In fact, I thought of these questions when I saw those two-headed birds just now. The life here seems to be very huge, including hairy insects, ghost locust trees, two-headed birds, and those ghost-faced spiders we met above.
There should be some substance here that causes their bodies to mutate, and this substance may be fatal to the human body, so they have to leave here.
I suddenly thought of what I had discovered in the cave full of corpse flowers. The stones there were all black, like tar condensed. Is there a mineral vein somewhere that produces harmful substances to the human body? For example, radioactive substances
?Thinking about it, I shook my head again. If it were radioactive material, no one would be allowed to enter here, and even animals wouldn't be able to survive here.
I told the old man my thoughts, and this time he nodded and agreed with me. But we didn't say any more about such meaningless words. We came here for the secret, not to study humanities and history.
I asked him what to do now? He pointed upward and motioned for us to climb over from the tree roots above. The tree ball could only be entered from above.
I nodded in agreement. I have to say that when I do things with the old man, I feel very, very safe. I don’t feel nervous or scared at all, because I know that no matter what problem arises, the old man can help me solve it. This is what I have learned over the years.
The trust that comes from it. Furthermore, I don’t have to worry about him plotting against me. According to the old man’s words, if I encounter any danger, he will let me live even if he dies. This is the most selfless love an old man has for his children and grandchildren.
There is a height of more than ten meters from the bottom to the tree roots above. There is no place to climb near here. It is not easy to get up.
Of course, this is for me. Regarding this aspect, the old man was very well prepared. He took out an eagle talon from the package and swung it up. He grabbed the rope and went up without even trying it.
Climb away.
I admired in my heart that he was indeed the Rat King. His experience and efficiency were so high. As soon as he said he wanted to go up, he had already prepared everything.
From the outside, the old man looks like he is only in his fifties. In fact, he is already seventy years old, but he is very agile. He grabbed the rope and climbed halfway up. Before I could get ready, he
He had already flipped over to the roots of the tree above. If outsiders saw it, they would never believe that he was a seventy-year-old man. I made a self-assessment, and found to my dismay that I, a so-called young man of nearly thirty years old, and
When compared to him, it's really nothing.
I'm not good at climbing ropes in the air. The old man told me a trick. Hold one end of the rope with your hands. When climbing, wrap a circle around one foot. Use your hands and feet together. It will be much easier and faster for me to climb up.
I followed the instructions and it really saved a lot of effort. It seems that experience determines efficiency. If I had to do it myself, I would be as tired as a dead dog by the time I climbed up.
The tree roots above are very densely wound, and the thinnest ones are as thick as thighs, just like very big twists. However, there are many gaps in the middle. You can drill along them without worrying about falling. It's not too big.
Effortless.
The only problem is that due to the limitations of the tree roots, we can't see too far ahead, and the old man turned off the light again, so I can only move forward by groping with my hands. But he has rich experience, and he is with me.
Leading the way, so I don't need to worry about direction or safety.
I guess I was halfway through the climb when I suddenly made a discovery. I felt that the branches underneath me seemed to be moving. While the old man wasn't paying attention, I quietly turned on my flashlight and took a look. I was surprised. As expected, these tree roots were all there.
It moves like a big python, twisting and twisting, rolling its body up and down.
Suddenly, my body was also entangled by a few small tree roots. My waist and neck were wrapped tightly, and I soon felt like I was suffocating. I was so frightened that I wanted to call the old man, but I couldn't.
I found that I had lost track of him. I guess he had crawled to the front. I opened my mouth but no sound came out at all.
I hurriedly took out the long-handled knife from the package and chopped at the tree roots randomly, but some of them were cut off and some were immediately entangled. The more I cut, the more they got entangled, and it was impossible to cut them all.
.
I was a little desperate. I couldn't think of a way to escape at this time, and the old man was gone again. It was almost a situation where I was waiting to die.
"Pop!" Two crisp sounds came, and then I felt a burning pain on my face, and then the old man's face came into my eyes.
I was stunned. Didn't the old man disappear? Why did he suddenly appear in front of me again?
Before I could figure it out, the old man's scolding voice sounded: "Little bastard, if you turn on the light even after I told you not to, you don't want to die, right?"
I looked at him doubtfully, and was about to ask, when I suddenly remembered what had just happened, and hurriedly looked around me, only to find that the tree roots around me were very quiet, and there was nothing on me. I touched my neck again, and sure enough, there was nothing.
Those tree roots.
Immediately I realized that what I had just seen was just an illusion, and these tree roots would not move at all.
I took a deep breath and hurriedly asked what was going on. As a result, the old man pointed directly to the side. When I looked over, I found a big knot formed by tree roots, and a dry arm was still exposed.
I was shocked when I heard the old man explain: "Don't think there is nothing up here. The closer you get to the Sancai coffin, the more dangerous it is. These are the people who were buried in sacrifice. There are so many ghosts inside, so be careful when leaving."
Be careful, you are lucky to have me by your side this time, otherwise your life would probably be over."
I broke out in a cold sweat and was secretly afraid, so I quickly turned off the flashlight. Unexpectedly, there were corpses everywhere around us, but this way of burial was so weird, who would have imagined it.
After this incident, I climbed more cautiously on the rest of the way. Fortunately, nothing happened again. About ten minutes later, we finally climbed to the main root of the giant ghost locust tree.
The old man then turned on the flashlight, and I was surprised to find that there was a staircase made of tree roots, extending all the way into the tree ball below. We walked along, and when we reached the bottom, we saw what was ahead of us.
The roots go down vertically, just like pillars.
There are also some things carved on these tree roots, but because the trees have grown, they are somewhat unrecognizable, and it is impossible to tell what they are painted on.
We walked through the middle of these pillars, and it didn't take long to cover a distance of tens of meters. Soon we came to the centermost part. The secrets hidden inside thousands of years ago were finally revealed in front of us.
But we didn't expect that what we saw was not one coffin, but three. They were placed vertically and arranged horizontally. Each of the three bronze coffins was hung by a dozen tree roots, leaving a space of ten meters around.
I was a little stunned. Why are there three giant coffins here? It doesn't look like a coffin. After all, this is a burial place and there is no need to install a coffin.
I looked at the old man, and he looked a little solemn. I asked him if he had found anything wrong. He just said to let me see the positions of the three coffins.
I just noticed that these three bronze coffins look exactly the same, but their positions are higher and lower. The coffin on the right is the lowest, the one on the left is second, and the one in the middle is the highest, which is half a body height higher than the other two.
There are three coffins, but the owner can only hide in one of them. Which one is it? I asked the old man for his opinion. After thinking about it, he said that the positions of the three coffins are high and low, which may symbolize heaven, earth and people. Usually
Judging from the situation, the main coffin should be in the human position.
I said that according to what you said, the lowest one should be the status, and the highest one should be the heavenly position. Then the ones on the right and the middle should be excluded. Only the mouth in the middle is the human position between heaven and earth.
"Otherwise." The old man objected to my opinion and said: "This can be changed completely according to the person's thoughts. If the person is well-behaved, he may follow the normal direction. If he is a very happy person with a twisted heart, it is very likely that he will follow the normal direction.
They may act irrationally. In my opinion, the latter is more likely.”
"Why? How do you infer the personality of a person from thousands of years ago?"
The old man rolled his eyes at me and wanted to hit me on the head again, but I dodged him. "Hey, old guy, you just say what you say. Why do you keep hitting me? You always say I'm stupid. I guess 80% of my brains are broken."
It was broken by you."
"Little bastard, I see you are growing back. Is your head made of wood?"
"Hey, you're here all the time. If you have anything you don't understand, just ask. Why should I bother with that? It's so tiring! Don't you think so?"
"Come on, I finally understand. You are not stupid, but lazy. You are so lazy that even using your brain is tiring."
He was scolded, but he still said it. In fact, everything we saw on the road when we came has already explained the problem. Under the conditions at that time, whether it was building the stone city or the bronzes, it was a very laborious and costly matter.
, these kinds of luxurious facilities all show that the ruler at that time was a person who loved great achievements and enjoyed pleasure. And people buried with him can be seen everywhere here, the number of which is too numerous to count, which also shows the cruelty and tyranny of that person.
From all these signs, it can be seen that the character of this master is the kind of person who is arrogant, extravagant, rebellious and has no children left. With his behavior, how can he be willing to be inferior to others?
Another point is that in terms of position, the center is the main seat. As the owner of the tomb, how can he stand on the side position? Therefore, the old man said that he is 90% sure that the coffin with the highest position in the middle will be
It is the place where the owner hides his corpse. In fact, this should have transcended the concept of heaven, earth and people. Heaven and earth are still there, but the highest point is above heaven and earth, which also illustrates the owner's "ambition".