I rolled my eyes at these guys with disdain. Who the hell wants to play such an old-fashioned challenge game with you guys?
I walked alone toward the six Haru. As they saw me approaching, they didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately raised their bone knives high, bringing them down toward my head.
At this moment, Su Su and Dante were nervous and were about to remind me to be careful.
I wasn't intimidated by these six Haru men at all. I quickly drew my loaded shotgun and pulled the trigger of both barrels simultaneously.
"Bang!"
As two fierce tongues of fire spewed out, the earth trembled violently.
Lao Tzu's authority cannot be trampled upon, and the power of trolls cannot be questioned!
Being hit by double-barreled shotgun shells at such close range, before the six Haru could even touch my body, my body was violently pushed backward by the huge inertia of the bullets and slammed heavily into the stone house behind me.
The stone wall, struck violently, shook violently, almost collapsing.
The brutal firepower of the shotguns did not disappoint me; those guys were riddled with holes.
Two of Haru's chests were blasted open by the violent force, leaving two huge holes, which looked particularly horrifying.
American-style Iaido truly represents the pinnacle of martial arts; the difference in skill is immediately apparent in a single second!
Su Su and Dante were somewhat speechless at this moment, but they didn't say much. The mission was the priority now, and resolving these issues as quickly as possible was the best course of action.
As for what those Haru who heard the gunshots were thinking, that was their own business. In any case, they didn't have the strength to run over, so what were they afraid of?
Just then, a furious roar came from afar. It was unclear whether it was out of despair about our current situation or an attempt to scare us away with this unrealistic roar.
Let them roar if they want. We won't leave even if they scream their lungs out. We're determined to go into this stone house!
I gave Su Su and Dante a wink, and the two of them immediately set up their crossbows and entered the stone house in a triangular formation with my shotgun.
Because the firelight was still some distance away from us, and because of the large number of hanging vines, it was so dark inside that we couldn't see anything clearly.
At that moment, I waved my hand, and Su Su and Dante pulled out the tactical flashlights I had prepared for them in advance from their respective backpacks.
The crossbow has a movable spring-loaded slot at the bottom, which can hold a tactical flashlight without it falling out. It can also be easily removed when not in use.
After the tactical flashlight was waved twice in the air, the blue light became even brighter.
We looked around the stone house and realized that it seemed to be an ancient site.
There weren't many items inside, mostly simple pottery and the like. There were traces of soot on them, so the Haru people must have used these pottery pieces.
In the southwest corner of the stone house, there is a stone platform about half a person's height, with several steps leading down from it, all of which are made of long, narrow stones.
These things have been around for who knows how many years. There is a bluish-white powdery substance seeping out from the stone steps. I know that these artificial steps will only develop this bluish-white substance after a very long period of time.
Moreover, the craftsmanship of these stone steps and platforms is quite exquisite. Basically, the size and cut of these stones are just right, and the stones fit together perfectly, so tightly that not even a piece of paper can be inserted.
This is a level of craftsmanship that none of the Mila ruins I've seen before could achieve. The only thing I can think of that can rival it is the pyramids.
Several pottery plates were simply placed on the stone platform, and atop them stood half a broken stone tablet covered in cobwebs. The tablet appeared to have some intricate carvings, suggesting that something had been engraved on it.
However, years of dirt, dust, and cobwebs have made it impossible to discern the original appearance of the carvings on them.
We exchanged a glance and then began cleaning the cobwebs and dust near the stone tablet. Susu found some palm fiber in the house, which must have been brought in by the Haru.
Brown fibers can be used as mats on the ground to insulate against ground moisture and provide some warmth.
After some cleaning, the cobwebs and ashes on the stone tablet were finally gone. Now, with the help of a tactical flashlight, some mysterious symbols could be seen engraved on the stone tablet.
I had never seen these symbols before in the caves of the tribe; they looked more like some obscure hieroglyphics.
I can roughly understand some of the murals, and most of it is based on my own deductions and observations. But I know nothing about things that are entirely hieroglyphics.
I asked Su Su and Dante, who were standing nearby.
Have you ever seen text like this?
"What? What is writing?"
Su Su and the other girl looked at me with confusion. They only knew the relatively simple concept of pictures and were completely ignorant of the more complex pictographic characters.
I slapped my forehead. Okay... I haven't had a chance to explain the concept of words to them yet.
I had no choice but to change my wording.
"Um...it's nothing. Do you guys see this kind of picture anywhere?"
Su Su and Dante examined the painting carefully for a while, then talked with Dante for a bit. Finally, they both shook their heads at me, indicating that they had never seen such a strange picture before.
I looked through everything on the stone tablet, and in the end, I could only make out an image at the end that looked a lot like a praying mantis.
Because it is larger than those hieroglyphs, it looks more like a badge.
There must be some important information here. I took out my notebook from my backpack and copied down everything in it.
Even if you don't recognize it yourself, someone else might later. The Mira tribe once revealed that the Asada tribe also had a god who suddenly appeared, but later mysteriously disappeared.
I suspect that the mysterious person they are talking about is very likely a modern human who, like me, has mistakenly entered this world.
Now we just don't know if that person has found a way to escape. Perhaps he has also come into contact with these things and knows something about them.
After copying all the content, I carefully compared it again. Finding nothing missing, I put the notebook back into my backpack.
Just as I looked around and found nothing, and was about to call everyone to leave,
Dante made a new discovery in a corner, and he beckoned us to come and take a look.
"What's wrong, Dante? What have you discovered?"
"Sir, look at this."
As he spoke, Dante pointed to a spot on the ground beneath his feet and stomped on it. A hollow sound came from below, revealing that there was another space beneath it!
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