After looking at the two insect bodies, Shirley Yang shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not that easy. With our current equipment, it will be very difficult to kill this guy."
Then she explained: "If I read it correctly, this is probably a mantis worm with a rare wheel-shaped nerve structure like the sun goddess snail. If you want to kill it completely, the best and most effective way is to Change the oxygen content in the air."
When talking about the latter part, Shirley Yang glanced at the body of the Huo's Undead Bug with some pity. If it weren't for the amazing defensive bronze heavy armor and carapace, they might still be able to take another way to deal with this beast. Giant worm.
After all, compared to changing the oxygen content here, it would be easier to divide this giant insect and get it outside. At that time, no matter how special it is, it will not be able to defeat Tianshu.
However, the amazing defense of this double armor has become the biggest obstacle to this method. Without the right tools at hand, this method can only be thought of.
"The mantis with whorl-shaped nerves?" When Ding Sitian heard this word, she couldn't help but look at Shirley Yang, with surprise mixed with confusion on her face.
She has always been interested in insects. After all, many insects are good materials for medicine, so it is difficult for her not to be interested in these giant insects that have long since disappeared with the times.
To be honest, she wants to get to know her better!
Shirley Yang didn't hide her secrets and just told what she knew directly:
"The species of mantis worm can be traced back to the Cambrian period hundreds of millions of years ago, which was when invertebrates originated. All creatures at that time were still in a low-level evolutionary stage. The original form of this mantis worm is With its tenacious vitality, it escaped countless earth-shaking species destruction and survived until the Triassic Period tens of millions of years ago, gradually evolving into one of the largest insects in history."
"Different from common organisms that have central nervous systems as their main body and dendritic nerves as a supplement, this kind of double-celled single-celled organism with a whorl-shaped nerve structure is extremely rare. Only two types have been clearly confirmed so far. One is hundreds of millions of years ago. The mysterious creature - the sun goddess snail, and the other is the mantis worm in front of us, also known as the Huo's undead worm."
Because it is clear that this strange creature between invertebrate and semi-vertebrate is a unique creature that can continue to survive as long as a part of its neural network is left behind unless the whole thing is destroyed at the same time, so Shirley Yang explained it in great detail. Strive to let others have a more comprehensive understanding of this thing.
At the same time, she was also carefully observing the creatures in front of her. After all, this was a species that had long since disappeared due to the environment. She would be lying if she said she was not curious.
Shirley Yang can guarantee that if those biologists are made aware of its existence, the whole world will go crazy because of it.
She remembered that she had heard someone say before that it was said that some scholars insisted that the scarab in the Pharaoh's emblem, the so-called insect of the gods, was based on this mantis.
For this reason, these scholars and those who hold opposite views have always been arguing, and they have not stopped even now.
Ding Sitian didn't know what Shirley Yang was thinking, but after listening to her story, her eyes lit up when she looked at the giant insect's body on the ground.
This thing is so attractive to her!
It can be said that as long as you are always in a suitable environment, you are completely equivalent to immortality.
You don’t need to study it completely, you just need to be able to understand it in the slightest, which is a huge gain for Ding Sixian.
"This should not be the first generation of mantis worms. I have also read some relevant information and know that this ancient creature has a unique way of self-reproduction." Chen Ziyan added upon seeing this.
Although this can also be regarded as a different kind of immortality, compared to the fact that this giant insect has survived from ancient times to the present, there is still a gap and it is easier for people to accept.
Shirley Yang said with emotion: "Even this is amazing enough."
"Eh? What do you think this is?"
At this moment, Wang Kaixuan, who had wandered to the fracture of the insect's body at some point, suddenly let out a light sigh when he looked at the fracture where juice flowed across.
Others heard what he said
So he put aside what he was doing for the time being and walked over.
Then they saw that there was a hint of metallic luster in the broken flesh of the insect's body, and they knew that it did not belong to the Huo's Undead Insect.
Chen Ziyan immediately thought of what this was and said to Wang Kaixuan: "Fat man, take this thing out and have a look!"
"Okay!"
In fact, even if he didn't say it, Wang Kaixuan was planning to do this.
After receiving the team leader's permission, the fat man became even more unscrupulous and directly thrust his engineering shovel in and pulled it out roughly.
Not long after, he took out a square object from the insect's body.
The surface of this square object is dripping with juice, and you can only see many concave and convex copper nail caps on it, like a bronze box, but you can't see more details.
But considering that this is the scope of the tomb of King Xian, and there is the jade coffin of the high priest Xian Wang in front, we cannot rule out the possibility that it is a copper coffin.
After briefly handling the slime on the surface of the copper box with an engineering shovel, Wang Kaixuan immediately let out a cry of surprise:
"Sure enough, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. I didn't expect that your fat man would be waiting here!"
After seeing that it was indeed a copper box, his first reaction was that it was a treasure box, and it definitely contained treasures left by King Xian.
Shirley Yang's expression changed when she saw this, and she said with some surprise: "This reminds me of the Pandora's Box hidden in the belly of the ancient dragon in ancient Western legends!"
The implication is very clear, even this copper box may not be a treasure, but some kind of disaster!
Wang Kaixuan immediately retorted: "Miss Yang, how can Western legends be counted here? This must be a treasure chest!"
He was afraid that everyone believed Shirley Yang's words, and if he didn't open the box because of this, he might not even be able to sleep at night.
Chen Ziyan didn't pay attention to the two people's different opinions, and kept circling around the copper box, wondering whether to open it now.
There is no doubt that there are treasures and secrets hidden here.
Even now Chen Ziyan still suspects that the key to why this gourd cave is so abnormal is also hidden in this copper box.
Seeing that no one was talking, Wang Kaixuan couldn't wait any longer and urged: "Don't worry about what's inside, let's just take a look and find out. Even if there are any monsters and monsters sealed inside, after so many years, I'm afraid it's
All that’s left is the bones.”
He strongly advocates unpacking, but he doesn't want to keep thinking about it all the time. It would be too painful.
After hearing Wang Kaixuan's words, Chen Ziyan also broke away from his thoughts and secretly thought that he really thought too much.
Although he cleaned up the space in his pocket and the copper box could barely fit in, it was really a waste.
Others don't know what's inside, but he still knows a little bit. Although he's a little unsure of the specific capabilities of the things inside, he still knows the approximate size.
If you only put the few things in the box, it won't take up much space in your carry-on space.
In this way, there will be no delay in storing things discovered later, and it will undoubtedly be more efficient.
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan nodded to Wang Kaixuan: "Then open it and take a look."
This was what Wang Kaixuan was waiting for. He immediately straightened the bronze box and planned to see how many valuable goods were inside.
But when he was about to take action, he discovered that even after preliminary cleaning, the filth on the box was still an obstacle to them opening the box.
So I had to drag it to the waterside angrily, planning to clean it with water again.
Hu was worried that he would go to the waterside alone, and immediately followed him. While helping, he was alert to the movements in the pool.
During the cleaning process, Hu inadvertently discovered that the female corpses spit out by Huo's undead bugs did not sink to the bottom of the water again, but just floated on the water, but lacked the faint blue luster.<
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So it didn’t attract their attention.
Although he was a little curious about these female corpses, Hu Ke didn't have time to deal with them now, so he didn't take them to heart.
Wang Kaixuan didn't notice this at all. After handling the bronze box, he immediately dragged the box back happily.
Although he couldn't wait in his heart, he also knew that this was not the right time to stay too long by the water.
When others saw that Wang Kaixuan had finished handling the bronze box, they all came over.
When Wang Kaixuan saw this, he said: "Can you please help me? I just took a look. This thing is made of a single large copper plate. It's so strong that I can't do it alone."
It was only during the cleaning process that he discovered that this thing didn't look like a box. It would be an exaggeration to say it was a whole copper ingot.
Chen Ziyan looked at the copper box and found that each side of the object had the same appearance, with no top, bottom, left and right visible at all. There were also forty-eight copper caps on each side, but other than that there were no other features.
The corner of Hu Ye's mouth twitched: "This motherfucker is really a big solid piece of copper!"
When he was cleaning it just now, he was paying attention to other places, and he really didn't notice that this thing looked like this.
Shirley Yang was the most direct. She took out a small geological hammer and knocked it on it. After hearing the response, she said, "It's empty inside. It's indeed a container."
Then she turned the copper box around, flipped it back and forth, and finally found two blocked gaps at the bottom.
Only a rough outline of this gap can be seen, but it looks like it should be a keyhole or something like that.
Shirley Yang found something at random, and after briefly cleaning the two gaps, she looked at the two strange-shaped holes and frowned slightly:
"The shapes of these two holes are very weird and irregular. They don't look like keyholes!"
Wang Kaixuan immediately went over and took a look: "If this is not a keyhole, then if you want to open this box, you can only use explosives!"
"Don't worry, now I can only say that it doesn't look like a keyhole, I haven't really confirmed it yet." Hu said.
Ding Sitian glanced at the strange hole and said, "If this is really a keyhole, then where is the key? Could it be that it is also hidden in the body of this Huo's undead insect?"
While speaking, she subconsciously looked at the insect body not far away.
It is common sense for Ding Sitian to think this way. Since this copper box comes from Huo's undead insect, the key is most likely hidden in its body.
After all, looking at the entire Hulu Cave, if there is any place that is the safest, it is definitely the Huo's Undead Insect.
"That makes sense!" Hu nodded immediately.
He now also felt that the key might still be in the body of Huo's undead insect, so he thought about how to find it.
But before Hu could put his idea into action and ran to rummage in the insect's belly, he saw Chen Ziyan leisurely take out something.
Astonishingly, it was the dragon-tiger staff they had discovered in the jade coffin of the high priest. There was no need to compare it. Just seeing the dragon-tiger staff, everyone knew it was the key.
The dragon and tiger heads on both ends of the short staff match the keyhole on the copper box.
Shaking the short dragon-tiger staff in his hand, Chen Ziyan said with a smile: "I don't know if there is a key in the insect's body, but I happen to have one here."
"What does this mean? It means that the treasure here is destined to be with us!" Wang Kaixuan immediately smiled and said excitedly.
I dare say that the key to this copper box has already fallen into the hands of myself and others.
Chen Ziyan took a short dragon-tiger staff and made two gestures at the holes in the copper box, and successfully distinguished which one was the dragon head and which one was the tiger head.
Seeing this expected result, not to mention other people who were curious, even him, who had already known what was in the box, subconsciously felt an indescribable sense of anticipation.
But just when Chen Ziyan was about to put the key in and open the copper box, Hu suddenly reached out and stopped him.
Although Chen Ziyan didn't say anything, he still looked at it with a puzzled expression
Past.
Facing Chen Ziyan's puzzled gaze, Hu said: "Mr. Chen, I don't know what's in here yet. There might be poisonous smoke, hidden arrows and other traps. It's better to be careful."
Following his gaze, Chen Ziyan realized that there was something wrong with his position. He happened to be standing directly in front of the copper box.
If there is really a hidden weapon here, then I will definitely bear the brunt of it in my current position.
While secretly saying that he was relaxing, Chen Ziyan hurriedly left here. Although he remembered that there would be no accidents during the unpacking process, who can say for sure about this kind of thing.
Didn’t you see that Fatty, a notoriously reckless person, subconsciously avoided the front of the copper box at this time?
After readjusting his position, Chen Ziyan stretched out the short stick again, but just halfway through the movement, he suddenly realized another problem, that is, he had forgotten which key to open first.
Or to be more precise, he doesn't remember such trivial details at all.
But since the copper box in front of him has two holes, and the short staff in his hand also has two heads, there must be a priority.
Although this is not as good as the red and green thread used to defuse bombs, you can't do it casually.