they saw another stone of similar size appear in front of them, but it seemed to have been moved.

Chen Jianqiu and Holmes walked over, and found white solids and wicks on the stones.

Next, they also found the third and fourth lights......

These simple Nahua-made lighting fixtures were lit one by one.

And the cave gradually brightened.

Sean and the others saw the commotion and walked over with torches, and they helped light the remaining lamps.

They found a total of twenty-two similar stones, which were basically concentrated on the opposite side of the entrance, that is, Chen Jianqiu's location.

The stones are scattered around the lake, and they are not very regular.

As the light grew brighter, everyone began to see the situation in the cave clearly.

It is a natural cave with two entrances and exits, one where they came down and the other on the opposite side.

They stood on an irregular land island, at least half the size of a football field, as they had guessed, and now it was half dark and half bright because of the twenty-two lights.

This land island divides the entire cave into two halves, with lakes on both sides.

At the entrance of the cave on the other side, Holmes checked and found traces of human processing, if I guessed correctly, it should be the path they had chosen earlier.

If they had continued down that path, they would have entered the cave through that opening.

This cave, which is the end of the two-way line, is the lowest level of this cave.

It is also likely to be a legendary treasure place!

So, where is the treasure?

The crowd scattered around the land island with torches and began to look for it.

Half an hour later, they returned to the vicinity of the stone lamp.

The crowd was dumbfounded again.

Nothing was found.

The land island beneath their feet was unbelievably flat, and there was almost nothing on the ground the size of half a football field except for the scattered stones.

Got a mechanism?

The first possibility that came to Chen Jianqiu's mind was whether the descendants of the Aztecs had set up some kind of elaborate mechanism in this cave, as he had seen in many tomb robberies and treasure hunts before he traveled.

But he quickly denied his idea.

Movies are movies after all, after all.

Whether it's from the cliffside entrance, or from the artificially leveled roads along the way, including these rudimentary lights.

The descendants of these Aztecs were limited in terms of technology and manpower.

They are not their own magical and glorious Aztec ancestors, nor the mythical Mayans, nor the Egyptians and Chinese who shocked the world with their wonders and perpetuated civilization to this day.

They were just a surviving tribe of the Aztecs who had fled to the southern part of the United States, unable to figure out such a complex mechanism.

Is it really just a hoax, as Hanif and Holmes say?

So the makers of these maps are engaged in so many bells and whistles, just to make a joke with future generations?

How boring is that?!

Chen Jianqiu looked at Holmes and found that he might be thinking the same as himself at this time, and he was sitting on the stone in a gloomy manner.

Seeing Chen Jianqiu coming over, the geologist was full of frustration:

"Chen, there's nothing, this is a natural cave." Holmes covered his face, "I should have thought that those Nahuas would have the ability to transport so much gold from Mexico thousands of miles away. ”

Chen Jianqiu's heart sank to the bottom, but the expression on his face did not change much.

Holmes patted the stone with his hand hatefully, chagrined at the dashing hope.

But when he slapped the stone twice, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He raised his head, and his gaze met with Chen Jianqiu.

This stone is empty!

Chen Jianqiu brought the torch over.

The two of them examined the stone carefully, and finally noticed that something was wrong.

There is a break in the middle of this large stone.

"Come here!" Chen Jianqiu waved his hand to everyone.

At this time, everyone was blindly swaying around the land island like headless flies, and when they heard Chen Jianqiu's greeting, they hurriedly ran over.

"Come over here and get a hand." Chen Jianqiu beckoned Danny and a few others.

Everyone held on to the upper half of the stone, and under the command of Chen Jianqiu, "one, two, three" made a force.

The quick stone broke off from the middle, revealing a natural hollow bore.

Several torches shone into the empty chamber at the same time.

Sure enough, there's something in there!

Holmes reached in and pulled out the contents.

By the light of the fire, he squinted his eyes and began to observe what was in his hand.

It is a black pottery shard with patterns carved into it that resemble those recorded on human skin maps.

"Pottery seal." "An Aztec artifact. ”

"Go look at the other stones." Chen Jianqiu greeted.

It took them some time to move away from all the other hollow stones, and found that there were indeed things hidden inside.

From necklaces to bracelets to pendants, the workmanship is exquisite.

The craftsmanship of these things amazed Holmes, saying that no matter which one they were, they all embody the wisdom of the Aztec civilization and have high research value.

But without exception, none of these things are made of gold, and the number is not very large.

"That's it?" Sean was disappointed.

With the exception of Holmes, the others also had a look of disappointment on their faces, which was far from what they had expected.

Chen Jianqiu didn't know much about the market of these things in this era, and when he turned around, he took it and asked Astor to help him ask.

Still, he felt that something was not right.

Even if these things could be sold for a good price in New York, for those descendants of the Aztecs, they were far from being so expensive and hidden so deeply.

Before the crowd was around Holmes, studying the stuff.

A voice came from the mouth of the cave:

"Oh roar! I've found something good, let me see! Let me see! ”

When they turned around, they saw Hanif running with a torch.

"What are you doing running down there instead of staying up there?" Chen Jianqiu asked suspiciously.

"There's no danger up there, hehe, those Pinkerton fools are dead." Hanif ran up to the crowd, stuck the torch on the stone, rubbed his hands together and said excitedly, "By the way, what did you find?" ”

He couldn't wait for Chen Jianqiu to fulfill his promise, the treasure was found, and he was the first to pick it.

But when he saw the black things in the hands of Chen Jianqiu and Holmes, he was dumbfounded.

"Pick." Chen Jianqiu looked at him with a smile.

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