Chapter 1498 Star Dome
Outside, the sun was still shining, and waves of foehn winds rolled up on the hot yellow sand, baking the earth. Originally, this was supposed to be a dead area, but when Bing Zhixie and Alice entered the tomb, a black figure appeared here, looking coldly at the opened entrance to the tomb.
The tomb is cold, deep and not humid. The dry air makes the environment here better than expected. Bing Zhixie and Alice walked in the tomb one after another carrying magic spar lamps. The light only illuminated the surrounding seven meters, and they could not see clearly even further away. Amanda was sandwiched between the two of them, floating in the air as the magic bottle moved. In such a dark environment, even she was panicked. She looked around with her eyes, fearing that something would jump out of the darkness accidentally. scare her.
It was very quiet in the mausoleum, extremely quiet, there was no sound at all. The spiders and cockroaches mentioned in the book seemed to have disappeared here, let alone snakes and rats. Bing Zhixie fired two fireballs again and controlled them to move to the left and right. The swaying firelight helped them see farther away, and soon they saw a stone lamp erected in the tomb hall.
“Over there.” Bing Zhixie led them towards the stone lantern, but they were soon disappointed. This should be an ever-burning lamp, but the oil and wax in the lamp have been exhausted, and there are still burnt wick residues in the lamp bowl, covered with a layer of ash. It looks like it was used by people who came in thirty years ago, not thousands of years ago. Alice looked around with the lamp and vaguely saw something in front of her. She took a few steps closer and found that it was a box.
"Master."
Bing Zhixie noticed the box that Alice found and walked over. It turns out that there is more than one box, and behind it is a wall. The wall and the ground are made of yellow square bricks. The brick surface has been polished very smooth. The gaps between each brick are so small that even a piece of paper can't fit. Can't fit it in.
The boxes are placed against the wall. There are four boxes, spread out in a row. The box was made of wood, with metal edges sealed by rivets. It looked like a square box on top of a ladder. There is no paint or any color painting on the wooden box. It has only been baked with oil and fire and has undergone anti-corrosion treatment. The texture of the wood is clearly visible and it is very simple.
Alice really wanted to open the box and take a look, but after the previous lesson, she was honest. She didn't dare to move at will unless the master said anything.
This mausoleum is a real ancient tomb, different from the fake Tomb of the Hero King found on Beiwangpo. Bing Zhixie remembered hearing the story of hiding the mechanism in the box in the tavern, so he was extra careful. , told Alice to step back, took out a short blade that he carried with him, and opened the small slit of the wooden box.
The box was unlocked and could be opened easily. There was no mechanism inside, only volumes of books rolled into cylinders and neatly stacked in the box. Because the tomb was dry and free of moisture, the books in the box were well preserved. Bing Zhixie took back the dagger, picked up a book and read it. The words written in the book were all words he didn't recognize. They should be words specific to the Phoenician Kingdom, but it was placed in such a simple box, and there were so many, It's probably not important.
Alice also took a book and flipped through it, feeling slightly disappointed, but at this time her attention was attracted by the patterns on the wall. There are many little figures carved on the wall with simple lines and various colors of oil paint. These little figures kneel down on the ground layer by layer, as if they are worshiping something. The pattern extends upwards, covering the entire wall. The higher up, the larger the figures are, the richer the colors, the more complex and lifelike the strokes, and the smaller the number of figures.
The villains depicted in this painting represent the various strata of the Phoenician kingdom. The smaller the people, the lower the villains should be the slaves of the Phoecanian kingdom, followed by the peasants and those above. The status is getting higher and higher. Bing Zhixie held up the lamp, but because the light could not reach such a high distance, he had to use magic to shine upward again, and this time it shined directly on the dome.
The top of the tomb is about twenty meters above the ground, which is about half of the surface of the entire cobblestone mountain. The dome is round and arched, painted with a black background, and covered with Countless sapphires are reflected in the light and shine like the vast starry sky, which is very impressive.
“Oh my god, it’s so beautiful.” Alice opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth in surprise. After the gem was illuminated by the light, the light lingered for a long time. It really seemed like a Stars hang in the night sky.
What Bing Zhixie paid attention to was the content of the paintings on the wall. There were only a few people left on the lower floors near the dome. They were all dressed in gorgeous clothes, either priests' clothes or ministers in gorgeous clothes. And the top There was no one on that floor. Bing Zhixie thought that there should be a king, so he walked forward carefully along the wall.
After walking for a while, I saw the king among the top people, but besides the king there were five women, who should be Glonus and his five princesses. And all these people, including the king and the queen, are worshiping the stars in the dome. Bing Zhixie was surprised when he saw this scene. Although he didn't know much about ancient culture and history, he had done some research. Those ancient kings, especially those before the Sacred Garden Calendar, often compared themselves to gods, or represented gods. And what is painted on the murals is that the people are often worshiping them, and they accept the worship of others in the posture of gods, or there is a god behind them. I have never heard of a king and his subjects worshiping certain things together. Something.
After thinking about it, Bing Zhixie felt that maybe he was ignorant. In the historical continent, there have been many countries, and it is normal for there to be a few unique ones. . But in this way, he became more interested in the 'stars' on the dome, but the light did not illuminate all the gems, so he could only look at them while walking.
There are mummies scattered everywhere on the ground. The deeper you go, the more corpses there are. There are also many hidden weapons and short arrows mixed in. They are well preserved and should have been fired by the mechanism in the tomb. In some places, there are obvious signs of human damage, including square bricks on the ground, erected stone statues, etc., which should be the hub of the mechanism or the location of the launching mechanism.
Because there were predecessors who opened the way, Bing Zhixie and the others were saved a lot of trouble. They could just follow the signs of damage and not trigger other intact traps.
At this time, the sapphires on the dome were basically all illuminated by the light. Bing Zhixie eliminated the light of magic, and saw a sea of blue stars above his head, forming a strange shape.
Alice whispered: "These sapphires are indeed not set randomly. What does it look like to form such a picture? What is the meaning?"
Such a profound question, they How can I understand. Bing Zhixie shook his head and said: "Maybe it has a symbolic meaning, symbolizing the gods they worship, so all the people on the mural are worshiping this star map. As for what it is specifically, only people who specialize in this can figure it out. It’s clear.”
The silver moonlight dragon flew in front, and the two continued to move forward. However, because the magic light had just been extinguished, the light was a little uncomfortable. Bing Zhixie had just taken two steps when something slipped under his feet and he fell down. Fortunately, Alice was behind him and helped him. Of course, he couldn't really fall, but with this slip, the thing slipped far away and hit a metal object, making a loud sound.
The crisp sound of "clang" echoed endlessly in the tomb. The two of them stopped and waited quietly for a while. They didn't feel relieved until the echo completely disappeared.
"What is it?" Alice turned on the lamp and saw some pottery fragments on the ground. She picked one up and looked at it, and said, "What is this?"
The pottery fragment was very thick and the shell was smooth. Bing Zhixie slipped when she stepped on it. However, he felt that the pottery fragment looked familiar, it was exactly the kind he found not far from the ruins. He looked around and saw that there were many fragments on the ground, some large and some small. The large part could clearly be seen as part of a large pottery jar. He looked at the fragments of the pottery jar, thought of the mummies, and thought of the strange witchcraft and magic performed by the wizards of the Phoenician Kingdom. He thought in his mind, and just as he was about to say something, he heard the sound of the pottery jar breaking in the darkness. sound.
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(End of this chapter)