The strongest soldier

Like the south, nothing was found in the north. Everyone rested for a while, ate some dry food, and then set off towards the west. To be on the safe side, Luo Zheng asked Tie Diao to act as the vanguard, while Xiao Lang and Tigress were behind to support them, just in case. 1. Along the way, the team went smoothly and did not encounter any suspicious people.

After marching for more than an hour, under the leadership of Shi Qian and others who had been here once, everyone successfully arrived at a hillside. Everyone spread out and hid. After Luo Zheng lay down, he quickly set up a sniper rifle and pointed forward through the sniper scope. Looking ahead, there is an open wasteland with a river winding through it. In the past, the wasteland is a mountain range.

The mountain range is about two hundred meters high, winding and undulating. I don’t know where it went. Directly opposite is a relatively high mountain peak, standing quietly on the wasteland, as if a wise man is looking at the open wasteland and meditating. What, motionless, exuding a mysterious aura.

Luo Zheng carefully observed the mountain peak. It was indeed very similar to what Shi Qian and Cao Xi described. The steps were not very obvious, but after being reminded and looking again, one could indeed see the outline. It was overgrown with weeds. The withered short grass swayed with the mountain wind. Luo Zheng estimated that each step was about five meters high, or even higher. It was covered by soil, making it difficult to see accurately.

There are indeed caves on the steps. At first glance, they look like natural formations. Each cave is about ten meters apart. Some caves are covered by collapsed soil and their original appearance cannot be seen. The top of the mountain is bare and covered with reddish-brown rock and soil. , no weeds growing, and like the surrounding mountains, Luo Zheng vaguely feels like an earth city, but not the entire mountain is an earth city, but most of the south-facing mountain has been transformed into an earth city, and there is no earth city on the top of the mountain. However, the Tucheng was only built halfway up the mountain, and the original appearance of the mountain was still preserved on the top of the mountain.

At this time, Cao Xi climbed up and asked in a low voice: "What did you see?"

"You are right. Most of the mountain was converted into a huge earth city, not the entire mountain. There is no sunlight behind the mountain and it is not suitable for living. Moreover, the city is already big enough, so there is no need to rebuild it entirely. That project is indeed too big, and besides, look at the terrain on the top of the mountain." Luo Zheng said in a deep voice.

"The top of the mountain is covered with reddish-brown rocks, just like the surrounding mountains. If the top of the mountain was converted into a Tucheng, there would not be these reddish-brown rocks. In addition, any place where grass grows is within the scope of Tucheng, and there are no mountains on both sides. Grass grows, which means that Tucheng is buried by soil. The soil should be transported from other places. The soil quality is different from the surrounding soil, so grass grows." Cao Xi analyzed in a low voice.

Luo Zheng took a closer look and it turned out that at first glance, the entire mountain peak was no different from the two surrounding peaks. But if you look closely, you will find that there is no grass growing on the slopes and mountainside of the two peaks. They are all rock and soil. The same is true for the top of the main peak. Rock and soil, except for the dead grass from the mountainside to the bottom of the mountain, although the growth is average, it can still be seen that the soil quality here is obviously different from the surrounding ones. Luo Zheng smiled when he saw this scene and said: "It should be a forgotten It’s an ancient city, but it was buried for some unknown reason. Why is this happening?”

"Perhaps the people in this city don't discover its existence like others? The best way to hide it is to fill it all up. After the landfill, the mountains and the surrounding areas are just like that, and it is difficult to distinguish. Over time, the terrain completely changes its appearance, and it becomes even more difficult to distinguish. It’s difficult, if we hadn’t come here to take a closer look, we wouldn’t have been able to find anything strange, at least satellites wouldn’t be able to see these details.” Cao Xi analyzed in a low voice.

"Thanks to you as an expert in ancient culture." Luo Zheng smiled.

"Don't forget that there is another identity. A family of tomb robbers. They are the best at ancient ruins, tombs and the like. They can see things that we can't see. If she didn't remind me, I wouldn't have noticed it at the time. I had a reminder. The next time I look at it, it gets weirder and weirder." Shi Qian laughed softly next to him.

"You have good eyesight and have found a good wife." Tie Diao said with a smile.

"Of course it's hard." Shi Qian chuckled proudly.

"Don't make trouble, let's get down to business." Cao Xi glanced at Shi Qian angrily, then looked at the mountains ahead and continued: "Judging from the location, that mountain is also the most suitable for building a city, and one hundred and eighty meters can be built on it. Observing the wilderness in front is good for defense. This is also in line with the ancient people's concept of building a city. In addition, there is a river in front. The river is not wide, but it might be big and wide enough in ancient times. The times are long and the sea has changed. Many things have changed. I can no longer see the truth of the past.”

Luo Zheng looked at the wasteland and the river. After changing the place, he thought about himself above the earth city. He found that it was indeed the most suitable place to build a city. He couldn't help but smile and said: "As long as we build a lookout on the top of the mountain, I'm afraid the surroundings will be destroyed." There are no blind spots for observation, and this mountain peak is the highest in the surrounding terrain.”

"Hey, there seems to be someone at the entrance of the cave, the one at the bottom." Tie Diao suddenly whispered in surprise.

Everyone was startled and looked through the scope. They found that there were more than a dozen people suddenly appearing at the bottom of the mountain. One by one, they were carrying wooden barrels and walking towards the river. Luo Zheng looked carefully through the sniper scope and found that these people were wearing The robe, the large robe wrapped up the whole person, only one face was exposed, and it looked like a woman. He couldn't help but be startled, and quickly adjusted the focus to observe carefully.

Soon, Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "They are all women, like fetching water and cooking."

"It seems that there are indeed some people living inside." Cao Xi said in surprise, "This is it."

"Why do you see it?" Ji Wu asked curiously.

"Look at the top of the mountain inside." Cao Xi whispered: "The top of the mountain is round on the east side and looks like a huge altar. The Kibaro people worship the gods and like red. They think red represents the sun god, and the sun god is among them. In the eyes of the Supreme God, it is most appropriate to worship the God on the top of the mountain. The other three parties invisibly maintain the peace of the altar. Although the terrain is not high and flat, the layout is there, and it should be like a viewing platform."

"It really looks like an altar." Ji Wu said in a low voice.

Others also observed the top of the mountain curiously. There was a place on the east side that really looked like a circular altar, while the other three directions were layered gentle slopes, like a viewing platform, but it was not very obvious. If Cao Xi hadn't reminded everyone It was difficult to find. Luo Zheng looked at it for a while and said happily: "Thanks for bringing you here, how else could we see such a magical scenery? This should be the ruins of the Kibaro tribe we are looking for, and Tucheng is The ruins are unfortunately buried under the soil. Those cave entrances should be the passages for people inside to come out. Everyone should pay attention to see if anyone comes out. If all of them can lead to the underground, it will be troublesome."