In the later stages, this originally smooth tunnel no longer had such rules.
The back part is basically not excavated manually, and the space becomes very large, like a large section of a cave.
The surrounding walls have rarely been polished, revealing hideous rocks, like the current underground mining area.
Because there is no reflective sand on the wall, the light here has become very poor, and we basically have to rely on their searchlights for illumination.
But here you can see the abandoned big cart just like before, with chains and shackles tied to the pusher's hands.
It seems that pushing this kind of cart is an extremely scary thing, and the person pushing the cart must be handcuffed here...
There are still many traces of tracks on the ground, which were formed by the long-term grinding of wheels, leading straight into the depths of darkness.
It feels like the current express delivery track. This underground corridor is like a place specially designed to transport something to a certain destination.
People at that time were very afraid of this transportation line for some unknown reason.
The further you go, the more dangerous and inaccessible it becomes, so there isn't much work on both sides.
Chen Zhi used a searchlight to shine inside those big carts. There were some dark things inside, which looked strange and he didn't know what they were.
But it does emit a very unpleasant stench...
That stench is wrapped in the smell of blood, which is not only disgusting, but also terrifying~~
And walking further, they finally reached their destination, and standing in front of them was a large door.
That door looks really old, made entirely of old bronze, with many large latches on it.
But those door latches seemed to have been broken many times from the inside out, many of them had been reinstalled, and then densely tied up with extremely thick chains, which looked very exaggerated.
It seems that people at that time were very afraid of what was behind the door rushing out, to the point of being irrational.
"What's locked here?",
Chen Zhi took a few steps forward and carefully illuminated the bronze door with a searchlight.
To be honest, the carvings on the gate are very rough, with large openings and large closing curves. When you only look at a part of it, you can't tell why.
But when everyone turned their searchlights to the door, they realized that they were just getting a glimpse of something.
Through reflection, a rough rough mineral pattern appeared on the entire door.
When he saw the pattern, Chen Zhi understood everything...
The carving on the gate is a giant beast, carved in a rough style, which is quite reminiscent of ancient art.
It can be seen from the relief that the monster has the body of a dragon and the body of a turtle, and has a pair of mouths with fangs. It looks very ferocious.
The turtle shell on its back has mountains stacked up one after another, and its eyes spit fire. Compared with the tiny humans around it, it is as huge as a mountain...
Seeing this special image, Chen Zhi immediately determined the origin of this monster. It was none other than the legendary Shang Dynasty's national guardian beast, the Shang Turtle...
For a long time in the past, scholars had a very limited understanding of the Shang Dynasty, and they did not know much about the sacrifices and worship of the people at that time.
Because of the legend of the black bird, scholars believed that the Shang people would definitely attach great importance to the black bird. In addition, they found some patterns with the black bird totem, so they concluded that the black bird was the sacred beast of the Shang Dynasty.
But later we learned from some unearthed tortoise shell fragments that the legend of black birds delivering divine eggs to the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty indeed laid the foundation for the bloodline of the Shang Dynasty.
But in this myth, the black bird is actually just a messenger.
Among some bronze vessels and armor pieces specially used to worship gods, a particularly ferocious and huge image was found, that is, the Shang turtle, the national sacred beast of the Shang Dynasty.
According to records in those ancient books, the Shang Turtle was a mythical beast with an extremely high status in the Shang Dynasty.
Although the Shang Dynasty followed the totem culture and worshiped their ancestors, they worshiped their divine right to king even more, and the representative of the king's power was this Shang turtle~~
Legend has it that it was kept in captivity in the ancestral temple of the Shang Dynasty. It was enshrined by the monarchs of the Shang Dynasty and lived forever.
His image will not be used easily. His totem can only be used when the emperor is buried. Even the queen does not have such an honor~~
But this mythical beast is extremely cruel. It eats countless birds and animals every day, eats their hair and drinks their blood. When it doesn't have enough, it even takes slaves to make up for it.
But this mythical beast is closely related to the spirit of the Shang Dynasty~~
It protected the well-being of the monarchs of the Shang Dynasty and the prosperity of the country, and was a representative symbol of the imperial power of the Shang Dynasty.
At that time, there was a divine prediction that as long as this Shang turtle lived, the national destiny of the Shang Dynasty would never decline, and the Shang Dynasty would rule the world forever and its royal power would not decline.
Therefore, the kings of the past dynasties treated the Shang turtle like an eyeball, gave it very generous treatment, and raised it carefully. Some even extreme kings used their concubines to feed it to show that they valued the Shang turtle.
Later, it was said that the Shang Dynasty regime was on the verge of collapse when King Zhou of Shang was fatuous and immoral.
At this time, this giant beast was weeping blood and crying, pieces of its tortoise shell fell off, and its eyes were blinded by crying.
And when Shang Gui finally died, the Shang Dynasty was completely destroyed...
Of course, these are all legends. As for whether this giant beast really exists, archaeologists are not sure at all.
And now, when this merchant turtle appears on the gate, it proves that those legends are completely true.
This huge room, as well as these large transport carts, are proof of the keeping of large animals in captivity.
It is estimated that behind this gate is the place where this merchant turtle is kept in captivity...
Although the door was closed tightly, an unbearable stench was constantly emanating from the cracks in the door...
The smell is really nauseating and makes people really not want to go in.
But judging from the positioning, Fat Wei is here now, so it seems they have to go in.
Although there are many thick chains tied to the gate, those chains are made of ordinary bronze or pig iron, and are not as difficult to deal with as the control stone~~
None of this bothered Ji Ying. Ji Ying jumped up first, landed on the door bolts, and then tugged on the thick iron chain on the door bolts.
After a while, she tore off a large chain of iron chains, and they fell to the ground with a heavy thud.
Ji Ying then jumped down, held the door with both hands, and pushed inside hard.
This door was indeed very heavy, and Ji Ying used her strength twice.
Finally, "Rumble~~", along with a dull sound, the door opened
And as the door opened, another world appeared in front of Chen Zhi.
That huge figure is really like a giant mountain...