Chapter 21: The Pattern on the Door

After leaving the prison, C-nu went to the forest where Oto-o had established his own sect, and disguised herself as the old man in the prison under the arrangement of other believers, and replaced all the fireball markers with Manichaean flame markers, but perhaps to commemorate Oto-o, C-Nu secretly re-tattooed the fireball symbol on her body.

In other words, Cingu knew that the sect created by Otoo would no longer be able to gather as many believers as in the past because of the defeat in the battle with the king, after all, no one else would believe in the legend of the so-called immortal warrior, and some people even began to throw garbage at Oto's statue.

Recruiting followers in the form of a Manichaean prophet, she left the forest and re-established a small kingdom of her own in the desert hills.

The picture changes rapidly, and in the next picture, it is quickly shown that the girl is arming her followers and turning the iron into gold in the process of smelting iron; It also shows that she accepts the worship of a large number of believers, and puts her hand on the top of the believer's head, which seems to show her good at "mind reading".

The last scene shows Bingnu dragging the soul of a deceased person back from gradually drifting, and finally resurrecting it.

In other words, the final picture shows the three miracles of the Manichaean prophets.

When the picture gradually blurred, it suddenly became clear, and the clear picture stayed on a large black gate, and then gradually disappeared, and then the mist that filled the air slowly disappeared, and the geyser field returned to its original appearance.

In the crystal cave above, the torture and others watched as the water in the cave gradually descended and slowly flowed away, but they were more concerned about whether the miracle of the prophet really existed?

But Qian Xiuye, who was standing on the edge of the geyser field, was excited, trembling all over, and it took a long time to grab the Modui Bridge next to him: "I knew that miracles existed, did you see it?" The Manichaean prophet gave the miracle to the woman, so that the woman had the power of the miracle, and the miracle must be here, and I said it, and I knew that the miracle was real! I'm sure I'll find miracles! I'm going to have miracles! ”

The excited Qian Xiuye shouted there, he didn't know how crazy and unreasonable he was in the eyes of others now, he kept walking in circles, sometimes cheering loudly, sometimes muttering in a low voice, but the smile never disappeared from his face.

Mo Dui Bridge, Yuan Zhen Ba just watched, Mo Dui Qiao always maintained that expressionless face, and Yuan Zhen Ba only barely smiled when Qian Xiuye's gaze swept over him.

Fan Meng was different, he kept echoing and cheering, and also kept signaling He Chenxue and Fan Junyi to cheer together, congratulating Qian Xiuye in advance who was about to have a miracle.

The two mercenaries hadn't recovered from their shock, they just stood beside the Ink Twilight Bridge, silent.

"Let's go! Keep moving! Qian Xiuye said, turned around and walked towards the cave in the distance, his steps were light, with a smile on his face, the others sped up to catch up, and Fan Meng followed Qian Xiuye's side, always maintaining that flattering smile.

After Qian Xiuye and the others were gone, the torturers and others slipped down from the crystal cave above, stood in the geyser, and observed the crystals with lines at the entrance of the cave below.

"Could it be that miracles really exist?" Chen Taidong was skeptical at this time and looked at Qiguan.

Qiguan couldn't believe it: "No, I don't believe it!" ”

Chen Taidong looked at the others again. Ma Fei shook his head and said that he didn't know, and even Jiuqi looked at one of the springs in the geyser field in a daze, and the torture technique remained silent.

Yan Gang and Chen Fang sat opposite each other, looking at each other, and then they both smiled bitterly, not knowing how to explain their feelings.

"I don't believe in miracles!" Bai Zhongzheng said firmly, "I only believe in the laws of nature, I don't believe that there are any strange forces that can interfere with the normal laws of the world, if there really is such a force, the world would have been chaotic a long time ago!" ”

At this time, Lian Jiuqi said something that surprised everyone: "If the miracle really exists, it won't be a bad thing, right?" ”

Everyone raised their eyes to look at Lian Jiuqi, and Lian Jiuqi still looked at Quanyan: "If it really exists, I can save my master, save my wife, and we can be reunited as a family." ”

After Lian Jiuqi finished speaking, he looked at the torture technique with expectant eyes, and the torture technique was silent, just standing there with a puzzled face.

Why wouldn't he want to resurrect his master and mother?

In the cave passage in front of him, Qian Xiuye, who was walking briskly, was at the forefront, at this time he had overcome all the fatigue and was full of strength, so he did not slow down because of the wet and muddy ground, and he felt as if he was dozens of years younger.

"Twilightbridge, if there really is a miracle, what do you want to do?" Qian Xiuye asked in front of him, "You are not interested in gold, and you don't need any mind reading, I know that you are a good boy, so you must be looking forward to the miracle of the prophet's resurrection, so that you can resurrect those you have killed." ”

After Qian Xiuye finished speaking, he slowed down and looked at the Mo Dui Bridge beside him: "As long as Master gets that kind of power, you will definitely be able to achieve your wish, in that way, you will not have any regrets in your life, and you will not be full of guilt for the rest of your life." ”

Fan Meng and the others all looked at Mo Dui Bridge, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Who knows, Mo Duqiao replied calmly, "I don't want to resurrect those people." ”

"Why?" Qian Xiuye was still smiling, although he was a little surprised.

"I don't know why I killed them in the first place, so I don't know why I wanted to resurrect them. ”

Everyone could hear that Mo Duqiao threw the core question directly to Qian Xiuye, that is, why did Qian Xiuye send himself to kill them in the first place?

"They would have prevented me from looking for Qimen. If they hadn't died, we wouldn't be here today. Qian Xiuye lied calmly, "But once I have the miracle, I will resurrect them." ”

Mo Duqiao stopped and stopped: "Master, however, you didn't want to find Qimen at the beginning, you just wanted to hide the secret of Qimen, so as to kill the world's cargo chasers. ”

Mo Duqiao's blunt words made everyone else stunned, they didn't expect him to dare to ask such a question.

Qian Xiuye also stood and turned to look at Mo Duqiao: "I have always wanted to find Qimen, including my grandfather, but I was deceived by Zhang Molu, and there was no way to hide my true thoughts." ”

Mo Duqiao let out an "oh" and continued to walk slowly, parallel to Qian Xiuye.

But Qian Xiuye deliberately slowed down his pace and secretly looked at Mo Dui Bridge with a murderous gaze.

Mo Duqiao's words made the two mercenaries understand that something might happen.

Fan Meng also secretly reached into his clothes and touched the palm thunder pistol he was hiding there, although there were only two bullets, it was enough for him to complete his plan.

Yuan Zhenba deliberately slowed down, he planned to slowly disappear into the darkness, and then turn around and run back to meet with the torture and others, but his plan fell through again, just when he stopped and watched the people in front of him gradually move away, he heard Qian Xiuye ask: "What about Zhenba?" ”

Yuan Zhenba was stunned, so he had to speed up and walk a few steps, answered, and excused: "I'm a little tired." ”

Qian Xiuye smiled: "You have to persevere, without you, we can't move an inch." ”

After advancing only a hundred meters, a black cast iron door appeared in front of Qian Xiuye and the others.

"Door?" Qian Xiuye frowned and said, "Burning stick, light up the surroundings for me." ”

Moduqiao, Fan Meng, and Yuan Zhenba all pulled out the burning rods to illuminate the surroundings, and at the same time, they found that in addition to the gate, there was a black iron plate attached to the stone wall to the right of the door.

Qian Xiuye looked at the gate, and then looked sideways at the iron plate on the stone wall on the right, and found that there was the same strange pattern on it: a circle in the middle, directly above the circle, and a square in the upper left and upper right, and a rectangle directly below the circle, in the lower left and lower right.

It's just that the seven patterns on the black cast-iron door are much larger, while the ones on the iron plate are slightly smaller.

Yuan Zhenba also found that on both sides of the cave wall, there are many grooves, I don't know what they are for, those grooves have also been reinforced with iron, although they have been rusted, but they are still very stable, I don't know how to strengthen them in the grooves of the stone wall.

Fan Meng stepped forward, propped up the door, and pushed inside, but the door did not move, so he had to stop, and carefully looked at the seven strange geometric figures on the door, and found that those figures were all protruding, and there was a certain gap between them and the door.

"Master, these patterns seem to be movable." Fan Meng held the incendiary stick and looked closer.

Qian Xiuye stepped forward to look at it carefully, nodded and said, "Yes, it can be moved, it looks like a mechanism to open the door, maybe you have to press the pattern to open the door." ”

Fan Meng didn't rush to press it: "It seems that you need to press it in a certain order to open it." ”

Qian Xiuye nodded: "That's right, it should be like this." ”

After speaking, Qian Xiuye turned his head to look at Fan Junyi, and then pointed to Yuan Zhenba, who was checking the groove there: "Professor Fan, Zhenba, you come forward to take a look, analyze and analyze how this door can be opened." ”

When Fan Junyi and Yuan Zhenba came forward, Qian Xiuye signaled Mo Duqiao to lead people to defend the back, but he thought about it and said, "If you find out that they are coming, don't shoot, talk well." ”

Mo Duqiao nodded slightly, and Qian Xiuye looked up at the door again: "Sometimes, it is necessary to rely on the power of the enemy. ”

After speaking, Qian Xiuye smiled slyly.

Time passed minute by minute, Yuan Zhenba and Fan Junyi did not find an accurate way to open the cast iron door, Yuan Zhenba only judged that maybe the iron plate was hidden in the order of pressing the pattern on the cast iron door, but he didn't know how to unlock the secret.

Finally, the sound of Xingshu and others stepping on the muddy ground echoed in the cave, Qian Xiuye turned around, looked into the dark cave, and said loudly: "Senior Brother Qi, Senior Brother Chen, you are here, you don't need to hide, turn on the light, I need your help." ”

In the distance, the lights in the cave turned on, and Qi Guan, Chen Taidong, and Xingshu, who had turned on their headlamps and shoulder lamps, slowly stepped forward, but Yan Gang, Bai Zhongzheng, and Chen Fang were hiding in the darkness behind, holding crossbows and other cold weapons, waiting for them, worried about what tricks Qian Xiuye was playing.

Yan Gang knew that the most troublesome thing was not those two mercenaries, but the cold-blooded killer of Mo Duqiao.

"Do you need our help? Joke! Qi Guan stepped forward and said coldly, "Senior Brother Qian, you can set up such a big game, you are already the top smart person in the world." ”

Qian Xiuye said with a smile: "Actually, the layout is easy, but the solution is difficult, you see, don't you solve the game I laid out?" Now that we are all trapped by this door, why don't we gather the wisdom of all and open the door together, as for what is inside that door, does it matter now? ”

Chen Taidong frowned and said, "Of course it's important." ”

Qian Xiuye shook his head: "Senior Brother Chen, there are three miracles, one is to turn stones into gold, the second is to read minds, and the third is to come back from the dead, I only need one of them, that is to come back from the dead, and the other two are left to you, how about it?" This is a fair deal, right? ”

Lian Jiuqi glared at Qian Xiuye and said, "The surname is Qian, how can a greedy person like you leave the other two things for us?" ”

Lian Jiuqi's words made Qian Xiuye couldn't help laughing, and he stepped forward after laughing: "Lian Jiuqi, I heard it, you are now beginning to believe in the existence of miracles, right?" I know that you want to resurrect your master and your wife, I promise you! As long as you help me, I will be able to help you fulfill your wish after I get the power of miracles! ”

Lian Jiuqi didn't speak, just looked at Qian Xiuye, but Qi Guan and Chen Taidong both knew that he weighed the pros and cons in his heart.

"Dad, miracles don't exist." Torture said, "Let him pass the past, time can only move forward, not backward." ”

Ma Fei, who was next to the torture technique, all her attention was on He Chenxue's body, she knew that He Chenxue's eyes could not see so far, but she also knew that He Chenxue's attention at this time must also be on herself and the torture technique, because she saw embarrassment and endless embarrassment on He Chenxue's face.

The previous series of events may have been just a play forced by He Chenxue, or maybe it was another kind of personality she created herself, but this virtual personality completely collapsed and became fragments the moment she saw Fan Meng.

Qian Xiuye stretched his hands: "Okay, since you don't believe it, let's make an end here, it's a big deal, we will die together!" ”

After speaking, Mo Duqiao and the two mercenaries raised the guns in their hands and aimed at the torture and others.

Yan Gang, Bai Zhongzheng, and Chen Fang also clenched the weapons in their hands, each locking on to their targets.

Lian Jiuqi suddenly stepped forward: "I'll help you!" ”

Qi Guan and Chen Taidong took a deep breath and didn't speak, when they were about to step forward to stop the torture, they were grabbed by Qi Guan's wrist, and at the same time whispered: "No, help him open the door first, to be honest, I also want to know what is in the Qi Gate." ”

Chen Taidong thought for a while, and said: "Criminal art, as a cargo chaser, isn't this moment what you are looking forward to?" ”

Xingshu closed his eyes and sighed, and nodded for a long time: "Dad, I'll help you!" ”

When Qian Xiuye heard Lian Jiuqi and the criminal father and son say this, a smile resurfaced on his face, and he stood aside and made a "please" gesture: "Two, please!" ”

After Xingshu and Lian Jiuqi stepped forward, one walked to the cast iron door very tacitly, and the other walked to the iron plate and began to study.

Yuan Zhenba stood there, knowing that it didn't matter if he didn't return to Qiguan's side now.

Qian Xiuye sat on the rock on one side, looked at Qi Guan and said, "Senior Brother Qi, since you are willing to help me, then I will repay you a personal favor now, a small favor." ”

After speaking, Qian Xiuye looked at Yuan Zhenba: "Zhenba, go over, you don't have to stay by my side anymore to act." ”

Yuan Zhenba was stunned, just looking at Qian Xiuye.

"Still acting?" Qian Xiuye sneered, "From the moment you wanted to take refuge in me, I knew that you must be someone sent by Senior Brother Qi or Senior Brother Chen, why should I keep you?" Why do you want to keep this mouth alive? The reason is very simple, at first, I wanted to use you to spread the news, lure them over, and then kill them, and later, I found out that you are really useful, so I simply left you, maybe at a critical moment, I can make a deal with you. ”

"Earthquake Eight! Come here! Qi Guan said in a deep voice.

Yuan Zhenba immediately walked to Qi Guan's side and said in a low voice, "Uncle Qi, I'm sorry. ”

"You've worked hard." Qi Guan whispered, "You've done enough. ”

Chen Taidong said: "Since this is the case, Qian Xiuye, you no longer have any bargaining chips, that is to say, you have no chance of winning, I know your personality too well, I know that you cannot die with us." ”

"Chips?" The corners of Qian Xiuye's mouth rose, pointing at Fan Junyi and He Chenxue, "These two are also bargaining chips, aren't they?" I know too well who you are, even if I catch a villager by my side and threaten you, you will all give in, this is the difference between good people and bad people, it's easy to be a bad person, but it's hard to be a good person. ”

Qian Xiuye's cheeky appearance made Qi Guan and Chen Taidong eager to step forward and beat him violently.

was studying the torture technique of the iron gate, and when he heard this, he also subconsciously turned his head to look at Qian Xiuye, and then looked at Fan Meng, and he understood why Qian Xiuye wanted to accept Fan Meng as an apprentice, because both of them were so despicable and shameless.

When He Chenxue heard Qian Xiuye's words, she clenched Fan Meng's hand as if asking for help, and Fan Junyi also looked at her son worriedly.

But Fan Meng looked indifferent, looking at the two people around him with a strange smile, what was happening now was actually in his speculation, but he didn't know what was behind the door.

"Dad, these 7 patterns on the iron plate are movable." After studying the iron plate of torture, he soon discovered the secret hidden on it.

When Qian Xiuye and Lian Jiuqi stood in front of the iron plate to look, they found that the torture technique had reversed the patterns on the iron plate one by one, and it turned out that the corresponding patterns on the iron plate could be turned over, and on the other side of the pattern, there seemed to be many small lines that could not be directly seen with the naked eye.

Lian Jiuqi stretched out his hand and touched it carefully: "It's lines, but I don't know what these lines represent." ”

Torture thought for a moment and asked, "Who has a magnifying glass?" Lend it to me, mine broke before. ”

After the punishment was finished, Fan Jun raised his hand: "I have here, I have several spares." ”

After speaking, Fan Junyi took out a magnifying glass, slowly stepped forward, and handed it to the torture technique.

The moment the torture technique got the magnifying glass, what Fan Junyi originally wanted to say was directly blocked by the attitude of the torture technique not looking at him properly.