Chapter 131 Double Mechanism
Messenger in the Water?
Chen Ziyan frowned and looked at Professor Chen, and asked: "Professor, is it written above, what is this messenger in the water?"
It is not difficult to hear from Professor Chen's description. To recreate Prince Gumo's original method of sneaking into Jingjue, this 'water messenger' is the key point.
“This is not written in detail on the epitaph.” Professor Chen shook his head, and then expressed his guess: “But there is a sentence in it, saying that the messenger in the water has been sleeping under the water and needs sacrifices. Awakening it, I think it should be talking about some kind of unique creature living in the underground river.”
For some reason, after hearing Professor Chen's words, Chen Ziyan's first thought was of the overlord salamander that has survived under the Kunlun Mountains since ancient times.
At least as far as Chen Ziyan knew, there were not many creatures that could fit the title of water messenger. Coupled with such similar environmental conditions, he immediately thought of the Overlord Salamander.
Chen Ziyan secretly thought that this was because Hu Bayi had not come down, otherwise he, who had personally faced the Overlord Salamander, would have been planning a retreat by now.
However, these thoughts just lingered in his mind and were not spoken out. It was not that he wanted to hide it deliberately, but that he did not want to bother to explain it.
Chen Ziyan did not express an opinion, but it did not mean that others had nothing to say. After thinking about it, Shirley Yang expressed her thoughts:
"Uncle Chen, if that's the case, then the stone room above is a place for sacrifice, right?"
She thought of this after hearing the word 'sacrifice'.
After all, no matter how you look at it, the mysterious stone chamber above seems to be prepared for this kind of thing.
After thinking for a while, Professor Chen said: "At first, I thought that the stone chamber was set up for some ancient customs and was used to worship the tomb below, but now it seems that I may have guessed wrong. , that stone chamber should be set up to awaken the messenger in the water."
"Teacher, if this happens, won't the tomb below become an obstacle?" Hao Aiguo raised his doubts.
His thinking mode is relatively old-fashioned, and he couldn't figure out the joints for a while.
"The ancients left too many things that are difficult to explain." Professor Chen sighed with emotion and then expressed his guess: "I think this tomb should have been rebuilt later. As for its original function, It’s unknown.”
After finishing speaking, he also felt very regretful that neither the murals on the walls of the original tomb nor the epitaphs in the sarcophagus mentioned much about this aspect. They are all about the deeds of Prince Gumo.
"If I guessed correctly, there may have been a mistake in the way we came down."
At this time, Chen Ziyan's voice sounded, attracting everyone's attention.
"I think there are probably two mechanisms here. One is in the stone chamber used for sacrifices, and the other is in the tomb chamber. Both of these mechanisms can reach here, but in different ways. One is to open the passage, and the other is in the tomb chamber. The other is self-destruction. "
Shirley Yang looked at Chen Ziyan and asked: "So what Mr. Chen means is that we activated the mechanism in the tomb by mistake, but it didn't work. Will it affect our continued use of the mechanisms in the stone chamber?"
She immediately understood what Chen Ziyan wanted to express.
"That's right." Chen Ziyan nodded lightly: "If we want to verify this, we only need to look at it to know whether it is right or wrong."
If there is really something Mechanism, from the perspective of where they are now, they must be able to find something.
After saying that, Chen Ziyan took the lead in raising his flashlight.
Seeing this, other people also raised their flashlights and shined them above their heads. Although this flashlight can illuminate originally, if the light is too far away, the illuminated area will shrink, making it difficult to see too many things.
But at this time, everyone's flashlights were shining on one place, and the illuminated area was greatly expanded in an instant.
As the flashlight light wandered around, they quickly discovered an anomaly. At the upper edge, there was a stone staircase winding down along the cave wall.
"That's the road?"
Wang Kaixuan, who was the most impatient, couldn't help but exclaimed.
"You are really old. The future archaeological work will be left in the hands of young people like you."
Professor Chen sighed subconsciously when he saw the appearance of the stone steps.
Without Chen Ziyan’s reminder, it would have been difficult for him to discover the mystery here.
Even Shirley Yang looked at Chen Ziyan with a hint of brilliance that was hard to detect.
Chen Ziyan didn't think anything was wrong. He directed his flashlight down the stone steps until the light was completely swallowed up by the darkness, then said:
"It seems that my guess is not wrong, but According to the current situation, this cave should be in the shape of an inverted bowl. If we want to repeat the path that Prince Gu Mo took, we need to find a way to open the mechanism in the stone chamber above."
Hearing this, Wang Kaixuan immediately took off his backpack and walked towards the sarcophagus: "What are the ink marks still here? Hurry up and pack up all these things. Let's go up and study the stone chamber."
< br>Although the funerary objects in this sarcophagus are very rich, he, the fat man, is well-connected. He knows that there must be more treasures in the exquisite ancient city, so why would he want to continue to waste time here.
At first, no one noticed this guy, but when he squeezed Chu Jian away from the sarcophagus, others understood the fat man's intention.
Professor Chen quickly stretched out his hand to stop: "Comrade Xiao Wang, this is absolutely impossible. These things are precious cultural relics and cannot be treated so rudely."
Wang Kaixuan treated him He scoffed at this: "I'm telling you, professor, what's rude or not? Do you think this is the pretty girl? Besides, Fatty, I have prepared something for cushioning. I'm sure I won't take any of the patent leather off." "
While talking, this guy took out a bunch of cloth bags from his backpack, grabbed a burial object and stuffed it into his pocket.
Seeing that he could not resist this generous guy, Professor Chen quickly turned his attention to Chen Ziyan: "Comrade Xiao Chen, what do you see here?"
What kind of person is Chen Ziyan? He is a typical person who helps his relatives but not his parents. What's more, he doesn't think Wang Kaixuan did anything wrong.
The protection measures are very complete. As long as there is no strong collision, the funerary objects inside will definitely be fine.
As for when things really happen, Chen Ziyan feels that he won’t be able to care about these external things until then.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, he said to Professor Chen: "Professor, the fat man's words are a bit rough. After all, he is just a rough man, but isn't that the truth? According to you, According to the progress, we may not be able to complete all the work today. Our top priority now is to reach the ancient city of Jingjue as soon as possible. We cannot do anything like picking sesame seeds after losing the watermelon."
"This..." Professor Chen. I was speechless for a moment after what he said. Although I didn't want to admit it, this was really the truth.
(End of this chapter)