Origin Chapter 92: Underwater Mausoleum
After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Wang Xinran smiled, "This person is quite interesting."
Wu Zhongyuan also smiled, "Yeah, it's better to be serious than to be serious. This is a person with real skills, and it is rare that he has a real temperament. He is not polite."
Wang Xinran nodded and raised his hand to look at his watch. Nearly half an hour had passed since the end of the fight, and the leprechaun and black scorpion never surfaced.
Seeing Wang Xinran's impatient face, Wu Zhongyuan knew that she had no intention of waiting, so he said, "Ask the experts in the headquarters to see if these two creatures will float up immediately after they die."
Wang Xinran accepted Wu Zhongyuan's suggestion, and soon, the headquarters had a reply. Only a few fish would float on the water after they died. Most aquatic animals and drowned people or other terrestrial animals died after death. It will not float up immediately. It will take a period of time for the metabolism to stop, and the bacteria in the body will cause the corpse to swell before it will surface.
After receiving the reply, Wang Xinran looked at his watch again, "Wait for another fifteen minutes, and we will start going into the water before twelve o'clock."
The rescue boat arrived ten minutes later, and after the four entered the water, there could be no backup on the water.
I explained relevant matters to my colleagues on the boat, and the four of them wore diving equipment and prepared to go into the water.
Zhang Shukai was the first to get dressed, and Chong Wang said happily, "I'll go down to see what's going on underwater first. You guys are waiting for me up there. If there's no accident, I'll be up in five minutes."
Wang Xinran thought about it for a while, then nodded in agreement, "Pay attention to safety."
Zhang Shukai nodded, bit his respirator, and jumped into the water.
Wang Xinran lit a cigarette and waited.
"Why didn't they come up?" Wu Zhongyuan had doubts in his heart.
Wang Xinran shook her head. Wu Zhongyuan's question was also her question. According to Zhang Kui, who surrendered before, there were five people trapped underwater. Only one person floated up. Where did the others go?
Wu Zhongyuan said again, "If they were blocked underwater by the black flood dragon, they should take the opportunity to escape after the black flood dragon left."
Wang Xinran replied, "Maybe they didn't get what they wanted, and the one who floated up before may just be a deserter."
"You mean they're still underwater?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"It's possible." Wang Xinran nodded.
It takes five minutes for a cigarette to burn. Before Wang Xinran threw away the cigarette butt, Zhang Shukai surfaced.
Seeing that he returned safely, Wang Xinran secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When the other party took off the respirator, he asked, "What's the situation?"
Zhang Shukai clings to the side of the ship, "There is a strong undercurrent underwater, and the visibility is not high. We did not find the corpses of the leprechaun and the dragon. They may have been washed downstream by the undercurrent."
Not waiting for Wang Xinran to ask questions, Zhang Shukai took the initiative to say, "Underwater is a very steep cliff. According to the diving instrument, the vertical distance between the top of the cliff and the water surface is 23 meters, and the bottom of the cliff is 90 meters away from the water surface. Three meters, there is a 70-meter drop between the two, and there are many huge stone statues at the bottom of the cliff, which are divided into two columns from north to south.”
"Isn't it an ancient city underwater?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
Zhang Shukai shook his head, "I didn't go far, there are no city ruins nearby."
Lv Jiahui asked, "What are those stone statues carved under water? Are they arranged in an orderly manner?"
"There is thick moss attached to the stone statue, I didn't pay attention to it," Zhang Shukai said. "The stone statues are arranged neatly. The underwater undercurrent mainly flows through the top of the cliff, and the water flow below the cliff is very gentle."
After listening to Zhang Shukai's description, Lv Jiahui made a judgment, "It is very likely to be an underwater mausoleum. Those stone statues should be tomb guardian beasts on the corridor. This kind of tomb is carved into a mountain, and the entrance is usually at the end of the corridor. , which is directly below the cliff."
"Have you seen the entrance?" Wang Xinran asked.
"No," Zhang Shukai shook his head, "underwater visibility is not high, I was worried about exposing the target, so I didn't turn on the strong light."
Wang Xinran didn't ask any further questions. Hearing what others said was better than seeing it with his own eyes. After getting ready, the four of them dived together.
Although Wu Zhongyuan has good water ability, he was using a respirator for the first time and was not used to it. Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai pulled him from left to right and led him to dive.
Zhang Shukai is right, the underwater visibility is indeed not high, and the situation in the water is observed through the diving goggles, and it is foggy.
The undercurrent is not as scary as Wu Zhongyuan imagined. Although the momentum is great, it will not be swept away by the undercurrent. After diving for more than 20 meters, the momentum suddenly disappeared.
As the diving depth increased, the light became darker and the visibility became worse and worse. The strong depression made Wu Zhongyuan feel short of breath, so he could only take a deep breath to relieve the discomfort.
In addition to feeling depressed, I also experienced severe tinnitus, buzzing in my ears and bulging eardrums, which was very uncomfortable.
Wang Xinran sensed Wu Zhongyuan's discomfort and made a gesture to Zhang Shukai and Lv Jiahui, and the four slowed down their dive.
Everything has a process of adaptation. After the speed of diving slowed down, Wu Zhongyuan's discomfort also eased, but the strong depression still existed.
Wu Zhongyuan has no specific concept of how long it took to go to the bottom of the water. It may be three minutes or five minutes. After stepping on the ground, I feel much more at ease, although this down-to-earth feeling still has the same feeling on land. big difference.
After descending to the bottom of the water, Zhang Shukai swam north, while Lv Jiahui went to explore the stone statue on the left, and Wang Xinran stayed in place with Wu Zhongyuan.
Wu Zhongyuan turned his head and looked around. It was the brightest time outside, but it was like a dark night underwater. Fortunately, he had night vision and could barely see the surrounding scenery. There are twelve stone statues. According to the outline of the stone statues, these stone statues are not beasts, but people in various poses.
These stone statues are about three times the size of ordinary people. The distance between them is about five meters. It extends from north to south for dozens of meters. The distance between the east and west stone statues is about twelve meters. After seeing the square slab, Lv Jiahui had previously judged correctly that it was indeed a mausoleum, and the two of them were standing on the corridor in front of the mausoleum.
After Wu Zhongyuan got used to the underwater environment, Wang Xinran took him to Lv Jiahui, who was not far away. Lv Jiahui was using special tools to clean the moss attached to the stone statue.
Lv Jiahui is good at underwater archaeology, and the corresponding tools are naturally available. Under her cleaning, a stone statue is quickly revealed. Also has a long sword on it.
Different from common statues, this statue is very strange in both behavior and demeanor. To be precise, it is not weird, but it is different from common serious statues. This is a realistic statue. The head of the statue is Crooked, the right eye is closed, the index finger of the left hand is placed under the nose, looking carefully, it turns out that he is picking his nostrils.
Waiting to see the stone statue clearly, Wu Zhongyuan and Wang Xinran looked at each other. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to carve such a large stone statue.
Lv Jiahui was also surprised, but she was more excited. The ancient rank was distinct, and there were strict rank restrictions on what to wear. This stone statue wears a crown of nine, which is a crown that only princes are qualified to wear. , If the identity of the person can be determined, the true appearance of the person can be completely restored, which is much more accurate than the restoration of the skull.
Archaeology students all have a common feature: careful, and Lv Jiahui is no exception. She cleans up very carefully. Seeing this, Wang Xinran stepped forward to interrupt her, pointed to the rest, and motioned her to clean up those .
Soon, the second stone statue was also cleaned up. This is a sitting stone statue of a middle-aged man. The stone statue is sitting on a stone-carved wooden cart. The wooden cart looks like a modern wheelchair. The man crossed Erlang's legs, put a feather fan on his knees, and held two bamboo sticks in both hands, with a fish stuck on the bamboo sticks.
If the first stone statue gave the two of them a feeling of doubt, then the stone statue gave them a shock. The wooden chariot and feather fan is the standard configuration of Zhuge Liang, and this stone statue is undoubtedly carved by Zhuge Kongming.
Zhuge Kongming was a fairy-like existence in history. He devoted himself to death and was a model of loyalty and patriotism. However, the carving of this stone statue is too serious. How can a legendary figure be like this.
But if it is malicious and ugly, it doesn't seem to be, because the facial features of the stone statue are handsome and refined, and they have an elegant demeanor. Although they are holding fish, they do not have the covetousness that is about to eat, but rather deep meditation and worry.
At this moment, Zhang Shukai swam over from the north, and Chong Wang Xinran made a gesture to indicate that there was indeed an entrance from the north.
Wang Xinran was looking at the stone statue, raised her hand, and motioned Zhang Shukai to wait.
Zhang Shukai made another gesture, which Wu Zhongyuan didn't understand, but Wang Xinran understood and went north with Zhang Shukai.
At this time, Lv Jiahui has already started to clean up the third stone statue. As usual, the head will be cleaned first. This is a sitting stone statue of a young woman. On the head of the stone statue is a phoenix crown worn only by concubines in the palace. The clothes are luxurious and beautiful. .
At first, Wu Zhongyuan thought this stone statue was normal, but when Lv Jiahui cleaned up the second half, he found that he thought too much. This stone statue was very abnormal. The woman sitting under the buttocks is not a chair, but a toilet. This stone statue is actually carved by the queen concubine Chu Gong.
Just as Wu Zhongyuan was stunned, Wang Xinran came back and was stunned when he saw this stone statue.
After being stunned for a while, Wang Xinran waved to Lv Jiahui, and then dragged Wu Zhongyuan to the north.
There is indeed an entrance under the cliff in the north. There are two stone gates nearly two meters high and five feet wide. The stone gates are open and covered with moss, which means that the stone gates were not pushed open by man, but were originally Not closed.
At this time, Zhang Shukai was not outside the door, Wang Xinran dragged Wu Zhongyuan into the Shimen It is more than fifty square meters, with a strong odor inside, and some animal bones are scattered. It can be seen that the black flood dragon has been entrenched here before.
A green bead the size of a goose egg is inlaid on the top of the stone chamber, and the fluorescent light emitted by the stone chamber is gloomy green. There is a stone tablet to the north, and to the north of the stone tablet is a half-open stone gate.
"They are still inside." Wang Xinran pointed to the northeast corner of the stone room, where several sets of diving equipment were stacked.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded.
"He knew we would come." Wang Xinran said.
"Who is it?" Wu Zhongyuan didn't know why.
"Zuo Ci," Wang Xinran pointed to the stone tablet to the north, "the stone tablet has been written..."