Origin Chapter 55: The bizarre inscription

Wu Zhongyuan was not the only one who was excited, Wang Xinran was even more excited than he was. He walked quickly to the dirt pit dug by the excavator and looked down, "It's a slate, and there really is an underground palace underneath!"

Wu Zhongyuan followed and shouted at the excavator driver, "Turn off the fire, throw the sledgehammer at me."

Excavators often lose their chains, so every vehicle is equipped with a large hammer with a chain on it. The driver shuts down the engine and takes the hammer down.

Wu Zhongyuan took the hammer, jumped into the pit, and hit the slate with a hammer.

Seeing that the slate is intact, the driver said, "The slate is very thick and cannot be broken."

"Dig up the soil." Wu Zhongyuan returned the hammer to the driver and pulled Wang Xinran back to a safe area.

The driver didn't know why, but Wang Xinran understood and knew that Wu Zhongyuan's move was to determine whether there was space under the slate, and the sound of tapping on the slate indicated that there was indeed space under the slate, and the space was quite large.

"Can you tell me what's down there now?" Wang Xinran couldn't wait.

"The underground palace." Wu Zhongyuan said casually.

Wang Xinran was naturally dissatisfied with such an answer, and continued to ask, "What's in the underground palace?"

"I'm not too sure," Wu Zhongyuan said.

"You're boring like this." Wang Xinran was dissatisfied. Since Wu Zhongyuan knew that there was an underground palace here, he must also know what was in the underground palace.

Wang Xinran said it was boring, but Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer or explain.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was determined not to say anything, Wang Xinran was dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to change the subject, "Whoever said it beforehand, no matter what is in it, you can only use it, not take it away, let alone destroy it. ."

"Yes." Wu Zhongyuan nodded in agreement. It is not difficult to find out from this sentence. In Wang Xinran's opinion, there should be some mysterious device hidden in the underground palace that can create wormholes. someone.

Everyone is curious, and so are the excavator drivers, who may also want to see what will eventually be excavated. The two excavators are working at full speed, digging out the earth above the flagstones at an incredible speed.

"You don't need to go far," Wu Zhongyuan shouted to the driver, "make sure it's not the entrance and use it to pile up soil."

Wu Zhongyuan's method is good. The soil dug out does not need to be moved away, and he just digs forward to find it.

Two excavators were digging head-on. Seeing that the distance between the two excavators was getting closer and closer, Wu Zhongyuan was worried that the slate could not bear such a heavy weight, so he transferred one of them to find the boundary of the slate, and the other one. The station continues to excavate.

From here, you can see that the village square is brightly lit, and from the village square, you can also see that it is brightly lit. If it hadn't happened to "happen" to hold a legal education education, the villagers would have come to watch the fun, but at this time they can only stay obediently Listening to the propaganda on the plaza, no one will be allowed to leave, and the auxiliary police will accompany you to the toilet.

Half an hour later, one of the excavators found the southern boundary of the slate, while the other dug the overlying soil on the slate, but found nothing, and drove over to join the excavator, Clean up the slate borders together.

Soon, a thick stone pillar appeared on the south side. Five minutes later, another stone pillar appeared. After digging to the left and right, there was no stone pillar.

"Dig from between the two stone pillars to the north." Wu Zhongyuan personally commanded,

A few shovels went down, and the stone gate was exposed. After digging out the earth and stone accumulated in front of the stone gate, the stone gate was completely revealed. The two doors were opposite, about five meters high, and the width of the two doors was also about five meters. It is chiseled from bluestone, with no decoration on it.

Such a stone door is not too big, but it is not too small. There should have been a bronze pull ring on the stone door, but after too long, the pull ring has already decayed, and only the round hole for the fixed pull ring is left.

“How to open it?” Wang Xinran looked at Shimen.

"I have a solution." Wu Zhongyuan turned around and walked towards one of the excavators. Most of the excavators had steel wire ropes, which were tied with iron drills and inserted through the round holes where the copper rings were originally fixed in Shimen. Don't stop, the excavator can pull the stone door open from the outside.

But neither of the two excavators had wire ropes. Seeing this, Wang Xinran said, "There are nylon ropes for trailers on the trucks, can I use them?"

"It should work," Wu Zhongyuan said. "Go down and get it."

Wang Xinran agreed, turned around and walked to the pit, but after a few steps, he remembered something, turned back and said to Wu Zhongyuan, "Don't move around before I come back."

"Don't worry, let's go." Wu Zhongyuan urged.

Wang Xinran turned around and went.

As soon as Wang Xinran left, the driver approached and tried to find out what was inside. Naturally, Wu Zhongyuan would not tell them the truth, but only said that it was an archaeological excavation.

After perfunctory the driver, Wu Zhongyuan approached the stone gate. The diameter of the round hole on which the copper ring was fixed was about seven or eight centimeters. However, the underground palace was too dark.

Inhale and smell, there is a strong damp and mildew in the underground palace.

"Little brother, I have a flashlight in my car," said a driver.

"Bring it." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Soon, the driver brought a flashlight, but this guy's flashlight is rechargeable, quite big, and the light is bright enough, but it will block the round hole at the same time, and still can't see anything.

"You go over there and take a photo inside." Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the door on the left.

The driver took a flashlight and lit it in. Wu Zhongyuan watched from the round hole here. With the light of the flashlight, the things in the underground palace showed the tip of the iceberg. The first thing he saw was the tripod, not green It shows that the tripod is made of stone, has three legs, and is very large, at least three meters high.

The direct light of the flashlight is like a leopard in a tube, and only a limited part can be seen, so Wu Zhongyuan asked the driver to move the flashlight within the visible range to expand the irradiation range as much as possible.

After reading one side, I switched positions with the driver to observe the other side.

After reading the two sides, I have a general understanding of the situation in the underground palace. The underground palace is very large, and there are many stone tripods in it, densely packed, at least dozens. These stone tripods are surrounded by a sarcophagus, and all the stone tripod bottoms are There is a tube connected to the sarcophagus. These tubes are supposed to be cast in a special metal, but some of them have decayed and broken.

In addition to these stone cauldrons and the sarcophagus, there is also a large stone statue on the north side of the underground palace, a mighty giant bear standing upright and roaring.

"Little brother, can you open my eyes?" the driver in charge of lighting negotiated.

Wu Zhongyuan wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he reached out and took the flashlight. After the Shimen opened, the driver would definitely see these things.

The driver ran to the other side and was about to peek inside, but the light suddenly disappeared. He turned around in confusion, only to find Wu Zhongyuan walking towards another driver with a flashlight.

"What are you stepping on?" Wu Zhongyuan asked the driver. The driver was squatting on a bluestone to smoke. Judging from the shape of the bluestone, it should be a stone tablet.

"A piece of slate," the driver nodded, "caught from the door, maybe it fell from it."

Wu Zhongyuan quickly approached and pulled the driver off the stone tablet. He could still distinguish between the stone tablet and the stone tablet. It was a stone tablet.

The stele is not big, only about one meter wide, no more than 50 centimeters wide. When I flashed a flashlight, I found that there seemed to be characters on the stele. I squatted down and wiped off some of the clay on it, and a few words appeared.

These words are located in the middle of the stele, and if you look closely, there are three words "if you can".

At first, Wu Zhongyuan hadn't reacted, and he was stunned before realizing the abnormality. The three characters are arranged horizontally, and the two characters 'if' are modern characters, while 'neng' are ancient characters.

I was puzzled, and I wiped away some of the soil, and I saw another few words "On the fifteenth day of April". These words are also mixed with modern and ancient words.

The soil is very wet and sticks to the stone tablet and it is not easy to clean up. Wu Zhongyuan asked the driver, "Is there any water? Give me some."

One of the drivers came over with half a bottle of mineral water, "I have half a bottle here."

Wu Zhongyuan took the mineral water and sprinkled it on the stele to clean it up. Another text appeared, saying, 'If you can get to the second location before sunset on April 15, you can save the little wizard. ’

After reading this sentence, Wu Zhongyuan took a deep breath. Who wrote the inscription on this stone tablet? Why are simplified characters mixed with ancient characters? Why does this person know about the existence of the little wizard?

Shocked, he continued to shower, but the water was gone.

"Is antifreeze okay?" the driver asked.

"Okay, bring it here." Wu Zhongyuan urged.

Soon, the driver brought a bucket of antifreeze, and Wu Zhongyuan turned off the flashlight and washed the stone tablet.

"Why did you turn off the flashlight?" one of the drivers asked suspiciously.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer, and continued to clean the stone tablet. The stone tablet only has characters on one side, which is a modern writing habit. It is written horizontally from left to right, and it is exactly horizontal chisel.

At this moment, Wang Xinran came back and brought back the rope. Seeing Wu Zhongyuan cleaning the stone tablet, he came over curiously, "What are you doing?"

"I found a stone tablet with writing on it," Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand, "I'll wash it and see what's written on it. You can find iron brazing to tie it up, put it in the round hole on the stone door, and pull the stone door open. ."

Wang Xinran didn't think too much, called the driver, and went to the toolbox in the car to find the iron drill.

Wu Zhongyuan eagerly cleaned the stone tablet, and all the text on it appeared, "Those stone cauldrons are used to store potions, to maintain the basic physical energy consumption of the great wizard, the potion has long been exhausted, and the great wizard has died. Both drivers are pretending to be sent from above. Once you enter the underground palace, they will trap you in it. There are still ambushes around. Don't enter the underground palace and leave as soon as possible. Be careful of the one in yellow, he may shoot you, just Follow the previously observed route and rush to the next location as quickly as possible after getting out of trouble. If you can get to the second location before sunset on April 15th, you will be able to save the little wizard. If you can come back a year earlier , the situation is not so bad. Anything I do here may affect myself, so I dare not pass too much information to you, you can only rely on yourself. In addition, Wang likes you, she did not deliberately deceive you, Don't humiliate her, don't be embarrassed if she's still by your side when you leave, be sure to hug her. Also, stay away from Zhao, she's a good person, don't kill her."

This is the only text, with the inscription below, "You know who I am."

Wu Zhongyuan has always been in shock and consternation. As the inscription said, he did know who left these words, not someone else, but himself back in ancient times.

These words were not engraved by him, they should have been written by him, carved by craftsmen and placed in front of the great wizard's underground palace. There is no doubt about their authenticity, because he always habitually put the words "by "Tian" is written as "field", and "earth" in Zhouli is written as "scholar". These two characters are both on the stone tablet, and they are both wrong.

"Hey," Wang Xinran called to him from the front of the underground palace, "it's fixed, let's start?"

The situation is urgent, so Wu Zhongyuan doesn't have much time to think, so he can only try his best to delay the time. "The door has a positive and negative, and it is inserted wrongly. Change the round hole on the left."

After shouting, I went to one of the excavators, took the hammer down, and smashed it hard at the stone tablet. This thing can't be left behind, or it will be translated.

"What are you doing?" Wang Xinran shouted in confusion.

"There may be something in here." Wu Zhongyuan shouted.

Although Wu Zhongyuan's explanation was far-fetched, it was plausible. The three had no doubts and changed the position of the fixed iron rod.

Smashing the stone tablet beyond recognition, Wu Zhongyuan dropped the hammer and grabbed the backpack.

"Okay, let's start?" Wang Xinran asked again.

"Okay, be careful." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"What are you doing?" Wang Xinran asked.

"Peeing, urgency when nervous." Wu Zhongyuan casually said.

"I'm in a rush to urinate too, let's go together." The driver in yellow followed.

Seeing that the development of the matter is the same as what is described on the stone tablet, Wu Zhongyuan dares to delay, exert light power, and run away...