txolops Chapter 40 Pyramid
Chapter 40 Pyramid
After crossing the stream, the ground gradually becomes flatter.The density of the jungle in this area is not as good as before, Lewell even found traces of roads covered by bushes in some places.He guessed they might be near the settlement of some native tribe.
"You can see it over the hill ahead!" Cabriere said, pointing in one direction.
Lewell was extremely curious.He saw some particularly flat land, a bit like the prototype of arable land.There are also some places that are all lawns.If there is a tribe of native people living here, it must have a large population.This half-farming and half-nomadic lifestyle is one of the characteristics of the native Indians in South America.
When they gradually walked up the hill, Lewell suddenly saw the top of the huge building in the distance.
There is no doubt that it is a pyramid!
Lewell couldn't help feeling overwhelmed.The visual height of this pyramid is more than 70 meters, and its shape is slightly different from that of the Egyptian pyramids, with a relatively flat top.Taking advantage of the hillside terrain, Lewell could even see the sacrificial platform at the highest point of the pyramid!
"Oh! My God! How did you find this place? Is this... is this a Mayan pyramid?" Lewell searched his stomach for a while before he could find this word from his memory.
"Maybe. Although no Mayan ruins have been found near here." Cabriere shrugged, "May I show you there?"
Levi nodded hurriedly.He was thrilled by the thought of visiting a place carved with xxx in a never-before-discovered pyramid. (Oops)
"My God! This is their land. Look at those farmlands, they have dug ditches for irrigation!" Lewell said, pointing to the bottom of the hillside.The land under the hillside is neatly divided into pieces by ravines, just like human villages.
"No, these ravines don't look like they're just for irrigation. Look carefully at their shape."
After being reminded, Lewell suddenly found that the ravines on the ground did seem to form some kind of special pattern.He couldn't see what they were, but he could only see that they stretched straight in all directions, occasionally meeting each other, and enclosing the entire pyramid together with the outermost ravine.The straightness of these gullies is very high, and it is hard to imagine how the Mayans achieved such precise measurements.
"This is really a bit like an alien flying saucer runway." Lewell scratched his hair.
Cabriere shot him a questioning glance.
"Looking down from a high altitude, the flying saucer can use these graphics to determine the landing location." Lewell explained.He suddenly remembered that Cabrielle might not even know what an airplane was, let alone a flying saucer. "Anyway, you're right that the ditches weren't all dug for irrigation."
"Let's go down!" The female vampire walked down the hill first.
Stepping into this land, Lewell felt very magical.The plant species under the hillside are very single, and there is a kind of grass with white berries everywhere.It all looks like it is still being used, but there are fewer farmers in the fields.How on earth did the Mayans keep their arable land from being encroached upon by plant seeds blown from the jungle?
Observing from a close distance, it can be seen that the soil at the bottom of the ditch here is still wet.All the ditches were about the same depth, and the cornering angles were very straight without any camber to speak of.The Mayans seem to have a soft spot for square shapes.Seen from the bottom of the hillside, the pyramid is even more majestic than before.Lewell saw a moat-like deep ditch surrounding the foot of the pyramid.
"There's only one way to get in. Under these waters lie hideous monsters that even vampires can't fight."
Lewell couldn't help but stare at the water.The width of the ditch is about five meters, and the depth cannot be seen.Since there was a layer of black matter floating on the water, which was very close to the color of the ground, he didn't notice the moat when he was standing on a high place just now.The water was so calm that he couldn't even hear a sound.
"What's in here?"
"You don't want to see it. Come with me!"
Cabriere walked in one direction.It was a huge boulder that looked very abrupt on the flat ground.
"help me."
The female vampire motioned for Lewell to push the boulder with her.One side of the stone has obvious signs of being excavated.Lewell pushed hard, and a deep hole appeared under the ground.Cabriere jumped down without a word.
The burrow is about three or four meters deep, and a tunnel is connected below it.At the same time his feet landed, Lewell smelled a stench.
"There used to be a lot of boa constrictors living here," explained Cabriere. "I lured them out one by one."
Lewell saw many snake sloughs and clumps of hair on both sides of the tunnel.He knew that it was formed by the anaconda spitting out the things it couldn't digest.
"These Mayans must have hidden some treasure here, and the precautionary measures are so well done." Lewell said in a half-joking tone.In the moat there are "monsters" that even vampires are afraid of, and the only entrance is the anaconda's lair. What kind of secrets are hidden in this pyramid?
"No, this is their baby." Cabriere smiled mysteriously.Her cheeks glowed slightly in the dark.
They went on.As expected, the anacondas in the tunnel had been cleaned up by the female vampire. Apart from the disgusting smell, they encountered no other dangers.Gradually stones appeared on the ground and walls, making the tunnel look a bit like a real passage.Lewell even saw several murals carved into stone blocks, depicting scenes of farming and harvesting.
"We have arrived."
Cabriere exhaled.They finally entered the interior of the pyramid.In front of them was a black square pool with several tall stone pillars standing in it.A faint light came in from above their heads, just in the very center of the pool.Around the pool is a square platform made of stone bricks, and one side of the platform is connected with a spiral stone staircase.The style of this ladder is very special.The two steps are not connected, each step is like a rectangular slab inlaid on the stone wall, extending upward a little bit, and the turning places are all right angles.Lewell guessed that in order to maintain the balance of forces and prevent the stone slab from being stepped on, a long section of the other side of the stone slab must be embedded in the wall.This spiral staircase leads to a height of tens of meters, where there seems to be a small rectangular platform.
"careful!"
Lewell pushed Cabriere forward violently, and he himself was thrown to the ground by a gust of wind.There was a loud beast roar in his ear, and Lewell felt a cloud of hot air spraying on his throat.He hastily put one hand against the opponent's neck, and struggled to free himself with the other hand to punch him.He felt his fist hit a sharp tooth, but managed to tilt the opponent's head sideways.There was a burning pain from his shoulders, and Lewell knew that he was seriously injured.He kicked the beast aside with a flying kick, rolled on the spot, and drew out his pistol at the same time.While standing up, he fired two bullets at the place where he was standing.
All of Lewell's attacks were in vain.The ferocious beast that approached them silently and almost plotted against Cabriere had an astonishing degree of agility.It roared and jumped in the other direction, avoiding the bullet.It was a jaguar with golden fur, and the spots showed an unnatural dark green.Leviel's fist can smash the stone with one punch, but it doesn't seem to hurt it at all.It glanced at Leviel with a cautious look, let out a low growl, and glanced at Cabriere again, then rushed up the stairs without hesitation, and disappeared out of the sight of the vampire with a few jumps.
"You saw it. This cunning fellow. At first we thought we could take each other down easily, but it turned out to be a win and lose. It only appears around here, sometimes inside the pyramid, sometimes outside, But never far away. It seems to guard the place. I have never seen a beast as intelligent as it, and it can easily recognize the traps I set."
Cabriere looked up at the direction of the platform above his head for a while, then pointed to the opposite side of the pool: "Okay, leave it alone. It already knows you are not easy to mess with. There is a small door over there. I will take you to Look at the Mayan baby."
Lewell tore off the sleeve of his shirt indiscriminately and bandaged the wound.There were deep scratches on both shoulders from the sharp claws of the jaguar just now.If he didn't react quickly enough, he doubted that his neck would be broken again.David taught him about the jaguar, the undisputed king of the jungle who likes to bite off the neck of his prey.Due to the force of their bite, they occasionally crush the skull of their prey directly.
The blood on the wound was hard to stop for a while, Lewell gritted his teeth and followed Cabriere's footsteps.They walked around the square platform at their feet to the opposite bank of the pool.In the middle of the stone wall, there is a gap that is extremely difficult to find, just enough for a person to enter sideways.
Lewell was much taller and stronger than Cabriere.It was with great difficulty that he passed where the female vampire could pass easily.After a while, they entered a small room with a ceiling less than two meters high.Lewell saw a few pieces of animal skins on the ground at first glance.Cabriere sat down comfortably on the animal hide.This is clearly one of her lairs.
"Look at the walls here, you need a knife." Cabriere raised his chin at Lewell.
Lewell walked to the wall suspiciously, the ceiling was almost touching his head.Some of the bricks on the walls are distinctly different from others, with a figure carved into them that resembles the ravines on the outside of the pyramids.Lewell tried to scratch the surface of this special brick with a knife.
"what?"
Lewell saw a little metallic luster.
"This is?!" He cut off a brick with a knife in disbelief, "Oh my God! It's made of gold!"
This discovery shocked Lewell.About one-tenth of the bricks on the entire wall in front of him were this special gold brick.If this ratio can be used throughout the pyramid, how much gold is there?Lewell suddenly remembered that Brazil is one of the world's leading gold mining places.These Mayans must have built all the wealth they had accumulated over thousands of years into this pyramid!
"Gold is everywhere here, at least in the places I've been, there are such gold bricks in the walls." Cabriere said with certainty.
Due to the huge proportion of gold, it is obviously an impossible mission to really build a pyramid with gold.Even if only one-tenth of the gold bricks were used, the foundation at the bottom of the pyramid must have been specially reinforced.The gold here is a considerable wealth even for a country.
"It's a pity that so much money has been put here without generating any GDP." Lewell couldn't help sighing.
"What?" Cabriere frowned and glanced at Lewell, "Actually, I brought you here just to let you understand that any 'civilization' in the world is just a tool for the rulers to make money. Look at these Gold, they should belong to every commoner, but now they have become a part of the pyramid. When the rulers are destroyed in the years, they are nothing and completely lose their due value. For us who have eternal life, There is no point in submitting to such 'civilized' rule..."
"Wait!" Lewell suddenly interrupted Cabriere, "Did you hear anything?"
The female vampire frowned even tighter.
A faint scream came from the darkness.
The author has something to say: Most of the Mayan civilization is gathered in Central America. Leviel and the others are currently in the southwest of Brazil. There is an unknown civilization here, which may be a branch of the Mayan civilization.