The Mummy Extra: Alliance of Tomb Raiders 13
There are no inscriptions on the bronze coffin, but there are still many patterns around the bronze man's face that occupies the center. Starting from bronze ware in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, patterns are the most important source of information besides inscriptions on bronze ware. They are not only very artistic, but also very important for sacrificial, politics and culture at that time.
Chen Yulou, Queqiao Whistle and others are professionals who know more or less about these things. Although Laura and others are not familiar with Chinese culture, they are better than ordinary people.
Partridge Whistle carefully looked at the patterns around the bronze coffin and said solemnly: "These patterns that resemble T-shaped characters and are connected to each other should be thunder patterns. They are more common in the late Shang Dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty, and are popular again after the Warring States Period. In addition, they are also engraved with Kui patterns and beast face patterns (Taotie patterns). The expressions of the beast faces in the patterns are ferocious. On the four corners of the side faces, there are very rare patterns of the divine tiger eating people."
Chen Yulou also leaned over and observed carefully. Under the bright mineral lamp, the face pattern of the divine tiger beast in the upper right corner of the bronze coffin was fierce and majestic, but there was no hideousness. In the arms of the two front paws of the divine tiger with wings on its back, a woman with broken wings with her face was ferocious. In the simple and vivid patterns, Chen Yulou and others could actually see the charm of her struggling hard.
"No, this should not be the Divine Tiger devours people. The pattern of the Divine Tiger is majestic and solemn. Instead, the woman it devours the face of the woman showing hideous and evil and strange. This should be the Divine Tiger devours the bronze pattern of the Divine Tiger. The craftsman who casts this bronze coffin hopes to use the majesty and divine power symbolized by the Divine Tiger to suppress the things in this coffin." Chen Yulou said seriously: "Brother Partridge Whistle, I remember that you are afraid of the bronze coffin in the touch of the gold lieutenant, right!"
The Partridge Whistle sang in a low voice: "The coffin is sunken, the bronze coffin, the eight characters are not hard, and you should not approach it! The vertical burial pit, box tomb, and move mountains and hills and ridges around!"
"Although bronze is valuable, the ancients believed that bronze metal and iron were too heavy, and it was the lowest among coffin materials. Princes and nobles all used the best wood to make their own coffins, and few people buried them with bronze coffins. Unless the tomb owner showed signs of corpses, they would use bronze coffins to prevent him from breaking the coffin and harming people. Therefore, the eight characters are not hard and cannot be relied in front. Vertical burial is a taboo in the shady house!"
"A person dies like sleep. Of course, he must be buried in a flat position. If he is buried in a vertical position, he will either have deep hatred or make the burial person restless when he dies, or he will suppress the things in the coffin!"
Chen Yulou took a deep breath: "The bronze coffin hidden behind this eternal lamp is made of bronze, and is in the form of a vertical burial. The coffin is also engraved with the inscriptions of the divine beasts that symbolize majesty and ferocity and suppress the evil..."
"The most taboo thing for corpses to hold their breath. If the corpse is resentful and does not dissipate, it will most likely turn into rice dumplings. This coffin not only has people on all sides, but also has seven orifices on the human face and is buried vertically. It is inserted into the bronze coffin with bronze like wood, so I am afraid that the things in the coffin will not change."
"We have tried it before. The combustion of mermaid ointment oil will promote the circulation of energy. The bronze coffin is covered with a mermaid ointment oil eternal lamp, which is simply a corpse inside to continue the energy. When contacting this long eternal lamp, you can imagine what is suppressing inside!"
Laura said in a terrifying manner: "What's inside?"
"Drought Bah!" Chen Yulou replied with a serious expression: "Or it is called a strange zombie, which belongs to the most fierce types of rice dumplings, either feathers all over the body, horns on the head, or flesh scales on the body. This thing is evil, and if it comes out, there will be great danger in the world. The red-haired rice dumplings and green-haired rice dumplings we have seen when we fight back are the weakest changes among strange zombies."
Partridge Whistle's face suddenly became a little strange. He looked at the bronze coffin behind him and whispered: "There should be the nobles of the six kingdoms in this bronze coffin. After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he killed the nobles of the six kingdoms who planned to overthrow his rule. At that time, the royal family of the six kingdoms and a large number of nobles below were hereditary for dozens of generations. Many families can trace back to the period when the Zhou royal family was enfeoffed, and were the highest-quality population at that time."
"The royal family and nobles of the six kingdoms have many amazing skills. After they were captured, these nobles who claimed to be noble in their blood were probably buried here by the First Emperor, using Feng Shui techniques and mermaid ointment to raise corpses. The corpse-turned-dirty alien corpses were sucked away by bronze Ruomu to burn for the eternal lamp."
Chen Yulou looked up from the bronze coffin and said, "This bronze coffin is indeed strange. It does not fix the coffin lid with a wedge structure, but locks the entire coffin from inside with the Mohist mechanism. If I am not mistaken, this lock should be a Yin-Yang Jiazi lock. If the lock core is not rusted, then as long as you know the time to enter the museum, you can open the copper coffin with four seasons and eight pillars."
The few people didn't know how long they had been in this underground palace. They had been attracted by the mermaid lamp and bronze coffin before. Now their attention was slightly dispersed, and they felt hungry in their stomachs. O'Connor and others carried a few compressed biscuits with them. When Chen Yulou and others fell down, the supplies were all carried by others. Now, they were dispersed, except for the kettle, there was no dry food at all.
Chen Yulou regretted that he wasted half a pot of water so easily before. Now the supply is far from enough for them to explore, so he said to others: "Now the dry food we bring is only enough to maintain our survival for three days. After three days, we are unable to explore. Judging from the current situation, the area and complex structure of the First Emperor Mausoleum are far from being able to explore a path of life in three days. Fortunately, the construction of the First Emperor Mausoleum is in the belly of Mount Li. The area is large, so there must be insects and snakes and beasts."
"We carry fire again and can obtain fuel. We have encountered many underground insects before, most of which are non-toxic and can still fill our stomachs with fire."
As Chen Yulou spoke, Laura's face became extremely ugly, and the others were not better. Partridge Whistle silently added: "There should be an exit nearby in the underground river before. I'll see if I can find the water source." Laura was silent. She remembered the Qin Warriors' Yin corpse flowing down the bottom of the underground river before, and a sentence choked in her throat, but she couldn't say a word.
Chen Yulou just untied the kettle on his body, handed it to him with Mole and Miss Hong, and whispered: "Try it first if there is a poisonous gu."
Chen Yulou asked everyone to calm down first. He had excellent hearing. If there was really water flowing nearby, even the slightest sound of water could not be hidden from him. At least he could point a direction to the Partridge Whistle. Everyone held their breath for a while. The entire tomb passage could be heard. Chen Yulou was concentrating on his concentration, and the heartbeats and breathing of the nearby people could be heard clearly.
Partridge Whistle's breathing was long and his heartbeat was slow. Mole's heartbeat was rapid and powerful, and his breathing was a little heavy. The Red Girl's breathing was calm and his heartbeat was relatively smooth. The White Military Advisor's physical fitness decreased. Chen Yulou could hear that his heart rate was a little uneven. He secretly decided to let him rest for a while. The foreigners had never learned how to adjust their breathing. They were heavy and rapid, and their heartbeat was also not smooth.
Chen Yulou secretly distinguished the breath of several people, but suddenly heard a heartbeat. Chen Yulou could clearly tell that it was not any of them. He was a little nervous and suspected that it was his own hallucination, so he listened more attentively.
After dozens of breaths, another heartbeat sounded as if it were.
After listening for nearly a quarter of an hour, Chen Yulou finally confirmed that besides the eight of them, there was another heartbeat beating nearby. Although it was relatively weak, it was quite clear. This heartbeat was more than ten times slower than that of ordinary people. Chen Yulou had paid attention to the time when Laura had on her watch on her left wrist. It would be beaten once a minute and a half, and then she followed the faint breathing.
The sound was very weak. Chen Yulou listened intently for a long time before locking in the source of the heartbeat.
This made him sweat come out from behind. He was sure that the heartbeat was coming from the bronze coffin behind him. And as time passed, the heartbeat was accelerating, and something seemed to be awakening.
Although the others didn't know why Chen Yulou was still signaling everyone not to speak for so long, his face gradually became ugly, but it was visible to the naked eye. Now Chen Yulou's face was ashen. He made a gesture for everyone to leave here and took the lead in running forward.
Partridge Whistle didn't know what happened, but she followed without hesitation. The Bai Military Commander, Mole and Hong Madam, who were under Chen Yulou, did not even think about it, and followed their young master quickly evacuated here. The three foreigners hesitated for a moment and followed. Chen Yulou had only run away for only two hundred meters and was empty. There was a muffled sound suddenly coming from next to the bronze coffin, just like someone was hitting the bronze coffin.
Chapter completed!