Origin

"Flute? What flute?" Wu Zhongyuan asked curiously.

"A green jade flute with writing on it," Zhao Ying said. "This jade flute was given to his beloved woman as a souvenir by a man who was about to go on an expedition, knowing that he would never return."

"What words are engraved on the flute?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"There is only one sentence," Zhao Ying said. "The translation roughly means 'Beloved princess, see you in the next life.'"

After Zhao Ying finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan frowned in confusion. Before the Qin Dynasty, there was no such title as emperor. The king was the emperor, and the princess was naturally the emperor's woman. How dare this person show his love to the emperor's woman.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Zhao Ying guessed what he was thinking, "The words on the flute are not oracle bones or bronze inscriptions, but the ancient words you asked us to translate before."

After Zhao Ying finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly realized that the ancient writings had been lost during the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and the only people who could write the ancient writings were the warriors who traveled through the past in ancient times.

"Now do you know why he dared to say these treacherous words to the princess?" Zhao Ying asked.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Only the owner of the flute knew this kind of words. This sentence was not so much a confession to the princess as it was said to himself, because the princess who accepted the flute probably did not know the words on the flute. What does the engraved word mean?

"This is the most important clue. Next we just need to follow the clues." Zhao Ying said.

"What exactly is in the altar?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Zhao Ying shook her head, "I don't know, but there is one thing for our reference. After these people broke into the altar, the Sanxingdui people never entered the altar again."

"What does this mean?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.

"It shows that what the people who broke into the altar did destroyed the foundation of Sanxingdui people." Zhao Ying said.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded and then asked, "Have you ever traced the origins of the Sanxingdui people?"

"Have you ever heard of the Aryans?" Zhao Ying asked.

"We think so too." Wu Zhongyuan indirectly answered Zhao Ying's question.

Just as Zhao Ying was about to intervene, Huang Hailin's voice came from not far away, "Found it."

The two stopped talking after hearing this.

Walk towards Huang Hailin.

Huang Hailin stood on the right side of the stone room near the stone wall. He pointed at the stone slabs under his feet and said to everyone, "The mechanism here is also activated by gravity. The three bronze figures are the keys to the door. One of them must stand here." After that, he turned around. Walking towards the middle of the stone room, he stopped at one place and said, "One of you has to stand here."

"But the bronze man is now damaged." Xiao Qin said.

"It doesn't matter, what triggers the mechanism is their own weight, move them over." Huang Hailin said.

Thanks to the large number of people, otherwise it would not be possible to move it. Several people worked together to lift the bronze figure to the corresponding position. The size of the bronze figure lying flat exceeds the size of a single stone slab. There must be a deviation in weight, but the slight deviation in weight does not affect the stimulation. Mechanism, three bronze figures are located in three different locations. The stone slabs in the north-center area of ​​the stone chamber slowly sink, revealing a downward passage.

After the passage was opened, wind blew up from below, and along with the wind came heavy moisture.

Everyone gathered at the entrance of the passage and looked down. They saw that the descending steps were in a spiral shape, and they could not see what was underneath.

"There is probably an underground river below." Xiao Qin said.

When everyone heard the words "underground river", they all frowned secretly. The reason was for no other reason than that there was also an underground river at the bottom of the canyon occupied by monsters in front of them. The presence of an underground river meant that there were probably those who had attacked everyone before. That kind of monster that looks like a devil.

Although I was worried, I had no choice but to go in because there was only this way and no choice.

The descending steps allow two people to walk side by side. Wang Xinran and Huang Hailin walked in the front as usual, followed by Xiao Qin and Yang Yi, and Wu Zhongyuan, Lin Qingming and Zhao Ying walked in the end.

After going down a few meters, the steps turned and the person walking in front suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"Is there light below?" Huang Hailin said.

Wu Zhongyuan was confused when he heard this and wanted to go forward, but Lin Qingming stretched out his hand and pulled him back.

After a brief stagnation, Wang Xinran and Huang Hailin continued to walk down the steps. The steps were very slippery and the moisture below was heavy.

After three turns, the passage reached the end. Before Wu Zhongyuan and others could walk out of the passage, the people in front eagerly stepped back.

Seeing the different expressions on everyone's face, Wu Zhongyuan asked doubtfully, "What's going on outside?"

Wang Xinran waved to him, and Wu Zhongyuan squeezed forward. Wang Xinran pointed his finger in front of his lips and made a silencing gesture to him, then pulled him to move to the exit cautiously.

There is light outside, not very bright but not very dim either. The brightness is like a fifteen-watt light bulb. The light is not a single color, but a strange color.

After moving to the exit, Wu Zhongyuan saw the scene outside. He stared in shock and took a breath of cold air. Outside was a very large underground space, covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. A steep mountain peak was located in the middle area. On the left is a huge lake, which occupies one-fifth of the total area of ​​the underground space. This should be the source of the underground river. The overflowing lake water has many tributaries of different sizes, flowing from left to right into the right side. of cliff. The area of ​​​​the mountains and lakes only accounts for two-fifths of the total area of ​​​​the underground space. The other areas are all flat land with strange vegetation growing on it.

The height of the underground mountain is at least more than 300 meters. There are three entrances from left to right at the bottom of the mountain. The three entrances are far apart from each other. The entrances are all artificially built in the shape of arches. There are no door leaves. Each arch is There is light emitting from inside, the entrance on the far left is red, the entrance in the middle is yellow, and the hole on the right is emitting cyan.

What made Wu Zhongyuan stunned was naturally not the weird light emitted from the three entrances, but the terrifying creatures all over the mountains and plains. There were three kinds of terrifying creatures. Most of the monsters that looked like devils were concentrated around the mountain peaks. There was also a monster that looked seven parts like a wolf. They are three-dimensional human-like creatures with hairless bodies and grayish-white skin. They are about the size of a calf. They are mainly scattered in the flat areas around the mountain peaks.

There is another kind of monster that lives in the water. Only its eyes and part of its head are exposed out of the water. According to the part of the leopard that is exposed out of the water, it looks a bit like a crocodile, but it should be much bigger than a crocodile.

The number of these three types of monsters is hard to count. There must be more than hundreds or even thousands. Thousands is not accurate. It can only be described as everywhere.

After Wu Zhongyuan closed his mouth that was open in shock, Wang Xinran pointed to the top of the mountain.

Wu Zhongyuan followed what Wang Xinran pointed and looked at the top of the mountain. He saw a flat area at the highest point of the mountain. There was a small house there. This small house was round, silver-gray, and covered an area of ​​only a few dozen square meters. The style is somewhat like the Temple of Heaven in the imperial capital, but it is single-story.

After a brief observation, the two retreated, and Zhao Ying and Lin Qingming stepped forward to observe the situation outside.

After observing, everyone slowly retreated. At this time, the entrance above was closed, and everyone could only retreat to the middle of the steps.

No one spoke for a long time, but someone had to break the silence eventually. The person who broke the silence was Wang Xinran, "This is the altar."

No one doubted her statement. This was the altar, and everyone had already arrived at their destination.

"What exactly is this place?" Wang Xinran asked himself.

Although her words seemed contradictory, everyone knew that she was referring to the true purpose of this altar.

"What kind of monsters are these?" Xiao Qin asked, or rather to herself, because she knew very well that no one could answer this question.

"If they are not native creatures, they should all be alien species." Huang Hailin said.

"Why is there a traffic light here?" Yang Yi said with a smile. He was probably the only one who could laugh at this time.

"It's not a traffic light," Wang Xinran shook his head. "The traffic light is red, yellow and green, and here it is red, yellow and green. These are the three primary colors. All colors are formed by the combination of these three colors."

"Where are the three entrances that emit light of different colors?" Yang Yi asked.

No one answered.

"Why are there plants here?" Xiao Qin said.

"There is a small silver-gray house on the top of the mountain. I don't know what it is used for." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"That small house is probably made of pure silver," Huang Hailin said. "Silver will oxidize in a humid environment and its color will change."

"Can I say something?" Zhao Ying asked.

Her words were obviously sarcastic. She was claiming to be a prisoner and was intended to mock everyone.

The lack of permission did not affect Zhao Ying's speech, "Don't you feel like this is like a military camp?"

No one agreed, but no one objected either.

Zhao Ying continued, "These creatures have appeared in the documentary records of three ancient countries, including ancient Egypt. They were domesticated by humans for fighting."

Although no one answered, everyone was waiting for her to continue, but Zhao Ying only said this and there was nothing more to say.

"Hi, beauty, go on," Yang Yi said.

Zhao Ying originally didn't want to continue talking, but after hearing Yang Yi's words, she added, "Have you noticed that these three monsters include the three major arms of the sea, land and air."

After being reminded by Zhao Ying, everyone suddenly realized that the crocodile-like monster could fight in the water, the wolf-like monster could raid on land, and the devil-like monster could fly.

"Don't look at me, I'm done." Zhao Ying shrugged and spread her hands.

After Zhao Ying finished speaking, Lin Qingming said in a deep voice, "Judging from the passes in front, there are only three people coming in to offer sacrifices."

When everyone heard this, they all turned their attention to Lin Qingming's face. Lin Qingming said calmly, "They may not come here to offer sacrifices, but to control these monsters and start a war."

"Control?" Wu Zhongyuan interrupted, "How can a wizard control so many monsters?"

Lin Qingming said, "To herd sheep, you only need to control the leading sheep."

"Did you see the first sheep?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. He knew Lin Qingming, and the last thing Lin Qingming wanted to do was make baseless guesses.

Lin Qingming nodded, "I saw one of them..."