endless route.

Chapter 373 13. Ancient allusions to the seismometer
The camp was buzzing with people at night, and more and more plastic tables were placed in street bars. Young people from nearby cities drove off-road trucks to set up stalls here to do business for these explorers.

Prices are very expensive.

A bottle of drink costs more than ten yuan.

A group of people want to eat fried chicken and fries, but they can't afford it without a few hundred dollars. Fortunately, Western explorers are basically not short of money. If it's more expensive, few people will care about it.

When a large plate of hot, browned fried chicken was placed on Zheng Yun's table, the first bottle of drink in Song Wan's arms was gone, and Liu Ming and the others were nowhere to be found.

Only Zheng Yun and Song Wan were left on the table.

And the fried chicken plate is bigger than a backpack.

Seeing the plate full of fried chicken, Zheng Yun and Song Wan glanced at each other subconsciously, with a slightly worried expression on their faces.

This is too much.

Ordered by five people.

How could just the two of them finish the meal?

"Can you still eat it?" Zheng Yun looked at the large drink bottle in Song Wan's arms. It was almost bottomed out. The carbonated drink was very filling. Song Wan was probably full from the drink.

"I'm afraid I can't."

Song Wan pursed her lips and shook her head slightly.

"Eat slowly and wait for them to come back. Waiter, two more bottles of drinks." Zheng Yun waved to the young man.

"No, I can't drink anymore." Song Wan waved her hands repeatedly, put the remaining drinks on the table, then scanned the surrounding area and asked, "Will they come back?"

"Don't worry, I'll come back 100%."

Zheng Yun put on his gloves and brought out a piece of fried chicken. The crispy shell revealed the tender meat. It seemed that the heat was not enough, but it was good to be able to eat this kind of thing deep in the tropical rain forest.

As for Liu Ming and the others.

Zheng Yun knew very well how much these brothers weighed. If they really had that ability, they would not be single until today, including himself of course.

"It's so cool at night."

Song Wan moved the chair next to Zheng Yun, stretched lazily, then put her legs together on the chair, curled up in the chair and leaned against the back of the chair, watching Zheng Yun eat with a smile.

The comfortable environment makes me feel sleepy.

As she looked at it, her eyes slowly closed, and her head fell gently towards the back of the chair on Zheng Yun's side. When she was about to touch the back of the chair, she forced her eyes open again, and asked Zheng Yun softly:
"Are you going to the ancient river channel tomorrow?"

"Yes, there should be some problems there."

Zheng Yun did not look back, but it was estimated that Song Wan was not going to help destroy the fried chicken, so he tore the fried chicken into small pieces, inserted a piece with a fork, turned around and handed it to Song Wan.

"What is that thing during the day?"

Song Wan originally didn't intend to eat it, but Zheng Yun handed it over directly. She instinctively reached out and took it without hesitation. She could only hold the fork and take a bite, and then asked in a low voice.

Their table is at the edge.

Not far behind is the tropical rainforest.

The bonfire can only shine from a distance, and most of the tables are hidden in the darkness. There are empty tables around, and the environment is the quietest. You can chat in a low voice about exploration.

This feeling is very comfortable.

Half close and half far away from the fireworks in the world, you can use the noise of people in the distance to hide in the dark and whisper something.

"I don't know, it looks like a seismometer."

Zheng Yun shook his head and recalled the day.

After they found the Nanze Lighthouse, Liu Ming used a semi-submersible detector to circle around the lighthouse underwater. Although the speed was slow, he looked at all sides of the lighthouse.

No problem was found at first.

Zheng Yun originally planned to evacuate, but the detector suddenly found a window. The original wooden fence had rotted, revealing a deep hole leading to the depths of Nanze Lighthouse.

I actually found it.

He immediately asked Liu Ming to go in and take a look.

The detector carefully adjusted its position, accurately drilled through the hole, and turned on the searchlight to the maximum to illuminate the internal situation as clearly as possible and present it on the screen.

The window is a lookout.

About fifteen meters underwater.

There is a stone staircase leading deep inside.

Zheng Yun has seen this kind of ancient ruins soaked in water too many times. The environments are almost the same. The gray bricks are covered with algae, and every crack in the bricks is home to small creatures.

The detector moves in slowly.

Zheng Yun asked the detector to go down and keep going down the steps, but the inside of the lighthouse was like a maze, with identical brick walls everywhere, and the water was turbid and black and green.

After walking around for half an hour, I still saw the same scene before me. Not only could I not get out, I couldn't even tell where I came from.

Actually got lost.

Can't find the passage at all.

There was altitude information and direction on the detector, but it was impossible to return based on this information alone, so Zheng Yun could only abandon the detector and simply let Liu Ming continue regardless of direction.

During this period, Zheng Yun looked at other places, explored the surface of the ancient river with Xiao Hu, and made general observations up and down the river, but found no doubts.

All available detectors were used.

Everyone is busy performing their duties.

Liu Ming was the only one holding the controller and squatting in front of the monitor, like a child who couldn't pass the game, staring at the screen and competing unilaterally with Nanze Lighthouse.

Zheng Yun even went into the water and took a spin.

Everyone has forgotten what Liu Ming is doing.

No one could remember how long it had been. It was almost dark and the assault boats had reached the downstream outlet. Zheng Yun had decided to go back to the camp when Liu Ming suddenly rushed out.

He held the screen with a complicated expression and a solemn tone. He felt happy that he had finally cleared the lighthouse and could help Zheng Yun, but also felt serious about being frightened by the picture on the screen:

"Zheng Yun, what do you think this is?"

Zheng Yun and others immediately gathered around and looked at the monitor in Liu Ming's hand, which showed a strange picture.

The depth is thirty-seven meters underwater.

The location is in the very center of the lighthouse.

A huge space filled with water, the submersible camera is pointed at the center. The water quality here has been clarified, and the searchlight can find a long and narrow fan shape in the darkness.

in front of the detector.

A 'god statue' stands in the water.

In the eyes of the small detector, this statue looks extremely huge, like a statue dug out of the mountain in ancient times.

It has three heads and eight arms.

The three heads looked in three directions respectively, and the detector could only see two of the faces, both of which were female bodhisattvas, one happy and one sad, with a kind face but the skin was peeling off everywhere due to water erosion.

The ancient pigments will gradually fall off due to the passage of time and water erosion, revealing the dark background of the statue itself.

This is normal.

But this statue is really horrible to look at. The fair face is like disfigurement with black spots everywhere, and most of the face is completely peeled off, making the original ancient charm of the face become weird.

Her eight arms pointed in the eight directions, southeast and northwest, and the skin also appeared. Her slender arms were dark everywhere, and there were not many 'magical instruments' left in her hands.

The three-headed idol sits in the water.

The detector's light can only illuminate the head and upper body, while the lower body is hidden in the darkness. Only the hands but not the arms can be seen in the eight arms, which is hazy and mysterious.

It's like wearing a black veil.

Can't tell how big it is.

One of the big faces looked at the detector quietly with calm eyes. A head the size of a house occupied most of the screen, as if looking at Zheng Yun and others across space. After seeing this scene, Zheng Yun and others were silent for a long time, because the sky was getting dark at that time, the two kayaks were completely dark on the left and right, and even the moonlight was completely blocked by the dim rain forest.

The environment is inherently dangerous.

Saw this weird scene again.

A chill ran down everyone's back, and they couldn't figure out why there was such a three-headed statue deep in the Nanze Lighthouse, and why it was buried deep underground by the ancients.

Zheng Yun immediately decided to evacuate.

I'll think about it after I get back to camp.

But at this time Liu Ming quickly spoke and asked Zheng Yun where he should park the detector.

The probe has successfully entered the deepest part.

On the one hand, it can transmit the coordinate position and serve as a signal source to provide end point coordinates for subsequent exploration.

On the other hand, the detector can be parked underwater for a long time and has a battery life of at least a week. It can transmit images at all times and can continue to control it next time it comes over.

Therefore, it is best not to abandon the detector, and the suspended state consumes a lot of power. The detector must be parked somewhere, but this location is very particular.

If you want the detector to play the role of a camera, you have to get closer to the statue. The best position is actually clear at a glance, which is to stop directly on the palm of the statue.

The eight arms of the statue were originally supposed to hold eight different magic weapons. Several of the magic weapons were missing, leaving just enough room for the detector to land on the palm of the statue.

This location is very good. You can see the head of the statue at all times, and you can also see a large area behind it.

But Liu Ming really didn't dare.

God statues are very evil. The three-headed and eight-arm shape is extremely rare. No one knows whether this statue is evil, whether it comes from orthodox Buddhism or a wild temple dedicated to obscenity.

Liu Ming didn't understand the details here, but no matter what, when the submersible stopped on someone's hand, it always felt like a bit of collision and blasphemy. People who were short-lived really didn't dare to try blindly.

Zheng Yun had no choice but to come in person.

This really cannot be done by anyone else.

This situation is actually not a big deal to Zheng Yun, because he has encountered it many times, each time worse than this one, and he has never worshiped any statue.

He even chopped off the head of the Zhenhai Stone Statue.

But Zheng Yun rarely took action himself. He usually gave orders and asked the ghost general to take the blame for him.

There was really no other way this time. Zheng Yun could only get started by himself. He first learned how to control the detector, and then slowly stopped it in the hands of the statue. After struggling for a while, it was finished.

So I came back late.

I just came back now.

It's interesting to say that these people have just experienced that kind of scene, and now they are sleeping when they should be sleeping, eating fried chicken when they are supposed to be eating, and there are still some people who are missing to strike up a conversation.

The psychological quality has really been tempered.

After all, I have been to so many dangerous places with ghosts and ghosts. This trivial matter is really nothing, and it is incomparable to Hades Pavilion.

"Is that a seismometer?"

Song Wan bit her fork and thought carefully.

It does seem a bit similar. The statue has eight arms, pointing in eight directions and each holding a magic weapon. If you lean towards the direction of the seismometer, you can also touch it.

"It's just a possibility."

Zheng Yun shook his head and turned around to take the fork from Song Wan's hand and fork another piece for her. No matter how many pieces she could eat, it would more or less help him share the burden and relieve some of the pressure.

The term seismograph.

In fact, that's what Ji Dao just said.

On the way back, Zheng Yun sent photos of the statues and questions, and asked Jidao to send people to Tiangong to look for drawings and information. Not long after he sat down here, he received a reply from Jidao.

Ji Dao said that the statue of gods has some origins, but it is a Buddhist thing. Ji Dao has a certain rejection of Buddhism and has never taken the initiative to read relevant ancient books, so he does not know it.

Just looking at the structure, it might be some kind of ancient instrument, and it was more likely to be a seismometer, but he couldn't figure out why the seismometer was made into such an annoying look.

I have to go back to the Heavenly Palace and look through it.

In fact, there are also ancient books from other three religions and nine streams in Tiangong, but Ji Dao is really not familiar with them. This investigation process will be very long, so they can only let Li Huawan and the others rummage through them bit by bit.

But Nanze Lighthouse has a way.

There are indeed construction drawings of this kind of ancient building in Tiangong. At the same time, Ji Dao very much agrees with Zheng Yun's guess that facilities such as lighthouses may be dangerous and must not be entered hastily.

What Jidao meant was that he would first find a way to repair the excavator and let it dig slowly, while he would step aside and go to Nanze Lighthouse with Zheng Yun first.

Zheng Yun did not agree.

In fact, there is no rush here, but there is no room for failure on the other side of Wuhaixianzhou. Let's look for ancient books and wait a few days to take a look.

"why would you say so?"

Song Wan responded softly.

"Ji Dao said, and this kind of seismometer is different from the conventional seismograph. It is not only used to detect earthquakes, but also has some other meanings and symbols."

Zheng Yun added honestly.

He couldn't recognize this particular seismometer, but he knew a lot about its history and stories.

"What allusion?"

Song Wan asked softly again.

"In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, he explored various places on the endless route in the name of seeking immortality. The name of his mission was to seek immortality, but later he wanted to occupy the 'immortal domain' and incorporate it into his own territory."

"So a nominal conflict arises. Since Qiu Xian asks, why should we occupy the territory of the fairyland? If we are greedy when we see the fertile fields and beautiful scenery, how can we talk about Qiu Xian?"

"But the Endless Sea Route is full of good fields suitable for cultivation. It is full of excellent ports and seafood. Copper, iron, gold and silver mines, and good shipbuilding timber are everywhere."

"I'm really greedy to see it."

"But those are all things of the gods."

“How can a mortal take it for himself?”

"This problem seems simple, but it has really troubled the people of the Ming Dynasty for generations. Looking at the large amount of fields and products on the endless route, it has always been difficult to occupy them."

"Later, a Taoist master came up with a clever idea, saying that as believers of immortals and gods, we should share the worries of the immortals, supervise the boundaries of the immortal realm and handle the chores in the world for the immortals."

"The seismometer is one of them. With the seismometer, mortals can share the affairs for God, and the gods can close their eyes and take a nap for a while, without having to monitor all directions at all times."

"So seismographs were everywhere."

"Moved to various continents by ancient people."

"Then there is another saying. Since God has closed his eyes and taken a nap, mortals should share more of the burden and send troops first to mop up the pirates hiding in the four seas of the fairyland."

"So Ming Dynasty sent troops as a matter of course."

"And since the immortal gods have closed their eyes, the boat master can quietly collect some products from various places, hide them in the harvest of suppressing bandits, and bring them back to the capital. It is said to be a reward for suppressing bandits given by the immortal gods."

Zheng Yun gave Song Wan a detailed explanation.

This allusion is indeed quite interesting. The ancients in the early Ming Dynasty had that "thief heart" but were full of worries.

In the end, the ancestors couldn't help but take action. Little by little, he 'wrote and acted', carefully trying to hide the truth but yet being bold, pulling things back one boat at a time.

In the later period, even the definition of ancient immortals and gods was tampered with many times. For the sake of resources, they even refused to recognize immortals. Who cares, Han people have lived here since ancient times...

call.

A slight sound of sleep sounded.

Zheng Yun looked sideways and saw Song Wan with a slight smile on her face, her eyes closed and leaning on the back of the chair next to her. While she was telling these allusions, she had fallen asleep unknowingly.

She was probably very sleepy.

It took a lot of strength to persist until this moment.

(End of this chapter)