Chapter 7: The Black Box
Sha Dutian reached out and picked up the round object, which was black, cold to the touch, and slightly heavy, he couldn't tell what material it was made of, he said, "This can't be the egg of the stone table, right?" ”
It's ridiculous, Sha Dutian actually thought that the stone table would lay eggs, Zhao Ruozhi walked to the stone table and squatted down, it turned out that there was a mezzanine in the middle of the thick stone table, and the mezzanine was just enough to accommodate the black ball, he didn't find anything else, so he stood up and took the black ball from Sha Dutian's hand, and the flashlight shone on it, and there was no reflection at all.
Sha Dutian snatched the black ball and put it in his backpack, he said happily: "This is the treasure I found." He put it up easily, and he thought to himself: "Could it be that those people were looking for this before?" If so, how come there is no trace? ”
Zhao Ruozhi rolled his eyes and said, "No one is robbing you again." He put away the kitchen knife and said, "The door to come in is gone, how can we get out?" ”
Sha Dutian didn't care what Zhao Ruozhi said, he stirred up the stone table, not knowing what he was looking for.
Zhao Ruozhi no longer cares about Sha Dutian, walked to the wall alone, and pondered in his heart, now there are more and more questions, what is this black ball, and why is it hidden here? There was such a big movement here just now, didn't the original owner notice it?
The flashlight swept, Zhao Ruozhi found that there were shallow murals carved on the wall, he stared at the wall, looked at it carefully, I don't know when, Sha Dutian came over, he said: "Mentally handicapped, have you found anything?" ”
Zhao Ruozhi looked at the wall and said: "Look, there are several paintings carved on this wall, as if they are telling a story. ”
Sha Dutian looked at the wall, the mural was lifelike, although there was no color decoration, but the picture was full of sense, he said: "I don't know what is painted on it, it would be good if I painted a way out." ”
Zhao Ruozhi used a flashlight to shine on the most marginal picture and said: "You see that from here is the first picture, a group of people are kneeling on the ground, and there is a cloud floating above their heads; The second is like a sacrifice, a wizard waving a wand, and a man flies up, towards the smoke; In the third picture, the cloud envelops the person who flies up, and then the person disappears. ”
Sha Dutian said disapprerovingly: "Nonsense, do you really believe in this kind of sacrifice?" I dare say that this must be a means of confusing the ignorant people in exchange for dominance. ”
Zhao Ruozhi said: "That's not necessarily, you look at the last picture, the shaman is holding a ball in his hand, and then the upper part of the ball flies up, revealing a fan inside, this picture is so strange, I can't see what it's talking about." ”
Sha Dutian looked at the round ball in the painting, a little familiar, he suddenly woke up, took out the black ball he had just gotten and said, "Could the ball in the shaman's hand be the black ball we just found?" "The person he is looking for will not be sacrificed, he shook his head, thinking that this is nonsense.
Zhao Ruozhi also woke up, and felt that what Sha Dutian said was very right, otherwise why would so many organs be guarding this black ball?
Zhao Ruozhi looked at the black ball and said, "Lao Sha, maybe you're right, let's see if we can open it." ”
Sha Dutian looked at the black ball again, it was slippery, there was no switch, he held the black ball with both hands, one hand on the top and the other on the bottom, twisting it in the opposite direction, but it still couldn't be opened, Sha Dutian was exhausted, and he had no choice but to give up the struggle.
Sha Dutian sighed and said, "This thing can't be opened at all, it's a physical one, and the things painted on the wall must be nonsense." ”
Zhao Ruozhi said: "Lao Sha, show me the black ball again." ”
Sha Dutian handed over the black ball, Zhao Ruozhi received the black ball, held it in the palm of his hand, carefully looked at the black ball, and guessed the mystery of the black ball: when he saw the black ball for the first time, he was taken away by Lao Sha before he could see it clearly, and then when he saw the mural, he thought of this black ball, isn't it the black ball on the mural at all? So why is this black ball hidden inside this stone table? In a trance, he found that there was a small circle on the round surface of the black ball, and he pressed that part with his hand, but he didn't move, thinking that it was a mechanism, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.
Zhao Ruozhi walked to the mural again, looking at the last mural, trying to find a way to open the black ball. On the mural, the ball happened to be held by the wizard's hand, his five fingers touched the surface of the ball, and the other half of the ball was exposed above the palm, and he wondered in his heart: "Could it be that this ball was opened by witchcraft?" ”
Sha Dutian came over and said: "What's so beautiful about this bird picture, this wizard can't even hold anything, he can't hold the ball well, he takes the ball with his five fingers apart, and he is tired to look at." ”
Sha Dutian's words attracted Zhao Ruozhi's attention, he looked at the wizard's posture of holding the ball, his five fingers were very open, his fingertips touched the ball, a very strange posture, if he didn't look carefully, it was really hard to notice this detail, but why did this wizard take the ball like this?
Zhao Ruozhi also tried to hold the ball in the same posture, but there was no effect, and his heart couldn't help but be full of disappointment, maybe Lao Sha was right, this black ball has nothing to do with the ball on the mural.
When he was about to give up, he remembered the small circle on the black sphere, and he wondered if it had something to do with it. But I couldn't press it with my fingers just now. Zhao Ruozhi flipped the black ball, and suddenly, he found a small circle, the small circle was too subtle, it was difficult to find, and a bold idea popped up in his heart, will there be five small circles on this black ball, just enough for five fingers to hold down?
Sure enough, he soon found the remaining three small circles, he put five fingers on top of the five small circles, pressed hard, only to hear a click, the top half of the black ball opened.
When Sha Dutian heard the voice, he immediately ran over, looking at the black ball in disbelief, the boss with his mouth open, he really couldn't think of how Zhao Ruozhi opened this black ball.
When the black ball was opened, there was no small piece of fan on the mural inside, and there was nothing empty.
Sha Dutian hurriedly asked, "How did you open it, amazing, why is there nothing in it?" ”
Zhao Ruozhi also saw that the black ball was empty inside, and felt very strange, he said: "This is still your credit, you said that the wizard's posture with the ball was wrong, I didn't understand it at the time, and later found that there were five small circles on this black ball, just five fingers can be placed on it, I boldly guessed that this might be the opening mechanism, but I didn't expect it to be really opened, but it was empty." ”
Sha Dutian asked puzzledly: "Does that mean that the mural is all real?" If there's something on the mural, but where does it go? ”
Zhao Ruozhi said: "I think the things in this may have been taken away by the person who dug the passage, the reason why he dug the passage, wanted to hide here, to study the things in the black ball, we didn't find him after we came in, I think he probably studied it and left." ”
Sha Dutian took the black ball, and the strange thing was that the part floating on it floated over, and the structure inside the black ball was like a black box, and he said: "This black ball is very much like a box, but the appearance is round. ”
Zhao Ruozhi thought to himself: "If it weren't for the hints given by the mural, it would be really difficult to open, and the person who built this box must be a skilled craftsman." As soon as he thought of the mural, he couldn't help but tremble and said, "Lao Sha, if the mural is true, is that sacrifice also true?" ”
Sha Dutian closed the black box and put it in his backpack, he patted Zhao Ruozhi on the shoulder and said: "Don't think about it, even if it's true, the person guarding this black box has long since died, let's think about how to get out, Lao Zhao, look there." ”
Sha Dutian suddenly pointed at Zhao Ruozhi's back, his movements were very excessive, Zhao Ruozhi's expression became nervous, he didn't know what was going on, he didn't turn his head immediately, but slowly squinted his eyes, for fear that another monster would attack.
Sha Dutian laughed and said, "Look at what scares you, it's just a hole." ”
Zhao Ruozhi heard that it was not a monster, and instantly put his mind at ease, thinking in his heart: "What? A hole? He turned his head curiously, and there was a dark hole in the wall behind him, and he didn't know when it appeared.
Zhao Ruozhi asked incredulously: "Lao Sha, how can there be a hole here?" It dawned on him that they had probably touched some mechanism and inadvertently opened the door.
Sha Dutian walked forward slowly, swept the flashlight, and said, "If I had known that there was a bird cave here, I would have used it to be bored here for so long. ”
The quiet hole suddenly appeared in front of him, Zhao Ruozhi felt a sense of fear in his heart, this hole was not the door they came in, he didn't know where it led, he whispered: "Lao Sha, let's be careful, this hole suddenly appeared, it may be full of organs, let's discuss it before we go in." ”
Sha Dutian stopped and thought to himself: "The mentally handicapped is right, this hole suddenly appeared, maybe it is really a trap." ”
Thinking of the buzzing sound underground, Zhao Ruozhi continued: "Lao Sha, this hole is probably controlled by an organ, we touched something, so this hole was opened." ”
Sha Dutian didn't understand so many doorways, and said: "I think we can only go in and see, trapped here is also sleepy, if there are really any monsters, we can only sit here and wait to die, it is better to take the initiative to attack, maybe there is an exit ahead." ”
Zhao Ruozhi is still hesitating, there are too many mechanisms here, and I don't know what will happen when I enter that hole, what if there is really a more powerful mechanism, what should I do, but it is not a way to be trapped here, Sha Dutian is right, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to take the initiative to attack.
Before they could make a decision, the hole in front of them was slowly closing, and a stone door was blocking the entrance of the cave very slowly, without a trace of stinging sound, Sha Dutian took the fire pestle and said eagerly: "If you don't leave, this door will be closed." Sha Dutian dodged into the cave.
Zhao Ruozhi saw that the stone door was devouring the entrance of the cave little by little, gritted his teeth, and also got into the hole.