Chapter 14: The superimposed Nine Palaces Bagua Array
Chen Sanshui carefully inspected the surroundings, and then said lightly: "Life and death under the tomb have their own destiny, let's just find the master's tomb, don't worry about other things." ”
"Well, your heart is so big!" Zhang Ergou shook his head helplessly, it's useless to say anything now, it's safer to follow Chen Sanshui honestly!
The scale of this tomb is not small, which is rare in the mainland, so Chen Sanshui is also very curious about the identity of the owner of this cemetery.
Everyone followed Chen Sanshui for about half an hour, exploring more than a dozen passages back and forth, but they found nothing, it looked like a labyrinth!
Seeing that Chen Sanshui still had no intention of stopping to rest, Chiba Shinichi on the side couldn't help but say, "Master Chen, how long do we have to go?" Why don't you stop and rest for a while? ”
Chiba Shinichi is old after all, and coupled with the lack of oxygen underground, he will feel tired when he sits still, let alone walk for so long.
Chen Sanshui looked at Chiba Shinichi, and then said: "This cemetery is much bigger than I imagined, and it is intricate, like a sheep's intestine path, and we must hurry up to find the owner's tomb, otherwise we are likely to run into big trouble!" ”
"What's the big trouble?" Zhang Ergou on the side asked nervously.
"As you've all seen, this cemetery is all supported by solid rock, and the walls are smooth and tidy, and there is not a trace of dust, there is basically only one possibility for this to happen! That's every once in a while, an underground river rushes in! As for what this time interval is, I don't know exactly what the time interval is, so until we find the owner's tomb, we are all very dangerous! ”
Hearing Chen Sanshui say this, everyone suddenly realized, and they all panicked, because once this cemetery was filled with the water of the underground dark river, it would be difficult for them to escape again! And if you encounter that mutated baby fish monster again, I'm afraid it's really dead and lifeless!
"Then don't rest! Hurry up and find the owner's burial chamber! Why don't we split up? Zhang Ergou couldn't help but say.
"Splitting up your search can save time, but it's more likely to be dangerous! Whether we want to separate or not, let Mr. Chiba decide!" Chen Sanshui said expressionlessly.
Chiba Shinichi frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Every group of five, scatter to find the master's tomb. ”
For this decision, the old man of the Chidori family and the old man of the Moonlight family did not object, but the two of them always followed Chen Sanshui, because they knew that only by following Chen Sanshui could they have a greater chance of survival!
The crowd quickly divided into groups and scattered in different directions to find the owner's tomb, but no one knew how many passages there were in this cemetery, so they could only carve marks at the entrance of each passage and explore them one by one.
Chen Sanshui and Zhang Ergou led the three old men to walk in the front passage, and they did not encounter any danger along the way, but they often encountered forks in the road on the way.
But Chen Sanshui and the others did not enter the fork in the road, but kept moving forward, leaving arrow marks along the way, so as not to go the wrong way again after a while.
After about an hour, Chen Sanshui suddenly stopped, which startled the four people behind him.
"What's wrong, Master Chen? Are you in trouble? Shinichi Chiba asked.
Chen Sanshui took a deep breath and said lightly: "As expected, we are back to the original point, just look at the marks on this wall." ”
When everyone heard this, they looked at the marks on the wall and found that they were indeed the arrow marks left by Chen Sanshui before!
"What's going on? Could it be that a ghost hit the wall? Can't we get out? Zhang Ergou asked with a sad face.
"There are no ghosts in this world at all, the passage we just walked should be a circular passage, if we can't find the right exit, I'm afraid we will be trapped in it for the rest of our lives." Chen Sanshui said expressionlessly.
"What! Are you really going to be trapped here? Brother Shui, hurry up and think of a way! Zhang Ergou suddenly panicked, thinking that he hadn't married a daughter-in-law yet, how could he die in such a ghost place?
Chen Sanshui squatted down and knocked on the walls and ground around him, and from time to time he would lie down and listen sideways, as if he had made some new discoveries.
"Brother Shui, what are you doing here? Have you discovered some secret passages? Zhang Ergou asked excitedly.
Chen Sanshui shook his head and said very helplessly: "The floor and walls around here sound solid, and it is unlikely that there is a secret passage, it is estimated that this is a simple labyrinth tunnel, if you want to find the owner's tomb, you have to crack this labyrinth, by the way, did you bring a pen and paper?" ”
"Oh, I just have a pen and a notebook in my bag!" Zhang Ergou immediately took out paper and pen from his backpack and handed them to Chen Sanshui.
Chen Sanshui first drew a circle on the blank paper with a pen, and then led everyone forward step by step, silently counting the steps he walked.
When it came to the first fork, Chen Sanshui marked the fork on the inside of the ring, and then continued to walk forward, and when the second fork appeared, he marked the fork on the outside of the ring.
An hour later, Zhang Ergou looked around in a daze, and then asked in a low voice, "Brother Shui, aren't we back to square one again?" ”
"It's back to square one, but I almost know the true location of my master's tomb." Chen Sanshui said with a smile.
When they heard this, everyone was ecstatic, and Chiba Shinichi asked excitedly, "Master Chen, how do you know?" ”
"The labyrinth of this cemetery is built according to the most standard nine-palace gossip map, but the owner of the tomb has superimposed seven more arrays, so it feels a little complicated and weird, but as long as we are pushing the flashback, every two into one, every six to zero, it is easy to find the location of the owner's tomb." Chen Sanshui said with a smile.
"Wait, Brother Shui, what do you mean by that? Can you explain it a little bit more clearly? Zhang Ergou asked with a confused expression.
Chen Sanshui smiled: "Because the owner of this cemetery superimposed seven nine-palace gossip arrays, so the order of operation of the two connected arrays must be reversed, so after the first positive deduction, we have to deduce backwards when we enter the second array. ”
After listening to Chen Sanshui's explanation, the expression on Zhang Ergou's face became even more confused, so he said with a smile: "Anyway, we don't understand, you just need to take us to the master's tomb." ”