Chapter 420: The Turning Corridor
The middle finger of the skeleton's right hand is missing, and the middle finger represents the heart, which happens to be missing the heart, so it means that as long as the heart is found, the mechanism can be unlocked?
But in this place, how do you find the heart?
The three of them had no choice but to grope around in the surrounding water, but after touching for a while, they stopped, if the heart was soaked in the water, it would have been rotten for hundreds of years, so it was absolutely impossible to be in the water.
But since it's not in the water, and it's not near the ghost bundle, where can you find it?
Wei Chi was about to despair: "Master, is this mechanism unsolvable?" I don't plan to let us find Li Yinfeng's real tomb. ”
He Changqing was also stumped this time: "I don't know, I'm confused now, if it wasn't for your cleverness before, I wouldn't have known to look for my fingers." ”
Wei Chi shook his head and said, "I'm tired, let's rest for a while." ”
He Changqing said: "Good idea, let's go back to the previous place first, there is water everywhere here, there is not even a place to sit, although the previous place is damp, you can still sit down, it really can't work, you can also find the three copper corpses as chairs." ”
He Changqing's words reminded Wei Chiran, and Wei Chiran suddenly thought that he had heard a heartbeat from one of the copper corpses before, and he immediately pulled out his legs and ran there. He Changqing and Hou Zhenbang didn't know what was going on, so they had to follow him closely and keep asking him what was wrong?
Wei Chi didn't answer, but ran back to the copper-skinned corpse he was sitting on, took out a fishbone sword, aimed it at his chest, and after cutting it open, he found that there was a "heart" inside, but the so-called heart was only a red stone the size of a heart.
Wei Chi Chi carefully took out the red stone: "Found it, it should be this, finally found it." ”
He Changqing was really surprised this time, he looked at Hou Zhenbang, and Hou Zhenbang nodded at him.
This time, Wei Chiran really gave He Changqing a long face.
The reason why He Changqing and Hou Zhenbang were still stuck after getting the clues was because their thinking was solidified. After all, each mechanism in the records of the torture cave is designed by a different sect, for example, the front mechanism is designed by the Iron Cloak Gate, the slope mechanism is designed by sewing thousands of corpses, and the ghost beam is designed by the earth phase.
Therefore, they never thought that there would be a correlation between the two organs before and after, even if the person who heard the heartbeat of the copper corpse before was He Changqing or Hou Zhenbang, they couldn't imagine the connection between them.
The three of them brought the so-called heart back to the ghost bundle, and then carefully placed the stone into the bones, saying that strangely enough, the stone had a hook on it, which happened to hang inside, but when they hung it, nothing happened, the cave did not shake, and there was no sound of the mechanism turning.
Wei Chi rolled his eyes: "Is it useless?" ”
He Changqing said: "Not necessarily, send someone to the front to take a look." ”
Hou Zhenbang volunteered to go forward to explore the way, and returned soon after: "The formation has been unlocked, there is no ghost bundle in front, only a long corridor. After finishing speaking, Hou Zhenbang and Tuxingsun gave a thumbs up to Wei Chiran together.
He Changqing looked at Wei Chiran with a smile: "You kid gave the face of the division commander this time." ”
Wei Chi said: "There are too many things I don't understand, it's just a coincidence." ”
He Changqing's face changed: "Modesty is a virtue, but excessive modesty is a shy, let's go." ”
Before He Changqing left, he bowed to the skeleton, at this time he believed that it should be the ghost bride who brought him a hint, without her hint, I am afraid they would be trapped here.
However, this incident also made Wei Chiran firmly believe that the speculation made by He Changqing before was correct, in a certain period, there were indeed those ghosts, gods and demons in this world, but for some reason, these things disappeared again, and now, because of the cracks between the various worlds, those things that disappeared in history have reappeared.
But what does this change mean?
When the three of them came to the corridor that Hou Zhenbang had mentioned, the water was still shallow under their feet, but they would enter the corridor after walking three or four steps ahead.
The two sides of the corridor are lit with thousand-year-old lanterns, illuminating the entire corridor transparently, which is the only place where the three of them don't need a flashlight after entering the torture cave, but it is because of this sudden light that they are puzzled.
Because it's so bright, it's so bright that people are a little uncomfortable.
Darkness creates fear, while light brings hope, but in a place like the Torture Cave, which should be full of darkness, the sudden presence of light gives the impression that it is a trap, or perhaps a demonic temptation.
The corridor is paved with square stone slabs up and down, left and right, it seems that the cave should have been dug by man, after special reinforcement, the inside of the cave is paved with stone slabs, and there are some gaps between each stone slab, but there are no other holes or small holes, and there seems to be no mechanism.
He Changqing took out a bouncy ball, pinched it in his hand, and smashed it towards the floor of the corridor, then watched the bouncy ball bounce around in the corridor, then stopped and began to roll slowly, and finally stopped between the gaps between the two stone slabs.
Seeing this, Hou Zhenbang said: "It seems that there should be no organs." ”
Wei Chi looked into the distance: "But I can't see what is at the end of the corridor?" ”
It's because it's too bright, the three of them can't see what is at the end of the corridor at all, and even if they take out the binoculars, what they can see is pitch black. If there is no such strong light in the hallway, you should be able to see the end of the hallway clearly with a flashlight.
The hallway is about thirty meters long, the same height as the width, and it should be about four meters. If they ran over in one go, it shouldn't take long, but because they couldn't see what was at the end, the three of them didn't dare to act rashly. Moreover, because of the pressure mechanism in the square well, they are also worried that the mechanism will not be triggered until it reaches a certain weight?
Wei Chi was ready to step forward: "I'll try, I'll be careful." ”
He Changqing blocked Wei Chiran: "No, Zhenbang, you go." ”
Hou Zhenbang was stunned for a moment and looked at He Changqing, so why did you let me go?
He Changqing just looked at Hou Zhenbang with commanding eyes, and Hou Zhenbang said helplessly: "Okay, anyway, I owe you a life." ”
Hou Zhenbang walked up the corridor, who knew that as soon as he went up, the corridor suddenly began to rotate, Hou Zhenbang fell to the ground directly without standing firmly, and then he subconsciously lay on the ground and did not dare to move.
Wei Chiran and He Changqing, who were standing outside, saw clearly that the outer layer of the square corridor was a cylinder, and as long as someone entered, the cylinder would rotate.
Could it be that this is the organ? It's as simple as that?
He Changqing said again: "Zhenbang, climb to the front and see what is at the end." ”
Hou Zhenbang nodded, he didn't dare to get up, he could only crawl forward, and after climbing to the end, he gasped, because there was nothing at the end of the corridor, and there was a cliff below.
Hou Zhenbang turned his head and shouted: "Nothing, there is a cliff below!" ”
He Changqing asked, "What?" Cliff? Do you see clearly? ”
Hou Zhenbang flashed a strong flashlight and shone downward, and at the moment when he saw clearly below, he froze, then calmed down, and shouted: "Yes, it's a cliff, I can see it clearly, what should I do?" ”
He Changqing was a little unconvinced, and asked again: "What are you in front of?" What's on the other side of the hallway? ”
Hou Zhenbang shined a strong flashlight on the opposite side, but found that the opposite side was a cave, and the size of the cave and the corridor could just correspond, what does this mean? Could it be that the entrance is on the other side, but what is it down there?
Although there is a cliff at the end of the corridor, there is a waterhole below the cliff, and in the center of the waterhole there is a stone platform on which a coffin is placed.
According to the environment where the coffin is located, Hou Zhenbang directly judged that it should be Li Yinfeng's coffin, and if the people in the iron clothes want to hide the Ding Jia pot, it should be in or around the coffin.
The reason why Hou Zhenbang didn't tell the truth to Wei Chiran and He Changqing was because he always remembered that order.
He Changqing saw that Hou Zhenbang had been lying there, and said in a low voice: "Apprentice, something is wrong. ”
Wei Chiran asked, "Are you saying something is wrong with Senior Hou?" ”
He Changqing nodded: "Maybe this organ will only rotate, you stand here and don't move, I'll go over and take a look." ”
Wei Chiran wanted to stop He Changqing, and was ready to discuss with him before acting, who knew that He Changqing had walked directly into the corridor, and as soon as he entered the corridor, he began to rotate, He Changqing maintained his balance and ran towards Hou Zhenbang, but he didn't run a few steps, because the rotating corridor still fell because of this.
However, Wei Chiran, who was standing outside, found one thing, that is, although the corridor was rolling, the lanterns on the left and right of the corridor did not move, and they were still in their original positions.
Wei Chiran slowly approached the corridor, squatted down and looked at the rotating corridor carefully, thought for a while and shouted, "Master, don't climb, you close your eyes, then get up and walk forward slowly." ”
Although He Changqing hadn't figured out what was going on, he still closed his eyes and got up slowly as Wei Chiran said, who knew that after he closed his eyes, he found that he could walk smoothly on the originally rolling corridor.
Wei Chi Chi explained loudly: "This corridor is not rolling! It's just that there's a pattern moving on it, like that...... I don't know how to describe it, it's just a visual error anyway, making you think it's rotating, although there is indeed a cylinder spinning outside, but the cylinder is a separate individual, and the rotation of the cylinder can't affect the corridor, it's just driving the patterns around the corridor. ”
He Changqing nodded slowly, and finally understood what was going on.
At this time, Hou Zhenbang, who was lying at the end of the corridor, pinched the abacus in his hand, raised it and aimed it at He Changqing.
"Master-" Wei Chiran saw Hou Zhenbang raise his abacus, "Be careful!" Hou Zhenbang wants to ......"
Wei Chiran didn't finish speaking, but found that Hou Zhenbang just handed the abacus to He Changqing's hand, and let He Changqing, who had closed his eyes, grasp the abacus and guide him to his side.
Wei Chiran breathed a sigh of relief and swallowed back what he was going to say before, but although he was dozens of meters apart, he still felt the killing intent in Hou Zhenbang's eyes at that moment.
Do you feel like you're wrong? Hou Zhenbang obviously wanted to attack the master just now? Wei Chi panted, but did not dare to dispel the previous tension, he had to remain vigilant, and finally he simply took out the pistol, if Hou Zhenbang dared to move, he would definitely open fire immediately.