Chapter 100: Encountering an Acquaintance
"Is there one? How do I feel like every channel! Doudou muttered to himself, then walked to each door and compared it, and said in surprise: "That's right, these doors are all the same size!" ”
"No, that's not right! I noticed it before, but I didn't pay attention to it, but the layout of this room gave me a little inspiration. ”
An Xu pointed to the messy objects that fell to the ground and said: "Although these things are messy, it is not difficult to restore them to their original positions, you see, this square one should be a table, and this curved one should be a bed frame, but the wooden part on it has rotted, and on the whole, there is not much difference between this place and the room we live in." ”
The crowd wondered, "And then?" ”
Only Knoll crossed his arms and fell into deep thought, as if he had found a little inspiration.
An Xu continued: "We have assumed before that this underground labyrinth is a huge net that connects all the rooms by passages, until the appearance of these doors has given me more inspiration! The reason why there is a door here is because some people don't want others to enter and exit at will, indicating that this should be a private residence. ”
Doudou frowned and said, "When you say this, it's really similar, but what does this have to do with the channel?" ”
"Because, the passage to the private residence is smaller than the other passages!" An Xu affirmed that he had paid close attention to it just now and would not make a mistake.
At this time, Noel also spoke up: "I understand! These passages range from large to small, with the small passages being the alleys in the city, and the large passages being the bustling streets, through which you can enter the dwellings, and the 'main streets' being the main traffic arteries. ”
An Xu nodded: "That's right, just like the city we live in, the most noble place must be connected to the widest street, and the core area here is the natural temple, as long as we go all the way along the large passage, there is a good chance that we will be able to find its location." ”
"Wow, you guys are so amazing, you can actually find such clues!" Su Yue was really convinced this time, and the professional mercenary was really different from a half-person like her, but she definitely couldn't pay attention to these details.
Only Xu Wei still looked cute, even if she heard their explanation, she still didn't understand the connection.
An Xu moved the things on the ground casually, and gestured: "You see, although we are from ancient times, we actually have a lot in common in the placement of the house, we just came from the direction of the street, and this door is the main gate facing the street, and we will often enter and exit, so all the objects will not be turned away from this direction, and the other two passages lead to other alleys, which are the back doors that are not usually used." ”
"You shouldn't be wrong!" Doudou touched his chin and wondered, "But how do we identify the direction, what if we go the other way?" If two main streets intersect and we come to the intersection, there will be four large thoroughfares, which one should we choose? ”
An Xu smiled bitterly: "Based on this clue alone, how can we speculate so much, no matter what, now we already have a general direction - if you want to go straight to the temple, you will always take the large passage, but in the end there will definitely be a scramble, if you take the small passage, you can find some private residences, maybe you also keep some good items." ”
"Then let's take the temple as our goal first, and if someone has already taken the lead by then, we'll retreat and ask for another room to have a look." Doudou suggested, and even Su Yue nodded, there must be super treasures in the ancient temple, the temptation is too great, as long as there is any slightest opportunity, everyone does not want to miss it.
"Alright, let's go ahead and go back to the room without a door first." An Xu didn't object, because there might be a Heart of Nature in the temple that Bing Yan had confessed, and it was also attractive to him.
Walking back along the passage, I came to the previous room again, and after careful comparison, there were two opposite passages that seemed more spacious, and it was obvious that this passage was the main passage.
Thinking about which direction to go, An Xu saw Knoll take out a strange prop and lie on the ground at the entrance of each passage to measure something.
"What is this?" An Xu is slightly interested, Knoll always has some small but very practical tools in his bag, and An Xu can learn a lot every time.
"A small gadget, you can measure the height of the ground, I think a building like the temple should be built on a relatively high place, if there is a deviation in the height here, maybe we can try to go to the higher side!" Knoll replied as he observed.
An Xu nodded, this is indeed a reliable method, it is better than guessing by feeling, and the others saw that they could not help much, so they consciously took on the vigilance work.
After more than ten minutes, Knoll patted the ground under him and beckoned: "Go this way, this direction is slightly inclined upward." ”
An Xu was about to walk over, when his heart suddenly moved: "Wait, it's not right, it's not right!" We are mistaken, this ancient temple was not buried underground through the passage of time, you look at these passages, it is clear that they are artificially excavated, indicating that this temple was originally built underground, and the underground city naturally cannot be measured by ordinary cities. On the ground, the higher the position, the more honorable, but underground, this is not necessarily the case! ”
Noll thought for a moment and patted his head: "That's right, I ignored it, if it's an underground city, a more important building should be in a deeper place, we have to go in the opposite direction." ”
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go, now it is possible to be preempted by others even a second late!" Doudou urged.
With a clear direction, although I am not sure that it is correct, but at least there is no need to hesitate at the intersection, so An Xu and they have accelerated a lot of process, every time they encounter a forked place, there are only two large passages, and they go directly through, and if there are four large passages, they rely on Knoll to measure the terrain and go in a low direction.
Soon, the crowd had traveled a long way, and the footprints on the ground began to dwindle, and after countless forks in the road, only a few explorers had walked the road.
There was no danger along the way, at most there were three or two underground creatures similar to the gold-devouring rat, which were easily solved by everyone, but the corpses of several large beasts were found, and most of the dangers had been cleared by the team in front.
Faintly, An Xu felt that the team was getting closer and closer to the temple, because the further they went, the passage began to become more spacious, and a lot of decorations were added along the way!
The mysterious reliefs on the walls, the solemn statues at the intersections, have begun to appear in everyone's field of vision one by one, from these monuments that have endured the vicissitudes of time, we can fully imagine the once prosperous scenery.
"It seems that we are not wrong, I now have a feeling that it is as if we have entered the inner city from the outer city of Hidden Moon City, and we must have arrived in an important area of this underground city." There was a hint of excitement in Doudou's tone, and the previous hardships were not in vain.
Only An Xu was not so optimistic, and advised: "Be careful, the more you go to the important area, it means that you may encounter greater dangers, from now on, whether you encounter a beast or an expedition team, it may be our enemy, everyone be ready to fight." ”
When they crossed a passage again and saw the scene in the room in front of them, they all stopped, and saw two teams of soldiers in the spacious hall, each armed with their weapons, facing each other with swords rattling.
An Xu's appearance naturally attracted the attention of everyone inside, and in an instant, many people changed their faces. It's just that one of the mercenaries is nervous, while the other mercenary team is happy.
"Xiao Xu?"
"Brother Shen Hui?"
This mercenary team is Shen Hui's mercenary team, and when they meet familiar people in such a dangerous place, Shen Hui and they are naturally excited.
The other team of mercenaries saw that the two sides actually knew each other, their faces became extremely ugly, and the weapons in their hands tightened a little.
An Xu came to Shen Hui's side and said in a low voice, "What's the situation?" ”