If these human-faced beetles are also part of the combat system of Shan Huan Kingdom, then the two large human-faced beetles we encountered on the edge of the underground river are even the scattered soldiers of Shan Huan Kingdom, while the small human-faced beetles hidden in the human-faced carvings on the stone wall are Boy Scouts!

However, judging from the situation on the ancient battlefield just now, the main force in Shan Huan Kingdom's combat is still human, and it may even be those "deformed people" with long arms and long hands!

However, through the contents of these murals, the reason why the human-faced beetle was carved on the stone door just now was explained. I said, "It seems that these human-faced beetles are actually a kind of worship of the ancient totem of Shanhuan."

Kong Xue frowned in disgust, "Worship a bug?"

Shi Tao continued: "No, in fact, the tribes in the Western Regions and even the later North Wind nomadic peoples had their own diverse totems, and not just one. For example, in the ancient Xiongnu, they worshipped many animals, such as eagles, tigers, deer, sheep, horses, and even birds. These are their totems, but totems are also divided into primary and secondary. Take the ancient Xiongnu as an example. Although the animals they worshiped were diverse, there was a wolf on their banner. This flag was called the wolf flag, which shows that they admired the most.

Kong Xue nodded in a slight understanding, "It seems like I like a lot of people, but in the end I will only choose one person to get married."

Shi Tao was confused by Kong Xue's strange understanding. After a long time of hesitation, he nodded, "It's probably what it means!"

I looked at it funny, shook my head, and turned around to look around. I suddenly thought of something. When we came here, the stone gate was closed. This shows that the Tang family did not go here, but when I was in the water just now, the croaker clearly spit out a body of the Tang family. I originally thought that I would definitely catch up with the whereabouts of the Tang family, but it seemed that we had missed it with them again. Could it be that they were walking in other passages, or were they walking along the river at the place where I just discovered the shadow?

I couldn't help but worry about the Tang family avoiding this place and not adopting our route. Why did they not take this path? Is it because the danger of this path is too high?

I was thinking, and suddenly I heard Wen Mo who had not made a sound next to me "Huh". When I heard this sound, my heart immediately trembled. This sound shows that Wen Mo must have discovered something again. What can make him feel strange must not be a good thing!

I walked over with fear to see what Wenmo had discovered. At this time, Wenmo was standing next to a stone pillar. I asked him curiously what he was looking at?

Wen Mo pointed to the ground, "Look, the color of this area is very different from the surrounding colors. There are more than one such area, and more than one layer. I just looked around briefly and found that there were many similar large traces on the ground, especially around the four stone pillars."

I couldn't help but breathe, "Boss, this one! Are you too sensitive? What's so strange about this? When I built this place, there were no roller brushes, no air pumps and guns, and the paint on the walls and floors was not evenly symmetrical. Isn't this normal!"

Wen Mo shook his head, "It's not as simple as you thought!"

I was stunned by his words, "What do you mean?"

Before Wen Mo could answer, Shi Tao squatted on the ground and looked carefully at the ground. The areas of inconsistent colors mentioned by Wen Mo. After a while, Shi Tao stood up. Before I asked him anything, I could tell that things might be bad just by looking at his face!

Shi Tao's expression became very ugly, unable to tell whether it was fear or worry, or both. I asked hesitantly: "Brother Tao, what have you discovered?"

Shi Tao's lips trembled obviously for a moment, and after a few seconds, he spit out a word in a deep voice: "Blood!"

"Blood?" I immediately squatted down and looked at the traces of varying depths on the ground. I gently touched them with my hands and felt a very obvious concave and convexity, which was indeed very similar to the result of a solidification of some liquid. If these were blood stains, after a long time, the hemoglobin would oxidize, and under the action of the iron element, the blood stains would turn black and brown. Under such light, it was indeed difficult to distinguish from the black ground.

I took out a Swiss army knife from my pocket, gently raised a small piece from the ground, carefully illuminated it with a flashlight, and then placed it under my nose to smell it. Maybe it was because it was too long, and there was a strange smell on it, but the wisp of blood mixed in it was still caught by me, and my heart immediately moved, it was indeed blood!

I stood up and looked at the dark brown marks on the ground in fear. Then I realized that these were actually dry blood clots, large patches of blood, layer after layer, almost covered with areas that we could find by flashlights, and of course, including our feet. I thought of the scene full of blood at that time. This was not a tomb, it was simply a scene in a horror movie!

Thinking of this, cold sweat unconsciously oozed out of my forehead. I subconsciously took two steps back, but found that my feet were still dry blood. Only then did I understand what the strange fishy smell in the air was. It was the bloody smell accumulated over the years. I felt a surge in my stomach and I almost vomited it out!

Kong Xue looked at her feet and showed an extremely disgusting expression, and at the same time she had a sense of fear in her eyes, "Why are there so much blood here? Is this the place where they slaughtered and sacrificed animals!?"

Livestock? In fact, the situation that Kong Xue thought of was really the most optimistic. Because I felt that this bloody smell was not the taste of animal blood, but the taste of human blood. Because human blood had higher salt content and the components of various enzymes in the blood were different, even if you only rely on smell, you could quickly distinguish it with a little knowledge of this aspect, because it is an innate nature of animals to distinguish the same kind of smell.

Wen Mo shook his head, "It is impossible to slaughter livestock in the tomb, and the blood on the ground is not animal blood."

Sure enough, Wen Mo was the same as I thought.

Hearing Wen Mo say this, Kong Xue immediately widened her eyes, "It's not animal blood, is it..." Due to the fear in her heart, Kong Xue finally did not express the word human blood.

Wen Mo nodded and continued, "Actually, this is not what I am most worried about. What I am worried about is the function of this tomb. It is not like the underworld hall used for sacrificial sacrifices, but like a food trough pit!"

"Food trough?!" I immediately understood what Wen Mo meant, and a strong chill immediately appeared in my heart. The closed space, the ground full of blood, thought of this, my mind suddenly buzzed, and I couldn't help but blurted out, "Is it because someone threw a living person here to feed... something?"

As soon as I said this, Shi Tao and Kong Xue's faces immediately turned pale. Wen Mo nodded in my horrified gaze.

I immediately raised the flashlight and shone it around. I always felt something hidden in the darkness somewhere, waiting for an opportunity to move. Whenever I had the chance, I would immediately rush out and tear us to pieces. Our blood would cover the latest layer on the ground of this tomb!

"Feed by living people!" Kong Xue couldn't help but shivered, "This is too cruel!"

I sighed and said, "Two thousand years ago, the entire society was still in the slavery stage. The slaves and prisoners of war at the bottom of the society were almost no different from pigs, cattle and sheep. It was very common for living people to sacrifice or feed on living people. The ruling class at that time relied on this method to establish its own transcendent status and would use some mysterious and cruel means to create an illusion of having special abilities to consolidate its own regime. Of course, this was not all bluffing. Almost all ancient rulers had the habit of collecting rare birds and beasts. It is also very possible to raise some special monsters in a special way! I just don't know what is being raised in this place?"

Shi Tao frowned and thought for a while and said, "Even if there is such a thing, it has been so long since then, it should have died long ago!"

I smiled bitterly, "I hope this is the case! I hope this is the past!"

"No!" As soon as I finished speaking, Wen Mo, who was standing beside me, suddenly spit out these two words, and two heavy hammers hit my heart.

I asked in a trembling voice, "Why?"

Wen Mo looked at the top of the tomb and then around, "It's very simple. Whether it's the stone gate just now or the patterns on these clay pots, they all indicate that the protagonist here is the human-faced beetles."

Damn! It's true! The most important thing is that we all know that human-faced beetles are still alive! Judging from the blood on the ground, this beetle is bloodthirsty and cruel. The biggest one we have seen is the two by the underground river, which are almost as big as a washbasin. Who knows where there are larger ones hidden!

I suddenly panicked, "Then why are we still rushing here! Let's go quickly! Wait until those big bugs come out to receive them?!"

So we hurriedly walked quickly to the exit of the tomb chamber, but just as we passed a row of giant clay pots, suddenly, I don’t know which clay pot was, and it made a faint but clear cough!

This very light cough sounded like a thunder to us. At that time, I was walking closest to this row of pottery jars. The sound suddenly sounded in my ears. I was unprepared, my heart almost stopped, and my scalp became numb in an instant!
Chapter completed!