Survival male god

Chapter 275 Ancient Human City-State
Chen Jing was blocked by a stone gate.

Only then did he discover that behind the wide stone hall, there was an arched stone bridge leading to a larger stone mountain.

On both sides, where there is nothingness, there is actually an underground river, reflecting the light up, making it chilly.

"The Naihe Bridge in the Nine Nether Hells is probably nothing more than this!"

Chen Jing believed more and more that this was a tomb, but he didn't know who was buried there.

The stone bridge was about three or four meters above the water. It was pitch black underneath, nothing could be seen clearly, and there was no flow. It was like a pool of stagnant water.

Chen Jing withdrew his gaze and stared at the stone door in front of him. The sound that had just come out should not have been here, but in the space behind the stone door.

But how to get in has become the problem he faces now.

No one would make a door that couldn't be opened. Chen Jing tried to push it, but despite all his efforts, it didn't budge.

"It cannot be shaken by human power. It weighs at least tens of thousands of kilograms."

"There must be another way to open it..."

Thinking like this, Chen Jing took two steps back and searched carefully.

Soon, on the wall to the right of the stone gate, he made a new discovery.

[Under the light, a rotten wooden handle remains in the ancient stone hole. Is this the mechanism to open the stone door? 】

[Chen Jing observed carefully that there were traces of repeated friction on both sides of the long lattice. He guessed that people in the past used wooden handles to move up and down to activate the stone door]

[He hesitated for a moment, then inserted the bone rod he carried into the hole]

rumbling...

It was not as laborious as expected, but by pressing down gently, a dull rolling sound came from inside the stone wall.

Immediately afterwards, as if some kind of valve had been touched, the sound of rushing water followed, and a cold wind even blew inside the space.

"This is a phenomenon caused by the channel being filled with river water and a large amount of air being expelled."

"The ancient Adela people designed some kind of water-driven device to open or close the stone door?"

Chen Jing stared at the slowly raised stone door in front of him, his eyes full of surprise and shock!
After the stone door reached a high point, the sound of drainage sounded again, and the device with the bone rod inserted began to rotate again.

"It's going down!"

Without support, the stone gate stayed open for a very short time, and Chen Jing knew that he had to hurry up and pass through.

Pulling out the bone rod, he shortened his body slightly and jumped inside.

Everything that caught his eye made Chen Jing freeze on the spot. It took several seconds before he came back to his senses.

At the other end of the stone gate, inside the huge stone mountain, the space is unimaginably wide, with countless wide corridors extending towards the center.

There is no stone roof above, everything is exposed to the clear sky and the bright sun. The outer cliffs are of unknown height, surrounding the inner space.

Here is the interior of the Holy Mountain. Rather than a tomb, it is better to say that this is a huge ancient civilization city-state!

The corridor in front of him was the widest one. Every few steps on both sides, there were piles of weathered bones scattered on the ground. The number was a bit scary.

Many of them were intact, and they were all kneeling far away from the center of the city-state.

Chen Jing walked slowly all the way, feeling more fearful than excited.

The rock paintings on the stone walls are no longer realistic, and there are no animals to be seen.

Without exception, they are all scenes of massacre. There are sages in robes, holding wooden staffs, praying to the sky. Groups of civilians are tied to wooden stakes, or have their heads cut off, or are beaten to death. Pierced with sticks, or burned with fire.

Finally, countless heads were placed on the terrace, and shamans wearing animal skulls as masks danced with ferocious faces, as if they were chanting sacrifices!

This is true in every picture. Although the scenes are different and the killing techniques are different, the number of slaughters is still extremely large.

"How many people will die?"

Chen Jing shook his head, trying to get those shocking images out of his mind, but the more he did it, the clearer it became. He even had auditory hallucinations. He felt that the dead people were all emitting the wails of resentful souls, lingering in his ears. The occasion has never been cut off for a long time.

"unlucky!"

He has always been a materialist and has always scorned the claims of gods and ghosts.

However, this city-state now made him feel that this place was a living Abi Hell, which was far more terrifying and gloomy than any other place.

The only good thing is that there is still light shining down from an altitude of who knows how many kilometers.

Otherwise, this place would be just like the previous stone chamber, claustrophobically isolated from the outside world, and no one would dare to go deep inside.

But what Chen Jing found strange was that when he turned around, he could see the footprints left by his own walking, but none of the footprints of Gu Jingmo and Jennifer could be seen.

Two treasure hunters, if they really entered such a secret place, they would have no intention of clearing away the traces. I am afraid that this is not the path they took.

"Will they be in town?"

[The live broadcast signal has been completely interrupted, and only the recording mode is currently enabled]

As his mind raced, a system prompt came in his mind, making Chen Jing even more confused.

There is obviously no covering over the head. It stands to reason that the signal should be better, but the fact is exactly the opposite.

The streamer couldn't even receive the most basic signal. I took out my phone and saw that the satellite signal was directly displayed as an X, completely cut off.

"Anyway, let's go and have a look first!"

Chen Jing was more courageous than he thought.

The corridor in front of us is nearly five meters wide, and the two sides are extremely tall. They are all made of stones and are tightly fitted, making it impossible to climb.

It continued forward with no end in sight, so Chen Jing walked extremely carefully.

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean there's no danger.

However, until 10 minutes passed and there was still no abnormality on the ground, he shook his head and felt that he had been worrying too much.

The corridor is extremely winding and long. In many places, there are animal footprints, which may have been left for thousands of years, with only sand and dust covering them.

Chen Jing walked slowly, and after about 10 minutes, he finally reached the end of the corridor.

This is a city gate. The stone gate has collapsed and rubble has fallen everywhere.

"It didn't disintegrate naturally, it was more like man-made explosions, but the broken stones were covered with moss. It's been a long, long time."

"Could it be that someone has been here before?"

Chen Jing thought of the origin of treasure hunters. As early as the mid-fifteenth century, Western exploration culture was all the rage and only declined in modern times.

He would not be surprised at all if an ancient ruin in the center of the Sahara Desert was once found by those Western adventurers.

However, the discovery of such a lost civilization and ancient country did not cause any waves in the exploration and archeology circles, which is very strange in itself.

Of course, there is another possibility. The members of the expedition team who came here before all died in the ruins, and no one survived, so it did not cause a global shock.

Stepping into the city, all you can see are low mud and stone buildings. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the house, no living tools, and no household items.

This place is like an empty city that has been built but has not yet had time to move in residents.

Chen Jing couldn't find any valuable information, so he could only wander around and record everything with a gimbal.

He knew that the live broadcast signal had been interrupted, and the audience must have a black screen at the moment, unable to even receive text descriptions.Thinking that this live broadcast video would most likely be made public in the future, he sorted out his language and said:

"After I entered the stone gate, I saw a very large human city. The architectural styles on several sides were extremely ancient, but well preserved."

"This is very magical. Ordinary buildings can last up to 500 years. If no one repairs them, they will soon collapse and be seriously damaged."

"But if you look at these buildings, they are as new as if they were built not long ago. The structural mechanics are very reasonable. The people who designed these stone buildings have extremely high attainments in architecture."

"The only pity is that I couldn't find any useful information in the stone house. I know nothing about this place."

"But I think as the exploration deepens, I will definitely be able to discover more!"

"In addition, the loud noise I just heard outside the stone gate was probably coming from the city."

After speaking, Chen Jing turned around and walked along the central avenue behind the city gate towards the center of the city.

After a while, he came to a wide school field. The traces on the ground became complicated, including human footprints, ruts, animal footprints, and even marks carved by knives and axes.

In the center of the square, there is a huge stone statue.

Chen Jing did not rush forward to take a look, but squatted down.

He touched the marks on the ground and took pictures carefully with his lens.

"Stone tools, including bone knives, cannot leave such smooth cutting marks. This can only be left by metal tools."

“The earliest historical record of the use of bronze in the world comes from the Mesopotamia of ancient Babylon, during the Sumerian civilization, about 6000 years ago.”

"In our country, bronze wares appeared about 5000 years ago."

"If the history of the Adela Dynasty is earlier than that of ancient Egypt, then this record may have to be refreshed. As early as 7000 years ago, the Adela people discovered and utilized bronze ware."

"Of course, this is just speculation and cannot be used as a conclusion. After all, I am not a real archaeologist. I can only make rough speculations based on the information I have seen. Please just listen to it and don't take it seriously."

"Look at that statue!"

Chen Jing stood up and walked towards the statue in the center of the square.

Unexpectedly, the statue in front of him was not a human figure, let alone a totem of fertility worship in early society. It was a scorpion, a huge scorpion.

The carving is not very fine, but the outline is still very clear.

On the base of the statue, there were words that Chen Jing could not understand.

"Scorpion?"

Chen Jing was absent-minded for a moment. He thought of the golden scorpions he had encountered before and the rock paintings outside the maze passage.

"Could it be that Adela's spiritual totem is the scorpion?"

Using animals as totems is not uncommon in human history. During the tribal civilization period, almost all human tribes had their own totem worship.

Lion, eagle, wolf, tiger, poisonous snake...

"Worshipping scorpions, although a bit unorthodox, is not too out of the ordinary. This is a desert area, with many contacts, so it makes sense as a totem."

"It's just that these words look familiar..."

After staring at those patterns for a long time, Chen Jing could only conclude that they were a kind of hieroglyphics. He didn't know what they specifically expressed.

If it can really be spread, I believe it is only a matter of time before it can be deciphered. After all, people can even decipher the stone tablets of the Sumerian civilization.

At this moment, two loud noises broke the tranquility inside the city-state.

"Gunshot? Is it Jingmo and the others?"

Chen Jing's expression suddenly changed. A gun is a very powerful weapon and can be legally possessed in many places abroad.

In view of its powerful effect, generally speaking, unless there is an emergency, few people will waste bullets casually, especially in the wild where resources are extremely precious.

The two of them must be in danger!
After thinking this, Chen Jing stood up and ran directly in the direction of the sound without stopping.

This city is much larger than imagined, like a real ancient city-state, the kind that can accommodate at least 10 people.

Chen Jing traveled all the way, and in some large pits, he saw a lot of skeletons and the terraces depicted on the rock paintings.

In the center of the terrace, broken human skulls were placed in a mess. A shaman in a robe, with a short bronze spear stuck in his body, fell on the stone steps.

Massacre, sacrifice, rebellion...

Thousands of years ago, what wonderful story happened in this ancient human city-state?

Chen Jing was always a very curious person, but now, he didn't care to stop and observe, he just ran like crazy.

After a few minutes, he was so tired that he put his hands on his knees and gasped for air.

But there was still no sign of Gu Jingmo and the others around.

Maybe if you are close, just shout, maybe the other party can hear you.

Chen Jing thought for a while, then opened his voice and shouted loudly.

"Gu Jingmo..."

"Jennifer..."

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"

The sound penetrated the space and echoed in the empty city.

Chen Jing was about to shout a second time, but there was a response from the front right.

"Chen Jing, is that you? We are here!"

It was Gu Jingmo's voice. Chen Jing was delighted and immediately followed the direction from which the voice came.

A moment later, he saw the figures of the two women. At this moment, the two of them were standing outside a tall fence, looking extremely excited.

Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Unlike what he imagined, the other party did not encounter any crisis. It seemed that Jennifer had just broken a bronze lock with a pistol.

However, the thick stone door blocked them.

"Really you?"

Gu Jingmo's beautiful eyes widened with excitement.

Jennifer on the side was slightly surprised and chuckled:

"You are quite capable. You can get in here. Didn't the maze stop you?"

Chen Jing smiled and then looked at Gu Jingmo helplessly.

"It's a long story, but I hope you're all right. I was really shocked when I received the news!"

"But you still came..."

Gu Jingmo looked at Chen Jing with a very moved expression.

Just when Chen Jing was about to say something else, Jennifer on the side rolled her eyes.

"Can you please stop flirting here, be more professional, and solve the problem in front of us first? We have to open this damn stone door!"

(End of this chapter)