Chapter 53: The Road to the City
We quickly approached the past, and the stairs were not yet fully open, but they had a basic shape, and we didn't care about that.
In order to prevent problems, Brother Long took Wen Ruhu and Zhang Shihong to the front.
Lu Xiaodan and Zhang Siqiao and I are still caught in the middle, and there are two broken queens left.
The stone steps were very high, and we quickly climbed the city walls.
Standing on top of the city walls, I saw what was going on inside. The wall looks square from the outside, but when you get to the top of the wall, you find that it is a perfect circle inside.
And the whole city is not completely black, but the other side has not been turned around just now, so I can't see it.
This ancient city is actually half black and half white.
Built in the style of Bagua, the whole city is a circle, and now it is slowly rotating.
It's a perfect culmination of ancient wisdom.
The yin and yang Taiji circle in the Bagua is well known, but according to the river map, it is a square in the middle, and the surrounding area is also a square positioning grid.
The circle of the gossip and the square of the river map, the builder of this city, actually perfectly combined the two.
The builder of the year was actually a great expert in this way, which made me a little excited, entering his city, in fact, it was the same as communicating with him face-to-face, but I don't know what we will see after we enter.
And I'm still thinking about the number of nine palaces after entering.
From now on, we will all end up taking the stone staircase directly into the cylindrical building in the middle.
The building didn't seem very big just now, but now that it's closer, it looks really small.
Looking up from the position of this wall, there seem to be countless bridge-like objects connecting the four cylindrical rooms around it.
And each room is divided into left and right sides, so that there are exactly eight bridges separated.
It is also in line with the number of gossip.
Everything in front of me made me sure that it must have been precisely calculated back then.
By this time the time was almost up, and the stone staircase in front of us had already turned.
Brother Long was particularly anxious, and he didn't wait for the thing to turn into position, and jumped up directly.
Wen Ruhu and Zhang Shihong followed closely.
I had no choice but to follow, the staircase was still moving slowly, but it couldn't get in our way.
As we went up, the stone stairs here were built out of thin air, and the stones protruded directly from the walls of the ancient city, forming the appearance of going up.
It looks pretty sturdy.
All the way up, I looked around.
The buildings around it were obviously bigger, and the overpass-like things that connected the stone houses around me just now were actually some thick cable chains.
I secretly complained in my heart, it seems that we will at least have to do this upside-down climbing rope thing.
And this time the distance is longer, and it's higher.
From here, it is clear that the building in the middle is the tallest and largest, and the round houses around it are shorter, and our goal is to enter the building in the middle first.
Brother Long didn't think about it so much, he looked at his watch as he walked and said, "It's really amazing, it's so punctual, it's going to be zero o'clock soon, and then it's going to be another day." By the way, Xiaowen, you said that we should only be in for twenty-four hours, right? ”
"That's right, I said it, but it's just my guess, and now that you've all seen it, I'm not sure what will happen. We can only take one step at a time. ”
Lu Siqiao said on the side: "Brother Wen, we believe in you. ”
I smiled wryly, I don't believe myself very much, and now in this situation, I wonder if I can really get out of here with them, in fact, the best thing to do is for us to turn around now, go back the way we came, this is the safest.
Zhang Shihong said in front: "This city is very interesting, it is actually entered from the top floor. ”
"If you go from the beginning to the bottom, you may encounter more things, and some of them may not be solved by me." I said immediately.
Brother Long smiled and said: "You can rest assured about this, there are a few of us who want to fight, unlocking locks and small mechanisms, there is definitely no problem with Siqiao, you just need to grasp the general direction." ”
"yes." Lu Xiaodan immediately said: "As long as it's not a monster gathering place, I think there should be no problem." ”
A few of us just talked and laughed and walked forward.
Soon to the very top.
From the stone staircase, we went directly to the top of this ancient city, from here, the city below seems much smaller, but still very large, we seem to be standing on the highest building in the city, and then overlooking the whole city.
"Ugh. Xiaowen, how are we going, there is no door here at all. Brother Long looked around at this time and said.
It's true that there is no door at the top, and it's flat, but I still feel a little bit of tilting, which is a must, otherwise if it rains, won't there be water on it?
However, this area is dry most of the time, so the amount of rain should not be heavy.
"There should be a door in this place, but I don't know where the agency is." I said immediately.
Brother Long looked around and said, "Don't move, you have to be careful everywhere in this place, and the entire dome is slightly tilted, if one of them doesn't stand firm and slide down, they will die directly." ”
Zhang Siqiao looked around, but squatted down at this time, I didn't expect this kind of tricky thing, she was actually very good.
I saw her gently tapping on the stone bricks of the stone staircase.
After a long time, he looked up and said: "There is a brick that is a hollow brick, do you want to destroy it?" ”
Brother Long looked back at me, although he was the captain, but in this situation, he was obviously dominated by masters.
I immediately shook my head and said, "The person who came in didn't destroy him, it must have a purpose, let's not move around." ”
Zhang Siqiao nodded and said, "Then you can only try to push it in, you can stand back a little, and if there is a situation, you can still support it." ”
A few of us immediately retreated backwards as a whole, and Brother Long was behind Zhang Siqiao, in case there was a situation, he would be the first to support.
Zhang Siqiao motioned for us to lie down, I'll go, this feeling of lying on the stairs is really uncomfortable.
There was a slight "boom" sound from above, and Zhang Siqiao pushed the stone brick, and I felt the whole stone staircase vibrate gently.
It looks like another mechanism has been activated.
As he was thinking, a yellow light suddenly came out of his head, like a light bulb, first in a very thin channel, and then in a growing size.
"It's done, it's a door switch." Zhang Siqiao immediately said excitedly.
A few of us stood up and found the area that Zhang Siqiao had just pushed.
Two stone doors are sliding in both directions, like two sliding doors.
And the light comes from within, and it gets brighter and brighter.
Brother Long patted Zhang Siqiao and said, "Girl, you really have a hand, although this is your first appearance after coming in." ”
Zhang Siqiao glanced at Brother Long, and said with obvious dissatisfaction: "Don't forget, I also found the sarcophagus passage." ”
Brother Long seemed to remember that there was such a thing, and immediately laughed and said, "That's right, that's right." ”
At this time, the stone door was completely opened, Brother Long leaned in, took a look, and said, "Wow, it's so big, what is that?" ”
I immediately squeezed over, because at this time, there were only four people standing side by side on this stone staircase, with Zhang Siqiao and Brother Long in front of them, and I could barely see the contents inside.
So I had to squeeze in.
Zhang Siqiao probably saw my situation, and immediately took a few steps back and gave up her position.
I looked inside, and the yellow light we saw was emitted by some beads overhead, and those beads were completely concentrated in the very center of this dome.
Underneath the bead is a transparent crystal-like thing.
The thing diffuses the light that was not too strong in the bead and finally turns into a strong light that shines underneath.
Further down, we reached a height of twenty meters below, and from the stone gate, three straight stone stairs led to the bottom.
And below, there is a whole space.
This space is circular, and from above, the whole front is in the form of a small court, but it is circular.
This place, estimated to accommodate three to five thousand people, is really no problem at all.
As far as the eye can see, it seems that there is something on the surrounding wall, but it is too far away to see clearly.
And the clearest thing is that in the middle of the field below, it is actually a person.
Brother Long was pointing there at this time, I looked over, it was indeed a person, although looking at that person from our current distance, it felt very small, but if you go down to the bottom, I dare say, it should be as big as us.
From here, the man looked like he was sitting cross-legged, and he was still floating in mid-air.
When I go, do we see the immortal, or maybe there is something underneath him sitting cross-legged.
Thinking about this, I feel a little better, but it's a little strange to think that in a place like this, I can meet people.
"If you see anything, let me see it." Lu Xiaodan walked up at this time and looked down beside me, "Oh my God, is that a person?" ”
Apparently she saw it too.
Brother Long said at this time: "That's right, it should be, forget it, it's not clear here, let's go down and have a look." ”
I felt his expression change a little, as if he had some kind of cruelty.
After he finished speaking, he stepped aside to prepare, and I, for the last time, glanced at the man, and at this moment, I felt that the man sitting cross-legged seemed to look at me a moment.
As soon as I was confused, in the blink of an eye, the man returned to his original state.
I shook my head, that person really shouldn't have moved, was I dazzled just now?