From seeing it

After the upper map was opened, the map that appeared below was a hand-painted giant tree surrounded by cliffs. Isn't the map drawn the undead tree growing in the abyss?

Xiao Ling showed a strange expression, thinking that Zhou Kesheng is indeed a survivor who searched for the Pisces jade pendant in the 1980s. It turned out that he had entered this place before, and I am afraid that this map was drawn based on his previous memories.

From this point of view, he knew from the very beginning that there was an undead tree here.

Zhou Kesheng held the map and checked his surroundings. Xiao Ling noticed an arrow drawn in one direction on the map, and knew in his heart that the direction pointed by the arrow should be the area they were going to now.

Zhou Kesheng used the map to compare the real objects around him, and looked up from time to time. His left hand habitually pressed his heart, which seemed to be very uncomfortable. Soon he found the direction pointed by the arrow on the map, stretched out his hand and said: " Go in this direction."

Seeing this, Xiao Ling was secretly amazed.

From his point of view, there was a mass of darkness in the distance all around, and they all looked almost the same.

Sun Tao took out a brand-new spare searchlight from his backpack, and used the penetrating beam of the searchlight to sweep into the distance to help Zhou Kesheng. However, it was incredible that he could determine the correct position only by these comparison maps.

Xiao Ling thought to himself: "This week, Kesheng is really capable. The scientific expedition team can do without anyone, but he must be missing. Otherwise, it will be like a headless chicken. I'm afraid it will be lost in the darkness long ago, without arguing about things. "

After confirming the direction, Zhou Kesheng put away the map, and everyone rested on the spot, ate some food and water, and replenished their strength.

Except for Xiao Ling, everyone else was very tired.

Xiao Ling's physical fitness is surprisingly good now, he is full of energy, and does not feel tired at all.

Sun Tao and other players are the elite among the elites who have experienced professional training, and their physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people, but now it seems that Xiao Ling faintly feels that his physical fitness seems to be even higher than them.

"Since the head injury, my appetite has gradually increased, my physical fitness has also improved, and my strength has also increased. The whole body is constantly undergoing earth-shaking changes. There are side effects, if there are no side effects, it would be great, just keep getting stronger like this, maybe it won’t be long before I can become a superman among human beings, and it seems that I don’t have to be afraid of that damned pale hand at that time.”

Xiao Ling pondered silently, and then showed a wry smile, thinking that with the interference of his pale hands, he was afraid that he would not live to the moment when he would become a superman.

The undead tree completely collapsed, and the man-eating beasts that had been chasing down also disappeared.

After resting on the pile of charred branches for a while, everyone continued on their way according to the direction indicated by Zhou Kesheng.

Stepping on the brittle branches under their feet due to carbonization, there was a crisp sound of crackling every step they stepped on, and everyone hurried on their way.

Everyone lost most of their equipment, and the conditions became more and more difficult. It is impossible to return along the original road, and the food can only last for two days.

Everyone must find a way out, otherwise, once the underground magma erupts, everyone will be buried in this underground world.

Everyone knew that the situation was serious, and the time left for them was getting less and less, so they only rested for ten minutes before going on their way again, and everyone speeded up.

Xiao Ling handed over the camping lantern in his hand to others, followed Zhou Kesheng and Li Zhibao to walk in the middle of the line, touched his waist, the military waist knife was still inserted there, and it was not lost.

Sun Tao walked in front of the team, leading the way with a strong searchlight in his hand.

The bottom of this abyss is extremely wide, perhaps the earth-shattering noise caused by the complete collapse of the undead tree scared away all the living things in this area, and everyone went all the way deep without seeing a single animal.

The crowd rushed all the way, and after walking for more than 30 minutes, finally the charred branches piled up on the ground began to decrease, and they were approaching the edge of the abyss.

Sun Tao, who was walking in front, stopped, and the searchlight in his hand shone into the distance. In the strong light beam, Xiao Ling saw a round stone pillar.

This is not a naturally occurring rock, but a stone pillar with obvious traces of artificial carving.

In this underground world, which is at least 2,000 meters above the ground, they suddenly saw a stone pillar with traces of artificial carvings. Everyone was amazed and stepped forward to look at it.

This circular stone pillar is about one meter in diameter and seven or eight meters high. Its surface looks dilapidated, and some characters and symbols resembling oracle bone inscriptions are engraved on it. However, because the surface is severely damaged, most of these symbols are almost unrecognizable.

Some of the photographic equipment that Pang Yan was carrying with her had just fallen from the collapsed undead tree and was lost. Fortunately, the camera hanging around her neck was still there, and she checked that it was not damaged. At this moment, she suddenly saw this cylindrical stone pillar. There are text symbols in the shape of oracle bone inscriptions, which are treasures, and she is busy taking pictures of these texts.

She exclaimed while taking pictures: "It's incredible. There are such man-made stone pillars with oracle bone inscriptions carved in the ground more than 2,000 meters deep? Is there a relic of an ancient underground civilization here?"

Li Zhibao is an expert in the study of ancient characters and civilizations. He carefully looked at the remaining characters and symbols, and murmured something in his mouth.

Hu Shengzhe said: "Oracle bone inscriptions are a kind of writing that appeared in the Shang Dynasty. From this point of view, is there a civilization of the ancient Shang Dynasty here?"

Li Zhibao shook his head suddenly and said, "No, these are not oracle bone inscriptions, but more ancient characters than oracle bone inscriptions."

These words made everyone startled, and they looked at Li Zhibao together.

Li Zhibao is an expert in the study of ancient characters. Since he concluded that these are not oracle bone inscriptions, they must not be oracle bone inscriptions. However, if the characters are older than oracle bone inscriptions, they can only come from the Xia Dynasty, which is earlier than the Shang Dynasty.

Zhou Kesheng murmured: "So, it looks like the Xia Dynasty's Xia Zhuan is engraved on it?"

Li Zhibao said in a deep voice, "No, it's a script older than the Xia Zhuan of the Xia Dynasty, and it's from the Yu Shu of the Yu Dynasty."

A look of surprise appeared on Xiao Ling's face. He knew about the Shang Dynasty, and he also knew about the older Xia Dynasty.

According to historical records, Dayu became the emperor because of his merits in water control, which opened the history of the Xia Dynasty.

"Xia" was named after Dayu was conferred the title of "Xia Bo" in Yangdi, and eventually became the name of the country, which is considered to be the beginning of a hereditary dynasty.

But before the Xia Dynasty, Xiao Ling never thought about whether there were older civilizations and dynasties. It was the first time he had heard of the Yu Dynasty and Yu Shu mentioned by Li Zhibao. In his concept, the Xia Dynasty It is already the oldest dynasty and can be said to be the origin of Chinese civilization.