Chapter 377: Religious Sites
I never thought that the black woman who was born and died with me would have such a hidden identity.
However, after learning about this, I recalled the little things I had with this woman before, and some things that puzzled me in the past suddenly became clear.
Catherine has always given me a crazy feeling. Many of her decisions were extremely crazy and desperate. At that time, I thought this woman was not afraid of death. Now it seems that she was really not afraid of her.
In addition, whenever she encounters danger, she is extremely calm. She has far surpassed ordinary people's judgment and action ability, and has rich combat experience, unlike a woman in her twenties.
Damn, now I know the reason.
This guy is a real madman. She even has semi-mechanized thoughts. How could such a person not be crazy?
I even suspect that her thoughts have some flaws and do not have certain human feelings.
These people in the company should not be underestimated.
Who is this group of people, and why does it have such great energy and how many unknown secrets are hidden?
What are they looking for when they come to this island?
At this moment, although we learned Catherine's secret, it seemed that more doubts were placed in front of us.
In the end, the mechanical cores in Catherine's head were kept in the Petri dish by Yu Chengyao and carefully packed.
Since we were unable to get more news about the Devil Lake from Catherine, we can only put her affairs aside for the time being and start discussing the next course of action.
I have told Yu Chengyao about my strange experiences during this period, and she is now very worried about her physical condition.
We both have the same illness and compassion. Finding a way to relieve the curse is our common goal and an urgent task.
"This time we have three sets of devices, and the candidates for going into the water are just me, you, and Qian'er."
Yuchengyao directly suggested.
I thought about it and said that Qian'er must stay on the boat, otherwise I would be worried.
Yu Chengyao wrinkled when she heard this, but then agreed to my request.
The final decision was that Yu Chengyao, I, and Kogoro, and three others went into the water to explore. Qianer and the others stayed on the boat to pick us up.
The reason I let Qian'er stay on the boat is because only in this way can I feel more at ease.
Otherwise, she would also go into the water. Once the Japanese above did something bad, cut off the rope that tied me, or didn't pull me up or something, then there would be no place to cry at that time.
Early the next morning, we sailed again on a bamboo raft.
Not long after, we arrived at the water where I went into the water yesterday.
After putting on the diving suit that had been prepared long ago, checking the equipment carefully, and confirming that there was no problem, Yu Chengyao, and the Japanese named Xiaowuro jumped out of the water one after another.
This time, with the diving suit and oxygen cylinder, I can stay under the water for a long time, and I can't help but feel much more at ease.
Soon, the three of us found the remains of the stone ship I discovered yesterday.
After seeing this underwater ruin, Yu Chengyao and the others were also very surprised.
"This place is very strange. It looks like a ship, but I'm afraid it may not be used for navigation!"
After exploring for a while, Yu Chengyao made a serious statement that surprised me.
"Why do you say that?"
I hesitated for a while before saying this. I was a little uncomfortable with using the wired walkie-talkie in the diving suit for the first time and felt a little awkward.
"If you look closely, the bottom of the stone ship and the rocks at the bottom of the water are completely connected, and they are not combined together later. In other words, this thing did not sink from the water surface, but was carved from underwater rocks!"
According to Yucheng Yao, the reason why this ruin is so dilapidated as it is now is that this place has been impacted by some giant object, and it may be an ordinary underwater earthquake that caused the collapse.
This discovery undoubtedly makes us very confused.
Build a stone ship underwater?
Did the ancient savages go crazy?
However, then again, the former owner of this place may not be an ancient savage.
This is the masterpiece of those underwater lizard men.
As for why those lizard people do this, we have no way of knowing it. It may be related to their culture, beliefs, etc.
Of course, since this thing may be the masterpiece of the Lizardman, we must re-evaluate the level of wisdom of the Lizardman.
These lizard men cannot be regarded as ordinary beasts if they can create such things.
We thoroughly explored the surface of the shipwreck, but unfortunately we did not find more useful information.
However, at this time, our oxygen was still very abundant, enough to use for about three quarters of an hour, so we did not go ashore directly, but continued to dive and swim towards a darker place.
This shipwreck is very huge, at least at the same level as a large cruise ship.
It was inserted obliquely on the mountain ridge at the bottom of the lake. The place we just explored was just the surface of the ship. Now we pried open the broken stone doors and went deep into the cabin with a wider space.
Relying on the mine lamp above our heads, the dark and mysterious cabin was gradually revealed in front of us.
But at this moment, the lizard-men skeletons were increasing under our feet.
Moreover, not only the lizard man's skeletons, but also the ancient savages.
Ordinary savages cannot dive to such a deep water to move, so we judge that these ancient savages are highly likely to be captives or even food captured by lizardmen from the shore.
Another discovery that proves our guess is that there are many items made of human bones, cups and chopsticks, and even seats in this cabin.
"It seems that this stone ship is probably a religious place for those lizard men, and those ancient savages were tributes they caught!"
Yucheng Yao speculated.
I also agree with her statement. The reason why these lizards use humans as tributes may be the same as our humans, using chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep as tributes to worship their ancestors.
"I have a very interesting discovery, come here!"
Yu Chengyao suddenly shouted, with a little excited in her tone.
When we heard this, we were very curious and hurriedly moved towards her.
As we got closer, we saw Yu Chengyao constantly cleaning up some bones and debris in front of us. Soon, behind the stone wall in front of her, a bottomless dark cave appeared!
What's even more strange is that inside the dark hole, there were bubbles constantly bubbling outwards.
Chapter completed!