"Why is it so gloomy here?" Satipeng asked puzzledly while walking in the temple.
Professor Chen explained: "These stone pillars are all from Cishan. It is normal for you to find them gloomy.
You see, all the sculptures on these pillars are lifelike, which shows that the skills of the craftsmen at that time were extremely high."
"Professor Chen!" Hu Badi asked: "Do you think these pillars have any significance?"
Professor Chen shook his head and said: "I don't have a clue about this yet, let's move forward!"
"Okay!" Hu Ba nodded, and everyone continued to move forward. As they saw more and more pillars, they came to some rough guesses.
They believe that the reason why this temple, which is supposed to be dedicated to ghosts and gods to protect the temple, is to enshrine statues of ordinary people and animals is because the temple here is unique to all countries and is different from other gods.
The height of the pillar here represents the social order of Jingjue Kingdom, from low to high, corresponding to from humble to noble.
From the lowest level of livestock, ordinary people, giant-eyed people and the guardian gods above, Hu Bayi speculated on the possible existence of the imaginary number space, as well as the exquisite queen who is sitting on the imaginary number space and controlling the imaginary number space.
These pillars all support this conjecture.
Everyone looked at the natural jade ball placed on the highest pillar. They all gathered around and discussed the formation and function of this eyeball.
They firmly believe that the source of the power of the eye is the totem they believe in.
"Fat man, give me your jade pendant."
Seeing everyone studying and studying, they didn't find that the jade ball was not complete and had obvious grooves on it. Zhang Lin, who didn't want to waste time, took the initiative and asked the fat man to take out his so-called 'family heirloom'.
When the fat man heard this, he covered his chest and said, "What do you want my jade pendant for?"
"Xiao Zhang, have you discovered anything?"
Seeing that Zhang Lin wanted Fatty Wang's jade pendant, everyone gathered around him, and Hao Aiguo couldn't wait to ask.
Zhang Lin didn't reply to them, he just used his flashlight to shine on the jade grooves on the pillar platform.
These people were either archaeologists or tomb robbers. They understood Zhang Lin's meaning at a glance. Under Hu Bayi's urging, Fatty Wang quickly took out the jade pendant and Hu Bayi put it on.
Perfectly matched and natural.
The crowd gathered around the eyeballs inlaid with jade pendants, marveling at the craftsmanship of Jingjue State thousands of years ago.
"Hey!" Hao Aiguo, who was studying, gently lifted the jade ball and said, "This seems like it can be taken down!"
"Don't..." Before Hu Ba finished speaking, Hao Aiguo picked up the jade ball and looked at the eyeball in Hao Aiguo's hand. Zhang Lin drew his sword and retreated far away.
It's hard for gods to save the devil. Zhang Lin, who knew that a lot of strange snakes would fall down soon, stayed away from the altar early while Fatty Wang and Hao Aiguo were competing for his attention.
If everything changes and they fail to stop the black snake, Zhang Lin plans to run out of the temple and make plans again.
"Fat man, bring the ball!" Hu Bayi snatched the jade ball from Fatty Wang, stared at him fiercely and said, "What's the matter with you? Why are you fighting with Professor Hao?"
The fat man said anxiously: "This jade eye originally belonged to me. Look, it is combined with my family's jade pendant. What is it if it's not mine?"
"Comrade Xiao Wang!" Professor Chen said earnestly after hearing the words: "This is a cultural relic, a priceless treasure. It is to be handed over to the country, how can you keep it for yourself?"
"And you, Patriot!" After talking about Fatty Wang, Professor Chen turned to scold Hao Aiguo and said, "I told you several times not to be careless when doing things. Look at you, how could you have picked up the jade ball so early?
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"I'm sorry! Teacher!" Hao Aiguo lowered his head and said, "I was so excited that I couldn't restrain myself for a while."
"Okay!" Professor Chen shook his head and said, "Put the jade ball back, and don't be so careless next time. How great are you?" Hao Aiguo nodded in agreement, and returned to the altar with the jade ball in his arms to put it back.
Put it back.
"Snake!" Ye Yixin shouted, and everyone looked as she pointed, only to see a black snake circling in Hao Aiguo's hand holding the jade ball, looking up at him.
"Hao..."
"ah!"
Hu Bayi was about to tell Hao Aiguo not to move, but Hao Aiguo, who had never encountered such a situation before, was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the snake bit him on the hand.
"Bang!" It was too late to say, but then he was quick. Fatty Wang knocked off the snake's head with a precise shot, but the black snake was extremely venomous. Hao Aiguo was bitten on the hand. As soon as he screamed, the poison hit his heart and died.
This scene frightened everyone. Professor Chen was so anxious that he fell and ran towards Hao Aiguo. Several people hugged him and cried bitterly.
"If you don't want to die, run away!" Zhang Lin stood in the distance and said, "There is a snake nest up there!"
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked up and followed Ye Yixin: Ah, they fell down and scattered like birds and beasts.
The snakes fell from the top of the temple and scattered when they hit the ground, swarming towards everyone like a black tide.
Before they could take away Hao Aiguo's body, they were driven out of the temple by the snakes.
Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang, and Fatty Wang shot at the group of snakes, but there were too many snakes. One was killed and two crawled over.
At the critical moment, Zhang Lin stepped forward and threw a prepared flash bomb into the group of snakes and said: "The grenade is coming, everyone get down quickly!"
"Holy shit..." Wang Kaixuan heard this and rolled towards the pillar. Hu Ba half covered Shirley and Yang was lying on the ground.
"Boom!" Following a loud noise, a burst of intense white light flashed by. As if encountering natural enemies, the snakes stopped moving briefly and then all crawled under the altar and disappeared.
"Snake... where is the snake?" Everyone got up dizzy and shook their heads. Seeing that the snake was gone, Ye Yixin asked with some doubts.
"This...run away!" Wang Kaixuan glanced around and said with some unconfidence.
Shirley Yang said: "When I was working at Geographic Magazine, I heard from my colleagues that there is a kind of snake in the desert. They are particularly afraid of strong light. I think these snakes should be the same, so the flash bombs Zhang Lin just threw scared them away."
Then he looked at Zhang Linda and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you also know that there are snakes here and that they are afraid of strong light?"
"Why are you looking at me?" Zhang Lin frowned and said, "Boss Yang, you have to think twice before speaking. You don't even think about it. If I knew, would I not tell you? What good would that do to me?
As for me throwing flash bombs, that’s because among the supplies you picked up yesterday, the only grenades were flash bombs, so what would I throw if I didn’t throw them?”
"Patriotic..." After listening to Zhang Lin's explanation, everyone believed him, and Professor Chen rushed to Hao Aiguo.
Several people carried Hao Aiguo's body back and buried him at the gate outside the sacred sculpture according to Professor Chen's wishes.
The sudden death of Hao Aiguo made the group feel very depressed. Seeing this, Zhang Lin went to Shirley Yang and said, "Boss Yang, are you still looking for Queen Jingjue's underground palace?"
"What do you mean?" Shirley Yang looked at Zhang Lin. Although Zhang Lin had explained it just now, she still didn't believe it.
Seeing this, Zhang Lin didn't say anything else. He just looked at the entrance of the divine sculpture and said: "If you want to go in, then sink in. It's still early. Let's find the entrance to the underground palace and try to get out before dark. Otherwise, don't plan to enter."
, then I suggest you withdraw from Jingjue Ancient City immediately."
Shirley Yang said: "Why? Look at everyone's mood. Who is in the mood to go down now?"
After Shirley Yang finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhang Lin. Zhang Lin said helplessly: "Everyone must have seen the power of those black snakes just now. Professor Hao was bitten on the hand and was poisoned and died suddenly in the blink of an eye.
Now that Professor Hao is dead, I know that everyone is sad and has low morale or lack of interest.
But here, I have to remind everyone.
Those black snakes are in the temple. The flash bomb scared them away, but I don't know where they are lurking.
They are afraid of flash bombs, and they are also afraid of the sun. The sun is blazing outside now, and they can't come out. But if we don't do anything here now, if we don't advance or retreat, then when the sun goes down and those black snakes come out to hunt, I don't need to tell you the consequences.
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"Therefore!" Zhang Lin looked at Shirley Yang and said, "We now have two options. One is to exit Jingjue Ancient City, return to the camp in the Zagrama Mountains, and then come back for inspection after everyone recovers.
The second is to move forward again, take advantage of the early weather, find the entrance to the underground palace as soon as possible, enter the underground palace, and try to find the underground palace before dark and come back after inspecting it."
"Shirley!" Professor Chen said after listening: "I think Comrade Zhang is right. What do you think?"
Hu Badi said: "Shopkeeper, I also think what Zhang Lin said makes sense. Those snakes have gone somewhere. If we don't advance or retreat here, if they really come out at night, our weapons and supplies will not be able to survive."
Can't stop it."
Shirley Yang said: "Okay, everyone, please organize your equipment and let's go in."
"No, are we still going in?"
Fatty Wang said: "Those snakes are really scary."
Shirley Yang said: "Whether it's for Professor Hao or for us, we all went through nine deaths to get here. Now Queen Jingjue's underground palace is right in front of us. If we don't go in and take a look, will we be willing? Just go back like this, I think.
Everyone will regret it for the rest of their lives, what do you think?"
Zhang Linda said: "Boss, everyone has his own ambitions, and everyone has different ideas. Now the situation inside is unclear, and those snakes are hard to guard against, and there are many crises.
I think it’s better to go in like this. If you are willing to go in, we will pack up the equipment and go in. If you are not willing to go in, just go back to the camp in the Zagrama Mountains and wait for us. If we are not out before noon tomorrow, it means that we have been killed, so please invite him
Go back with the information that our group inspected and hand it over to the country."
"Yes, this is a complete method!" Professor Chen nodded quickly and said: "Comrade Xiao Zhang's opinions are very worthy of our reference. The situation is unknown now, but the investigation data we have obtained along the way cannot make any mistakes.
In this way, Chu Jian, you can write down what happened now in the investigation data, and we must send someone to take the data back.
If something unexpected happens to us, we can pave the way for those who come after us, so that they can be fully prepared next time."
"Okay, Professor!" Chu Jian nodded and went to the side to record everything that happened after the group entered the ancient city of Jingjue.
Chapter completed!