Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 38

Just as we were changing our diving suits, Gu Meidi suddenly pointed at the computer screen and shouted: "Oh my God! Come and take a look! What's under the water?"

We moved over curiously, and saw a three-dimensional pattern in the shape of an inverted cone appearing in the center of the screen. Around this inverted cone pattern, there are twelve rays extending outward, each of which ends in an oval black circle.

I was surprised and said, "Couldn't this be an alien spaceship?"

Gu Meidi knocked on my head: "I think you look like an alien!"

I held my aching head: "Then what do you think it is?"

Gu Meidi held his chin and said thoughtfully: "I think this thing looks like an octopus!"

Professor Ye looked at us disappointedly: "Your imaginations are really rich!"

At this time, grandpa suddenly said: "What about aliens and octopuses, isn't this a pagoda?"

what? !

pagoda? !
This inverted cone-shaped three-dimensional pattern turned out to be a pagoda? !

I suddenly realized that since Grandpa was standing facing us, the image on the screen was upside down when looking at the computer screen from the angle he was standing.

Yes!Why didn't we think of turning the image upside down?

As soon as I thought about it, I quickly turned the computer upside down to watch it.As grandpa said, the inverted cone-shaped pattern really looks like a pagoda.We looked at each other, is there really a pagoda under the pool?And this pagoda is still upside down?God!How can this be?This completely subverts the imagination of architecture!What are those twelve rays and twelve oval black circles?It seems that there are indeed many secrets buried under this waters that we don't know.

We were both surprised and excited by the discovery of ancient pagodas under the water. Even though there are many dangers under the waters, we have no hesitation to go for it.We quickly changed into our diving suits, and put folding engineering shovels, submachine guns, cold light sticks and other things into the waterproof backpack one by one.Then they put on a fluorescent waterproof watch on their wrists. This kind of watch is specially designed for underwater use. In addition to the compass, it can also display water depth and water pressure.

Professor Ye taught us a few simple underwater gestures, because we cannot speak underwater, and the team members can only communicate with each other through sign language.We put on diving fins, each carried an oxygen cylinder, diving goggles and an oxygen mask.At the same time, we also plugged a micro-communicator into our ears, and the grandfather who stayed on the boat can directly send us messages through this communicator.

After everything was ready, we came to the side of the boat, climbed the side of the boat, and slowly slid into the water.

The icy river water surrounded us. Fortunately, we were wearing very high-end diving suits, which had the function of preventing cold and keeping warm, otherwise we would probably be frozen to death.The world below the waters is pitch black, and we seem to have fallen into a strange world without boundaries.It was eerily quiet all around, we could only hear our own heavy breathing.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
We turned on the underwater searchlights above our heads one after another, and three snow-white beams were intertwined, like three bright knives, cutting through the thick darkness.Although the surroundings became a little brighter, the searchlights could only project a distance of ten meters underwater at most, and it was still as dark as thick ink ten meters away.

We slowly swam towards the water, and plankton kept floating past our eyes. I looked down at my waterproof watch, which showed that we had dived nearly 20 meters underwater.Grandpa's voice came from the ear: "Attention! Attention! You are close to the ancient tower, everything is normal now! Everything is normal!"

As soon as Grandpa's words fell, things under the water had already appeared in front of us.Our guess is not wrong. Under this water area, there is actually an ancient pagoda standing upright, and this ancient pagoda is actually standing upside down on the bottom of the water, like an awl inserted upside down, deep into the water 50 meters .Most of the ancient pagoda is wrapped in thick darkness, and it is impossible to see its whole picture.Even so, seeing such a strange building under the water, we already feel very majestic and majestic.It is like a giant lurking in the bottom of the water. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, it still exudes shocking brilliance.

We held our breath and quickly swam towards the ancient pagoda.As we got closer, we found that this is an ancient octagonal pagoda. The ancient pagoda is built with blue-gray stone bricks. Iron juice should be poured between the stone gaps so that the ancient pagoda will not seep.Eight Buddha statues about one meter high are carved on the eight corners of the ancient pagoda, which has a distinctive Xixia architectural style.At that time, the Xixia Dynasty believed in Buddhism, and Daxing Buddhist buildings, many of which were engraved with sculptures or patterns of Buddha statues.

What surprised us even more was that at the bottom of this ancient pagoda, there were twelve unusually strong bronze chains connected.There was a dark green light on the chain, like twelve blue dragons lurking at the bottom of the water.One end of the chain runs through the bottom of the ancient tower, and the other end is hidden in the darkness.Looking down from the top, it looks like a huge spider web spreading out on the bottom of the water, and we are the worms walking on the spider web.

I suddenly remembered the twelve rays on the screen image, and I was startled, and then I realized that the twelve rays were the twelve bronze chains, and the twelve oval black chains connected to the other end of the chains. What will the circle be?

Professor Ye made a gesture to us, then turned around and followed one of the chains to swim towards the edge of the pool.

We knew that Professor Ye was going to take us to solve the mystery of the oval black circle, so we quickly followed Professor Ye and swam forward.

After swimming for about 30 meters, we came to the end of the bronze chain. To our surprise, the end of the bronze chain turned out to be an oval cave with a height of one person. Out of the oval black circle.

The dark cave was like a monster's mouth, as if it might swallow us up at any moment.Professor Ye swam to the front of the cave first, and the beam of the underwater searchlight shot into the cave, and the scene in the cave appeared in front of our eyes.

OMG!

If it weren't for being unable to speak under the water, we might have exclaimed.There was a black tortoise coffin standing upright in this cave. We went up to take a closer look and found that this tortoise coffin was exactly the same as the two tortoise coffins we had seen before.With the protection of the tortoise shell, this yin wood coffin can survive for thousands of years underwater.

Apart from the tortoise coffin, there is nothing else in the cave.Next, we observed several caves in a row, without exception, there were all shade wood tortoise coffins in the cave, and the tortoise coffins were bound by bronze chains and connected to the ancient tower in the center.Twelve caves and twelve tortoise coffins, like loyal guards, have been waiting here for thousands of years.

We found two empty caves one after another. We analyzed that this might be due to the high tide. Under the impact of strong water flow, the bronze chains fell off, and the turtle coffin in the cave was also washed away by the water.One of the tortoise coffins rushed out of the cave and drifted down the Yellow River, only to be picked up by my grandfather; another tortoise coffin surfaced when we left the cave that day.

After figuring out the structure of the building under the water, we swam back to the inverted ancient tower again.Now we can be 100% sure that this is the origin of the Yinmu tortoise coffin. The mysteries about tortoise coffins, eyeball tattoos, and the Xixia Dynasty may all be hidden in this inverted ancient tower.

Although in the silent underwater, I can still hear my excited heartbeat clearly.The secret of the Xixia Dynasty that has been kept dust for thousands of years, it seems that it will soon surface.Perhaps our exploration and discovery during this trip will bring unprecedented sensation to the archaeological world, and we will also become a big star in the archaeological world, and will be enthusiastically sought after and highly praised by the industry.Thinking of this, I couldn't help speeding up my dive.

When I was swimming happily, Professor Ye in front of me suddenly stopped moving. I couldn't catch up and bumped into Professor Ye's back. On the back, the underwater searchlight above the head was knocked crooked.

Gu Mei Di beat my back, and I turned to look at her, with an angry expression on her face.

She kept gesticulating, asking me why I stopped, did I want to play tricks on her?
There was a grievance on my face, then I shrugged my shoulders helplessly, pointed to Professor Ye in front of me, and told Gu Meidi in sign language that it was Professor Ye who stopped first, and I didn't know what he did when he stopped. what.

I straightened the underwater searchlight above my head, slowly came to Professor Ye, and asked Professor Ye in sign language why he stopped.

With the light of the underwater searchlight, I saw the serious expression on Professor Ye's face. He simply made a sign language and motioned me to look underwater.

While muttering in my heart, I lowered my head and looked under the water.

scare? !

Seeing this, I was so frightened that my limbs were so cold that I couldn't move.

At a depth of about 30 meters underwater, a black vortex with a diameter of more than ten meters suddenly appeared.The black vortex is like the devil's eyes, constantly turning and turning under the water.The river flowed backwards and was involved in the whirlpool, and there was a loud rumble like thunder from the bottom of the water, which made us tremble all over.

There was a powerful attraction under the vortex, we quickly swam to a thick bronze chain, and held on tightly to that bronze chain to avoid being sucked into the terrifying vortex.At this moment, I really feel that death is so close to us.

I turned my head to look at Gu Meidi, I couldn't comfort her, I could only nod to her, Gu Meidi probably understood my encouragement, and nodded to me too.

(End of this chapter)