Grave Robber: Beginnings Fusion Hydra Cypress

Evil parasites, indescribable coral-like fossils, huge weird skeletons.

If these things were still alive, they might be no different from monsters and monsters in people's eyes.

Maybe this is the monster in the eyes of the ancients.

After seeing the three gates of hell, everyone had the same idea as Ji Changsheng.

Lie couldn't help frowning and said impatiently.

"I thought there was something powerful that I could have a good fight with, but it turned out to be just a pile of bones. What's so cool about that?"

Lin Shuangyue said immediately.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be a chance for you to use it, don't worry yet."

Ji Changsheng stepped forward to check the fossils and said immediately.

"Whether you are dead or alive, you have to see it with your own eyes. These are important clues. Let's go."

So, everyone continued to the remaining gates of hell.

After arriving at the fourth gate of hell, I finally made a different discovery this time.

Behind this door, there are no strange creature bones, but a human coffin!

This is a standard Yin Shang-style bronze coffin, about four meters long, larger than ordinary coffins.

Zhang Yingchuan couldn't help but become nervous when he saw it.

"Usually only corpses that have mutated will be suppressed using bronze coffins. There may be a big rice dumpling inside!"

Ji Changsheng seemed very interested. He didn't pay attention to the rice dumplings at all.

This bronze coffin can obviously provide more clues than those fossilized bones.

He strode to the bronze coffin, looked at it first, and immediately noticed something unusual.

Bronze coffins used to ward off evil are usually engraved with spells and inscriptions, or have magic weapons to ward off evil, such as bronze mirrors and bronze swords.

But there are no inscriptions on the surface of this coffin, not even ordinary patterns, let alone a magic weapon to suppress evil. Apart from the shape of a coffin, it is simply a copper box.

Chen Yulou couldn't see, and after touching the coffin with his hands, he couldn't help but marvel.

"I have seen coffins ranging from one thousand to eight hundred in my life. This is the first time I have seen this shape."

After touching it again, he said with a surprised look on his face.

"Mr. Ji, this thing... doesn't seem to be used for burying people!"

Ji Changsheng was slightly startled. The coffin is not used to bury people, so what is it used for?

"Old man, what do you think this is for?"

Chen Yulou did not answer, but came closer and sniffed with his nose, and then explored it carefully.

Then he nodded and said.

"It should be, this thing is actually used to suppress the river!"

In ancient times, people believed that flooding of rivers was caused by water monsters, so they cast various magical weapons to suppress it.

Archaeologists have also discovered many river-calming beasts such as copper bulls and iron turtles.

The surface of this bronze coffin is very smooth, as if it has been polished. In fact, it is caused by being at the bottom of the water for a long time and being impacted by the water flow.

What's more important is that Chen Yulou can't smell a trace of strange smell.

Chen Yulou is gifted, and his sense of smell is much more sensitive than ordinary people. When fighting upside down before, he could smell whether the corpse in the coffin was rotten or mutated without opening the coffin. It worked every time. Tried hundreds of times. accurate.

There is no smell in this coffin, which means there is no body at all, it is an empty coffin!

The combination of various signs can lead to conclusions.

This is actually a magic weapon used to calm the river!

Chen Yulou touched his goatee and said again.

"There were indeed examples of coffins used to suppress rivers before, but those coffins contained corpses, and some even used living people."

“It’s unheard of to use an empty coffin to calm the river.”

The meaning of using a coffin to suppress the river is actually to offer sacrifices to the river god. If there is nothing in the coffin, wouldn't that be deceiving the river god?

Lie on the sidelines has long been impatient.

"Just open it and take a look."

After saying that, he summoned his might and opened the heavy coffin lid.

Ji Changsheng immediately made preparations to prevent harmful mechanisms in the coffin.

But after the coffin was opened, no mechanism inside was triggered.

Just as Chen Yulou expected, the coffin was empty, no body, nothing.

Everyone looked at the empty coffin, puzzled and disappointed at the same time.

I thought I would find some useful clues, but found nothing.

After Chen Yulou thought for a while, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the coffin.

"Turn it over, if it is Zhenhe's magic weapon, there must be an inscription on the bottom of the coffin!"

The inscriptions engraved on the bottom are usually not spells to ward off evil, but product instructions.

For example, who is the craftsman who made the coffin, when was it made, what is its purpose, etc.

Lie immediately struck it with a palm, and the coffin, which was several meters heavy, turned over like a plastic toy under his strange force.

Everyone picked up their flashlights and shined them at the bottom of the coffin. At first glance, they saw that there was indeed an inscription engraved on it!

But this inscription is ancient oracle bone inscriptions!

During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, writing was actually a very noble thing. Let alone ordinary people, nobles may not be literate.

When writing was first created, it was a symbol used to record major sacrificial activities. Only respected wizards could understand it. Later, as human social activities became more and more complex, the uses of writing became more and more extensive, and writing became popular.

This bronze coffin dates from the Yin and Shang dynasties. Oracle bone inscriptions are usually carved on tortoise shells and are used for divination and recording the results of sacrifices, hence the name.

I didn't expect that there was an inscription on the bottom of the bronze coffin, which was obviously beyond common sense.

Zhang Yingchuan was quite knowledgeable about ancient characters. After taking a look, he couldn't help wondering.

"Could it be that this thing is not only a magic weapon to suppress the river, but also a sacrificial tool?"

This may be the only explanation.

Chen Yulou asked immediately.

"Mr. Zhang, can you understand it?"

Zhang Yingchuan replied helplessly.

"I only learned some basics. There are hundreds of characters on it. I can only understand a dozen of them, and I can't understand the whole text."

Not to mention him, even an authoritative expert like Professor Sun can only understand part of it, and no one can understand all the oracle bones.

Ji Changsheng said immediately.

"Don't care how much, translate the part you understand."

Zhang Yingchuan nodded and pointed to the coffin.

"This line means that a river has overflowed and a flood has occurred. The following line... says that a person of noble status has died. It could be a king or a wizard. These have nothing to do with the flood."

"The last line says that the world is auspicious and a major ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens will be held."

Everyone couldn't help but feel disappointed. These contents didn't seem to have any important clues. They were just ordinary records.

Chen Yulou's expression changed and he said.

"Mr. Ji, we may have overlooked one thing. This coffin may not be from the Shang Dynasty. It may be even older!"