"That's what you call the "big secret"? Qi Xia asked in a cold voice.

"Hehe...... the old man laughed strangely, and raised his head to look at Qi Xia, "Isn't this a 'big secret'?" ”

Qi Xia heard the old man's laughter, and looked down at the skull again, although he could only see the back of the skull, but looking at the dry cracks on the skull and the content of sand on it, it was nothing more than someone buried here after death.

Maybe he's been dead for decades, or maybe he's been dead for years.

No matter how you think about it, this is not an unbelievable thing, let alone a "secret".

No one can tell how many people have died in the city in the past seven years, and how many corpses have been produced.

"Looks like I made a mistake." Qi Xia looked up at the top of his empty head, "After all, it's gambling, and no one can always win." ”

Qi Xia was about to leave after speaking, but the old man stopped him.

"Don't go, boy!" The old man happily picked up his skull and picked up the kerosene lamp with his other hand, "Aren't you curious?!" How can you not be curious about the skull that I dug up for so long? ”

Qi Xia stopped helplessly and slowly turned around, in his eyes, this old man was no different from an ordinary madman.

Seeing that Qi Xia had been retained, he hurriedly took two steps forward, but he always held his skull tightly: "Young man!

Qi Xia looked down at the skull in his arms expressionlessly, the light was very dim, but he could clearly feel that there was nothing special about this skull.

"So what's the secret?" Qi Xia looked up and asked.

"Young man...... You have to trust me...... Just take my word for it, and I'll tell you it all! The old man said with a strange expression, "But you must not think that I am a madman!" ”

"Okay." Qi Xia sighed after hearing this, "Give you a chance, you say, I'll listen." ”

"Good, good!" The old man happily held the skull, and then sat down on the ground.

Qi Xia also squatted down, and the two of them were surrounded by a small light in the dark alley, staring at the skull in front of them.

The old man was about to speak, but he was slightly stunned, then raised the kerosene lamp and moved it to a few centimeters in front of Qi Xia's face, and said softly in confusion: "Young man...... Why are you looking like this? Sick? ”

"Are you going to miss this opportunity?" Qi Xia asked.

"Look at you're in a hurry!" The old man grinned, "Then I won't ask!" I'm telling you! ”

Then he lowered his head, brought the kerosene lamp close to his skull, and said, "Young man...... What do you say people have changed? ”

Qi Xia frowned slightly when he heard this question and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"I mean...... What was it before a person became a human? The old man asked again.

"Are you talking to me about evolution? Qi Xia felt a little tired, "As long as you are willing to believe, people can be anything but people." ”

"Good ......!" The old man nodded excitedly, "I heard you say that...... I can confidently share my secrets with you! Do you believe it...... There is also a "theory of evolution" in this place? ”

Qi Xia's eyes were slightly cold, and he said: "You are even more crazy than I imagined, as long as the "echo" exists, theoretically people can become anything overnight, and there is no need for the word "evolution" at all. ”

"Yes...... You have a point, but I feel the calling. The old man reached out and patted the skull beside him.

"Summoning?"

"I can feel that there's something so much buried under the city...... So I started digging with the shovel I had found, and it had been so long...... I finally dug it up. ”

After painting, he slowly turned the skull next to him, facing Qi Xia with his face, and then poked down the kerosene lamp, revealing the true face of the skull.

Qi Xia's eyes slowly widened when he saw it.

This skull is very strange.

Although it looks like a skull on the outside, the front is smooth.

Not only is there no eye socket to accommodate the eyeball, or even a hole for the nasal cartilage, the entire underside of the skull is connected to the mandible, and even the place where the teeth should have been is flat. Qi Xia reached out and turned the skull, and found that sure enough, there was no depression in the position of the cochlea.

In other words, the owner of this skull......

No face.

"Young man...... You speak! The old man was visibly excited, "Does this skull subvert all your cognition?!" Can you tell how long the owner of this skull has been dead? ”

Qi Xia kept his face calm and didn't say a word.

"At least ten years!!" The old man waved his hand and said, "Do you believe that the people here are evolving......?" The "theory of evolution" really exists! Ten years ago, people here didn't even have faces!! ”

Qi Xia stretched out his hand and lightly touched the skull, which had just emerged from the dirt, and it felt warm to the touch.

"Isn't this a "big secret"?! The old man said happily, "Similar bones."

After the old man finished speaking, he stared at Qi Xia for a long time, but found that the young man in front of him never said a word.

"Why don't you speak?" The old man's voice trembled and said, "It's not like I'm crazy, right? This skull really doesn't have a face! ”

Qi Xia slowly stood up, then walked to the side of the pit and looked down carefully, his eyes were generally able to adapt to the darkness in the alley, and he could indeed see.

"Amazing, right?" The old man came to Qi Xia's side with a kerosene lamp, and said with an excited face, "Originally, I wanted to dig for a while and come up...... But I didn't expect to be able to sense the summoning of the depths of the earth...... It was as if there was a mysterious force that made me keep digging, and who would have thought that I wouldn't be able to come up while digging. ”

After hearing this, Qi Xia picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it into the pit.

"This is the deepest pit I've dug so far, and I didn't expect it to be rewarded...... "I want to reverberate quickly, and then remember this location, maybe I can discover a bigger secret deeper underground!" I may soon find the answer to this world! ”

Qi Xia, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke at this time, he sighed deeply, and said, "Old man, you said that a person's face is flat, can he still be called a "person"? ”

"Why isn't that human?" The old man said excitedly, "Didn't you see that just now, young man? That skull is connected by a spine! It's not a work of art made by someone, its bones have signs of oxidation, and although there are no organs in the face, there is space for the brain, and it is indeed a human skull! ”