A hunting adventure [unlimited]

They did not cross the stream to get close to the gigantic pyramid. Although the vines only grow on the rock wall, no one dared to take the risk; The thirst that choked the throat did not touch the water.

Lin Qi accidentally tripped and fell, he looked down and said, "I seem to have found the remains of an animal."

As he spoke, he bent down and dug up the sand at his feet, digging out the skeleton of a long-dead mammal; bacteria and enzymes had already decomposed it completely, and the incomplete white bones dried under the sand layer.

This is the first mammal they found on planet Ciel-t45, which is of great research value.He Anli leaned over and looked at it, and said, "The skeleton is like a small cat, let's put it together first."

She was not very interested in animals, and Arthur died again, so the bone had to be brought back to the ship.

Yu Zhen, on the other hand, had no time to pay attention to Lin Qi's new discovery. He was completely shocked by the magnificent scene in front of him - even a layman like him knows that such a complex and delicate relief mural with such an area and height, if it is built only by manpower, I'm afraid it will take centuries to complete.

The stone pagoda is made up of tens of thousands of dark rocks stacked and carved in layers. The bottom edge is surrounded by green vines, and the height of each layer decreases in turn; The height of the first floor has been reduced to 40 meters, and the relief patterns and characters tend to be more refined and dense in terms of visual effect.

A stone step was built in the center of the four sloping walls of the building, forming four ladders leading directly to the top of the tower and extending to the desert on the surface; beside the steps on the seventh-to-last floor of the stone tower, a tall dark door opened.

Looking at it from a distance, they were already intimidated by the size of the stone tower, and when Wuma walked out of that door, they realized that human beings are really as small as ants to it.

Taking Wuma's height as a comparison, the door is at least 6 meters high and 2 meters wide; but looking at the whole building, the door is just a small ventilation hole on its body, just like the eyeball between the eyebrows of a giant beast.

Humans on Earth 7000 years ago would never have been able to complete such a vast and magnificent project, but the aborigines of Ciel-t45 had mastered super-high construction levels and technologies in ancient times.

Wuma stepped out from the inside of the stone pagoda, his blond hair made him flutter down along the stone steps like a moving golden feather, and soon returned to the ground.

He Anli didn't have time to pay attention to the animal bones anymore. She looked at Wuma's figure, her eyes became envious and regretful, "I wish I could go in..."

Lin Qi harvested the animal's bones into a bundle, and comforted her, "There is a chance, teacher."

The distance between them and the stone pagoda seemed not far away, but Wuma walked for 15 minutes.

When crossing the stream, Yu Zhen saw a box in his hand, made of stone, engraved with grid-like dense patterns, like words, and like special buttons... It is indescribable, and there is no similar thing. something to compare.

Wuma walked in front of them non-stop, his footsteps were fast, but his expression was as calm as usual, he didn't need to struggle to breathe; he handed the box to He Anli, and said softly: "We found them."

Yu Zhen touched Wuma's chest, there was a heartbeat; but it was just a heartbeat, a basic imitation of the physiological state of the human body, not a real heart.

He Anli took the stone box and stroked its cool and moist corners. When her fingertips touched the bumpy dense lines, they glowed green like an aurora.

Lin Qi asked: "Teacher, what are these?"

There was a green light in He Anli's eyes, and he said, "It's like a password..."

Wuma regretted that no one understood his first sentence, and added: "I have already opened the box, and there is nothing inside, but I found other things to put in."

When He Anli heard the words and opened the stone box, his eyes were fixed for a moment, "This is..."

Yu Zhen glanced at the contents of the box, and his eyes were deeply attracted—there was a human palm inside.

The structure of the hand, the length of the phalanx, the nails... It is obviously a complete human left hand, and it is quite huge. It is a bluish corpse gray, and there is no sign of decay after a long time of death. The skin maintains its proper moisture and texture.The owner of the hand should be a middle-aged man over 2.3m tall, who has worked for a long time, and his palm is covered with thick calluses that have been honed over the years.

Lin Qi asked: "Are there any human beings who have arrived here before us?"

No wonder Lin Qi would ask such a question.

Human beings have always been very creative in imagining extraterrestrial creatures and races. Whether it is fake news and photos, or fictional works related to space, aliens always have exaggerated blue, green or other different-colored skin and facial features. Either integrate insects and marine life, or enlarge the proportion of facial features on the basis of human beings.

In short, be sure to achieve the effect of looking like an alien.

And this hand is so ordinary that people can't immediately think that it belongs to an alien race.

But unless the history of human space exploration has been tampered with, it is impossible for someone to discover this planet earlier than them.

"No..." He Anli didn't directly touch the corpse's hand, she held the stone box and said in a trembling voice, "This is the race that once lived on this planet, and it may be one of the builders of this sacrificial tower. "

Yu Zhen touched his chin and said, "It's amazing."

In fact, since he saw this giant forest, he speculated that the aborigines of Ciel-t45 were giants. It seems that the new discovery supports his conjecture.

Yu Zhen asked Wuma: "Why isn't this hand rotten? What's it like inside the stone pagoda?"

The animal corpses in this forest are only bones, but the human hands brought out from the stone tower are as fresh as new corpses. It is reasonable to suspect that there is another mystery in the stone tower.

Wuma said: "Like a tomb, it's very dark and full of corpses. For unknown reasons, none of the corpses have rotted; the physiological structure of this race is the same as that of humans, but the body is extremely tall. Even if I recite it, we can't get it The whole body was transported back to the ground, so I cut a palm and brought it to you as a sample for genetic testing. There is this stone box on the round platform in the middle. It is empty inside, but the tray on which it is placed I made a map and I wrote it down."

Yu Zhen was dissatisfied and said, "Why didn't you cut off his head? At least let us see what he looks like."

Wuma: "No head, there are tens of thousands of corpses inside, none of them have heads."

Yu Zhen imagining that scene, couldn't help but shudder, and smacked his tongue: "Wow, how long have they been dead?"

Wuma: "More than 3000 years, or longer."

Lin Qi has a master's degree in chemistry, and corpse embalming technology is his specialty. He looked at He Anli and said, "Corpse corruption is caused by the proliferation of bacteria after the body dies, and the autolysis reaction with the biological enzymes released by the cells; The external environment is absolutely sterile, so that the corpse can be preserved for thousands of years."

"'Theoretically' means almost impossible.To achieve long-term anti-corrosion at our technological level, there are three methods: low-temperature freezing, plastination of the human body, and injection of chemical drugs, but I am sure that this hand has not undergone any chemical treatment.Therefore, either the temperature in the stone tower is lower than minus 196 degrees Celsius, and the corpse is stored at ultra-low temperature; or the composition of the air inside is different from that of the outside world, which can inhibit the reproduction of bacteria and the activity of biological enzymes. "

Wuma said: "The latter is more likely, but no matter what the situation is, you are not suitable to go in."

Yu Zhen always felt that when Wuma said these words, her posture was arrogant; although those golden eyes concealed her emotions perfectly, Yu Zhen felt that kind of condescension and contempt for the weak.

Anyway, Yu Zhen really didn't want to go in, so he changed the topic: "Isn't this a temple? There are no statues in it, only corpses?—Didn't we dig up other people's ancestral graves?"

He Anli closed the stone box and said: "If my inference is correct, this is a religious building. The "people" who died are believers who should perform sacrificial rituals, or human sacrifices, such as slaves and prisoners of war; The head is one of the steps of the ritual, and their skulls are probably buried in another place. "

In the era of gods and witches, human beings often held sacrifice ceremonies to massacre their own kind, and the process was barbaric and cruel.He Anli's inference is based on the history of human development on Earth, but it is not unreasonable; after all, the aborigines of planet Ciel-t45 are very similar to humans in terms of physical structure and spiritual level.

The style of this stone tower can also find ancient buildings with similar shapes in the existing civilization relics on the earth continent, such as Egyptian pyramids and Mayan temples; so it is difficult for people not to guess the relationship between the aborigines of Ciel-t45 and the earth humans. Inextricably linked.

"...It's nothing new." Yu Zhen shook his head, "I can't stand such barbaric things."

"That's right." Wuma stared at the stone box and smiled lightly, "It's boring."

Yu Zhen pretended to take a sneak peek at Wuma. He was more concerned about whether the cyborg lied than the alien's folklore history. For example, is there really nothing in the box?

The only person who can enter the stone pagoda is Wuma, and he couldn't do anything easier.

But is there anything worth Wuma hiding and not telling them?

This time Yu Zhen was really at a loss.Human behavior is predictable because people have feelings and desires, motives and purposes, values ​​and personalities.

So does Wuma have these?Does he have likes and dislikes?Does he have anything he wants to do besides obeying orders?How does Wuma see the world?Could he love or hate someone?

Yu Zhen found out that she knew nothing about Wuma.It is very dangerous that you don't know anything about the people you get along with or even trust. In Yu Zhen's eyes, this kind of danger far exceeds the threat posed by unknown creatures and viruses.

His peeking unknowingly turned into an upright "staring", Wuma seemed to be suspicious of him, and asked him caringly: "Do you have something to say to me?"

Not guilty, Yu Zhen turned his head indifferently and said, "I think you look good."

Wuma said: "Thank you."

He Anli's communicator seemed to respond. She listened silently for a minute, extracted information from the intermittent signal, and said: "Yue Hai said that the Dune is about to land, and we won't be able to enter the stone tower for a while. Go back to the ground."

On the way back, Lin Qi picked up other remains in the woods, which were small animals of the same type. These bones had existed when they came, but the light was dim, and they were regarded as dead branches buried in the sand.

When he reached the starting point, the fire Wuma lit for him was still burning.Yu Zhen poured out the fire with his hands in his hands, and when he turned his head, he saw Lin Qi squatting beside Leina's body, holding a cross on his forehead, and praying for her with his eyes closed.

Yu Zhen finds it ridiculous, but the reality has always been like this. People who are on the verge of crime with dirty ideas may also be a devout religious person in private; people are actually quite unpredictable.

What can he say, he chose to share a rope with Wuma.

The tree hole twists and turns, the slope is steep, and the process of climbing up is more difficult than expected.

10 minutes down, 3 hours up.

When he finally saw the light of dawn, Yu Zhen's hands and feet were softened into noodles. The place where they fell, the surrounding sand had flowed away, turning into a big sunken hole in the sand.

He climbed on the edge of the sandpit, one last step away, unable to use any strength; fortunately Wuma didn't have the problem of physical exertion, and pulled him up steadily, his soft blond hair was slightly disheveled by the morning wind.

Yu Zhen lay in the desert, breathing freely to calm her heartbeat.

"Lie down in another position, it's not safe here." Wuma kindly reminded him.

"I can't move, so carry me on your back." Yu Zhen said, he was almost out of breath, so he didn't care if he was delicate or not.

Wuma's answer is always: "Yes."

The ruins of the landing pod were still burning, and a plume of black smoke floated in the rising sun.

Yu Zhen was placed on a small leeward slope, Yue Hai and Zao Chuan were contacting the Dune to keep up with the landing situation, while He Anli and Lin Qi sat on the other side to study the stone box brought out from the ground.

Yu Zhen was hungry, tired and sleepy, so he didn't bother to talk to anyone, just leaned on Wuma and closed his eyes to rest.

It's a pity that he rested for less than half an hour when he was woken up by Lin Qi's screams and He Anli's panicked voice——

Yu Zhen opened his eyes uncomfortably, he was lying in Wuma's arms, his dry lips and the tip of his nose could feel the other person's breath; Wuma let him rest on his left arm, and gently embraced him with his right hand, to stop him. It made him get up immediately.

"What's wrong?" Yu Zhen instantly woke up.

His angle of view was tilted, and he saw Lin Qi covering his head and rolling in the sand, causing the wind and sand to blow up, excruciating pain, screaming for help: "Teacher...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"—Lin Qi!"

He Anli was dragged aside by Yue Hai and Hayakawa together, and she was not allowed to approach.

After the accident last night, how dare they touch people with abnormalities at will, Hayakawa persuaded He Anli: "Doctor! Don't touch him!"

Two minutes ago they were doing their own things, but suddenly Lin Qi fell down clutching his head, complaining that he had a headache, and then moaning/groaning turned into roaring; seeing that the symptoms were different, Yue Hai and Hayakawa hurriedly pulled He Anli away.

Lin Qi's facial skin turned blue, and the veins on his head burst out, which were quite similar to Arthur's symptoms of infection.

Infect?when?Where Lin Qi has been, he has also been...

Yu Zhen had a bad premonition, and pushed Wuma's arm away to sit up, but was pushed back by the other party——

"Hush..." Wuma hugged him from behind, wrapped his broad shoulders in his arms, and tightened his wrists, whispering in his ear, "...be quiet."

They were farthest apart, and could indeed watch quietly.

Yu Zhen didn't even have time to pay attention to Wuma's toughness and domineering attitude. He focused on Lin Qi; he saw that Lin Qi's head seemed to be stretched out of shape by the swelling of unknown objects in his brain, and his facial features were distorted and swollen, like a deformed head with a huge head. Son.

That head looked like an over-inflated balloon, or a watermelon that had been blown apart, with bloody red flesh splashing out after the explosion!

Yu Zhen was shocked by the horrifying scene, his eyelashes trembled slightly - as if blood had splashed on his eyelids.

A living person turned into a headless corpse in a blink of an eye, and fell to the ground with a crash!

He Anli let out a scream of collapse, kneeling with limp legs, and the four arms that blocked her turned into supports; Yue Hai and Hayakawa stared at Lin Qi's corpse, unable to recover, no one understood what happened in this short half hour, What kind of thing caused the companion's skull to mutate and explode.

They haven't touched the vines in the ground, is there more than one source of infection?Yu Zhen thought of the giant forest, those animal bones, that stone box...what went wrong?

Will he and He Anli be next?

All the living people felt the fear that had nowhere to escape and was everywhere. The ubiquitous infection and tragic death almost drove people crazy.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine."

Next to Yu Zhen's ear, Wuma put his arms around him, and said affectionately: "Now, you don't have to be afraid of people looking at you."

The author has something to say:

Shoulder hurts, please update QAQ earlier

Wuma has a dark heart, perfectly inheriting the bad side of little Du Zhuer.