Chapter 2506 Winding Path Leads to Seclusion (2)

Ye Tian quickly removed the head of the hexagram golden scepter embedded in the stone gate, put this priceless treasure in the mountaineering bag, and then stretched out his hand to push the stone gate completely open.

Following his actions, the secret passage behind the stone gate, which had been closed for at least a thousand years, finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

The entrance of this ancient secret passage is about two meters high and one meter eight wide. It looks like an irregular gate, but it is made of extremely hard and heavy granite.

After a long period of more than a thousand years, this stone gate has been completely integrated with the environment on the cliff outside. If it weren't for Ye Tian, ​​it would be impossible for others to discover the existence of this stone gate.

Entering from this gate is a secret road with a winding path leading to the inside of the mountain.

Where does this secret passage end, how long is it, whether there are deadly traps in the secret passage, and whether there are a large number of highly poisonous creatures growing and entrenched in the secret passage, all of which are temporarily unknown.

And this secret passage gets bigger and bigger as you go in. Looking in from the door, the ground near the entrance of the secret passage is fairly flat, as are the walls on both sides and the top of it. The ancient Mayans should have deliberately trimmed it.

Go in from the entrance, about three meters inward, there are several steps down.

Only by walking down those steps can one really enter the secret passage. As for the terrain in the deeper part of the secret passage, it is not visible yet, and the depth of the secret passage is shrouded in darkness at this time.

Fortunately, or unexpectedly, there was no stale air or poisonous fog accumulated in this secret passage, and there were no poisonous insects and beasts rushing out of it to hurt people.

On the contrary, the air blown from this secret passage is very fresh and humid, which seems to be better than the air in the tropical rainforest where we are.

Obviously, this dark secret passage should not be too long, and it is connected to the other side, so air convection is formed.

Ye Tian stood on the side of the stone gate for a while, and after confirming that there was no danger, he came to the front of the stone gate and looked into the secret passage.

With the help of the natural light obliquely shining into the secret passage, the situation at the entrance of the secret passage immediately appeared in his eyes.

At the entrance of this secret passage, the ground and the walls on both sides are covered with moss and covered with dust, and the ground and walls covered below cannot be seen at all.

And the top of the cave above is also covered with moss,

There are also a few tree roots that spread along the cracks in the rocks, or the roots of vines, hanging directly from the roof of the cave.

Because there is no light penetrating this secret passage, there is no photosynthesis, and there are no other plants here except for the moss and the roots of those trees and vines.

In addition, many traces and footprints can be seen on the ground of this secret road, including traces of snakes crawling, footprints of small animals, and even footprints left by jaguars.

From this point of view, the other side of this secret passage should be open, so those animals can enter this hidden secret passage, but they are restricted by the stone gate on this side, and cannot come to the rainforest here through the secret passage.

Ye Tian stood at the entrance of the cave and pretended to carefully check the situation in the secret passage, then stretched out the jungle machete in his hand, and scraped off a piece of moss and dust on the left wall at the entrance of the secret passage.

Following his movement, the dust and moss covering the wall immediately fell down.

The next moment, a wet granite wall appeared.

It can be seen that on that wall, several Mayan hieroglyphs are engraved, and there seems to be a stone mural, only one corner is exposed, and the rest is covered by moss and dust.

Ye Tian looked at these Mayan hieroglyphs and murals, then glanced at the depths of the secret passage, and then said loudly:

"Professor Delgado, Hernando, you can come up now. As far as the current situation is concerned, the secret passage behind the stone gate is relatively safe, and there is no dirty air or poisonous gas escaping from it.

For the sake of safety, there should not be too many people coming up to check the situation, and the rest will wait until we have thoroughly explored this secret passage to make sure there is no danger before everyone enters it to check.

Matisse, Jason, take two small drones, put them into this secret passage, check the situation in the secret passage, see where this secret passage leads, and prepare for the next step! "

After the voice fell, there was a response immediately behind.

Immediately afterwards, Professor Delgado and Hernando walked up quickly. There were six people in total, and everyone was extremely excited and full of expectations.

When they came to the stone gate, these guys immediately looked into the secret passage, and turned on the bright flashlights they carried, shining into the depth of the secret passage.

The next moment, there were several powerful beams of light in this dark secret passage, each of which illuminated different corners.

With the entry of these light beams, the situation deeper in the secret passage was immediately presented to everyone.

Different from the entrance of the secret passage, the depth of this secret passage seems to be a naturally formed cave. Although there are many traces of Mayan repairs left at the entrance of the secret passage, the more you go inside, the more primitive it is.

Especially on the top of the cave, about seven or eight meters inward from the entrance, there are many upside-down stalactites on the top of the cave, dripping water dripping down, smashing small puddles on the ground.

In addition to the puddles, there are several small ditches on the ground inside the cave, which criss-cross to divert the water dripping from the roof of the cave and avoid causing a large amount of water to accumulate.

These small ditches are all connected together, and finally lead to a corner of the cave, where there happens to be a small hole, and the accumulated water in the cave finally flows out from there.

It can be seen from this that there should be a small stream on the other side of the cave, or an underground river under the cave, which can lead away all the accumulated water here.

Another point is that the entrance of this cave is about 30 centimeters higher than the inside. Entering from the entrance, you have to go down three steps to reach the ground.

In this way, even if water accumulates in the cave, it will not overflow from the entrance, thereby exposing the location of the entrance.

Obviously, after the Mayans discovered this natural cave, they took advantage of it. Although the design is very primitive, it is very practical!

They knocked off the stalactites on the roof of the cave at the entrance, made some arrangements, and designed and manufactured a concealed and thick stone door to hide the cave.

They didn't deal with the depths of the cave, at least they didn't knock off the stalactites on the top of the cave, retaining part of the original appearance.

Unlike the situation at the entrance of the cave, there are no plants in this cave, and even the roots of the extremely vigorous trees can hardly break through the hard granite.

In the depths of this cave, there are only the sound of dripping water, and stalactites of various shapes hanging upside down on the roof of the cave.

In addition, in the depths of the cave, on both sides of the wall, there are still two stone statues, which are covered with moss and covered with dust. It is temporarily impossible to see what the carvings are about.

Several powerful light beams continued to extend inward, reaching a depth of 13 to 14 meters, but they were blocked by an arc-shaped bend, making it impossible to move forward.

As for the situation behind that turn, there is no way of knowing for the time being, and we can only use a small drone to explore later.

Looking at the situation in this secret passage, Professor Delgado, Hernando and others standing at the entrance were all very excited and exclaimed one after another.

"Wow! The scale of this cave is really not small. I don't know how the Mayans discovered it? How did they transform and use it? What is on the other side of this cave? Is it the legendary Golden City?! "

"The Mayan hieroglyphs and stone murals carved on this wall record a battle. This battle should be very famous. It looks familiar to me, but I can't remember that battle at the moment."

Seeing these yelling guys, Ye Tian just smiled softly and didn't say much.

At this moment, Matisse and Jason each walked up with a small drone, ready to use the drone to explore this secret passage.