Kate said to Steven with a little regret: "I originally wanted to try the elemental power on them! But I didn't expect these ringed leopards to want to escape so quickly!"
Steven couldn't help laughing: "Dear Kate! Do you still think you are the newbie who just entered the jungle? You should know how terrifying your fighting strength is now. Ringed leopards are the top predators in the jungle. They are sharp.
Their instincts will lead them to avoid invincible opponents.”
Kate shrugged and said, "Ignore the one with the poisoned arrow. Let's cut off a leg of the other one and take it away for today's dinner. It's getting late now. If you move quickly, you can return to the camp before dark."
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So the two of them cut off the hind legs of the leopard killed by Steven, and the two of them ignored it for the rest of the scene. Kate picked up the trophies and followed Steven towards the camp.
When it got dark, the two returned to the camp. They sat in front of the campfire and cut off the best part of the meat from the hind leg and roasted it on the fire. After all, the fresh meat tasted better than dried meat and fish.
The leopard meat was very firm and the two of them were very satisfied.
Steven chewed a piece of meat in his mouth and said: "Kate, what do you think will be used to clean up the leopard carcasses we left? I think there is a high probability that they are ordinary animal predators. This place is deep in the mountains. It must be
There are wolves scattered around, and they should be qualified cleaners. Based on our investigation today, the monsters in the ruins will probably not leave the ruins to clean the battlefield."
Kate replied: "We'll find out tomorrow. Night is the hunting time for many predators. I guess the monsters in the ruins don't sleep like humans. I agree with you. Those monsters probably can't get out of the ruins."
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The next day, the two came to yesterday's battlefield and carefully searched for traces on the ground. Except for some blood stains, the place had been cleaned up. Kate pointed to the footprints on the ground and said: "You are right, Steven.
, it is indeed a pack of wolves. It seems that there is a high probability that the monsters in the ruins will not be able to get out, which is good news."
Steven said: "We should still search the other side according to the original plan today."
"Of course, let's start now."
The two began to walk towards the south side of the ruins, carefully searching for suspicious places on the way. Soon they came to the south of the pyramid, and found an entrance-like gap in the middle, about ten meters wide.
However, after tens of thousands of years of wind and rain, the rocks above the entrance have collapsed, completely blocking the original entrance.
These collapsed rocks were still covered with soil and covered with trees and shrubs. The two did not stay here for a long time. They searched along the south side and headed west. They quickly walked south and entered the turning point. The two turned around.
Going north and walking all the way to the west, they came to the junction of the pyramid and the northern peak.
The stone embankment was indeed symmetrical. It was the same as what they saw yesterday on the east side. This side partially collapsed and was not as intact as the other side, but it did not affect the integrity of the stone embankment. At this time, they had basically determined that this
The ruins of this pyramid have only one entrance on the ground, which is the collapsed place in the south facing the plain.
The two then left the pyramid and searched towards the west side of the mountain. After reaching the foot of the mountain, they turned to the south. In this way, a day passed quickly, and they found nothing unusual anywhere except the pyramid itself.
When it was getting dark, the two returned to the camp and discussed their next plan while roasting the leopard's hind legs.
Steven said: "The ground has been searched carefully. There is no other entrance except the entrance on the front. There is a possibility that there may be a place at the top of the tower that can be entered. Should we go up and look for it tomorrow?"
Kate said: "Let's go up there tomorrow and have a look, but even if there is an entrance that can be entered, I don't recommend going in from there. If something happens and we have to exit after entering, the terrain there will be very unfavorable for our retreat.
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Steven said: "It makes sense. In addition to searching at the top tomorrow, our focus will be on the area near the collapsed entrance to the ground. We hope to gain something there."
The next morning they got up and had breakfast, cleaned up the camp, and set off.
The two of them do not plan to use this camp again tonight. They plan to camp near the south side of the pyramid ruins tonight.
They first came to the south side of the ruins and found a suitable place to camp. After setting up the camp, they properly hid the unnecessary equipment in the camp, and then started heading towards the pyramid.
They started climbing the pyramid from the left side of the collapsed place. Although the pyramid was covered with trees and shrubs, it no longer posed any obstacle to these two physically abnormal people who were already veterans of jungle exploration.
Soon they climbed to the top of the pyramid. It was a flat platform of about 6,700 square meters. There was nothing very conspicuous except trees and shrubs. The two quickly searched the platform and found no entrance.
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So the two decided to go back to the collapsed place and search the surrounding area carefully.
The two returned to the collapsed entrance soon after, and they separated, one from the left and the other from the right, to search upwards.
Steven climbed up from the ground on the right side, where shrubs and trees were very dense. The collapsed position and the non-collapsed part on the left formed a steep slope, covered with soil and covered with shrubs and some dwarf trees.
Steven focused on the intersection of the collapsed area and the intact area, and went all the way to the top of the collapsed location, but could not find a hole or weak spot.
Steven stood on the top of the collapse, which was about 20 meters above the ground. Kate on the other side also finished searching and came to the top. The two of them carefully searched the area on the top. The area was thickly covered with soil.
I used a machete to clear a place, and then excavated downwards. After more than two meters, I dug out rocks. These granite stones were so huge that I don't know how they were built up in the first place.
The two had no choice but to give up and start walking down, preparing to go back and discuss what to do next.
Steven was walking down when he suddenly heard a sound of wind. He stopped. There was no wind on the pyramid at this time. Where did the wind sound come from? Moreover, the sound of wind was relatively sharp, as if coming from some small outlet.
The tuyere is created when air passes through it rapidly.
In the past, Steven would have been unable to hear the wind, but as the transformation of the body by the vision on the scroll has strengthened, his senses are now far more acute than ordinary people.
Steven hurriedly called Kate, and after careful identification, he followed the sound of the wind and came to a mud hole hidden by the grass. Kate looked at it and said: "This hole should be made by some kind of burrowing animal, but it should be connected to
Inside the ruins, otherwise there would be no wind coming out from inside."
Steven said: "I guess that there must be many vents for such a large pyramid. It seems that this hole is probably connected to a vent. There should be a weak point there. Let's dig it out first."
The two quickly dug out the soil and the hole, and then a recess covered by granite appeared. The wind came out of the gap on the side of the rock. Although the covered rock was relatively large, it was smaller than the masonry.
The granite used to build the steps of the pyramid was much smaller. The two men cleaned up the area around the rock and then worked together to move it away. Then a hole of about one square meter appeared.