Ancient Gene [End Times]

Qiu Ling took two steps forward, turned her head, and put her hands behind her back.

Qin An saw her raising her eyebrows, and her smile was a little ironic.

"welcome."

Looking back on Qiu Ling's strange behavior these past few days, looking at her current appearance, she feels sad and flustered for no reason.

Qi Xiu turned his head, nodded to the escort, holding a not too dazzling portable lamp, passed Qiu Ling, and walked into the forbidden area.

"You are the first batch of outsiders to enter here in hundreds of years." Qi Xi said, "You are welcome."

I was already a little nervous, but now I feel a little more ritualistic.

Several people looked at each other, Qin An walked into the entrance of the forbidden area with a few steps, and said, "I'm very honored."

Then, a group of people entered the forbidden area.

Qi Xiu said: "The edge part is a rough and shallow maze formation. As long as you follow me, you will be fine. Even if you get lost, it is easy to find. It's just that the further you go in, the more profound the formation is. At that time, you will be separated. Maybe I will never find it again. Not only you, but if I go the wrong way in a daze, it will be difficult to get out.

The magnetic field inside is very strange, and there will be noise, confusion and even time delay when talking on the walkie-talkie, so it is useless.Qin An, your jade token will not be affected here.It's just that it will be more strenuous and consume more energy than outside. When necessary, you have to use the sticker injection that Lin Nuan gave you. "

Qin An nodded, took out the green sticker, and stuck it on his arm.It’s okay to stick this sticker for a few days, even if you don’t need it today, after you go out from here, you have to go back to Beijing or the Northeast with the things shot by Jubatian, and there will always be something on the way.

"Then follow me." Qi Xi turned his head and led the way for everyone.

The road behind is a tree maze formed by intertwined trees.Said to be a formation, it is slightly different from the general maze.There is a certain formula for the way of walking here. If you go wrong, you will go on the wrong road.In the maze, you may quickly know that you have gone wrong in the dead end, but here, if you make a wrong calculation, you may go around for a few days and still go smoothly.

Bao Xinyu approached Qiu Ling, and asked with a low smile, "Sister Ling, do you know how to get to the formation here?"

Qiu Ling said, "It's very simple."

Bao Xinyu said again: "Then if I learn it, how long will it take to break such a formation?"

"I'll tell you the formula now, and you'll be able to walk out immediately." Qiu Ling said, "It's easier than a math problem."

"So simple?" Bao Xinyu said, "Then can I learn?"

"You are not good at learning." Qiu Ling said, "On the formation, if there is a decent teacher to lead the entry, anyone can do it. But at most, you just step on the threshold of the entry. The shackles are still heavy. Besides, you have already passed the enlightenment time, and learning is useless."

"Aren't you a beginner too?" Bao Xinyu remembered Qiu Ling saying it herself.

"The introduction just mentioned is my introduction to this introduction. I just know some superficial concepts and simple formations. There is still a long way to go before I can crack it seriously. My natural talent is top-notch, and I have learned a few Only in [-] did I achieve my current achievements. If you were you, you might spend half your life studying this, and you may not be able to understand it.” Qiu Ling thought about it, and then smiled, “If you really want to learn something, you can try medicine. Whether it is Chinese medicine or Western medicine, even witch doctor, we have here. It doesn’t depend on age, it’s not too late for you to learn now.”

Bao Xinyu thought about it seriously: "Is there a poison doctor?"

"..." For the first time, Qiu Ling was speechless because of Bao Xinyu's choice.

"You can't use it. The bad guys can't use you. Giant mutant animals have high drug resistance, which is a waste of poison." Qiu Ling said.

"But I still think Poison Doctor is cool, and no one dares to provoke him." Bao Xinyu laughed.

He Siming put one hand on Bao Xinyu's shoulder, rubbed the top of Bao Xinyu's long hair, and said, "I know a few graduate students from medical schools, guess how they describe their majors to me?"

How did Bao Xinyu know this, he shook his head: "I don't know."

"Advising people to study medicine is like lightning." He Siming patted him on the head, "And, among their interns, there have been many people with severe hair loss. But judging by your hair volume, you should see it in three to five years." not come out."

Bao Xinyu hugged his head immediately: "I can't."

"Don't listen to him scaring you. There are many majors for bald people, not just medicine. Programmers are the first ones to be dissatisfied with bald people." Qin An walked past Bao Xinyu and winked at him.

Bao Xinyu paused for a few seconds: "Brother Qin, are you trying to scare me?"

With such a fuss, there was a little more joy in the air.

"We're about to enter the cave ahead, it might be more humid." Qi Xi said.

After walking for more than ten minutes without knowing it, at the end of the trees ahead, there was a cave entrance that was shoulder-width apart.

"How far do we have to go?" Qin An asked.

"It's fast enough to arrive in four hours." Qiu Ling said.

"How do you know?" Sky Ghost asked.

"Guess." Qiu Ling entered the cave and took a look inside. There were several relief sculptures carved at the entrance. If the stone staircase passage before was a picture of life, this place is a simple portrait of a person.

Not only people, but also relief sculptures of animals and even ghosts and gods.

Qin An approached, reaching out his hand to touch it, but he was afraid that it would be damaged.

What Qin An saw in front of him was a monster with a giant axe, a snake tail, a turtle body, and a lizard head.

"Do these... really exist?" If Qin An saw these in other places, he would only feel that they were speculations of the ancients, but when they appeared here, Qin An had an inexplicable sense of reality, as if he had really seen them.

"There are books in the bookstore. It is recorded that there were monsters in the Daze in the north 5000 years ago, and the places where they went were sparsely populated. In the end, such a beast killed the monster and restored the peace to the local side." Qiu Ling thought for a while, and said , "No one knows if this is true anymore, you can listen to it as a story from Shan Hai Jing."

"If this legend is true, will everything in the Book of Mountains and Seas be true?"

As soon as Qin An finished speaking, he heard Bao Xinyu's laughter.

"Look at this! This man has two pairs of wings, one with feathers, one with long hands, and the bow and arrow..." Bao Xinyu's voice stopped abruptly.

Everyone's eyes were attracted, and even Bao Xinyu, who had a big heart like Er Que, felt that something was wrong.

This appearance...why does it look so much like the imagined Bao Xinyu after evolution?Bao Xinyu mutated into a pair of feathered wings before, but later the direction of mutation was biased toward pterosaurs.The appearance of Bao Xinyu guessed by everyone is exactly the same as the one in the sculpture.

Lin Nuan even designed a crossbow for Bao Xinyu. Although it is not the same as a bow and arrow, it is a long-range attack device in a cold weapon.

This discovery made everyone feel their scalps go numb.

Bao Xinyu laughed dryly, "It's a coincidence."

He Siming looked back at the relief that Qin An had seen, turned up the light of the flashlight, pulled Qin An over and said, "Look at this head, does it look a bit like your mutated Tyrannosaurus rex head?"

How did Qin An know what his head would look like after he mutated?I couldn't help reaching out to touch the head, and looked at the relief carefully again.

"Si Ming, Professor Lin said that the two of us can theoretically evolve into any kind of life. Maybe, we can really mix and match and mutate. It's just... this bastard's body is definitely not mine."

What I said earlier was quite serious, but the last sentence suddenly became humorous.

"This...should be a unicorn." Tiangui turned his gaze to other sculptures, "The body looks like scales, and the body is more like a mammal. It fits the characteristics of a unicorn."

"Fish scale? Maybe it's what you can become in the future." Xiao Hai laughed.

Qiu Ling pointed to another relief and said, "It's more similar to that than this one."

When everyone turned their eyes, there was a merman sitting on a stone who seemed to be singing.The human body has a fish tail, and there are fins growing on the side of the face.

In this way, everyone took a breath of air.

One or two may be a coincidence, so many put together, it makes people's scalp numb.

And there is only one person who can explain this here.

Feeling everyone's eyes on him, Qi Xi shook his head and said, "I can't explain it. These reliefs, more or less in the clan's collection, will have a fortune. There are many possibilities. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's a prophecy, or It may be reincarnation. In this world, many things are repeated, but the time of this repetition is unknown.

It seems that there is really no solution to the problem that even Qi Xiu can't solve.

Everyone went to look at other reliefs, but they couldn't find any that corresponded to the people they knew.

Continue to go inside, there is no relief.Just occasionally some words.It's just that these characters can only be seen as characters, and they don't even have any concept of fonts.Nowadays, few people even recognize regular script in traditional characters, let alone others.

Inside is still a labyrinth of formations, everyone followed closely behind Qi Xi, and occasionally took a look at the situation on both sides of the road.

"This is the oracle bone inscription." Bao Xinyu looked at the text next to it.

"There are many words used here, and there are many stories recorded in foreign languages ​​before." Qi Xi said.

"Why use different words to record? It should be very troublesome to translate and read." Qin An wondered.

"That's for ordinary people." Qiu Ling said, "I can understand all these, let alone my brother."

Qiu Ling's natural language talent is also good at mastering words.Since the patriarch is a perfect person in a certain sense, it is normal to have Qiu Ling's similar abilities.

Bao Xinyu hurriedly said: "Then do you know what is written here?"

"It's just a record of some historical events. Similar to natural disasters and wars. Most of them are in books. The innermost records are relatively close to modern times. And the entrance records, some have already It can be regarded as something in the legend. But it can be recorded here, there is a high probability that it happened for real." Qiu Ling explained.

Thinking of this, Qiu Ling called Qi Shi: "Brother."

Qi Xi turned half of his body: "What?"

"Do you think our era will also become a legendary era. There are only a few records in the history books, and they are even regarded as myths and legends."

"We are in a mythical world now, aren't we?" Qi Xi smiled, "Hundreds of years ago, if someone said that the world would become what it is now, they would think that they read too much The Classic of Mountains and Seas. When people in the [-]s hear that the world will become like this, they will think that they have seen too much Jurassic. People still don’t believe what is clearly recorded in the history books, let alone such a fantastic and absurd world.”

"Absurd..." Qiu Ling nodded and smiled when she heard this, "It's quite absurd."

"Are there any other dangers here?" Qin An asked, "Such as mutated animals."

"Large mutated animals can't come in, maybe there will be small mutated animals." Qi Xi said, "They lost their way here, and they may still be hungry. They are a group of little guys with great fighting power."

"I haven't seen mutated animals or dead mutated animals here yet," Qin An said.

"The mouse that breaks in here can go around, but it may also break into a deeper level, which is the Shura field." Qiu Ling said, "Although I have never been here, I have read some related books."

"If it's just mutated animals, the fighting intensity shouldn't be too high." Tian Gui said, "I'm afraid the mutated animals will destroy what we need. Especially the mutated mice, their destructive power is still terrifying."

"The place we're going to is safe." Qi Xi said, "But along the way, some other things may be damaged during the battle. You will know when you arrive."

Inside, the more you go inside, the more forks in the road.But Qi Xi seemed to have walked into the back garden, leading a few people around and going deeper and deeper.

In this way, it took more than half an hour to walk.It's closed and boring.Walking in circles may even give people the illusion of turning in circles.

Until the end, finally came to a relatively large space.

There is an open space in front, and in front of the open space are three gates.

On each door, there is a gossip, but the gossip pictures are somewhat different.

The door is a stone door with patterns painted on it.The one in the middle looked very familiar to Qin An. It was the picture of Ascension to Heaven that he had seen on the murals in the cemetery when he was still in Tibet.

It's just that this picture of ascending to heaven is different. On this one, there is a humanoid figure with five short stature, which should be a child.

It's just that the painting is a little fuzzy and lacks color.

Qi Xiu said: "Touch that child."

Qin An was slightly taken aback, raised his hand to touch the child in the painting, and found that it was actually alive.

With a little force, the outline of the whole child sank.

Afterwards, Qin An withdrew his hand and heard some mechanical noises. After that, in the blink of an eye, the door in front of him disappeared.

Before Qin An could react, he looked down and realized that the entire door had fallen down.There are still a few raised marks on the ground.

What mechanism should have been touched just now, the door fell directly.

Watching the trap doors in the TV all rise upwards or open to both sides, this is the first time I have seen them falling downwards.

"Is this the correct door?" Qin An turned around and asked.

"Three are correct, but the other two will be a little dangerous." Qi Xi said, "It's very interesting, you should like it very much."

Qin An raised his legs and walked in, shone the flashlight, and found that there was a huge space inside.

At least if the flashlight shines forward, the wall cannot be seen.

"Where is this going?" Qin An asked.

"There's only one way out here. But there are some interesting places around. You can walk around."

Several people looked at each other and walked to the right first.

This space is circular, and after walking more than 20 meters along the edge, I came across a sculpture.

It's a statue of a mouse.It's just that the mouse looked quite lucky, and didn't have the feeling of treacherous eyebrows and mouse eyes of most mice.

"This?" Qin An turned around and asked.

"Well, but this is not needed for the time being, let's move on." Qi Xi said.

After walking about 50 meters further, I met the second statue, which was a cow.

Qin Anming understood: "Are these the twelve zodiac signs?"

"Can you recite the twelve zodiac signs?" Qi Xi asked.

"Yes." This was almost a nursery rhyme when I was a child.

"What about the Earthly Branches?" Qi Xi asked again.

"Earthly branch? Ah, is it Zishu Ugly Bull?" Qin An suddenly realized, "Is it related to the jade plaque?"

Qi Xi praised his cleverness, and then said: "Behind this statue, there is a place that can be pulled out. You put the jade card facing yourself and insert it. Then point the flashlight to the hole below."

The sculpture was only one meter high. Qin An walked behind the cow and found a protrusion on the thigh, which could be pulled out by touching.This one can be pulled out completely, and there is a place just enough for the jade tablet to be inserted vertically.

Qin An took out the jade token from his pocket, inserted his own jade token into it as Qi Xi said, and pushed the box back.Then squatted down, found a small hole five centimeters wide below, and pointed the flashlight to it.

At that moment, the space tens of meters ahead was illuminated.

Qin An held the flashlight in one hand and moved to the side, trying to see clearly.

But it's a little difficult to move like this, and I can't see clearly.

He Siming swallowed, walked to Qin An's side, and took the flashlight: "Go over and have a look."

Qin An handed the flashlight to He Siming, and walked closer to see the light in front of him.

It's not all light, it should be said to be a 3D group.

There are a few small holes on the ground that are emitting light, which is obviously reflected by some mechanism reflecting the light in the flashlight.

In front of him, there is an extremely pious worshiper kneeling on his knees, prostrating his body and clasping his hands on his head.

No one knew what he was worshiping, but it could be seen from this action that he was worshiping what was in front of him with all his heart and soul.Maybe it's an idol, maybe it's his master.

"This..." Qin An turned to look at Qi Xiu.

Qi Xi was carrying a portable lamp, and the light wasn't very bright, adding a bit of mystery to Qi Xi's body.

"This is recorded in your jade card."

"What is that telling me?" Qin An couldn't understand.

"I don't know." Qi Xi shook his head, "Maybe the ancestors passed down the answer, but it didn't reach me. I only know that this is very important, and you must remember it clearly. In the corresponding jade card, there is a difference. Xiao Ling, He Siming, you should also find your own positions."

Qin An turned around, took the flashlight from He Siming, and asked him to find the zodiac sign corresponding to his jade card.

Soon, He Siming found the statue of the dragon, put his own celestial card into the box, and then shone a flashlight on the small hole below.

The image from the Chen Pai is a person with folded hands, looking up at something.

The man was dressed in ancient clothes, but he couldn't tell what color it was.Because the image is a little blurry, I can't tell the material of the clothes.Just look at the figure is good, the body is also good.

Ke Chenguang went over and took over He Siming's actions, allowing him to see clearly the image in his jade card.

Qiu Ling stood there without moving, Qi Xiu reminded: "You should go and have a look too."

Qiu Ling turned around and walked towards the left.Sure enough, as she expected, this circle is full of statues of the zodiac. If you look in the opposite direction of the rat and ox, you can find the statue of the chicken belonging to the unitary card, which ranks lower in the twelve earthly branches.

The image in Qiuling's card is a young man standing there looking ahead.The man put one hand by his side and the other in front of him, with the air of a scholar.

Bao Xinyu ran over a few steps, helped Qiuling hold the flashlight, and also showed her the image of her jade plaque.

Qin An saw clearly what was in front of him, and there was no expression on his face.

Qi Xi also found a sculpture of a dog, and the one he photographed was an old man.

The old man couldn't straighten his waist anymore, he was growing his beard, supporting his walking stick with one hand, and stroking his beard with the other, and he was still looking at something above him.

Qin An said: "They should be looking at the same position."

Tian Gui said: "Then all the images will be released, and I'll ask the Bastard to take a picture."

Tiangui took Batian out of his backpack and asked him to record the images here.

When all four figures appeared, it could be seen that their positions were circular, but except for the two worshipers, the other two were obviously looking at the same position.And looking at the direction of their bodies, it is also directed at the same position.

From the pictures recorded in these four jade tablets, it can be seen that there is something in the middle of them.Their center is there too.

But what is that?

Nobody knows.Even Qi Xi, the patriarch, only knows what it looks like to project these images.

After Jubatian recorded the images, everyone gathered together to take a closer look at these four images through Jubatian.

Qin An had an idea: "It should be that the twelve jade cards have patterns, but looking at it now, there is no jade card that records what they are looking at."

"If the twelve jade cards are collected, these twelve images will reveal the final image hidden here." Qi Xi said, "My ancestors once collected all of them. But later, due to various reasons, the long jade card Time has not been activated, and it is difficult to find it even as a patriarch. Therefore, no one has seen it in the past few hundred years. And the ancestors who knew these died because some people had not had time to cultivate inheritors. pass it on."

"Didn't your ancestors have the habit of keeping a diary?" Bao Xinyu said helplessly.

"Maybe there is, but if it is a sudden death in another place, it is normal for those daily logs to be lost. In fact, in recent years, our tribe has also searched for books left by our ancestors all over the country. Although we bought a few sporadically, But there is still nothing we want." There was also a bit of disappointment in Qi Xi's words.