dogfight

Well, do you understand? "

"The picture is not difficult, what is difficult is what he wants to tell us."

Just as they were talking, they had come to a door.Unlike the previous two doors, there is no keyhole on this door.There are several stone piers in front of the door. Ken was about to go up to look, but was stopped by Alex raising his hand.

"Don't step on it, it's a mechanism."

Ken immediately took a step back and shrank behind the man: "Then what should we do?"

Alex glanced at him, then squatted down to study the patterns carved on the stone pier on the ground.

"The first picture is a sacrifice. One of the most important religious customs of the Aztecs is the annual sacrifice of living people. You see this picture, he was sent to the altar, waiting were offered as sacrifices to the Lord God."

Ken leaned over and looked at the picture: "It's too cruel."

"It's not cruel at all. At that time, warriors were proud to be sacrificed. This person is willing."

Ken asked curiously: "How do you know he is voluntary?"

"Because this person is one of the protagonists in the pictures just now. In the middle picture, two people are riding on an animal. They are running, which may represent escape."

"Since he is voluntary, why did he run away?"

"Because someone didn't want him to die, they packed him up and kidnapped him. If you were that warrior, which would you choose between honor and love?"

"I... will choose the former."

Alex took a deep look at Ken: "I really can't see that your sense of honor is so strong."

Ken did not continue this topic, and pointed to the penultimate picture at the end: "Then there are two people as a sacrificial offering together?"

Alex nodded: "In modern language, it means martyrdom, and it can be said to be buried with you. In the last picture, those piled up together should be human corpses. Why is there a mountain of corpses? This is the same as the other protagonist. Your identity matters. Do you know who the samurai's lover is?"

Ken thought for a while: "Could it be some god?"

"...Do you think there is really a god in this world? Idiot. His lover was the king at that time."

"Wait, you mean the samurai's lover is a man?"

"Is this a surprising thing?" Alex rolled his eyes: "Since he is a king, he has supreme power. When a warrior is chosen as a sacrifice, it represents the will of God. When power and oracle collide, an outcome is possible."

Ken stared at the last stone in disbelief. The densely packed corpses piled up into a mountain peak. In terms of the ancient population, this was even considered a massacre. "These people were killed by the king? He defied the will of heaven and killed these people." So many people, just for the life of one person?"

"This is his choice. He wanted to keep his power and his lover, so he killed all the people who opposed him in the end. In fact, there were many contradictions within Aztec at that time. The recorded massacre should also be regarded as an indirect purge of political enemies."

"If such a big event really happened, there will be records in history. In this case, we can rule out the last answer."

"Stupid, you have to remember that it's up to us to choose now. Why did the person who made this institution throw the problem to the later generations? That's because he didn't make the choice he wanted to make at the time. Maybe the person behind the door is The truth of history, but the truth of history may not be his choice from the heart. Which of these endings do you think he wants the most?"

Hearing this, Ken exchanged a glance with Alex: "The fourth one?"

"Ha, why are you so smart all of a sudden?"

"Because if it were you, you would definitely be the fourth one. Since he is your ancestor, he must be very similar to you."

Alex had just finished complimenting Ken, and immediately wanted to beat him up when he heard the reason.

"I shouldn't overestimate your IQ." The man said, and then he conjectured: "I think it's because his lover was sacrificed in the end, so he made such a mechanism, otherwise he would not be able to hug you." Why is the beauty so unnecessary? Since he lost his lover, of course he hates all people who believe in gods, even himself."

"So, his mind is always thinking about killing these people, including himself?"

"Bingo, shall we come and guess what's behind this door?"

"Perhaps another coffin?"

Alex shook his head: "I don't know either. But maybe it's more than that simple. Who was in the coffin in the first room because you didn't see it because of your recklessness, please take care of my hands and feet."

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Ken stood up and gave an honest "hmm".In fact, even if Alex didn't tell him, he didn't dare to mess around with the things around him.

The two had already discussed the result, so after taking a deep breath, Alex stepped on the fourth stone pier without hesitation.

The stone pier sank with the man, and when the man thought in his heart that "if he makes a mistake, he will die at most", as the stone pier sank, the heavy stone gate rose slowly.

"It's open." There was a hint of surprise in Ken's eyes.

Then he and Alex glanced at each other, and both breathed a sigh of relief.

They stood in front of the stone gate, guessing what would be presented in front of them. Slowly, the gate rose higher and higher, and finally the stone gate that blocked the two people's sights finally disappeared in front of their eyes.

They faced a small room.

The room is still full of night pearls.

Other than that, there are only two stone shelves more than one meter high, on which are placed a crystal container like a box.

"WOW~" The eyes of the two men brightened. "Could there be any treasure in it?"

"I don't know." Alex replied.

The two walked forward carefully, and finally Alex stopped in front of one of the stone shelves. He looked down, and there was a wooden box in the crystal container, and the lock on it was locked intact.

"This is a wooden box, what about that?" Ken asked who was standing on the other side.

"It's also here." The man replied while observing the interior structure of the room with the light of the night pearl.Flat ceilings and walls, and no cracks or holes in the floor.

He knew that if he moved any of the boxes, they might be shot into a hornet's nest by random arrows from nowhere, or fell into some kind of pit full of hidden weapons, or... In short, danger might be lying in ambush he didn't know somewhere.

But the two boxes were almost exactly the same, and there was no difference at all. In the end, the man decided to go all out, and he directly lifted the lid of the container on the left.

There were no arrows, fire, tunnels, or other dangers, nothing happened.

"Scared me to death." Ken was almost scared to pee by Alex's sudden action: "You, how do you know where to drive?"

"I drove it casually." Alex also breathed a sigh of relief.Then he began to study the lock on the box seriously.After a while, Ken heard a "click" from the box.He knew it was open.

The man slowly lifted the lid of the box, and the two looked inside. There was a small groove inside, and a key lay in the groove.

Ken watched Alex curiously as he took it out of the case.But then, Alex turned out another piece of parchment from the bottom of the box.

"Could it be the treasure map and the key?" The two looked at each other, and couldn't help showing joy.

Alex spread out the map, and the two studied it, and found that it was indeed an intricate map.

"Go out first and then study. See what's on the other side." Alex put away the two things and went to open the box on the other side.

When he opened the box, there were no maps and keys inside, but a glass bottle the size of a finger, filled with a transparent liquid.

"This is...? Could it be the antidote?!" Ken had a flash of inspiration in his mind: "Maybe it made me change back──"

At this moment, a heavy bang of "Bump──!!!" interrupted what he said behind him, and he almost screamed in fright.

A very unfortunate thing happened, the stone gate behind the two of them had been completely closed the moment before, and dust was raised.

"Oops!" Alex looked at the bottle he just got in his hand: "Can't move this thing? Shet."

He immediately frowned and put the bottle back in his hand.Fortunately, after he put the bottle back intact, the door went up again.

"What the hell." The man cursed angrily. "Since you can't take it, why put it here?"

Then he glanced at Ken who was looking at the bottle regretfully: "Don't look, go out first."

"Alex, this might be the antidote. Why would your ancestors put the antidote here and not let anyone take it? I don't think he would do such a boring thing."

"Otherwise, what do you want?" Alex said, "Maybe it contains poison, even if you got it, would you dare to drink it?"

"There's at least a [-] percent chance it's right, and we should figure out a way to get it out."

Alex made an "I convinced you" expression: "Then how do we get it?"

"I don't know," Ken looked at Alex innocently and pitifully: "But I can't give up so easily. I don't want to be so timid anymore. Every step I take in this place is in fear. mechanism, or encountering a monster that eats people, it feels too bad."

Alex let out a sigh of relief, why didn't he want to get everything on both sides, but he didn't arrange it here,