Chapter 178: Alloy Iron Arrow
Bai Ning's association, coupled with the alloy iron arrow in his hand, seemed to confirm their previous conjecture about the origin of the Western Queen Mother civilization.
"These core iron arrows predate the appearance of bronze and even earlier the use of iron tools, which is already very telling.
In addition to this, Professor Huang, you should have made some other discoveries. β
Professor Huang must have stopped them with great fanfare, not only to make them appreciate a few iron arrows from ancient times.
"Yes.
The existence of these iron arrows can make people reverie, but the damage they cause will make people shudder. β
Professor Huang's words seemed to be a slight exaggeration, but he took out another tablet and called up a top view of the stone forest that had been changed a long time ago.
The part that is circled by the red circle should be the stone forest area that was destroyed by the arrow feathers.
At a glance, it can be seen that most of the stone pillars destroyed by the iron arrow are indeed located in the 186 stone pillars that make up the Seven Houses of the Blue Dragon.
"What do these destroyed stars represent?"
Looking at the destroyed part of the constellation map, Jiang Yingxue asked.
"Most of the areas destroyed by the iron arrows are located between the Horn and the Horn, that is, the Kang Su.
This part represents the part of the dragon's neck, the so-called dragon has reverse scales, and it will be angry if it touches, and the iron arrows concentrate on destroying this part of the area, which seems to warn us. β
Professor Huang's analysis is based on the physical distribution of the Seven Houses of the Green Dragon, but more often than not, he is only doing some stream-of-consciousness level analysis.
The danger of this mausoleum was fully realized at the time of initial contact, and it is almost pointless to continue to do some intimidation analysis now.
Moreover, as long as the arrow array is more delayed, and the tomb robbers come in through the gap before firing, the deterrent effect of killing a few tomb robbers will definitely be much stronger than the dragon neck metaphor of the Blue Dragon Seven Nights.
To put it mildly, if the tomb robbers did not pay attention to the area where iron arrows gather in the stone forest because of their different concerns, then this hint from the mausoleum designer can be described as meaningless self-inflicted.
It is meaningless to use important anti-theft equipment for the arrow array to destroy the overall pattern of the stone forest, but its results are not very necessary, which is meaningless from any point of view.
"This implication is not very operational.
The Seven Houses of the Blue Dragon are made up of a total of 186 stone pillars, and ordinary personnel would not be able to detect them if they were not very proficient in the knowledge of the stars, or if they had a bird's-eye view from the air such as drones.
Even if the appearance of the Qinglong Seven Houses represents a kind of inheritance test that the builders of the mausoleum want to convey, and will be noticed by those who have a heart, the designers of the mausoleum use the rain of arrows to deliberately destroy the stone forest, which is also a bit unreasonable.
Unless, such destruction has a special meaning at the level of testing.
Otherwise, such a painstaking move does not make sense. β
Bai Ning's systematic analysis made everyone present fall into contemplation.
Under this level of analysis, Professor Huang's inverse speculation also seems a bit naΓ―ve.
If this is a warning, is it warning the subject of an error in the direction of entering the tomb?
Isn't it a contradiction to add hints in the middle of the test?
Since it is a test for the inheritor, the relevant mechanism of the mausoleum will only be responsible for the result of the test, and it is the kind that is strictly enforced.
"Makes sense.
If you think about it according to the overall logic of the subject, it is indeed inappropriate to interpret the dragon's neck as an inverted scale.
If you can't interpret it from the side of the warning, then you can only interpret it from the direction of the exam questions.
Kangsu is the second Nakshatra of the Eastern Canglong, including seven star officials: Kang, Dajiao, Zhewei, Left Seti, Right Seti, Dun Stubborn, Yangmen, a total of 22 stars.
Among them, the Great Horn is very bright, it is the fourth brightest star in the whole day and the first bright star in the northern sky, and because of this, the ancient astrologers believed that the Great Horn was the symbol of the emperor.
In terms of the specific destruction area of the arrow rain, most of the arrows are concentrated in the Arcturus area.
From this point of view, is what awaits us a test designed for the emperor? β
Professor Huang reinterpreted it based on the direction of the exam questions, and if taken literally, the test hidden behind this tomb road can be very tricky.
Even more seriously, this is probably the most difficult of all the tests.
"The Queen Mother of the West is the supreme ruler of this place herself, and her inheritance test is also set for the Zhongxing leaders among the future generations, so the difficulty naturally exists.
Based on this, this seems to be even more indicative of the right path we are currently taking. β
Bai Ning's judgment was full of optimism, which made Professor Huang feel very surprised, but Jiang Yingxue did not feel any surprise.
Seeing the best benefits hidden in the risks is the basic quality that an explorer should have.
What's more, Bai Ning has never been afraid of any danger, and can even enjoy the sense of accomplishment that danger brings.
"Since the expectations here are all benign, let's go ahead.
The arrow array in this area has not yet been fully revealed, and there may be some special hints behind it. β
Jiang Yingxue signaled all the personnel to continue the construction, with the foreshadowing of the previous experience, the subsequent process of taking the stone strips seemed to be much smoother.
The subsequent rain of arrows never touched the stone bars again, and all of them shot into the stone forest according to the predetermined trajectory.
It wasn't until the fourth stone bar that no arrows continued to shoot out of the mausoleum.
According to rough statistics, there are a total of nine stone bars with arrow arrays hidden underneath.
"Nine, when this number appears, it seems that Boss Bai's previous guess is basically correct.
Ninety-five, the flying dragon is in the sky.
Nine is the extreme number, five in the middle, so the "ninety-five" symbolizes the authority of the emperor, there is a saying that the ninety-five is supreme.
The flying dragon is in the sky, which is the celestial phenomenon presented by the current stone forest, and the arrows under the nine stone slabs are all shot at the Arcturus star officer who represents the emperor, what else can be wrong with this? β
Just realizing that there were nine stone slabs from which the arrows were shot, Professor Huang's entire face began to agitate.
Without even reconfirming the exact position of the arrows fired from the next three stone tablets, he had already interpreted all the current representations in detail.
Just in case, Bai Ning still asked Liu Cheng to take the personnel to confirm, and Liu Cheng, who was already quite excited, jumped out as soon as he slipped away.
"Indeed, as Professor Huang said, the remaining arrows are also concentrated in the previous area."
After a while, Liu Cheng's high notes with an excited timbre came back from afar.
Everything points in the right direction of reasoning, which also indicates that they are currently moving in the right direction.
There was almost no hesitation, and the drone used for the initial exploration rushed down directly, but not long after it flew out, the drone exploded and fell.
It was strange that the plane crashed inexplicably, and there was nothing unusual in the relevant photographic footage.
"The temperature inside the tomb was already well below minus 10 degrees, and the drone's rotors were too cold and shut down.
The camera was barely working, and no new dangers were detected. β
The person in charge of the drone checked it a little and reported the specific situation.
Since there was no danger, Bai Ning rushed in with a few people.
The tomb was even colder than expected, the temperature was about minus twenty or thirty degrees, and the cold air inhaled stimulated the nasal cavity, and the feeling of being cold through the heart was full of winter coldness.
The entrance to the tomb has been lit with a strong searchlight, and the situation in this area is clear, and the previous arrow array equipment is sealed behind a row of stone walls full of holes.
Dig the probe in, it's pitch black, and within the range of light, you can see some bracket structure, which is not complicated, but the texture is absolutely cold and hard.
I handed the bright flashlight to the depths of the tomb, but it was still bottomless darkness, and I didn't know if there was any light-absorbing substance in it.
In order to prevent some of the most basic traps, Bai Ning took a trekking pole to explore the path in front, and the ground he knocked on was solid and dull, not like he had the feeling of a trap by default.
At this time, the advance was slow, about a hundred meters ahead, and a fork in the road had already begun to appear.
Behind each fork in the road seemed to hide a cold and terrifying ghost story, Bai Ning took a few quick glances, and then returned to the original point.
"Well, what's in there?
Is there a dragon chair? β
Jiang Yingxue, who was standing above, saw Bai Ning returning, and knew that he hadn't found anything else, so he casually teased a word or two.
Taking advantage of this time, the other personnel have set up the insulated tent, the temperature in the tent is also extremely low, and everyone wearing cold-proof clothing is very bloated.
"There are so many forks in the road that each one feels like a dead end."
Bai Ning's response was very brief, which made Jiang Yingxue's slightly playful smile instantly converge.
Until the secrecy here is unlocked, all temporary victories are nothing more than paralyzing poison, and excessive relaxation will only lead to a tragic death in the next move.
"In order to reduce the risk of follow-up, we may need to dismantle more parts of the burial chamber than expected.
Let's continue to expand the size of the insulated tent, just with the previous arrow array area, it is enough for us to keep busy for a long time. β
Bai Ning's follow-up is unpretentious, but the challenges contained in it are not simple.
If they are unlucky, they may all be wiped out in some inexplicable trap, and they will not even have a chance to save themselves.
The cruelty of the truth can never be measured by imagination.
Even if everyone has summarized and thought about the details here before, the conclusions they have come to show that their current progress is going well, but speculation is speculation.
Assumptions are assumptions, and more often than not, self-delusional assumptions.