Chapter 49 Tomb Suppression Beast
Inside the gate is a hall, empty, with four wooden pillars standing. There is a desk directly in front of it. Maybe there was something in the beginning, but now it is empty. Apart from that, there is nothing in the lobby, except for a bonfire in the center, burning wildly.
There are also several equipment bags next to the bonfire, two of which are covered with two long shotguns.
Obviously, not long ago, these people were sitting around the fire. Since they had never been out, they must be inside the ancient house. The three of us couldn't help but look at an archway in front of the left. There was no door panel in that place, and it was pitch black, and it should lead to the back hall or other places. It was also the only way out for the entire hall. The poachers must have entered it, but they didn't know what happened to them in the back and would scream like that.
Gu Wenmin turned on the flashlight and was about to go towards the arch. I stopped her and said, "Don't be anxious first. This ancient house has been abandoned for more than a few years. It is inevitable that some snakes, insects, rats and ants will be moved in. We should take some open fire insurance. There are also hunting rifles here, so it is easy to protect yourself with them."
Gu Wenmin was probably a little anxious, and after I said this, he calmed down and said, "You are still thoughtful." As he said that, he pulled out a torch. I pulled out the two shotguns from my bag and picked it up and saw that it was a semi-automatic shotgun that could be loaded and retracted automatically.
I have never seen an old shotgun filled with gunpowder when I was reselling Heizhen. It was very troublesome to use. I shot it once and it was easy to get fire. This semi-automatic construction cost is a little higher and has a higher lethality. Although I have never used it, I have figured out the method after thinking about it for a while. While guiding the method of using a gun to clean up, the three of them held up the torches and walked into the arch behind.
The orange torch gradually illuminated the darkness. As the vision expanded, the situation behind us also appeared before us. When we came in, we had made many guesses in our minds, but when we suddenly saw the strange situation in front of us, we could not help but be stunned.
There is neither the hall I imagined, nor the snakes, insects, rats and ants. In the whole space, except for the pillars used for support, there are no other objects of life. The rest are densely packed with huge stones. In an instant, we felt like we were trapped in a stonehenge.
Then the firelight showed that all the stones had begun to turn blue, and their original color should be grayish white. It was probably due to the erosion of the earth's air all year round. The colors of the stones vary in depth. They were combined together to form various strange scenes, and some were even more like human faces sticking to stones. When you first see them, you felt extremely uncomfortable.
Tofu gasped and said, "Why are there all stones here?"
Gu Wenmin reached out and stroked a huge rock closest to her, frowned slightly, and said softly: "Look, most of these stones are processed into cuboids, as if they are used to carve something."
When she said this, I remembered the strange stone statue at the foot of the mountain, and thought to myself: Could it be that the source of that statue is here? Who is the person who stocked up so much stone here? What's the use of carving it into that weird thing? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but start to pay attention to the shape of the surrounding stone statues. Some of them are complete square stones, while some have been processed, but most of them are unfinished works, so what is specific is difficult to distinguish.
At this moment, I found another thing that looked exactly like the stone at the foot of the mountain. I couldn't help but get closer and looked at it carefully. The familiarity was still vague, but I could never recall it.
At this moment, as we entered, the originally faint song gradually disappeared. The place where we are, at first glance, was filled with huge stones, and there was no poacher at all. What's more, I discovered something extremely strange and asked Gu Wenmin: "The prey they hunted at that time was also brought here, right?"
Gu Wenmin nodded immediately. She was very smart. She immediately understood what I meant when I asked this sentence. She said in surprise: "Yes, there are still living animals, and they are also brought in, but where did those things go?"
If people encounter some danger or accidents that prevent us from seeing them, this is a thing of the past, but where did the dead prey go?
Tofu also analyzed: "If it were them, I would definitely pile up prey nearby for the sake of security, such as in the corner of the hall outside."
Gu Wenmin nodded as well. But I had other ideas and said, "If it were me, I wouldn't have done that."
"Why?" she asked strangely.
"You think. Dead animals have a strong bloody smell and wild animals have a foul smell. Are you willing to sleep in such an environment? There are also living creatures, and they will definitely scream or thump, which will disturb sleep. If it were me, I would sleep in the hall and I would definitely throw those things to this place and isolate them."
After I finished speaking, Tofu and Gu Wenmin thought it made sense, but there was nothing in this place. Not to mention the sound of animals, they couldn't even smell the bloody smell they should have. The only smell was the old and corrupt smell of the ancient house.
Where did those animals go? Where were those poachers?
If they were not in this stone room now, would they go to other places? When we were watching the tide outside, we could find that the area of the ancient house was very large, so it was impossible that there were only two places, the hall and the stone room. There should be roads to other places, but they were blocked by huge stones, so we had to look for it carefully.
At this moment, Gu Wenmin was next to me. She seemed to have suddenly noticed the stone statue in front of me. She suddenly exclaimed, and her expression suddenly became strange. When I saw her expression, I knew something was wrong. I couldn't help but tentatively: "This stone statue is weird enough, do you recognize it?"
Gu Wenmin narrowed his eyes and asked back: "Don't you recognize this kind of thing?"
Tofu said: "This kind of thing is obviously related to feudal superstition. We are good young people who have received modern education. We never come into contact with these things. If you don't know about them, you can tell them out quickly. Don't swear my appetite."
Gu Wenmin also understood the character of Tofu, shook his head and whispered: "Only people do not recognize this thing. It is a tomb-controlling beast."
Tomb-suppressing beast?
The tofu opened her mouth wide and couldn't close for a long time.
I just thought it was strange. I naturally knew about this tomb-suppressing beast, but I had only heard of the two-headed deer-shaking tomb-suppressing beast, but I had never heard of any human-faced tomb-suppressing beast.
Gu Wenmin heard this and said, "You don't understand it now. The shapes of tomb-controlling beasts are all kinds of strange. Among them, the two-headed deer-shaking tomb-controlling beasts were more commonly used during the Warring States Period. In addition, there are also square angles, dragon-faced and toothed turtles, which are not very listed. However, there are also human-faced beasts, but the amount of unearthed is very rare. Moreover, there is a very bizarre coincidence about the human-faced tomb-controlling beasts."
Tofu was so excited that he asked what coincidence it was. Gu Wenmin pointed at the human-faced beast body to suppress the tomb beast and said, "Do you feel familiar when you see it?"
I was shocked and wary, and said, "How do you know?"
Gu Wenmin said: "Only one of these tomb-controlling beasts has been unearthed at present, and a test has been conducted for it. Among the test results, 70% of people will feel familiar when they see it."
I just think Gu Wenmin's words are like a fantasy. Why do so many people feel familiar with it? Is this woman fooling people?
The weirdest thing is that I am a tomb robber who digs mushrooms. I haven’t recognized this rare tomb-controlling beast. How did she recognize it?
If I was just careful about her at the beginning, then now I am sure that Gu Wenmin has a problem. Her purpose is definitely not as simple as photography, and even photography is probably just a cover. Since she is unwilling to say it now, I will naturally not ask too much. After all, we were just a chance encounter, and she has never harmed us along the way. As long as her purpose does not pose a threat to me and tofu, I don’t have to pay attention to it and just treat it as if I don’t know.
I didn't ask, but Tofu has always been less stubborn and immediately said: "It's amazing, beautiful Gu, you are a photography player and you have research on these things. Then tell me, how did this sense of familiarity come from?"
Gu Wenmin stretched out two fingers and said, "There are two kinds of familiarity in total. The first one is born, and the second one you should know that in Egypt, there is a famous Sphinx called Sphinx. Don't you think the shapes of these two are very similar?"
Of course I know the Sphinx image. After Gu Wenmin reminded me, Tofu and I suddenly realized that no wonder we always feel familiar, because it is indeed somewhat similar to Sphinx image.
But what she said, what is going on with a natural feeling?
Chapter completed!