Chapter 85 Sacrifice? Funnel of Death
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Chen Ze stared at the clouds and mist under the overpass, and couldn’t help but use the method of hearing wind and thunder, and actually heard the faint waves of water. Voice.
He immediately realized that it seemed that the lake outside should be connected with the belly of Thunder Mountain, forming a complete underground water vein.
At the same time.
Zhang Qiling, Hu Bayi and others also followed, using flashlights, they stepped onto the Yunding Sky Bridge.
The end of the Tianliang reaches directly into the mountain, and the internal space is not large.
There are two pools on the ground, with ferocious evil spirits carved on the walls. On both sides are dozens of vigorous and ancient white stone statues, slightly taller than ordinary people, each holding a The rocks are as big as the bowl of the ocean.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ze's eyes moved and he immediately remembered.
In memory, Hu Bayi and others sacrificed the Ghost Mother's crystal eyes and pen dust beads in the opposite stone, finally closing the channel for the illusion of the realm and lifting the curse.
But there was one thing that always made him a little strange.
That is, after the sacrifice, the Ghost Mother’s Crystal Eyes were forgotten, and Hu Bayi and others even forgot to get back the precious Lingchen Bead.
This is definitely not a simple forgetting, but more like someone's attention has been diverted invisibly, thus losing the opportunity to retrieve the Huo Chen Bead that contains the soul of the snake god!
At this time, Fatty Wang looked at the pool in the middle of the altar, his eyes rolled around, and he couldn't help but say.
“Hey, there’s a pool here, let’s take a bath. People from the Demon Country perform sacrifices quite special. They also have to bathe and burn incense. It’s quite elegant.”
As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at the two stones and smacked his lips.
“Oh, with such a big bowl, it’s enough to have a meal of Old Beiping Zhajiang Noodles!”
Listening to him starting to talk nonsense again, Hu Bayi He also interrupted quickly.
"Okay, don't walk around, be careful what mechanism your pair of pig's trotters touches."
After saying that, he couldn't help but shine the light of his flashlight forward.
I saw several smaller caves in the altar in front of me, which were extremely religious.
There are weird and bizarre carvings all around. There is a human-shaped groove on the ground with its limbs spread out. It seems to be a place for execution.
Due to too many murders over time and being soaked in accumulated blood, the stone trough has turned dark red, which makes it feel cruel to look at it.
Shirley Yang, who followed, was also attracted by the murals on the surrounding stone slabs.
But she only glanced twice, her face turned gloomy, and she took several deep breaths without speaking.
Biting his lip almost subconsciously, his whole body seemed to fall into some kind of difficult feeling.
Seeing this, Hu Bayi frowned, turned to look at these relatively intuitive stone slabs, and suddenly felt that breathing became difficult.
He pointed to the black-red human-shaped stone trough, couldn't help but look at Chen Ze, and said in a solemn tone.
"Brother Chen, it seems that if you want to hold a ceremony, you need to kill at least one living person as a victim..."
As soon as these words came out.
The air seemed to freeze, and the entire altar instantly became a testing ground for human nature.
Originally, the three parties formed a team to enter Kunlun with different intentions. When encountering the current situation, it is inevitable that people's hearts will change.
Especially Uncle Ming, who was pretending to be stupid, had endless fear in his eyes. He couldn't help but peek at Chen Ze, Hu Bayi and others, full of suspicion and vigilance.
He only has Peter Huang under his command, who is no match against Hu Bayi and others, let alone Chen Ze and Zhang Qiling whose strength is unfathomable.
You must know that in ancient tombs, the most terrifying thing is often not the ghosts and gods, but the human heart.
In order to further confirm the sacrificial ceremony, Hu Bayi and others looked at the carvings on the stone slab with solemn expressions.
Seeing those ancient carving patterns, although the composition is simple, brings no less psychological impact than seeing it with your own eyes, with live people being cut up alive in front of you, the figures in the murals Every stroke seems to be dripping with blood.
The murder ritual mural shows that if you want to hold a ritual of sacrificing the snake god and initiating the transformation of the realm, at least one person needs to be the victim.
Without the soul of the victim, a candle cannot burn without air.
The simple and unadorned human figures in the murals can clearly distinguish the slaves and priests who were sacrificed.
The entire process of worshiping the snake god is completed by two priests.
Wearing different clothes and masks, they first fixed a slave to the wall, used sharp tools to peel off the slave's skin from the top of the head, and then placed him before he was completely dead. Killed in the execution stone trough on the ground.
Then a priest held the dead sacrifice and entered the place where there are two pools on the altar. That is the main place for worshiping the snake god. No matter what kind of ceremony is to be performed, The dead man and the electric dust beads must be sunk into two corresponding pools at the same time. This seems to be to maintain a certain balance of power.
The scene of the murder ritual is so cruel that just one look at it makes people feel uncomfortable all over. It seems that they smell a strong stench of blood in their noses, and they feel disgusting and terrifying in their hearts.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ze saw that the group was a little at a loss and couldn't help but said in a deep voice.
"These murals may not be the truth. There should be other clues here."
After the words fell, Hu Bayi nodded.
"Yes, since it is a sacrifice, maybe there are other things that can replace the sacrifice."
Having said that, everyone understands that this probability is too low. Perhaps in the end, life and death can only be determined by drawing lots.
While he was talking, he saw Fatty Wang sizing up a strange crystal bowl in the center of the altar, and greeted everyone.
"Mr. Chen, Lao Hu, why is this thing like a time bomb? It looks like it's timing?!" Hearing this, Hu Bayi and others also looked at it one after another, all showing surprise.
The body of the crystal bowl looks like a small water tank. It is connected to the mountain of Yushan, but it is completely integrated and you cannot see where the interface is.
I don’t know when, a thin wisp of dark blue crystal sand leaked from the top, and the bottom of the bowl has accumulated a full layer.
Hu Bayi looked up along the place where the "crystal sand" flowed out. At the interface with the mountain, there was a black ghost mural with a blurry and unrecognizable face, which seemed to foreshadow.
Once all the crystal sand leaks out, the evil spirits in the mountain may be released and kill all life on the altar.
“I think the hourglass device has been activated from the moment we entered the altar.”
“When you want to come to the Demon Kingdom to offer sacrifices, there is also a time limit. Once it times out, I'm afraid there will be a terrible temporary disaster."
Originally, they may have wanted to try other methods, but now the hourglass in front of them is like a countdown to death, urging everyone to complete the sacrifice quickly, otherwise they will have to bury their bones. here.
Hu Bayi stared at the crystal bowl in front of him, his eyes also filled with complexity, and his tone was particularly heavy.
"We have no time..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt heavy in their hearts, which meant that someone had to sacrifice for this.
However, at this moment.
Chen Ze's eyes moved, and his hearing ability allowed him to faintly hear the low roar of the striped dragon quietly coming from under the mist-shrouded altar.
Seeing this, his eyes lit up and he understood immediately.
It turns out that the white-bearded old fish and striped dragon that I didn't find in the underground lake outside were probably washed into the belly of Thunder Mountain along the underground undercurrent, that is, into the water veins under the clouds of the altar.
As long as he goes down by himself and gets the Ghost Mother's crystal eye from the white-bearded old fish, he can successfully complete the sacrifice.
More importantly.
Chen Ze had a vague feeling that if he could find the crystal eye, he could restore the ghost mother's crystal corpse.
Then you may have the opportunity to learn the ultimate truth about your identity and the Chen family’s inheritance for thousands of years!
"Dahkala?!"
Fat Wang was surprised when he heard this and wanted to verify it.
"Brother Chen, Uncle Ming, who is old and dim-sighted, may not have seen the situation clearly. I'll take another look to make sure I don't get it wrong."
After that, he went to the underground stone gate. Before.
I saw that this stone door, which is not heavy, is very old. There is a sliding stone ball at the bottom as an opening and closing mechanism. There is no unnecessary decoration on the door. Only two huge human eyes are embossed on the stone slab. .
Eyeball totems can be found everywhere in Jingjue City and Erluohai City, but the eyeball relief on the stone gate is unique.
At the same time, Hu Bayi, who was also the same as before, found a difference when he landed on the human eye statue.
The eye totems they had seen in the past were eyeballs without eyelids, but this pair of eyes had the eyelids closed together.
You must know that the ancestors of the Demon Kingdom in the ancient city believed that the eyes are the source of the power of reincarnation, but the relief of eyes with closed eyes must have the opposite meaning.
At this moment, Fatty Wang had opened the stone door and carefully leaned out half of his body to see what was going on behind the door.
What he saw behind the stone door was a long natural cave with a large number of rock crystals formed during the great volcanic upheaval. It exuded a cold night light and looked like a winding white tunnel in the dark underground world.
The tunnel is not straight. It turns into a blind spot after tens of meters, making it difficult to judge its length.
Looking at the empty tunnel, Fatty Wang couldn't help but muttered.
"Uncle Ming, let me tell you, it's dazzling. It's obvious that half of the person is not there."
As he said that, he was about to shrink back when he suddenly heard the white tunnel In the distance, there was the sound of slow footsteps.
The area behind the stone door seems to be very capable of collecting sound. Although the footsteps are far away, you can hear them clearly as soon as your ears enter behind the door.
The sound of slowly moving steps is made by a person's two legs. It sounds extremely heavy, as if there is a huge force. Every step hits the ground, as if walking on the heart. superior.
The thunderous footsteps came closer and closer, and the rhythm became more and more rapid. It seemed that there was a giant running towards the end of the white tunnel, and the sound of landing footsteps was shocking.
Fat Wang’s heartbeat also accelerated, and an inexplicable panic surged from the bottom of his heart. He couldn’t hold it back. He no longer dared to look into the tunnel and hurriedly shrank back.
There was a "bang" sound.
The stone door was tightly closed, and the footsteps stopped abruptly almost at the same time.
Seeing this scene, Fatty Wang also let out a sigh of relief, and found that a layer of white hair sweat had appeared on his body,
"I'm going, it's really fucking hell, what's going on in here" There seems to be a huge black shadow in the tunnel. Is it the Dahei Tian you are talking about, Chen Ze?"
As soon as these words came out, Hu Bayi also walked over, adjusted his breathing rhythm, and turned his ears. Stick it on the stone door and listen.
However, at this time, it was eerily quiet behind the door. For a long time, nothing was out of the ordinary, as if there was only a silent nothingness in the tunnel, and nothing alive existed.
He couldn't help but turn around and said in a deep voice.
"It seems that as Brother Chen said, as long as you open your eyes in the tunnel, something will be attracted. Anyway...it must not be a human!"
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