"What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei noticed something strange about Nono.
"..." Nono looked back at the coffin, "It's okay, I just feel that the coffin here doesn't look like a place for people to rest in peace, as if... they don't want the things inside to escape."
Nono noticed something strange about this golden coffin. It was priceless and extremely exquisite in craftsmanship, but it had two iron hoops as thick as arms to hold the head and tail of the coffin.
Each iron hoop is connected to four thick iron chains, and the iron drills at the ends of the iron chains are deeply inserted into the rock.
Someone, no matter who they were, seemed to be afraid that the bones in the coffin would be resurrected, so they locked the entire coffin with iron hoops, and then fixed it with iron chains. It was an extremely honorable coffin, but it was also unbreakable
's prison.
There is a similar tradition in human history. In ancient Romania, where vampire stories were widespread, relatives would seal those who were thought to have been bitten by vampires into steel coffins and stuff bricks into the mouths of the corpses.
This will prevent him from being resurrected as a vampire.
"The people in it are all Knights of the Round Table who have used explosive blood." Lu Mingfei said, "There is a reason why the Knights of the Round Table were so brave and good at fighting back then, because they all used explosive blood."
"Are all the Knights of the Round Table hybrids?" Chu Zihang frowned slightly.
"Yes, but only King Arthur has reached the position of just one step away." Lu Mingfei replied, "Talents are different, and some people are destined to only go so far."
"There are words for this." Xia Mi squatted in front of the coffin and looked left and right, "But I can't understand it."
There was a small piece of polished rock on the rock wall next to the cave, and it was engraved with some ancient characters that she could not understand. Xia Mi had lived for so long, so it stands to reason that there were no characters that she did not recognize.
Even for "dead scripts" such as ancient Egyptian and Sumerian cuneiform that no one has used for a long time, she can tell which civilization they probably originated from based on the shape of the font.
But this kind of writing was not in her knowledge base at all. She thought it was dragon writing at first, but it was not true. Every line was an angry snake, and all the strokes combined looked like a group of violent snakes. She had never
Never seen it.
Chu Zihang squatted next to her and looked at her for a long time.
"Senior brother, do you understand?" Xia Mi asked, tilting his head.
"I can't understand." Chu Zihang shook his head, "I tried to use some semiotic analysis methods to analyze its structure, but failed. But I can basically confirm that this is the name and date of birth and death of the person in the coffin.
, just like what’s on the tombstone.”
"Keep going up, maybe there will be new discoveries." He stood up and walked up the steps to the higher level.
In each cave is a coffin, coffins of different textures, some carved from a whole block of granite, some made of black iron, and some made of precious metals such as gold and silver. Each one is a priceless treasure.
Each one was tied up with iron hoops, and then chained to death in the cave.
Some of the coffins are so big that a baby elephant can fit inside them, while the smaller ones can only hold the bones of a baby.
"Don't you think Avalon is very strange?" Lu Mingfei walked up the steps backwards and talked eloquently, "It has both life and death qualities at the same time. The towering cypress trees are its "life" side; and the mountains are full of them.
The coffin, and the unverifiable remains in the coffin, are its "dead" side."
"It stands to reason that the Nibelungs are full of dead things..." Chu Zihang pondered, and Lu Mingfei seemed to be reminding him something.
Life and death, two completely opposite concepts, have reached a balance on this strange island.
Chu Zihang was not good at archaeology, and could only barely recognize that two of the coffins were products from the "Second Empire of Thebes" in ancient Egypt. The coffins were carved from a single block of granite, weighing several tons, and had ancient inscriptions engraved on the surface.
Egyptian bird-shaped writing.
The first gold coffin was probably from the Sumerian period, which was the oldest recorded human civilization. At that time, iron smelting had not yet been invented, but gold was easier to obtain.
As for those black iron coffins, they should be products of the Hittite civilization. The ancient Hittite Empire relied on powerful iron swords to sweep across Asia Minor...
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They should have been located in the grand royal tombs all over the world, but they were transported to this Nibelung by unknown people.
"Not all the Knights of the Round Table are here..." Chu Zihang grasped the key to the problem. He suddenly looked up at Lu Mingfei.
"Yes."
"There were other kings!" Chu Zihang tried to make sense of it all, "During the Sumerian period..."
"For example, the golden coffin we just saw." Lu Mingfei said, "I just lied to my junior sister. In fact, the person lying inside was not Lancelot at all, but probably Gilgamesh."
"The legendary King of Heroes, Gilgamesh?"
"Who knows." Lu Mingfei shrugged, "I'm just making a guess, but that coffin is indeed from the Sumerian period."
"It's like a Valley of Kings..." Chu Zihang whispered, "Too many prominent people are buried here."
He had heard that there was a Valley of the Kings in Egypt, in which 64 pharaohs were buried. Under the heavily weathered surface were magnificent caves, which contained the mummified kings wrapped in gold.
Isn't this also a Valley of the Kings? The Colosseum-like ring structure, which should have housed the seats of the nobles, has been replaced by the caves of the kings. Their souls still seem to be sitting on the mountain wall, overlooking the venue.
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"Ask a question, why are there so many kings from different periods and even legends here, and who buried them here?"
"Odin." Chu Zihang thought for a moment and immediately answered, "This was his testing ground. These kings were all failed experiments that did not go on to become gods."
"That's almost it." Lu Mingfei nodded approvingly.
"Why did Odin send them all to Avalon?" Chu Zihang was only puzzled by this point, "Are the dead still valuable?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Senior brother..." Lu Mingfei paused, "If you knew how powerful Odin was, you wouldn't ask this question."
"The dead are indeed valuable to him. Some means can resurrect the long-dead kings to continue fighting for him." Lu Mingfei sneered disdainfully, "Otherwise, why is this place called the Hall of Heroes?"
"The rat hiding in the gutter never dares to show his true face to others. Whenever he needs to take action personally, it is his projection or clone, while he hides in the dark and controls everything."
"You mean...he used some means to turn the corpses of these kings into his clones?"
"Well, some very evil means."
"Then King Arthur actually couldn't escape his control until his death..." Chu Zihang thought of the awe-inspiring British red dragon who would rather die than submit to others, but he still couldn't escape from him.
fate?
Is this so-called destiny really something that cannot be resisted? No matter how strong your personal power is.
No, that's not the case. From that day on, he no longer believed in "fate" and he vowed to hold his own destiny in his own hands.
Chu Zihang took a deep breath and threw all the miscellaneous and chaotic thoughts behind him.
After seeing all the coffins, they finally climbed to the top of the mountain wall.
Looking out, the sea water is constantly undulating, the sky is always the same color, and the surroundings are always half-dark, like morning and evening.
Looking back at the center of the island, I don't know when the mist of birds has annihilated Stonehenge, and even the towering cypress trees only have their tops exposed to the mist.
Everything is between reality and illusion. Standing here, it feels like reaching the end of the world, which makes people suddenly feel world-weary and want to sit down and breathe slowly, turning into a stone statue.
Everyone was shocked by the beauty of this moment.
"I don't know how many people have arrived at this mysterious place since ancient times." Xia Mi murmured.
Chu Zihang was slightly startled, "Have you seen all the coffins?"
"That's right." Xia Mi looked back at him doubtfully, "What's wrong, senior brother?"
Didn’t we look at each other one by one?”
"Where's King Arthur?"
Xia Mi was silent. It seemed that he did not see any coffins similar to those used by King Arthur along the way. There were also coffins from the Celtic period, but the specifications did not match the prominent status of King Arthur and were more like the coffins of ordinary Knights of the Round Table.
Chu Zihang thought for a moment and suddenly shuddered violently, "There is actually no body of King Arthur here?"
"Yes." Lu Mingfei answered, "But due to the special nature of King Arthur, his coffin... No, to be honest, he doesn't have a coffin, because he is too special, even among Odin's many experimental subjects.
You can come out on top."
"So his body is in a very secret place. I can't remind him. If I remind him, it will trigger a certain mechanism that will defeat the purpose of our trip."
"Senior brother, if you are really the chosen one, you should be able to realize it on your own."
"Come on..." Chu Zihang frowned and looked around the island. Something had been bothering him since he landed on the island, but he never figured out what it was.
There was a vague feeling, but he could never grasp it.
"The boundaries of the Nibelungs..." Lu Mingfei said slowly, "I can only remind you so much, and I can't go on."
"Boundaries, boundaries..." Chu Zihang thought hard.
Lu Mingfei did not remind him again, but stood aside and waited for him to come up with an answer. There were some things that Chu Zihang needed to figure out on his own. Blindly helping him would only harm him and make him lose the opportunity to grow.
Growth is a very important word. Chu Zihang’s personality is actually sufficient, but his character is not yet matched with the power of the artifact. Only... when he grows to a certain level, can the power of the artifact be truly unleashed. Otherwise, even if the "shield"
There is no use sending it to him.
"Boundary!" He suddenly shouted loudly, "I know!"
"What do you know?" Xia Mi asked curiously.
Chu Zihang didn't answer Xia Mi and started doing warm-up exercises silently.
"Senior brother, please say something!" Xia Mi walked around in front of him, "Hello? Classmate Chu Zihang? Say something?"
"Don't disturb him." Lu Mingfei pulled Xia Mi back, "Senior brother, he is at a critical moment of transformation."
"Oh, okay." Xia Mi stood aside obediently, watching Chu Zihang doing warm-up exercises, and then Chu Zihang... jumped off the cliff in an upside-down position.
"Holy shit!" Xia Mi screamed, but it was too late. By the time she rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked down, Chu Zihang had already disappeared under the water.
"Is this the transformation you are talking about?!" Xia Mi turned around and asked Lu Mingfei fiercely, "Transformation is equivalent to suicide? If you jump from such a high height, your steel and iron bones will be smashed to pieces, let alone a human being!"
"Junior sister, caring will lead to chaos." Lu Mingfei beamed, "Yes, senior brother, he has found the key to the problem. Be prepared, and we have to jump in next."
"What is this all about?"
"Junior sister, it's true that you care about things that lead to chaos. What are the characteristics of all the objects in the Nibelungs? They are all dead!"
"The water here is dead too! It doesn't flow at all!"
"So, senior brother, nothing will happen to him if he jumps." Lu Mingfei looked at Xia Mi meaningfully, "Do you still need me to teach you about this kind of thing?"
"You are noble and awesome, that's enough." Xia Mi looked embarrassed.
"We want to dance too?" Nono was also doing warm-up exercises, looking very excited, as if Lu Mingfei could just nod her head and rush straight down.
"Let me warn you first, senior sister, you can't dance by yourself." Lu Mingfei chuckled, "We have to dance hand in hand."
"You have to have a sense of ritual when you jump into the sea, right?" Nono rolled her eyes at him, "Okay, whatever you want."
…
Chu Zihang felt like countless needles were poking his whole body, and bubbles surrounded him from all directions. He kept sinking, but the buoyancy force offset most of the weight, and he felt like he was floating in space. In the silence, it seemed
Hidden in ancient voices, the whole
The world seemed to be flying away from him.
He let this feeling go without resisting at all, until the seawater lifted him up again.
He floated up faster and faster, and rushed out of the water!
Warm air rushed into his lungs, and he opened his eyes. In front of him was an ancient and magnificent palace, and he was lying on the beach in front of the palace.
"The Nibelungs among the Nibelungs..." Chu Zihang murmured to himself, "It's amazing."
"Yes, senior brother, you have successfully realized it." Someone said behind him, while still applauding.
Chu Zihang looked back and saw that Lu Mingfei, Nuonuo, Xia Mi, and Holmes all jumped down after him.
"So this is..." Chu Zihang said, "the boundaries of the Nibelungs, right?"
When he jumped off the cliff, all the clues were connected in his mind, about the true face of the island, its various peculiar properties, Lu Mingfei's tips, King Arthur's specialness... When these clues came together suddenly,
He had no doubt that the so-called King Arthur's palace was also a Nibelung!
To really reach King Arthur's palace, you have to pass through a material interface, which is usually made of water. The time he saw Odin, heavy rain washed the entire coastal area, and the highway turned into a maze.
.
And here, isn't the interface made of water the sea surface? The sea reflects the entire picture of Avalon like a mirror, and the entrance to the hidden level is on the water surface.
The way to reach King Arthur's palace is very simple, just jump into the water.
"That's right!" Lu Mingfei raised his arms and shouted in an incomparable manner, "Go and get what belongs to you! The chosen one!"
"That's enough." Nono held her head against a headache.