Chapter 14: The Puppet Array
Hu Mingjian woke up Niu Ben, who was sleeping Zhengxiang, and told his speculation, Niu Ben naturally had no opinion, and immediately the two of them got busy, Hu Mingjian took out the ring-headed broadsword, which is not that the power of this ring-headed broadsword is stronger than the straight sword picked up today, but this ring-headed broadsword is conducive to chopping, and it is a few points stronger than the straight sword in the matter of cutting bamboo. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The double cone of righteousness in Niu Ben's hand is even more powerful, and when he smashes up the bamboo, it is a cone that falls down one by one.
The two put down all the bamboos around them, and then looked at the starry sky, sure enough, the North Star was hanging in the sky and shining, Hu Mingjian and the two followed the direction of the North Star, swept all the way forward, and the black king was also woken up by the busy sound of the two, looking at the two, his eyes showed a sudden look, and summoned a ghost to help the two clean up the bamboo.
In this way, Hu Mingjian and his entourage were two people and one tiger, going to bed early and getting up late every day, and began to rush to the west, not to mention sleeping during the day, because the sun was shining, and the bonfire was raised, and they did not feel cold, and they did not feel cold when they were busy at night, but it was much better than the previous two days.
This bamboo forest is not very big, and it felt boundless before, just because it was stuck in the formation and had no goal.
The next night, Niu Ben asked Hu Mingjian, "Brother Hu, when do we have to do this?" ”
Hu Mingjian looked around and said, "It's almost over!" It is estimated that it will arrive today and tomorrow. ”
Niu Ben asked puzzledly: "We should do this, we can get out of this bamboo forest, but how do you know that you are about to arrive at the place?" ”
Hu Mingjian pointed to the bamboo around him and said, "Look at the difference between the bamboos around here." ”
Niu Ben looked around and suddenly found something different, "How come the bamboo here is of different sizes!" ”
The bamboo here is different from the dense and mold-carved bamboo seen before, and the thickness, size, height and even density of the bamboo here are different.
Hu Mingjian said: "This shows that we have found the right way, the previous people, not only ordinary hunters and miners, but also some children of the family came out to find opportunities, they have been taught by clans since childhood, maybe there are people who know some formations, they should also use this way to travel, this should be the relics they left."
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Hu Mingjian put down a bamboo beside him, and then continued: "We are waiting for different places to start, but they are all heading in the direction of due north, how to meet here, it must be the test left by the person who laid the formation at the beginning, no matter what method is used to see through this formation, it will come here." ”
Niu Ben thought about Hu Mingjian's words, nodded, and asked again: "Brother Hu, since this formation is so simple, why can't the miners under the mountain gather people to directly cut down or burn this bamboo forest!" ”
Hu Mingjian put down the ring knife in his hand, smiled, and said: "You can't look at it like this, before we came in, there was a fence wall outside the bamboo forest, and there was a warning sign on the wall, you can see it!" ”
Niu Ben nodded, "Wasn't that kicked by Brother Hu!" ”
Hu Mingjian nodded, and then said: "Near the fence wall, I stepped on the ground where there were some awkward feet, and I thought it was a stone or something, but when I kicked the fence wall, the force under my feet became greater, and I felt that it was a thick cylinder with a bowl mouth, and it was quite dense, it is estimated that it is the root knot left after the bamboo was cut down, which shows that these bamboos have been cut down, but I don't know why the person stopped this action later, but instead enclosed the bamboo forest." I'm afraid that this bamboo forest is also guarded. ”
Niu Ben nodded as if he didn't understand, and if he didn't understand, he didn't think about it anymore, but then waved the double cone of righteousness and bravery, and cleaned up the bamboo in front of him.
Sure enough, as the bright moon darkened and the sun was about to rise, Hu Mingjian finally saw a large open space not far in front of him, which was paved with whole bluestone bricks, and a few tall figures could be faintly seen.
Niu Ben also saw such a scene, and rushed over at that time, but was grabbed by Hu Mingjian and said: "A good meal is not afraid of being late, I have been busy all night, and my physical strength has already been consumed, so I will rest first, and then I will take care of it." ”
Niu Ben looked not far away, sighed unwillingly, pulled a cut bamboo from the side, put it under his buttocks, sat down, took out dry food and water and ate it.
Hu Mingjian lit a bonfire first, lay down next to the bonfire with his clothes, and fell asleep after a while.
The Black King glanced at Niu Ben, then at the sleeping Hu Mingjian, tilted his head and thought about it, and also fell asleep on the side of the bonfire.
Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Niu Ben couldn't help but be angry, swallowed the dry food in his hand in three or two, screamed twice, and sat down by the bonfire boredly, and after a while, he hung his head and snored.
When the sun was up, Hu Mingjian woke up, saw that Niu Ben and Heiwang were still sleeping, and did not wake them up, filled the bonfire with some firewood, and ate dry food on the side.
After eating the dry food, Hu Mingjian looked at Niu Ben, did not make a sound, put the ring head big knife behind his back, inserted the straight sword in his waist, took a deep look at Niu Ben, and walked towards the open space not far away.
"I'll do my things by myself, Brother Niu, don't blame me for not keeping my promises, how can I let you risk my private affairs." Hu Mingjian made up his mind in his heart, and the speed under his feet became faster and faster.
After three or two steps, Hu Mingjian stepped into the bluestone brick-paved field, and without taking two steps, he felt that something was wrong under his feet, as if something was creaking under the bluestone bricks.
So far, where is Hu Mingjian willing to turn back like this, stubbornly, sideways, continue to walk forward, and after a while, he walked to the tall figure that he vaguely saw before, it turned out that these tall figures were all made of some stone sculptures projected by the light.
These stone statues, carved are a person wearing the general's armor, all are barehanded, as if a general is practicing martial arts in general, perhaps because of the long days, wind and rain, the face is a little blurred, but it can still be seen that he is a very majestic person.
There are a total of nine stone carvings, scattered and distributed in the field, and the arrangement is not even, Hu Mingjian glanced at this stone carving, and his expression couldn't help but become solemn.
It turns out that although these stone carvings have grown moss over time, these mosses have obvious faults in the wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips and knees of each stone carving.
It can be seen that these are not just simple stone carvings, but some exquisite puppets, which have been made into stone sculptures by highly skilled puppets, and the sound from the ground before is estimated to be the gear machine that controls these puppets and senses the enemy, and this is a mechanism array!
Just as Hu Mingjian reacted, a puppet beside him suddenly moved towards him, and the fist made of stone went straight to Hu Mingjian's head with a whistling.
Hu Mingjian had already prepared, pulled out the ring-headed broadsword on his back with his backhand, rolled on the spot, dodged the punch of the mechanism, and inserted the broadsword into the puppet's armpit with his backhand, jamming the gear inside the puppet, although the puppet stopped in his hand, his feet did not stop, and he still rushed straight towards Hu Mingjian.
Hu Mingjian didn't dodge or dodge, but just jumped at the time towards the puppet and jumped on the puppet, it is estimated that the mechanic who made these puppets never thought that there was such a way to crack the puppet attack, and immediately the puppet was all around the puppet, and the knees and crotch kept moving, looking as if they were doing squat exercises.
Hu Mingjian rode on the puppet, kept observing the puppet, and found that the puppet's movement trajectory was prescribed, as if it was a move, and the cycle continued, at the moment Hu Mingjian carefully observed, and when the puppet's footwork was clearly observed, Hu Mingjian took out the straight sword on his waist and inserted it into the gap of a stone brick on the ground.
The sword was inserted into the brick crack, Hu Mingjian could feel that something was touched on the tip of the sword, made a crisp sound, and the puppet stopped in response, Hu Mingjian was a little uneasy, jumped off the puppet, walked around him twice, and found that the puppet really couldn't move so he put his mind at ease, and pulled out the big knife inserted in the puppet's armpit, and immediately saw the puppet use a punch to make a move, Hu Mingjian couldn't stop walking around the puppet, tried out all the changes in the puppet's hands, and remembered them firmly, and then he took a look at the gap and inserted the big knife into the puppet's armpit again.
Hu Mingjian was also looking for the flaws of the puppet while memorizing the boxing technique, it turned out that the puppet had a hidden bracket in the center of the back, and then he remembered the boxing method, and moved the bracket to the puppet, and the puppet immediately stopped.
Hu Mingjian grasped the method, nodded smugly, pulled out the big knife again, put it back on his back, put the straight sword in his hand, and continued to walk forward.
After a while, Hu Mingjian finished the two puppets and wrote down the boxing moves, at this time Hu Mingjian's skills in dealing with puppets have become more and more proficient, that is, the two puppets are on the court at the same time Hu Mingjian feels that he can also settle down.
Smug, Hu Mingjian continued to walk forward, but suddenly heard an evil wind behind his head, he didn't dare to think about it, Hu Mingjian suddenly rolled towards the ground with his head in his hands, and only after he settled down did Hu Mingjian find that there were actually five puppets moving at the same time, besieging him.
At this time, Hu Mingjian found that there were more than a dozen corpses lying in the middle of the five puppets, each of which was killed by smashing bones, some of which burst skulls, some of which were indeed rib breaks, and what was even worse was that all the limbs were broken, and there was no complete bone on the body.
The five puppets working together are really extraordinary, even if Hu Mingjian has mastered the skills of dealing with puppets, he has no time to show them, but was forced by the puppets to run around, if it weren't for the fact that Hu Mingjian had touched the fists of these puppets from the first three puppets before, I am afraid that he would have been killed on the spot, so Hu Mingjian also ate a few fists because of the lack of time, and he was bleeding from the mouth, but it made Hu Mingjian remember and master the boxing skills of these five puppets in a short time, Could this be the so-called lost eastern corner of the harvested mulberry elm?
When Hu Mingjian crawled and ran for half an hour, he really had no strength, one of his feet fell to the ground unsteadily, the straight sword in his hand also fell out, and the four puppet fists came straight to Hu Mingjian's front door.
Hu Mingjian couldn't help but sigh, is this the end of my game?