Tomb robber: No more pretending, I’m from the Zhang family!

Chapter 181 Black Moth
Afterwards, everyone searched around, but after the rain washed away, they didn't even find any footprints.

Finally returning to the spot, Aning said: "This footprint should have been left several days ago. The terrain here is relatively high, so it was not washed away by the rain. I think she has left."

They had no choice but to continue on their way. Fortunately, the terrain in front of them was open and there were few plants, so it was much more convenient to walk.

After walking forward for a few miles, large blocks of black stone sculptures began to appear all around, all of which were human heads and bird bodies.

Everyone curiously went up to have a look, and found that the huge black statue was not chiseled from a single huge stone, but made of many stones, and some places had collapsed.

The stone is covered with various moss plants, but it is impossible to see what is carved at a close distance.

But at this moment, they noticed that part of the water flow had all entered the stone towers. When they went up to listen, they could still hear the sound of rushing water, which indicated that there was a large space below.

"With so much water flowing to the ground, could it be that the ground is completely empty?" the fat man asked a little puzzled.

"I have observed that the underground drainage system of the Queen Mother of the West is extremely developed and magnificent. Even now, it has not been completely abandoned. The underground drainage project is still in operation. Presumably, the rainwater should be led to the underground underground through the drainage channel. River, or other rivers." Tian Zhen said.

Aning shook his head and denied his speculation: "No, I think the rainwater should be stored underground. This area is extremely dry, and there may not be a single rain in a year. Rainwater is extremely important to the local people. It is so precious that they cannot have extravagant need for external drainage sources. I guess all the rainwater should be introduced into underground cisterns or wells."

Naively nodded: "It makes sense, the degree of aridity in this place is beyond our imagination, and water is the most important resource. I guess this swamp should be formed for this reason, water can support trees, and trees can solidify The water circulates in this way to form an oasis in the desert, which may be the reason why the Queen Mother of the West was able to dominate the Western Regions in the first place."

"Isn't this what the great man said about digging deep holes and accumulating grain? It seems that the Queen Mother of the West is also a far-sighted person, and she had such foresight thousands of years ago." The fat man said.

"It doesn't seem safe like this. If someone poisons the water, wouldn't the whole city be dead?" Pan Zi asked back.

Aning said: "The classes in feudal society are solidified. There should not be many wells, and they are generally strictly guarded. The royal family has wells dedicated to the royal family, the powerful have wells dedicated to the rich, and ordinary people have wells dedicated to ordinary people. should be separated from each other."

Naively nodded in agreement: "That's right, the underground drainage system is extremely huge. It's unrealistic to poison a city of people to death. It would take an extremely terrifying amount to achieve it. The amount is too small. If the poison is diluted with water, it may not even be able to kill Escherichia coli, let alone kill people.”

"According to what you said, these wells and canals should all be connected, so can we follow the drainage system and go directly down to the underground palace?" the fat man asked.

"I don't know either. Logically speaking, it should work, but we need to find the main drainage channel. Ordinary drainage channels are too narrow. We are not mice, so it is impossible to move forward in narrow drainage channels." Naively analyzed .

When everyone was walking and talking, suddenly there was a "click" sound from a tree branch breaking in the distance, which was particularly ear-piercing in the dead swamp.

The sudden movement startled everyone, everyone stopped and looked over there.

But the direction the sound came from was far away from them. There was a dense jungle there. Judging from the sound, there should be some large animal passing by, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a big noise.

Everyone became tense at once. Pan Zi held a short-headed rifle and said to everyone: "Such a big commotion, I'm afraid it's not those big snakes. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave quickly!"

Everyone nodded, and then hurried forward.

After walking forward for a while, the fat man at the front suddenly stopped. He turned his head and gestured to everyone not to speak, while pointing to a black stone sculpture not far away with his other hand, he said in a low voice: " Something is wrong, the stone was not facing this way just now, it seems to be moving!"

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and saw the stone sculpture, staring at them expressionlessly, but no one was sure about the location of the stone just now, so they didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

"I didn't notice. It's just a rock. Let's leave it alone!" Pan Zi urged.

"Da Pan, don't worry, I think we have to find out about this matter, maybe we accidentally touched the mechanism here, causing this stone to move, everyone be careful, I'll go and have a look." Fatty While speaking, he took out a double-barreled shotgun and walked towards the statue.

Naive, however, also felt that the fat man was looking for trouble, so he advised him from behind: "Okay, fat man, don't look at it, maybe this stone is the same on both sides, so don't scare yourself here."

However, while talking, the black stone sculpture not far away suddenly changed its expression, from expressionless to cold and resentful, such a strange change made everyone's scalp tingle.

"Damn it, we're afraid we'll run into a rock spirit, run!" Pan Ziguai yelled, and then ran forward pulling Tian Zhen.

At this moment, the little brother suddenly picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it towards the black stone sculpture tens of meters away.

"pat..."

The stone hit the stone carving with a loud crash.

In the next second, that terrifying face suddenly split open, turning into countless black shadows, flying in mid-air.

Only then did everyone see clearly that there were tens of thousands of moths, all of which were black. After being frightened, they flew into the air, and they didn't know if they were poisonous.

"Damn it, it turned out to be a bunch of moths, I'm so scared!" The fat man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.

The rest of the people also let out a long sigh of relief.

After the false alarm, everyone continued to move forward, and it was 12 noon in a blink of an eye. According to the previous prediction, they should have reached the position of the signal smoke by this time, but they saw nothing around them.

Pan Zi took out the binoculars, looked around, and then turned around and said to everyone: "The signal smoke is about to dissipate, and we are still far away. It seems that we can only get there after dark..."

(End of this chapter)