But when Chen Ziyan took off the Muchen Bead, at the same time that the surrounding murals disappeared, there was a "click" sound, and he saw that the stone platform half hanging on the abyss snake cave was slowly extending. There was an upward staircase.
Although it is unreasonable to extend a staircase of this size based on the thickness of the stone platform, but now that the facts are before our eyes, no matter how unreasonable it is, it can only be treated as a reasonable phenomenon.
And Chen Ziyan and the others were also intent on studying this, and their attention was attracted by the sudden appearance of the stairs.
It can be seen from the searchlight that the stairs are obviously made of stone, leading to the cavity above at a 45° angle, and are just connected to the cave wall above.
"It seems we don't have to go to the agency." Chen Ziyan was silent for a moment, then suddenly showed a smile.
This is really a sleepy pillow.
Others also looked happy. The emergence of this ladder is definitely a good thing for them.
After checking the sturdiness of the stairs and confirming that there was no problem, the group of people immediately walked up without too much delay.
No matter what it is like up here, since the road is already in front of you, it would be a pity not to take a look.
When they reached the end of the stairs, Chen Ziyan discovered that the cave wall above was not what they thought, but a one-meter-wide contraction at the end of the stairs, inside which was a spiraling upward stone staircase.
However, there is no need to verify this stone staircase. The stone steps are not suspended in the air, but are carved out of the cave wall, so the safety is clear at a glance, and there is no need to worry at all.
Because the width of the stone steps is only one meter, everyone can no longer walk side by side and can only walk up one by one.
After walking like this for about half an hour, the spiraling stone steps reached the end. At this moment, a gap appeared in front of Chen Ziyan and the others.
The crack that appeared on the cave wall next to the stone steps was obviously not there originally, but was the product of some kind of accident.
With just a glance, Chen Ziyan came up with the answer.
The stone steps did not end there, but the rest of the road had been broken due to an accident. Now there were two roads in front of them. One was to return along the original road, and the other was to enter the gap next to it to find out.
Chen Ziyan did not hesitate at all and naturally leaned into the gap. Although the gap was not as wide as the stone steps, it was still more than half a meter, enough for them to get inside.
According to his estimation of the height here, even if he did not return to the sinkhole where the Wind Erosion Lake is located, he would still be not far from that level of underground space.
Even if the end of the gap is a dead end, he has to go and see it before he can accept it.
Others have no objections. They can understand Chen Ziyan's thoughts. If he really returns like this, they will not be willing to do so.
However, after entering, Chen Ziyan found that the situation in the gap was somewhat different from what he had imagined. Not only did it not become narrower as he walked, but it became wider and wider.
When you get to the back, it turns directly into a cave, and its area is not inferior to the altar space below.
“Why doesn’t this place look like an accident?” Wang Kaixuan raised his searchlight and looked around, questioning from the bottom of his heart.
The more he walked, the more he felt that there was something wrong with this place, but he still couldn't figure out what the problem was.
"If this place is not hidden underground and has not been discovered, it has a special function." Hu Bayi said after thinking for a while.
The moment he finished speaking, he heard the voice of black glasses: "It is indeed not an accidental product. Come and take a look. There are some traces of artificial development here."
Everyone followed the sound and looked. , only then did he realize that Black Glasses had reached the front of the team at some point.
At this moment, Black Glasses is holding a flashlight and looking at a certain place on the top of the cave.
Chen Ziyan walked over and looked up, and saw that there were indeed some traces that could not be seen without looking carefully where the black glasses flashlight was shining.
The origin of these traces is currently unknown, but one thing that is certain is that this is definitely not a natural product.
"This place should have been repaired with some kind of special tool. I have never seen this kind of tool before, but I can guess something from the traces. It should be the type that only leaves traces when you close your hand." Black Glasses After everyone had finished reading, he said slowly.
While he was speaking, he was also frantically searching for something close to him.
"I seem to know some information about this tool." But before he could get any results, the blue-robed Tibetan, who had been deep in thought since seeing the traces on it, suddenly said.
When everyone looked at him, the blue-robed Tibetan gave the answer directly without waiting for others to urge him: "The Evil Luohai people have always domesticated a special creature to help them explore the underground. The custom and what kind of creature it is has long been lost, but according to some trivial records that have survived, it should be a creature similar to a pangolin."
Then he pointed to the traces above and continued: "This. Male and female creatures generally live together, and this is also true when digging. The male beast is responsible for digging, and the female beast is responsible for expanding. The caves or passages repaired by this special creature are as if they were naturally formed, only in the corners. Only then can you see some traces, like this.”
"This thing..." After Chen Ziyan chewed on the words of the blue-robed Tibetan, he couldn't help but look at Shirley Yang and whispered: "Why does it feel so familiar to me?"
Shirley Yang too Somewhat surprised: "It is indeed very familiar."
This sounds like they are talking about the people who moved mountains, right? !
Shirley Yang couldn't help but start to wonder if her ancestors had anything to do with the Evil Luohai people.
Chen Ziyan recovered quickly. It was not that he had no such doubts, but he felt that no matter how high the possibility was, it was nothing to them now.
Is it possible that because the ancestors are related to the evil Luohai people, the current situation will change?
“Let’s go.” Seeing Shirley Yang still thinking, Chen Ziyan said softly.
No matter what was built here, it didn't matter. He just needed to make sure that it was man-made. This was the information that was truly useful to them.
Chen Ziyan was even more careful as he moved forward, because since this place had been deliberately renovated, it meant that there was likely to be a mechanism here.
However, it turned out that his worries were somewhat unnecessary. They did not encounter any mechanism until the end of the gap.
At this moment, everyone has arrived at the end of the gap. Another stone staircase appears in front of them. However, this stone staircase is very wide and can accommodate everyone standing on it. At the top of the stone staircase, there is a tightly closed staircase. tall stone gate.
"It seems like this should be the exit." After seeing the stone door, Chen Ziyan let out a sigh of relief. Although he was mentally prepared to encounter a dead end, if he had a choice, he would naturally hope to leave smoothly.
“This stone gate needs a key.” Shirley Yang quickly came to the stone gate, inspected it and said.
“Key?” Chen Ziyan also followed and looked at the center of the stone door.
In the center of the two stone doors, there is an eye-shaped pattern, but this eye pattern is incomplete and lacks the core eyeball.
Obviously, the key Shirley Yang mentioned was an inference based on this eye pattern.
But after seeing this, Chen Ziyan agreed with her opinion.
Because the builder of Shimen had no hidden intentions, this special arrangement was straightforwardly a bit excessive.
After looking back and forth at the eye pattern, Chen Ziyan knew exactly what key was needed here.
The mechanism of this stone gate is undisguised. One possibility is that the builder feels that this stone gate is not important, and another possibility is that the builder does not think that anyone can get the key.
Chen Ziyan thought it was the first type at first. After all, he didn't find anything precious along the way. Everything here looked like an inconspicuous underground grotto.
But after carefully observing the keyhole, Chen Ziyan knew that he had made a mistake. The fundamental reason why this stone door was so undisguised was because the original builder felt that no one could get the key to open it. key.
Because... the so-called key is the Muchen Bead!
This was the sacred object of the evil Luohai people. As long as there are no accidents in the Demon Kingdom, there is absolutely no possibility of it being lost.
With this thought in his mind, Chen Ziyan didn't stop moving in his hand. He directly took out the Muchen Bead again and put it gently into the vacant eyeball hole.
Click——
The moment the Muchen Bead was put into the hole, a dull sound of the machine amplifier suddenly sounded, and then the Muchen Bead was seen emitting light again, and these rays started with The eye in the center of the stone door is the core, and it spreads to the entire stone door in the blink of an eye.
When the hidden lines on the stone door appeared, Chen Ziyan saw that it turned out that these lines outlined a larger eye pattern outside the lock of the eye pattern.
When the eye pattern outlined by the lines lit up completely, another loudspeaker sounded, and the Muchen Bead placed in the hole shook slightly.
Chen Ziyan had always paid attention to the condition of the hole. When he saw this scene, he immediately knew that the Muchen Bead was no longer needed, so he immediately reached out and took out the Muchen Bead.
Buzzing——
When Muchen Bead completely left the hole in the stone door, the stone door in front of Chen Ziyan slowly moved towards both sides with a burst of friction.
Seeing this, Chen Ziyan immediately called for others to step back.
No one knows what is going on inside the stone door. Although Muchen Bead's key is high enough, there is no telling if there will be a mechanism when opening the door, so it's better to be cautious.
The friction sound lasted for nearly half a minute. When the sound stopped completely, Chen Ziyan saw that no mechanism appeared, and then he stepped back on the steps and looked towards the stone door.
At this moment, the two stone doors have been completely moved aside, leaving only an empty doorway.
Chen Ziyan looked inside with a searchlight. After seeing nothing dangerous, he motioned for others to go in together.
When everyone walked into the stone door, the first thing they saw was a huge statue. This statue was roughly estimated to be more than ten meters high, and the base below was already nearly 1.5 meters, so Chen Ziyan did not just See.
Besides the statue, there are dozens of small statues about three meters tall, which seem to be the servant guards of the big statue.
But it is a pity that both the big statue and the small statue standing next to it have been deliberately destroyed. Even the clothes on the body have their features erased, and only the outline of the human body can be seen.
“This should be the first-generation ghost mother, right?” Wang Kaixuan walked around the statues twice and looked at the big statue and said.
Although the statue's gender characteristics were no longer visible, the general shape was still there, and he felt that it didn't look like what a man should look like.
"Fat man, what reason do you have to prove that this is the first generation of ghost mothers?" Hu Bayi actually suspected this, but he had no evidence. At this moment, he heard Wang Kaixuan say the same thing, so he asked.
He had to admit that although the fat man was 80% a blind cat and a dead mouse, he was really wrong.
Wang Kaixuan didn't know that Hu Bayi was slandering him in his heart. He touched his chin confidently and said, "I don't know. I tell you, this is called one emperor and one courtier. Those people behind him must be I am afraid that the first-generation ghost mother is too powerful and others will compare me with her, but I know in my heart that I will definitely not be able to compare with her, so I have to make some twists and turns."
After finishing speaking, this guy is still there. He looked at Hu Bayi, with a pretentious and thoughtful expression on his face: "I said, Old Hu, I told you a long time ago that I asked you to read less miscellaneous books, learn more from the fat man when you have nothing to do, and enrich your own cultural heritage. Now you are showing your timidity. Let’s go!”
Hu Bayi glanced at this guy speechlessly, thinking that he really can’t hold two taels of sesame oil in his belly, so why should he imitate you? Is it okay to imitate your romance? Or dance all day long and flirt with sweet girls?
Chen Ziyan didn't want to care about these two guys. He looked at the destroyed statue outside in front of him and thought about Wang Kaixuan's words.
Although this fat man has no appearance all day long, he has the same opinion as Hu Bayi on one thing, that is, this guy is definitely a master in making mistakes.
Although the starting point sounds a bit absurd, Chen Ziyan feels that this is probably the truth. According to what he knows, ancient rulers have done much more than this absurd thing. Even the act of destroying statues is not complete. Compared with those weird things, it's just child's play.
"I don't think it should be exactly like this." Shirley Yang had a different opinion at this time.
She has no clear evidence, but she just feels that things are not exactly as Wang Kaixuan guessed. Although there may be some reasons in it, it should not be just because of this reason. There must be something deeper. reasons for the hierarchy.
"Tell me, which one appeared first, here or outside?" Black Glasses didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly asked such a question.
Which one appeared first, here or outside?
Chen Ziyan didn't understand why he asked this at first, but after thinking about it, he realized that the question about black glasses seemed to be asking, but it was actually pointing out another idea.