Chapter 805: Baby-faced Corpse Moth
They followed the trajectory of the moth's flight, flashlights shone into the air, and as the pillar of light shone on the dome, what was hidden in the darkness immediately became clear.
At the top of the stone corridor, there were countless strings hanging the heads of thousands of golden soldiers, and wherever the pillar of light went, the heads were stimulated by the strong light, and they shook as if they were convulsive, as if the countless human heads on the top were staring at them and laughing strangely, oozing people as if they had been picked up by long nails, and they were startled with goosebumps.
"Whew!" Song Siyuan exhaled a long breath and quickly asked everyone to move the light: "The truth is revealed, this corpse is mostly used as a hatching nest by this insect, as long as the cocoon of the insect is in the head, it can rely on the egg membrane carried in the moth cocoon to keep the head fresh and stable, until the outer skin of the corpse is completely separated from the egg membrane, and the corpse will wither due to lack of nutrition." ”
"Based on the searchlight experiments just now, I guess these moths are phototaxis moths, and the more intense the light, the more likely they are to be stimulated, which is why the heads of these corpses lift up when my camera shoots them.
"In fact, it is not the corpse that raises its head, but the moth is stimulated under the strong light, it is likely that the shaking of the wings drives the movement of the corpse, judging from these filaments, most of the skin of the corpse is controlled by the moth, and the head is cut off, which is equivalent to cutting off the connection." Her words were in line with the current situation, and everyone was shocked and finally relieved.
"But what is this moth, and why does it have a baby face on its head?" Xu Xiake was curious about something, and everyone was also slightly puzzled.
"I guess it's a corpse moth." Yue Qingshan has watched the farce for so long.
"Corpse moth?" Everyone's eyes widened, Yue Guanchao looked at the second uncle, he had probably seen something similar.
Yue Qingshan explained: "The corpse moth is a kind of human-faced moth, which lives on the flesh and blood of livestock, as long as it enters the body of a living creature, it can feed on the body until it eats all the flesh and blood and then hatches in the body, and when it comes out, it is the baby-faced moth we see." ”
"The Southern Song Dynasty rebels made the corpse of the Jin people into a nest of corpse moths, but they also made the best use of it, but this kind of thing must not be bitten by it, it is like a leech, and there is no way to turn back when it tastes the taste of human blood, until it sucks the person dry."
"That's right, while the corpse moth hasn't hatched yet, hurry up and find the treasure ship to enter." After Luo Shi Niang finished speaking, she motioned to the gang next to her to walk near the door, and completely opened the button copper door in the door hole, and then, everyone waited carefully against the stone wall, and the wind whistled directly into the treasure boat cave, until the wind became smaller and the air was evenly distributed, and then they walked into the threshold and walked into the treasure boat cave.
Before everyone walked in, they could already hear the sound of rushing water, Yue Guanchao led them into the inner door, and what appeared in front of them was the Southern Song Dynasty treasure boat floating on the water.
Yue Guanchao turned on the flashlight and looked at their location, they were currently standing in the cave in the belly of the mountain on Yugou Island.
They thought that the treasure ship would be in a small cave, but now it seems that they are obviously lacking imagination, and the cave that appears in front of them is basically as big as a small lake.
As mentioned earlier, the area of Yugou Island is close to Junshan Island, this karst cave located in the belly of the mountain, must be not small, the entire island inside, basically a naturally formed cave cavity, plus a part of it has been chiseled, it forms an underground lake with a vast water surface.
Yue Guanchao took a closer look at the flashlight, the lake resembled a huge oval, the shore of the lake was staggered, rugged and winding, if the lights were lit from their position, they could no longer see the light spots falling on the stone wall, which meant that from the position where they were standing, swimming forward, it was likely that they might not be able to reach the river bank if they swam for thousands of kilometers.
If you look at the top of your head, you can also see that the dome nearly 100 meters high is full of weeds and rattans, and even, some of the rattans are still bright and crazy, and at the edge of the dome, there are many black cracked holes, and I don't know what the use is, and they are distributed around the banks of the lake, as if they are surrounded by a necklace.
At this moment, the water surface is shining under the searchlight, and it is easy to see that the huge treasure ship located in the center of the lake, to be precise, there is more than one huge treasure ship, and there is a treasure ship fleet parked in the middle of the lake.
At this time, the pitch-black stone wall began to ripple with the lake streamer, and when the streamer shone into the cave, the contents of the cave also faintly appeared.
"This is, the corpse of the Southern Song Dynasty rebels?" Yue Guanchao approached these caves with a flashlight, the corpses were completely different from the Jin soldiers outside the door, most of the clothes on his body were Han armor, and he wore helmets and weapons in his hands, which also belonged to the Han system.
Song Siyuan nodded: "Yes, these corpses are the Southern Song Dynasty Righteous Army, I also mentioned the remains of the anti-Jin soldiers in the text when I checked the local chronicles, and the remnant generals sent the dead generals to the treasure boat cave, hoping that their dead bodies can continue to guard the treasure ship, and it is also for this reason that this underground lake where the Southern Song Dynasty treasure boat was stopped is also called the Heroic Soul Tomb." ”
"I see, the center of the lake is at least 500 meters away from us, if we don't have a boat, how can we get there?" Yue Erpao walked to the end, the stone platform they were standing on was more than twenty meters higher than the level of the lake, and it was not easy to get to the vicinity of the treasure ship if there were no ships and bridges.
Song Siyuan explained: "Since it has been mentioned in the local chronicles that it is a treasure preserved for future generations, how can it be impossible for people to go to the treasure ship, let's observe and observe to see if there are any mechanisms?" Or rather, a place to walk around. Song Siyuan stood at the end of the stone platform, flashlight and carefully observed, although there were traces of artificial chiseling in the grotto, it was only rough polishing, not a finely carved cave, it was difficult to make too precise mechanisms in irregular places.
The people around also turned on the flashlights and looked around, in addition to the stones or stones, the only thing that can be called a mechanism is the stone pillars standing on both sides of the doorway!
The width of the pillar resembles a stone mill, and the steering wheel is fixed in the center. Look carefully, the steering wheel is about half the length of the wall, the size of the copper basin, the shape is similar to the disc, the middle is the dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, flowers, birds, fish and insects such a fine copper relief plate, the surrounding rudder tooth handle is evenly distributed, each handle, with a lotus lamp, can ignite the lamp oil.
"This thing can't turn, right?" Xu Xiake walked over and turned these lamps with his hands, not only could the lamps not rotate, but even the huge steering wheel did not move at all, and after a few movements, he could only confirm that this was a dead thing.
Song Siyuan walked to the side of the stone platform and shone down towards the water, the iron chain under the stone platform seemed to be tied to something, falling into the water and not moving, she thought for a moment, as if she understood something: "Perhaps, we have all made a mistake." ”