Chapter 727 Stone Sculpture
Bing Zhixie’s injuries healed quickly. Those injuries from the beating were nothing compared to the injuries he had suffered before, but Ruola still felt very uncomfortable, and this kind of The discomfort became more and more severe, so much so that she basically did not participate in the subsequent archaeological work and kept lying in the tent to rest.
The work of the archaeological team is progressing very slowly, and there have been no major discoveries in the past two days. Moreover, for those who can explore the ancient tomb, they have never been able to detect the specific size and location of the ancient tomb. They can only dig down according to the loose soil dug previously, and continue to expand the area of excavation.
There was no danger in the past two nights. Except for the weird laughter that was still there, everything else was normal. Some people are wondering whether there are really dangers in the pits and valleys of Beiwangpo. Of course, the soldiers did not relax their vigilance. The soldiers who were on duty at night were still working very responsibly.
However, Harry and the others did not cause any trouble for Bing Zhixie in the past two days, and Bing Zhixie seemed to have forgotten what happened that day. Speaking of which, Bing Zhixie is not a stingy person. Young people always fight, and they will never bear a lifelong grudge because of it. Maybe he is no longer angry. In the past two days, he has been busy helping out among the archaeological team, doing this and that, and he seems very attentive.
This lack of harvest lasted until the morning of the fifth day. On this day, the archaeological team had just gotten up to work. Before they even had breakfast, they heard someone shouting in the pit: "We have discovered something."< br>
Some people who were cooking in the camp hurried over to take a look, shouting, "What did they dig up?"
Bing Zhixie also went over to take a look.
At this time, the pit had been dug very big and deep. Several soldiers were helping to dig the soil below. Suddenly they found something hard. They dug up the surrounding tree roots and soil and took a look. It turned out to be a stone statue.
“This stone statue is very big, it seems to be a stone sculpture of a monster.” A teacher said: “A few people will go down to help, dig it out and see what kind of stone sculpture it is.”
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Several soldiers and the teacher jumped down to the bottom of the pit, which was deeper than a five-story building, and worked with the people below. It took more than half an hour to dig out the stone statue.
This stone sculpture is not complete, just a part of it, but it is also more than ten meters in size.
"It seems to be a stone sculpture of a lion-faced beast."
Because the head and other parts of the body are missing, it is impossible to intuitively tell what kind of stone sculpture it is of a magical beast. However, the arms and legs of the lion-faced beast are very long, and the joints are always bent and rarely fully extended. This is clearly shown in the stone carvings, so people can recognize it as a lion-faced beast at a glance.
One person said excitedly: "I was worried that we dug in the wrong place before, but it seems we are getting close to the tomb."
Stone statues are often seen inside and outside large tombs.
Everyone became so excited after hearing this that they even forgot about the breakfast they were making. Galvas was even more excited, his eyes were shining, and he jumped down to help.
A few strong men lifted the statue to the ground. Bing Zhixie walked to the edge of the pit, leaned against the stone statue, looked down, looked at the stone statue again, and touched it casually, but this touch suddenly made him feel something was wrong: "Huh? This..." He began to examine it carefully. The expression on the face of this stone statue gradually changed from strange to serious.
He stepped back a few steps, looked up and saw that the fracture of the statue was on top, so he climbed down on the statue. When he looked at the fracture, he thought to himself: "This stone statue..."
"There is something wrong with this stone statue." The words were spoken in a low voice. They were not said by Bing Zhixie, but came from underneath the other side of the stone statue.
Bing Zhixie crawled over and took a look down, and saw the seal knight named Qiao in the team, taking off his gloves and gently stroking the stone statue, and said to himself: "Not at all. The stone should be cool, but the touch is wrong... Sure enough, this is not a stone sculpture." He raised his head and discovered Bing Zhixie on it.
Bingzhixie smiled evilly and asked him: "They said this is a stone statue of a lion-faced beast, do you think so?"
The seal knight just glanced at Bingzhixie, He turned around and walked away.
Bing Zhixie sat on the statue and watched him walk away. His hand touched the statue on his body again: "This is obviously not made of stone, but a living monster that has been petrified!"
< br>The stone sculpture was indeed that of a lion-faced beast. It didn’t take long for the people below to dig out the other half of the stone sculpture, but it had already been broken into several pieces. In addition to the lion-faced stone carvings, they also unearthed a large number of other stone carvings. At first, they were just statues of Warcraft monsters, but later they actually unearthed entire humanoid stone carvings. Some of these stone carvings are made of stone, and their clothes and armor are made of stone, while some are still wearing shiny metal armor. The fire seal emblem on the armor is very new, and it was completely stamped recently.
At this time, the archaeological team also realized something was wrong.
“Are these guys all living... living people?”
A student’s face turned pale with fright: “What’s going on?”
Royal Tutor Touching the stone carvings, he said: "These statues are not stone carvings, they are living people who have been petrified!"
Everyone's hearts were lifted.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Jane! Isn't this Jane? Come here, tutor, do you think this person is not Jane?"
Jian is the last batch of archaeological team leaders sent by the Aipula provincial government. At this time, she became a stone sculpture half buried in the soil, with an extremely frightened expression on her face.
“Quick, dig her out quickly.”
A few people quickly started digging her out of the soil.
The person who found Jane asked: "Mentor, she...is she still alive?"
Jane had a broken arm, but the rest of her body was intact.
Faced with his question, the royal tutor was silent for a long time, and then said: "God will keep her safe and sound. Use magic to rescue her quickly." The two carefully laid Jane flat. On the ground, several other magicians cast spells to lift her petrification.
The petrification is removed very slowly. Even if several people cast spells at the same time, there will be no movement for a long time. This is related to the length and depth of the petrification. The longer the time, the deeper the petrification and the more difficult it is to remove. As for whether one can survive after being petrified, in addition to the above reasons, it also depends on the ability of the petrified person.
The magic has been cast for several minutes, but Jane's petrified state has still not improved, and everyone's hearts have sunk. But other people were not idle. They continued to dig in the pit while worrying. The royal mentor and others were constantly reminding the diggers to be careful and not to damage the stone statues.
The spell casting lasted for almost an hour, and Jane's appearance finally lost some of its petrified color. However, several magicians who cast the spell gave up. It was obvious that Jane was dead and could not still be alive after being petrified for so long.
Seeing Jian's half-petrified body, everyone felt heavy in their hearts, and a layer of gloom enveloped them.
After lunch, there were fewer people talking in the camp. The original happiness and excitement disappeared with this discovery. It turns out that all the people who disappeared were petrified due to unknown circumstances, but they didn't know why they were buried more than ten meters deep underground.
Finally someone spoke and addressed everyone: "I propose to report the current situation first and wait for more people to come and figure out the dangers here before continuing the excavation work. What do you think?"
Actually, everyone is thinking about this issue. Obviously the current situation is no longer suitable for archaeological excavation. If we continue, everyone will be in danger.
Galvas looked at everyone, and then said to the person who made the suggestion: "I don't agree."
"Why?" The person who made the suggestion said: "Can't you see that there is danger now?"
>Garvas said: "Didn't everyone already know that there is danger here before coming here? There is always danger, but it depends on how big it is. I think the danger now is not enough It’s to the point where we can’t deal with it. I haven’t even seen the source of the danger yet, so I’m just going back in despair?”
“So many people have been petrified, which shows how dangerous it is here. "
Galvas hummed: "Are those magicians? Are they Seal Knights? "
The proposer said: "General, if you are used to fighting, of course you are not afraid of anything. But not everyone here has the strength like you."
"That's why we are responsible for your safety." Galvas said: "We can't even explain what the danger is. If I go back without knowing it, what will others think of me? I can't explain it to the superiors. Besides, there are still so many people buried underground. Now that we have discovered it, we shouldn't leave them alone. There are people alive, aren’t there?”
The person who made the suggestion couldn't convince him, so he had to say: "Mentor, what do you think?"
The royal mentor said: "You are right to worry about everyone's safety, but what General Galvas said is also reasonable. We can't just go back without knowing everything, let alone There are so many people here. General Galvas is responsible for our safety. Now, General Galvas, what do you think?"
Qiao thought for a while and said: " I don’t think there’s any problem with safety.”
The royal tutor nodded and said: "Well, since the two people responsible for our safety think there is no problem, then we will continue to stay here. However, the focus of our work needs to change. The next work will mainly focus on rescuing the underground As for the archaeological excavation, we can leave it to later."
Galvas said: "I think it can be carried out in the same manner, maybe. In the process, the soldiers and I solved the danger."
The person who made the suggestion thought about it and said, "I think we should at least send the students out. They are not strong enough and stay here. It's too dangerous here. Besides, Ruola has been ill for several days and has not recovered. She should be sent to the hospital for a good check-up as soon as possible. "What do you think, General?" the royal instructor asked.
Galvas shook his head and said: "This won't work. We don't have many soldiers accompanying us. Everyone knows how dangerous it is in the dense forest. If you encounter a group of death plague rats, it will be even more dangerous. Why? To escort them out, a lot of people have to be allocated, so there are not enough people in the camp now. I am in danger, and although I am confident that I can handle it, I still have to leave all my manpower behind to ensure everyone's safety. As for Miss Ruola's illness, I think she is just vomiting and has not gotten worse, so it shouldn't be anything serious. It’s a problem. Didn’t the team doctor say that everything is normal with her body?”
The proposer said: "General, we still need to ask the students for their opinions."
The royal tutor looked at the students and asked: "Do you feel scared and want to leave?"
Harry Said: "No, we are not afraid at all. As the general said, with him protecting us, there is nothing to worry about. Besides, we have been on Beiwangpo for several days and have not encountered any danger. , don’t worry too much about us if you encounter us. We are no longer children. In fact, we are all adults. At our age, we no longer need to be cared for. As teachers often teach, only through experience can we learn. Grow faster.”
The royal tutor smiled: “That’s right.”
The other two students also echoed.
Seeing that the students were unwilling to leave, the proposer had no choice but to give up.
Harry said: "I'm only worried about whether some little boys are in danger."
Some people looked at Bing Zhixie, but since the students didn't leave, they couldn't bother Send him away.
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(End of this chapter)