Just as Zu An was feeling down, a bright light suddenly flashed beside him. Pei Mianman was surrounded by black flames that not only illuminated her surroundings but also made her appear even more beautiful.
Zuan couldn't help but go over and hug her: "Da Manman, you are so beautiful."
Pei Mianman was startled and quickly extinguished the flames, worried that she might hurt him. However, she immediately remembered that she had given him a pendant that could prevent him from being injured by her black flames, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ugh~" Pei Mianman blushed and pushed him away. "I think I just saw some flame symbols on the wall in mid-air. Let me see if I can light them."
With a wave of her hand, a stream of black flame, like a dancing fire serpent, roamed the wall, burning towards the places she remembered.
Soon, clusters of flames ignited, and those with flame symbols were indeed lamp holders. It was unexpected that the grease inside could still be ignited after so long.
Soon the light of the flames illuminated the distance, and the two looked around and found themselves in a series of magnificent palaces.
Illuminated by the firelight, the distance shimmered with gold, making the two seem as if they had arrived in a golden capital.
"Is this gold?" Pei Mianman was dumbfounded. So many huge gold bricks and pillars. If they were all moved back, they would probably be richer than a country in no time.
“I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you.” Zuan had already come to the nearest wall to examine it. He pinched the gold bricks on the wall with his fingers and finally shook his head. “Gold is relatively soft, but these are much harder. They are probably brass. If you don’t believe me, you can look around those lamps. They’ve been burned and a layer of black has risen to the surface. Real gold wouldn’t look like that.”
The Shang Dynasty had a highly developed metallurgical industry, mainly reflected in its copper smelting technology. It is worth noting that when copperware was first made, it was golden yellow. It was only after a long period of time, through oxidation by water and oxygen, that it turned greenish-blue and became the bronzeware that everyone knows.
Upon hearing that these weren't gold, Pei Mianman was greatly disappointed: "You made me happy for nothing. Huh, what are those?"
Zuan had to admire this woman's incredible luck; she always managed to discover many clues ahead of time.
They walked forward for a while and found that the walls on both sides were carved with many exquisite murals, but the style of these murals was rather abstract and strange, and they couldn't understand their meaning for a while.
There were many words written around the mural. Pei Mianman looked at him expectantly: "What do these words say?"
After all, these characters are very similar to the strange oracle bone script from before. Zuan just deciphered the characters on the stone tablet and the gate, so he should be able to recognize these as well.
Zu An thought to himself, "I'm not an archaeologist. I was lucky enough to recognize those few simple oracle bone characters before. How could I possibly recognize these?"
However, seeing her beautiful and expectant eyes, Zuan couldn't help but show off: "Maybe an alien laid its eggs in a girl's mouth, then the larvae hatched inside her body, and finally broke out..."
The mural depicts a monster, a young girl with what appears to be an egg-shaped object in her mouth, and then her belly swells up...
He then started making up stories based on the movie "Alien" that he had seen in his previous life. The more he talked, the more he felt that it matched the content of the mural, and it seemed to be just like what he was saying.
"What utter nonsense!" A cold voice rang out.
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