Chapter 475: The Rising Stone Pillar
Huzi whined and vomited for a while, and the whole person was about to vomit and collapse, so he staggered over with his stomach covered, and after seeing the seventh master, Tie Qing's face asked, "Damn, seventh master, what the hell did you give Lao Tzu to drink, my stomach is about to vomit." ”
The seventh master gestured to himself, ignoring Huzi, but Wang Chuyi walked over from the side, grabbed Huzi's arm and said, "The seventh master gives you a drink is naturally a good thing, it can save your life, don't ask, hurry up and sit down to eat something, and when Lao Bai recovers, let's set off quickly." ”
Next, the four of us sat around the campfire and ate something to replenish our strength, according to my observations, this stone chamber is very large, and there are about twenty stone pillars around it, each of which is staring at the top of the stone chamber.
From my experience, I deduce that such a large stone chamber should not be too far from the main burial chamber, and if you can find a passage in this stone chamber, then the Eight Achievements will lead to the main burial chamber.
As I was thinking so, Huzi also said, "Damn, I think this stone room is not small, there must be a coffin, maybe there is more than one, let's look for it later." Huzi said slurred as he ate a large piece of air-dried beef he brought.
When we were full of food and drink, and our physical strength was almost recovered, Huzi stood up first, raised the flashlight and walked towards the side of the stone room, and turned back and said, "I'll go to the front to see, if you are full and have nothing to do, go to the other side to see, we will still meet here in a while, burn the bonfire a little more, don't fucking extinguish it later." With that, Huzi walked forward.
At this time, the seventh master also stood up, holding a flashlight and walking in another direction, just like that, the four of us divided into four directions and began to search the entire stone room, because this stone room is too big, we are scattered farther, I raised the flashlight and walked forward for about five minutes, only then did I vaguely see the edge of the stone room.
After walking in, I found that on the walls around the stone room, a large mural was painted with black and red oil paint, on which a giant dragon was painted, and below the dragon, there were countless people who were fleeing for their lives, each with panicked expressions, because the mural was a single color, it looked a little infiltrating.
In the middle of the strokes, there was a huge cavity in the ground beneath the dragon, the crack was wide, and many people had fallen into it, and the whole mural depicted this scene, as if the Guge people had encountered some great disaster.
But what kind of disaster, I can't judge, because the dragon is definitely non-existent, the ancients because of superstition, a lot of unexplained natural phenomena, are depicted in an exaggerated and illusory way, what ghosts, what dragon kings and the like, endlessly, according to my judgment, it may be that the Guge people encountered a major earthquake in the place of residence, the ground cracked, and the Guge people did not have time to escape and fell down.
Seeing this, I suddenly had a bold conjecture, was this huge underground space formed at that time? Is the reason why the remnants of Guge built a huge ancient castle in this dark place underground because of the cracks formed by the earthquake?
If that's the case, then there's definitely a way out at the top of our heads!
But when I thought about it, the age of the Guge Dynasty was so old that even if the mural was exactly the same as I had speculated, there must have been crustal movements, and the cracks at the top might have been covered by some mountain, otherwise how could this place be so dark.
While thinking so, I held the flashlight and walked along the rock wall, only to see Wang Chuyi's flashlight shaking not far away in front of me, and the two of us were about thirty meters apart, and soon met at the corner between the two walls of the stone room.
"Lao Bai, look at it!" Wang Chu raised his flashlight and shone it into the corner.
I followed the light and looked ahead, only to see a huge sarcophagus lying quietly at the corner between the two walls, about ten meters outward!
This sudden discovery caught me off guard, most of the ordinary sarcophagi appear in the middle of the burial chamber, but how can this sarcophagus appear in the corner? I remember a similar situation before, but it really made us suffer a lot, and now it's like this again, I can't help but feel a big head.
At this moment, the light of Huzi's flashlight also shook in the distance, looking at the amplitude and movement of his shaking, he should have found something, but before I could see Huzi's condition clearly, I felt that the flashlight on the seventh master's side was also flickering, and it seemed that something had been found.
"Assemble! Assemble everyone! I shouted.
When we returned to the campfire again, Huzi couldn't wait to say, "Hehe, fuck, what did I say, coffin!" There must be a coffin in such a large stone chamber, and in the corner where I went just now, there is one, a stone one, which looks quite large, and there should be a lot of good things. Saying that, Huzi was already eager to try, and he couldn't wait to go over and pry the coffin open.
At this moment, the Seventh Master also spoke, "I also have a coffin over there, and the stone one is not small. ”
Hearing the words of the seventh master, Wang Chuyi and I glanced at each other tacitly, and said, "We also have it over there!" ”
When Huzi heard this, his face was full of excitement, and he said, "Damn, I knew that this stone room is so big, there is definitely more than one coffin, and sure enough, I guessed it, there are coffins in the four corners of this stone room!" As soon as Huzi's words fell, his body suddenly stiffened, and the whole person was stunned, the excited look on his face disappeared at once, his expression began to become solemn, and he said, "I said brothers, why do I feel so awkward, shouldn't the coffin be placed in the middle of the tomb?" Why is the coffin in this stone chamber in the four corners? And it's so symmetrical, can it be said that ......"
Before he finished speaking, Huzi's eyes flashed and he looked at the seventh master.
The seventh master also frowned at this time, did not speak, took out a cigarette and lit it.
I was a little anxious, so I asked Huzi, "Damn, don't sell Guanzi, what's the situation?" What's the point of putting the coffin in the four corners? Or is there some kind of mechanism? ”
Huzi turned his head, looked at me, sighed, and said, "I'm afraid it's really a mechanism, and it's quite troublesome." ”
When Huzi is not interested in the coffin, I know that there is a big trouble, this guy regards wealth as his life, after entering the ancient tomb, the artifact is his father, the only reason that can make him give up the coffin, give up looking for the coffin, that is, open the coffin will die.
Wang Chuyi obviously knew Huzi's temperament, and when he saw him like this, he couldn't help but tremble, and said, "What? More dangerous than the passage we came in before? Wang Chuyi asked tentatively.
Huzi sighed, simply sat on the ground, and said, "That's not true, this coffin is difficult, it must be opened at the same time, otherwise the mechanism will definitely be triggered." ”
Hearing Huzi say this, I hurriedly asked, "Since this is the case, let's not open this coffin, anyway, this is not the main tomb, such a dangerous coffin, it is not worth the risk." ”
How do you know that Huzi sneered and said, "Lao Bai, haven't you found it yet?" We've all reached the edge of this stone chamber just now, who has discovered the Yongdao? Has anyone discovered the Stone Gate? Are there rock walls on all sides? ”
After Huzi's reminder, I was also unconsciously stunned, and said yes, just now I was just looking at the mural on the wall, but I didn't realize that there was no exit on the rock wall at all.
I hurriedly turned my head to look at Wang Chuyi, and wanted to ask her if she had found any stone gates, passages and other places that could be passed, but before I could open my mouth, I saw Wang Chuyi slowly shake his head, obviously the same as what happened to me.
So I looked at the seventh master again, and saw that the seventh master was also smoking with his head down, and he didn't say a word.
I immediately said that it was not good, and quickly asked, "Then how did you get in?" "Seventh Master, when they came in, I was in a coma, it should have been the three of them who carried me in, since I can enter, then there must be an entrance, as long as I return along the same road, it should still be possible.
I thought so in my heart, but I saw Huzi stretch out his hand and point to the ground, I didn't understand what he meant, so I asked, "Damn, speak, don't sell Guanzi." ”
Huzi said, "Coming up from below, do you remember the chains we saw before?" ”
I nodded, thinking back to the intricate chains, I could break out in a cold sweat when I thought about it now.
Huzi continued, "A large part of those chains are traps, and a small part is used for passage, I remember that after you fainted, Wang Chuyi and I carried you forward, this place is really weird, some of the mechanisms are more complicated than modern technology, after walking through a swirling stone corridor, I found a stone pillar that can rise, just like the elevator we are sitting on now, we went up directly." Huzi said, dancing with his hands, as if he was afraid that I would not understand.
At this moment, Wang Chuyi said, "After arriving here, I realized that the rising stone pillar is a one-time mechanism, once the iron chain used to connect the stone pillar is triggered, the weight attached to the other end of the iron chain will fall, and the stone pillar will begin to rise, a mechanism that is not complicated but very useful." ”
In my mind, I began to construct the picture of that time, the rising stone pillars, the falling weights.
"You're saying that the pillar will rise slowly under the pull of a weight much heavier than the pillar?"
Huzi and Wang Chuyi nodded at the same time.
Now I understood what Huzi said about the one-time mechanism, which connects the weight at the bottom of the stone pillar, once it is let go and sinks, the stone pillar is raised, but it is indeed impossible to descend again, unless we find a boulder, which is heavier than the weight under the stone pillar, this probability can be said to be zero in the stone chamber we are in now, and it is absolutely impossible to achieve.