Chapter 38: The Ball Shakes
"'Apophis'?"
Su Che couldn't help but let out a low breath, and his face was a little hesitant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ye Xiaohan on the side, seeing that Su Cheli seemed to recognize the meaning of the mural, asked softly:
"Che Li, what is 'Apophis'?"
Su Cheli explained slowly: "'Apophis' is the demon of evil and destruction in Egyptian mythology, and he is a powerful evil god that can be compared to 'Ra'. β
(La: The sun god in Egyptian mythology is the most famous and powerful god in the entire Egyptian god system, and his image is the head of an eagle.) οΌ
At this time, Su Cheli continued to look down and found that a line of ancient Egyptian characters was engraved on the side of the mural.
The sun rises and the sun sets.
'Apophis' has always faithfully carried out his duty of destruction, destruction, and crushing.
Only the 'pull' at the zenith can stop the murderer of this atrocity,
Here, the cycle of a day will become a short thirtieth of an hour.
"A sixtieth of an hour? That's two minutes~? Well, this statement does fit the characteristics of ancient Egypt, which divided the day into twenty-four hours, but they didn't have the concept of 'minutes'. β
After speaking, Su Cheli looked at the 'starting point' of the corridor behind himβthis corridor only had one direction of a long unobstructed path, and the other direction was a completely closed mural, which was the 'starting point' of this corridor.
Then, Su Che frowned, as if he had found something unusual at the 'starting point', only to see him cautiously walk to the 'starting point' of the corridor, and then turn the flashlight upward.
"What's wrong? Che Li, did you notice something wrong? β
Seeing this, Ye Xiaohan also walked over, and the other four people also followed, and soon, they understood the meaning of Su Cheli's actions-
Above this 'starting point' is not a closed zenith, but a round rock cavern that resembles a chimney!
Because everyone had paid attention to the mural before, they didn't notice any abnormality here, but fortunately, Su Cheli noticed something wrong when he swept the flashlight just now, and found the abnormality of this 'starting point'.
"What is this? Is it a 'passage'? β
Xiong Jianhua looked at the chimney-shaped round rock wall in front of him with a puzzled expression, and said in a hesitant tone.
"No, this shouldn't be a 'channel'......."
Su Cheli shook his head gently, stretched out his finger and pointed to the circle of smooth rock walls around the rock wall cave, and said in denial:
"How can such a smooth rock wall be used for human passage even if it is a gecko that has to fall? Even the best climbers can't climb in such a no-focus place, so it's not meant to be accessible at all,"
Su Cheli said as he shook his flashlight and carefully shone on this rock wall cave, and found that there was nothing else in it except the rock wall. Moreover, the entire rock wall cave was slightly curved, so that Su Cheli could only see a rock wall when he looked at the end, and he didn't know where this rock wall cave led........
Huh~, a faint cold wind blew through the rock wall cave, which made people's faces chill at the same time, and also had some bad thoughts about the rock wall cave of this black paint cave.
"Let's go, I've always felt a little uneasy about staying here......"
After speaking, Su Cheli turned his head directly and walked towards the unobstructed road on the other side of the corridor, and with a faint uneasiness in his heart, he did not intend to continue to waste time here.
Seeing this, Xiong Jianhua could only glance slightly, and then followed silently - since the 'warning' on the ship, Su Cheli had vaguely established the identity of the 'captain' of this temporary team, and his performance along the way was really good, so Qu Wenjin and Zhu Mengtong had no objections, and even Angelia respected him very much.
Therefore, Xiong Jianhua had no way to oppose Su Cheli's order-like words on the surface, so he could only silently abide by them for the time being. However, Xiong Jianhua's heart was still unwilling, so he glanced at Su Cheli coldly, and then set his eyes on Angelia's body-
Compared with Ye Xiaohan, Angelia is indeed inferior in appearance, but the key is that she doesn't seem to be as agile as Ye Xiaohan, and she is a completely aristocratic weak woman.
Although Xiong Jianhua felt that she, as a noble woman, had come down to play a 'risky game' with herself and others, this behavior was undoubtedly a bit idiotic, but it did not prevent him from faintly beating in his heart - perhaps, in this place hidden inside the Jackal Pyramid, he could find some interesting opportunities to 'be alone' with Angelia.
Xiong Jianhua, who was thinking like this, secretly patted Zhu Mengtong's ass next to him with some impatience, and Zhu Mengtong immediately glanced at him with a charming look, but he didn't have a seizure.
Obviously, these two students with different intentions have already had a certain 'mutual exchange' through the previous experience of riding a camel together.
............
Su Cheli and his group continued to walk down the long corridor, and when they turned a corner, what appeared in front of them was still a long corridor, and the surrounding murals were still the same 'Apophis' without any changes.
"Damn, why is it the same long road corridor again, is this going to kill us?"
Qu Wenjin first complained with some pain, as a 'house', he is probably the one with the lowest physique among the several people, and perhaps Angelia is also included in these 'people'.........
Su Cheli shook his head a little helplessly when he heard this, but he didn't pay attention to Qu Wenjin's complaints-if Qu Wenjin couldn't keep up with the team because of his low 'physique', then Su Cheli and the others would not stop and wait for him, after all, this is a 'task' that represents life and death and not a play at home, and no one would be kind enough to waste their chances of survival waiting for others.
Unless, this person is a very important companion to him.
Obviously, Qu Wenjin also understood this truth, so although he was complaining, the pace under his feet did not slow down a minute and a half.
Many of the people who cry and cry without moving, and make noise, have already died in the first mission, and most of the remaining ones have 'learned to behave' a little.
Da ~ Da Da ~ Da Da ~ Da Da ~ The sound of everyone's footsteps echoed in this long corridor, accompanied by a little flickering candle flame and flashlight light, which made people feel faintly depressed and impatient.
At this time, Su Cheli suddenly paused, and said urgently to everyone: "Wait~!" Do you feel any tremors? β
When everyone heard this, they immediately hurriedly expressed their feelings.
"Shock? No~? β
"What's the shock, Su Che is wrong for you?"
"Yes, yes~, I didn't feel the vibration?"
Only Ye Xiaohan didn't make a sound at will, because she trusted Su Cheli very much in her heart, so even if she didn't feel the shock, she still maintained a very vigilant state, and her eyes were vigilantly observing the movements around her.
Suddenly, Ye Xiaohan's eyes froze, and her eyes were firmly fixed on the wall covered with murals - she saw the fine sand that was constantly shaking off in the cracks of the wall!
"There is really a vibration~!"
Ye Xiaohan hurriedly said loudly.
As soon as the words fell, a clear vibration came from the direction of the corridor where everyone came, and this time everyone really felt it.
"What's going on, did we 'trigger' the mechanism? No, we don't seem to have stepped on anything, do we? Zhu Mengtong suddenly asked the others with an anxious face.
Qu Wenjin responded with some hesitation: "Could it be a normal desert earthquake?" I've heard that there are places in the desert that are so open that they can easily form big storms, which can cause geological collapses and 'pseudo-earthquakes'........"
Angelia hurriedly interjected and denied: "That shouldn't be, we are in the 'Pyramid of Jackals', you all know how big this pyramid is, right?" How can there be room for a big storm......."
Just as everyone was talking about it, a light suddenly flashed in Su Cheli's mind.
The chimney-shaped caverns, the 'Apophis' with blue balls entwined around them, and the large narrative of 'Apophis', and the slightly sloping corridors.......
"Run~! Come on~!!! β
Su Cheli suddenly yelled with all his might, and then he hurriedly turned around and pulled Ye Xiaohan and Angelia, who were full of confusion, and then spread his feet and ran towards the front of the corridor.
"Hurry~! Come on~!! Don't delay~!! β
Su Cheli shouted desperately while running, and Ye Xiaohan reacted immediately after being pulled by him, and followed Su Cheli forward without hesitation.
After Angelia was pulled by Su Cheli, she was a little caught off guard and stunned, and then she hesitated for a moment before running forward with the two, as for the rest of the others, they were even slower by half a beat, and saw that the three people in front of them ran a few meters before hurriedly stepping to follow.
"Hey~! What's wrong with Su Che from you? Why ....... all of a sudden"
Just when Xiong Jianhua took the opportunity to ask-
Bang~!!!
A terrifying shock wave that was far more powerful than the shock just now came down the corridor, making several students who were caught off guard almost unstable under their feet, and at this time, even the most brainless Xiong Jianhua had a premonition that something was not quite right-
Bang~!!
Another shock wave came, but this shock wave was obviously much weaker than before, but Su Cheli, who was at the front, changed his face suddenly, and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up~!" Hurry up~!!! The stone is about to roll over~! β
As soon as the words fell, another vibration that was weaker than just now came.
Bang~!
The time interval between the two shocks seems to be getting shorter and shorter~!
Seeing this situation, Su Che ran even more like a desperate man, and Ye Xiaohan followed closely behind him with the same superb agility, followed by Angelia, who spread her footsteps and ran with all her manners, and finally Qu Wenjin, Xiong Jianhua, and Zhu Mengtong.
The group almost ran through the corridor like a desperate escape, but only Su Cheli knew what was going on, Ye Xiaohan followed Su Cheli with instinctive trust, and the people behind were a little confused by the second monk.
"What the hell is going on~? Su Cheli, why do you say 'the stone is going to roll over'? β
Qu Wenjin couldn't help but shout and ask Su Cheli why he was running - because they were at the 'Third Ladder' and were already some distance away from Su Cheli at the front, they had to shout loudly to let the front hear it.
"You can see when you look behind you~! ~β
Su Che said without looking back, and at the same time ran desperately under his feet, almost turning his legs into a circle.
Qu Wenjin hurriedly glanced back at the corner of the corridor behind him when he heard this, and with the help of the dim candlelight on both sides of the corridor, he happened to see a scene that made his heart chill slightly-
A large, terrifying ball-shaped boulder crashed into the rock wall at the corner of the hallway, and then bounced back a little more before continuing to crash down-
Bang~!
Qu Wenjin finally knew where that huge shock came about!
It turned out that after a huge stone ball hit the rock wall at the right-angle turn of the corridor, it was violently vibrated by the collision of inertia!
Therefore, the reason why each vibration was weaker than the previous one, and the time interval between the seismic waves became shorter and shorter, can be explained by the 'rebounding force' generated by the huge stone ball hitting the rock wall.
In addition-
When the 'elastic force' generated by the impact of the boulder is not enough to bounce off the boulder, it also means ........
The boulder will smoothly turn around the right-angled bend and tumble down the slightly sloping hallway, crushing everyone in the hallway to pulp!!
This time, even looking back at Xiong Jianhua behind him, Zhu Mengtong and the others understood what was going on-
"Hurry~! Hurry up and hurry ~ !! β
Xiong Jianhua yelled aimlessly, while desperately dancing his two legs, wishing that his father and mother hadn't given him one more leg.
Zhu Mengtong and Qu Wenjin didn't care about the objective factors of their poor physique, and they all ran forward like hormones.
However, Su Cheli became more and more frightened the more he ran, because this corridor was really too long, and at this speed, it would take at least 4 or 5 minutes to run to the seemingly far corner in front of him!
You must know that the previous corridor and others walked slowly for about twenty minutes before they came to the corner, and this corridor was significantly longer than the previous one, so the time it took to run briskly was already Su Cheli's relatively optimistic conservative estimate!
If you wait for someone to lose your speed due to physical exhaustion in the middle of the process, then it will be far more than 4~5 minutes!
However, the giant stone ball behind himself and the others-
"Oh no, the stone ball is no longer bouncing, it's starting to 'roll' over~! Hurry up, everyone~! β
After Zhu Mengtong glanced back, he couldn't help but scream in surprise, and in order to maintain his speed, the others didn't even bother to look back at the back, such as Su Cheli and Ye Xiaohan at the front, who never looked back.
Sure enough, the giant stone ball has already begun to roll, and according to the acceleration of the slope, the stone ball may only take 2.3 minutes to roll through this corridor at an ever-increasing speed!
If you wait for someone else, you can't 'run' the giant stone ball at all!
"Damn, what the hell is going to do?"
Su Cheli was running, and at the same time, he turned his brain rapidly, desperately thinking about possible solutions. At this time, Su Cheli's gaze suddenly stopped on the mural depicting 'Apophis', and then as if he had thought of something, he suddenly looked up at the sealed ceiling.
"Is it .......?"
Su Cheli suddenly stopped, and Ye Xiaohan, who was following closely behind her, saw this situation, and immediately stopped without hesitation, and then she asked a little anxiously:
"Why don't you run away? Che Li? β
Although Ye Xiaohan's beautiful face was full of anxiety, she still waited patiently for Su Cheli, and Su Cheli did not disappoint her - I saw that Su Cheli gently took off the sword on her back, and then did not pull it out, but stabbed the sword sheath to the ceiling, a wall depicting the sun mural!
Bang~!
The sun suddenly sunken down and formed a spherical depression, and at the same time, there was a sound of machine-
Click~Click~
A small piece of the ceiling actually 'slid away' automatically, revealing a deep black gap!