Although the ancient city has temporarily seen the light of day again due to wind and sand, most of the buildings are still occupied by yellow sand.
After everyone trudged forward for a while, they realized that the palace must be buried under the yellow sand. If they were searching on foot, they might not be able to find anything even if their legs were broken.
The tallest building in the ancient city today is the tilted black tower that can be seen at a glance.
Professor Chen suggested entering the Black Tower and seeing if he could find the entrance to the palace from a height.
"The palace here may have been built underground," Professor Chen said.
Fatty is very eager to find the palace, and has already told Hu Bayi about the relevant ideas, so Hu Bayi is also looking forward to it.
Ding Ze is fine. He's taking a walk and taking a look. There's nothing to worry about. Anyway, according to the plot, there won't be any danger for the time being.
Soon, a group of people came to the black tower.
The six-story tower looks very spectacular in this ancient city, and there is a rather weird and terrifying black olive-shaped stone ball on the top of the black tower.
Ding Ze raised his head and looked up, "This tower seems to be made of the rocks of the sacred mountain. And, do you think that the ball on it looks like an eye?"
The fat man heard this, blinked his eyes, and thought for a while, "I'll go, it really looks like... I feel a little sick. What do you want to do by erecting such a tall tower and putting an eye on the top? Monitor everyone.
?"
Professor Chen shook his head and denied this statement, "According to my research on ghost cave culture, eyes are their totem, representing their worship of eyes. Come on, let's go in and take a look."
Enter the stone tower.
The inner wall of the stone tower is densely engraved with strange ghost cave characters. In addition, there is a black stone sheep statue in the first floor of the stone tower.
Everyone watched for a while and then entered the second floor. The scene on the second floor was similar, with dense text, but the statue changed into a half-kneeling stone elephant about the size of an adult.
Entering the third floor, they were greeted with a little surprise... because the stone statue on the third floor, which they had seen before, was the giant-eyed stone statue found in the ruins of the unknown ancient city.
Seeing this giant-eyed stone statue, all the viewers in the live broadcast room who had followed all the way immediately started chattering excitedly.
Ding Ze didn't pay attention and just listened quietly to Professor Chen's narration.
"I speculate that this black tower should be used to show the status of the Guidong clan. The stone statues on each floor represent different levels. The first floor is for livestock. If I guessed correctly, there should be another floor underground where the hells are placed.
The hungry ghosts in the tower. On the second floor are ordinary people, including all the barbarians in the Western Regions. Their status is only higher than that of cattle and sheep, equivalent to slaves. The third floor is the statue of the giant pupil. The stone ball on the top of the tower is an eye.
The shape of the giant-eyed stone man and the eye-shaped totem represent this nation's worship of eyes. Let's go up and see what has a higher status in the Jingjue Kingdom."
When the fat man heard this, he immediately shouted, "Isn't it easy to guess? It must be the statue of Queen Jingjue above."
The fat man was wrong. He stood on the fourth floor, a little embarrassed and didn't say anything.
Ding Ze smiled at him and said nothing.
The statue on the fourth floor has a snake body and a human head, with thick limbs, the hind limbs are animal-shaped, the forelimbs are human-shaped, holding a sword and shield, and the head is a male face with a ferocious face and staring eyes, as if it were from a temple in the mainland.
The stone statue has angry eyes of gold and steel, and there is also a black ball on the back of its head, just like the strange snake in the Zagrama Mountains.
Professor Chen saw it and marveled, "This is the patron saint of the kingdom. The patron saint is only on the fourth floor. The status of this exquisite queen is higher than that of a god. This is really too deified."
Ding Ze listened quietly. He knew all these contents, but this was needed for the development of the plot. It can be understood that it was mainly for the audience in the live broadcast room, so that the audience could have a deeper understanding of all this.
In fact, if he didn't know the plot, he would definitely listen to Professor Chen's words very carefully.
Professor Chen is anxious to go to the fifth floor to have a look.
The fat man raised his feet and walked anxiously. After taking two steps, he noticed that Ding Ze hadn't moved, "Old Ding? What's wrong?"
Ding Ze heard this and shook his head, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about a question. This strange snake-like thing with a snake body and a human head is the patron saint of the kingdom..."
The fat man was anxious to go up, "So?"
"So, don't you think the two strange snakes we encountered in the mountain crevices are very similar to this statue?"
When Hu Ba saw that the two of them had not gone up, he quickly turned back and happened to hear these words, "I just noticed it. They are very similar. Old Ding, what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that most ethnic groups have patron saints. Some are fictitious and some are real... As far as this ancient city is concerned, the two strange snakes we encountered are indeed
Really exists.”
Ding Ze paused and then said, "It shouldn't be a coincidence between the two... It's very possible that this patron saint was created based on that kind of weird snake... He mythologized the weird snake and changed its head.
Added limbs and equipped with weapons..."
The fat man became more and more confused as he listened, "No, Old Ding, what kind of riddle are you playing? What exactly do you want to say?"
The person who answered this question was not Ding Ze, but Hu Bayi.
Hu Bayi was obviously smarter. He reacted and said in surprise, "Old Ding, are you saying that there might be many strange snakes in this ancient city?"
Ding Ze nodded, "If there are only a few, it is almost impossible to be regarded as a patron saint... Since it is a patron saint, its responsibility should be to protect this ancient city... It requires many, many strange snakes, and,
Maybe we need a big guy."
The fat man finally understood and was a little scared, "Well, even if there was, he would have starved to death long ago. This ancient city has been buried under the yellow sand for so many years..."
There will be no answer to this question.
Ding Ze just made up some nonsense to fool the audience in the live broadcast room, and by the way, Fatty and Hu Bayi.
"I hope so, otherwise if we enter a snake's den, the situation will be very bad."
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When we arrived on the fifth floor, we saw Professor Chen and others all looking confused.
Hu Bayi and Fatty took a quick glance at the situation on the fifth floor, and both immediately had the same blank expressions.
The crowd of idiot viewers in the live broadcast room obviously felt the same way.
"Why is there nothing?"
"Where is Queen Jingjue?"
"It's really good at whetting your appetite. Host, you're so stupid. Hurry up to the sixth floor."
Everyone moved again and arrived at the sixth floor.
Finally, the statue of the legendary Queen Jingjue appeared.
I saw a rather majestic black throne standing in the center of the sixth floor.
On the throne, sits a statue of a woman in gorgeous clothing, but her face is deliberately carved to look like she is wearing a veil, covering her appearance.
"What are you talking about? Isn't it said that this queen is extremely beautiful? How can you build a statue without showing her face?" The fat man cursed, "In my opinion, she must be ugly."
As soon as Hu Ba heard it, "Fat man, shut up now, or she will jump up and bite you to death! Haven't you heard that women don't like to be called ugly? If you call her ugly, she will definitely get angry with you!"
Fatty: "?????Women have too many things to do!"
As soon as these words came out.
Swish.
I saw Shirley Yang and Ye Yixin both turning their heads and instinctively staring at the fat man.
The fat man realized that he moved his mouth, but in the end it was wise to say nothing. He turned his head obediently and pretended to look to the side.
Seeing this scene, Ding Ze couldn't hold it back. He laughed and shook his head. He heard the fat man say, 'I'm a good man and I don't fight with women!'