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No, wait, something doesn't seem right.

I wiped the cold sweat off my brow, took a few steps forward again, stood on the edge of the platform and looked down.

But all buildings built by manpower have one thing in common. As long as people use them for a long time, they will inevitably become dilapidated and depressed, as if their souls have been taken away.This is the case with the two ancient cities we have seen. When we first saw them, they were full of dusty smell and seemed extremely lonely.And when the blood gangsters activated them, the "emotions" displayed by the two cities could be described as "excited", just like ferocious beasts that were suddenly awakened after a long period of dormancy.

I was deeply impressed by that intense memory, and even a little terrified.However, the ancient city under my feet did not bring me this feeling, which made me a little puzzled.This is not to say that the ancient city in front of you is full of vitality. In fact, it is also full of dust everywhere, and it also has no breath of life.But it didn't feel intense to me, as if I hadn't just been awakened, but had been awake for a long time.

Could it be... this ancient city has already been "started"?

I frowned and thought to myself.

As early as when we left Shennongjia, the four of us had discussed about the two ancient cities, and the focus was naturally on the so-called "activation" and "closure".Although we couldn't find out the reason until the end, everyone made a guess unanimously, that is, this kind of ancient city is not completely "closed" after it is "activated", but can still be entered and exited.

Think about it, although the ancient city in the deep mountains of Sichuan sank at the bottom of the lake.But as long as you have the appropriate equipment, diving into the lake again is not difficult.certainly.It's not easy to find anything of value there.I have always felt that the important core of that ancient city was the main hall gushing out of the lake, and the place where it sank was a huge bottomless pit. I don't know if our current technology can dive there.

The same is true of the ancient city of Shennongjia. Although the entrance and exit were finally closed by those weird vine branches, it may not be impossible to break through again.However, the degree of danger of re-entering it should be more than it was at the beginning, not less.Before being knocked unconscious by the hurricane.I vaguely remember that after the ancient city turned into a huge "tree and vine heart", it seemed to be being pulled down by the vine branches, moving towards the depths of the bottom abyss.Therefore, no one knows whether it will be found again in the abyss at the bottom. [

All in all, we agree that the so-called "closed" does not represent a complete hopelessness.Just, for our current human technology.Getting them close to "boosting" again is sure to be an impossible task.Although I still can't figure out the ultimate purpose of the blood gang to find this kind of ancient city, but I believe that they have spent so much time, it is definitely not to find them and make them inaccessible.Such a move is completely unnecessary, the location of each of those ancient cities is extremely secretive, and the city is full of all kinds of vicious and treacherous things.Even without this "startup," I don't think they would have been known to the world at all.Therefore, I have always felt that the ultimate purpose of the blood gang is more far-reaching, and I have always suspected that those ancient cities can be re-entered, but.Only the corresponding "tools" are needed.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but subconsciously glance back at the door.The two mysterious sailboats standing still in the port are slowly releasing a pale silver light.Slowly, it overlapped with the word "tool" that kept rolling in my mind.

That's right!That is "tool"!

I don't know how far the ancient city under my feet is from the ground, but I know that this distance is definitely not short. This can be roughly calculated from the travel time after we dived into the sand.In addition, the lava river outside the ancient city is also a proof. It is obviously difficult for such a large-scale lava river to appear too close to the surface.In this way, the so-called "Jedi" will naturally exist, and the silver sailboat that transported us here must be a "tool".Isn't this exactly in line with our conjecture?

In addition, I just stared at the red lights that appear from time to time for a long time, and found that their frequency of appearance is very fixed, like some kind of established program.This ancient city has obviously been operating in this state for a long time, and this situation undoubtedly verifies our guess from another aspect-the "start-up" time of the ancient city must have passed for a long time.

who is it?When was this ancient city "activated"?What is the purpose of the blood disciples entering here?

I frowned fiercely, and a complex emotion of fear and excitement suddenly rose in my heart.As early as when we gave birth to that guess, I always believed that the ancient city after "activation" should be its "true appearance", and such a place is very likely to find some clues, so that we can touch the "blood" ultimate purpose.We naturally didn't have the opportunity to re-enter before, but at this moment, this opportunity suddenly fell in front of us.

Taking a few deep breaths, I suppressed the excitement in my heart, and then issued an order to the people around me, intending to go down the stairs to find out.

At this moment, Xiaoqian's call suddenly came from behind me, "Big wood, wait. I found something."

I hurriedly turned my head and found that Xiaoqian was standing in front of the wall on the right side of the gate, staring at something on the wall.

This wall is the same length as the platform under the feet, and the height is about ten meters. The overall shape is rectangular.The color of the wall is copper, and the surface is completely different from the side inside the door. There are basically no lines and patterns, only some red and black bumps and spots.At first glance, there is nothing noteworthy on the walls.

I walked quickly to Xiaoqian's side, and followed her gaze to the wall.I saw a small carved box at a height of one person from the ground, about [-] centimeters square.There seemed to be some content in the box, but it was too mottled to see clearly.The inscriptions on this carving are not very deep, and the color is no different from the surrounding walls, so it's hard to spot if you don't look carefully.As soon as everyone opened the gate just now, they were stunned by the small town in front of them, and no one had time to care about the wall behind them.Although he was relieved at this moment, he just glanced behind him briefly, and ignored it when he saw that there was nothing special.Except for Xiaoqian, no one else found anything strange about this position.

Xiaoqian stared at the box for a while, then took out a brush from the backpack, and stuffed the backpack to me.Although our trips have nothing to do with archaeological work, Xiaoqian still follows her professional habits and always carries a few small archaeological tools with her.

As the dust kept falling, Xiaoqian's eyes couldn't help but widen.Not to mention her, even I can see some clues from the nicks that gradually become clear.

"This is... holy words?" Uncle Carter, who was standing on the other side of Xiaoqian, squinted his eyes and couldn't help but move his head forward. [

Xiaoqian didn't speak, but continued to clean up the dust with the brush in her hand, while staring at the nicks with her eyes wide open.It didn't take long for the dust on the frame to be almost cleaned up.However, as the dust gradually disappeared, I hesitated in my initial judgment, and I was still not sure what was engraved inside the box.So is Uncle Carter.Although he couldn't help expressing his own judgment just now, his face was full of confusion at the moment.Even the vertical and horizontal wrinkles on his face seemed to feel the distress in his heart, and they had gathered together at this moment, like a piece of straw paper that had been severely ravaged.

The inscriptions in the square frame are very vague. At first glance, it looks like runes of holy words, but upon closer inspection, it doesn't look like it. It seems to be just some incomplete bumps.In fact, there must have been something engraved on the inside of this box before. There is no doubt about this, and everyone can judge it.However, it is difficult to identify whether these marks are holy words and what are the specific contents, at least not for us.However, Xiaoqian seemed to have grasped something.Although she never spoke, it could be seen from her sometimes stretched and sometimes furrowed brows—she must have known something, or at least had a certain guess.

"Xiaoqian, these traces..." I asked softly.

"It's holy words." Xiao Qian's tone was very firm.However, she immediately shook her head and said, "I'm not sure about the content, it seems to be... and like..."

After hesitating for a long time, Xiaoqian couldn't tell the reason, so she frowned in annoyance.After being silent for a while, she suddenly turned her head and said to me: "Da Mumu, do you still remember the 'Bashu Tuyu' we saw in Sichuan?"

Bashu pictograph?

That mural seen in Zongmuren City?I remember that Professor Mo and the others made rubbings and planned to take them back for research.However, those corpses suddenly appeared later, Yu Qian died tragically on the spot, and the rubbings were lost in the panic of everyone running away.Speaking of which, it was the first time we came into contact with runes such as "Holy Words".

Seeing me nodding, Xiaoqian continued: "I don't remember exactly what the runes I saw at the beginning looked like, but I have a vague impression. I think the so-called 'Bashu Tuyu' and Kaka Uncle Te and his family languages ​​are somewhat similar, they should all have evolved from the holy language, and these notches are likely to be of this kind. In addition, I think...the function of these notches should be there..."

Xiaoqian turned around, her eyes were fixed on the ancient city standing at the end of the stairs, her expression was bewildered and she seemed to be thinking. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)

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