C49 (1/2)

The origin of the gunfire was in the darkness at the very back of the Underground City. Zhu Yingqiong and I simply did not have the time to investigate the residences of the White Kingdom residents, so we quickly penetrated through them and arrived at the very back.

It was called a temple, but it was more like the altar used by the worshipers of the People of White Kingdom. There were many carvings of stone statues on both sides of the altar, looking extremely sinister. A row of stone steps led straight to the entrance of the altar.

”Chen San, look, it's this kind of sculpture again!”

Zhu Yingqiong pointed to the statue at the door and said in surprise, I anxiously looked over, only to see that the stone statue was carved to only my waist, the lower half of the body had not been carved out, it was only a stone pillar, but the head of the upper half of the body had been carved perfectly, like a human head, but the weird thing was that the mouth was directly extended to my ear, revealing a sinister smile, which made people's hair stand on end!

While Zhu Yingqiong and I were hiding from the miasma, we accidentally entered a run-down temple. There were murals inside, and the stone statues on top of it were also of the same kind, but at that time, our gazes were all attracted to the murals of the Ming Dynasty's army, so we didn't have the chance to look carefully at them.

However, it was precisely because of this that he felt it was strange. People of White Kingdom's previous self was an ancient nation of Nanzhao, and the Nanzhao worshipped a woman named Nuwa.

We looked at each other in confusion and stepped into the altar. It was completely broken and empty. The sound of gunfire from earlier came from this place, but we didn't see anyone when we rushed over.

There were lots of footprints on the ground, and I found a discarded double-barreled shotgun, but it was empty.

”The person who fired that shot must have encountered something here!” Zhu Yingqiong said with a cold expression.

I frowned as well. I thought it was strange, since the gun had been fired, why was there no body on the ground, not even blood, could it be an empty gun?

I looked around the altar but didn't find anything. Only the gigantic sculpture in the middle of the altar was still standing there. The sculpture looked exactly the same as the one on the outside.

The upper half of his body was still that strange head, the corners of his mouth reaching to his ears, his smile very sinister. The lower half was a snake with a human head and snake body, coiled at the bottom of the sculpture.

Zhu Yingqiong stared at the stone statue for a long while before saying, ”I understand, this is indeed the totem of the People of White Kingdom, or rather, a deity being sacrificed. Chen San, look carefully …”

Zhu Yingqiong pointed to the lower half of the statue: ”Below us is the human head and snake body, above it are the sinister heads, which means that after People of White Kingdom came here, she changed her faith and became a believer of the sinister. But under the head is the head and the snake body, which means they hate the people of Nanzhao, which means they hate the people of Nanzhao, which is why they carved the snake body on top, which looks like the ferocious head above has subdued the snake body, which means the People of White Kingdom has suppressed the people of Nanzhao!”

I curiously asked, ”Then what you mean is that there might be gods worshipped by the People of White Kingdom underground?”

shook his head: ”It's hard to say, the past totems, some were real, but some were fake, the Wild Mountain is too strange, and even the Beastmen have appeared, we better not be careless, this way, we can split up and search around, regardless of what we discover, we can regroup in half an hour, and if we encounter any danger, we can shout and remind the other party.”

I nodded my head and left the altar, beginning to search through the People of White Kingdom Residence in Underground City, while Zhu Yingqiong went to the camp left behind in Japanese.

Walking on the streets of Underground City, there are two sides that are deathly still houses, this kind of feeling is extremely sinister, I searched door to door, and indeed, I can see a lot of things of the ancient White Kingdom, such as daily necessities for living, swords and weapons. If these things were to be studied by historians, it would definitely shock the entire world.

However, I am just an ordinary person and don't have the time to waste on this. After circling around, I returned to the location of the altar and looked down from the altar, I suddenly realized that something was amiss. The houses of these White Kingdom dwellers are very strange.

It was not that the houses were strange, but that the arrangement was very strange, because none of the houses were close together. From a distance, one could see that the houses were surrounded by a large circle, and the center of it was the altar, which was very similar to the Eight Trigrams of Yin and Yang.

I couldn't help but think back to a tourist magazine that described the Xunyang Taiji City in Shaanxi Province. Since ancient times, Xunyang City in Shaanxi Province had always been a place where every military power fought over the city. It was said that there were Taoists who, in order to avoid war, built homes for the villagers on the basis of Taiji Yin and Yang.

If enemies intrude into this place, they will often get lost, or they won't be able to find the north, south, or west. After circling around this place for a while, they will always return to the starting point. The villagers are hiding in a corner, and the enemies won't be able to find them at all.

I suddenly thought of Chen Jun. He claimed to be the successor of Tang Dynasty Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, so he naturally knew about the five elements and wind power. Could it be that he specially built this Underground City for the People of White Kingdom?

However, the People of White Kingdom had already moved underground and no one would ever be able to find them. So why did they build an Yin Yang City to defend against the enemy?

Wait!

The entrance to Sakyamuni Army and the stone wall were built to prevent things underground from coming out. Could it be that the White Kingdom was built to defend against some terrifying object or monster?