Lights shone on the long walls, and Li Du kept seeing colorful images.
The image in front of him was of a red bison surrounded by little people. The human figures were drawn in the form of matchsticks, simple and clear.
The little people held sticks in their hands, and the bison had sticks stuck in its body. Obviously, the painting depicted them hunting animals.
Looking at the painting, Li Du reached out and touched it. It was not painted, but chiseled into the stone and then smeared with red paint. After so many years, it was still well preserved.
He knew it was a petroglyph, but he did not know which era they were from.
Petroglyph was a kind of stone carving culture. Human ancestors used stone tools and used rough, simple, and natural stone carving methods to depict and record their way of life. It was an early cultural phenomenon of human society and a precious cultural heritage left by human ancestors to future generations.
The earliest paintings left on the rocks by the Desolate Antiquity were said to have a history of forty thousand years. The primitive tribes that survived until the present day were still making them. Today, people have discovered rock paintings on all five continents of the world, mainly concentrated in Europe, Africa, Asia, India and China.
There was no doubt that the longer a petroglyph existed, the more valuable it would be. However, some primitive tribes in modern times also painted petroglyph, which was less valuable.
For example, some tribes in Africa and some Native American tribes in North America, who were still in the wilderness until the last two or three hundred years, still retained the tradition of painting petroglyph.
Some petroglyph had been found in North America, left behind by Native American tribes. It was less valuable because the value of the petroglyph lay in its history and ancient human life.
Li Du thought about it and released the little bug to turn back time to observe the petroglyph.
The little bug had grown up and was now able to turn back time thousands of years.
Unfortunately, when time was turned back, Li Du saw what the petroglyph painters looked like. They were some Native Americans dressed in simple clothes.
First of all, he could see the origin of the petroglyph, which meant that they were less than a thousand years old. Second, the Native Americans were wearing linen clothes, which proved that they were less than five hundred years old.
Li Du laughed at himself. What was he thinking? These petroglyph must not have a long history, because there was a stream in the cave and it was very humid, which damaged the color of the petroglyph. If it really was tens of thousands of years old, the petroglyph would have faded long ago.
Since it was only a few hundred years old, the value of these rock paintings was very small.
But it was also a coincidence, too much of a coincidence, that Big Markelov ran along the stream and found them in the hole. It was dramatic.
No matter what, the petroglyphs had some history, so they had some value. Perhaps they would be useful for studying the history of the local Native American tribes.
The others came in. They made torches and walked along the stream.
Big Markelov said, "I was hiding here. It was sunny, and then I looked up and found these things. I was shocked. I said, 'Oh my God, I must be so tired that I'm hallucinating.' But in the end, I discovered that it wasn't an illusion. They really existed! "
Li Du said, "So you thought of using this thing to bargain with me?"
Big Markelov smiled bitterly. "That's the worst-case scenario. I didn't expect you to keep chasing me."
After a pause, he continued, "I thought I had created enough obstacles, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't stop you. What the hell!"
Li Du patted him on the shoulder and said, "Because your opponent is one of the strongest men in the G9 Border Brigade."
Big Markelov was relieved. "Ha, so that's how it is. When you appeared at the entrance of the cave, I knew I must have met someone powerful. I just didn't expect to meet the most elite German soldiers."
He saluted Brother Wolf to show his admiration for the strong. Brother Wolf returned the salute. The two of them had a mutual appreciation for each other.
Firecracker held the torch and looked at the petroglyphs carefully. "Oh my God, who did these paintings? What does this record? Quick, take a picture, we've encountered history! "
"Lower the torch, you'll burn them. You'll destroy them," said Brother Wolf.
Firecracker walked in and said, "They've been destroyed by history. The petroglyphs behind them are faded, very badly."
Then he said, "Hey, I bet they're tens of thousands of years old. Do you think we're going to be famous?"
Li Du laughed. "No, they don't have that long of a history, maybe a few hundred years."
He had turned back time and seen the result, so he was sure of it.
Firecracker looked back and said, "You're wrong, boss. They must be tens of thousands of years old, I bet."
Brother Wolf said, "Bet with the boss? Then you're in trouble. I've never seen the boss lose a bet. "
Li Du crossed his arms and nodded at him. "Tell me, what's the bet?"
Firecracker laughed. "I haven't thought about the terms yet. We'll talk about it later, as long as both of us think it's reasonable. What do you say?"
Li Du said, "Okay, I'll bet."
Firecracker made a shooting gesture. "You're going to lose, boss. Come and look here."
Hearing his confident tone, Li Du's heart skipped a beat. He walked wearily into the depths of the cave, and then saw other carvings on the mountain walls.
As Firecracker said, some of these carvings had faded, and the further they went, the more they faded. The vicissitudes of history became stronger.
In this way, he knew he had miscalculated. From the surface of the petroglyphs, it could be seen that the later ones were not of the same era as the ones in front.
Li Du released the space-time bug again to turn back time. This time, it was different from before. The earliest time he could see these petroglyphs had already appeared.
They were indeed not products of the same era!
Li Du's spirits were lifted. This was beyond his expectations. Perhaps the petroglyphs here had some value.
Firecracker's discovery proved this point. He patted a painting above and said, "Look at this, this is the saber-toothed tiger. It became extinct in North America ten thousand years ago at the latest, and now only fossils are left."
Li Du looked at the petroglyphs, which depicted a large feline animal with a close-up of its head. The carving was relatively lifelike, with two long teeth protruding from the corners of its mouth.
There was more than one depiction of the animal. In another, it was hunting, pouncing on a horse-like animal, and one of its long teeth was clearly inserted into the prey's neck.
Firecracker continued, "Primitive people didn't know what fossils were. They drew these pictures, obviously because they had seen such a scene. So, in their time, the saber-toothed tiger was not extinct."
Li Du admitted defeat. "You win!"
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