I said wonderingly: "Why are these female corpses facing upwards, but their limbs are erected at an incredible angle?" But then I thought of the "dead float" I saw in the water just now. Could it be that there are more such "dead floats" in the hole in front of me?

These female corpses are so strange. Who are they? The corpses are soaked in water for thousands of years, so why are they still not rotting? And I always feel that this kind of "dead float" is not like what we usually call floating corpses. What does that kind of strong resentment mean to convey? I have repeatedly looked at the "fossil altar" several times, but the "mixed painting" of the altar has been preserved so far, and there are too few parts that can be identified, and no clues can be found.

At this time, the big toads nearby dived into the water again, and the water surface suddenly calmed down. I looked around and found that the fossil altar was still safe. Since we had been swimming in the water for a long time, the three of us felt a little tired. So we decided to take a short rest here for a while and eat some food to replenish calories. It is also necessary to readjust the action plan according to the current situation.

I was a little hesitant in my heart. The past experience gave me an unknown premonition. I was unable to make a decision for a while, so I had to ask for the opinions of Shirley Yang and Fatty. This ancient gourd-shaped cave, where the gourd mouth is the Xuan Palace of the "King of King Xian". However, the last journey was unpredictable, and no one could understand the true face of the "Mountain God" and those "dead floats". The most direct threat we face was the "female corpse dead float" that appeared and disappeared at the bottom of the water. Of course, it would be fine if we returned the same way, but we might not be able to find another entrance to the "King of King Xian". The key is that we need to evaluate now whether it is worth taking this risk.

Shirley Yang said to me: "Actually, there is more information conveyed in the grinding painting, but you didn't find it. You see, all the natives in this painting have feathers on their heads, and only the leader wears horn helmets. The composition of the grinding painting is too simple, so it is easy to ignore this detail. We previously found a mask worn in the witchcraft ritual in the jade coffin of the High Priest of King Xian. I think that the golden mask is related to this."

The native leader in "Mi Painting" wears a helmet or a mask? It is difficult to distinguish. Only the two long curved corners are very conspicuous, indicating that this person's status is unique. Even if he is not the leader of everyone, he is also a high priest who is in charge of important rituals.

I asked the fat man to take out the golden mask and take a look. The fat man never wanted to leave the body. One of them was put in his own carrying bag. At this moment, he took it out and saw that the golden mask had two slit dragon horns, or deer antlers, lion's eyes, tiger's mouths, and fish ears. It combines the characteristics of various animals and has a very strange shape. In addition, many concave and undulating eyeballs were cast on the mask patterns. It looked the same as the totem worshipped by the ancient desert city. Compared with this, the horn helmet of the leader of the barbarians in the "mixed painting" was indeed a bit like the shape of the golden mask.

Shirley Yang said: "The fossil altar is first, with a history of at least three thousand years, while the tomb of King Xian is behind, which is only more than two thousand years. I think maybe this secret cave underground is the only path to the tomb of the king. The so-called mountain god in the Panji Cave has been the object of worship and worship by the local barbarians since ancient times. Therefore, King Xian's subordinates applied the ancient traditional sacrificial rituals of the barbarians here. After the tomb of the king is closed, if you want to enter the Minglou to worship King Xian, you will do it according to law. Just worship a large number of large toads to the gods in the cave and can pass through here smoothly. At the end of the sacrificial ditch, some wooden boats shaped from the Qin and Han Dynasties and those decaying long poles can prove that after the tomb of the king is closed, there have been more than one sacrificial rituals like this at least once."

Shirley Young paused and continued: "In addition, based on my understanding of animals, the large toads in the nearby waters should not live here, but gather in a wetland in the valley. It is only because the insects that have recently grown underground are in the spawning period that have attracted many large toads."

After listening to Shirley Yang's analysis, I was very vocal and exclaimed: "Chief Yang is far-sighted and has analyzed so much information from just a mask that has not attracted our attention at all. I think that King Xian is also an outsider, and you can't beat the local snake even if you are a strong dragon..."

The fat man felt quite dissatisfied. Before I finished speaking, he said to Shirley Yang: "This gourd cave leads to the tomb of King Xian. I saw it first before we came in. Let me tell you what the mountain god and the female corpse are, and what medicine is sold in this gourd?"

Shirley Yang shook his head and said, "I am not a prophet, how could I know those? I just inferred based on the clues at present. How could I do it accurately without seeing it with my own eyes? But I think the information on this altar should be real. The mountain god and the female corpses exist. Even though their original form is very different from the ancients' understanding, there must be something strange in the cave."

Shirley Yang asked me again: "Lao Hu, you are a knowledgeable person. From what you see, what would this mountain god be like? Are we confident that we can pass through this gourd cave?"

I said to Shirley Yang and Fatty, "As far as I can see, the black-faced mountain god has hard hair on his face and his face is lifeless. He must be a thousand-year-old zombie spirit living in the cave, and there are a lot of corpse poison on his body. The meaning of the grinding on the altar is very clear. The barbarian caught the big toad and hang it into the hole with a long pole. It was not eaten by something, but because the toad itself has poison glands. Once it encounters a more vicious poison gas attack, it will release poison through the poison glands behind it, and finally the essence and blood are exhausted by the corpse poison, so when it is taken out, it will be taken out.

Only in this way can the old zombie be dried out of the flesh. Only in this way can the old zombie be temporarily released and then suppressed with a golden mask can it be possible to pass through the gourd cave. If there is no such method on weekdays, outsiders who don’t know the details will die from being poisoned by the corpse. There has been such folk legends in Yunnan before. My inference is reasonable and not made up by me. However, I really can’t say that floating corpse that floats without hearing or seeing, and I don’t know what the female corpse can have to do with the thousand-year-old zongzi spirit.”

Although the fat man is not a person who is strong outside and is a bit weak, he heard me say that there are ancient zombies three thousand years ago, and he is a little weak. After all, no one has seen those things before. Who can handle them with the black donkey hoof and glutinous rice? So he said: "Political Commissar Hu, what did you say just now that the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake? This is very good, and it is reasonable. No matter what, the old zombie has lived here for so many years, and has not violated the law or made trouble in society. What does this mean? It means that they are a great good citizen, and have never recruited anyone, and have never provoked anyone. If we have to be unable to get along with others and force them to pass through here, it is not impossible with our skills, but it seems that we don't understand the truth. I think we might as well pass by each other, give each other a face, and be at peace with each other."

Shirley Yang said: "It is very possible to use a toad to consume poison gas in the hole, but I don't think there will be any old zombies that have become spirits. How could the ancients regard zombies as mountain gods? This is absolutely impossible. It's just that the naked corpse that appeared at the bottom of the water, all over the body was faintly shrouded in a layer of dark halo. When the female corpse appeared, it would make people feel an inexplicable sorrow, as if there was a strong resentment. It seemed that there would be more in the hole in front of them. I don't know what the name was, but I had to guard against it."

Fatty and I heard Shirley Yang say the word "naked corpse" and exclaimed in the same voice: "The female corpse with a bare ass!" I knew I had made up my words and hurriedly covered my mouth with my hands, but it was too late. I felt very surprised: "Why is this fat guy saying the same thing as me? And he is not even a word. This guy is so hooligan."

Just now, I saw the female corpse that suddenly floated up from the bottom of the water and disappeared quietly. Because the incident happened suddenly, I didn't pay attention to whether the female corpse was naked. I only noticed that the floating corpse was a woman. Seeing that her figure was very young, she was covered with a cold and desolate white light. Looking back now, it seemed that she was indeed a naked corpse, but why didn't she wear clothes? Was it soaked in water? Even if it was a zombie, it was still gorgeous. I was curious and suddenly had the idea of ​​looking at it carefully.

I felt a little embarrassed when I said the words of the naked female corpse just now, so I pretended to cough twice and said to Shirley Yang and Fatty: "I have come here, how can I not retreat? We should set off now. If you are brave enough, put on a gas mask with me and drill into the last part of the gourd hole. No matter what he is a ghost zombie, he will use black donkey hoofs to pull the nest. Let's go straight into the king's nest. No matter what is in the hole, as long as we are not afraid of sacrifice and overcome all difficulties, we will definitely win the final victory."

The fat man was a person who could not hold on to things in his heart. He seemed a little excited at this time and slapped his thighs and said, "That's it. Professor Chen's old man's life is in the evening and there is no need to delay any further. We will save people and send Buddha to the west. The heavy responsibility is on our shoulders, so that we cannot stop moving forward. The iron must be successful while the iron is hot. This is the final struggle. Intner-Nair will definitely achieve it. The mountains and rivers are dangerous, and it cannot stop ambitions. The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the eagle can't stand the eagle's attack on the sky. When the morning glow rises tomorrow morning, we must return to our long-lost homeland with the joy of victory. Thinking back to the night of the battle, the passion in our hearts has not yet dried up. We must report solemnly to the motherland motherland for the happiness of mankind..."
Chapter completed!