Tian Sihan said he would take us to catch insects. Before Mai Xiaorou and I could speak, Professor Ma stood up and said, "I'll go with you!"
Xiao Jin and Xiao Zhou were both hesitant and did not dare to say that they would follow, probably because they were afraid of those bugs. Xiao Jin said to Professor Ma: "Professor, something has happened to the two team leaders. You are the person in charge of this inspection.
If anything happens to you again, our project will be over!"
Professor Ma smiled slightly at Xiao Jin and said: "I have been studying the ancient people of Toad Cave for half my life. If I can die on this matter, I will die well. Those subjects are not important to me."
Xiao Jin's expression changed and he said no more.
Professor Ma did not value those subjects, but Xiao Jin did. He was still young and urgently needed some subject results to enrich his "life resume", which would be of great benefit to his future development.
Although Xiao Jin didn't say anything, it seemed like I could read his thoughts.
But I soon understood that his thoughts were not what I could see through, but the Snake King Pendant on his chest, which emitted a faint heat and conveyed an emotion to me, and this emotion contained Xiao Jin’s true nature.
The idea is that what he cares about is not Professor Ma, but his own subject.
I thought that after Professor Ma's death, this subject might fall into the hands of other professors, and other professors also have their own students, so it would not be his turn then.
After knowing this, I felt a little disgusted with that Xiao Jin.
Xiao Zhou also came over to persuade Professor Ma at this time, but to no avail.
There was no reaction from the Snake King Pendant this time, probably because Xiao Zhou was sincere.
After Professor Ma had a conversation with his students, Tian Sihan smiled and said, "Professor Ma, please stop following us. Those bugs are extraordinary."
Professor Ma immediately said: "I know, do you know Gu? I have been engaged in archeology in Guizhou and Hunan for many years, and I have never seen Gu. I am not afraid. The superiors say you are an insect expert, but I know in my heart that you are a 'Gu'
An expert in the field, as long as you are here, I will probably be fine. Besides, I am just watching from a distance, and I will never get too close to you, let alone hinder you."
Hearing what Professor Ma said, Tian Sihan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "That's fine. When you get there, you must keep a distance of more than 20 meters from us."
Professor Ma nodded, then brought a flashlight, a small shovel and other tools, and led us in front.
Xiao Jin and Xiao Zhou stayed behind to guard the camp.
Professor Ma was a little excited along the way: "I didn't tell you when I was in the camp just now. I think the toad cave may be a place used by ancient people for sacrifices, and the bugs in the cave are what they sacrificed. I think they
Maybe they are a group of people who use insects as their totem."
Tian Sihan said: "It's Gu!"
Professor Ma said: "Yes, that's right, it uses Gu as a totem. Of course, this is just my guess. I can't provide more evidence to support my guess, so I must follow you. You must know a lot about Gu.
In detail, I hope you can tell me the details of those voodoos at that time, or give me detailed information on those voodoos. I hope to find valuable information from the information on those voodoos."
Tian Sihan smiled and said: "Professor Ma, I really admire your enthusiasm for academic research. If I can help you, I will definitely help you, but if it is beyond my ability, then don't blame me."
Listening to the conversation between Professor Ma and Tian Sihan, I felt that both of them were experienced veterans.
After a while, we arrived near a raised hill. Professor Ma pointed to the hill and said: "The entrance to the cave is there. We have explored the area several times, and the insects basically can't get out of the cave."
Tian Sihan nodded, then took out a bamboo tube, and then poured out some white powder and applied it to Professor Ma's forehead, neck, back of hands and other exposed skin.
Professor Ma didn't ask any questions and just asked Tian Sihan to apply it to him.
After wiping it off, Tian Sihan said: "This is the feces of a poisonous insect. It has no odor, but has a jasmine scent. Applying it on the body can prevent being bitten by other poisonous insects. Don't move around here."
Poison excrement!?
Although it doesn't smell bad, I always feel a little nauseous when I apply it on my body.
But Professor Ma didn't take it seriously. He nodded to Tian Sihan and said, "Thank you, I won't move."
I then thought again, that feces can prevent poisonous insects from being bitten, so should we apply some of it on it? According to Professor Ma’s description, the consequences for those who imitate the poisonous poison from the poisonous insects in the toad hole will not be pretty.
Thinking of this, I asked Tian Sihan if he could apply some on us too.
Tian Sihan directly threw the bamboo tube to me and said, "Just watch it."
I quickly followed the instructions. When applying it, I secretly put the white powder in front of my nose and smelled it. It did have a refreshing fragrance.
After I applied it on myself, I went to apply it on Mai Xiaorou.
Mai Xiaorou looked at me and said, "Look at you, your face is red, you..."
Halfway through her words, Mai Xiaorou suddenly closed her mouth again, probably thinking about Grandpa Mai again. But then again, every time Mai Xiaorou teases me, she makes me feel that there is something different about her.
, when she said half a sentence just now, she made me feel that way again, but she quickly suppressed it again.
I couldn't help but wonder, could it be that when Mai Xiaorou teased me, it was not her intention every time, but she was bewitched by some kind of power in her body!?
The most questionable power in Mai Xiaorou's body is the "corpse". Could it be the corpse poison in Mai Xiaorou's body?
I didn't ask Mai Xiaorou these words. After applying them to Mai Xiaorou, I returned the bamboo tube to Tian Sihan, and he put it away directly.
I asked him why he didn't wipe it off.
Tian Sihan said: "I don't need it!"
With that said, he took the lead and walked towards the hill. After walking a few steps, he didn't forget to turn around and let Mai Xiaorou and I follow.
Walking behind Tian Sihan, I gradually became nervous.
I once again remembered the scene in the house full of Gu worms crawling in the Three Saints Path. Before I even got to the toad hole, I got goosebumps on my body.
Soon, we arrived at the front of the cave. Tian Sihan took out the flashlight Professor Ma gave me and shined it into the cave. The cave was not deep, and you could see the head at a glance. There were many traces of excavation in the cave, and there were some places.
Place a small flag to mark it.
After looking around carefully, we couldn't find any signs of bugs.
Tian Sihan took the flashlight and looked at it for a while and said: "It's really good. They are really good at choosing this place to bury the poison."
When Tian Sihan said this, he must have seen something, so I went to ask him.
Tian Sihan said: "This hillock is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the vicinity. It is even said that the nearby spiritual energy will automatically flow here, and then erupt from this hillock and then flow back to other places. This is a natural
A gathering place for souls.”
I was curious and asked what a gathering place is.
Mai Xiaorou explained to me from the side: "It literally means a place where spiritual energy gathers. This kind of place is very rare. It can only be found in some wonderful caves in Lingshan Mountain."
Tian Sihan continued: "In fact, when the real toad cave was excavated decades ago, semi-fossils of insects were found in the cave. After studying them, it was determined that those insects were not ordinary insects, but
Gu containing human blood, the ancient people of Toad Cave began to raise voodoo a long time ago."
"Raising voodoos is risky. Sometimes the voodoos will get out of control, so some of the ancient people in Toad Cave died because of the voodoos getting out of control."
"After these incidents happened one after another, the ancient people of Toad Cave began to oppose raising voodoos, and the vood-raising people among them were also expelled by others, so some of the ancient people of Toad Cave moved away, and here
The people who built civilization were the Gu people who moved from Toad Cave."
When Tian Sihan said this, Mai Xiaorou and I were both stunned. We both asked him almost at the same time how he knew.
Tian Sihan said: "Although the ancient people of Toad Cave did not have writing, they already had simple painting skills. They used simple paintings to tell this story to us, and this series of painting stories have been revealed in the real Toad Cave.
It was unearthed and carved on several stone slabs. Later, due to some reasons, the slabs were hidden, and it became a secret that only a few people knew."
"If I guess correctly, Professor Ma is one of the few people. He has been investigating through the things recorded on that stone tablet, and then he found this place."
I asked curiously: "Then why didn't he say anything just now?"
Tian Sihan said: "It's already a secret, how could you tell others casually?"
I asked him how he knew about the slate, and Tian Sihan said: "When I come to handle this case, I must go through all the information, including the slate. I have my own way."
Before Mai Xiaorou and I could say anything, Tian Sihan continued: "In addition to recording the story of the migration, the last stone tablet also recorded something, saying that it was taken away by those who raised the poison when they migrated.
It was a supreme treasure of the ancient people of Toad Cave. Because of the loss of that treasure, the real ancient people of Toad Cave lost their shelter, were often harassed by wild beasts, and then slowly became extinct."
baby!?
If it was taken away by the voodoo farmers, the treasure should have been hidden in the place where the voodoo farmers migrated, which is the land we are standing on.
Tian Sihan continued: "In fact, in my opinion, since those people who raised voodoos were expelled, it is impossible for them to take away the real treasures. I think what they took away should be things related to 'gu', and
It turns out that the people who protected the ancient people of Toad Cave were also Gu, and precisely because of the absence of Gu, the ancient people of Toad Cave were brutally exterminated."
"And the thing related to the poison is most likely buried in this imitation toad hole!"
"By the way, that Professor Ma may also be here for that baby!"
When I heard him say this, I couldn't help but look back at Professor Ma in the distance. He had an elusive smile on his face. (To be continued)