Chapter 10 Chapter 9 Strange Insects

The head of the stone sculpture was hit by an impact before, and it was already fragile. This time it fell to pieces, and several round things rolled out of it immediately. When we saw the true face of the thing, everyone subconsciously went to Backed away.Those round things are actually a few white skeletons. Ordinarily, this kind of thing is not a rare thing for those of us who do archaeological work, but under the current situation, such a thing suddenly appeared, which really made us a little nervous. Who would have thought that the stone head is hollow? Yes, there is still such a thing hidden in it.

"Damn it!" Ying Ge cursed, stepped forward and carefully turned over the skeletons with a dagger, and after making sure that there was nothing unusual, he let us approach.There are five skeletons in total. After we looked at them, we found out that the previous human head was not made of stone at all, but made of mud, shaped and fired, with a complete space inside and five circular grooves. Judging from the size of the groove, the five skeletons should be buckled in it.The remaining space is filled with some cinnabar-like things, which should be used for anti-corrosion and moisture-proof, but this thing has been through for too long, and the cinnabar has been dissolved by the infiltrated water. This is what we just saw "Bloodstains".

The color of the skeleton has turned gray, and it seems that it has been placed for a long time.But when I see those skeletons, I always feel that there is something different about them, it feels weird. Sanpao also noticed the abnormality, pointed at the skeletons and said, "What the hell are you messing with? It seems so boring in this mountain. Those ancient people played with these things. I said Shen Gong, you said Is this some sort of performance art?" Now that this situation happened, I didn't have the heart to talk to him, so I bent down and took a closer look at what I thought was abnormal.The five skeletons are obviously real human skulls. In particular, there is a cross-shaped pattern on the top of the skull, which is slightly smaller than the palm of a person, and looks like a cross.The pattern was hard-engraved, half a centimeter deep, and very clear. Although the entire pattern is simple, it is very regular. It can be seen that the creators of these things were very careful when they made these things.

Master Feng picked up the two skeletons and touched them, then turned his face to Young Master Long and said, "This is carved hard, and it was carved on the skulls of people when they were alive, because the edges of these marks are very sharp. Smooth, no rough spots, obviously grown some time after that." "Is it so amazing? Wouldn't that be a craniotomy?" I couldn't believe it. This thing is absolutely meticulous. Once there is a mistake, a casual infection or blood loss can kill a person.However, I have learned before that many skeletons have been unearthed from the Hemudu site. There is a round hole the size of an egg on the top of the head, and the edges are smooth as Master Feng said, which belongs to natural growth. It is highly suspected that it was 5,000 years ago. Craniotomy, many experts and scholars have to be amazed.

Master Feng sneered, and replied: "It's not as humane as you said, what kind of craniotomy has nothing to do to carve such a long strip on the head! This pattern is a symbol with meaning, carved on the hard skull of a person, This way it will never disappear, and these heads must have been cut off at the end and sealed in this kind of burnt head for sacrifice!" Sanpao shivered, and said, "Isn't this troublesome? If you cut it down, you can cut it down. Why is it more troublesome than the emperor's ascension to the throne!" Master Feng said: "Who dares to be sloppy when offering sacrifices to the gods! The success rate of this method at that time should not be high. Many people died before the craniotomy was completed, and a few survived. Cut off their heads as sacrifices. These people are either slaves or prisoners of war, or residents plundered from other countries, and they don’t feel bad if they are killed, it’s better to keep them as sacrifices!”

Master Feng didn't change his face when he said it, and even showed a little joy, but I kept grinning. Thinking about these unimaginable barbaric acts of the ancients makes people shudder, and I don't know what it is to do Meaning, do priests still have to wear this cross pattern?This guy said that this pattern has some meaning, so what is the meaning? Next, Young Master Long asked Master Feng to put away all these skeletons, which was considered a major discovery.Master Feng explained that this kind of thing appeared here, which shows that this kind of sacrifice exists, and it has a great connection with the Nanling City we are looking for. It seems that our route is correct.

Just when the few of us got down into the cabin, the hull suddenly shook again, I staggered, and quickly stabilized my feet, and then I saw a shadow jumping to the stern quickly. The movement of the shadow was very flustered, and I could tell at a glance that it was the woman named Katsuo.At this moment, I thought that she was the only one in our group who did not go up to the cabin roof with us. At this time, she was holding the delicate mirror bought back by Young Master Long with one hand, and the cable tied with the big anchor with the other. , it looked like he was about to run away. "What are you doing?" I yelled, the woman turned her head, her almond eyes widened, she gave me a glare, turned around and continued running.

"Someone is stealing!" I immediately rushed forward to stop it.She found that I was rushing over, and dexterously dodged it by holding on to the uprights of the cabin. She grabbed the cable with one hand and spun around in the air like playing a horizontal bar. I would not give up, I reached out and grabbed her ankle, and pulled it hard, she quickly lost her balance, screamed and fell to the stern, turned over and gave me a hard look, stretched out her hand and pulled her. Then I held the hand on her ankle and twisted it hard.Her strength wasn't great, but she used it very skillfully. This pain made me almost cry, and the hand that held her loosened.

The woman didn't seem to let go of her hatred, she stepped forward and directly touched my shoulders, and pinched hard, I only felt my arms as if I had been shocked by an electric shock, and I became numb in an instant, so she got up and flew out again , kicked my chest so hard that it was almost ready to kill me. I only felt a heat in my chest, and I almost vomited blood, and I couldn't control my body and fell backwards. I fell so that my head buzzed, and the corners of my mouth were scratched, bleeding continuously.I kept thinking in my heart that it is really useless to be a scholar. I have been bored in the office blowing on the air conditioner all these years. I didn’t expect that the women who come out to work now are so skilled. Could it be that grandma’s guy is a secret agent?

Fortunately, while I was at a disadvantage, other people had already posted it. The woman saw that the situation was not good, and seeing that it was too late to walk the cable, she simply prepared to jump into the river.But Ying Ge and the others were unambiguous in their skills. As soon as the woman jumped up, Ying Ge grabbed her backpack like an eagle grabbing a chicken, and when she pulled it, she fell heavily to the deck.She yelled twice in pain, at the same time, the mirror she was holding in her hand also took off her hand, drew an arc in the air, just fell on the iron tail pile tied with the cable, and broke .

Immediately, there was a "squeak" sound from the place where the mirror was broken, and then a white mist rose up. The smell was very pungent, as if it had been corroded by strong acid.I'm wondering what's going on here, is this mirror filled with organic acid?What is the intention of the person who made the mirror?Do you want to disfigure the person who uses the mirror? At this moment, the white mist dissipated, the debris of the mirror shook, and suddenly a fiery red arthropod crawled out.The strange insect was originally curled up inside, but now it stretched out its body with a "chirp" as if it had been granted an amnesty. "Damn it! What?!" Ying Ge screamed strangely, and he didn't have the heart to deal with that woman at the moment, so he quickly stepped back and stood in front of Young Master Long, probably because he saw that the bug was bright in color and strange in appearance, and there was something wrong with it. highly toxic. The monster has legs on both sides. It looks like a centipede. The difference is that it has two rows of mung bean-sized eyes on its upward side. It seems to be blinking. It looks very strange. appalling.It began to crawl along the deck, and the place it crawled over seemed to have been scalded, leaving corrosive black spots. If it was said that this thing hadn't been beaten to death, no one would believe it. "What the hell? Don't let it run around!" Sanpao yelled anxiously, and took off one of his shoes to fight.The strange insect seemed to be aware of the danger, and it screamed, its whole body began to shake like a cicada, and suddenly it grew two pairs of transparent wings like a dragonfly, and it seemed as if it wanted to fly.