"Okay, okay, it's just a joke, don't be so excited."
Seeing that Wu Xie's face changed, Ding Ze decisively 'stopped' and said, and then changed the subject in a rounded tone, "The water flow here is a bit fast. If we want to stop, we can only rely on these stone pillars above."
Ding Ze said while moving the flashlight quickly.
In an instant, the flashlight light stopped swinging.
Several stone pillars relatively close to the water surface were illuminated by lights.
"That's it, get ready."
As he spoke, Ding Zema Liu put the flashlight he was holding in his right hand into his mouth, followed by raising his arms high.
Wu Xie didn't waste any time. He stretched out his arms and assumed a posture of grabbing the stone pillar.
"Hey," Master Liang sighed and reluctantly raised his arms.
The three of them didn't say any nonsense, and all stood ready.
In the blink of an eye.
Due to the rapid flow of water, the three of them arrived in front of several stone pillars that were their targets.
"Hurry up!" Ding Ze yelled and grabbed a stone pillar.
At the same time, Wu Xie and Master Liang had the same behavior.
The next second.
All three of them stopped...even though nearly half of their bodies were still in the water, still being washed away by the water.
"Oh, my old bones will really fall apart if they are washed away by water like this," Master Liang said with a voice, almost wailing, "Boss Wu, please hurry up, okay?"
"Well," Wu Xie responded and turned to Ding Ze, "Brother Ding, look at the reliefs on the left first. See if you can find the starting point of those reliefs."
Ding Ze had a flashlight in his mouth and it was difficult to speak, so he nodded.
soon.
The flashlight light illuminated the starting point of the reliefs on the rock wall on the left. After a short pause, they began to move slowly.
As the lights moved, reliefs gradually appeared in the three people's field of vision.
Only seen.
Reliefs are formed into paintings one after another, and most of them are relatively well preserved. Their lines are bright and smooth, and their clothing patterns are elegant. Each side is different and very dynamic... These reliefs, in terms of style and craftsmanship, are undoubtedly the same as those of bronze.
The relief in the sarcophagus at the top of the tree is from the same period.
The pictures depicted in the reliefs are quite vivid and also quite terrifying.
There is a relief sculpture depicting the huge bronze tree covered with the corpses of countless slaves. The blood of those slaves flowed into the interior of the bronze tree along the ravines on the outside of the bronze tree.
There is also a relief sculpture that depicts a group of ancient people wearing masks throwing slaves directly into a bronze tree.
The three of them watched in silence for a while.
"The reliefs on the left should depict the process of people of the ancient She country worshiping bronze trees," Wu Xie suddenly said, "Brother Ding, look at the right side."
Ding Ze heard this and turned his head silently to the rock wall on the right.
Not long after.
The reliefs depicting obviously different contents gradually appear.
In the first relief on the rock wall on the right, a group of ancient people wearing masks poured some kind of liquid into the inside of a bronze tree.
In the next relief, a group of ancient people wearing masks and dressed like warriors, holding bows, arrows and spears, surrounded a Zhu Jiuyin climbing out of the bronze tree.
"Brother Ding, stop! What is going on?" Seeing this, Wu Xie couldn't help but pointed at the relief in surprise and said, "How does this scene look like people from the ancient She country are hunting Zhu Jiuyin?"
"According to our speculation, that bronze tree should be a very important sacrificial vessel in the ancient She Kingdom and a special symbol of divine power... Then, in the bronze tree, Zhu Jiuyin, who was called Zhulong in ancient times,
It should be regarded as a mythical beast by the people of the ancient She country, so how could it be hunted?"
Wu Xie was very puzzled.
Master Liang replied, his tone calmer, "Maybe, that bronze tree is not only a sacrificial vessel, but also a hunting tool."
"It's possible," Wu Xie nodded in response, and then said to Ding Ze, "Brother Ding, you can look behind. Maybe there will be an answer in the relief behind."
Ding Ze did as he was told.
The following reliefs are generally related to rituals.
It is worth mentioning that in these reliefs, in addition to the ancients wearing masks, there is also a particularly burly guy who looks like a leader based on his clothing and posture.
This leader is almost twice as big as other ancients. However, this is not the point. The point is that the leader's neck does not seem to be a head, but a snake head that does not look like some kind of strange mask.
After the ritual-related reliefs, there is the last of all the reliefs on the rock wall on the right.
The last relief depicts a large-scale celebration.
What happened after Zhu Jiuyin was hunted was not shown in the relief.
"Master Liang, it seems that we have all guessed wrong," Wu Xie spoke again in a complicated tone as soon as he finished looking at the relief.
"Judging from these reliefs here, I seriously suspect that the bronze tree may not be a sacrificial vessel at all, but simply a tool used by the ancient She people to hunt Zhu Jiuyin."
Hearing this, Master Liang shook his head subconsciously, "Boss Wu, I think the possibility you mentioned is basically non-existent... Because you think, if the people of the ancient She country cast that bronze tree just for hunting,
The candle is nine-yin."
"Then, considering the size of Zhu Jiuyin... there is no need for that bronze tree to be so tall, right?"
Wu Xie's brows moved and he thought for a moment, "That's true."
"Forget it, let's not talk about what happened to that bronze tree for now."
"What I can't figure out the most is why the people of the ancient She country used so many slaves to trap Zhu Jiuyin..."
Wu Xie muttered for a while.
Master Liang didn't have an answer, so he remained silent.
Seeing this, Ding Ze held a flashlight in his mouth and made a hesitant sound.
Wu Xie and Master Liang heard the sound and looked towards Ding Ze together.
Ding Ze raised his head forward, indicating that it was time to move forward.
"Well," Wu Xie understood what Ding Ze meant, "Let's go."
The words came out.
The three of them let go and re-entered the underground river.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After entering the water, Ding Ze immediately took out the flashlight in his mouth and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Hey, my mouth is sore, Comrade Wu Xie, can you
It's really hard. After we go out, you must treat me to a nice meal."
"As long as you can get out alive, I'll treat you to a Manchu banquet, no problem!" Wu Xie agreed readily.
When Master Liang heard this, his eyes couldn't stop twitching, and he immediately said, "Boss Wu, don't, don't say bad words. We will definitely get out alive!"
Wu Xie: "......."
Ding Ze: "Haha, Master Liang, you are very witty, not bad."
Wu Xie: "(??へ??╬)! You two, shut up right now! Otherwise, I will say more unpleasant things!"
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The three of them didn't talk any more and quietly followed the water and moved forward.
Time passes quickly.
After about a few minutes, the light of the flashlight gradually dimmed.
"The battery is about to run out. Next, follow my instructions and don't mess around. And remember, be sure to hold on to the climbing rope and don't let go."
Ding Ze said seriously.
"Okay," Wu Xie and Master Liang simply responded.
After more than a minute, the flashlight light completely disappeared.
Ding Ze let go and threw away the flashlight.
From then on, the three of them completely merged into the darkness, as if they had entered a world composed of darkness.
"Don't panic, I have night eyes. If there is a situation ahead, I will remind you in time," Ding Ze said.
"Excuse me, Boss Ding," Master Liang thanked him with a trembling voice.
Ding Ze smiled and didn't reply.
The three of them walked silently along the current in the darkness.
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"There is a waterfall ahead, so be mentally prepared."
“Another waterfall!”
"The third waterfall!"
"Fall!"
"……."
"The word waterfall already makes me feel sick."
Along the way, Ding Ze drifted in this underground river for who knows how long and passed through so many waterfalls that he felt really sick.
"Damn it, I never want to see any waterfalls again in my life!" Wu Xie heard this and immediately agreed, "It's been a few hours! I fell so hard that there is no part of my body that is not in pain! What the hell,
Where does this underground river lead to? Is it possible..."
Wu Xie couldn't finish what he said.
Master Liang interrupted in time, and said with a cry in his voice, "Wu, Boss Wu, don't, stop talking. I, I just want to have a hope of living now, even if it is fake, it will become...
"
"e=(′o｀*))) Oh," Wu Xie sighed, and without saying any more depressing words, he asked Ding Ze, "Brother Ding, please give me some good news."
Ding Ze smiled bitterly, "Can I give you something like good news if I want to?"
After asking a question in return, Ding Ze suddenly had an idea and added, "Don't tell me, I just suddenly thought of some good news. Do you want to hear it?"
Wu Xie was overjoyed: "Listen, speak quickly!"
Ding Ze: "According to the rhythm of the water flow, I figured that the exit of this underground river is likely to be an exaggerated waterfall!"
Ding.
Wu Xie was stunned.
A moment later.
"Brother Ding, what the hell, is this good news?" Wu Xie roared unhappily.