They enlarged the flashlight in their hands and carefully shined it on the ground. Although the light had turned into small dots, it still had a certain lighting ability when condensed on the ground!!
It turns out that this place is in ruins...
They could see abandoned pieces of bricks and tiles on the ground, some ruins of broken walls, and relatively complete stone wall carvings.
These are some very thick carved walls, and the carvings on them are clearly visible, and they are all weird carvings.
There are figures, animals, and mountains and rivers carved on it. The style of the sculptures is completely inconsistent with that of China. The figures' shapes and movements are all weird, and they feel a bit evil.
And the things that look like gods in the carvings are even stranger. Each of them has a long neck stretched out, like a centipede.
Chen Zhi saw a woman with a head full of ornaments on a very complete stone piece. She had a ferocious face, three eyes, and circles of decorations around her neck. Her neck was stretched very long.
Sticking out his tongue weirdly.
That look reminds me of today's long-neck tribe...
After seeing these wall carvings, Chen Zhi immediately had a very clear concept in his mind.
Because he had seen the image of this long-necked god in some ancient documents and fragments, as well as the people who believed in this weird god.
That is the legendary birthplace of witchcraft, the ancient Dian Kingdom.
The ancient Dian Kingdom originated from 278 to 109 BC and was an ancient ethnic minority tribe in the southwest border of China.
Their territory is not large, mainly in the central and eastern areas of Yunnan with Dian Lake as the center. Historians often refer to it as the Dian ethnic group.
This nation is very mysterious. It is a very ancient and closed nation. There are many legends about it, but there are very few official historical records.
It is now more credible to say that the ancient Dian Kingdom originated from the ancient Chu people during the Spring and Autumn Period.
In 278 BC, the State of Chu sent Chu general Zhuang Qiao to lead a team to the Dianchi Lake area to expand territory and conquer the locals. However, the return route was cut off by the Qin State, so he stayed in the Dianchi Lake area to establish the ancient Dian Kingdom.
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He gradually cut off from the outside world and established himself as a king. His capital is now Jincheng Town, Jinning District, Kunming City.
According to documentary records and archaeological discoveries, the ancient Dian Kingdom may have appeared earlier, but it has always been well hidden~~
It appeared in the history of Yunnan for about five hundred years, and then suddenly disappeared in the early Eastern Han Dynasty.
The reason for the disappearance is unknown and no records were left!!
But in this small, closed and remote country, there was a very famous king.
This king left nothing behind to rule the country and bring peace to the world. Most of the legends about him are about witchcraft.
He is what later generations call him, King Xian!!
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the practice of witchcraft and poison became very popular. There are still many official historical records showing how much pain the witchcraft and poison could cause people at that time~~
There are many legends about the king of Gu Shen, saying that he believed in evil gods, was superstitious about witchcraft, killed people and took their flesh, was extremely humane, and just wanted to live forever, etc.!!
There are also legends that more and more people believe in evil gods later. In order to avoid the chaos, they left the ancient Dian Kingdom. They helped the old and young and moved to the deep mountains beside the Lancang River to live, completely closed off from the outside world~~
And this King Xian, who was obsessed with immortality, was completely obsessed with it and would do anything to find the way to immortality.
Before he died, he even put the legendary Muchen Bead in his mouth, but life and death are the wheels of the human world, and he still could not escape the fate of death in the end~~
As for how the ancient holy country fell later, there is no definite information available. Most of the legends are:
[In 109 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to conquer Yunnan. The then King of Dian surrendered to the Han, and the ancient Dian Kingdom was destroyed]
But now it seems that this ancient country was not necessarily conquered, but was moved here as a whole for some reason~~
And the people here must have been attacked by some kind of special attack, disappearing completely in an instant, and the former King Xian who was obsessed with immortality also disappeared with the ancient wheels...
They walked along the ruins all the way, and everywhere the searchlight light hit were those ancient and weird minority buildings.
And under the abandoned walls of these buildings, sometimes you can see some strange corpses.
These corpses were completely black, with no white bones exposed, because the scorching heat had turned them into charred mummies.
But sometimes you will see some strange decorations on them, with bright colors and strange shapes!!
It is indeed very hot here, so hot that it makes people irritated, and the air is very thin. I mainly rely on the oxygen-generating equipment inside the work clothes to maintain breathing~~
They didn't dare to disperse, so the four of them gathered together, gathered the only light, and tried a little bit forward!!
They soon entered a square, which was a very strange place that looked like a gathering place for ancient rituals to worship gods.
You will often see some strange armors and weapons on the ground. The armors look a bit strange, with long-necked gods carved on them.
The charcoal black color on the metal of the armor should have been burned by fire a long time ago, and the person wearing the armor should have been burned to ashes by the fire!!
As we walked further forward, the ground became regular again, and we even saw some very neat square bricks paving a path forward in order.
It seems that someone deliberately built a relatively regular small courtyard in this ruins.
After they walked along this small stone road for a while, several huts appeared in front of them.
Due to the light, the specific appearance of the thatched hut cannot be seen clearly, but from the general shape, the shape is the same as that of a simple private house in ancient times, with about three or four rooms.
After seeing these huts hidden in the darkness, they somewhat thought of Kong Qinghan.
If that person also enters this space, the most suitable place for him to live should be here!!
But when I stand here, I can't feel any life breath inside.
I just feel like everything is dead and quiet, as if everything has disappeared for a long time...
Finally, led by Fat Wei, they walked towards those huts.
The first thing we entered was a very spacious large hut. Maybe it was because it was too hot here. There was a lot of grease on the surface of these huts and they looked sticky~~
Fat Wei gently pushed open the door panel of the first hut, and with a creak, the door of the hut opened without any dust falling.
They walked along the dark doorway and used a searchlight to see that there seemed to be a very broken table in front of them, with what looked like an oil lamp placed on the table.
Fat Wei studied it for a while, then took out a fire stick from his arms, blew on the fire, and actually lit it.
The whole room lit up instantly...
At that moment, they discovered that there was something hidden in this seemingly ordinary room...