Chapter 172: The Stone Forest of Sudden Changes
"The difficulty of building a mausoleum often indirectly proves the comprehensive strength of the owner of the mausoleum.
In such an extravagant mausoleum, the existence of burials in it may have far exceeded our expectations. ”
Looking at this established result, Professor Huang, who was frequently admiring on the sidelines, couldn't help but sigh.
"Since Professor Huang thinks so, then we may have to be more careful in our next actions.
If the previous mausoleum pattern was dormant, then now the mausoleum's anti-tomb robbery system has most likely been fully activated. ”
This is also deeply true, Bai Ning directly warned about the dilemma that he may face next.
With the utmost caution, everyone slowly advanced towards the central stone forest area, and with almost every step, a unique mark was marked on the stone pillars they passed.
The drones in the air are still flying above everyone's heads, which really gives everyone a little comfort.
At the very least, they won't get lost in the stone forest.
The desert in the early morning still carries the chill of last night, and the stone pillars around are cold and cold, even under the direct sunlight of the sun.
I don't know if it's because of the temperature difference between day and night, in this stone forest, a horizontal thrust air flow began to slowly occur.
This is an extremely dangerous signal.
If the dust returns, the drone will lose its basic role, and with a satellite positioning that is not too accurate, the risk of this stone forest will be even greater.
Under the urging of the wind and sand, the progress of the team is gradually accelerating, and the distance of more than 100 meters does not seem to be able to hinder everyone for long.
"The stone pillars around are already moving."
Suddenly seeing a stone pillar sprayed with an icon appear in front of him, Bai Ning immediately reminded him loudly.
"Why didn't the person in charge of the drone report the relevant things in time?"
did not receive an early warning from the aerial vision, which made Jiang Yingxue suddenly feel a nameless anger in her heart.
If the drone cannot play the slightest warning role in a clear aerial vision, once the dust gradually rises, the drone is actually no longer necessary.
"Report to the boss, the picture inside the drone shows that there is no deviation of any stone pillars."
To Jiang Yingxue's surprise, the drone operator actually gave such a response, isn't it really a human error?
"Call up the playback to view.
If it doesn't match, you can leave now. ”
The opportunity to prove himself still has to be given, but the expression on Jiang Yingxue's face did not have any softening color, which made the atmosphere in the field increasingly depressing.
The person in charge of the electronic equipment immediately connected to the host with his mobile phone, and the previous video was not played smoothly.
"From the perspective of the drone, there is really no movement trend of the stone pillars."
The person in charge of the verification quickly fed back the results, much to the relief of the self-certifiers.
"Good.
Awards are given in accordance with established regulations. ”
After dealing with internal matters, Jiang Yingxue glanced at Bai Ning, who was silent again, and didn't know how to ask.
As far as the precedent of replicants is concerned, it is likely that the stone pillar with icons that appeared out of thin air here is also the product of replication.
Alternatively, the sensing mechanism here can detect the drone's footage and mobilize the pillar to move outside of the drone's viewing range.
"The core purpose of the movement of the stone pillar is to prevent the trapped people from doing road signs to save themselves.
However, as far as I can see, the traces of the markings here may have exceeded our expectations.
If the icon can be copied, then it can also be erased.
In other words, where we can't see it, there are already a lot of different signs, and such signs are self-contained, which is very confusing.
As long as we still believe in the icon and follow the instructions of the icon, we will be completely misled by the icon, so that we will keep going around in circles in this small place.
This is different from the original spiral maze principle, but the goal is the same. ”
After a while, Bai Ning gave his judgment on this place, and also made it clear that the icon generation mechanism here may be more complicated than everyone expected.
If there are no drones and no satellite positioning, they will be misled by their own preconceived notions and trapped forever in this small stone forest.
The wind and sand here didn't leave them much time, and the drones in the sky were already looming, and if they continued to make some meaningless stops, they would completely lose their aerial vision.
The team accelerated again, and soon came to the center of the stone forest, the drone was recovered, and everyone was completely trapped in the wind-blown sand stone forest.
The ground in the central area is covered with sand and dust, and I don't know if it was because of the wind and sand, or because of the operation of the anti-tomb robbery agency.
The sand pumping machine began to work at full strength, and the floating sand on the surface was quickly cleared, and the familiar stone ground was still under the dust.
Continuing to clear the sand, the exposed stone slabs gradually increased, but there were no more bluebird reliefs on them, replaced by some hideous ghostly reliefs.
"What is this?"
The ghost relief is full of charm, which makes Bai Ning can't help but think of the scene when he first saw the Panlong Pillar, and Professor Huang also crouched on the stone bar at this time to observe carefully, and even used a magnifying glass.
After a long time, Professor Huang got up from the ground and patted the floating soil on his body, his face was serious.
"Hey!
As far as the two relief techniques are concerned, they are completely from the hands of different carving masters, and the mentality and style of the two are completely different.
If we only look at the differences, we can even conclude that the two stone strips come from different tombs. ”
Originally, I thought that Professor Huang would make a high-level statement, but it turned out that he only commented on the two styles of relief.
"The scale of this ancient tomb is huge, and there must be a lot of craftsmen needed, isn't it normal for different styles of reliefs to appear?"
Liu Cheng, who had been silent on the side for an unknown amount of time, finally heard a topic on which he could express his opinion, and hurriedly went up and said a few words.
"Death is like life, funeral culture has a long history, and its main purpose is to make the deceased better happy in the underworld.
Therefore, there are only two kinds of Ming vessels, one is the pleasure of the burial, and the other is the tomb beast.
Different Tomb Beasts represent different ideas and ways of revenge.
Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West is in charge of both eternal life and death, and has both elixirs that can make people immortal, as well as disasters and pestilences.
If the blue bird represents feeding for the Queen Mother of the West, being deified because of its coexistence, and to some extent it can also represent rewarding immortality, then the evil ghost statue with tiger teeth and leopard tail represents calamity and plague.
Now, the immortal star is hidden, and calamity has emerged, and if you continue to dig the ancient tomb, there may be a big disaster.
Based on the characteristics of the plague, it is highly likely to be a biochemical disaster. ”
Professor Huang's follow-up interpretation of the ghost relief is filled with a pessimistic atmosphere, which may be the reason why he has been brewing for a long time.
In his interpretation, if the danger experienced by Sima Tian and the others before was just a smooth path to immortality with nine deaths and one life, then what they have to experience now is the Shura Hell with ten deaths and no life.
The difference between the two concepts represents the difference between the mausoleum organs.
"I only heard that ancient viruses were found in the cold ice for thousands of years, how can any virus be preserved for thousands of years in a dry and water-scarce high-temperature environment?"
Completely ignorant of the logic, Liu Cheng questioned Professor Huang's judgment based on some of his superficial biological experience.
This is a reasonable question, because large infectious diseases spread by droplets are rarely seen in desert areas, because the dry and water-scarce high-temperature environment can quickly inactivate viruses and germs.
"Do you remember the previous interpretation of the blue bird's feeding?
If this mausoleum really has a setting for regular feeding, then the function of these blood foods is to cultivate and perpetuate this ancient virus. ”
Professor Huang seems to be very sure of his own speculation, and has organically integrated the bluebird relief and the evil ghost relief.
"It's a possibility.
The so-called curse, in my opinion, is probably a mode of application of biowarfare.
For example, there is an Ebola virus in Africa that has a terrible death, first with dissolved bleeding from internal organs, then bleeding from seven orifices, and even vomiting out necrotic internal organs.
Another example is the Black Death, in which the lymph nodes of the whole body are necrotic and black, and the fever is constantly high, and finally he dies of pain.
Another example is rabies, the lethality rate is 100%, and there will be a manic attack before death, almost like a madman.
What is the difference between these death-inducing illnesses and the legendary curses?
In other words, if someone masters the technology of biochemical poisoning, curses in front of people, and finally the person dies tragically because of similar symptoms, this kind of psychological threat is not insignificant for the ancient times when feudal superstition was prevalent.
Similarly, if the owner of the tomb mastered such biochemical technology, the tomb robbers died a miserable death due to a similar curse, and such a deterrent should not be underestimated.
The tomb beast and the mausoleum curse of "whoever opens it will die", these things, to put it bluntly, are just some psychological deterrent measures.
What can kill a tomb robber is due to biochemical means such as bacteria and viruses, or physical means such as poisoning. ”
Bai Ning gave his own insights on the correlation between curses and viruses.
Based on this interpretation, it is very natural to understand the divine authority given to the Queen Mother of the West.
The Western Queen Mother clan, which has mastered the technology of the Fourth Civilization, wants to spread disasters and plagues is not too simple, and it is easy to rule their slave group through such immortal means.
It's just some cognitive inducement and deterrence.
"Send someone to get some biohazard suits."
Jiang Yingxue has always been well prepared, and there will be no lack of consideration for various possibilities, but it is a bit impossible to have a biochemical protective suit for everyone, at most it is to wear gloves and gas masks.
In the midst of the wind and sand, the follow-up action progressed slowly, and the people who could not be completely idle could only continue to clean up the sand and dust on the stone bars.