PDLP Chapter 388 Nine-Headed Snake Cypress
Chapter 388 Nine-Headed Snake Cypress
The river bank under your feet originally had only three lines and seven hexagrams!
But the arrival of the archaeological team unknowingly completed the remaining two lines and one hexagram...making it the true five elements and eight trigrams!
Qin An always felt that the Queen of Subi Kingdom arranged it this way on purpose!
It’s like a dead end game set up in advance!
Wait until the tomb robbers really enter the game before showing off your killer moves!
Think of this.
Qin An decided to give everyone a shot of prevention in advance: "There must be something dirty or a mechanism activated up ahead... Everyone be careful!"
Hear the words.
Everyone in the archaeological team was a little confused.
How could they tell there was something dirty or a trap ahead just by looking at a few old tree roots? But remembering that this was Brother Qin An's instruction, everyone couldn't help but be extremely vigilant.
"Whoosh whoosh-"
"Pap, tap, tap, tap -"
The sound of gurgling water mixed with the footsteps of the archaeological team echoed on the river bank. After bypassing the old roots of the poplar tree, the archaeological team continued to walk downstream on the river bank.
A few minutes later.
The right side of the river bank suddenly became clear!
The rock layer on the right had been dug up, revealing a clearing the size of three basketball courts. It was a remarkable feat! But it wasn't quite clear ground!
Because this open space is covered with weeds and dead leaves.
In the center of the clearing stands a towering tree with twisted old roots. The tree is 7 meters tall and 20 people may not be able to hug its thick trunk.
There are many branches and they are covered with vines!
It’s a pity that this towering tree has long dried up... Its bark is visibly shriveled, and even the vines wrapped around its branches look half-dead.
"Holy crap!" Hawkeye exclaimed in shock. "How could there be such a tall, upright tree in this tomb? If we chop it up into firewood, it will take at least three to five years, right?"
Hearing Hawkeye's heartless words.
Gu Yang said unhappily, "You're addicted to warming yourself by the fire, aren't you? Is that the point? Shouldn't the point be that there's no sunlight in the tomb? How on earth did this tree grow so big?"
"It seems so..."
Hawkeye suddenly realized.
The wild growth of this thing completely goes against common sense!
Liu Guoqing also adjusted his glasses and said, "The key question is, even if this tree can grow into a towering giant in the tomb without sunlight! But why did the Queen of Subi plant it? Was she using it to guard the tomb?"
Hear the words.
The archaeological team didn't take it seriously.
How can a mere big tree guard a grave?
Fall down and crush them to death?
But Liu Guoqing's words did cause people to think... Some people plant willow trees in front of graves, and some people plant pine and cypress trees in front of graves; these all reflect the subjective consciousness of the tomb owner!
For example, if the tomb owner plants pine and cypress trees in front of his future tomb before his death, the meaning is: pine and cypress trees are evergreen and will bring prosperity to his descendants.
But this was the first time they had seen such a huge tree planted in a tomb!
"This thing is definitely not simple!" Qin An thought to himself as he looked at the towering tree in front of him.
to be frank!
Even though Qin An has been traveling around the world for so many years, he has robbed ancient tombs countless times!
He had seen bronze trees and golden trees placed in tombs, but this was the first time he had seen a living tree planted in a tomb... and such a big one!
And neither Qin An nor Liu Guoqing could name this tree...
He stared at the towering tree for a long time.
Qin An suddenly remembered: an essay about tomb robbery in his previous life seemed to have recorded this kind of giant tree planted in the tomb - Hydra cypress!
When I first heard the name Hydra Cypress...I thought it was a man-eating python with nine heads!
But it's not.
The Hydra cypress is a tall, straight, towering tree!
It’s just that it doesn’t need sunlight or water to grow!
What it needs is people!
People are the source of nourishment!
This is also the reason why the tomb owner planted Hydra cypress in the tomb chamber, using the appearance of the tree to confuse tomb robbers. Once the tomb robbers relax their vigilance and run under the tree to rest, they will be entangled by the branches of the Hydra cypress and eaten!
Very insidious!
Think of this.
Qin An didn't want to get into trouble!
He decided to take the archaeological team downstream.
Save your energy to deal with those dirty things that will actively attack the archaeological team.
But Qin An overlooked one problem...that is, danger only appears on the necessary path, and not on unnecessary detours.
He led the archaeological team downstream for more than ten minutes but found no other intersection...and the further down they went, the narrower the river became and the faster it became!
Yang Lele was almost washed away by the river several times!
There is no road upstream...and there is no road downstream either.
Without any choice.
The archaeological team had no choice but to return to the open space where the Hydra cypress was located.
"After going around in circles... we're back." Yang Lele sat down on the ground to rest.
It’s better not to sit here!
As soon as I sat down, I saw an irregular hole the size of a window on the top of the towering tree.
"Huh? Brother Qin An...there seems to be a hole right above that tree?" Yang Lele said uncertainly.
"Where?"
Everyone squatted down and looked directly above the tree!
There really was a cave entrance there! And it was possible to climb up along a branch of the towering tree!
Now everyone is excited!
Hawkeye said, "Brother Qin An...could that be the entrance to the main tomb chamber? Otherwise, why is there no road upstream or downstream of this riverbank?"
"It should be!" Qin An's face was solemn.
It seems that the Queen of Subi really wants them to collide with this Hydra cypress... Since they can't avoid it, they can only go for it head-on.
As usual, Qin An gave Hu Jizhou a look!
Asking Gu Yang, Hawkeye and the others to protect the archaeological team members, the two of them would go ahead to explore the way. Hu Jizhou didn't think it was necessary, but Qin An mainly wanted to confirm whether this thing was the legendary Hydra cypress.
Just as Qin An and Hu Jizhou walked cautiously about ten meters away.
in the dark.
A vine from the Hydra cypress that was wrapped around a branch fell to the ground... but because the dry vine fell on the weeds and dead leaves, no one heard it.
Qin An actually heard the subtle sound.
He was just about to wave the military flashlight to see where the sound came from.
A branch of the Hydra cypress drooping to the ground moved!
This dry branch was like a cobra...it bypassed Qin An and Hu Jizhou and extended towards the archaeological team.