Someone stepped into the stream and followed the stone. Although the water marks on the stone had dried, the mud and gravel on the soles of the feet remained on it. It was difficult to find at first glance, but if you look carefully
It can still be distinguished. I think Shuiyue has been paying attention to the traces around her, otherwise she would not have been able to find such an important clue.
Who could it be? Needless to say, we have all figured it out. The footprints were probably left by one of the Yueyang family. They couldn’t find any trace after they disappeared last night, and the passage in the grotto was something they tried their best to hide.
Secret, it is extremely possible that they are already here.
But where did they come from? Since there are other entrances, why bother opening another one under Zhao Yulian's tomb?
We continued to walk forward, and suddenly our vision became limited. A canyon suddenly appeared in front of us. It was ten meters wide. The cliffs on both sides went straight up. A huge stone was caught between the mountain walls on both sides. It looked very worrying.
What should you do if a stone suddenly falls down when you are walking down there?
We walked in anyway, and just when we reached the middle of the canyon, we suddenly saw a faint light coming from the center of the boulder above. After a closer look, we discovered that there was a big hole in the middle of the boulder, which penetrated the entire stone.
Yes, what we see is the starlight in the sky.
This is very strange. How come there is a hole in the middle of the boulder? Although it is flat, it is very regular and does not look like it was formed naturally.
We became curious and finally decided to go up and have a look. Although the stone walls on both sides are steep, there are many uneven places on them, so it is not too difficult to climb up.
Liu Qingping and I both took off our equipment and climbed up with only a flashlight and self-defense items. The boulder was about thirty meters away from the ground, neither far nor close. As we slowly approached,
I found some very strange places. There was not only one hole on the boulder, but also two smaller ones, which just did not penetrate the whole. And there was a bulge in the middle of the three holes, which was also very special.
neat.
The more I looked at it, the more I felt that this boulder looked like one thing. I was thinking about the possibilities in my mind. Liu Qingping next to me suddenly said: "Wang Fo, why does this stone look like a human head? What is open is the mouth, and there are two
The eyes and nose are so similar."
My heart moved, but it turned out that this round stone with a diameter of ten meters resembled a human head, with all the facial features clearly carved out. It’s just that the head is too big, so we have never dared to think about it.
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When we were less than ten meters away from the stone, we finally saw it clearly. Liu Qingping was right. It was really a head. It should have been carved by man. The ears were gone. They were probably knocked off when falling.
, but the mouth, nose and eyes are all there.
But the proportions of his facial features are very abnormal. His mouth is extremely big, his eyes are just two empty black holes, and his nose is also very big. The whole face looks very ugly and a bit eerie.
"Damn, the person who carved this thing must not be very good at craftsmanship. It's all broken. How can anyone look like this? It looks like a ghost."
The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Liu Qingping's words gave me some inspiration. Maybe the head is carved with a ghost head?
The ancients worshiped witches and ghosts. Especially in some places, they not only respected ghosts, but even worshiped them. They believed that ghosts also had magical powers and could not only bring disasters to people, but also good luck. Because in
In their minds, ghosts can also be divided into good and bad. Bad ghosts often harm people's lives and bring disaster and pain to people, such as evil ghosts. Good ghosts can bless people with health and happiness and can bring good things to people.
Luck, for example, the ghost that a loved one turns into after death can protect the peace of the family.
In people's imaginary world of ghosts, there are naturally distinctions between high and low and ranks. People have also applied the rules in real life, and the official ranks of ghosts have gradually formed. Ghost soldiers, ghost generals, ghost pawns
Ghost officials also gradually emerged, and those "ghost officials" with high status among ghosts became the objects of people's worship. People would create an image for them based on their imagination, and their faces were naturally very different.
Perhaps, this huge stone head is the image of a "ghost official", but why does it appear here? It seems that this is a failure, so where will it be transported if it succeeds?
We slowly approached the boulder. It can be seen that the stone of the boulder is the same as that of the surrounding mountains. It seems that it is made from local materials. I climbed near the mouth and found that the carving of the head was a bit rough. It was indeed not made by professionals.
of.
It's a bit strange. Since this carving is a head, why is the mouth open? Since I was closer to the mouth, I curiously got in, and then I discovered that there is still space inside the head, and there is still space in the direction of the cranial cavity.
A hole that allows people to pass through.
I crawled in along the entrance of the cave, and the space inside was actually very large. It was round on all sides, with only one side flat. If the head was standing upright, the place under its feet would be flat ground.
There are two holes in the direction close to the facial features. After careful identification, I realized that these should be the eyes. From here, you can see outside.
What does this mean? Is this a place where people are pretending to be mysterious? Indeed, for example, if someone does not know the mystery of this stone sculpture, and suddenly hears its words, it is a big deal in the eyes of the ignorant ancients.
There are a few things inside, including stone tables, stone benches, and a stone bed. It seems that someone was prepared to live here for a long time. A lot of thought was indeed put into it, but unfortunately it turned out to be a failure in the end.
Just when I turned around, I suddenly saw a figure lying on the empty stone bed. His face was purple, with a strange smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, and he stared at me with a pair of malicious eyes.
I was startled, and all the hairs on my body stood up. There was nothing there just now. I subconsciously took a step back, but I forgot that behind me were the two eyes of the stone sculpture. The two holes were one meter each.
diameter, I stepped on the air and fell down.
I screamed in horror, and at this moment I stretched out my hands to grab the stone walls on both sides of the cave to prevent myself from falling. But the electric light in my hand had already rolled out of my hand, and the surrounding area was plunged into darkness. I was worried about what was on the stone bed.
I would come here, and I was worried about whether I would fall. This place is dozens of meters high from the ground. If I fell, I would probably fall into pieces.
My hands became weaker and weaker. Just when I felt like I couldn't hold on any longer, a light came over me and my hands were pulled. "Wang Fo, what's going on? Just look at such a big hole.
Missing? Did you just fall down like that?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Pull me up!" I cursed. At this time, I was so anxious that he still had the energy to ask these questions. He was definitely a heartless guy.
With his help, I finally climbed up the stone cave. The first thing I did was not to say thank you, but to look quickly towards the stone bed, but it was already empty and there was nothing there.
What's going on? Did I just get dazzled? Or is there really something in this place, and I just saw so many of us that I was scared away? My head was a little confused, and I couldn't figure out what was going on after thinking for a while.
, in the end I can only think that this was my hallucination, and everything I just saw was fake.
Liu Qingping asked again, and I made an excuse to get over it. I couldn't say such embarrassing things, otherwise I would definitely be laughed at by him for a while. We looked around together and found nothing. It was just a stone.
Most of them are special stones.
We climbed down again and told everyone what we saw above. Everyone was curious. Guo Yingying said: "There should be other exits here, but I think it must be very difficult to transport this stone sculpture, so I guess this
The role of the stone carvings is somewhere here. Maybe we have come to a place where a certain ethnic group or tribe worshiped in ancient times. Anyway, it should be a place of special significance."
This statement was unanimously agreed upon by us. The stone carvings are things that people worship or support spiritually, such as the Buddha statues in the temple and the statues of gods among the sacred sculptures. So I think there may be some large-scale fortifications here. I don’t know the age.
I don’t know the scale, but it’s enough to arouse our curiosity. I’m wondering if that’s where the Yueyang couple want to hide?
The front became wider again, but after walking for a short while, the road suddenly ended. Except for the direction we came from, the surrounding area was blocked by mountains, with only a gap less than one meter wide.
It seemed that this was the only way. We got into the gap and reached the end in less than five minutes. But the road ahead was no longer smooth. The first thing that appeared in front of us was a steep and even outward-sloping mountain wall, halfway up the mountain.
You can see a dilapidated plank road at the location. Although it seems to be very decayed, it is still there tenaciously.
One end of the plank road is right under our feet. The color has turned into a gray-brown color that is darker than the rock. Some places have rotted and fallen off, but it seems that we can still walk on it.
In addition, the plank road looks very wide, and it must be walked by a large number of people, such as marching and transporting large amounts of items.
"Are we going to take this road?" Liu Qingping stood on the edge of the plank road and looked down. There was an abyss at the bottom. It was pitch black and he didn't know how high it was. There were big gaps on the plank road, especially the damaged places, which made people feel uncomfortable.
I feel very insecure, and I always feel frightened when standing on it. Will these wooden boards suddenly break? Will the entire plank road suddenly collapse? Will I lose my footing because I can't see the road clearly in the dark?