Candle in the Tomb (鬼吹灯之精绝古城)

Candle in the Tomb

Episode 17

Why are the ground and pillars black? It's so eerie.

These are black stone shipped from the magnetic mountain.

It's no surprise you'd find it eerie.

The carvings on these pillars are very lifelike.

The craftsmanship back then was incredible!

Professor Chen,

why are the carvings on these pillars different from the bottom sections?

What does it represent?

I was also pondering the same question.

I don't have any ideas yet.

Let's go up further and see.

We must find the entrance to the queen's tomb.

I know. Don't be anxious. Keep your eyes open and watch the surroundings.

What are you worried about? Monsters again?

Everything is possible.

I'm not afraid. We have an AK!

Xiao Hu, hurry and come here.

I have an idea now.

Normally, spirits guard the shrine,

but this place is completely different.

I'm guessing the sequencing of these stone pillars

symbolize something of the mind.

There are obvious features representing social rankings.

The height gradually increases, representing gradual rise in status.

The first row is livestock. The second row is ordinary citizens.

All Western Region barbarians have a status only higher than livestock.

They are equal to slaves.

This row of pillars are statues with huge eyes.

According to this sequencing,

the higher up, the higher the social status.

Old Hu, does this modeling resemble the snakes

that we met at the mountain entrance?

This modeling expresses a sinister stature.

I think it's a guardian. There is a protrusion in the shape of an eye on its head.

Seems like eyes are the source

of all power in Jingjue culture.

If eyes are so highly valued in Jingjue culture,

Queen Jingjue's eyes

could have possibly contained extraordinary powers.

You mean, she can really make someone disappear by looking at him?

She sends him to another dimension.

Those are only lies created by the upper class.

I think there's another possibility.

Queen Jingjue was an alien.

You agree?

He thinks you have no other possible ideas.

Everyone, don't mock him.

It's a possibility. After all, in this world,

there are too many unknowns. For example, superstition and science.

We face the past by using science,

but in many areas, we face the future

with superstition.

That's why you shouldn't reject any possibilities. You should interpret it from many perspectives.

Right?

Professor, I've always understood it that way. Thank you.

No, I should be thanking you.

On this trip, your thinking has led me to many ideas.

Hey, come here and look!

Why is nothing here? There are only stone stumps, and no pillars.

Is it possible this shrine wasn't fully constructed at the time of Jingjue's destruction?

Impossible.

According to Professor Chen's prior analysis,

up here is the highest social status of Jingjue culture.

It's impossible nothing is at this important location.

I have an idea.

- Aliens? - No, it's really not that.

Old Hu, say it.

An imaginary dimension.

- What dimension? - Imaginary dimension.

Before, Miss Yang mentioned an American boy

who could connect to an undetectable dimension.

You mean, this place represents the imaginary dimension?

Old Hu, when did you believe these unknown concepts?

Professor Chen enlightened this idea upon me.

Old Hu, your thinking adapts so quickly.

Professor Chen, to you, I am only Little Hu.

What you said makes so much sense!

An imaginary dimension sits on top of the guardian at the fourth row.

Jingjue culture's most worshiped power

is dominating this location, controlling it.

In this world, does a dimension unexplainable by human logic really exist?

And Queen Jingjue's eyes control this dimension?

Was she really a demon?

Good thing she's already dead.

The ball on there is an eye!

It's like it's looking at us.

Was it the queen's eye?

How is that possible? Nobody has eyes that big.

Our current scientific progression

still has many unknowns and unexplainable phenomenons.

Let's go over and look.

Don't touch it!

Professor Chen, is this jade?

Definitely. It is flawless.

2,000 years ago, artificial crafting had actually reached a level such as this!

This is a huge surprise.

Such a huge ball of jade. How much money is it worth?

Xiao Wang, it's priceless!

You can't measure it with money.

That's right. It's priceless. Mentioning money will lower its value.

Xiao Sa, Xiao Chu, make good records.

- Hurry. - Don't worry.

Jingjue mainly consisted of the Guidong tribe.

This tribe has been extinct long ago.

That's why this tribe's origins and history

are greatly lacking in our studies,

but today... Xiao Wang!

Today, we can confirm that the Guidong Tribe treated eyes as their totem.

This is a huge breakthrough in Western Region research.

That's spectacular.

Our discoveries today

are highly valuable

to the study of ancient cultures. It's very meaningful!

I firmly believe that there is an underground palace and underground river

under this shrine.

That means Queen Jingjue's tomb is underground?

It's highly possible.

Ancient Western Region countries often placed their royal family's tombs in the city's center,

unlike the Central Plains' Han Chinese who has built them into the mountains.

Prince Gu Mo's tomb was built in the old city's well.

Just now, Xiao Hu also said this is an ultimate tomb location.

If Queen Jingjue's tomb is underneath the shrine,

it's no surprise.

There are surely secret passages leading directly to the palace. Let's search for it.

Okay.

Fatty!

What are you doing?

Hurry and let go!

I was... I was investigating it.

Xiao Wang, this is such a valuable historical relic. How could you use force?

What if you ruined it?

Fatty, say the truth. What were you investigating?

No, look. Isn't this strange?

This isn't round enough. There's a groove on top.

Fatty, your jade pendant...

It's also seven-sided.

This is too incredible.

Xiao Wang, tell us the history of your jade pendant again.

Back when I was fighting bandits in Xinjiang...

Tell the truth.

It was my dad. His old comrade,

and his troops were in the Taklamakan Desert where they met bandits.

After an intense battle, they got this from a man with a black beard.

After that, during the year I was born, my uncle

used this jade pendant piece as a marriage gift for me.

No, no, he used it as a birth gift.

Is that uncle still alive? Did he tell you any details about it?

He passed away due to illness long ago.

I heard all this from my dad.

Looks like its history can't be traced much earlier.

It's a shame such an important relic is passed around like this.

All this should be handled by the country.

Xiao Wang, what are you doing?

Put it down! Put it back!

This eyeball is mine!

If anyone tries to take it from me, I'll get angry! Don't blame me!

Xiao Wang, don't mess around!

Put it back. Put it back!

Old Hu knows that I've always kept the jade pendant around me since childhood.

You also saw that the jade pendant fits perfectly into the jade eye.

That means this is mine!

This is an artifact! How is it yours?

Don't waste your breath! Without my jade pendant, how could it have moved?

- According to rules-- - Fatty!

Why do you say so much nonsense? Xiao Sa is right.

This is an artifact.

- You must hand this to the country. - That's right!

Professor Chen.

Could this be the contraption leading underground?

It is absolutely possible.

Xiao Wang, hurry and put the jade eye back.

Xiao Hu.

Fatty, give it to me!

Careful, careful.

Careful!

Snakes!

Move away!

Move!

Everyone, be careful! See if there are anymore snakes.

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This is a priceless treasure!

I-I really didn't expect it to be so fragile.

Professor Chen, Old Hu didn't do it on purpose.

Let me think of a solution. We'll see if we can glue them together.

If it's broken, it's broken. It wasn't done on purpose.

It's too shattered. I'll try to think of something.

Xiao Sa, look.

Look, everyone. The eye...

The eyes are moving!

They're really moving!

- Move away! - Run!

Run!

Get behind me!

Quickly run!

Remember, the snakes are afraid of intense light!

The stun grenade!

Be careful of the historical site! Be careful of the historical site!

I'm sorry, everyone! Run!