Chapter 40: Life hangs by a thread
The stone door looks like it has only been installed for a short time, and there is still debris on the ground that has not been cleaned up immediately.
However, this does not seem to affect its use at all, and strictly speaking, it is fully embodied in the traditional architectural concept - the stone door is of the right length, width and height, and it fits perfectly with the wall, which appears very solid.
In front of the stone gate, there are two dwarf stone statues on both sides, one has been completed at the beginning, and the other is still being carved; For unknown reasons, the unfinished one was shelved.
As it stands, I can't tell if the stone door is opened in or out, and there's nothing resembling a latch on itβI guess it's not time to put it on.
"Uncle Xia, you go against the wall first." I spoke to him.
"What's wrong? Forest. What's going on now? Professor Xia said with a look of confusion.
"Uncle Xia, it's like this, except for some indistinguishable patterns carved on this stone door, there is not even a doorknob, I think it is pushed inside. Avoid pushing the door in, we are attacked by hidden arrows, please stand against the wall first. I replied to him.
"Then be careful!" Professor Xia admonished me with this.
"Well, don't worry." As I spoke, I helped him to the wall.
After seeing him standing against the wall, I walked to the stone gate.
The stone door was closed, and I didn't know how much strength I needed to push it open in terms of its height, and perhaps, if necessary, Professor Xia would need to come and help.
When I touched my hand to the door, I felt some kind of slime clinging to its surface.
"Blood!" I sniffed at the smell of slime on my hands and exclaimed.
"Sen, blood? What kind of blood? Professor Xia hurriedly came to discredit him.
He couldn't see the road at all, and he came into contact with the stone door, and his clothes were covered with blood from the door.
"Sen, where did you get so much blood on your door?" Professor Xia said nervously.
"I don't know, this smell of blood is very strong, it doesn't look like human blood. Before, I couldn't see it at all, until I reached out and touched the stone door, and it was only when it seemed that from that moment on, it gradually seeped out of it. I judged.
"That's what happened!" Professor Xia's face was full of suspicion, "Sen, is there anything else on this door?" β
"Something else?" I took a closer look again, "Yes, Uncle Xia!" β
"What is it?" Professor Xia immediately asked me.
"There are holes on the left and right sides of the door." I reported the situation with him.
"Holes?" Professor Xia said, "What is the size of the hole and what is the diameter of the hole? β
"About a finger's width." I replied.
"Sen, please stick two fingers into the hole." Professor Xia seemed to have his own considerations, "Maybe this is the mechanism that opens the stone gate." β
"Can I use something else?" I said timidly.
The two holes in the stone door are symmetrical, and it seems that they are not simply decorative, and may be left behind. In other words, the mechanism couldn't have been so obvious, and I was worried that my finger would be halfway in and taken out.
"If you have something else to do." Professor Xia said lightly.
At this time, he still seemed very confused in the face of the darkness, and he had no sense of direction.
Sometimes feelings can affect judgment, and the consequences of wrong judgment are difficult to bear. I thought that Professor Xia wanted to find Lingxin as soon as possible, and I was worried that he would use this to plunge us into the abyss from which we could never recover.
"Oh well! I'll try. "After some deliberation, I had no choice but to give it a try.
Even though I've read all kinds of tricks, I know very little about the mechanisms that lead to secret passages.
......
"Why didn't you respond?" I inserted my fingers into those two holes and muttered to myself.
"Don't worry," Professor Xia said, "Sen, listen! β
Thundered~
The top of the secret passage immediately made such a thunderous sound.
"Uncle Xia, did we win the lottery?" I was horrified.
"Sen, what's wrong?" Professor Xia panicked.
"The wall above us is starting to sink!" I looked at the sunken wall and began to despair.
"Sen, you quickly pull out your hand." Professor Xia was so anxious that he hurriedly dragged me out.
......
"Uncle Xia, it's useless. The mechanism has already been activated, and even if I retract my hand, it won't help. I said helplessly.
"Sen, let's get out and make a decision again!" Professor Xia reacted.
When he pulled me to turn around, I froze and engaged in a "tug-of-war" with him.
"Why are you still stupid, let's go, Sen!" Professor Xia was already frightened in the face of the darkness, and now with the sudden accident, his words and deeds are even more calm, "Let's go out first, it's important to save our lives." β
"It's useless," I said, pushing his hand away, "Uncle Xia, the moment I activated the mechanism, the exit behind us was blocked by a wall. β
"What!" When Professor Xia heard this, he sat down on the ground in disappointment.
......
"Sen, did you say we're going to die here like this?" Professor Xia asked me.
"Perhaps, Uncle Xia. You also know that behind us was cut off by an inexplicable extra wall, and the stone door in front of us could not be opened no matter whether we pushed or pulled, even if you and I worked together. I said abruptly.
"How much time do we have left?" Professor Xia asked.
"Uncle Xia, we are all pressed by the sunken wall to lie down, how much time do you think we have?" I spoke to him with my hands on the wall.
Just a moment ago, I lost my night vision, and I now walked into the darkness with him.
After the mechanism was activated, the top wall sagged relatively quickly, and the further it sinked, the slower it slowed down, but that didn't mean it stopped - at first my hand holding the wall was straight, but now my elbow is slightly bent.
"I'm sorry! Forest. I misjudged and caused such consequences. Professor Xia's voice drifted into my ears in the darkness.
"Uncle Xia, don't say that. I came with you this time of my own free will, and I have long been mentally prepared. I said, pushing the wall harder again, hoping that my modest strength would bounce it back.
"Sen. Did it stop? Professor Xia then asked.
"No! It is now declining at a rapid rate, and it has not stopped," I replied, "perhaps it is a consideration of the people of the design agency to make the dying confess or reminisce about the good things that have passed." β
"And do you have anything worth repenting of?" Professor Xia asked curiously. He was calm at the moment, perhaps in utter despair, and his voice was inaudible to the slightest fear. So light, as light as water.
"Yes, all sorts, all sorts of weird." I struggled in fear to finally have a decent smile.
"Then you quickly repent, move the gods, and we can get out of danger." In such a predicament, Professor Xia went against the norm and joked with me.
"Repentance? Uncle Xia, you won't believe this set, will you? I smiled wryly.
"Joke, joke." Professor Xia's tone was heavy.
"What do you decide to do if we can get out?" Professor Xia asked again.
Maybe he felt guilty at this point and thought that if we could get out, he would try to make up for me, so he asked me these questions.
"If I can go out," I said lightly, "I want to follow Lingxin and sleepwalk like a shadow chasing the light......"
"Haha," Professor Xia laughed out loud with his life hanging by a thread, "this can be there." β