"Not down to the bottom of the crack, but under the platform."
Ji Han then briefly summarized the contents on the wall for everyone.
These are indeed Xiongnu soldiers from the Western Han Dynasty, who were pursued here by the Han army.
This team was broken up and drank water and resupplied at Crescent Moon Spring. They originally wanted to hide behind Mingsha Mountain to repair, but they happened to encounter a sandstorm and lost their way and fell into the quicksand.
When they woke up again, they had fallen with the quicksand onto the wide path next to the crack.
When Eggplant heard this, he asked:
"No, the Xiongnu soldiers also had high-end combat capabilities in the Han Dynasty. How could they be beaten so badly?"
Ji Han smiled and said:
"Although it is not clearly written here who defeated these Huns soldiers? However, it should not be difficult to infer from the description of the enemy general. It is written here that although the enemy general was young, he was good at using surprise tactics."
When Chen Ke heard what Ji Han said, he also thought of someone.
"Brother Ji, you are not talking about the champion, Huo Qubing, are you?".
Ji Han nodded.
"Young also adopted the strategy of surprise attack and running attack. At that time, he chased the Huns soldiers so badly. I guess he was the one who sealed the wolf in Xu."
Eggplant was also surprised when he heard this:
"Huo Qubing? If the Xiongnu is not destroyed, why should we call him home?"
Unexpectedly, although Eggplant doesn’t like reading history, he still understands this character quite well.
Ji Han nodded and continued to tell what happened after these Huns soldiers arrived here.
These Xiongnu soldiers wandered here and found that this was an ancient tribal settlement. But for some reason, there was no one here anymore, there was only a deep crack.
But it was a good thing for these Huns soldiers, because they had a safe place to rest for the time being.
There is a pond at the other end where you can drink water and there are fish in the sand that you can eat. Although it is a bit dangerous, it is much better than outside.
The leader of the team led his guards around to search for a way out.
By chance, they found a staircase leading to the crack.
The leader said that he saw the common grave of the ancient tribesmen there.
I also found something that can turn defeat into victory after everyone goes out.
But among the soldiers who went down with him, some people shouted that the place below was a forbidden place that must not be visited. If you go there, your soul will be sucked away by the monsters in the ground.
The leader refused to listen to any of this and killed the three soldiers who spread the rumors and hung them up in public.
Three days later, the leader went down again with several personal guards, leaving most of the people waiting above.
We also hope that the leader can find something that allows everyone to turn defeat into victory.
After listening to Ji Han's story, Eggplant asked:
"that's it?"
Ji Han shook his head and pointed to the newly carved wall next to the two corpses and said:
"Here are the last two sentences: We may have really angered the undead underground, and it's too late."
Chen Ke felt a little hairy and said:
"What do you mean? How did these guys die in the end?"
Song Qian explained:
"According to our reasoning just now, what their leader brought back after going down may be the method of turning people into corpses."
Eggplant nodded and said:
"It is very possible that in the past, if an army could be trained into a special legion that could only be killed by beheading, its combat effectiveness would indeed be impressive."
Ji Han checked it and found that there was no other text. He turned around and said:
"It seems that the leader did not successfully tame the soldiers who turned into corpses, which caused those soldiers to come up and fight with the original soldiers. In the end, the entire army may be annihilated, so that's why we saw the scene at the city gate.
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Chen Ke was surprised and said:
"A few soldiers can die together with the large number of soldiers above. If this combat power is controllable, a comeback is not impossible."
Eggplant didn't believe it when he heard it:
"The corpse we met at the Ghost Temple seems to have only the same combat power. It shouldn't be that strong, right?"
Looking at the desperate words on the wall "It's already too late.", Ji Han reminded:
"This is not certain. After all, the corpses we encountered have been soaked in water for many years, and their conditions are definitely different from those back then. So if we encounter them again, don't be careless."
"In that case, Brother Ji, do we also want to go down?"
Ji Han replied:
"That's all. It was just said on the wall that there is a collective tomb of this tribe below. And what the Pre-Qin Nine-Star Mirror depicts should be the scene of that tribe. So if you find their tomb, you may be able to find the divine pillar."
There is some truth to it, and it is much more reliable than searching house by house now.
According to the description on the wall, their leader found the steps under the railing on the other side of the crack.
The four of them walked back, crossed the platform again, and searched near the railing on the opposite side.
Sure enough, outside the railing in front of the third cave entrance, a narrow earthen staircase was discovered that could only allow one person to pass at a time.
Although it is made of earth, it was dug from a wide road, so there is no problem with safety.
Everyone went down the steps one by one.
Although there are a few turns in the middle of the earthen stairs, the basic direction is towards the bottom of the platform, not the depth of the crack.
After walking down for about twenty meters, Eggplant finished scolding her three times.
The steps finally ended on a platform.
According to the location, this is right below the city gate open space platform.
Song Qian reminded:
"We're here, everyone, be careful."
After all, everyone still doesn’t know the specific method of turning people into corpses, and it would be disastrous if they accidentally do it.
The outside of the platform protrudes toward the crack and has guardrails, while the inside is a huge arched cave.
Under the illumination of a flashlight, you can see a lot of wire mesh floating at the entrance of the cave.
Upon seeing this, Eggplant blurted out:
"I came down here, and it turned out to be a silk hole? Could it be that it was spiders that turned those soldiers into living corpses?"
Ji Han squatted down and shined his flashlight, carefully looked at the threads on the ground, shook his head and said:
"This is not a spider web, it seems to be...mycelium."
At the same time, Ethan and the other five finally crossed the waterway in the well and emerged from the pond one by one.
As soon as Samuel got out of the water, he took off his diving gear and cursed:
"Damn it! These guys are actually hiding so secretly."
Ethan stopped and said:
"Shut up! If Will hadn't discovered the decapitated body in the main hall, we might still be wandering up there."
At this time, Will walked out of the pond and found the torn and burned remains of the electronic signal sticker on the ground:
"That's right right here. They should be right in front."
The five-person team returned the diving equipment to Samuel, and everyone changed into combat gear again.
Ethan raised his head and said:
"Let's go. Handle and hand over those corpses. Nothing can stop us. We must teach them a lesson this time."