Sand Sea Magic Nest 17

Unexpectedly, old man An Liman suddenly changed his mind, shook his head like a divination drum, and refused to enter the ruins of the ancient city of Jingjue. He said that the death of his companions in the desert was an ominous sign, not to mention Hao Aiguo was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, the messenger of the devil. The appearance of a poisonous snake with black tumors on its head shows that the legend that Hu Da abandoned this desert to the devil is true.

An Liman had a strong religious consciousness. Without Hu Da's protection, he would not go even if we killed him. We had no choice but to rearrange our arrangements and let him set up camp at the mountain pass to take care of the camels and assets.

I originally wanted the monkey to stay and keep an eye on him, just in case the old man ran away and left us here... It doesn't matter if he runs away. Without camels, we have to drive No. 11 all the way back. This No. 11 can be in the desert. How far the middle opening is, it's really hard to say.

Then he thought again, An Liman probably wouldn't have escaped alone, after all, he had come all the way to this point, not to mention that he had not yet received his salary as a guide. It was not a small amount, and it would be enough for him to have enough food and clothing for the rest of his life.

However, I suffered many losses because of my carelessness. At this time, I had to be more cautious, so I took old man An Liman's hand and asked: "Old man, how does Hu punish those who lie and betray their trust?" ?¡±

An Liman said: "Well, this will turn his family's money into sand, and even his salt will turn into sand. In the end, he will starve to death, just like he died in the black desert." Well, after death, you will go to the hot sand hell and suffer 1,800 kinds of torture."

Seeing that he said it solemnly, I felt relieved. People with strong religious beliefs have an advantage. They are afraid of suffering after death, so they dare not do anything that is too disrespectful to heaven and conscience.

There are only seven people entering the ancient city now. Among them is Ye Yixin, who is unconscious. Chu Jian is carrying her. The remaining five people have to carry some equipment and weapons, plus food and water bottles. Each person has to carry a heavy load. Not too small.

There is a famous saying in the army: If you are a soldier but not a soldier, you will weigh forty pounds. That is to say, officers and soldiers in the army carry at least 40 kilograms of equipment when they are marching. Some of them have to carry heavy infantry weapons such as machine guns, flamethrowers, or anti-tank equipment, which is even heavier.

I had been in the field army for ten years, and I carried a lot of equipment on my back. I didn¡¯t think anything of it, but Professor Qiao knew it was too much for them. In the end, we had to pack as lightly as possible and entered our final destination, "Jingjue Ancient City."

The distance from the mountain pass to the ancient city is very short, and we arrived in front of the city gate in just one meal. The city gate collapsed long ago, and the ditch in front of the city was filled with yellow sand. We entered the city through the broken part of the city wall. There was a dead silence in the surrounding ruins.

This was so different from what I had imagined before, and I couldn't help but be disappointed. The streets and houses in the city were either collapsed or dilapidated. From a distance, they looked okay and quite impressive. But when I got closer and looked inside, there was nothing. It was all sand, rotten wood, and broken stones. There was no gold or silver.

There are only a few dilapidated huge wooden pillars and beams with the vermilion paint peeling off, which can still give a glimpse of the luxurious atmosphere of the city in the past.

We wanted to take a look at a few broken houses at the gate of the city, but found that although most of the broken houses were exposed to the desert, the yellow sand in the houses was piled up to the roof.

Legend has it that this city was once destroyed by war, and the coalition forces invaded the palace. When the battle was coming to an end, a black sandstorm buried the Jingjue Kingdom and the resident troops in the city indiscriminately in the depths of the yellow sand. It was not until the 19th century that the movement of the desert brought it to light.

From the scene, it was basically consistent with the legend, except that no mummy was seen, and they must have been buried in the sand.

I found it boring, but I knew how to teach them, but they seemed to be interested in everything in the ancient city. I could even look at a broken wall for a long time.

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I had to remind them that little girl Ye Yixin is still sick. Saving people is the most important thing. It seems that the residential areas in the city have been filled with yellow sand. There is not even a well to be found. We might as well go to the palace and take a look. , there might be a water source there.

Professor Ding patted himself on the head: "Hey, I'm so confused. It's important to save Xiaoye. Let's go to the palace quickly. This kingdom in the desert is built near underground rivers close to the ground. Some underground palaces have rivers passing through them. The palace is usually in the middle of the city."

Everyone was looking for direction among the ruins and heading to the middle of the ancient city. The monkey said to me: "Old Hu, do you know what I want to eat most right now? I want to eat honeydew melon and horse milk grapes most. A piece of watermelon will also do. , Sigh... I won¡¯t talk anymore. The more I talk, the thirstier I get. My throat is so damn smokey. I have to jump in and take a bath when I find the underground river. "

I said to the monkey: "This exquisite queen lived a very luxurious life. She must have often enjoyed ice-cold watermelon soaked in the cold underground river. However, even if the watermelon is preserved to this day, it will probably become a watermelon stone, and the grapes may also become The raisins are dry.¡±

The monkey complained: "This damn useless place, I really can't imagine that there were people living in it before. Don't give me 20,000 beautiful girls next time. The mountains of gold and silver are so rich that I don't want to go into the desert anymore. I won't go into the desert anymore." The most uncomfortable way to die in the world is definitely to die of thirst.¡±

When I talk about death, I think of Hao Aiguo, who was bitten to death by that strange snake. Although he died quickly, he didn't know how painful it was when he died. The snake looked strange, with a black tumor on his head, and it was full of blood. Black water can fly up and hurt people when cut into two pieces. Even Miss Guo has never seen this kind of snake. I wonder if there is one in this city.

The seven of us found our way through the ruins. We took detours when we encountered collapsed areas. After walking for a long time, we arrived at the middle of the ancient city. The streets here are quite wide. Although the yellow sand is everywhere, the pattern of the streets can still be seen. Gotta come out.

However, except for the leaning black tower, there are no other large buildings nearby. Not to mention the palace, there are not even any decent private houses. They are all weathered earth walls.

Professor Qiao said that the palace here may be built underground, and there is too much sand in the city. Let's go to the black tower and watch from a height to see if we can find the entrance to the underground palace.

The base under the tower and most of the arched stone door are buried in the sand. This black tower is entirely carved from the big stones of Zagrama Mountain. It is six stories high, slightly tilted, but still very solid. In addition to the rare construction materials, there is a black olive-shaped stone ball at the highest point of the tower.

Professor Dong put on his reading glasses, raised his head and looked at it for a long time, and then looked at it with a telescope. While looking at it, he said to himself: "Yes, I never thought of it before."

I wanted to ask him what he didn't expect, but Professor Xiao Ya ducked down and got into the tower door. He seemed eager to confirm something, and we quickly followed behind.

The walls of the tower are densely carved with strange ghost cave inscriptions. There is a black stone statue on each floor. The first floor is a stone sheep, which is nothing special.

On the second floor, there is a stone human elephant, about the size of an ordinary person, with a high nose and deep eyes, half kneeling in the tower. The third floor turned out to be the "giant-eyed stone statue" we saw in an unknown town when we were hiding from a sandstorm.

Professor Dong stopped on the third floor of the black tower and said to us: "It seems that my guess is correct. The source of the giant-eyed stone statues unearthed in various places is the country of Jingjue, and the material is the black stone of Zagrama." ¡±

Zheng Yonghai asked: "Professor, what is this tower used for? Why is there a statue on every floor?"

Professor Know said: "I speculate that this black tower is used to show the status of the Guidong clan. The stone statues on each floor represent different levels. The first floor is livestock. If I guessed correctly, there should be another floor underground with Hungry ghosts in hell. The second level is ordinary people, including all the barbarians in the Western Regions. Their status is only higher than that of cattle and sheep, and they are equivalent to slaves. The third level is this giant-eyed figure. I just saw it on the top of the tower. The stone ball is in the shape of an eye. The giant-eyed stone man and the eye-shaped totem represent this nation's worship of eyes. Let's go up and see what has a higher status in Jingjue Country."

The monkey said: "Even a person of my level can guess this. I bet it must be the statue of the Queen on it." He rushed to the fourth floor first.

I followed closely behind and went up to take a look, but to my surprise, the stone statue in this layer had a snake body and a human head, with thick limbs, the hind limbs were animal-shaped, the forelimbs were human-shaped, holding a sharp sword and shield, and the head was a male The face is ferocious, with glaring eyes, like the glaring golden steel in the inland temples. The stone statue also has a black ball on the back of its head, just like the strange snake in the Zagrama Mountains.

Professor Kung Fu Kung Fu and others also came up one after another. When they saw this strange-looking stone statue, they were amazed: "This seems to be the patron saint of the kingdom. There is also a black ball in the shape of an eye on its head. It seems that the ghost cave people really believe in eyes." It is the source of all power. The status of the patron saint is still below the queen. It seems that Queen Jingjue has indeed been deified. Let's go to the fifth floor to see if it is the statue of the queen. "