"Yes, what the magician said makes sense. The ancient city of Jingjue is here and it won't disappear. There is no difference between going in now and going in tomorrow morning, but the strange snake comes out at night." Hu Bayi on the side also agreed to take a rest.
Departing late.
Seeing that the two decision-makers had said so, Professor Chen and the others had no choice but to follow the arrangements. Even Shirley Yang, who wanted to go in the most, helped to set up camp.
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In the middle of the night, a bright moon hung in the sky, illuminating the earth with white snow.
Looking at Hu Bayi and the others who were sleeping soundly, Hao Shuai, who was on duty, took out two armed robots from the space and ordered them to protect Hu Bayi and the others while he walked towards the ancient city of Jingjue.
Before leaving, just in case, Hao Shuai clicked on each person's sleeping point in turn to ensure that they would sleep until dawn. At the same time, for safety reasons, he took the awakening talisman and the talisman to isolate the curse on his body.
Surprisingly, the ancient city of Jingjue had been found. Hao Shuai decided to leave the archaeological team alone and collect the things he wanted, leaving some valuable research items for the archaeological team to study slowly.
Entering the city from the remnants of the city wall, there is a dead silence in the surrounding ruins. The streets and houses in the city are either collapsed or dilapidated. There are only a few dilapidated huge wooden pillars and beams whose vermilion paint has long peeled off, and you can still get a glimpse of the luxurious buildings in the city in the past.
meteorological.
Legend has it that this city was once destroyed by war, and the coalition forces invaded the palace. When the battle was coming to an end, a black sandstorm buried the Jingjue Kingdom and the resident troops in the city indiscriminately in the depths of the yellow sand. Until ten
In the ninth century, the movement of the desert brought it back to light.
From what we saw at the scene, it was basically consistent with the legend, except that no mummy was seen, and they must have been buried in the sand.
According to the plot, Hao Shuai walked through the ruins and came to the center of the ancient city. He followed the stone steps buried in the sand and found the entrance to the temple.
Hao Shuai walked into the temple and found that it was a stone temple, and it was very grand, with sixteen giant stone pillars surrounding it.
There is a jade eyeball enshrined on the stone platform in the middle of the hall. There are naturally red threads in the jade, and the blue pupils are clearly layered, which is almost real.
He took out the jade pendant he received from Fatty Wang and inserted it into the groove of the jade eyeball.
It stuck in with a "click" sound, and the jade eyeball swayed and rolled away from the previously fixed position. The ground was bare, and I don't know what mechanism had just fixed the jade eye there.
I smoothly put the jade eyeball into the space. It is a good piece of art after all, and it is good to keep as a collection.
At this time, Hao Shuai sensed that an eye the size of a washbasin suddenly appeared on the ceiling above his head, and then a huge ball of flesh fell from the eye.
Before the strange snake inside could come out, Hao Shuai stretched out his hand and grasped the meat ball. The huge meat ball instantly shrank by a large circle and turned into a real meat ball.
Hao Shuai guessed that the jade eyeballs should play a sacrificial role. Once someone puts the jade pendant on it, the sacrificial process will start automatically, and the meat balls will fall down and eat the people or animals used for the sacrificial ritual. Then the sacrificial ritual will be completed, leading to the passage to the ghost cave.
will open.
After dealing with the strange snake, Hao Shuai turned the stone platform according to the plot. When it reached the last square, there was only a bang-bang sound, and the stone bricks on the ground sank, revealing a bottomless tunnel.
This secret passage is a downward staircase made of black stone. Under the entrance, there is a stone lever used to open the floor tiles below.
These mechanisms are exquisitely designed, and after nearly two thousand years, they can still be used, giving Hao Shuai a sense of excitement as he breaks through the levels and seizes treasures. The only difference is that he is alone, and there is no one to share this process with him.
Going down to the end of the stone steps, the front suddenly opened up, and a corridor five meters wide and three meters high appeared in front of them.
The corridor is no longer surrounded by dark stones, but is made of yellow adobe bricks. The top of the head is built into a round arch, and the walls are covered with strange and bright murals.
Hao Shuai was not an archaeological expert and had no interest in the so-called murals. He quickly drifted through the passage and arrived at the underground river.
Because he didn't want to leave footprints on the ground, Hao Shuai flew with his mind without even touching the ground.
After flying over the Zidu Anhe River, Hao Shuai saw a Qianjin Gate, which is a kind of dragon-breaking stone. This was the protective wall used in ancient emperors' high mausoleums and scholar tombs. Once it fell, the tomb door closed, and Yin and Yang were separated from each other.
However, the gate was already half open at this time, and there were traces of explosives and crowbars being used around it. It looked like it had been used for decades. Judging from the time, it might be the British explorer who went crazy after returning.
That guy at home did it.
Behind the gate was a long and narrow ramp downwards. The slope was extremely steep. Hao Shuai quickly flew to the end of the ramp. Under the ramp was a platform. On the platform stood hundreds of stone statues with giant eyes. The edges of the platform were steep.
Looking up at the mountain wall, you can't see the top of your head, it's all pitch black.
Standing on the platform and looking down, I saw a large flat land below, with mountains of various gold and silver vessels, pearls, gems, and ancient chalcedony treasures piled on the ground.
Flying under the platform and casually grabbing a handful of gold coins, Hao Shuai was still a little excited. Although he no longer needed these gold and silver jewelry, this harvest-like joy was really fascinating.
He didn't care about the curse of being unable to escape from the Black Desert if he took the treasures from Jingjue Ancient City, but waved his hand and collected all the treasures into the space.
Walking along the pile of treasures, Hao Shuai came to a dark platform, which was a cliff supported by rocks and stood in the darkness.
This place belongs to the bottom of Zagrama Mountain. There are black rocks above and around the head, and there are countless tall stone statues with giant eyes. Beyond the cliff, there is a huge black hole with no end in sight, blowing in the cold wind.
This is a real ghost cave, a hole with a diameter of about a kilometer, which cannot be dug manually.
Hao Shuai flew straight towards the stone beam hanging in the air in the middle of the cave entrance.
When he landed on the stone beam, Hao Shuai saw the Kunlun sacred tree, one of the targets of the ancient city.
Regardless of the East or the West, since ancient times, there have been various legends about "sacred trees" and "holy trees" all over the world. Ancient books say that the Kunlun sacred tree is also called the tree that reaches the sky. In ancient times, the gods in the sky and the people on earth were mutually exclusive.
The Kunlun Sacred Tree is the ladder between heaven and earth.
There are related records of legends similar to the sacred trees. The three sacred trees, Fusang, Huamu, and Ruomu, are the three most famous among the many myths and legends recorded in ancient Chinese documents such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Huainanzi".
Among them, Ruomu is also called "Kunlun Ruomu", which can be regarded as the prototype of the Kunlun sacred tree.
And on the coffin made of the Kunlun sacred tree grows a huge green flower. The flower is as big as a big bucket, with a small mouth and a thick belly. The petals are rolled together, and the whole body is emerald green. There are large blood-red leaves on each side.
Roots sprouted from the wood, and its branches and large iron chains tightly wrapped the wood.
This should be the corpse-scented konjac. It has two effects. First, it can keep the corpse from decaying and make the corpse emit fragrance, which is extremely precious. Second, it can cause people to hallucinate and play the role of guarding the tomb.
The reason why corpse-scented konjac can grow in the heart of the Zagrama Mountains without photosynthesis is entirely due to its parasitism on the Kunlun sacred tree.
This shows how magical and precious this Kunlun sacred tree is.