When everyone got down to the steps, Fei Yifan, who was left behind, somehow tinkered for a while and closed the stone bed above. Everyone could no longer hear the terrifying sound waves emitted by the "death bug" outside.
Following the steps we came to the first basement below. The structure of the entire basement was almost exactly the same as the basement of the stone house where we just entered the "City of Time", except that the four walls were covered with various stone carvings.
It was empty, except for a single slate lying alone in a corner of the basement.
Since the fear of the one-eyed mummy was still there after all, everyone sat down tiredly far away from the corner. Minister An said: "Everyone, take a rest and eat something if you are hungry."
At this time, Liu Dong said: "I'm a little surprised, where did such a large number of giant spiders come from?"
Professor Qiu said with a frightened look: "Not only are there giant spider swarms, we also heard the sound waves emitted by many "death insects" just now, which is really scary."
Minister An sighed and said: "It seems that we are trapped here. I just don't know why these dark creatures suddenly appeared. What are they doing?"
"No!" came an old voice. It turned out to be the biological expert Dr. Liu Baiheng. He said with a smile: "If my guess is correct, the appearance of these animals is not accidental. As you know, this sleeping underground place is now
The City of Time has been pushed to the ground by a mysterious force. This will inevitably disrupt the biological environment of this city that has been formed for tens of millions of years in the underground dark world. I personally think that these have been living in the underground world.
No matter the giant spider or the death insect, they are not adapted to the current environment at this time, so they are running around. When dawn comes, when the sun comes out in the desert, the high temperature and dry air will inevitably make these
Underground creatures are even more unsuitable, and may even cause a large number of them to die or become extinct. At that time, we can go out."
Everyone nodded secretly after hearing Dr. Liu's analysis. As a biological research expert, Dr. Liu's words indeed make sense. This analysis also made us all feel a little relieved.
Minister An looked at his watch and said: "It seems we will stay here for another two or three hours. We have been underground for a day and two nights. It is still safe for the time being. Everyone should take the time to get some sleep."
Everyone nodded. Indeed, since entering the underground, the strange events that have followed one after another have kept our spirits in a state of tension. We have not had a minute of peace at all, and we are already exhausted. At this moment, finally
I can relax a little and sleep for a while.
At this moment, Professor Qiu pointed to the stone slab in the corner and said, "Then... the mummy is inside, just in case..."
Before he could finish speaking, Fei Yifan, who was sitting next to him, interrupted him angrily: "Are you afraid that the mummy will come out and bite you? Well, don't sleep, and be a warning to us all."
Professor Qiu pointed at Fei Fan and said anxiously: "You..."
Instructor Shui quickly smoothed things over and said, "Uncle Fei, please stop joking. As for Professor Qiu, just rest assured and get some sleep. We will take care of the precautionary matters."
Minister An also said at this time: "Lao Qiu, don't worry. The mummy will not come out. Its dormant period is seven days and seven nights. As long as there are no major changes in the outside world, it should not wake up."
Minister An's words seemed to reassure Professor Qiu a lot, and he stopped talking.
Instructor Shui said loudly: "Everyone, please rest assured and rest peacefully. I will arrange for our soldiers to be on guard duty." She then arranged for her, me, and Jiao Yiming to take turns being on guard duty for an hour.
As everyone finally fell asleep, some slight snoring sounded in the basement.
For the next three hours, everything was quiet, and everyone who was exhausted also got a rare rest. By the time we were all woken up, everyone was in much better spirits.
Everyone agreed to go up and take a look at the situation above, so Jiao Yiming and I took the initiative to ask for help and walked up the steps one after another. We opened the mechanism according to Fei Fan's method, and the stone bed above our heads clicked.
Open it slowly with a click sound.
When the stone bed was completely opened, it seemed quiet. Only a ray of light came through, but it didn't feel like the light from the lamp in the stone house. It felt like natural light during the day. Jiao Yiming and I looked at each other.
, we walked up carefully.
When we both poked our heads out, we saw that the wooden door of the stone house had been opened by something unknown, and there was a bright light outside, which was obviously the natural sunlight. However, the lamp on the stone table had been extinguished, and there was nothing on the ground.
, judging from the open wooden door, it was obvious that a creature had entered and then left again.
We climbed out of the basement exit and carefully came to the door of the stone house. We looked outside and the scene outside really surprised us. On the spacious street, there were many giant spiders crawling on the ground.
, most of them were motionless, but a few seemed to be shaking slightly. Fei Fan frowned and said to me, "What's going on? Are all these things dead?"
I shook my head and couldn't figure out what was going on.
The two of us observed for a while and found nothing unusual except for these giant spiders crawling on the street. The strange thing is that we did not find any trace of the "death bug".
I turned around and walked back and called the people below. Minister An and the others came up one after another. Everyone was surprised when they saw the spider corpses on the street. Dr. Liu Baiheng stood at the door and looked outside, and then said: "It seems
These giant spiders are all dead. They died from changes in the environment. The power of sunlight should be the most important."
I asked Dr. Liu a little strangely: "Dr. Liu, if these giant spiders died from environmental changes, especially the exposure to sunlight, then why were the giant spiders we met at the camp where the Seven Stars were discovered not afraid of the sun?
Woolen cloth?"
Dr. Liu pondered for a moment and replied: "I believe that there must be differences between those giant spiders and some giant spiders that have been growing underground. In other words, although they are the same kind, they may live in different strata, so they have adapted to the environment.
It’s not the same. Let’s use an analogy. Tropical animals and plants will inevitably not adapt to the changes in the environment when they reach the cold zone, and they will get sick or even die. It’s the same principle.”
To be honest, I thought Dr. Liu's answer was a bit far-fetched, so I asked in confusion: "Then why haven't even a corpse of a "death bug" been found on this street? Aren't they afraid of changes in the environment?"
Dr. Liu smiled awkwardly and said: "To be honest, I only analyzed it based on the known survival laws of the earth's creatures, but this giant spider and the "death insect" really... made it impossible for me to analyze it.
.”
I also shook my head, gave Dr. Liu a wry smile, and said, "No matter what, these giant spiders on the corpse street are indeed dead now. This is good news for us."
Minister An said at this time: "Not bad! At least we can leave the city as planned."
When we walked out of the stone house, the warm sunshine in the desert morning shone on us, and everyone felt like seeing the light of day again. The day and two nights underground were like a nightmare, which tortured everyone to the point of exhaustion. But, this place
The spider corpse still reminds us that this day and two nights was a real experience that can no longer be real.
Everyone kept crossing the spider corpses and continued walking along the long street towards the exit of the "City of Time". Fortunately, not long after walking, we saw the gate of the City of Time in the distance. The door was open.
Yes, outside there is yellow sand everywhere and towering sand dunes.
Seeing the city gate, everyone speeded up. At this moment, no one wanted to stay in this weird city for another minute. Although, no one knew how many unknown dangers were waiting for us outside the city.
Walking out of the city gate, the familiar smell of the desert hit our faces. Everyone turned around involuntarily and took another look at this weird castle built of black boulders. I believe everyone does not want to come here again.
Continuing to walk forward, leaving the obstruction of the high walls of the castle, the desert wind and sand began to erode our skin, and our feet began to become soft and difficult. In the "City of Time" and around us, the strange landscape surrounded us
"Golden Hill" is quietly waiting for our visit.
About a hundred meters away, the large dune closest to us gave us a huge visual shock. The height of this sand dune is definitely more than ten meters, the area is also very huge, and strangely, its slope is almost
At 90 degrees, it is almost impossible for people to climb up. I really don’t know how these sand dunes were formed.
And when we took a few steps and stood at its feet, we discovered that it didn't seem to be a sand dune, but a huge long and thick sand pillar, because from the surface, it was made of yellow sand and
Made of aggregated gravel.
At this time, Liu Dong, a desert expert, stepped forward and stroked its surface, then took out a small hammer from his backpack and lightly tapped its surface a few times, and then dug out the surface with his hands.
He turned around and said to us with a strange expression: "Strange, inside this layer of yellow sand and gravel is the same black stone as the "City of Time". Could it be that these large hills...
..Uh, maybe the stone pillars were also built by those one-eyed creatures? But what are these stone pillars used for?"
Liu Dong's words once again made everyone feel inexplicably strange from the bottom of their hearts. Minister An also said at this time: "The black castle, the many huge black stone pillars, and the two black mountains that the ancient spirits regarded as "holy mountains"
Mountain peaks, there must be some connection between these three. Maybe...this "City of Time" and this huge array of stone pillars are all made of materials taken from the "Holy Mountain" of the ancient Jingjue tribe."
Liu Dong, who was observing the stone pillars with his back to us, suddenly laughed "hehe" and said: "You are wrong! It is not above the "Holy Mountain", but under the "Holy Mountain", which is called "Holy Mountain" by the Jingjue tribe.
The huge mysterious cave known as the Cave of the Ancestors may have been excavated due to the construction of the "City of Time" and this array of stone pillars."