America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 199 That’s it?

Chen Jianqiu followed Holmes and continued walking along the lake.

"It's right in front." Holmes led the way, walking quickly with small steps.

Chen Jianqiu stuffed a piece of chocolate into his mouth and trotted after him.

He had simply taken off his clothes and was shaking the water off his clothes as he ran.

The water in the lake just now was really freezing cold. Even though he was strong, he felt the rapid loss of body heat.

Chen Jianqiu missed the bonfire in the fantasy just now.

"We're here, right here." Holmes stopped in front of a stone half as tall as a man.

The shape of this stone is no different from the ones Chen Jianqiu saw in the square before, with a strange shape standing out.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jianqiu took a look and didn't see anything special.

"Come over to me." Holmes waved to Chen Jianqiu.

Chen Jianqiu walked to Holmes' side and turned to the other side of the stone.

By the light of the fire, he discovered that the top of the stone had been hollowed out, and there were some white solids inside, and twisters could still be vaguely seen on it.

"I guess it's some kind of animal fat," Holmes said. "I want to wait for you to decide what to do with it."

"Try and see if you can light it."

Chen Jianqiu stretched out his torch and moved it to the top of the stone.

What he didn't expect was that a small flame soon appeared on the stone, and then slowly grew a little bigger, like a bright light.

Through the light, they saw another stone of similar size appearing in front of them, but this stone seemed to have been moved by someone.

Chen Jianqiu and Holmes walked over and found white solids and wicks on the stone.

Next, they also discovered the third and fourth lights...

These simple lighting fixtures made by the Nahua people were all lit one by one.

And the cave gradually became brighter.

Sean and others saw the movement here and came over holding torches. They helped light the remaining lamps.

They found a total of twenty-two similar stones, mostly concentrated opposite the entrance, where Chen Jianqiu and the others were.

These stones are scattered sporadically on the edge of the lake, and they cannot be said to be very regular.

As the light gradually brightened, everyone gradually saw the situation in the cave clearly.

This is a natural cave with two entrances and exits, one is where they came down, and the other is on the opposite side.

They were standing on an irregular island. As they had guessed before, it was at least as big as half a football field. Now, because of the twenty-two lights, half was dark and half was bright.

This land island divides the entire cave into two halves, with lakes on both sides.

Holmes checked the hole on the opposite side and found traces of human manipulation. If he guessed correctly, it should be the path they had chosen before.

If they had continued walking down the road just now, they would have entered the cave through that entrance.

This cave is the end point of the two routes and is the lowest level of the cave.

There is a high probability that it is a legendary treasure hiding place!

So, where is the treasure?

The crowd held torches and spread out on the mainland and the island, starting to search everywhere.

Half an hour later, they returned to the stone lantern.

Everyone was dumbfounded again.

Nothing was found.

The landmass beneath their feet was incredibly flat, with almost nothing on the ground half the size of a football field except for scattered stones.

Is there an agency?

The first possibility that came to Chen Jianqiu's mind was whether these descendants of the Aztecs had set up some exquisite mechanism in this cave, just like the many tomb-robbery and treasure-hunting novels he had read before traveling through time.

Same.

But he quickly dismissed his thoughts.

Movies are movies after all, and novels are novels after all.

Whether it’s from the entrance on the cliff or the artificially smoothed road along the way, including these simple lights.

The capabilities of this group of descendants of the Aztecs are really limited, both in terms of technology and manpower.

They are not their magical and glorious Aztec ancestors, nor the legendary and mysterious Mayans, nor the Egyptians and Chinese who shocked the world with their wonders and continued their civilization to this day.

They are just a surviving tribe of the Aztecs who fled to the southern United States and do not have the ability to build such complicated mechanisms.

Is it really just a scam, as Hanif and Holmes say?

So the makers of these maps do all these bells and whistles just to make a joke for future generations?

How boring is this?!

Chen Jianqiu looked at Holmes and found that he might be thinking the same thing as him, sitting slumped on the stone.

Seeing Chen Jianqiu walking over, the geologist looked frustrated:

"Chen, there is nothing. This is just a natural cave." Holmes covered his face, "I should have thought of it. How could those Nahua people transport so much gold all the way from Mexico?"

Come here."

Chen Jianqiu's heart sank to the bottom, but the expression on his face did not change much.

Holmes slapped the stone with his hands bitterly, feeling annoyed that his hope was dashed.

But when he patted the stone twice, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

He raised his head and his eyes met with Chen Jianqiu's.

This stone is empty!

Chen Jianqiu brought the torch closer.

The two inspected the stone carefully and finally discovered something was wrong.

There is a break mark in the middle of this big stone.

"Come here quickly!" Chen Jianqiu waved to everyone.

At this time, everyone was wandering around the island blindly like headless flies. When they heard Chen Jianqiu's greeting, they quickly ran over.

"Come here and help." Chen Jianqiu greeted Danny and several others.

Everyone held on to the upper part of the stone, and under Chen Jianqiu's command, they exerted force "one, two, three".

This quick stone was broken off in the middle, revealing a natural empty chamber inside.

Several torches shone into the empty chamber at the same time.

There is indeed something inside!

Holmes reached in and pulled out the contents.

He squinted his eyes by the firelight and began to observe the things in his hands.

This is a dark pottery piece with some patterns engraved on it that are similar to those recorded on the human skin map.

"Pottery seal," Holmes said, "an Aztec artifact."

"Go and look at other stones." Chen Jianqiu greeted.

They spent some time removing all the other hollow stones and discovered that there was indeed something hidden inside.

From necklaces to bracelets to pendants, the workmanship is very exquisite.

Holmes was amazed by the craftsmanship of these things, saying that no matter which one they were, they embody the wisdom of the Aztec civilization and have high research value.

But without exception, these things are not made of gold, and they are not in large quantities.

"That's it?" Sean was disappointed.

Except for Holmes, everyone else also showed disappointment, which was far from what they expected.

Chen Jianqiu didn't quite understand the market situation of these gadgets in this era. When he had time later, he took it to Astor and asked him to ask for it.

However, he still felt something wasn't right.

Even if these things can be sold for a good price in New York, for those descendants of the Aztecs, it is far from the point of spending so much trouble and hiding them so deeply.

While everyone was still studying those gadgets around Holmes.

A voice came from the entrance of the cave:

"Oh! I found something good, let me take a look! Let me take a look!"

When everyone turned around, they saw Hanif running over holding a torch.

"Why did you come down here if you weren't staying up there?" Chen Jianqiu asked doubtfully.

"There's no danger up there. Hehe, those fools from Pinkerton are all dead." Hanif ran in front of everyone, stuck the torch on the stone, and said excitedly while rubbing his hands, "By the way, you found out

What happened?"

He couldn't wait for Chen Jianqiu to fulfill his promise. When the treasure was found, he would be the first to pick it.

But when he saw the black things in the hands of Chen Jianqiu and Holmes, he was dumbfounded.

"Take your pick." Chen Jianqiu looked at him with a smile.

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