Chapter 40: Portrait of the General
The halo is blowing willows.
I understand what Lu Worm meant, he wants me to make a hole in the wall, don't look at this wall is very hard, but everyone must know what a sharp weapon the blowing willow sword is, Da Qingyan is not a problem, and the wall is small.
I shook off the willow and began to dig a hole, although the willow was sharp, but the size was too small, and the underwater force was not good, it was touching to the progress of my project.
Lu Worm couldn't help beside him, so he had to pay attention to the pressure of the compressed air cylinder and report to me frequently. Fortunately, Heihokusai didn't save money on this, and the capacity was 50% more than the regular one, otherwise, I was afraid that the hole was not dug well, and we would have hung it here.
Digging a hole this kind of thing, the most rare is actually the beginning, after I dig a hole, the speed behind it has obviously improved, but the hole dug did not appear to fill the situation of water, which is quite worrying, in case after entering the wall is still boundless lake, then I really want to cry without tears.
When the pressure gauge of the compressed air cylinder walked to the warning area, I finally dug a hole that could barely let the two of us pass, and the two of them hurriedly went upstream through the hole, God bless, it didn't take long to swim and finally got out of the water, Lu Worm spit out the respirator and exhaled deeply, "Oh,, I finally came out, I almost died, Brother Wu, why are you staring at me?"
I saw that he would be fine for so long, so I spit out the respirator and scolded, "Look up, is this coming out, is there a sky, this is coming in, and you dare to spit out the respirator without using your brain, who knows what quality the air in this cave is, and you are not afraid of poisoning." ”
Lu Worm also reacted at this time, and smiled, originally measuring air quality is a necessary process for going to the ground, but he was also suffocated, or he couldn't make this low-level mistake. The two of us looked around and swam towards the nearest shore.
As soon as I got ashore, I took off the compressed air bottle with Lu Worm, took out a few compressed biscuits from my waist bag and began to eat, the consumption in the water just now was too great, I was worried while eating, and said to Lu Worm, "Worm, we are in big trouble, this air bottle is almost empty, the key is that we don't know the way back, if we can't find Qin Gong and them, I'm afraid that we will be finished." ”
Lu Worm had a big heart, and replied inarticulate while eating, "Brother Wu, don't worry, as long as we are in a tomb, I can find them, and they will never deviate from their ancestors, unless there are two tombs under the West Lake, or they die, we can't die." ”
Lu Worm's words were a bit fierce, I knew what he meant, things were really going to be so bad that I was afraid that I could only kill people and take things, and if I didn't concentrate on the rest of the air and food, I wouldn't even have a chance to try to find an exit.
I finished a compressed biscuit and rested for a while, then stood up and held the diving goggles in my hand and surveyed the environment with the searchlight on them. I stayed in this place with Lu Worm, like the mouth and neck of a flare, the top is not high, about two meters, extending about ten meters to the left and right, it is not a natural landform, the arch is smooth, it should be artificial.
There is water in the pool, which proves that there is a place leading to the outside, and if there is a boat, you can walk outside, after all, the outside is getting wider and wider, and the possibility of going out is not small, but since we don't have it, we can only go in from the only road behind us.
Lu Chenggong also took a break at this time, looked around, and whispered to me, "Brother Wu, this place is very strange, such a big project, but there is not a word on the wall, it is not in accordance with the rules." ”
I shook my head, "I'm afraid it's not necessarily, judging from the information we have obtained now, the scale of this underwater underground palace should be beyond our imagination, such a large scale, it is normal for the periphery to leave no words, we still have to go inside, there will definitely be clues to show us the way." ”
I cleaned up my things with Lu Worm, the compressed air tank was very sinking, and there was not much air left in it, so naturally I had to give it up, but this diving goggle was particularly important, at this moment I was separated from Lu Worm and the others, and the built-in radio was the only means to contact Qin Gong and them within the range, and there were many passages in the underground palace, if there was no radio, then I am afraid that they would not know where each other was if they passed through the wall.
Thinking of this, I explained to Lu Worm, "Worm, these tricks in the underground, you are better than me, you take the diving goggles and turn on the light and walk in front, I turn on the radio and wait for their news, remember to be careful, the materials and everything are in the hands of the first batch of people to come down, if we are injured, we don't even have a piece of gauze." ”
Lu Chenggong nodded, then let's go, the dark Yongdao is like a huge mouth that selects people and devours people, exuding a terrifying aura, devouring the two of us.
I don't know if it's the relationship between us breaking through the wall, we haven't encountered any of the dangers encountered by the shopkeeper before Qin Gong, Lu Worm and I couldn't help but speed up our pace, and after walking like this for a while, Lv Worm suddenly froze in place, I almost hit his back, and hurriedly went around to take a look, it turned out that the road had come to an end, there was no road left and right, and there was only a statue standing in the middle.
I was in good spirits, if there was something, there would be clues, and I was most afraid of running around like a headless fly like before, so I asked Lu Bug to observe the environment to prevent the statue from triggering the mechanism, and I turned on the light and stepped forward to try to find some clues.
The figure of this statue is wearing armor, very realistic, it should be a statue of a general, but I don't know what the purpose of placing it here is, I carefully observed it from top to bottom, the style of the armor should be the Ming Dynasty, as for who it is, I can't see it, I am ashamed to say it, although I am doing antiques, I also have the ability to identify ancient portraits and sculptures, but when it comes to the understanding of art, I can only judge that this is a person.
But it doesn't matter who the statue is, it's here, the role is an organ rather than a person, I gently touched from the bottom to the top, this statue only has two eyes to move, I said hello to Lu Worm, Lu Worm nodded, took out a pair of metal chain mail gloves from his waist bag and put them on his hand, I shook out the blowing willow, and pressed the left eye of the statue.
There was a rumbling sound, and then there was a few seconds of calm, and then I heard the sound of the whizzing wind, and the crossbow arrows that came out of nowhere in the darkness were whistling, but fortunately, we were already on guard, and Lu Worm reached out and split most of the arrows, and the occasional fish that slipped through the net were also cut open by me, and the crossbow arrows returned to calm after shooting three or four waves.
After Lu Worm made sure that there was no movement, he took off his gloves and wiped his sweat, and said, "Brother Wu, this organ is quite simple, don't say that we are prepared, even if we are caught off guard, at most a few people will be injured by this level of mechanism, Brother Wu, you say, such a big underground palace, how can it be something that does not enter the stream?"
I glared at him fiercely, what kind of thinking, stealing things and idle people are not good, isn't this neurotic?
The two of them rested for a while, and then Lu Worm put on his gloves again, and after I was sure that I was ready, I pressed the right eye of the stone statue.
There was another sound of machine expansion and rotation, this time the sound was different from the last time, it seemed to be closer, I couldn't help but get nervous, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement, I was about to remind Lu Worm not to be careless, I felt a burst of wind in my ears, a flash of light flashed in front of my eyes, I twisted my body, a statue of my right foot, and rushed out obliquely.
It's just a breath, but this time I have done everything I have learned in my life, and after rushing out, my body is already unstable, and I stumbled several steps against the wall before I didn't fall to the ground, I took a few breaths in shock, Lu Worm was also a little confused, and the two of them looked at the statue together.
Good guy, I said before, this is a statue of a general, with a helmet and armor, since he is a general, he naturally has a sword at his waist, but this is a statue, who would have thought that this sword could be pulled out and cut people.
Lu Worm gestured for a while to draw the posture and angle of the sword, and shouted at me with a shocked face, "Awesome, my brother, if you can't dodge, this sword will split you in half along your buttocks." ”
I couldn't help but take a sip of phlegm, who said it wasn't, you said that this organ was too bad, and it was good for you to chop off your head, such a slap on the top, it was a trivial matter to catch people's lives, the key is to die with dignity.
Thinking of this, I had the heart to smash this statue, and I wanted to cut off the head of the statue with the blowing willow, but Lu Worm hurriedly stopped me and said, "Brother Wu, don't worry, what are you fighting with a stone, let's dissipate our anger, we still have to rely on it to open the way." ”
I calmed down for a moment and said to Lu Worm, "Worm, I tried it just now, this statue has no place to trigger the mechanism except for the eyes, I think, the reason why it is triggered twice is a trap, maybe our method is wrong, you are also a veteran in the ground, have you ever encountered a similar mechanism?"
Lu Worm thought seriously for a while, "Although there are not many similar organs, I have heard a lot of mentions, such as turning the statue three times to the left and three times to the right, and what kind of seal posture the arms are into, but the key is that we have to have clues, after all, no matter how simple it is, at least we have to find out who the owner of the tomb is." ”
Lu Worm said this is reasonable, I thought about it, this tomb according to Lu Ande's words, is not a tomb, is the place where one of the nine tripods is stored, Yangzhou Ding, although it is not a tomb, but the meaning of anti-theft is the same, judging from the information obtained before, this place was not built overnight, it should have gone through countless dynasties, repaired and continued to build to such a scale, so judged, according to the age of this statue, it should be considered from the usual means of the Ming Dynasty.
As soon as I communicated with Lu Worm, he also fell into deep thought, circled around the statue several times, reached out and fiddled with it, and then said to me, "Brother Wu, as you said, there is nothing that can trigger the mechanism except for the eyes, speaking of the Ming Dynasty, Taoism pays attention to the balance of yin and yang, do you say that we have to press the two eyes together." ”
Lu Worm's eyes lit up when he said this, and he said yes, and then the two of them cautiously prepared to press the two eyes of the statue at the same time to trigger the mechanism.