Chapter 683 (1/2)
Before long, the roads in the rainforest became more and more difficult, and the terrain changed from flat to steep, steep and beautiful. Evergreen vines meandered like snakes and hung down from high. The air humidity in the jungle was very high, which made people sticky and difficult to breathe. There was sufficient water and sunshine, and plants and poisonous insects grew very wantonly.
David patted the leech with the bare skin on his back and couldn't help complaining, ”why is it so difficult for us? There's no road here. Poison mosquitoes and leeches are crazy. Obviously, in the original plot, O'Connor and Evelyn can't have so much trouble? I don't believe Evelyn can walk through this rain forest!”
Edward sneered and stabbed him a few words: ”they are the reincarnation of the Pharaoh's bodyguard and princess. The people covered above are like us. They are already a thorn in anubis's eye and a thorn in his flesh...”
At this time, Chen ang, who was walking in the front, suddenly said, ”interesting! It seems that anubis is really not going to let us go! Be careful, everyone. There may be trouble ahead!” David and others looked ahead and vaguely saw that there was about a road winding in the jungle ahead. Something seemed to hang on both sides of the road. When the team got closer, It was found that there were some cages made of rattan, in which there were several piles of withered bones.
Several people naturally recognize that this is the remains left by the jungle ”aborigines” and small cannibals met by O'Connor and others in the original book. These bones have great origins. Looking at the details, Chen ang speculated: ”this skeleton is soft, especially at the teeth. It is extremely rotten. Although it has been rotten for hundreds of years, it can still see the traces of the blue line...”
Chen ang said, looking back: ”of course, it doesn't mean that after hundreds of years of decay, the blue bone line symptoms of lead poisoning still remain on the bone, but that the characteristics of bone are similar to those of the blue line. There is no doubt that this is the manifestation of bone damage caused by heavy metals. I heard that in Roman times, the city-state waterway system used lead metal to wrap the pipeline, causing the upper layer of Rome to suffer from lead poisoning.”
”This led to the decline of Rome... It really makes sense to see it today. It can be seen that the identity of this ancient Roman soldier who was eaten by the local 'aborigines' is somewhat extraordinary.”
Chen ang was interested in it and made a special evaluation of the skeleton preservation technology of the local cannibals. In the horrific faces of Edward, David and others, he analyzed: ”It seems that these 'indigenous' people use human bones as decoration and totem, which can be seen from the skulls inserted on sticks around us. They have strong religious and ritual characteristics. However, they have limited bone reproduction, so they have to vigorously develop bone reproduction protection technology to preserve the bones they ate in the ancient Roman era and even the Napoleon era. This technology is very vivid Art has surpassed most ancient civilizations... I don't know whether it was developed by themselves or the technology given by anubis. ”
”Its technology seems to be somewhat similar to black magic...”
Then Chen ang opened a sheltered tree hole, pointed to the skulls stacked inside and said, ”this head shrinking technique is a symbol of local witchcraft in Africa. Witches shrink the skulls by boiling herbs for easy preservation and make witchcraft materials and magic tools.”
David endured his discomfort and had to interrupt Chen ang, who was more popular with them. ”Doctor, we know you have a lot of knowledge, but what's the point of telling us?”
Chen ang sighed, ”rotten wood can't be carved... When you meet those dwarfs who perform witchcraft, you will know whether it's useful for me to popularize science for you. Since I have mentioned head shrinking, I'm reminding you that among the enemies you will meet are not only cannibal Aboriginal soldiers who can shoot poison arrows and have a quick body, but also witches who can do African witchcraft.”
Edward and others changed their faces. They glared at David who interrupted. They didn't realize that they had an impatient consciousness before. One by one, they said urgently: ”Dr. Chen doesn't have to worry about rough people like him. We are very willing to understand the knowledge behind.”