Paintings of Terror

Early the next morning, everyone washed up in a hurry, then queued up to bring breakfast to the big tent, sat on the blankets and continued to analyze the four petroglyphs.

This time Weidong separated the four petroglyphs and projected one on the screen each time.

The feeling of desperation and depression was indeed reduced a lot, but it didn't disappear completely, but it was barely within the range that everyone could bear.

Except for the petroglyphs on side A that they had seen in detail yesterday, everyone observed the three petroglyphs of BCD in turn for a long time. Most of the pictures were weird and obscure. The creepy fear came.

Seeing that everyone couldn't draw any conclusions for a while, Shao Ling went to the computer and sat down, and while operating the screen with the mouse, he said: "When thinking is chaotic, the most effective way is to generalize first and then generalize.

"We don't need to summarize these four paintings, each painting is a category in itself, so what we can do now is to summarize a concise central idea for these four paintings.

"Let's talk about the petroglyphs on side A first. We have carefully analyzed them yesterday, and for the time being, we have set the theme of them as sacrificial rituals or witchcraft rituals.

"The rock murals on side B are a bit messy in content, probably the one with the most icons among the several paintings. I focused on the overall structure of this painting just now, and I didn't find anything similar to the rock murals on side A. There is a regular icon layout, no circles, and no signs of distribution by icon category. I wonder if you have any other discoveries about this petroglyph?"

"I found that there seem to be many animals in this painting," Luo Xie replied, raising his hand, "Maybe it's because I like animals very much. Their image and behavior are particularly characteristic of some animals."

"Yes, some of the icons here look like creatures in the sea," Fang Fei said.

"And there seem to be many plants and mountains and rivers." Yue Cen added.

"From this point of view, as we guessed before, it is very possible that the wall engraving on the rock platform is a part of the lost original map of mountains and seas." Qin Ci said, "Could it be that what the rock wall on side B shows is the mountains and seas?" The nature of the world?"

"Very likely." Shao Ling and Hua Jiqiu agreed.

"Dongzi, what did you find?" Ke Xun noticed that Weidong had been using another laptop computer with his eyebrows furrowed and his head bowed.

"I feel that some of the symbols on the petroglyphs on side B are somewhat similar to the mountains and seas on our bones..." Weidong said without stopping, "I want to compare the two, but it may take a long time time……"

"Go ahead, don't worry about anything else, leave it to us." Ke Xun patted him on the back.

Shao Ling continued: "For now, let's regard the rock paintings on side B as a description of natural scenery, and its theme is first set as 'creatures'.

"Let's look at the rock paintings on side C. The rock paintings on side C should be regarded as the weirdest and most terrifying of the several paintings.

"If the rock paintings on side A are suspected to be sacrificial symbols that appear as humanoid creatures, their limbs, necks, and even torsos have been forcibly broken, showing a strange dead state, then side C All the icons in petroglyphs that embody living organisms are not depicted in a state that is alive at all.

"I don't know whether it's my preconceived ideas or other reasons. In my opinion, although the icons on the rock paintings on side C are no different from the similar icons on the rock paintings on side B, I don't know why. I just feel that the pictures on the rock paintings on side C Talisman was filled with a thick dead air.

"Every icon has no life, even if it looks like walking, it looks like a walking dead, showing a daze and numbness. I don't know if you feel this way? Or do you have a different opinion?"

"I feel the same way." Luo Kuo nodded again and again, "Maybe because I have kept many kinds of animals at home since I was a child, and I am very sensitive to the tiny emotions they reveal. Of course, Dead objects like icons may be different from animals, but I don’t know where these icons can exude a particularly depressing and hopeless atmosphere... Hey, I seem to be a little affected by these pictures again I'm so bewitched, I feel very uncomfortable... Sister Qingqing, lend me your oxygen tank to breathe for a while..."

"Have you noticed?" Qin Ci has the meticulousness of being a doctor, "on the upper part of the rock painting on the C side, these icons seem to have their heads up, but on the lower part, they all have their heads down. If If the upper part of the icon is just blank and stiff, then the lower part of the icon is numb and tired, like withered and dry grass."

"Perhaps this is to express the class level?" Shao Ling pondered, "The upper part is the upper class, and the lower part is the lower class?"

"But all the symbols on this petroglyph don't seem to be alive," Ke Xun said. "Could it be that dead creatures are also divided into classes?"

This made Shao Ling choke, and said for a while: "If there is anything that is fairest in this world, it is death. Therefore, there is no distinction between high and low death."

"Then this is not the class hierarchy of expression?" Ke Xun said, "Look, there is still the 'protagonist' with eyes in the rock painting on side C, and it is also looking up. Do you think it is observing what?"

"Maybe what you are observing is the invisible thing in the rock painting on side A." Yue Cen said.

"So what is the theme of this painting?" Hua Jiqiu pondered, "Is it death? Is it observation? Or numbness?"

"Maybe life is better than death." Ke Xun spread his hands, "I just said it casually. When I looked at these icons, this word suddenly popped up in my mind."

"Let's call it 'death' for the time being." Shao Ling said, "Next is the rock mural on face D. There are some symbols on it that look like water ripples. I think it is relatively easy to understand. They occupy the entire rock wall. In most of the space, although the symbols representing living beings have no facial features, judging from their body language and the atmosphere revealed by the entire graphic, they are very frightening and painful, and the entire rock painting is covered by this doomsday-like fear. The feeling is full, and it looks shocking.

"We could make the subject of this painting 'The Flood'.

"So now we come to the themes of these four paintings: sacrifice or witchcraft, life, death, flood.

"I think the sequence of these four petroglyphs should be like this: Life, Flood, Death, and Prayer.

"The reason for this order is based on the speculation made by the great flood in ancient times. In fact, the 'creatures' here, I think, reflect the prosperity of all living beings at that time. There are all kinds of landscapes, animals, There are so many types of plants that the other three paintings do not have.

"Then there was a great flood, that is, the great flood that Gun and Yu had been controlling for more than 20 years. Of course, the great flood brought a lot of deaths, so there was a sacrificial act to pray for the heaven to stop the water and save the flood. Undead. What do you guys think?"

Hua Jiqiu thought about it and said: "I have a slightly different idea from Xiao Shao's. I think the order is flood, death, prayer, and sentient beings—I think it's closer to change 'living beings' to 'living beings'.

"After the great flood in ancient times, it brought a large number of deaths of humans and animals. The ancients who believed in the power of ghosts and gods carried out sacrificial activities, praying for the water to recede, praying for the blessing of the heavens, and more likely praying for gods and men from the sky to help mankind.

"Therefore, there was Dayu in the world, and Dayu controlled the water, and then all living beings prospered."

"Although the two conjectures on the order of the rock paintings are somewhat different, I think this idea is correct when these four rock carvings are placed in the historical background of Dayu's flood control." Qin Ci said, "In this way, the four rock carvings The content of the performance has basically been connected in series.”

"To sum it up, it is to tell the reason for the sacrifice, the process of the sacrifice, the result of the sacrifice, or the expected result of the sacrifice." Zhu Haowen said.

Hua Jiqiu nodded: "This is in line with all the elements of the witch prayer drawing."

"Then tell me, is Dayu engraved on these four rock carvings?" Li Xiaochun asked.

Luo Kuo pointed to the "protagonist" icon and said, "I think he is Dayu."

"If he is Dayu, then these petroglyphs will have some historical evidence." Shao Ling said, "Dayu traveled all over the world and saw all kinds of strange birds and beasts, demons and monsters—this is reflected in this rock painting on side B. Subject: living beings, or living beings;

"Then the theme 'flood' embodied in D's petroglyphs occurred. As we all know, the flood was governed by Dayu;

"Followed by the 'death' of the C petroglyphs, after the flood, the people were devastated, which is an unavoidable loss;

"Finally, this sacrificial prayer may be after the Jiuding was cast—don't forget, the tripod is also a sacrificial vessel. The bones on our bodies are composed of ghost writing, and the petroglyphs on the rock wall are also composed of ghost writing. What is cast on the top is a map of mountains and seas composed of ghost texts—obviously, this sacrificial prayer is inseparable from ghost texts, Jiuding, and "The Map of Mountains and Seas."

"Then take a quick look, can you find Jiuding on the rock painting on side A that represents worship?" Ke Xun asked hurriedly.

Shao Ling switched the projection screen to the petroglyphs on side A, and a group of people stared hard at the screen to search.

However, his eyes were almost blinded, and he still couldn't find the icon that looked like a tripod.

"Could it be that the shape of Jiuding is different from that of ordinary tripods?" Gu Qingqing said, "After all, there is no historical material that records the shape of Jiuding in detail."

"It's possible to say that, maybe Jiuding's shape is as square as that rock platform." Ke Xun said.

"Doesn't all tripods have three legs? Is a tripod without three legs still called a tripod?" Li Xiaochun said.

"No, the tripod may not have only three legs," Hua Jiqiu said, "Simuwu Fang Ding has four legs."

"Fang Ding..." Ke Xun stroked his chin and pondered, "The rock platform is also square, could it be that there are four legs under it, buried deeply in the ground?"

This remark made people's eyes shine, and they all said, "It's very possible!"

"Comrades!" Wei Dong suddenly called out, "The comparison between the bone-phase mountain and sea map and the rock painting on side B has a preliminary result!"

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly gathered around him, and all looked at the computer screen in the direction of his finger.

"I took out a small part of the picture of mountains and seas in bone phase," Wei Dong gestured, "Look, these parts are the outline of a certain mountain. Look at this picture again. This picture is from the rock mural on side B. Part of the icons, after they are connected - see it, is it somewhat similar to the outline of this mountain?

"Of course, this is only an approximation, and many details are different, but I think these two mountains are probably the same mountain!

"For example, this is like two painters with the same painting style. If they paint the same mountain, the paintings they draw will definitely be different. The two pictures we see come from different carriers. , this is the case, so I think they all show the same mountain, but they are portrayed by different painters or craftsmen."

"Weidong's discovery is very important," Shao Ling nodded. "This progress proves that the drawings on the rock wall are part of the map of mountains and seas. The map of Jiuding mountains and seas on our bones and the mountains and seas on this rock platform The picture is just like two parts of a piece of Jue, and when they are put together, it is the most authentic and complete authentic "Mountain and Sea Picture"!"

"Then here comes the question," Ke Xun said, "What is the relationship between this rock platform and Jiuding? They both have half of the "Mountain and Sea Map" on their bodies. Does it mean that they need to be combined to trigger the final step? Now that there is no trace of Jiuding, we who have the bones of Jiuding are equivalent to Jiuding, right? Could it be that... in the end, we really need to integrate ourselves with this rock platform?"