Volume 1 Kurosawa's Domain Chapter 19 Torture
Finally, the swarthy tray turned, and everyone was so nervous that they could feel their hearts beating in the midst of concentrated waiting.
Just when one of the trays was turned to the front of their feet, in the sound of each other's rapid breathing, they heard Niu Gang shout: "Release!" ”
Then Bai Yunfei and he hurriedly used both hands to support the tray together, while Cao Longxuan and Su Lao Ghost stretched out one hand from the crack in the human body, and also held the tray or helped lift the stone.
Sun Er and Thirteen also shouted vigorously at the same time, and instantly put the stone that tied the rope on it.
Thirteen, on the other hand, leaned down on the rock, so that he could lean out and stretch out his arms, wrap the rope back from behind the boom, and quickly tie a dead knot.
And when he bent down, Sun Er held his belt with both hands and lifted his whole body weight vigorously to avoid being too heavy for the four of them to lift, so that Thirteen would instantly sink the stones and trays, and the outcome could be imagined.
In the process of Thirteen quickly tying the rope, Bai Yunfei and Niu Gang, Cao Longxuan, and Su Lao Ghost were basically half-squatting and half-kneeling, while Sun Er stood upright and tried his best to straighten his waist and pull Thirteen upward.
Instead of standing or squatting still, these men moved sideways with the pallet, and at the same time they had to lift the tray and the stone upwards with all their might, and at the same time they were carrying the thirteen.
It seems simple, but in fact, not to mention how awkward this posture is.
Fortunately, this young man Thirteen is quick to do things, and he can tie it firmly in a few clicks.
Seeing that he had finished, Bai Yunfei and Niu Gang quickly got up, dragged Thirteen's legs and shoulders and cooperated with Sun Er to lift him up directly.
At this time, everyone had already moved with the rotating scales, stumbling to the stone wall at the mouth of the passage.
Bai Yunfei's body was already crowded on the stone wall, and if he didn't lift the thirteen, either he would be tripped and planted into a deep pit, or he would squeeze several other people apart, and the unlucky ones would very likely fall into the pit.
And when Thirteen was quickly carried away from the tray by everyone, the tray at this time had almost turned through the passage, and if it was any slower, there would definitely be an accident.
And when everyone let go of their hands and grabbed at Thirteen, the tray with a stone tied to it sank in an instant.
Although the rotation of the whole balance did not change at all, everyone was horrified to find that the weightless pallet had suddenly sunk to a minimum, and there was not much distance left from the sharp barbed swarm at the bottom of the pit.
The tray on the side where the stone is tied remains on the horizontal line after sinking, and it still rotates constantly.
On the other side, the tray rises high, tethering the rope that everyone tied to it, and rotating smoothly at the highest height.
The two trays on both sides of the tray, just like this, formed a "world of difference" trend, the speed remains the same, the fortune is unabated, and the momentum is unstoppable.
Their eyes followed the rotation of the tray that sank to the bottom of the pit, and everyone saw in the flashlight that a large number of arctic vipers gradually appeared between the spikes at the bottom of the pit.
They all emerge from the holes around the bottom of the pit and from the holes in the stone walls below the sulphur zone and on the sides.
It can be seen that although there are no holes in the spikes at the bottom of the entire pit, after the balance bears a heavy load, it must have triggered a certain mechanism.
This mechanism sends a signal to stimulate the arctic vipers to emerge from their holes, and these arctic vipers are surprisingly fast, swimming to the center pillar that supports the balance in a matter of seconds.
Looking at those spotted poisonous snakes with tongues, squirming densely, Bai Yunfei felt that his scalp was numb, his stomach twitched, and he had a feeling of wanting to vomit.
Everyone quietly watched the sinking tray.
Sure enough, there are traps!
Both pallets are of equal weight, and when rotated in the same horizontal plane, both pallets are horizontal.
However, due to the weight of the two pallets, after they detached from the original horizontal trajectory and began to sink, the pallet began to tilt until it sank to a minimum and also tilted to the maximum.
It's like a bowl of water, when both trays are at the same level, the bowl is flat and the water inside won't spill.
But as one of the heavier ones is sinking and the other is rising, the two tray surfaces gradually begin to tilt, just like pouring out the bowls, when the bowls are tilted to a certain extent, where will there be water inside?
Fortunately, everyone had full mental preparation and tied up the stones in advance, otherwise the few stones used as weights would definitely fall, and like the white bones below, they would fall directly onto the spikes.
And those far-north vipers stared at the trays spinning at the bottom of the pit, and did not make an attacking movement, probably because they did not sense the heat emitted by humans or animals, so they just watched vigilantly.
This once again convinced everyone that snakes are poisonous animals, their visual ability is really not very good, and their judgment when tracking their prey is by no means completely dependent on their eyes.
All snake eyes are super myopic and cannot see distant objects clearly, and basically have no effect.
They mainly use the hyacinth (tongue) to identify scents, thus tracking the scents left behind by other animals.
Snakes of this viper family, such as rattlesnakes, five-step snakes (sharp-nosed pitpers), pit vipers, etc., have tissues and organs called "cheek sockets" that are used for infrared pyrogen detection.
Located on both sides of the nostrils and between the eyes, there are small pinhole-like holes on the left and right, and you can feel the changes in the body temperature of warm-blooded animals, so that they can track and hunt prey.
But everyone found that although these far-north vipers densely surrounded a large area around the central pillar that supported the scale, they stopped at a certain distance from the central pillar.
Several flashlights shone on the central pillar, shaking it up and down to investigate, and sure enough, it was found that a large section of the central pillar from the bottom of the pit upwards was attached to the sulfur, and they were afraid of this sulfur and automatically kept their distance.
Bai Yunfei admired in his heart, the owner of this tomb or the guy who designed this tomb was really smart, not only sealed the horizontal trajectory of the passage mouth and tray at both ends with sulfur to prevent poisonous snakes from hurting people.
It also sealed the path of the Arctic Viper to climb up the central pillar, thus cutting off the possibility of escaping out of the crater through the boom and tray.
Sure enough, step by step, fine calculations, and careful layout, it seems that he is a powerful character!
After the tray with the stone had rotated a few times at the bottom of the pit and there was nothing unusual, the group decided to move on to the next task of working together against the rising tray.
This tray has risen to the maximum limit at this time, but fortunately, the rope has been tied before the crowd, and when it turns to the crowd, as long as it can quickly pull down the rope and reach the weight of the four stones on the opposite pallet, it can pull both pallets back to their original level.
However, it is absolutely important to note that during the previous discussions, there was a consensus that it would take a process for the raised tray to be pulled down to a horizontal position.
This consumes some precious time, and it is necessary to race against time to tie the two stones that have been tied, and finally stand up alone, without any mistakes.
Otherwise, if the operation of this link fails, it is a trivial matter to re-operate, I am afraid that the more busy and chaotic the mistake will be the more thrilling, this time there is a big living person to go up, once there is an accident, regret it is too late.
So they decided that when the tray that was to be raised had not yet turned to the entrance of the passage, they would carry a man and let him stick his body and arms out as much as possible, and catch and pull the rope in advance.
Everyone began to pull down hard together, and before the tray reached the horizontal position in front of the feet, they began to lift the stone and put it up to speed up the binding.
So Niu Gang and Sun Er picked up and grabbed Thirteen's legs, supported his upper body with their hands, and lifted him diagonally above the deep pit.
After thirteen grabbed the rope, the body fell with the squatting of the two people under him, and pulled the rope down hard, and everyone could grab the rope and pull it down together.
Then Niu Gang and Bai Yunfei lifted the two stones that had been tied up and put them directly on them, and at this time, they saw the heroic young man thirteen, and he rushed onto the tray with one arrow step.
Bai Yunfei and Niu Gang took advantage of the situation to lift the tray with their hands, and everyone also held on to the tray, and his feet also fell on it.
Then Thirteen picked up the rope and tied a knot, and Bai Yunfei and Niu Gang tried to let go while moving with the tray.
But seeing that it seems that thirteen plus two stones are not as heavy as the four stones on the opposite side, the pallet on this side has risen a little, and I am worried that it will continue to rise again, so it will start to be dangerous.
At this time, the old ghost Su who was prepared next to him took a small weight and stuffed it between Thirteen's feet, and shouted: "Hold the hanging pole, stand firm and don't move!" ”
By this time, Thirteen had already left the entrance of the passage on the side of the crowd with the boom of the hanging tray, and as the rotating tray turned to the top of the pit, and turned to the opposite side along the sulfur belt that was level with the entrance of the passage.
At this time, everyone's flashlights were all focused on Thirteen, and for a while, the light on his body was the brightest, like a singing star on the stage in the 10,000-person studio venue, integrating all the neon colors in one, which was really in the spotlight.
Under the flashlight, Bai Yunfei saw that Thirteen's legs were trembling severely, and he was obviously very scared in his heart.
But the lad had never compromised on any of his actions, and even though he was now hanging in the air on the tray, full of death traps up and down, he had not heard a single timid exclamation, which showed that he was a brave and resilient man.
Bai Yunfei couldn't help but be a little curious, so he asked Sun Er: "Brother Sun, what did you do before the thirteenth?" ”
That Sun Er turned his head to look at Bai Yunfei and said with a smile: "Heroes, don't ask where they come from." ”
Bai Yunfei nodded, since the other party is not easy to mention, he will not ask again, so as not to be embarrassed.
People who can go deep into this underground palace to be born and die, it doesn't matter what their identity was before, and they don't want to be mentioned.
"This young man is good, he is not afraid of death, he dares to take risks, a team needs such a sharp soldier to take the lead." Bai Yunfei praised sincerely.
At this time, Thirteen had already arrived on the other side, and according to the plan discussed in advance, I saw him untie the rope, turn around and jump off the tray with two stones, and jump onto the opposite passage.
The tray on which he was standing rose in an instant, and the tray with four stones on the side of the crowd sank rapidly.
This was also the situation that everyone expected, but seeing the thirteen people crossing this huge pit without danger shows that this incredible balance was designed here in the first place, and it was used to ferry people.
However, this is not as simple as ferrying merchants, this is not only the only way to pass, but also a trap to trap and trap people who want to pass by!
Seeing him pass unharmed, a stone that had always hung in everyone's hearts finally landed.
Especially when Thirteen was holding the scales and spinning above the deep pit, countless arctic vipers were drilled out of the holes above and below the horizontal sulfur zone of the deep pit.
Half of these vipers shrank in the hole, and the front half of their bodies poked out of the hole, sticking out their tongues, staring at the thirteen on the tray, like wolves staring at a lamb, which was creepy.
Fortunately, Thirteen and the tray opposite are in horizontal balance and rotation, otherwise, the next picture is unimaginable.
The two pallets turned around twice, one high and one low, and when the pallet that had previously carried thirteen was about to turn in front of everyone again, everyone pulled Niu Gang's body, let him grab the rope in advance, and began to pull the pallet down quickly and forcefully.
When they were about to pull to the level, everyone quickly followed the previous method and loosened the two stones tied in advance and took them off, and then Su Lao Ghost and Niu Gang quickly stood up.
The weight of the two of them was weighed by everyone, and the reason why they let the two of them go up together is the law of "the sum of positive and negative equals zero", Niu Gang's big body must be much more important than two stones, and Su Laogui's thin body is too light, which is suitable for cooperating with him.
When the two of them went up, the people who carried the tray at the entrance of the hole on both sides did not feel that either end was too heavy, indicating that it was basically balanced.
At this time, the thirteen on the other side pressed the small weight he was holding in his arms to the four stones, and the two ends tended to be more balanced and stable.
When Niu Gang and Su Lao Ghost also crossed the giant pit safely and smoothly, everyone temporarily stopped transporting people and began to transport everyone's backpacks over in batches.
The delivery of materials is not so tense, it is probably balanced, and when it is turned to the opposite side, the personnel on the opposite side can be quickly disassembled, after all, there is no casualty problem with the materials.
In this way, Cao Longxuan and Sun Er have also passed, and in the end, Bai Yunfei is still left here.
And when Cao Longxuan and Sun Er passed, they had already changed from two people at a time to one at a time, because everyone needed to cooperate in advance to reduce the four stones tied on the opposite side to two.