"What? Brothers! Mu Zifeng gently pushed Emperor Jue's back.

Everyone also followed Mu Zifeng and hurried up.

"There's something weird about this staircase!" Emperor Jue turned his head and said in a muffled voice.

Emperor Jue's words hit the nail on the head in Mu Zifeng's heart.

In fact, Mu Zifeng also discovered the strangeness of the "ladder" just now:

Because they were in the "ladder" before and after, they walked for less than half an hour, but they were trapped here and couldn't find the next exit.

But the "ladder" under his feet is constantly moving, and the murals on the wall are constantly changing, so a question lies in Mu Zifeng's mind, what is the force that makes them move?

If you find a source of motivation, maybe you have an opportunity and find an outlet. However, Mu Zifeng also deeply understood that this problem was exactly the place where he couldn't figure it out, like falling into the clouds.

"Emperor Jue, we also know that the 'Heavenly Ladder' is weird, but where is the weirdness?" Jia Fatzi scratched his hair impatiently: "We won't be trapped here, right?" Fat man, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet? ”

"Fatty, I'm not afraid of death." Zhao Zichuan happily hugged Lu Qingyou: "To be with Qingyou, even if you die, it's worth it!" ”

"Young Master Chuan, what are you talking about? I won't let you die! Lu Qingyou opened his cherry mouth and pretended to complain to him.

"I'm not dying, I'm not dying, I just want to die with peace and happiness!" Zhao Zichuan showed a squinting smile.

"It's also romantic to die under the peony flower, isn't it?" Fat Jia gave Zhao Zichuan a stupid look.

Emperor Jue didn't seem to hear Jia Fatzi's words, and he sat down slowly.

"Let's rest in place for a while, and remember, don't look at the walls on either side." Mu Zifeng reminded everyone again.

Everyone sat down one after another, Zhao Zichuan and Lu Qingyou sat side by side, Jia Fatzi sat alone on a staircase in a huff, and Na Ayi, who also sat down with his mother.

"Brother, do you have something to say?" Mu Zifeng saw that Emperor Jue's mouth was open, his finger pointed downward, and he was pointing to the stairs, and said thoughtfully:

"There's water down there!"

"There's water?" Jia Fatzi, Zhao Zichuan, Ayi and others looked confused and didn't know what to do.

"The dragon vein lives when it meets water." Emperor Jue closed his eyes.

"Brother, you mean: 'Inner Hidden Abyss'?" Mu Zifeng stood up with a spirit, he looked at the moving ladder under his feet, and suddenly realized: "Could it be, could it be that the mystery is here?" ”

Speaking of this, Mu Zifeng suddenly remembered the dark river encountered in the thief cave, remembered the series of mechanisms in the Shimen Array, and the torrent flowing down in the Buddhist hall, and then looked down at the "ladder", Mu Zifeng seemed to understand something:

It turns out that these mechanisms are all opened by the hydraulic force.

Understanding this truth, Mu Zifeng boldly guessed that if there is a hydraulic drive under the "ladder", then this water flow must be living water.

The ancients said: Where is the clear question, only the source of living water. Since it is living water, it has a source and an end.

The entrance to the "Heavenly Ladder" just now may be the source of the "Inner Hidden Abyss", so the end of the "Inner Hidden Abyss" is not difficult to speculate, and it is likely to be the exit.

But now that the "ladder" is constantly rotating, Mu Zifeng and they no longer know the location of the entrance, so how can they talk about where the exit is?

The "ladder" is arranged layer by layer, and every time you take some steps, you have to turn, Mu Zifeng raised the flashlight and carefully observed the turn. Although the "ladder" has been rotating, Mu Zifeng and the others have to see the turning place every once in a while.

It seems that the place where the turn is also inextricably linked to the structure of the "ladder", and it is likely to be one of the mechanisms.

"Could there be something special about this turn?" Mu Zifeng muttered to himself.

"Brother Feng, what are you talking about?" Zhao Zichuan heard Mu Zifeng speak, and hurriedly asked.

"Young Master Chuan, let's let Young Master Feng think quietly for a while." Lu Qingyou said dissuaded at Zhao Zichuan.

Zhao Zichuan felt quite bad in his heart, since he saved Lu Qingyou, he found that Lu Qingyou was becoming more and more cold to him, and he was very interested in Mu Zifeng.

If it weren't for the brothers, it really shouldn't be mixed with the personal feelings of their children. Zhao Zichuan forcibly held back his thoughts, but now it seems that Lu Qingyou is indeed faint about himself.

"81 steps! Right! That's 81 steps! Mu Zifeng shouted excitedly: "Hey, why didn't I think of it just now!" ”

"Young Master Feng, don't you have eyebrows!" Ayi also looked at his mother happily.

"I knew that Young Master Feng had a way." Lu Qingyou seemed to have a flower blooming at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Mu Zifeng with admiration.

"Madman, you say? Don't be surprised! Fat Jia hurriedly urged Mu Zifeng to speak.

Mu Zifeng glanced at Fat Jia and told everyone the situation in detail.

It turned out that Mu Zifeng stared at the turn of the "ladder" for a while, and decided to count the number of steps between the stairs that went from the bend he encountered to the stairs that turned to the next turn.

He counted back and forth, and the number of steps was as high as 81.

This reminded Mu Zifeng of the number of "ninety-nine to one".

The construction of the mausoleums of the ancients was generally "up to the stars, down to the people". The rotating "ladder of heaven" is also like the flowing stars in the sky, and if you want to live forever and last, you must return to one.

Mu Zifeng clearly remembered that there are clouds in the "Book of Eternal Life", "one" and "yuan one", the so-called "one life is two, two is three, three is all things, all things are the beginning, and the beginning is life".

According to this reasoning, from the turning point, they walked the number of "ninety-nine to one" in a row, and it was very likely that they would find the exit of the "ladder".

Thinking of this, Mu Zifeng immediately made arrangements for everyone.

"So, everyone listen to me and line up in columns. I was at the front, and the emperor was at the back. Mu Zifeng said word by word: "Everyone put their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them, close their eyes, I say go, and everyone will step together!" Go all the way to 81 steps and stop! ”

"Why go together? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to send someone to go? Jia Fatzi asked puzzled.

"The mechanism in the 'Heavenly Ladder' is extremely powerful, if we send someone to explore the way, it is very likely that we will be trapped in a certain space!" Mu Zifeng explained: "So we have to line up in a column, so that everyone won't get lost!" ”

"Brother Feng, is it to close your eyes so as not to look at the murals on the wall?" Zhao Zichuan then asked, "But if you walk like that, will you make a mistake?" ”

"Brother Chuan, you only know one thing, you don't know the other!" Mu Zifeng pointed to his feet and said, "On the one hand, closing your eyes is to prevent being disturbed by the psychedelic murals, and on the other hand, it is also to get out of the 'ladder'. ”

"Out of the 'ladder'?" Ayi seemed a little confused.

"Yes, in the 'ladder', the direction seen by the eyes is not necessarily real!" Mu Zifeng sighed: "I remember that there is an ancient book that says that the mechanism in the ancient tomb has been introduced to the 'ladder', walking with your eyes open, you will often be trapped here, and walking with your eyes closed can you take the right number of steps from the 'ladder'." ”

"But...... But? Zhao Zichuan showed an expression of disbelief.

"I know what you're worried about?" Mu Zifeng said confidently: "When I call everyone to walk, everyone will report every step they take!" One, two, three until ninety-nine eighty-one. ”

As soon as Mu Zifeng's words fell, Emperor Jue stood up.

"Uh, Sleepy Worm, what are you going to do?" Jia Fatzi teased Emperor Jue.

Emperor Jue ignored it and walked to the end of the line.

"Look at the people!" Mu Zifeng pushed the fat man Jia: "It's already on the road, is the fat man still stunned?" ”

"Look at what you said." Jia Fatzi smiled awkwardly and stood up: "Start work, listen to the madman!" ”

According to Mu Zifeng's arrangement, everyone quickly lined up in a column.

Mu Zifeng in the lead, followed by Jia Fatzi, in the middle is Lu Qingyou, Zhao Zichuan, Ayi, Ayi's mother, and at the bottom is Emperor Jue.

Lu Qingyou was originally behind Zhao Zichuan, and Zhao Zichuan was worried that Ayi would eat Lu Qingyou's tofu, so he hurriedly changed Lu Qingyou and himself in a different position.

"Close your eyes and listen to me!" Mu Zifeng stood at the forefront, staring at the rotating "ladder", about to turn to the corner.

"Let's go ......" Mu Zifeng closed his eyes, shouted, and took a solid step.

The slogan of the crowd echoed in the "ladder of heaven":

"One"

"Two"

"Three"

……

The crowd moved neatly, so there was no stepping on their feet or hitting their shoulders. Listening to everyone's voices, Mu Zifeng found that Lian Ayi's mother Dou was shouting "oops, oops", although it was vague, at least Mu Zifeng knew that she was walking seriously.

The team was moving forward rhythmically, but Mu Zifeng found that someone did not shout slogans.

That's Emperor Jue.

Maybe Emperor Jue thinks he is strong and doesn't need to shout, right?

While comforting Mu Zifeng, he walked with steps, perhaps because of his closed eyes, Mu Zifeng always felt that there were eyes behind him looking at his back.

But everyone has closed their eyes, who will it be?

He remembered that he had always felt this way before, but he couldn't find the owner of those eyes.

Is he in the dark, and I am in the light?

Just when he was thinking a little cranky, in the blink of an eye, everyone had already shouted "eighty", Mu Zifeng was a little happy in his heart, but unexpectedly, a strange sound came into his ears.

"Squeak Squeak......"

Almost at the same time, two fire-like red lights burned Mu Zifeng's eyelids, Mu Zifeng couldn't bear the pain, screamed, and opened his eyes.

To Mu Zifeng's surprise, everyone also screamed several times and opened their eyes one after another.

On the road ahead, two blood-red eyes were as big as fists.

Everyone nervously clenched the flashlights, and the integrated beam of light shone on the red eyes in front of them.

It was a picture that made Mu Zifeng's scalp tingle: a huge rat was "squeaking" and screaming, rushing towards everyone.

"Oops, it's a collective illusion again, someone must have opened their eyes and looked at the mural!" Mu Zifeng cursed in his heart, picked up the shovel, and rushed towards the giant rat without hesitation.