Chapter 1404 No Beginning or End

"It's Mingji!"

When they saw this animal, almost everyone blurted out.

Zixuan had already described this monster to them in detail before, and everyone had been mentally prepared for the existence of this monster or its spirit here. Now that they saw it, they were naturally Recognized immediately.

On this relief, the person who had been standing on the platform had disappeared, leaving only Ming Ji.

Ming Ji held his head high and his chest high, showing an extremely aloof attitude.

Compared with it, the postures of those below are even more surprising.

If these people were still standing or worshiping, or even lying on the ground, it would be normal under such circumstances, but what is surprising is that all of them were curled up.

Although the lines are simple, all the people present can see that on the screen at this moment, all those people have their heads buried in their knees, their spines are bent into an arc, and their whole bodies are curled up into a ball.

On top of the relief, there are densely packed human figures with countless circles.

In the next scene, these people all returned to normal, standing in the pit again, and the stage was empty.

All the relief carvings have come to an end here. The last carving is a portrait, wearing a robe from the pre-Qin period, looking like an old man.

After hurriedly scanning the last portrait, everyone's eyes fell again on the reliefs of the people curled up on the ground.

After all, compared to the unrecognizable old man in the back, the one in the front seems a little weirder.

Xue Rui looked surprised and said, "What are they doing? Are they dead? Or have they been made into puppets? But in the picture behind, everyone is standing inside, and We have seen those puppets before, their bodies were stiff, but we have never seen them in this shape."

Listening to Xue Rui's series of questions, Xie Laohu also said: "And if a person is dead, then the body will be stiff. If it is really curled up into a ball and dead, it seems not easy to return to an upright position. , unless the bones are broken into pieces, but if the bones are broken, they will naturally not be able to stand up, so how do these people regain their standing posture?"

Rong Guocheng also nodded and added: "It's not just the bones and joints that become stiff after death. Even the muscles are tightened very tightly. Even if the bones are broken, a person who is curled up will become stiff again. Standing upright seems completely impossible."

These two people have both seen corpses and dead people. Although they are not very expert in this matter, they have seen it more than the others, and they can talk about it at the same time.

Listening to Rong Guocheng and Xie Laohu talking to each other, everyone's eyes became a little more confused.

Zixuan seemed to have thought of something, bit her lip gently, looked at Tang Feng with an uncertain look, and then said hesitantly: "This seems to be a sacrifice, and it is about Mingji's sacrifice. This The purpose of the sacrifice is to allow these people to stay in this tomb together with Ming Ji, and on this relief, these people have not died, but only because of the fear of Ming Ji. "

Compared to what Rong Guocheng and Xie Laohu said, Zixuan's explanation was quite reasonable. She also explained the reason for those people's strange curling up, and everyone immediately nodded.

Ming Ji can make people fearful. They have nowhere to hide, so they huddle up in a ball. This is the instinctive reaction of people when they are afraid. After Ming Ji leaves, they will naturally return to normal.

This also confirmed that there was indeed a presence in this ancient tomb.

"But," Zixuan changed the topic and frowned, "even though there are some incomprehensible parts of these reliefs, it is not difficult to guess that they describe the entire mausoleum building and the person Ming Zhi was locked inside. The whole process, as well as these people performing a sacrifice as burial objects, seems completely flawless, but there is one biggest problem inside."

Xue Rui couldn't wait to ask: "Miss Zixuan, what's the problem?"

If it were anyone else who asked this question without thinking at all, Zixuan would have to tease her a few words, but now she didn't know whether she was giving Xue Rui face or was not in the mood to joke, so she answered directly.

"Gushu, from beginning to end, everything shown on this relief has nothing to do with Gushu, and it is completely impossible to tell that these people in the pit are puppets. It seems that they are really caused by It’s as if some kind of magic spells immortality or the soul is extracted from it,”

As she spoke, Zixuan looked at Tang Feng again, her brows furrowed and her eyes full of doubts.

After Zixuan said this, everyone also realized this problem.

They had just seen it with their own eyes. The big-headed monster controlled the puppet. It could be said that this monster was a key to the entire Gu art. Why was such an important thing not shown in the relief?

Is it because there is not enough space?

totally not.

There are quite large blank spaces in front and behind the relief group, and the reliefs on both sides of the wall are completely symmetrical, that is to say, the things carved on both sides are consistent.

If there were other content, there would be sufficient space for display, but this set of reliefs ended like this, which made people feel that there was no beginning or end.

At least, if what this relief wants to show is the entire construction process of this mausoleum, there must be at least one sculpture of the coffin being sent into it, so that it can echo from beginning to end.

More importantly, we have to explain what the bottomless pit is, what kind of existence is in it, and the reason why there are suppressed souls, but there is nothing above it, and it ends like this.

Shangguan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Could it be that there are similar sculptures or murals in other places in this tomb, and some of the scenes at that time will be continued to be described on them?"

"It's not impossible. After all, it's obviously not over here, unless it's——"

When he said this, Xie Laohu paused, seemed to think of something, and swallowed the next words.

Xue Panpan quickly looked at him and asked, "Unless it is what?"

Xie Laohu frowned and said: "Unless this is the scene of sacrifice, it was originally intended to be painted, rather than the entire tomb being built."

"This seems impossible."

Li Jia, who had the most say in the tomb at the moment, shook his head gently.