Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Chamber of Secret in the Age of Steam

The fog has not completely dissipated, in front of an adobe bungalow with an area of more than 300 square meters of yellow-brown sand in the middle of the oasis, Song Xiaoshuang stood on the sandy earth in a brand-new gray-white robe, looking at the two wooden doors with a total width and height of three meters, and simply bolted to the door with a wooden bolt at a height of one meter above the ground, there were no locks or other items.

Looking up at the building called the Oasis Shrine, the total height of the building is more than five meters, because it is located in the middle of the oasis terrain depression, surrounded by some date palm trees and tamarisk trees, it looks very hidden.

The sacrificial shrine is more than two meters high on the three walls of the sand wall, there are many ventilation and lighting windows, the building looks a few sizes larger than the ordinary adobe houses around, and there is nothing strange about the square, because of the span of the roof, when the sand is built, it becomes a gentle inclined arc.

But through the spiritual power released, Song Xiaoshuang knew a lot of architectural details and structures that were difficult to see than Isabel and Elliham around him.

Farhad once said that the sacrificial temple is surrounded by several walls that are very thick, the sand and soil walls are more than two meters, and the internal structure is complex, Song Xiaoshuang has explored the spiritual power and knows that behind the wooden door is a small sacrificial hall, and the earthen wall in the hall is painted and embossed to show the gods of primitive religious beliefs that have not been seen in other oasis tribes, there are all kinds of animals and plants, and it looks quite three-dimensional.

According to the overall appearance of the building, Song Xiaoshuang felt that the floor area inside the hall did not match the estimate, it was much smaller, and the spiritual power was concentrated on the sandy wall with reliefs again, and then it became clear that the thickness of this wall was at least more than ten meters!

Because Song Xiaoshuang's spiritual power was not able to pass through this wall with all his strength, his spiritual power had already entered the state of black barrier and reached its limit, even if it was in its previous peak state, it could only pass through a few meters of solid rock layers and sandy walls, which belonged to a secret that Song Xiaoshuang himself knew.

In addition to the various gods and goddesses painted in relief on this wall, there is nothing noteworthy in the sacrificial hall, it looks a little empty, there is a small wooden door more than one meter high on the left side of the relief wall, Song Xiaoshuang knows that it should be the entrance to the secret room of the sacrificial temple, and can feel the obvious energy prohibition, Song Xiaoshuang then postponed to explore the secret behind the small wooden door, but observed the wall of sand and soil more than two meters thick, and knew the secret hidden in the wall through the wall.

Those ventilation and lighting windows not only provide the necessary daylight lighting in the temple, but also hide a lot of metal pipes with the thickness of arms hidden in the walls more than two meters thick, and the metal pipes are at the position of the windows of the earthen wall, from the windows to the depths of the ground, until they are beyond the scope of Song Xiaoshuang's spiritual power exploration, there are metal clamps on the pipes at every bend with a small mirror that refracts light, and the small mirror does not completely close the small pipes, leaving a gap for ventilation on the side of the mirror. But the crevices are so narrow that even rats can't get in.

Song Xiaoshuang also noticed a strange phenomenon, a total of hundreds of metal pipes embedded in the walls and mirrors, there is very little sand and dust gathered, you must know that this is an oasis deep in the desert, and there will be strong winds and sand every year.

Song Xiaoshuang secretly guessed that there was only one possibility, some device created a gentle fluctuating energy force field! Preventing the sand and dust from pouring into the metal pipes, and this fluctuating force field is of course formless and colorless, Song Xiaoshuang just felt the vague existence of this fluctuating energy force field, and it was difficult to clearly calibrate the specific casting form of this force field in the state of mental force for a while.

Song Xiaoshuang's spiritual power can probe the fluctuating radiation form of energy in space when most of the human body casts energy, especially the energy energy and various attributes used by ancient martial arts practitioners and abnormal abilities against the enemy, and the defensive and offensive attribute force fields stimulated by mechanical devices have always been Song Xiaoshuang's weakness, which may have something to do with his rare encounter with such a device, which strengthened Song Xiaoshuang's determination to go deep into the secret room of the sacrificial temple to find out.

"Why, it's been a few minutes since you stayed here, Song Xiaoshuang, did you find any details that we didn't notice?"

Isabel watched McJid and Saeed siblings remove the deadbolt familiarly, and had trotted into the sacrificial temple in the sound of the two thick wooden doors "creaking" moving, and later the two of Farhad and Elliham, who covered their faces with veils, also walked in quickly, Isabel watched Song Xiaoshuang standing at the gate and did not move, so she whispered in Chinese and asked.

Song Xiaoshuang looked at Isabelle, who had changed into an expedition uniform, and was waiting for his answer, and walked around Isabel and whispered: "You know it yourself if you can enter the secret room of the temple, why bother asking me, this is the sacrificial temple of the tribe, be dignified!" ”

Isabel clenched both fists, eager to kick Song Xiaoshuang away, after hearing Song Xiaoshuang say that the sacrificial temple should be solemn, Isabel had to give up such an idea and follow Song Xiaoshuang into the sacrificial temple.

Besides, she is not Song Xiaoshuang's opponent at all, and she will be abused very badly if she really fights.

Several people gathered in the sacrificial temple, which had windows on three walls, and the light in the temple was quite bright.

Yesterday, there were hundreds of tribal villagers, old and weak, women and children hiding in the temple, and they could clearly see the various square and rectangular dust marks left by the velvet carpets on the sandy land, looking at the marks left by these velvet carpets, several people, including Song Xiaoshuang, were somewhat heavy, in order to defend the oasis tribe, twenty-two tribal warriors fell!

Several people stood in front of the wall of the colorful relief and were silent for more than a minute, and then Farhad took the lead and walked to the small wooden door on the left, opened the small wooden door with one hand, turned his head and looked at Song Xiaoshuang and said in Chinese in a low voice: "Brother Song Xiaoshuang, the passage behind the wooden door deep into the wall has the prohibition of the wizard mother, although I am the leader of the tribe, I have no ability to take you in, Eliham and Isabel want to enter the secret room, they have to rely on you!" ”

While Farhad was speaking, the two siblings, Mejid and Said, had already walked through the wooden door into the sand passage that was more than a meter wide and more than two meters high and had some inclined angles, and the light in the passage was only natural light radiating from the hall, and the light was a little dim, and Mejid and Saeed walked down and turned a corner and disappeared.

As an anthropologist, Isabel, whose research direction was originally ancient religion and witchcraft culture, still knows how witchcraft is all about, and the real powerful witchcraft is a certain range of research scholars, with a simple scientific verification spirit, and the ability to mobilize the energy of the natural world for their own use, and those liars who pretend to be gods and ghosts are not the same!

Judging from what she knew in many aspects, the wizard who had hung up was a person with great ability, and it seemed to be a sand passage without obstruction, but the villagers of the tribe had no chance to enter the secret room underground, it would not be an empty fictional story, and Isabel felt that it was necessary to show a cautious and careful research attitude.

It was to watch the two siblings McJid and Said walk into the sand passage without the slightest obstacle, Isabel just tried to push her hands in front of the passage, and her arms could not be pushed before she could straighten her palms, giving her the feeling that she had hit a jelly-like wall, and her arms pushed hard only slightly deeper and then immediately rebounded back.

Isabel pursed her lips and withdrew her arm, turned her head to look at Song Xiaoshuang and whispered in Chinese: "Well, Song Xiaoshuang is handed over to you, this is a forbidden spell that is difficult for an academic school like ours to understand!" I felt like I was pushing against a wall that was invisible and could bounce back. ”

Elliham, who was covered with a veil around him, tried a similar action to Isabel again, and the mouth covered by the scarf whispered in Chinese with a strange accent: "Isabel, I have tried many times but can't, I want to know the complex connection between the oasis and the secret room of the sacrificial temple, but Farhad, McJid, and Said's father and daughter (son) just don't say, saying that those who can enter the underground secret room must keep it secret, otherwise the punishment is that they can no longer enter, and if you want to know the secret of the secret room, you can only find a way to enter it yourself, Emmimet also did not have access to the underground chamber, and every time Emmimet wanted to go to the sacrificial temple to find Megid, he could only shout into the passage here, and Megid could hear Emimad's shouting. ”

Hearing that there was such a strange thing, Isabel couldn't wait to immediately enter the secret room of the temple located underground to take a look, and she could shout to explain that the air here was circulating, and it was not very far from the underground secret room, and her arm pulled the sleeve of Song Xiaoshuang's robe, signaling him to show his hand in general.

Song Xiaoshuang naturally understood the thoughts of Isabel and Ellie Ham, and the prohibition arranged by the ancient wizard Mama Song Xiaoshuang only felt it with spiritual power, without direct contact with the surface of the prohibition, it was difficult to find this forbidden energy form, the prohibition arranged by wizards belonging to different primitive religious schools was completely different, and Song Xiaoshuang had to be extremely careful.

During the short period of working as a data analyst at the Institute of Human Sciences, Song Xiaoshuang eagerly consulted all kinds of secret religious prohibition techniques that the institute could obtain, and figured out many questions.

To put it simply, the caster uses various forms, after the potential of the human body has been partially stimulated, with such as secret spells, mudras, etc. to communicate the energy of the natural world, and at the best moment to achieve the energy resonance and the caster's physical and mental strength, like moving bricks and building walls, one or several kinds of natural energy are solidified in a certain range of areas, so as to achieve the purpose of self-use, which can kill, resist enemies and defend is the most obvious manifestation of prohibition.

Song Xiaoshuang stretched out his hands and pasted them on the prohibition in front of him that could only be felt by the naked eye without seeing spiritual power, and just pasted it on while reciting a strange and inexplicable mantra in a low voice.

Isabel next to her was very suspicious of Song Xiaoshuang's mysterious approach, but seeing Song Xiaoshuang's cold and abnormal expression, Isabel couldn't say anything. She had already begun to imagine what the pepper trees in the backroom test field would look like. Is it possible for me to read some of the strange books that the old wizard mother left for McJid

As Song Xiaoshuang recited the mantra with an oriental style, Song Xiaoshuang already knew that this could be done, because his spiritual power had already detected the energy form of the forbidden passage, which was an energy with blue lines in a light yellow, and the entire sand passage was like jelly, and it was much easier to detect the specific energy form of the prohibition.

Song Xiaoshuang withdrew the palm attached to the prohibition and began to recite the mantra in a different accent, Isabel was directly dumbfounded, this kind of mantra sounds a little familiar, it is clearly used by Uncle Issam, Song Xiaoshuang This guy is too ghostly, when did he steal Uncle Issam's wizarding skills?

Song Xiaoshuang repeatedly recited the strange mantra that sounded like a book of heaven in Fahad, Eliham and Isabel, and sweat began to ooze from his forehead and he didn't bother to wipe it, and with the last mantra stopped, Song Xiaoshuang raised his leg and walked forward at a super fast speed, without looking back, he said quickly: "The ban has been temporarily opened, Isabel and Eliham hurriedly follow me in, the ban is opened for a short time!" ”

Isabel was still in a daze and didn't believe that Song Xiaoshuang had really done it, and Eliham beside her dragged her to the sand passage quickly, and sure enough, all the way down unimpeded, Fahad, who had been watching Song Xiaoshuang's actions, walked at the end, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he secretly thought that he really didn't see the wrong person, wizards are different from others!

The four of them went all the way down along the winding sand passage, the light of the sand passage at the beginning was very dim, and then there were light spots at intervals on the top of the sand wall illuminating the passage, Isabel watched Song Xiaoshuang walk forward quickly, and did not look closely at how these light spots appeared on the top of the passage, but because of this, the light was brighter than the passage he had just entered.

After estimating that it was close to thirty meters deep underground, the sand passage had gradually turned into a stone passage, and after continuing to go down a few meters at a depth of several meters, the passage had come to an end, and the front was impressively cheerful, and an underground stone cave covering an area of several hundred square meters and a height of four to five meters appeared in front of him, which was not at all what Farhad said about the sacrificial underground secret room.

"Impossible, so many pipe valves and various devices, it looks like a heating factory workshop a hundred years ago, well, I am mistaken, this is obviously a complete set of equipment for mine drainage in the mining area, and it is a very large mining area will only use the equipment, the history is at least a hundred years, where is the energy crystal used? It's a great discovery, I'm not dreaming, am I? I've got to go up and find the camera in my backpack and record it all, there's a discovery like this in the desert, it's so big, well, what's going on with the ban working? ”

After Isabel walked from the passage to the cave, she was completely shocked by what she saw in front of her, blurted out a long sentence in Chinese, turned around and walked towards the passage, but did not expect to hit her head on the invisible wall, Isabel suddenly the ban had begun to work.

Seeing that Isabel's scientist's mistake was made again, Song Xiaoshuang didn't look back and walked to a device similar to an old-fashioned coal-fired boiler to take a closer look, and said in a low voice: "Isabel, everything here has to be kept secret, where is the energy crystal Ask Farhad, he knows the specific location, but you have to take a look at this device first, this is a large device similar to an artificial fountain, I think the groundwater gushing out of the artesian well in the oasis on the ground is closely related to this kind of device, without this thing, the oasis will not have an artesian well at all, There will be no oasis for the tribal villagers to survive, and this is the great secret of the oasis! ”