After the water level had completely dropped, everyone found that there were more than a dozen stone slabs at the bottom of the cave that had been turned over, and the water was flowing away through the passage under the stone slabs.

At the same time, Tang Qianlin, who was still coughing, also appeared at the secret door, and An Ran immediately greeted him: "Are you okay?" ”

Tang Qianlin shook his head and slowed down for a long time before saying, "The mechanism is inside, this is a reverse mechanism, and the entrance is also inside." ”

After Tang Qianlin found out that the passage in the bronze statue was a trap, he finally noticed the secret door that was constantly pouring water, according to the principle of most mechanisms, the most dangerous place is precisely the position of closing or opening the mechanism, only that position will not be discovered by people who try to open the mechanism.

Therefore, Tang Qianlin rushed into the secret door, and sure enough, he felt a pull ring in the secret door, and after pulling the iron ring hard, the gate was closed, the water flow stopped, and after the water level receded, another stone door located in the secret door slowly opened.

Everyone walked into the secret door, looked at the passage inside the door, and felt the warm breeze coming from the passage, which felt very weird.

Yi Mochen watched at the door: "It feels quite warm inside." ”

"Flow." Tang Qianlin coughed for a while after saying two words, "Most of the organs are activated by water flow, and the premise of no water flow is to use natural gas, otherwise, the mechanism will not be able to last for so long, and most of the organs are made of stones or things that are not easy to rust and rot, you have to pay attention in the future, let's go, hurry up." ”

An Ran looked at Tang Qianlin with an appreciative look, this scene was seen by Yi Mochen, and he dragged Li Yunfan with his hand, and after Tang Qianlin, An Ran and Ni Xiaowan walked in, he said: "I see, that Miss An An has a good impression of Old Tang." ”

Ye Da glanced at Yi Mochen, and Yi Mochen quipped: "What's wrong?" Jealous? Do you like Miss Ann? ”

Ye Da ignored him, just shook his head and walked into the door.

Li Yunfan quickly caught up with Ni Xiaowan and followed behind her, because his task was to keep an eye on this suspicious girl, and Ye Da stepped forward at this time and took Ni Xiaowan's backpack.

Ni Xiaowan was stunned: "What are you doing?" ”

Ye Da said: "It's weird, I'll help you hold it." ”

After speaking, Ye Da walked forward, Yi Mochen looked at Ye Da's back, then at Ni Xiaowan, and smiled deliberately.

Ni Xiaowan remembered Tang Qianlin's words and wondered: Could it be that Ye Da is the one who likes me?

Li Yunfan, who was watching all this, felt weird, although he couldn't say it, he always felt that something was wrong.

After passing through the passage, they came to what looked like a trench, which was only wide enough for two people to move in parallel, and the sides were so high that they could not see beyond the trench on tiptoe.

Tang Qianlin tried to climb the edge, but because the trench was polished to a very smooth surface, it was very difficult to climb up, so he had to ask Li Yunfan, Yi Mochen and Ye Da to help him put himself outside the trench.

After Tang Qianlin climbed up, he only saw that it was pitch black, he shook the water on the flashlight, and found that he couldn't open it, so he had to take out the torch prepared in advance, pour it with fire oil and light it, but the light of the torch could only shine on a small area around it, and what he could see was next to the ditch or the ditch.

"Oh no, it's a labyrinth." Tang Qianlin squatted down and said to the people in the trench, "Give me the flare gun." ”

Li Yunfan took out the signal gun and handed it to Tang Qianlin, Tang Qianlin stuffed a signal flare, and after firing a shot into the distance, the signal flare didn't fly far before it hit the top of the cave and fell directly into the trench below.

Although it was only for a short moment, Tang Qianlin could roughly see that the cave outside the passage was full of trenches like spider webs, and the height between the ground of the cave and the top of the cave was about two meters.

It stands to reason that the way to get out of the trench quickly is to climb directly above the trench, but because of the light and the overhanging rocks on the roof of the cave, it will directly block the direction of people's progress, which is also the direct reason why the signal flare cannot fly too far.

Therefore, it is not feasible to quickly get out of this maze through the top of the trench.

Tang Qianlin jumped back into the trench and told everyone what he saw.

Yi Mochen scolded: "Who is sick?" Dig a trench in this place? ”

An Ran asked, "Teacher Tang, is there any way to say this kind of maze?" ”

"Teacher Tang?" Yi Mochen accosted beside him, "This title is quite fresh." ”

Tang Qianlin glared at Yi Mochen, and Li Yunfan also signaled Yi Mochen to shut up.

Tang Qianlin explained: "The purpose of the maze is to trap people, in the ordinary labyrinth, it is just to trap and prevent people from moving forward, and the more complex maze, in addition to trapping people, also has to kill the people who enter." You see, the sides of the trench were covered with stones, and they were so smooth that we only had to light a torch to illuminate the surroundings because of the reflection. ”

Ni Xiaowan said: "Isn't it good? ”

"It's not good, first of all, it will obstruct your vision, it will feel dazzling." Tang Qianlin looked at the side and said, "Secondly, over time, it will make people's eyes fatigue and lose the ability to distinguish things, and sometimes things that seem to be beneficial to us are often traps." ”

Li Yunfan said: "Old Tang, let's do it, you lead the way in front, Miss An follows you, followed by Mochen, then Ye Da and Xiaowan, I am responsible for breaking the back." ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Wait." ”

After speaking, he held the wind ruler high, probed around, and then said: "Strange, there is no wind here at all, the air flow is very weak, but we have no problem breathing, no matter what, it is better to be careful." ”

As they were about to set off, they heard a strange sound all around, like the sound of knives and forks rubbing against plates, and then it became as harsh as a human fingernail sliding across a blackboard.

The moment the voice came, everyone felt uncomfortable and covered their ears, and Ni Xiaowan trembled all over.

Although Ye Da and Tang Qianlin also felt uncomfortable, they were better than the others, and the two of them looked around, wondering what the sound was coming from.

At this time, An Ran squatted on the ground, covering his ears, covered in sweat, and the whole person curled up in a ball, looking like he was about to collapse.

For a long time, after the voice disappeared, An Ran still frowned, trembling uncontrollably, and his exposed skin was full of goosebumps.

Tang Qianlin stepped forward and asked, "Miss An, are you okay?" ”

An Ran, who was covered with sweat, shook his head: "It's okay, just wait a while." ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Miss An, I said in advance that not anyone can come to this kind of place, I think, you better go back, and leave the rest to us." ”

An Ran shook his head: "No, I have to confirm with my own eyes whether my mother is still alive." ”

Seeing An Ran so insistent, Tang Qianlin also knew that he couldn't convince her, so he had to say: "Okay, let's go, you follow me." ”

Tang Qianlin walked at the front of the line, holding a compass to discern the direction, although he didn't know the specific location of the exit, he had to make marks along the way, so as not to repeat the rotation in place.

As the team advanced, several pairs of eyes watched them from the top of the cave.

As Tang Qianlin walked, he marked the trench with the Xia Feng gun, because it was not possible to use the Xia Feng gun in the trench, he could only turn the long spear into a short gun, and Li Yunfan, who was in charge of the broken team, also used a dagger to mark along the way.

Everyone shuttled in the trench for half an hour, but they didn't go out, An Ran was a little flustered, grabbed Tang Qianlin and asked, "Teacher Tang, are we going around in circles?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "No, I made marks along the way, we didn't go around in circles, don't worry, don't worry." ”

At this moment, An Ran really regretted not listening to Tang Qianlin's words and returned, her determination and courage had been gradually crushed by the real predicament and danger.

Ni Xiaowan, who was walking in the center of the team, hugged Jelly Bean tightly, and Jelly Bean also looked very uneasy, looked around, and suddenly let out an attacking whine.

Tang Qianlin heard the cry of jelly beans, stopped and looked around.

An Ran hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "The cat barked, which means that there is danger, and animals are more sensitive than people, especially in this environment. ”

After looking around and not finding any danger, Tang Qianlin was about to move forward when a skeleton fell from the sky and smashed directly into a position about a meter in front of him, so frightened that he cried out in a frightened voice.

"Don't be afraid! Back off! Tang Qianlin stared at the broken skeleton and observed it for a while, before slowly stepping forward.

Li Yunfan's attention was not in front, but squatted down, staring at the back, paying attention to the situation behind him.

Tang Qianlin walked up to the skeleton, looked at it, and said: "This should be a member of your mother's archaeological team, judging from the bones, it is a male, but I don't know the age, he is not tall, he will not be Russian and British, excluding Jinguss, this should be a Japanese, that is, the person named Mitsui Kamihiro." ”

An Ran raised his eyes to look at the dark roof of the cave, turned on the flashlight and shone it: "How did it fall from the sky?" ”

Ni Xiaowan and Ye Da also held flashlights and shone them upward, not understanding what was going on.

An Ran approached the skeleton: "In other words, my mother's archaeological team lost the first person here?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Probably, but after knowing your mother's identity, I am not surprised at all that she unlocked the bronze statue mechanism." ”

As he spoke, Tang Qianlin used a short gun to pick open the corpse's clothes and backpack, wanting to see if there was anything else in it, and finally found a notebook in the pile of things in the backpack.

Sure enough, the notes were all in Japanese, Tang Qianlin couldn't understand it, so he threw it to Ye Da: "Show Yunfan, what is written on it, maybe there are clues we need to use." ”

Ye Da took the note, and the moment he turned around and handed it to Li Yunfan, the note was directly grabbed by something, and then soared into the air.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they looked at the notebook suspended in mid-air, and at the same time, they didn't notice that the bones that were originally on the ground stood crookedly.

After the corner of Tang Qianlin's eyes swept to the skeleton that stood up, he flashed to An Ran, staring at the skeleton that stood up, but his head was still tilted to one side.

An Ran looked at the skeleton standing up, his eyes widened, his scalp exploded, and his whole body seemed to be electrified, and he even forgot to scream.

The rest of the team also stared at the skeleton, and Tang Qianlin said in a low voice, "Stand back, step back slowly." ”