The mountain pass was very close to the city gate, and it would only take one breakfast.
It was just that Professor Chen was too slow. If Hu Ba had not reminded him that Ye Yixin was still waiting for water to save his life, he would probably have been squatting in front of that broken wall for an entire day.
"Right, right, right. Saving Little Ye is more important. Let's find the palace. In ancient times, the kingdoms in the desert were built near the underground river, and the palace was usually in the middle of the city.”
After walking around the ruins for a while, other than a tilted black tower that was more conspicuous, there was no large building that looked like a palace.
"The palace might be built underground. There's too much sand in the city. Let's go to the Black Tower and see if we can find the entrance to the underground palace.”
The black tower was carved from the large stones of the magnetic mountain and was six stories high. At this moment, the base and more than half of the arched stone doors were buried in the sand.
Professor Chen looked up for a long time and said to himself,"That's right. Why didn't I think of that before?”
No one knew what he thought of, but he suddenly lowered his body and entered the tower door, as if he was eager to confirm something.
"Damn, why is this old professor so rash again?”Fatty Wang was also speechless towards these archaeologists.
So many things had happened along the way, and almost all of them were caused by the two old professors. One of them had already died, but they still didn't learn their lesson.
Xu Yuan knew what was in the Black Tower, but he didn't say anything.
There were many things that could no longer be corrected by the original plot.
Hu Bayi once again took on the responsibility of leading the team and said,"Fatty, follow me. Xu Yuan, you bring your men and follow behind.”
Chu Jian hesitated for a moment, then took the shotgun that Fatty had discarded and followed. Only the timid Sa Dipeng did not move because he was carrying Ye Yixin.
He was very smart and knew that the safest place was behind Xu Yuan.
There was no one on the first and second floor of the black tower. Xu Yuan brought Xue Li Yang and Sa Di Peng, who was carrying Ye Yixin, to the third floor and saw Professor Chen and the others.
He and Hu Ba stood together, looking at a stone statue with a giant pupil in front of them.
Professor Chen pushed his presbyopic glasses." It seems that my speculation was correct. The source of the giant pupil stone statues unearthed in various parts of the country is the Jingjue Country.”
"Professor, what is this tower for?" asked Satipeng, who was standing at the back. I saw that there was a stone statue on each level, and it was different.”
"I think the black tower is used to show the status of the Ghost Cave Tribe. Different stone statues represent different levels."”
" The first level is for livestock, and the second level is for ordinary people. Their status is only higher than cows and sheep, equivalent to slaves. As for the giant pupil statue on the third level…"
He paused for a moment and continued," I don't know if you guys noticed, but the stone ball on the top of the tower is also shaped like an eye. It's enough to show how much the Ghost Cave Tribe worships eyes. Let's go up and take a look. Let's see what's higher in the Jingjue Nation.”
After hearing what he said, not only the archeologists, even Xue Li Yang and Hu Ba were curious.
Of course, other than Xu Yuan who already knew the answer.
He hadn't seen any Corpse Qi gathering in the Ancient City of Extinction, nor had he received any message from the butler of the Corpse Clan.
It seemed that he could only find out after entering the underground palace.
The group arrived at the fourth level. The stone statue that appeared in front of them stunned everyone.
The snake had a human head and four limbs. Its hind legs were in the shape of a beast, and its forelimbs were in the shape of a human. It held a sword and a shield, and its head was a female's face. There was also a black ball at the back of its head, just like the black snake he saw on the magnetic mountain.
Professor Chen clicked his tongue in wonder when he saw the stone statue."This seems to be the guardian of the kingdom. There is also a black ball in the shape of an eye on her head. As expected, the eyes are regarded as the source of all power by the people of the Ghost Cave.”
"Eh, there's a big hole here." Out of curiosity, Fatty Wang walked around the serpent-man statue, only to discover something behind it.
Xu Yuan had thought that the stone statue had fallen into disrepair over the years.
Who knew that when he looked at it, he realized that the crack was like a snake's opening when it shed its skin.
The stone statue was hollow, and the inside of the stone was very smooth. It did not look like it had been damaged or caused by natural weathering. With a flashlight, one could vaguely see faint snake patterns.
Could it be that the thing inside had shed its skin and left?
Xu Yuan's expression was a little ugly. He happened to hear Professor Chen asking if Xue Li Yang knew about this kind of snake, so he casually added,"This kind of snake is called Jingjian Agam. Rumor has it that they come from a snake mother summoned by the Queen of Jingjue from the Ghost Cave. The one I saw on the magnetic mountain was just a small snake born from the snake mother.”
"It's just a legend. Old Xu, you don't believe it, do you?”Fatty Wang laughed." Black snakes are very scary. I would believe you if you said there was a big snake, but it's impossible for a half-human, half-snake creature like this."”
The others also agreed with Fatty Wang's point of view. The existence of a half-human and half-snake was too mysterious.
Xu Yuan was too lazy to argue with him." Actually, I don't want to believe it either. The problem is that this Snake Dowager is very likely to be alive. It has shed its skin from the stone statue. It should still be in Jingjue City.”
" What?!" Everyone's faces turned pale.
The Snake Dowager in front of him was four meters tall.
Now, not only did it survive two thousand years, but it might also be living in the ruins of Jingjue Ancient City.
Then wouldn't their group be finished?
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