Chapter 42: The World Below (Part I)
When Tang Qianlin pointed upwards, Jin Gusi subconsciously looked upward, and it took a long time to react: "Soul Devouring Beast? ”
Tang Qianlin nodded and said, "You finally figured it out, yes, don't forget, the Soul Eater Beast here is alive, and the one over there has long since died, leaving only bones." I wasn't sure before I ran over, but when I saw that there weren't any of those male and female ghost lanterns, I knew I had guessed right. ”
As he spoke, Tang Qianlin raised the book "Kyushu Ten Thousand Beasts Map" in his hand: "There is a record here, the food of the Soul Eater Beast is a ghost lantern, and the two will appear in the same place, it is not unreasonable, I estimate that they complement each other, so I decided to take a gamble." ”
Jinguth nodded silently: "Okay, you won." ”
Tang Qianlin frowned and looked at him: "Mr. Jin, don't get me wrong, I never wanted to compete with you to win or lose, I have to thank you, thank you for sending this atlas to me, otherwise, we will all die here today." ”
Jin Gusi knew very well that Tang Qianlin had given him enough face at this time, if he hadn't made a mistake, Zhang Dagen would not have died.
Zhang Dagen's death made Li Yunfan and Qian Sinian very angry.
For Li Yunfan, Zhang Dagen's death deprived him of the best clue to investigate the spies, and for Qian Sinian, Zhang Dagen's death meant that one of his plans had completely failed and could no longer be carried out.
At the same time, Qian Sinian finally understood that he thought too much about the investigation of the non-mountain, and he finally understood that the establishment of the secret search class by Kyoji Miyake and the search for these heterogeneous masters in the people was not a whim, but well-founded.
So, Chance decided to change his strategy to do what he had to do.
Jiro Takahashi walked up to Tang Qianlin: "Mr. Tang, what should I do now?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "Let me think about it." ”
Tang Qianlin walked to the position of the slate groove under the gaze of everyone.
Ni Xiaowan stepped forward and said, "Be careful." ”
Tang Qianlin nodded: "It's okay." ”
Tang Qianlin observed the dried corpse with a large hole in its head, chest, and abdomen.
Ni Xiaowan, Qiao Tong, Li Yunfan, Yi Mochen, and Qingquan came to him, and Takahashi Jiro hesitated for a moment and stepped forward.
Qian Sinian glanced at Jinguss, who didn't move, just watched from afar.
Qian Sinian took care of the previous things and did not dare to step forward easily.
"You see, the female ghost lantern has always been sealed inside the dried corpse, if you put the dried corpse in it, the mechanism is activated, and the spear pierces the corpse at the same time, the liquid flowing out will corrode the stiff surface of the dried corpse, thus releasing the female ghost lantern." Tang Qianlin pointed to the hole in the corpse's body, then raised his eyes to look at the others, and pointed to the top of his head, "The male ghost lantern has been wandering outside, and the male and female will not attack other creatures without being together." ”
Ni Xiaowan said: "But there are soul devouring beasts, if it weren't for the dead one, I'm afraid we wouldn't be attacked at all." ”
Yi Mochen said: "I think that maybe only one was alive at the beginning, and the other was originally a skeleton, otherwise, there would be no point in the designer of the mechanism making such a trap." ”
Tang Qianlin nodded: "I think so too, the reason why I left one alive is that I think it is just a back road left for himself by the designer of the mechanism at the beginning, in case there is any problem in the production process, I can still be rescued." ”
Ni Xiaowan agreed: "That's right, the male and female ghost lanterns are together, there is no way to deal with them at all, even if it is the designer of the mechanism himself, he will be afraid." ”
Li Yunfan looked at the dried corpse and said, "What should I do now, Old Tang, have you thought of it?" ”
Tang Qianlin said: "On the premise that there are no other organs, I think we still have to start from here, you get out of the way, and leave someone to help me carry the dried corpse out." ”
After Tang Qianlin finished speaking, no one left, and everyone worked together to lift the dried corpse out of the groove.
When the corpse was lifted, the three spears that emerged from the grooves were slowly retracted and restored to their original shapes.
Qingquan squatted there and studied the dried corpse, and said to himself, "How did you do it?" The body is as hard as iron. ”
Tang Qianlin measured the groove with the lower phoenix gun, and in the process of measuring, he found that there seemed to be something on both sides of the edge of the groove, so he lay down to take a closer look.
Ni Xiaowan hurriedly said, "Be careful." ”
Tang Qianlin nodded, climbed down and looked carefully, and found that there were two iron rings on both sides next to each other's hands, Tang Qianlin saw this, and looked around along the edge again, and found that there were only those two iron rings.
"You let me go." After Tang Qianlin asked everyone to walk away, he stood on both sides of the groove, reached out and grabbed the two iron rings, and then pulled them out hard, but the iron rings were only pulled out a few inches, and they couldn't pull them at all.
Tang Qianlin thought about it, changed the direction, and leaned down, but with a slight tug, the iron was pulled out, and the iron ring was still connected to the iron chain, but it was only a little longer than before, and it couldn't be pulled at all.
"Strange." Tang Qianlin let go of the iron ring and stood there thinking.
Yi Mochen, who was standing aside, suddenly thought of something: "Do you want someone to lie in it?" ”
As soon as Yi Mochen finished speaking, Tang Qianlin suddenly realized: "Yes, people have to lie in, otherwise what's the point of designing this slot?" ”
"No way!" Ni Xiaowan hurriedly stopped, "Didn't you see the mechanism below?" The dried corpse was put in, and the spear was pierced out. ”
Qiao Tong also said: "Yes, it's dead." ”
Li Yunfan sighed: "It's stuck in a dead loop." ”
Just when Tang Qianlin wanted to lie down in despite everyone's dissuasion, Jin Gusi stepped forward and said, "Let me come." ”
Tang Qianlin looked at Jin Gusi and shook his head.
Jinguss said: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't fight with you to win or lose, I just wanted to ......"
Speaking of this, Jinguth paused, and then said, "It's nothing, let me come." ”
Tang Qianlin said: "There is another one over there, how about the two of us being responsible for one?" I reckon the two of them will have to pull the hoop at the same time to open the mechanism here. ”
Jinguth nodded: "Okay, I'll go." ”
When Jingusi walked over, Tang Qianlin arranged again: "Cigarette butt, you go to the connection, wait for Jinguth and I to lie down, ready, you are responsible for counting one, two, three, we will listen to your command to pull the hoop together, and the others, try to stand as far away as possible, because I can't guarantee that there will be no mistakes." ”
Ni Xiaowan immediately went to the connection to stand up, and the others also stood a little farther away and waited.
Soon after, the voice of Gingruth came: "I'm ready." ”
Tang Qianlin also said: "I'm also ready." ”
"Then we're ready to go." Ni Xiaowan looked left and right, "One, two, three!" Pull! ”
After Ni Xiaowan finished shouting the password, Tang Qianlin and Jin Gusi pulled the iron ring to the center of their abdomen at the same time.
Qingquan in the distance closed his eyes, and always felt that the next scene he saw was that Tang Qianlin and Jingusi had turned into two corpses, but he didn't expect that after the iron ring turned, the stone slab where Tang Qianlin was lying began to rotate, and the rotation also drove the surrounding silt.
Soon the stone slab slowly rose for a distance, and then slowly moved away to the right, and an entrance to the tunnel appeared in the original place of the stone slab.
After Tang Qianlin got up, he looked at Ni Xiaowan's position and asked, "Cigarette butt, how is Mr. Jin doing over there?" ”
Ni Xiaowan said: "Like here, an entrance has also appeared. ”
After inspecting the two entrances and exits, they met at the junction.
After Tang Qianlin stood still, he deliberately didn't speak, just looked at everyone.
Seeing that Tang Qianlin didn't speak, Qiao Tong was worried that Qian Sinian would make his own decisions again, so he hurriedly said: "Divide the troops again, no matter how you divide it, I have to be with Mr. Tang." ”
Ni Xiaowan also hurriedly said, "Me too." ”
Qingquan also immediately raised his hand: "I! ”
Qian Sinian glared at Qingquan: "What are you!" ”
Li Yunfan glanced at Yi Mochen and knew his plan, so he simply said: "I'm with Mochen, Section Chief Qian, and Chief Gao Qiao, and the others follow Lao Tang, so it's no problem to distribute it like this." ”
Qiao Tong said: "I have no opinion, what about you." ”
Jiro Takahashi looked at Jinguss: "What about Mr. Kim?" ”
Everyone looked at Jinguss and was silent, because Jinguss had killed Zhang Dagen for his previous rashness, so no one wanted to join him.
Jiro Takahashi looked around: "In this way, Mr. Tang and I, Cigarette Butt, Colonel Qiao, and Qingquan are in a group of five, and the rest are in a group, so it's okay to distribute it like this, right?" ”
Everyone nodded and said it was okay, but Qian Sinian was silent.
Li Yunfan deliberately asked: "Section Chief Qian, what do you think?" ”
Qian Sinian coughed, looking very unnatural: "I obey the orders of Chief Takahashi. ”
Jiro Takahashi pulled out his gun and checked: "No problem, let's go our separate ways, good luck to everyone." ”
After speaking, Takahashi Jiro turned around and walked to the entrance of the cave on the left, and Tang Qianlin told Li Yunfan and Yi Mochen to "Be careful" before leading the others away.
Jin Gusi, Qian Sinian, Li Yunfan and Yi Mochen stood there, watching the five people walk into the entrance, and no one took the lead in setting off towards the entrance on the right, just stood there, looking at each other.
Finally, it was Li Yunfan who broke the silence: "Among the four of us, Mr. Jingus is the most professional, I suggest that he lead the team, Boss Yi is the deputy team leader, and Section Chief Qian and I obey the command of the two of you." ”
Qian Sinian nodded helplessly, indeed, this kind of strange place is not what he and Li Yunfan are good at.
Li Yunfan said again: "Section Chief Qian, take a step to speak." ”
Hearing this, Jin Gusi and Yi Mochen walked towards the entrance first.
Qian Sinian touched it for a long time, took out a cigarette, and lit it: "What do you want to say?" ”
Li Yunfan said coldly: "What are you here for?" ”
Qian Sinian pretended not to understand: "What do you mean?" ”
Li Yunfan said: "Before Zhang Dagen died, he told me everything. ”
Qian Sinian smiled: "What? Do you admit who you are? ”
Li Yunfan nodded and said, "If you don't admit it, you can't help it." ”
As he spoke, Li Yunfan took out his gun and aimed it at Qian Sinian.
Qian Sinian looked down at the muzzle of the gun: "Have you ever thought about how to explain to Section Chief Park and General Miyake when you go out after killing me?" ”
"Whether we have the life to go out or not is one thing, and as far as I know, this investigation is complicated." Li Yunfan said coldly, "Besides, even if I kill you and leave here alive, I can make up a reason at will, you and Zhang Dagen are both dead, there is no proof of death, and the rest of you have no friendship with you, and I won't help you say anything." ”
Qian Sinian stood facing Li Yunfan, stretched out his arms and said, "Shoot, come, kill me, as you said, there is no proof of death." ”