Chapter 145: Stinger Mechanism
Fengyun took the stone box from the bottom of the pit and placed it on the ground.
There is no such thing as a lock on the stone box, just open it.
Fengyun reached out his hands and placed them on top of the stone box, pressing the top edge of the stone box with his two thumbs and gently pushing it upward.
A bright but soft white light immediately broke into Fengyun's eyes.
"There should be the rest of the pearl of light inside. β
Looking at the familiar light pouring out of the stone box, Fengyun knew that he had finally found the remaining pearl of light in the middle-aged man's mouth.
In the next moment, his eyes shrank suddenly.
He saw a slender black shadow in the white light, shooting at his face at great speed.
Fengyun's head immediately turned to the right, narrowly avoiding the black shadow.
The black shadow flew almost against Fengyun's face, and he even felt its coolness on his skin.
At the same time, he slid backwards with his feet in force.
The posture of the body did not change, but the speed of the glide was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, it withdrew more than a foot away.
Let's go!
The lid of the stone box lost its lifting power and closed again.
Fengyun glanced at it, and his eyes showed a look of vigilance.
He never expected that opening a primitive man's treasure box would also encounter such danger.
He didn't try to open the box again, but turned his head to look behind him, looking for the slender black shadow that had attacked him.
He wanted to know what it was.
Following the trajectory of his memory, he began to look for the spot where the shadow had landed.
He didn't see it, but he saw a small hole in the stone of the wall that was not much bigger than a pinhole. It must have been the dark shadow that fell into the stone.
Fengyun came to the front of the small hole. Gathered his gaze and looked inside. It was very deep, more than two feet.
"It's not a small power!"
The stone used to build the target's lair, Fengyun has also noticed, should be a very hard stone.
The black shadow that shot out of the stone box was able to shoot a hole so deep in it, and the lethality should not be underestimated.
Fengyun had no doubt that even a senior high-level totem warrior would be shot by it as long as he didn't have a very powerful special ability that could strengthen his body. It's bound to hurt too.
If it is poisonous, I am afraid that the life of the person who is shot will be in danger.
Fengyun walked out of the house and searched for the faΓ§ade.
His good eyesight helped him a lot, and he soon made a discovery.
A pale gray needle was exposed on the outside of the stone wall, but it was short, less than half an inch long.
It's really not easy for anyone else to spot it.
Fengyun walked back into the house, ripped a piece from the animal skin that had been laid on the ground, and wrapped the exposed part of the needle, so that his fingers could not make direct contact with it.
He slowly pulled it out. It was found that its length was not very long, only about two inches or so.
The hardness is very high. When I knocked on the stone, it made a sound similar to metal.
He examined it closely, and saw that it was not a man-made object, but from some kind of brute beast that he did not know, the thorn of such a brute.
He brought it close to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and a sweet, fishy smell immediately broke into his nostrils.
"It's really poisonous. β
Fengyun has also learned some medical skills from witches, and has some experience in the identification of poisons.
Although he couldn't be sure what the poison on the brute thorn was, and he didn't know if it was the thorn itself or if it was painted by the target, it didn't prevent him from concluding that it was poison.
Storm took the stinger back into the house, wrapped the skin around its tail, and slashed its tip at the bone knife.
Sizzle......
Scratches appeared on the bone knife made of high-grade brute bones, although the depth was not deep, but Fengyun had a new understanding of its hardness and sharpness.
He had no doubt that if the mechanism in the box that fired it was strong enough, it could shoot through not only thick stone walls, but also something thicker than it.
Storm clouds set it aside and walked over to the stone box once more, where he was about to open it.
This time he didn't open it with his hands, trying to pick the lid open with the tip of a bone knife.
As he did so, the man came to the side of the box, and even if the stinger shot out, it would be impossible to shoot him.
This time there was no more stinger.
He opened the stone box with ease.
Sixteen large, round pearls of light lay on the soft animal skins, but Fengyun's gaze did not linger on them, and his main force was attracted by a thumb-thick black tube in the middle of the box.
If his guess was correct, the stinger should have been shot from it.
Fengyun took a closer look.
Its tail was found stuck at the bottom of the stone box, with a small hole directly above it.
Fengyun found a thin thread at the top of the stone box, and at the end of the thread was a short thin stick.
It's about the same thickness as the small hole above the black tube and should be plugged into/entered.
Seeing this, Fengyun has already understood the principle of the firing and activation of the mechanism in the treasure box.
There should be something like a spring in the black pipe, which is compressed, and it is jammed with that thin rod so that it remains compressed all the time.
Then, place that stinger into the black tube against the compressed elastic.
If someone like Fengyun doesn't know the existence of the mechanism, he will pull the thin line on the top of the box and pull out the thin rod inserted into the elastic object stuck in the black tube.
Without the help of a thin stick, the elastic began to return to its original state, and the stinger was ejected.
A very simple mechanism, but it can kill the person who opened the stone box.
Before opening the stone box, Fengyun had no idea that the target would place a trap in it.
It's not that he doesn't know that the stone box can follow the mechanism, and before the crossing, he had seen similar scenes countless times in movies and TV series.
The reason why he didn't think of it before opening the stone box was entirely because the era he was living in was a primitive society, and he didn't expect primitive people to use mechanisms at all.
"In the future, we must no longer be able to despise primitive people. They don't know much because they live in a relatively backward era, which doesn't mean they're stupid, and it's not impossible to make some simple mechanisms. β
After admonishing himself, Fengyun reached out and pulled out the black pipe that was stuck at the bottom of the stone box.
Opening his mouth downward, he slammed it into his palm, he was going to get the elastic material that ejected the stinger from inside to take a look, and he wanted to know what it was that was so elastic.
Soon, something slipped out of the black pipe and lay in the palm of his hand.
Fengyun immediately looked into his palm, and found that it was not the spring it had imagined, but a brown cylinder, similar to rubber.
I pinched it with my hand and pressed it, and it was very elastic.
Fengyun wrapped it in a piece of animal skin along with the Stinger and placed it in the stone box.
When he was about to return to the Flame Snake Tribe, he gave it to Bei as a gift.
If used correctly, it can be a good self-defense.
Fengyun closed the stone box and set it aside, pulling aside the animal skins that were lying on the ground, and began to dig aggressively.
It didn't take long for big pits to appear on the ground.
This time he was looking for the knife of the middle-aged man who had been targeted by the giant tribe.
It's a pity that although he has dug the whole house to the bottom, he still hasn't found anything.
He searched the walls and even the roof, but found nothing.
Looking at the house that was about to fall down by him, Fengyun had to choose to give up.
To get the knife, he had to think of other ways, preferably starting with the target.
Constantly rushing, fighting, looking for things, Fengyun is not tired, he has not used all his strength, but his stomach is still hungry.
Fengyun walked over to the large stone slab full of food, and reached out to take it to eat, but his hand stopped before touching the food and took it back.
The shadow of the stinger that almost shot him came to his mind.
"Is it possible that the target poisoned the food?"
Fengyun's gaze slowly moved over the food, as if looking for something.
The food should have been left out for some time, but there was no sign of it being moved.
"Is it really poisonous in food?"
Fengyun approached and sniffed.
His brow furrowed.
In the rich aroma of food, he smelled a peculiar smell that made him uncomfortable, and this smell was not caused by the spoilage of the food.
"The target is really a pervert. The food placed in his room is really poisoned, so he is not afraid of poisoning people. Is it just because you don't want anyone else to steal it?"
Fengyun couldn't help but shake his head, revealing an incomprehensible expression.
Removing the four pearls of light that the target used for illumination, putting them in the stone box, cutting off a piece of animal skin, wrapping the stone box, and carrying it behind his back, Fengyun walked out of the lair of the target that had been ruined/ruined.
As soon as Fengyun walked out of the room, he began to search again, this time looking for a firestarter.
In order to make sure that nothing goes wrong, lest the target retreat and not return, and also to fulfill his promise, he sets fire to the target's stronghold.
Along the way, Fengyun discovered a lot of resources in the target reserves, such as firewood, animal skins, dried meat, and grain...... The number of each is very large.
It's just a pity that he is only one person, and it is simply impossible to take them away.
Fengyun quickly found the ignition object, in a house not far from the target's lair, which was already empty, and it was clear that the people who lived in it were worried that he would hurt them.
"Get out of here, or I'm going to get on fire. β
Before the ignition was ignited, Fengyun faked a shout, very loud enough to ensure that everyone in the entire colony could hear it.
There was an immediate commotion in the colony, but no one actually ran to stop him.
Fengyun began to set fires, and the first thing he ignited was the lair whose target was trampled by him. (To be continued.) )