Chapter Twenty-Six: The Iron Palace
Xingshu, Ma Fei, and Lian Jiuqi stood in front of the leftmost lever, and ordered Yan Gang, Chen Fang, and Bai Zhongzheng to stand on the right side of the lever, and Chen Taidong, Qi Guan, and Yuan Zhenba were in charge of the middle lever.
After the three levers were pulled, the whole hall shook even more, the dome began to crack, and a lot of rubble fell one after another, and everyone immediately ran to the head of the dome, because that was the only relatively safest place in the whole hall.
"Is this here going to collapse?" Chen Fang asked loudly leaning against the head of the column.
Yan Gang looked at the cracks on the stigma: "Don't move, don't move, put the backpack on your head, be careful of falling stones!" ”
Qi Guan was under the other column head, holding a backpack against his head: "Everyone heard it, do what Yan Gang said!" Fast! ”
As soon as the words fell, Bai Zhongzheng, who was picking up the backpack on one side, was directly hit by a stone, Yuan Zhen was fast, and while holding the backpack, he dragged Bai Zhongzheng up, and Chen Taidong supported him together, and also put the backpack on his head together to resist the falling stones.
In the chaos, Qian Xiuye deliberately broke away from Qi Guan and the others, walked to the other end, and said to Mo Duqiao who was standing there: "Find an opportunity to grab the gun and kill them!" ”
There is no need for Qian Xiuye to say, the remaining mercenary has already made a move, he pulled out the dagger he had hidden, and stumbled towards Mu Tianjian, who was facing him not far away, and when he was about to arrive, he suddenly stabbed towards Mu Tianjian.
The moment Mu Tianjian was stabbed in his arm, he turned around and directly hit the mercenary with an elbow, pulled the trigger, and killed him, and when he was about to check the wound, Fan Meng, who stepped forward with a stone, smashed directly towards the top of Mu Tianjian's head.
Mu Tianjian couldn't dodge and was hit in the head, but he still fired a backhand shot, directly hitting Fan Meng in the abdomen.
Fan Meng was shot and fell to the ground, looking at the position where he was shot in surprise, and at the same time looking at Mu Tianjian, who was in a state of confusion.
Fan Meng gritted his teeth, grabbed the stone again, rode on Mu Tianjian's body, and smashed it towards his head, shouting as he smashed: "I'm a miscellaneous, I'm a miscellaneous, right!" ”
After Fan Meng stoned Mu Tianjian to death, he sat there holding his abdomen, crawling towards the column head in the violent vibration, and He Chenxue, who had been squatting there and crying, didn't care about what was happening around him at all.
Xu You and Yang Zhengxia, who were hiding behind the throne, didn't know that Mu Tianjian was dead at this time, and the shock made Yang Zhengxia grab the back of the chair, and his face was also frightened pale, but Xu You was different, squatting there looking at Yang Zhengxia's appearance, and laughing so much that he had entered a state of madness.
After the shaking stopped, everyone slowly left the column and looked around, at this moment, Yan Gang and Chen Fang raised their eyes, but saw Mu Tianjian, whose face was smashed to pieces, appeared in the smoke and dust that gradually dissipated, and the body of another mercenary was lying next to him.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and immediately rushed forward to grab the gun, but as soon as they rushed up, they were directly knocked to the ground with a punch and a kick from the Mo Dusk Bridge, which had been waiting on the side.
Yan Gang, who was punched, was about to get up, but he was kicked in the abdomen by Mo Dui Bridge, and Chen Fang was also smashed to the ground by Mo Du Bridge with the butt of the rifle he picked up.
Mo Duqiao pointed his gun at the two of them, and then raised his eyes to Qian Xiuye behind the stigma and nodded.
Qian Xiuye walked out slowly, stood there and clapped his hands: "Don't hide, come out." ”
Xingshu, Ma Fei, Lian Jiuqi, Qi Guan and others slowly walked out from behind a few pillars, looked at Yan Gang who was lying on the ground struggling, and Chen Fang, who had already fainted, and then turned his head, and saw Bai Zhongzheng, who was bleeding from a head injury, being held by Chen Taidong and Yuan Zhen.
Obviously, the situation was very unfavorable for them, and Qian Xiuye also regained the dominant position after the shock.
"Division...... Master. Fan Meng, who was shot in the abdomen, slowly got up, and He Chenxue supported him expressionlessly.
Qian Xiuye looked at Fan Meng and smiled: "Good job, you have finally demonstrated your value." ”
Blood kept flowing out of Fan Meng's fingers covering his abdomen: "Master, help me, I've been shot." ”
Qian Xiuye ignored Fan Meng at all, but looked at Xu You and Yang Zhengxia who were probing on the throne: "You two should also come out." ”
"The idiot just came out!" Xu You shouted over there, Yang Zhengxia knew that something was going to happen, and immediately grabbed Xu You.
Yang Zhengxia said in a deep voice: "I'll cover you, you run quickly, if we go out, we will die, and Qian Xiuye will kill us!" ”
Qian Xiuye leaned over and took out a pistol from Mu Tianjian's corpse, took out another magazine, checked the pistol, reloaded, aimed at the throne and fired two shots: "Hurry up and give Lao Tzu out!" ”
"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided!" Xu You said with a smile, and after laughing, his expression sank again, and he looked at Yang Zhengxia seriously and said, "Teacher, I know that you are using me for experiments, but I am still very grateful to you, because only you really understand me, thank you." ”
Yang Zhengxia was just about to say something, Xu You stood up directly, and the moment he stood up, he who was originally looking at Qian Xiuye, found something, his eyes went directly to the depths of the hall, looking at the bursts of light emitted there, and subconsciously said: "What's there?" ”
Qian Xiuye thought that Xu You was playing tricks, and sneered: "Still coming? ”
While speaking, Qian Xiuye fired a shot at Xu You, the first shot hit the back of the chair, Xu You didn't dodge at all, just when Yang Zhengxia grabbed the corner of Xu You's clothes and wanted him to squat down, Qian Xiuye fired a second shot, and the second shot directly hit Xu You's neck and pierced his neck artery.
After being shot, Xu You was shocked, covered his neck, and finally looked at Qian Xiuye.
Qian Xiuye walked towards the throne with a gun, shooting as he went: "Die, bastard, psychotic, pervert, fuck!" ”
Xu You was shot several times in the chest, but he still held on to the back of the chair and did not fall, but instead had a smile on his face.
"Old ...... Teacher ......" Xu You stood there and said with difficulty, "It hurts, it turns out that someone killed me, really, it hurts......"
After speaking, Xu You fell directly to the ground, Yang Zhengxia stared, his lips trembled slightly, and then took out the bottle of Vicodin, and poured it towards Xu You's mouth: "Hold on Xu You, don't be like this, don't die, you are dead, how can I complete my research, you are my most perfect research, you are the most perfect research!" Don't die! Don't die! ”
Xu You's whole body trembled a few times, and finally relaxed, staring at death, but his expression was very relaxed.
When Qian Xiuye walked to the throne with a gun, he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye, he slowly turned his head, looked into the depths of the main hall, and finally found the light there.
Qian Xiuye no longer cared about Yang Zhengxia, but waved his hand to signal Qi Guan and the others in front of him to get out of the way, and walked straight towards the place where there was light.
Mo Duqiao held a gun, forcing Yan Gang, who was struggling to get up, to support Chen Fang, who was more sober, and walked towards Qiguan and them, and then let Yang Zhengxia come out and stand with Qiguan and the others.
Xingshu and the others also looked at the direction in which Qian Xiuye was going, and slowly followed him towards there, and after walking dozens of meters, they came to the collapsed wall of the main hall, and looked at the huge Persian-style iron house inside.
The iron house was like a miniature version of a Persian palace, but even the miniature version was about the size of an ordinary Chinese residential bungalow, and it was pitch black, and it looked like it was cast of pig iron.
Qian Xiuye stepped forward, stretched out his hand and touched it carefully, and sighed: "It was poured with an abrasive tool, my God, it was incredible that there was such a process in that era." ”
Saying that, Qian Xiuye seemed to have noticed some lines on the surface of the house, he took a closer look, and then turned around and said, "Turn on the flashlight for me!" ”
Mo Duqiao at the end shouted, "Did you hear it? Turn on your flashlight! And the incendiary stick! ”
After everyone turned on the light source and looked at the strange iron building, Qian Xiuye finally saw clearly the patterns on the surface of the iron palace in the cave, which turned out to be pictures.
"The story doesn't end there." Qian Xiuye walked into the cave, walked around the iron palace, and looked at the paintings on the walls of the room.
The painting is very simple, recording that the woman disguised as a prophet used her miracles to encircle a large number of people, and she began to arm her army according to the iron casting technology that True Manichaeism excelled at, and also made many siege weapons.
Gradually, her power expanded from the forest to conquer town after town, gradually expanding her territory, and eventually leading her army to the king's city.
The king, knowing that he had lost power, sent an envoy out of the city, hoping to sue for peace, but was rejected by the false prophet, the daughter of Bingnu.
In desperation, the king had to send an envoy again to express his willingness to surrender, but Bingnu disagreed, and threw back the king's sword handed by the envoy, and must fight to the death with the king and his army.
The king could only take his army out of the city to meet the battle, but the king's army, which had completely lost its fighting spirit, faced the army of the false prophet, and had no resistance at all, and the so-called battle under the city was a complete massacre.
The army of butchers of the false prophet slaughtered everyone but the king under the city and then marched into the city.
After entering the city, the false prophet revealed his identity and re-erected the flint banner that Otoo had established in the past, although this also caused many people to be dissatisfied, but he could not openly oppose her in power, and then, everyone made Benu the queen and let her rule the land.
The first thing the queen did when she ascended the throne was to order the construction of a small palace made of iron.
It took countless hours and a lot of manpower and material resources to build this palace, and then the queen brought the king who was a prisoner to the iron palace, let the king wear the heart necklace, and then inserted the scepter into the groove by the door, and then used the key to insert it into the lock hole, twisted the key, opened the door of the iron palace, and sent the king into the house, and then pulled down the scepter in the groove.
Seeing this, Qian Xiuye walked to the last painting, and watched the painting show such a scene The door was reopened by the queen, and after it was opened, it was not the king who came out of it, but Ototo, who had long since died.
Seeing this, Qian Xiuye clenched his fists excitedly, walked quickly to Yang Zhengxia, snatched the scepter and necklace, ran back to the throne, pulled the key from behind the queen's sculpture, and then turned around and came to the gate of the Iron Palace.
Qian Xiuye held three holy relics, stood in front of the door for a long time, and suddenly turned around: "You also saw it?" The miracle is real! The miracle is real! Someone who can come back from the dead! ”
When Qian Xiuye finished speaking, the entire hall shook again, and the vibration lasted for more than ten seconds before stopping, and everyone raised their eyes and looked around, feeling that this place was indeed about to collapse, and it also felt that it was getting hotter and hotter.
Qian Xiuye raised the holy relic in his hand and walked towards Qiguan: "Senior Brother Qi, I won!" I won completely! ”
Qi Guan shook his head: "Miracles don't exist, don't you understand?" The so-called point of iron into gold is fake, you have also seen it, these gold objects are all brass clad iron, what kind of mind reading, it is also nonsense, it is just some psychological traps laid by the cast iron fairy, he took advantage of people's desires and selfishness, so, what is dead and resurrected must be fake, wake up, Qian Xiuye! ”
"You still don't believe it, do you?" Qian Xiuye grinned, "Okay, I'll show it to you, and I'll resurrect someone to show you!" ”
Qi Guan sneered: "If you really believe in the existence of miracles, then you can resurrect Zheng Cangqiong to show us, if you can really resurrect Zheng Cangqiong, I will believe you!" ”
Chen Taidong was silent, just looked at Qi Guan in surprise, I don't know why he said such a thing, does he really believe that this iron palace has a miracle of resurrection?
At this time, Yan Gang, who was supporting Chen Fang in the crowd, also said loudly: "Qian Xiuye, if you can resurrect Zheng Cangqiong, I will believe you!" ”
Yang Zhengxia, who was expressionless, also said at this time: "Yes, if you can resurrect Zheng Cangqiong, resurrect a person we all know and are familiar with, I will believe you." ”
Qian Xiuye just stood there and smiled, and didn't say anything, just looked at the group of people in front of him, and in his eyes, this group of people was doomed.
At this time, the torture technique also stepped forward and said, "Qian Xiuye, if you can resurrect my master, you can let me do anything!" ”
Qian Xiuye smiled even brighter, but Ma Fei, Chen Taidong, and Yuan Zhenba all looked at the torture technique in great surprise, and they didn't know why the torture technique said this.
Even Jiuqi slowly stepped forward and said: "Qian Xiuye, if you can resurrect my master, I also believe in you......"
Qian Xiuye said: "I know, Lian Jiuqi, you have always wanted to resurrect your wife, you can!" I can fulfill your wish, but! As you can see, it is clear that in order to resurrect one person, one must pay for another's life, that is, one life for another, which is fair, and it also shows that the miracle is real, because what the world needs is balance, there is life and there is death! ”
Ma Fei stepped forward and came behind Xingshu and Lian Jiuqi: "What's wrong with you two!?" Such a ridiculous thing is believed to be? You are also the same as Qian Xiuye, a magic barrier! ”
Xingshu shook his head slightly, and Lian Jiuqi just said in a low voice: "I just want to make up for my past mistakes, it was I who killed my wife, and I also killed my master, if I hadn't done those stupid things at the beginning, no matter how smart I was at the beginning, even a little bit, I'm afraid these things wouldn't have happened, so, I swore that if I had the opportunity, no matter how much it cost, I would make up for it, so, let me ......"
"I'll go!" Qi Guan suddenly took a step forward, walked to the punishment technique and Lian Jiuqi, looked at Qian Xiuye, and then his eyes jumped away, looking at the gate of the Iron Palace, "If you can really exchange one life for another, I want to see if I can exchange my life for Zheng Cangqiong's life!" ”
Lian Jiuqi immediately stepped forward and said, "Uncle Qi, I'll go!" ”
Qi looked at Lian Jiuqi and said, "You are still young, and besides, don't you want to make up for your mistakes?" Don't you want to start a new life with your son and wife? If you die, won't it all come to naught? ”
Lian Jiuqi was silent, standing there not knowing what to say.
Qian Xiuye stood there and said with a smile: "Hurry up and decide, who will go!?" ”
Mo Duqiao slowly stepped forward from the side of the crowd at this time, and said in a low voice: "Master, I think it's better to let Qi Guan go, this old ghost's appeal is too strong, if he dies, it will be beneficial to us, besides, there must be other laws, right?" Otherwise, if we send someone in, will the iron palace know which one we want to resurrect? ”
Qian Xiuye looked at the heart-shaped necklace in his hand and said, "Didn't you understand those pictures just now?" Obviously, this necklace is the key, and the necklace can read people's hearts, which is the true purpose of mind reading. ”
Mo Duqiao suddenly realized: "I see. ”
After Mo Dusk finished speaking, the main hall began to continue to vibrate again, this time the vibration made everyone stand unsteadily, Mo Dusk Bridge immediately leaned against the iron palace with a gun, staring at the people in front of him, worried that they would come forward to grab the gun.
After the shaking ended, Qi Guan slowly stepped forward and took a deep breath: "Come on!" ”
Qian Xiuye pinched the necklace in the form of a heart, whispered Zheng Cangqiong's name there, and then put the necklace on Qi Guan's neck, then turned around and inserted the scepter into the groove, and finally inserted the key into it, opening the iron door.
The moment the iron door was opened, a burst of black mist blew out of the pitch-black iron palace, and everyone immediately dispersed, and Qi Guan immediately covered his mouth and nose.
The door was open for a long time, and the black mist emitted became less and less, but the vibration of the hall became stronger and stronger.
Qian Xiuye said: "Hurry up! Time waits for no one! It looks like it's going to collapse! ”
Just as Qiguan was about to walk in, suddenly a person rushed out from behind everyone, rushed directly towards Qian Xiuye, and threw Qian Xiuye to the ground.
When Qian Xiuye was knocked down by the black shadow, everyone saw clearly that it was none other than Fan Meng, who was obviously shot in the abdomen and seriously injured.
Seeing this, Moduqiao immediately stepped forward to restrain Fan Meng, but was kicked away by Fan Meng, who jumped up, and then Fan Meng rushed up again and fought with Moduqiao Bridge.
Just when Xingshu and the others didn't know what was going on, He Chenxue stumbled over, still holding a bottle in his hand.
He Chenxue raised the bottle: "Fan Meng...... Van Meng, he drank this! ”
Qian Xiuye looked at He Chenxue's bottle and was shocked: "The anger of the witch god? This little bastard really drank the wrath of the witch god! ”
When the torturers and others heard this, they knew the power of that thing, and they also knew that now Fan Meng had completely turned into a walking corpse, so they pounced on Fan Meng together with Lian Jiuqi and Chen Taidong, because if Fan Meng in this state did not stop it, he would kill all the people here sooner or later.
Qi watched this scene, but gritted his teeth and walked directly into the Iron Palace!