Chapter 211: Burnt Corpse in the Ancient City

Everyone was puzzled when they heard Ji Han ask how to eat the fire rat.

Chen Ke asked curiously:

"Brother Ji, I brought the beef jerky with me. There is no need to eat this thing, right?"

"It's not to fill my stomach, but the flesh and blood of this magma fire rat can enhance the ability to ward off fire. Although the flames around the city seem to have gone out, I think this kind of help is still necessary."

Song Qian and Chen Ke remembered that Ji Han had been able to resist the captain's fire attack before, and thought that this was the reason, so they agreed.

Eggplant rolled up his sleeves and said:

"Okay, leave it to me. I have also handled some game when I was on a mission in the wild before."

As he said that, he began to remove the heads and skins of the magma fire rats on the ground. He looked very skilled in knife skills.

After these magma fire rats were killed, their fur returned to snow-white again.

After Eggplant had handled all the magma fire rats, Ji Han saw:

The top-grade fire rat fur has arrived

This thing is not bad, but it is not something that can be given to teammates, so I can only use it myself first.

Eggplant turned the skinned fire rat over and cut off the tender meat next to the spine on the fire rat's back with a knife.

"Here, this piece of meat is the most tender and can be eaten directly."

Chen Ke looked reluctant:

"Uh, don't you want to process it?"

"Don't worry, there shouldn't be any parasites or bacteria in this environment near the magma."

Ji Han watched the meat being taken from the fire rat and felt a little nauseous. Although he had watched a few episodes of wilderness survival, it was still not good to eat wild animals raw.

So he took out a burning arrow and ignited it on the ground, made a small fire, and simply grilled the tender meat before handing it to everyone.

"Come on, let's eat it."

Chen Ke took out beef jerky and handed it to everyone, which at least covered up the taste of the fire rat meat.

But it was almost useless, because the four people basically swallowed the fire rat meat directly.

"Brother Han, is this all right?"

Looking at the data in front of him, he was reminded:

The fire damage to the body is reduced by half each time

"Well, this way the fire damage to the body can be reduced by half."

The three felt that the fire rat meat they ate was nothing special, but after hearing Ji Han's assurance, they did not question it.

After extinguishing the fire on the ground, the four continued to walk along the stone road towards the black city they had seen before.

After scaring away the magma fire rats, the whole journey was very peaceful, and it was safer to rely on Chen Ke's drone to explore the way ahead.

The endless trees around were getting taller and taller. After walking for more than half an hour, an old stone bridge finally appeared in front of the four.

Under the stone bridge was a deep ravine, and some red flames could be vaguely seen, and it was obvious that there was heat coming up.

Song Qian turned on a lighting stick and threw it down. The lighting stick fell freely for three or four seconds before it fell to the bottom.

Before it was illuminated for long, the lighting stick caught fire with a "whoosh".

Ji Han looked up and said:

"There should be magma below. According to the image of magma surrounded by flames in the Nine Star Mirror of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, it should be here. However, maybe we are lucky. The volcano is in a dormant period and is in a relatively stable state."

Across the stone bridge are two tall city gates. Although there are no doors, the endless darkness behind the city gates and the gates on both sides is already a bit unsettling.

Eggplant knocked on the ground of the stone bridge and cursed:

"Fuck, the natural floor heating is good, but won't you get carbon monoxide poisoning if you live here?"

Ji Han shook his head and took the lead to step onto the stone bridge and said:

"Don't talk about carbon monoxide. There is no water here. It is estimated that it is not an ordinary person to live in such a place."

Chen Ke put the drone into the sky, but still couldn't see the whole picture of the city.

"Brother Ji, another illuminating arrow."

"This place is too big. Let's shoot after climbing up the city gate."

But when the four people stepped into the city gate, they saw a charred corpse lying on the ground.

Just now, because it was too dark, I didn't notice my feet. Now I noticed that the skeleton stretched out its body and half crawled on the ground, with one hand reaching out to the outside of the city gate, as if it was still crawling towards the outside of the city gate before it died.

Seeing this, the four people also carefully checked. The body was completely black, as if it was burned to death, but it didn't feel carbonized, and it was even a little elastic, as if a person was wrapped in a layer of asphalt.

Ji Han turned back to look at Chen Ke:

"Come on, archaeologist, it's up to you to confirm the age."

Chen Ke spread his hands and said:

"Brother Ji, you think too highly of me, don't you? It's like this, there's no physical features left, I can't tell."

But speaking of corpses, Ji Han remembered the corpses he had seen in human amber before, so he asked:

"Then can you tell the corpse in the amber just now?"

Chen Ke frowned and recalled:

"Those corpses are not easy to judge, because they are all wearing nomadic hunting clothes, but there are almost no decorations. They should be from an older tribe. I can only confirm that it should be 1,500 years ago. I can't tell what dynasty it is."

Seeing that Ji Han didn't reply, Chen Ke added:

"But this kind of construction feature of the city gate with city towers on both sides seems to be the style of the Qin and Han dynasties. I will shoot an arrow from the tower to see the specific situation inside the city, and I should be able to confirm it."

Did Ji Han mean the Qin and Han dynasties?

However, the Pre-Qin Nine-Star Mirror shows that there was a city here thousands of years ago. However, there were several volcanic eruptions in the middle, so it is possible that the city was renovated by later generations.

If we think carefully, the time when the city was built and the corpses on the ground may not be the same time.

"Okay, let's go and take a look at the top of the city first."

Everyone had just stepped into the city. Although they did not see the full view of the city, they immediately discovered that there were more than one charred corpse similar to the one in the city gate just now on the streets in the city.

He was also lying on the ground, his whole body was charred, and he was raising his hands to grab something.

Song Qian said in surprise

"The condition of these people is like the situation after the volcanic eruption in Pompeii. Could it be that they died due to the volcanic eruption?"

Ji Han shook his head and said

"That's not right. These corpses were not wrapped in volcanic ash, and they were preserved without being melted. It should not be magma, and there are no traces of magma here. They were killed by something else."

Looking at the direction of these corpses, all of them were facing the city gate, Qiezi added

"It seems that what killed them was something that appeared in the city. It was so sudden that they didn't even have a chance to escape from the city gate."

Chen Ke shuddered and said

"Stop talking. Besides, I won't go in with you."

Ji Han ignored the bodies on the ground and walked up to the top of the city along the heavily peeled stone steps on one side.

He pulled out a lighting arrow and shot it at an angle perpendicular to the city wall, roughly estimating the height.

And as the light of the lighting arrow burst out, what appeared in front of Ji Han's eyes was a city structure that he had never imagined.