Origin Chapter 133: Tricolor Altar
"Flute? What kind of flute?" Wu Zhongyuan asked curiously.
"A green jade flute with handwriting," Zhao Ying said, "this jade flute was given to his beloved woman as a souvenir by a man who was about to go on an expedition and knew that he would never return."
"What characters are engraved on the flute?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"There is only one sentence," Zhao Ying said. "The translation roughly means 'beloved princess, see you in the next life.'"
After Zhao Ying finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan frowned in doubt. Before the Qin Dynasty, there was no title of emperor. The king was the emperor, and the concubine was naturally the emperor's woman. How dare this person show love to the emperor's woman.
Seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Zhao Ying guessed what he was thinking, "This sentence on the flute is neither oracle bone script nor golden script, but an ancient script that you asked us to translate before."
After Zhao Ying finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan suddenly realized that in the Xia and Shang dynasties, the ancient writings have been lost, and the only people who can write ancient writings are warriors who traveled through the past in ancient times.
“Now you know why he dared to say these outrageous things to the princess?” Zhao Ying asked.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded. Only the owner of the flute knows this kind of words. This sentence is not so much a confession to the princess. Know what the words engraved on the flute mean.
"This is the most important clue. Next, we just need to follow the clues." Zhao Ying said.
"What exactly is in the altar?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
Zhao Ying shook her head, "I don't know, but there is one point for our reference, that is, after these people broke into the altar, Sanxingdui people never entered the altar again."
"What does this mean?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.
"Explain that the people who broke into the altar have destroyed the foundation of Sanxingdui people," Zhao Ying said.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded and then asked, "Have you traced the origins of Sanxingdui people?"
"Have you heard of the Aryans?" Zhao Ying asked rhetorically.
"We think so too." Wu Zhongyuan answered Zhao Ying's question indirectly.
Just as Zhao Ying wanted to interface, Huang Hailin's voice came from not far away, "I found it."
The two stopped talking and walked towards Huang Hailin.
Huang Hailin stood in the area on the right side of the stone room near the stone wall, pointed at the slate under his feet and said to the crowd, "The mechanism here is also triggered by gravity. The three bronze figures are the keys to the door, and one must stand here." Yan After all, he turned around and walked towards the middle of the stone room, stopping at one point, "There must be one standing here."
"But the bronze man is now damaged," Xiao Qin said.
"It doesn't matter, the trigger mechanism is their own weight, move them over." Huang Hailin said.
It was also a big loss, otherwise it wouldn't be able to move. Several people worked together to lift the bronze figurine to the corresponding position. The size of the bronze figurine laid flat exceeds the size of a single slate, and the weight must be biased. Without affecting the excitation mechanism, the three bronze figures were located in three different locations, and the stone slab in the north-central area of the stone chamber slowly sank, revealing a downward passage.
After the passage was opened, the wind was blowing up from below, and there was also heavy moisture coming up with the wind.
Everyone gathered at the entrance of the passage and looked down, only to see that the descending steps were spiral-shaped, and they couldn't see what was underneath.
"There is likely to be an underground river beneath this." Xiao Qin said.
Everyone frowned when they heard the word "underground river". There was no other reason. There was also an underground river at the bottom of the canyon that was occupied by monsters. The kind of monster that looks like a devil that attacks everyone.
Although I am apprehensive, I can only bite the bullet and go inside, because there is only one way and there is no choice.
Wang Xinran and Huang Hailin walked in the front as usual, followed by Xiao Qin and Yang Yi, Wu Zhongyuan, Lin Qingming and Zhao Ying walked last.
Going down a few meters, the steps turned a corner, and the person walking in front suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"There is light below?" Huang Hailin said.
Wu Zhongyuan was very puzzled when he heard the words and wanted to go forward, but was dragged back by Lin Qingming.
After a brief stagnation, Wang Xinran and Huang Hailin continued to walk down the steps. The steps were very slippery and the humidity below was heavy.
After turning three times, the passage came to an end, and before Wu Zhongyuan and others walked out of the passage, the people in front eagerly retreated.
Seeing the different expressions of everyone, Wu Zhongyuan asked suspiciously, "What's going on outside?"
Wang Xinran waved at him, Wu Zhongyuan squeezed forward, Wang Xinran raised his finger and made a silent gesture at him, then pulled him carefully towards the exit.
There is light outside, not very bright but not very dim, like a fifteen-watt light bulb, the light is not a single color, but a strange color.
After moving to the exit, Wu Zhongyuan saw the scene outside, and he gasped in astonishment at the same time. Outside was a very large underground space with an area of thousands of acres. A steep mountain was located in In the middle area, on the left is a huge lake, which occupies one-fifth of the total area of the underground space. This should be the source of the underground river. The overflowing lake water has many tributaries of different sizes, from left to right. Flow into the cliff on the right. The area of mountain peaks and lakes only accounts for two-fifths of the total area of the underground space, and the other areas are all flat with strange plants and trees growing on them.
The height of the underground mountain is at least more than 300 meters. There are three entrances from left to right at the bottom of the mountain. The three entrances are far apart from each other. The interior of the arch is all emitting light. The entrance on the far left emits red, the middle entrance emits yellow, and the opening on the right emits cyan.
What made Wu Zhongyuan startled was not the eerie lights from the three entrances, but the terrifying creatures all over the mountains and plains. There are three kinds of terrifying creatures. Most of the monsters that look like devils are concentrated around the mountain peaks. There is also a monster seven. The wolves are divided into three parts like people, with hairless body, gray skin, and the size of a calf. They are mainly scattered in the flat areas around the mountain peaks.
There is another kind of monster that lives in the water, only the eyes and part of the head are out of the water. According to the part of the tube out of the water, it looks like a leopard, some like a crocodile, but it should be much bigger than a crocodile.
The number of these three kinds of monsters is hard to count. There must be hundreds or thousands, and thousands are not accurate. They can only be described as everywhere.
Waiting for Wu Zhongyuan to close his shocked mouth, Wang Xinran pointed to the top of the mountain.
Wu Zhongyuan followed Wang Xinran's point and looked at the top of the mountain. He saw a flat area at the top of the mountain. There was a small house. It is square, and the style is somewhat like the Temple of Heaven in the imperial capital, but it is only a single layer.
After a brief observation, the two retreated, and Zhao Ying and Lin Qingming stepped forward to observe the situation outside.
After the observation, everyone slowly retreated. At this time, the entrance above was closed, and everyone could only retreat to the middle of the steps.
No one spoke for a long time, but the silence had to be broken in the end. The one who broke the silence was Wang Xinran, "This is the altar."
No one doubted her statement, this is the altar, and everyone has arrived at the destination.
“What exactly is this place?” Wang Xinran said to himself.
Although her statement seems to be contradictory, everyone knows that she is referring to the real purpose of this altar.
"What kind of monsters are these?" Xiao Qin asked, talking to herself to be precise, because she knew very well that no one could answer the question.
"It's not a native creature, it should be an exotic species." Huang Hailin said.
"Why is there a traffic light here?" Yang Yi said with a smile. At this time, he was probably the only one who could laugh.
"It's not a traffic light," Wang Xinran shook his head, "traffic lights are red, yellow, and green, but here are red, yellow, and green. These are the three primary colors, and all colors are formed by the combination of these three colors."
"Where are the three entrances that glow with different colors?" Yang Yi asked.
No one answered.
"How come there are plants here?" Xiao Qin said.
"There is also a small silver-gray house on the top of the mountain. I don't know what it is for." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"The small house is probably made of sterling silver," Huang Hailin said. "Silver oxidizes and changes color in a humid environment."
"Can I say a word?" Zhao Ying asked.
Her remarks were clearly ironic, she was pretending to be a prisoner, and intended to ridicule people.
Without permission, it does not affect Zhao Ying's speech, "Don't you feel like this is a military camp?"
No one agrees, but no one disagrees.
Zhao Ying continued, "These creatures have appeared in the records of the three ancient countries including ancient Egypt, and they were domesticated and used for warfare."
Although no one answered, everyone was waiting for her to continue talking, but Zhao Ying only said this, and there was no more.
"Hi, beauty, let's talk." Yang Yi said.
Zhao Ying didn't want to continue talking, but after hearing Yang Yi's words, she said, "Have you noticed? These three monsters include the three major arms of sea, land and air."
As reminded by Zhao Ying, everyone suddenly realized that the crocodile-like monster can fight in the water, the wolf-like monster can raid on the land, and the devil-like monster can fly.
"Don't look at me, I'm done." Zhao Ying shrugged and spread her hands.
After Zhao Ying finished speaking, Lin Qingming said in a deep voice, "According to the previous gates, there are only three people who came in to worship."
When everyone heard this, they turned their attention to Lin Qingming's face. Lin Qingming said calmly, "They may not come in to worship, but to control these monsters to start a war."
"Control?" Wu Zhongyuan interjected, "How can a wizard control so many monsters?"
Lin Qingming said, "To herd sheep, you only need to control the first sheep."
"Have you seen the leader?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. He knew Lin Qingming, and the last thing Lin Qingming wanted to do was unsubstantiated speculation.
Lin Qingming nodded, "I saw one of them..."