Chen Ziyan frowned and looked at Professor Chen and asked: "Professor, is it written above, what is this messenger in the water?"
It is not difficult to tell from Professor Chen’s description that if you want to recreate Prince Gumo’s method of sneaking into Jingjue, this ‘water messenger’ is the key point.
"This is not detailed in the epitaph." Professor Chen shook his head and then expressed his guess: "But there is a sentence in it that says that the messenger in the water has been sleeping at the bottom of the water and needs sacrifices to wake him up. I think
This should be talking about some kind of unique creature living in underground rivers."
I don’t know why, but after hearing Professor Chen’s words, the first thing Chen Ziyan thought of was the overlord salamander that has been preserved under the Kunlun Mountains since ancient times.
At least as far as Chen Ziyan knew, there were not many creatures that could fit the title of water messenger. Coupled with such similar environmental conditions, he immediately thought of the Overlord Salamander.
Chen Ziyan secretly thought that this meant that Hu Bayi had not come down, otherwise he, who had personally faced the Overlord Salamander, would have been planning a retreat by now.
However, these thoughts just lingered in his mind and were not spoken out. It was not that he wanted to hide it deliberately, but that he did not want to bother to explain it.
Chen Ziyan did not express an opinion, but that did not mean that others had nothing to say. After thinking about it, Shirley Yang expressed her thoughts:
"Uncle Chen, if that's the case, then the stone room above is a place for sacrifice, right?"
She thought of this after hearing the word 'sacrifice'.
After all, no matter how you look at it, the mysterious stone chamber above seems to be prepared for this kind of thing.
After Professor Chen thought for a while, he said: "At first, I thought that the stone chamber was set up for some ancient customs and was used to worship the tomb chamber below. But now it seems that I may have guessed wrong. That stone chamber should be for
Set by the messenger who awakens the water."
"Teacher, if this happens, won't the tomb below become an obstacle?" Hao Aiguo raised his doubts.
His thinking mode is relatively old-fashioned, and he couldn't figure out the joints for a while.
"The ancients left too many things that are difficult to explain." Professor Chen sighed with emotion and then expressed his guess: "I think this tomb should have been rebuilt later, but the original function is unknown.
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After finishing speaking, he also felt very regretful. Whether it was the murals on the walls of the original tomb or the epitaph in the sarcophagus today, too little was mentioned about this aspect. They all talked about the deeds of Prince Gumo.
"If I'm not wrong, there may be something wrong with the way we came down."
At this time, Chen Ziyan's voice sounded, attracting everyone's attention.
"I think there are probably two mechanisms here. One is in the stone chamber used for sacrifices, and the other is in the tomb chamber. Both of these mechanisms can reach here, but in different ways. One is to open the passage, and the other is in the tomb chamber.
The other is self-destruction."
Shirley Yang looked at Chen Ziyan and asked: "So what Mr. Chen means is that we activated the mechanisms in the tomb through some strange combination of circumstances, but it will not affect our continued use of the mechanisms in the stone chamber?"
She immediately understood what Chen Ziyan wanted to express.
"That's right." Chen Ziyan nodded lightly: "If we want to verify this, we only need to look at the above to know whether it is right or wrong."
If there really is any mechanism, then from the perspective of where they are now, they must be able to discover something.
After saying that, Chen Ziyan took the lead in raising his flashlight.
Seeing this, other people also raised their flashlights and shined them above their heads.
Although this flashlight can illuminate originally, if the light is too far away, the illuminated area will shrink, making it difficult to see too many things.
But at this time, when everyone's flashlights were pointed at one place, the illuminated area was greatly expanded in an instant.
As the flashlight light wandered around, they quickly discovered an anomaly. At the upper edge, there was a stone staircase winding down along the cave wall.
"That's the road?"
Wang Kaixuan, who was the most impatient, couldn't help but exclaimed.
"You are really old. The future archaeological work will be left in the hands of young people like you."
When Professor Chen saw the appearance of these stone steps, he subconsciously sighed.
Without Chen Ziyan’s reminder, it would have been difficult for him to discover the mystery here.
Even Shirley Yang looked at Chen Ziyan with a hint of brilliance that was hard to detect.
Chen Ziyan didn't think anything was wrong. He directed his flashlight down the stone steps until the light was completely swallowed up by the darkness, then he said:
"It seems that my guess is correct, but according to the current situation, this cave should be an inverted bowl shape. If we want to repeat the path that Prince Gumo took, we need to find a way to get there.
Open the mechanism in the stone chamber above."
When Wang Kaixuan heard this, he immediately took off his backpack and walked towards the sarcophagus: "What's the ink mark on here? Hurry up and pack up all these things. Let's go up and study the stone chamber."
Although the funerary objects in this sarcophagus are very rich, he, the fat man, is a well-connected person. He knows that there must be more treasures in the exquisite ancient city, so why would he want to continue to waste time here?
At first, no one noticed this guy, but when he pushed Chu Jian away from the sarcophagus, others understood the fat man's intention.
Professor Chen quickly stretched out his hand to stop: "Comrade Xiao Wang, this is absolutely impossible. These things are precious cultural relics and cannot be treated so rudely."
Wang Kaixuan sneered at his words: "Professor, what are you saying about being rude or not? You think this is that pretty girl. Besides, Fatty, I haven't prepared anything for cushioning. I'm sure there's no patent leather at all."
Take it away."
While talking, this guy took out a bunch of cloth bags from his backpack, grabbed a burial object and stuffed it into his pocket.
Seeing that he couldn't resist this generous guy, Professor Chen quickly turned his attention to Chen Ziyan: "Comrade Xiao Chen, what do you think this is?"
Who is Chen Ziyan? He is a typical person who helps his relatives but not his parents. What’s more, he doesn’t think Wang Kaixuan did anything wrong.
This protective measure is very complete. As long as there is no extremely strong collision, the funerary objects inside will definitely be fine.
As for when something really happens, Chen Ziyan feels that he won’t be able to care about these external things until then.
With these thoughts passing through his mind, he said to Professor Chen: "Professor, the fat man's words are a bit rough. After all, he is a rough man. But theory is just that. According to your progress, you may not be able to complete it today.
All work aside, our top priority now is to reach the ancient city of Jingjue as soon as possible, and we can’t do anything like picking sesame seeds after losing the watermelon.”
"This..." Professor Chen was speechless for a moment by what he said. Although he didn't want to admit it, this is really the truth.