Chapter 23: The One-Eyed Man
Suddenly, I remembered the incident of the Yuansha An ancient city ruins that Minister An had mentioned. I peeked at Minister An with a side face, and saw that there was no other person's expression of shock and incredible expression on his face. I felt a move in my heart and verified my judgment. Minister An must have seen such a one-eyed portrait in the Yuansha An ancient city ruins.
So, I asked deliberately: "Minister An, I don't know if you were there at that time when the excavation of Yuansha Ancient City was discovered. Are there such strange portraits on the ancient scrolls and the murals of the ancient city ruins, including the unearthed ancient artifacts?"
Minister An was obviously hesitant and said vaguely: "I was only involved in the sorting of some unearthed items in the later stages, and did not go to the site to participate in the excavation work as soon as possible. However, I seemed to have seen such one-eyed portraits on the unearthed tools, but there were very few, including a large number of strange words and symbols on the ancient scrolls, but there were no specific records about the one-eyed portraits."
I didn't ask any more, but I clearly sensed that Minister An was hiding something. In the current situation, I don't understand why he concealed some things he knew or the secrets he knew. However, I felt that this scientific expedition was probably only Minister An knew what the real purpose was.
Next, we walked down the stone carving step by step. Jiao Yiming and I walked in front with guns in a vigilant manner. Until we walked down the last step and stepped to the ground, we breathed a sigh of relief and quickly glanced around with a flashlight, without finding any danger.
When everyone came down, four or five flashlights could basically illuminate this small underground space. At this time, we all found that this was a stone building, with a square basement type. From the angle of tilting down, the location should be just below the round stone house. Everyone used the flashlight to scan it. Except for a stone of the same color as the wall placed in a corner, the entire basement was empty.
The four walls and smooth top floor of the basement are the same as those of the stone house. However, the ground is made of white materials that are as smooth as mirrors. It looks very similar to the synthetic and machine-sharpened marble in the lobby of some modern hotels.
After a glance, an expert said, "It seems that this is an underground storage room built by the owner of the stone house. But why do you have any utensils and items?"
Another expert standing beside him also frowned and said, "It seems that besides these stone carvings, I want to find something valuable, so I can't find anything else."
Minister An shook his head with a flashlight on a wall in the basement and said, "Let's see these stone carvings. Isn't this a valuable thing? These stone carvings are simply too beautiful and incredible!"
Everyone stood beside Minister An and flashlights shone on them. Sure enough, the four walls of the basement were carved with various stone carvings like the two walls of the stairs. The content of the stone carvings was richer and more obvious, and the color was much more colorful than the ones on the stairs. On these stone carvings, the portraits were more vivid, and they were wearing costumes of various colors, and all kinds of birds and beasts were more full and colorful. The rivers and mountains and castle dunes were also very clear, and they were very dynamic with various color paints.
Moreover, these stone carvings seem to be divided into groups, including a group of one-eyed people hunting, a scene of buying and selling items, a scene of rowing in the river, and a scene of a plane parked in a huge circular square next to the castle, and many one-eyed people were entering and exiting the plane...
Just as everyone looked one by one, constantly admiring these exquisite stone carvings, a voice suddenly exclaimed: "Let's come here, what is this?" The sound seemed to be from Dr. Liu, the biological gene expert.
Everyone hurriedly followed the sound, but only saw the stone in the corner of the basement. Dr. Liu, who was still with us just now, suddenly disappeared after screaming.
At this moment, everyone was a little scared. There was only a few square basements without any obstruction. How could Dr. Liu suddenly disappear? I pointed to the long stone in the corner of the wall and said, "Can it be that this stone is strange?"
After hearing what I said, everyone nodded. Indeed, except for this stone, there was no other thing in the entire basement. Minister An said, "Let's go over and take a look, but be careful."
Jiao Yiming and I picked up our guns and walked in the front. The big guy slowly followed behind and carefully approached the stone.
As we were about to see the full view of the stone, the stone suddenly made a "bang" sound, which scared us all torture. Jiao Yiming and I quickly picked up our guns and pointed them at the stone.
At this time, we saw the stone that was approaching us seemed to be lifting up, and something was arching upwards. Everyone suddenly became nervous. Seeing the stone arching upwards, falling down, and falling down, I felt a liquid flowing out in the palm of my hand holding the gun.
Suddenly, the stone suddenly became much higher by the things inside, and then a dull shout came from below: "Save me!"
The voice is from Dr. Liu. Although the tone may appear from under the stone, it seems a little weak and a little change in voice, we all clearly heard that it was Dr. Liu's cry for help.
At this time, everyone remembered that Dr. Liu probably fell under the stone for some reason. Jiao Yiming and I quickly stepped onto the edge of the stone in two steps, and lifted up the stone arched by Dr. Liu with force, one in front and one behind. A large gap was exposed, and Dr. Liu arched his head anxiously, gasping for breath.
Then everyone who arrived by the stone hurriedly reached out and pulled him out of the gap. Dr. Liu sat on the ground, panting and said in fear: "It's amazing! There is a secret room inside, and there is a shriveled one-eyed monster lying!"
Everyone was shocked. One-eyed monster! Are the descriptions on these stone carvings true?
Before everyone could react, Minister An squatted down suddenly, grabbed Dr. Liu's shoulder anxiously and asked, "What did you say? Did you really see the one-eyed monster?"
At this time, Minister An's eyes shone, just as a greedy man discovered countless gold and silver treasures. I understand his mood. If this one-eyed monster really existed on this land or on this planet, it would definitely be a discovery that shocked the world.
Dr. Liu's expression was still frightened. He also grabbed Minister An's arm and said, "Yes, it's true! I saw it, and its...its eyes can move, it's so... weird! I tried my best to climb up, I...so terrible...so terrible."
Dr. Liu seemed to accidentally fall into the secret room. When he saw the weird one-eyed man, he was obviously frightened and spoke a little incoherently.
At this time, Jiao Yiming and I had already lifted the stone to the side and stood up. A large gap appeared in front of us, but when Jiao Yiming and I let go, the stone actually flipped down again and covered the gap tightly. It turned out that this stone was moving, and there seemed to be a wheel axle in the middle. Once someone went up or pressed it vigorously, no matter which side it touched, the stone would tilt to one side, sink the things on it, and then restore to parallelism.
Minister An showed an extremely excited expression and prying away Dr. Liu's hand, suddenly stood up, and then couldn't wait to say: "It must be a prehistoric human mummy, mummy. It's so amazing! I must go and see this one-eyed man with my own eyes."
As he said that, he rushed to Jiao Yiming and me and shouted: "Open it! Open the secret room quickly, I want to go down."
Jiao Yiming and I looked at Minister An with a fanatical expression, and were at a loss for a moment. When Minister An saw that we were not taking action, he shouted at us: "Did you two hear me? Open the secret room quickly! I want to go down."
We hurriedly bent down and prepared to press the stone from the inside so that Minister An could enter through the crack on the outside. At this time, several experts, including Instructor Shui, came up, and an expert grabbed Minister An and said, "Old An, calm down first! No one can guarantee whether there is any danger below."
Minister An suddenly turned around and stared at the expert angrily and said, "Danger? Do you know what this one-eyed mummy means?"
The expert smiled bitterly and said, "Lao An, I know. But we don't have to hurry up and break this stone mechanism first. Let's go down together and solve it together no matter what happens."
Instructor Shui also grabbed one of Minister An's arm and said, "Minister An, we must first ensure the safety of everyone. Since the secret room below has been discovered, we must go down. Why do you have to be in such a hurry?"
Minister An looked at Instructor Shui and the expert blankly, smiled blankly, and murmured: "Yes, we have found it, why should we be so anxious?"
He took a deep breath, apologized to everyone, and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, I've lost my composure."
The expert who advised him patted his shoulder to show comfort. Then he turned around and asked Dr. Liu, "Old Liu, how did you fall down and what is going on in the secret room, please tell me in detail."
At this time, Dr. Liu basically returned to normal from fear. He thought for a moment and said, "I was originally looking at the stone carvings with everyone. Suddenly, I looked at a black shadow floating behind us. I quickly turned around and saw that the stone seemed to tilt slightly, and the black shadow disappeared from the edge of the stone. I walked over with a flashlight. As a result, I saw some traces of the stone carvings on the stone. I squatted down and wanted to see carefully what was carved on it. At this time, I saw that it was already there.
The scene of a one-eyed man with a black snake wrapped around his neck was engraved, and I turned around and called everyone. As I turned sideways, my body leaned slightly against the stone, and my whole body fell down as if he had lost weight. Then during the process of falling, my head was knocked by something and lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself in a secret room of about two or three meters square. There was a red light in the entire secret room, and no light source was seen. When I stood up, I saw a
The personal-shaped thing was lying on the side of the secret room, with a few bottles and jars next to it. I felt a little scared at that time, but I still wanted to go over and take a look. But when I walked to it, I was honest and my blood was almost frozen in fear. This human-shaped thing turned out to be a one-eyed monster, and it was a mummy, and its eyes seemed to be alive, radiating an indescribable weird white light staring at me. I was staring a little furry, so I quickly turned my head, guess what, I saw its eyes.
I also tilted a little and continued to stare at my face. I felt like I was collapsed and immediately turned around and ran. Fortunately, the place where I fell was a slope of inclined stone. I tried my best to climb up, but because my hands and feet were stiff, I didn't know how many times it fell. Every time I fell down, I felt that the one-eyed monster was staring at me, as if I wanted to stand up and grab me. Finally, I climbed up the slope and tried my best to arch the stone on my head. Everyone behind me knew that you found the mechanism of the stone and rescued me."
We all watched Dr. Liu tell his experience in the secret room in one breath, and I obviously felt the fear in his heart at that time. Even when talking about the one-eyed monster mummy, Dr. Liu's body was obviously trembling slightly, and his eyes were full of fear.
After listening to Dr. Liu's narration, everyone felt a little nervous. Is that one-eyed monster really that weird? He has become a mummy, and his eyes can still move?
An expert asked again: "Old Liu, look carefully, can the eyes of the one-eyed mummy really move? This... is a bit too bizarre? Also, when you are looking at the stone carvings, do you really see a black shadow floating and then drilling into a stone?"
Dr. Liu smiled bitterly and said, "Although I, Liu Boheng, are in my fifties, have no problems with my eyes. I can see the floating black shadow and the strange eyes of the one-eyed man clearly."
Chapter completed!