looking for hell

Chapter 142

Although the overhead miner's lamp can only illuminate a small part of the scene in front of them, it is enough for the two of them to confirm that this is not a natural underground waterway, but artificial.

The waterway is no less than three meters high, and has a circular arch shape, with gurgling water underneath.

The water quality is clear. Looking at the bottom of the water with the light, the underwater rocks are washed by the water to form layers of cloud patterns. It is impossible to know the earliest appearance of the bottom of the waterway.

Contrary to the bottom of the water, the arched water channel above the water surface is very flat and smooth, and there are still traces of petroglyphs on it.

Yun Qianfeng took out the lighter in the waterproof bag, lit the fire, and made sure that the flame was burning normally. Then he climbed up the waterway with Luo Linna, stood up, and found that it was almost the same as Yun Qianfeng's judgment. The river is even more gentle, and the water depth is about a little above the knee.

The two adjusted the overhead miner's lamp to astigmatism, so that although the irradiation distance was short, they could have a panoramic view of the entire arched waterway.

They found that, except below the height line of water potential fluctuations, the petroglyphs on it are relatively complete.

The most surprising thing is that the petroglyphs inside the arc-shaped waterway are integrated, taking the entire waterway as a complete canvas.

This achieves a very weird immersion effect.

Luo Linna's attainments in art far surpassed Yun Qianfeng's, she said in surprise:

"It's amazing. The painter made these petroglyphs based on the scenery in his memory and the center of the waterway as his observation position at that time. We can see what the author saw when we walked here. Although the painter Rough, and the color is a little monotonous, but it doesn't affect what you see he sees."

Yun Qianfeng looked at the murals. The colors are basically brown, red, orange and purple-black. Mountains, grasslands, elands, ostriches, elephants, giraffes, etc. are composed of these simple colors. With rough technology, a It is only vivid and extraordinary.

Luo Linna pulled out the saber dagger at her waist and came to the rock painting, and gently scraped the various colors with the tip of the knife, then twisted the scraped stone powder with her hands, sniffed it with her nose, and finally licked it with the tip of her tongue. After a moment, he shook his head and sighed:

"Purple black is a pigment made by grinding crystals containing manganese chloride, red is a mixture of animal blood and fat, and brown is a powder of iron oxide ore.

The outlines of mountains and animals are obviously painted with fingers, and traces of fingerprints can be seen at the pauses in many positions. The grasslands are painted with bird feathers dipped in paint, and the hairs of animals are painted with round brushes tied into animal hairs. Paint it on. "

Yun Qianfeng did not have Luo Linna's ability to distinguish paints and observe painting methods, but Yun Qianfeng also knew a little about this kind of paint production and painting methods.

"In other words, the petroglyphs here are prehistoric rock paintings."

Rolina nodded and said:
"That's right, the paintings here are from the time when the vegetation in the Sahara Desert was lush, that is to say, these rock paintings are at least 1 years old."

Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was in the humid period of the Cambrian period. It was a plain full of tropical plants, and the animals and plants were full of vitality. Compared with the desert that is called the sea of ​​death today, people can't help but feel this The shock and desolation of the vicissitudes of the land.

No one can understand why the primitive painters more than 1 years ago painted such magnificent colors in such a waterway.

Yun Qianfeng and Luo Linna studied for a while, but they only came up with two possibilities.

First: idle.

Second: This may not have been a waterway in the first place.

The two of them waded in the knee-high water and went upstream.

For the safety of their feet, they had to take off their flippers and put on hiking boots, allowing the cold water to flow down the uppers into the shoes, making their feet uncomfortable and tight.

It is difficult to travel against the current, which makes their forward speed very slow, which also allows them to see the surrounding petroglyphs clearly.

The two walked side by side, one on the left and one on the right, with two astigmatism miner's lamps clearly illuminating three or four meters in front of them.

Not long after walking, human traces began to appear in the petroglyphs of this complete view.

None of them had clothes, some held spears, irregular shields, some held zip line stones, and some even had only a short, sharp stone knife in their hands, hunting those huge beasts.

Luo Linna was immediately attracted by the characters on the rock painting, hurriedly waded through the water and walked a few steps, looked closely for a long time, and then said:
"This petroglyph is very realistic. Judging from the size comparison of these hunters with elephants and bison, these people are extremely tall and strong, especially their limbs are extremely thick, and their head circumference is much larger than that of modern people. If I guess correctly , these people should be Neanderthals."

Yun Qianfeng was taken aback. He knew about Neanderthals. After all, the genes of modern people with hypertensive cerebral infarction came from the genes of Neanderthals.

Of course, in prehistoric times, this gene was not only a disease, but also an advantage.

This gene allowed the strong Neanderthals to dare to hold stone knives and hard steel large beasts, because ordinary injuries would not cause them to bleed profusely, but would stop the bleeding quickly because of the strong coagulation gene.

"Aren't Neanderthals fossilized in Europe?"

Rolina shook her head and said:
"Neanderthals are found all over the world, just like Heidelbergers in Africa are also found all over the world, so there is the concept of "big Neanderthals". I have collected many skeleton fossils of hominids, Only Neanderthals can have such a strong and tall physique. It is hard to imagine that these petroglyphs were drawn by Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago. Not very strange."

Yun Qianfeng smiled and shook his head, saying:

"People with cameras rarely take pictures of themselves in the landscape, and the authors of petroglyphs may not necessarily be Neanderthals."

Luo Linna disagreed, saying:

"Then do you think a modern Homo sapiens can live among a group of Neanderthals?"

Yun Qianfeng was noncommittal and said:
"I can't be sure, but the painter must not see himself in the eyes, which is undeniable."

The two of them didn't delay the trip too much, they argued while walking, and of course they couldn't explain who was right and who was wrong.

Because no one can prove whether Neanderthals made the paintings.

This made Luo Linna feel that Yun Qianfeng didn't respect science and was messing around.

And Yun Qianfeng enjoyed the result of making Luo Linna angry.

However, Yun Qianfeng soon stopped enjoying it, because the fairy-like woman in front of her saw Yun Qianfeng's slight expression, so she smiled disdainfully:

"Yun Qianfeng, do you know that you act like a childish teenager? According to psychologists, when you enter puberty and start to make a girl angry for no reason, it proves that you are in love with her.

Yun Qianfeng, I warn you, don't fall in love with me, because I don't like men. "

insult!Yun Qianfeng felt a great humiliation, but he couldn't find a way to deny Luo Linna's words, because he also knew this common sense of psychology.

So he chose silence to be golden, quickened his pace and walked in front of Luo Linna, ignoring her.

But in fact, the silent Yun Qianfeng felt turbulent in his heart, all because of Luo Lina's words.

"What's going on? Why do I have an inexplicable emotion towards this annoying woman, like attraction, but this attraction makes me a little scared, how is this possible? I am satisfied with Shuying, and Shuying is definitely the object of my obsession, why do I have such a mixed feeling of conflict and fear of my first love for Luo Linna?"

Luo Linna behind him was no calmer than Yun Qianfeng, and she was also full of wind and thunder.

"No one has ever been able to affect my emotions so easily, let alone make me angry, even argue with him like a child, this is not me, I am not such a person. Why is this? No, it is impossible, I cannot like it A man! This is absolutely impossible! But, why is this?"

In this way, the two people who seemed to be familiar with the activity just now fell into the state when they entered the crack at the beginning, and neither said a word.

After walking like this for more than half an hour, Yun Qianfeng was suddenly taken aback by the contents of the rock painting in front of him, and hurriedly said to Luo Linna:
"Look, primitive people drew all the astronauts, so what's so strange about living with Homo sapiens?"

Opening your mouth is the beginning of a quarrel.

Rolina looked along the light, and saw figures with pure round heads appearing on the petroglyphs. Their clothes were very heavy, and there were no other features on their faces except for the eyes. They looked very much like astronauts.

This kind of image is actually very common in prehistoric rock paintings, but no one in modern times can figure out what those paintings are.

Therefore, Luo Linna couldn't refute Yun Qianfeng's words, and immediately felt an unknown anger, she twisted her waist and walked forward quickly, her feet kicked up the water splashing loudly.

Yun Qianfeng grabbed Luo Linna's arm and said:

"Don't go, look at the content of the petroglyphs, this is very wrong, I just remembered that there are content about hunting and bringing the prey back to the residence, but there is no content about the Neanderthals eating as you mentioned."

Rolina wondered:

"What's so strange about that?"

Yun Qianfeng pointed to the rock painting farther ahead, and said:

"Look, they carried their prey and followed the astronauts away, not willing to eat a single bite. Where are they going to send the meat?"

Luo Linna found that she was really easily irritated by Yun Qianfeng, as she said, this was not her, but she just couldn't help it, when she heard him talking about astronauts, an unknown fire burst out of her heart Come on, say loudly:
"That's not an astronaut!"

Seeing Luo Linna's anger, Yun Qianfeng smiled happily and said:
"Go quickly and see where they sent the meat, it is very likely that we can guess what the place we are going to look like!"

After speaking, she walked forward quickly with happy and joyful steps. Luo Linna behind her was holding her chest, feeling that she was about to vomit blood, took a few deep breaths, and then quickly followed.

Because Yun Qianfeng was right, the rock paintings were very realistic, and they could indeed give them a glimpse of the past.

　Thank you for the catastrophe of the fire hell, looking up at the half-moon starry sky, and the monthly ticket rewards for not eating the set mask, thank you for your support, thank you! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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