Chapter 2517 Hell Swamp

"whoosh"

Accompanied by the slight sound of breaking wind, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the slanted stab, like lightning, straight towards Ye Tian's head.

Ye Tian, ​​who was walking, seemed to have the ability to predict the future. The black shadow had just rushed out of the nearby bushes, but the jungle machete in his hand had already shot out sideways.

"Snapped"

Unbiased, the back of the jungle machete just hit the black shadow, and the black shadow flew directly to a towering tree three to four meters away.

The next moment, that black shadow was already hanging on a branch that was growing horizontally, without a sound, it was completely dead in an instant.

At this time, if someone is here and the lighting conditions are good, he will see that the black shadow is an extremely poisonous snake, about one meter long, but its head has been smashed by Ye Tian.

The reason why this poisonous snake launched a surprise attack was probably stimulated by the strong light projected by the headlamp on Ye Tian's head, and this is its territory, which cannot be violated, so it violently hurt people.

It's a pity that it met Ye Tian this time, and instead of succeeding in the surprise attack, it lost its own life.

Ye Tian has encountered attacks like this several times before, and he is no stranger to them.

Those who tried to attack him in the dark included all kinds of animals living here, as well as all kinds of deadly plants, including poisonous snakes, giant centipedes, and trapping vines.

Without exception, these animals and plants that wanted to attack him were either slapped away by the back of his machete, or chopped to pieces by him, and all of them died.

While dealing with these guys who secretly attacked him, he did not forget to explore this dark tropical rainforest, and it was very rewarding.

Along the way, he successively discovered seven or eight remains of Mayan Empire buildings covered by vines, flowers and trees, as well as mud and shrubs.

Like the previously discovered Kemu Kamenpus Golden Temple, every architectural relic here, inside and outside, is more or less covered with gold, shining golden.

Perhaps this is the origin of the name of the Mayan Empire Golden City, which is a glittering Mayan city, a veritable Golden City.

During the Mayan Empire, gold was mainly used for sacrificial activities.

Come to dedicate to the gods, decorate the temple, not trade as currency, so there is a lot of gold here.

In addition to the dizzying amount of gold, these architectural relics of the Mayan Empire are engraved with Mayan hieroglyphs, various patterns, and exquisite decorations.

Among these characters and patterns, quite a few of them have never been seen by Ye Tian, ​​and they are all characters and patterns discovered for the first time, obviously of great historical and cultural research value.

Most of the statues, sacrificial supplies, pottery, and other antique relics in these historical sites are also engraved with Mayan hieroglyphs and patterns, and many antique relics are very exquisite.

Only from the brilliant light emitted by those antique relics and the charming halo they possess, Ye Tian can judge very accurately which era those antique relics came from and how valuable they are.

Among these antique relics, there are many top-level antique relics that are priceless. Even Ye Tian is envious when he sees them, and wants to keep all those treasures in his pocket.

The only pity is that Ye Tian only knows a few Mayan hieroglyphs, and doesn't know most of the rest. Naturally, he can't figure out the meaning of the Mayan hieroglyphs and patterns he saw.

However, this does not prevent him from making accurate judgments.

At this time, he was very clear in his heart that he was witnessing the entire history of the Mayan civilization and the entire process of the Mayan Empire's prosperity, decline, and even demise.

The Mayan hieroglyphs and patterns that appeared in my eyes recorded the history of the entire Mayan Empire. If they were arranged in chronological order, it would be a Mayan history book.

In addition to the ancient architectural ruins that were built in various periods of the Mayan Empire, but were abandoned at this time, and were completely buried and swallowed by this tropical rainforest, he also discovered several treasures, large or small.

Most of these treasures are buried near or under the ruins of those buildings. Most of the treasures are gold and various gemstones with bright colors. Most of these gemstones are unpolished and still maintain their original appearance.

Just because the age is too long, most of these rough gemstones buried deep in the ground or covered under dead branches and leaves have lost their original luster. After they are unearthed, they need to be treated with professional methods.

The overall value of these treasures buried deep underground and in architectural ruins is astonishing, and can be called an astronomical wealth.

But to Ye Tian, ​​these astonishing amounts of gold and precious stones are obviously not as attractive as those top-level antique relics, and those antique relics are his inevitable goal.

During his exploration, he also discovered a macabre pit, or swamp.

In the big pit that had already turned into a swamp, he saw a lot of bones. The ones piled up on the top layer were some animal bones, which should be the animal bones that fell into the swamp.

However, what was piled up underneath were human skeletons, layer upon layer, and there were three to four hundred corpses.

The bones were divided into eight or nine layers, and each layer was separated by soil about 20 centimeters thick. Among them were the bones of adults, and there were also many bones of minors and even babies.

Judging from the posture of the bones when they were buried and the scars on the bones, those people were basically buried alive with their hands and feet bound, and many of their leg bones were broken.

Obviously, this is a mass grave where the Mayans held human sacrifices. The reason why the people who died in this pit were tied hands and feet and had their thigh bones broken was to prevent them from struggling to escape.

The Golden City of the Mayan Empire is a very special existence. Unlike other Mayan cities, the people sacrificed here are probably not captured prisoners of war or civilians from hostile tribes.

There is only one possibility. Those who were sacrificed here and died in this mass grave are most likely the Copan Mayans, or even the royal family of the mysteriously disappeared Copan Kingdom.

And this may be one of the reasons for the demise of the Copan Kingdom and the mysterious disappearance of the Copan royal family in the depths of the rainforest.

Seeing this mass grave used for human sacrifice, even if he was as bold as Ye Tian, ​​he couldn't help being shocked, and he took two steps back, his whole body was cold and covered in white sweat!

For a moment, he seemed to hear the extremely stern and desperate wails of hundreds of Mayans before they died, and he seemed to see the almost crazy Mayan priest dancing around the mass grave!

After seeing the mass grave, he had a new understanding of the bloody, cruel, and inhumane aspects of the ancient Mayans.

The decline of the glorious and splendid Mayan civilization and the demise of the Mayan Empire, in addition to the bloody killings of European colonists, also had a lot to do with the Mayan's frantic cannibalism.

Ye Tian stood at the edge of the swamp for a while, and then quickly left, not wanting to stay here for a while.

It is no exaggeration to say that under that swamp is a hell that couldn't be more real.

After leaving the swamp, Ye Tian continued to explore in this tropical rainforest, step by step walking deeper into the rainforest.

Next, he discovered several historical relics covered by dense vegetation or soil. In or around these relics, he also found a lot of gold, precious stones, and other valuable antique relics.

While talking, their strange treasure hunting team has come to the center of this tropical rainforest.

At this point, the female jaguar walking in front of the team suddenly stopped, looked ahead vigilantly, and assumed a fighting posture.

Not far in front of it is a green pool, only about 20 to 30 meters wide, the range is not large, and I don't know how deep it is.

And in the center of this pool, stands a hill about seven or eight meters high, and there seems to be a temple on the top of the hill.

Both this hill and the temple on the top of the hill are covered by dense vegetation and vines, and the real appearance cannot be seen.