forest developer

Chapter 205 Tribal Ruins
Probably because the time when the ancestors of the Gus tribe came here was too long ago. Even the once prosperous tribe disappeared without a trace under the erosion of the years.

The two of them searched for a long time, but found nothing.

Just when he was about to give up, Dujuan's call came from not far away: "Zikai, come and have a look, there is a cave here."

Ling Zikai hurried over.

At some point, Du Juan climbed on a cliff five or six meters above the ground, and was waving towards him.

Ling Zikai shouted curiously: "How did you climb up?"

Du Juan pointed to the right side of the cliff and shouted: "There is a road over there."

Following Du Juan's guidance, Ling Zikai found a stone step with traces of artificial excavation on the rock wall.

This passage was originally covered by weeds, but when Rhododendron climbed up, some grass was removed, revealing the hidden steps.

Due to the age, those stone steps have been damaged and covered with thick moss. When stepping on them, they will slip and fall if they are not careful.

Ling Zikai almost used both hands and feet to climb up.

I saw that on the top of the cliff, there was still a cliff.

Between the cliff and the cliff is a stone crevice more than 30 meters long.

In the middle of the stone crevice, a triangular-shaped cave is exposed, about five meters wide, and the highest point is more than three meters.

After Ling Zikai came up, Du Juan pointed to the cave and said, "I've been to this cave before, and there's a big stone hall inside. Shall we go in and have a look?"

"Is there anything in it?"

"There is nothing, but judging from the cave wall, some places have been excavated before."

"Since we're here, let's go in and have a look!"

After entering the cave and walking forward for more than ten meters, the light obviously dimmed.

Du Juan lit a pine branch that he did not know when he picked it up, and then continued to walk inside.

The cave was about 50 meters deep, and then a large stone hall appeared.

The stone hall is more than 40 meters long from north to south, more than 30 meters wide from east to west, and the dome is more than 20 meters high. There should be no problem in accommodating hundreds of people.

Inside the cave, soil and rocks are scattered.

Du Juan did not stop, but continued to walk inside.

After passing through the stone hall, turn left and there is another side hole, which looks like it was dug out by hand. It is more than twenty meters long, six or seven meters wide, and about five or six meters high.The walls of the cave are relatively flat, and the lines and corners after excavation are mottled.

At the end of the hole, on the wall about two meters above the ground, several small holes more than one meter deep and facing each other were dug.

There are traces of smoke and fire on the wall of the small cave, and it seems that it may be a stone niche for worshiping gods and the like.

The two carefully searched every corner of the cave, but they couldn't find any clues, and they couldn't help being disappointed.

Even though this cave was the place where the ancestors of the Gus tribe lived, it is not a hidden place because of its geographical location.In the long years, I don't know how many people have come in. Even if there is something left, it should have been picked up long ago. How can it be left until now.

Ling Zikai habitually released his ancestral consciousness and scanned the entire cave, but still found nothing.

Just when he was about to give up, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be some patterns engraved on the top of the surrounding cave walls.

With a thought in his heart, he examined it carefully.

After a closer look, he really found some clues.

Sure enough, this pattern was engraved on the wall of the cave.

After the intaglio was completed, those patterns were painted with some reddish-brown pigments made of unknown raw materials.

Due to the age, some places have fallen off, and it looks mottled and incomplete.

Generally speaking, those petroglyphs are very abstract, adopting a flat modeling method, with very simple lines, no details, and most of them do not draw facial features.

And there are many kinds of graphics, including natural scenery such as the sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers, trees and flowers, birds and animals, as well as objects such as wheels and vehicles, knives, axes, bows and arrows, as well as mysterious objects such as gods and earth, primitive numbers, handprints and footprints, etc. symbol.

It looks weird, with different faces, childish and rough, simple and complex, yet changeable.It is often some individual images that are not related to each other. Even if they make up a picture, they are the overlapping of graphics.

After reading it for a while, Ling Zikai couldn't understand the meaning of the records.I can only guess that it should record the stories and life scenes that happened that year.

"Sister, are there some petroglyphs engraved on it?"

After watching for a while, Ling Zikai withdrew his consciousness and said to Du Juan.

"where is it?"

Du Juan looked around, but did not find the rock paintings Ling Zikai mentioned.

Ling Zikai pointed upwards and said, "It's on the top of the cave walls on both sides!"

However, the ground in the cave wall carved with petroglyphs is more than four meters high, and the light from the pine branches in Du Juan's hands cannot reach the top at all, so no matter how wide Du Juan's eyes are, he can't see the scene on the top.

Seeing Du Juan's helpless look, Ling Zikai said: "Sister, there are many pictures engraved on it, which look a bit nonsensical, and I don't know what they mean. Otherwise, I'll copy them for you on the ground!"

As Ling Zikai said, he picked up a sharp stone from the ground, and while looking at the petroglyphs on the wall with his consciousness, he copied it on the ground with the stone.

The dust accumulated on the ground was thick and somewhat loose. Ling Zikai compacted it with his hands first, and after smoothing it, he began to carve it with the sharp corner of the stone.

Although Ling Zikai is not good at painting, but fortunately, the patterns on the stone wall are reflected in his mind, and after copying the gourd in his hand, it is somewhat similar.

After nearly half an hour of painting, Ling Zikai still tried to pick out some simple and representative patterns to copy, and almost filled half of the cave floor.

While watching Ling Zikai's painting, Du Juan kept thinking, trying hard to connect those individual shapes.Sometimes he nodded as if he had realized something, and sometimes he frowned and shook his head, expressing that he was a little hard to understand.

After Ling Zikai finished painting, he stood quietly on the side, watching Du Juan concentrating on the pattern on the ground without disturbing her.

After Du Juan finished reading all the patterns on the ground, he asked Ling Zikai, "Have you drawn all the patterns?"

Ling Zikai smiled wryly, and said: "Sister, there are at least tens of thousands of patterns on it, how could I draw them all in such a short time? I guess I don't even have half of them. But those seem more important The pictures should be here."

Du Juan looked at the densely packed patterns on the ground, pondered for a long time, and seemed to have some insight, picked up a stone, and drew a few lines on the ground, seeing that the seemingly chaotic patterns were divided into several areas, and then looked at it again. After a while, he said: "If I'm not mistaken, these rock paintings should record some historical development process of the ancestors of the Gus tribe. Moreover, they are also closely related to the great ancestor gods!"

Ling Zikai was refreshed when he heard the words, and said, "Sister, come and listen to me."

(End of this chapter)