Everyone immediately started searching in the tomb. Although the fire just burned the spider silk all over the tomb, due to lack of oxygen, the fire did not burn for too long, so other things did not suffer much damage, and even
Several wooden boxes placed in the corners are still in good condition, but they still feel a little hot when you touch them with your hands.
We opened the wooden boxes one by one and took a look. They were all filled with silver ingots. Wen Qingshan picked up a silver ingot and looked at it. They were all official silver from the Qianlong period.
Ouyang Yi is not very interested in these official coins. He is more concerned about the evil stone that seals the soul of the devil. However, I feel more and more that the evil stone is not in this mausoleum.
.Of course, I didn’t say it out loud. After all, it was just my speculation. Since I have gone through all the hardships to get here, there is no harm in looking for it.
We quickly searched the entire tomb room, and just as I expected, we couldn't find the evil stone.
Ouyang Yi turned his attention to the round stone platform in the tomb that symbolized the Tai Chi Eye. This stone platform was almost exactly the same as the one in the tomb next door. Ouyang Yi turned to Wen Qingshan and asked: "Mr. Wen, what do you think about this round platform?"
Isn’t it possible that it’s also a coffin that reaches the sky?”
Wen Qingshan stared at the round platform and said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. However, the biological father of Emperor Qianlong is buried in the sky-reaching coffin outside. Who will be buried in this sky-reaching coffin?"
"Could it be Emperor Qianlong's biological mother?" I blurted out without thinking.
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, you really know how to joke! In my opinion, maybe the evil stone sealed inside this time is the evil stone we are looking for."
When Ouyang Yi heard this, he immediately said: "Let's stop guessing and quickly open it and take a look!"
Everyone took out the crowbar and started working.
Due to their previous experience, everyone seemed to be a lot more skilled, but after all, such a large stone lid was so heavy, so it took a lot of effort for everyone to finally lift the stone lid aside.
I couldn't wait to take a look inside and found that there was nothing placed inside, but there was a stone staircase extending deep underground.
"I didn't expect this to be a secret passage!" Long Yi looked a little surprised.
Wen Qingshan sighed: "It is really a clever design to set up the secret passage in this sky-reaching coffin."
I used the light from the cap lamp on my helmet to look into the passage, but I couldn't see the end. It seemed that the passage was not as long as usual. Moreover, there was a cold air coming out of it, and I actually
I couldn't help but shudder.
"Where will this road lead? Why does it feel so gloomy?" Weizi murmured softly.
Wen Qingshan said: "This can be regarded as an extremely hidden secret room, and there must be something very important hidden in it."
"Is that evil stone hidden inside?"
"It's possible. There's a lot of yin here, and there must be something evil hidden there." As soon as Wen Qingshan finished speaking, he suddenly heard a deafening roar of "ouch" coming from the ground. I was unprepared and almost
I didn't get a perforated eardrum from the shock.
Everyone else was also startled and retreated one after another.
"Holy crap, what else is there down here?" Long Yi said in shock.
Wen Qingshan said: "It should be a strong mandrill. No wonder we only heard its roar before but didn't see it. It turns out that this monster is locked down here."
Hearing what Wen Qingshan said, I suddenly thought that when we encountered a group of mandrills before, those mandrills all came out of a hole in the ground, and after we dealt with those mandrills, there was such a deafening sound coming from that hole.
If these roars all come from the same mandrill, doesn't it mean that the underground is actually connected to each other?
I expressed my thoughts, and Wen Qingshan frowned and said: "It seems that there is a lot of mystery down here. If we really want to go down, we'd better be cautious."
Long Yi suggested: "Dr. Ouyang, why don't we withdraw first and then talk about it."
Ouyang Yi waved his hand and said: "This operation has been prepared for a long time. If we evacuate now, I'm afraid all our previous efforts will be wasted. Since this passage has been opened, let's go down and have a look!"
At Ouyang Yi's insistence, a group of people walked down the stairs deep underground. After entering, we discovered that the stairs extended deep underground in a circular shape, and the passage was quite narrow, only sixty or seventy centimeters wide.
Only one person can pass at a time, so we can only move forward slowly one by one.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m a little nervous going deep underground, which makes me feel that time is longer than usual. In addition, we move slowly and stop and go. I feel like we have been walking for a long time, but we still haven’t reached the bottom.
.
I couldn't help but said with some confusion: "How deep does it have to be? It shouldn't be several hundred meters."
Wen Qingshan said with a smile: "It's not that exaggerated. The main reason is that we walked relatively slowly, so it felt like we walked for a long time. In fact, we only walked down about fifteen or six meters."
"Only fifteen or sixteen meters?" I couldn't believe it.
Wen Qingshan nodded and said: "I counted, we have walked a total of more than 140 steps now, and each step is about ten to twelve centimeters high. Calculated in this way, it is only fifteen or six meters.
"
I didn't expect Wen Qingshan to be so thoughtful and actually counting the steps in his mind.
Long Yi was also a little surprised: "Mr. Wen, are you still counting the steps?"
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, you have developed a habit, there is no harm in counting."
As we were talking, Ouyang Yi, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped. I thought we had reached the bottom, but when I looked forward, I found that there was still an arc-shaped corner in front of us, which meant that we still had
Halfway down the road, it seemed that Ouyang Yi had discovered something. I didn't dare to be careless, so I quickly held the dragon's teeth tightly and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Ouyang Yi didn't answer me, but bent down and picked up something from the ground. Since Long Yi and Chen Biao were still in front of me, I couldn't see what he picked up.
Wen Qingshan behind me is naturally invisible.
"What is this!?" Ouyang Yi's tone revealed a bit of surprise.
Wen Qingshan hurriedly asked: "Dr. Ouyang, what is it?"
"It's a strange skull, but I can't tell what kind of animal it comes from." Ouyang Yi said as he passed the thing over.
When the thing was passed to my hand, I couldn't help but be surprised. This skull was really big. It was two feet long and more than one foot in diameter. However, it didn't weigh much, maybe because of the moisture in the bones.
Because they have all evaporated.
Right above the skull, there is a hole the size of a bowl, and the surrounding area is covered with cracks.
"Holy crap! What kind of animal skull is this? How come it's so big!?" I said in surprise.
"Show me quickly!" Wen Qingshan said impatiently.
I handed the skull to Wen Qingshan. He held it and looked at it for a while, then frowned and said, "This skull looks like the upper jaw of a snake's skull. You guys..."
Before he finished speaking, Long Yi interrupted him: "Mr. Wen, are you mistaken? If this is really the skull of a snake, how big must the snake's body be!?"
Wen Qingshan said seriously: "Judging from the size of the skull, the diameter of the thickest part of the snake's body should reach seventy or eighty centimeters."
"Seventy to eighty centimeters!?" Long Yi said in shock: "How can there be such a big snake!"
"Who says no!" Wen Qingshan looked at me and said, "Shi Yu, you should still remember the black water snake you met in the cave in Qiping Village, right?"
I still have vivid memories of the black water snake. I even see it in nightmares sometimes. I immediately nodded and said, "We have actually seen such a big snake!"
I briefly told the story of our encounter with the giant snake. After hearing this, Long Yi's eyes widened in shock. He looked at me, then at Wen Qingshan, and said in a daze: "What you two said
Is it true, you’re not kidding?”
Before I could answer, Ouyang Yi at the front of the team said: "Actually, although I have not seen the rumors about giant snakes with my own eyes, I have heard about them. There are also many reports of sightings of giant snakes among the people. Now I hear the article
Sir, when you think about it carefully, this thing looks a bit like the upper jaw of a snake's skull!"
"Then where is the body of this snake?" Long Yi asked doubtfully.
Wen Qingshan held the giant snake skull and examined it carefully, and said: "The fractures of this skull are uneven, and it looks like it was broken by something. The hole above the skull should be caused by a hard object.
It was caused by a heavy blow, so I speculate that something should have shattered the giant snake's Tianling Cap with a hard object, and then unscrewed its head."
Although Wen Qingshan described it vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, I was skeptical of his statement because I really couldn't imagine anything that could unscrew the head of such a huge snake.
What's more, it's the Black Water Black Snake. I said: "
Boss Wen, you are exaggerating. If there really was such a huge black water black snake down here, I am afraid it would have become the overlord here. How could it be killed by other things? In my opinion, this skull
It should have been obtained from somewhere else, and this should be considered a specimen."
As soon as I finished speaking, Ouyang Yi suddenly made a new discovery. He took a few steps forward, bent down and picked up something. He took it in his hand and examined it carefully for a while, and finally seemed to see what it was.
, couldn't help but be shocked: "This...how is this possible..."
Long Yi quickly asked: "Dr. Ouyang, what's wrong?"
Ouyang Yi slowly raised his head and said in a serious tone: "I'm afraid Mr. Wen's analysis is right!"
I was slightly startled: "What do you mean? Dr. Ouyang, do you think this giant snake was killed by something that broke its neck?"