The phoenix was burning, but it did not stop. It was still flying over the bridge. Gradually, its shape became invisible, as if a ball of fire was circling. This scene was absolutely unimaginable, and the three of us were stunned.
, standing still and not moving.
In my impression, the phoenix will never really die. However, this king-like phoenix burned so fiercely that it was obvious that it would turn into a ball of ashes. Looking at the fire above, I suddenly realized
, or in other words, I realize that death does not seem to be the end. Death is just the prelude to life. Without death, there is no life.
The fire in front of me kept swaying. After a while, the fire ball became smaller, and there was no shadow of the Phoenix in the fire. When the fire finally disappeared completely, only a handful of burning ashes remained, floating lightly from mid-air.
Falling down. I don’t know what role this phoenix plays here. It may be a free creature, but it may also be a creature left here by the Yuantu people to protect the Duqiao. When it disappears,
After the bridge, the deep road seemed to be clear.
I began to hesitate, wondering whether I should continue to move forward, because the various actions of the phoenix before its nirvana were preventing me from moving forward. I had to ask Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng again for their opinions, knowing that the two of them were different.
What suggestions will there be, but their emotions may affect my decision.
"Look, do you want to move forward?"
Su Xiaomeng's waist was injured and she always needed my support to walk slowly. This time after hearing my inquiry, she and Fan Tuan looked at each other. Then, Fan Tuan sighed and said: "We have already reached the point.
We are here, if we go back now, would you be willing?"
From the time I discovered those iron balls and followed them all the way down, the iron balls have become a secret that invisibly affects my nerves. To be honest, I am not willing to give up like this.
In fact, none of the three people had any intention of giving up. Fan Tuan said: "Let's be careful, just take a look, just take a look."
We slowly walked across the bridge. When I crossed the stone bridge across the abyss, a strong premonition sprouted involuntarily. Although I could not see anything through the darkness in front of me, I had a premonition that those chiseled stones would
The end of the trace is not too far from here.
The road after the bridge has been artificially repaired, probably for the convenience of transportation. The terrain slopes slowly at a slope of more than ten degrees, as if it is heading towards a huge depression. This place has been affected by past crustal movements.
The terrain may be very ups and downs, and at first glance, it feels like you have entered a criss-crossed area of ravines and hills.
As I walked, the light in my hand shone forward. When I had walked a mile or so across the bridge, the light suddenly seemed to disappear in front of me. I knew that this situation could only mean that there was a hole or something like darkness in front of me.
Devoured the light.
After walking for another ten or twenty meters, my vision became a little clearer. My heart moved, and I vaguely saw about a few huge iron balls, arranged side by side in front of me.
"This is where the gouge ends!"
I felt inexplicably excited, so I picked up Su Xiaomeng and walked forward. Fan Tuan rushed in front of us to explore the way. The silence here was indescribable, as if nothing alive had set foot in it for hundreds of thousands of years.
However, we are still thirty or forty meters away from the iron balls. Looking at it from this distance, we can only see those iron balls arranged in a row in a herringbone shape. This is very strange, the Yuantu people have spent so much effort
, digging passages in a complex underground space and transporting iron balls, just to have them lined up neatly?
Things will definitely not be that simple. I stopped Fan Tuan and carefully analyzed the surrounding environment, mainly to check for any danger signals. Overall, it was pretty good, at least I couldn't detect anything. After that, the three of us moved forward again.
The footsteps are getting closer and closer to those iron balls.
When we got close to a certain level, under the illumination of two strong flashlights, the iron ball was clearly visible. As soon as it was placed, the big iron ball was stained with rust. Near the iron ball, there were stacks of very thick boards.
.I am quite sensitive to these ancient objects. I pinched some of the rust spots on it and took a look. I knew it was a copper plate. To be precise, it is alloy copper. It is not much different from bronze. It is just that the alloy ratio is different during casting.
, harder than bronze.
The alloy copper plates are thirty to forty centimeters thick, each piece is three meters square, and there are several layers stacked. A rough calculation shows that there are at least twenty pieces on top.
I didn't know what these alloy copper plates were used for. At that time, my main attention was still focused on the big iron ball, so I looked at it briefly and then approached the iron ball again. When I got here, the surrounding environment was clearly visible.
, just as I imagined, this place suddenly seemed to be just the end of the road after the bridge, but when you get closer, you will understand that behind several large iron balls arranged in a herringbone shape, there is a square with a width and height of less than ten meters.
A large, slightly square opening on the top.
The iron ball is placed at the entrance of the big hole. Underneath the iron ball, there are many intertwined gouge marks. These gouge marks may not have any other special meaning, but are just for the iron ball to gouge along the
The marks are pushed by human power. Other than that, there is nothing else here.
"That's all?" Fan Tuan was a little confused. He followed the clues all the way to find it. The last thing he saw was a square hole?
I still feel that things are not that simple. Standing in front of these iron balls is equivalent to being infinitely close to the entrance of the big hole. Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis that I have never had before burst out from every cell in my body.
Immediately, a layer of cold sweat broke out on my head. The sense of crisis was even more terrifying than before being hit by a rolling stone.
It's quite weird. Changes in human emotions must have an element that affects them, whether they are happy, angry, sad or joyful. But the panic in my heart has no reason. Behind the big hole, there is a vast darkness. I can't see or hear anything.
, however, the fear not only did not lessen, but became heavier and heavier, causing my legs to begin to weaken invisibly.
"What's wrong with you?" Fan Tuan saw me standing in front of the iron ball in a daze and came over to ask. His expression was normal. This can only show that the feeling of panic only affected me, Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng.
Nothing.
"It's okay." I didn't want to make them feel stressed with this unwarranted premonition, so I shook my head, tried my best to suppress my racing heart, quietly wiped the cold sweat on my forehead, and said, "Maybe I'm a little tired."
"You have more experience than us. Brother, tell me, what did the Yuantu people do when they brought the big iron ball here?"
I don’t have a clear idea yet, but the criss-crossing gouge marks under the iron ball are a hint. There are many gouge marks, which proves that after the iron ball is transported here, it may have to roll frequently within a limited range.
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"This kind of board is very thick and heavy. Is it meaningful to cast this kind of copper plate?" Su Xiaomeng slowly walked to the copper plate, turned around and said to me: "Oppa, make full use of your imagination."
At this moment, I may not be able to make up my mind, because standing in front of the square hole, the panic is like a lingering shadow, constantly harassing me, making me panic, and I can't express this panic clearly.
.I could only retreat until I reached the point where the feeling began to fade away, and then I stopped.
I don't believe that a cave entrance can bring me panic. The only explanation for what makes me panic is that it is in the darkness behind the cave entrance.
"In ancient times, some leaders of tribes and countries were very happy with their achievements and the things they built were very exaggerated." Fan Tuan discussed with Su Xiaomeng: "The cultures of Yuantu and Central Plains are very different. Is there any message engraved on the surface of these copper plates?"
"It's all rusted like this, and I can't see any information."
Rolling iron balls, terrifyingly thick copper plates, huge square holes...
The panic in my heart lessened and my thinking quickly returned to normal. These seemingly unrelated clues came together and made me make a bold guess. I am not sure whether this guess is correct, but this is what I think in my heart. In fact,
, the reason why I came up with this conjecture was largely due to the sense of panic that burst out when I stood in front of the cave entrance.
The basis of my speculation is that there must be something in the darkness behind the cave entrance that can make me panic. Therefore, this may be an important or abnormal place. The Yuantu people transported the iron ball here.
It shows that this is not their first time exploring this place, and their understanding of this place is much deeper than mine.
The iron ball can roll to an angle of 90 degrees in the complex gouges on the ground. The thoughts in my mind are getting clearer and firmer. I feel that the Yuantu people want to build a door, a very huge and strong door, to turn this square
The hole was blocked. In the Yuan Tu era, people at that time probably could not have imagined that technology would have developed to the point where it is today. There were more than 30 centimeters thick alloy copper plates. In that era, there was almost no way to destroy them.
But their plan did not succeed. To cast such a large piece of copper plate alone, perhaps the Yuantu people could do it with their superb smelting technology. However, to fuse several copper plates for a second time to form a whole door, they still had to block the door.
The cave entrance, which is more than ten meters high, is an extremely difficult task that cannot be accomplished with their technical strength.
This project was stranded halfway. Some things just can't be done, regardless of whether you work hard or not. Everything in front of you can prove that the Yuantu people have completely abandoned this place. All the heavy iron balls and copper plates were left at the site.
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I have a kind of confidence that my guess is correct. But this will raise a very puzzling question. Regardless of the success or failure of the Yuantu people's plan, what is their purpose of building this gate? Is it to stop
The person who wants to enter the cave? Or the unknown "thing" that wants to come out of the cave?
This made me even more convinced that there must be something in the darkness behind this square hole.
My heart began to beat faster because I felt excited and worried. The kappa's warning floated in my mind again. I will not despise his warning, but sometimes, when the temptation of a thing is strong enough, it can completely
A sane person loses his mind.
I may be a little dizzy, and the desire in my heart is extremely strong. I want to know what is behind the entrance of the cave. Although I understand that as long as I dare to step into the entrance of the cave, there may be dangers that I can't imagine, but I am like
It's like being possessed, unable to control myself.
I approached the cave entrance again step by step, and I knew that the secret was just behind this cave entrance.