Chapter 6: The Automaton
Zhao Ruozhi was also taken aback, he didn't expect that after Sha Dutian slammed the door with a fire pestle, the door actually opened, and he realized that after the nine-square grid was aligned, he still needed to press the circular pattern in the middle to open the door, and Sha Dutian's unintentional move happened to touch the last mechanism on the door.
The circular door parted in the middle and retracted straight into the walls on both sides, leaving only the circular pattern hanging in the air, and behind the circular pattern was a stone pillar, and the circular pattern was stuck on the stone pillar.
After the circular door disappears, the stone pillars begin to rise until the circular pattern is fixed in the center above the door.
Zhao Ruozhi raised his head, the flashlight shone on the circular pattern, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see why, but he felt that this door looked like a head, and the circular pattern happened to be the mark at the center of the eyebrows.
Sha Dutian shone a flashlight into the door, it was dark and empty, and he said to himself, "There shouldn't be nothing in here." ”
Zhao Ruozhi was afraid that there would be something more powerful inside, so he responded casually: "Since there is nothing, let's go home." He lowered his head and pondered, there were always a few questions in his heart, how the snake came from, what mechanism was activated by the buzz underground, where the people who dug the passage went, and what the purpose of Shadutian was, he didn't know, as long as he stayed here, there was an unknown danger, or it was safest to go out.
Shadu genius didn't care what Zhao Ruozhi was thinking, he stepped into the door in one step, Zhao Ruozhi had no choice but to follow in, he saw a stone table, the stone table was empty, there were no stone benches around the stone table, except for being particularly thick, there was nothing special, like a useless ornament.
Sha Dutian complained: "It's really boring, why don't you surprise my old sand, it's empty, could it be that such a mysterious place is to protect this useless stone table?" ”
Zhao Ruozhi stroked the stone table, wanting to see if there was any mechanism, he heard Sha Dutian complaining, so he said: "That's not easy to say, if this stone table is really a baby, you can't take it away." ”
Sha Dutian was very unhappy when he heard this: "Hey, I said mentally retarded, did you deliberately mock me, don't say it, if it's really a baby, believe it or not, I'll get it out." ”
Zhao Ruozhi raised his hand and surrendered: "I believe, I believe, okay, now there is nothing here, I think we should go back." He had been feeling uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what it was.
Sha Dutian was very unwilling, he thought that there would be any clues in this, but there was nothing in the end.
Click, boom!
With a loud bang, Zhao Ruozhi and Sha Dutian turned around at the same time, and they saw that the door that came in was actually closed.
Sha Dutian felt very strange, and he said suspiciously, "What is the situation?" ”
Zhao Ruo said: "Lao Sha, could it be that we touched some mechanism, so the door closed by itself?" Let's go over and see if we can open the door. ”
Shadu Tianhuo had the pestle in his hand, and slowly walked forward, the door was very quiet, and nothing abnormal happened, Zhao Ruozhi followed. They tried to find the handle or mechanism that opened the door, but the door seemed to disappear, and there was no trace of it, not even the crack in the door.
"This is outrageous, isn't it, why is the door missing?" Sha Dutian smashed the wall with a fire pestle, leaving white marks on the wall.
Zhao Ruozhi said: "This is probably some kind of mechanism, this door can't disappear for no reason." He stood in front of Shadutian, closer to the wall, caressing the cold wall, and couldn't find a trace.
Sha Dutian suddenly became vigilant and said, "Mentally retarded, do you feel that something is wrong?" He thought it was something that would happen to the walls.
Except for the sudden disappearance of the gate, Zhao Ruozhi didn't feel anything wrong, he turned his head and said, "Where not...", before he finished speaking, he saw a behemoth behind Sha Dutian, like a ghost, and he opened his mouth in fright.
When Zhao Ruozhi touched the wall, Sha Dutian felt that there was something behind him, and when he looked back, he didn't find anything, and his heart was still full of uneasiness. At this time, Zhao Ruozhi turned his head, opened his mouth wide in the middle of speaking, and stared at him stupidly. Sha Dutian knew that there must be something unclean behind it, otherwise Zhao Ruozhi would not be so shocked.
Sha Dutian felt a whistling sound behind him, he didn't turn his head, hugged Zhao Ruozhi, rolled around, and rolled to the side, followed by a 'boom', the deafening sound shook Zhao Ruozhi's eardrum pain.
Sha Dutian protected Zhao Ruozhi and stood up, holding a fire pestle, only then did he see the appearance of the monster clearly, only to see that the monster slowly turned around, it was three meters high, and its six claws were tightly grasping the ground, as if it could fly over at any time, and the strangest thing was that it actually had a strange human face, which was particularly thick, without eyes, and had two tentacles on its forehead, which were swinging from side to side, as if it was exploring something.
Sha Dutian broke out in a cold sweat, and he shouted, "Damn, what kind of thing is this." He had a vague feeling that the person he was looking for was probably killed by the monster in front of him.
Zhao Ruozhi was still careful, he found that the monster's movements were very stiff, he noticed that the monster had gears on his body, and whispered: "Lao Sha, this monster is mechanically assembled, it should rely on the gear clockwork in his body to move, as long as we can jam the main gear, it will cost." ”
Before Sha Dutian could hear and understand, the monster pounced, the strength was fierce, enough to smash the stone table in front of him, Sha Dutian leaned back, knelt on his legs, and slid past the mechanical monster, he held the fire pestle tightly with both hands, the tip of the fire pestle was facing up, seeing that the monster was already directly above his body, he raised his hands up, and the fire pestle slammed into the monster's abdomen, Sha Dutian rolled under the stone table, and the tiger's mouth was faintly painful.
The strength of that monster is so great that it can be compared to Sha Dutian, the tip of the fire pestle just pierced into the belly of the monster, and was brought forward by the monster's impact force, Sha Dutian couldn't hold the fire pestle at all, if he didn't let go, he would definitely be torn off by the monster's wrist. At the same time that the monster landed, a paw slapped on the stone table, and the stone table was crumbling, and seeing that the stone table was about to collapse, Sha Dutian immediately climbed out.
Zhao Ruozhi was already dumbfounded, he retreated to the base of the wall, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, fortunately the monster pounced on Sha Dutian, not him.
The monster's tentacles trembled, and he quickly locked on Sha Dutian's position, and before Sha Dutian could kick his breath, the monster attacked again, and he looked at the eyeless monster with some horror, and couldn't understand how the monster sensed his movements. In the faint light, Sha Dutian began to run wildly, straight to the wall, the monster followed closely, Sha Dutian stepped on the wall with his left foot, his right foot stepped on the top of his left foot, flying like a wall, his right foot was forceful, a heel fight, actually fell on the back of the monster, he hugged the monster's neck tightly, at the same time, the monster saw Sha Dutian flying, and stopped at the root of the wall, and did not hit the wall. Sha Du Tian thought he had succeeded and seduced the monster into crashing into the wall, but he didn't expect the monster to crash into it.
The monster's claws were stiff and couldn't sweep to its back, and it kept shaking its body in place, Zhao Ruozhi suddenly thought of the book he got from the stone bed that recorded this monster, and he shouted: "Lao Sha, pluck out the tentacles on its forehead." ”
Sha Dutian realized that the reason why monsters always found themselves was probably because the pair of tentacles were making trouble.
"It's still our old Zhao smart" Sha Dutian said and reached out to hold a tentacle, and when he used force, the tentacle broke in response, and he stretched out to the other tentacle, suddenly, he felt a chill behind him, and subconsciously dodged, and a long tail attacked.
Before Sha Dutian could breathe a sigh of relief, the tail quickly strangled his neck, Sha Dutian grabbed the tail with both hands, trying to let himself breathe smoothly, the monster's tail slowly rose, Sha Dutian's feet flicked wildly, he was already a fish on the chopping board, and he could only be slaughtered by the monster.
Seeing that Sha Dutian was about to be strangled to death by the monster's tail, Zhao Ruozhi's mind was blank, he didn't know how to save Sha Dutian, if he didn't save him, Sha Dutian would definitely die. Sha Dutian made an ugly sound, it seemed that it was the end of the strong crossbow, Zhao Ruozhi roared, held the kitchen knife in his right hand, ran on the inclined stone table, kicked hard, his body flew up, the knife fell in his hand, and cut off the monster's other tentacle.
The tail that was wrapped around Sha Dutian was released in an instant, Sha Dutian and Zhao Ruozhi both fell heavily to the ground, Sha Dutian kept coughing, holding his throat with both hands, it is estimated that he has never suffered such a loss.
The monster lost its tentacles, immediately lost its target, and then stopped moving.
Sha Dutian coughed and said, "This thing is really powerful. ”
Zhao Ruozhi ran over to help Sha Dutian and said: "Are you okay, this monster is a mechanical device, relying on the tentacle perception on the head to attack, and now that the tentacles are gone, naturally the opportunity to find a target is lost." ”
Sha Dutian was surprised: "No wonder Lao Tzu's fire pestle pierced into its stomach, and there was no blood, it was really powerful." He admired the monster's designer, and wondered, "How do you know that he senses with his antennae?" ”
Zhao Ruozhi took out the book on the stone bed and said: "Thanks to it, you see, there is a record of the function of some insect antennae, and this page clearly records the assembly structure of this mechanical monster, and thanks to this book, otherwise we would really have to explain it here." ”
Sha Dutian gasped and said, "Who is so perverted to make such a powerful thing." "Hey, what is this?" Shadutian's flashlight shone on the collapsed stone table, and found that the thick stone table actually had a mezzanine, and a black round ball was exposed in the mezzanine.