At first glance, these statues look like snakes, but when you come to the front, you will find that their heads are not ordinary snake heads at all. They are also different from any mythical beasts and foreign objects handed down from the celestial dynasty.

The strange head actually has a bit of the Cthulhu mythical monster imagined by later generations.

Wu Liang and the rest of the Hu army had all observed the strange bone-eating insect in the Yellow River at close range before, and recognized it at a glance. This was the statue of that strange insect!

"How could this be?"

Wu Liang frowned tightly, his mind filled with confusion.

In my impression, the ancient books of the Celestial Dynasty have never recorded similar insects, and even unofficial histories that cannot withstand scrutiny have no similar legends. Why do such statues appear in this secret place?

Wu Liang does not believe that there are intelligent Zerg species in the world similar to those in science fiction movies and games. Not only the Chinese civilization, but also civilizations around the world have never mentioned anything about it.

Therefore, Wu Liang has reason to believe that this statue must have been made by humans who were intelligent and good at using tools.

But what kind of person would carve such a statue?

Could it be the product of some kind of sacrifice or sacrificial ceremony?

This possibility does exist. In ancient times, people's understanding of the world was limited. If there were frequent incidents where monsters hurt people but could not do anything about it, and the monsters were beyond the scope of the ancients' cognition, they would often appear under the guidance of wizards.

I will mythologize it and use some sacrifices or sacrificial rituals to please the monster and pray that the monster will no longer hurt people or bring blessings.

Offering sacrifices to the river god or setting up sacrificial piles are the products of this ritual that have been handed down, and they still have a profound impact on future generations.

Statues also belong to a kind of sacrifice or part of the ritual vessels in the sacrificial site. Later archaeological circles discovered many animal-shaped ritual vessels used in sacrificial or sacrificial ceremonies. These ritual vessels were not just carved from rocks, but some were also carved from rocks.

Carved from jade or cast from metal.

However, most of these animal-shaped ritual utensils can be found in the ancient books of the Celestial Dynasty, or they are mythical or auspicious beasts. If they are ferocious or exotic beasts, fish, chickens and other common animal images in life are also used, but like this

This kind of ritual vessel based on a strange insect is unique.

In the process of thinking like this.

The backbones of the Hu army also noticed his anomaly, and they all followed the templates they had set up and went down into the pit to look at the stone withers, and then they all showed the same weird expressions.

"What is this...how could anyone carve a statue of that kind of weird insect that is harmful to people?"

Cao Ni was the kind of person who was outspoken. When he saw the image of the stone carving clearly, he was surprised at first, and then he directly asked the common doubts in everyone's mind.

"..."

No one answered Cao Ni's question, they just expressed their confusion with their eyes.

"Big Dog, could you please carefully recall whether this strange insect appeared before this place became the estuary of the Yellow River, or after it became the estuary of the Yellow River?"

Wu Liang looked back at the big dog and asked.

"As for Wu Taishi, I really can't say for sure."

The big dog wrinkled his face and said in embarrassment, "We have a legend about water monkeys dragging people into the water a long time ago. This legend must have come from before this place became the mouth of the Yellow River, but that strange insect... these years have been little

People lowered their nets to fish in the Yellow River and fished out a lot of corpses. Some of these corpses were fully clothed, while others were shirtless. I have never found this kind of strange insect in the belly of these corpses. If it weren't for Wu Taishi

If you notice carefully, you may not know that there are such strange insects in the river until now."

Saying it means not saying it.

However, if these fishermen had never seen this strange insect before after salvaging countless corpses, then there is a high probability that this strange insect only appeared in the Yellow River recently.

Wu Liang's previous speculation that this strange insect came upstream from the ocean and might be a close relative of the "bone-eating worm" was shaken with the discovery of this rock statue.

This kind of strange insect has obviously been here since early in the morning, as evidenced by the withered stone in front of us.

It's just that it may have been in a dormant state before, or it may have been attached to Yinglong's bones. It was not until the Yellow River changed its course to flow through here a few years ago that this strange insect appeared in the Yellow River, and it coincided with the successive wars at the end of the Han Dynasty.

, the number of floating corpses in the Yellow River is increasing day by day, and it has begun a barbaric growth trend...

The current problem is.

Are there any living bodies of this strange insect here?

Previously, Wu Liang and others saw with their own eyes the Yinglong skeleton and a large number of strange insects fighting against the purple sky thunder. All those strange insects had been killed by the sky thunder and turned into coke and black powder all over the ground.

But this does not mean that this strange insect is extinct.

After all, judging from the situation in the tiankeng, the number of times Yinglong's skeleton has fought against the purple sky thunder is incalculable. The black layer on the surface of the tiankeng is not only related to the sky thunder itself, but also to the strange insect that was scorched by electricity.

The coke produced is not unrelated to the black powder.

In other words, as long as the Yinglong skeleton has existed, these strange insects have existed.

As many times as the Yinglong skeleton has welcomed the thunder, these strange insects have also welcomed the thunder.

They were destroyed by thunder again and again, and redeveloped again and again when the lightning tribulation of Yinglong's skeleton ended, until Yinglong's skeleton was wrapped into a "red dragon".

Therefore, Wu Liang has reason to suspect that at least the eggs of this strange insect are still dormant here, but this time, the holy mountain and Yinglong's skeleton may no longer be able to support it...

besides.

This strange insect also has another noteworthy characteristic.

It exists in the outside world and the secret realm at the same time. Looking at this secret realm, it seems that the only things with such characteristics are this holy mountain, the island in the middle of the river, the Yellow River, and the three gate towers that connect the outside world and the secret realm.

Even so.

This island and the island in the middle of the river are also very different from the outside world. The trees and the huge sinkhole all make it different from the outside world.

By comparison, there seem to be only three things left with this characteristic: the Yellow River, the gate tower, and this strange insect.

Even the Yinglong skeleton seems to only exist in the secret realm, otherwise the huge sinkhole caused by it and the sky thunder should also appear in the outside world.

So Wu Liang believes that this kind of strange insect is anything but simple.

It can feed on the Yinglong skeleton in the secret realm, and at the same time feed on floating corpses in the outside world. It can even launch an active attack when Wu Liang and others cross the river...

Wu Liang has reason to believe that it has mastered some method of freely traveling between the two worlds.

And this method is definitely not accomplished through those three gate towers, otherwise it would not only appear in the water, but also on land, and fishermen living on the edge of the Yellow River would definitely bear the brunt.

this moment.

Wu Liang actually hoped to find the living bodies of these strange insects as soon as possible. They might be the key to whether the Hu army could successfully get out of this secret realm, rather than the three destroyed gate towers.

However, during the excavation process of this place, the soldiers of the Hu army must not have discovered the living body of this strange insect, otherwise they would have come to report it as soon as possible...

With this in mind, Wu Liang turned around and said to the soldiers of the Hu army: "Brothers, the excavation work must continue. I need you to expand and dig this hole deeper, but you need to be more careful during the excavation process. Once there is any

All discoveries must be reported to me as soon as possible, especially things related to this kind of strange insect, which may affect whether we can successfully get out of this small world."

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"promise!"

The voices of everyone in the Hu army were obviously more energetic than before.

Because Wu Liang's last words played a role in painting the cake, similar to Boss Cao's "looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst". Although they have not been trapped here for a long time, this situation has unknowingly affected their lives.

morale.

Now Wu Liang suddenly told them that there was another possibility of getting out of this small world alive. Although they still couldn’t figure out what Wu Liang saw through this dumb stone sculpture, his long-term trust in Wu Liang and

Worship immediately gave them hope and was enough to boost their morale.

at the same time.

"?"

The backbone of the Hu army looked at Wu Liang in confusion.

Different from these soldiers, although they also followed Wu Liang's lead, their knowledge and ability made them better at thinking. At this moment, they were thinking about what Wu Liang had discovered, and why he suddenly said such words?

However, before they understood Wu Liang's intentions, they did not raise their doubts in front of the soldiers of the Hu army.

…

After arriving together outside the pit, the backbone of the Hu army finally surrounded them.

As the representative of everyone, Yu Ji asked in a low voice: "Sir, what exactly did you discover just now? Why do you say that this strange insect is related to whether we can get out of here smoothly?"

"I didn't find anything. I just thought that this kind of strange insect exists both in this small world and in the Yellow River outside. So I concluded that it may have mastered the method of traveling between the two worlds."

Wu Liangyan said concisely and concisely.

"Young Master is right!"

After hearing this, everyone suddenly understood and nodded in surprise, "Snakes have their own ways, and rats have their own ways. We encountered this kind of strange insect outside, and we saw this kind of strange insect here. It doesn't just have a way.

Going out?"

"So if we can find the strange insect that remains here now, we may be able to use it to find another way."

Wu Liang continued.

Zhen Mi then added: "But gentleman, seeing the stone withering of this strange insect made me suddenly think of some things. These things may provide some ideas for you."

"Oh? Mi'er, please tell me."

Wu Liang quickly looked at Zhen Mi.

The backbone of the Zhen army also looked at Zhen Mi, waiting for her explanation.

"As far as I know, in ancient times, each tribe divided and ruled, so they all had their own tribal totem statues. Each of these tribal totem statues are different. In short, there are all kinds of tribal totem statues, such as tigers and bears.
To be continued...