The three of us looked down in unison, only to see a black box appear on the ground, which should have been shaken out of Qi Gang's shirt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Luan Xin bent down to pick it up, and said with a smile: "How about it, my method is good, right?" Let me tell you, this credit is all mine, don't take it. ”

I shook my head and smiled bitterly: "Okay, it's all yours, I really didn't expect to let you be blinded to it, it seems that this is really quite out of the way." By the way, didn't you just feel that something was wrong? For example, the feeling of coolness, hardness. I looked at Qi Gang and asked.

Qi Gang shook his head: "This is really nothing, just like usual, if this thing hadn't fallen to the ground, it was estimated that it would not be found until when I was sleeping." ”

"Also," I said, turning to look at the black box in Luan's new hand, "you quickly open it and see what is in this box." ”

Luan Xin grinned for a long time, except for the constant movement of his fingers, the black box did not even appear a crack, as if it could not be opened at all.

Luan Xin frowned and looked at it without saying a word, probably because he really couldn't think of any way, so he threw it to me and said: "What kind of broken box is this, it can't be opened at all, it makes me happy for a long time, and if I can't figure it out, the little old man is playing tricks on us, so I gave a box that can't be opened." ”

Qi Gang took a few steps towards me and said suspiciously: "It shouldn't be, no matter how complicated it is, this is just a box after all." No matter how many traps there are, how difficult it can be. ”

I shook my head: "Having said that, it is not surprising that there are many things that we simply cannot understand since ancient times, and there are even more skilled craftsmen. However, judging from the appearance, except for the eight steel balls on the back that resemble the nine-square grid, there is nothing obvious on this box. ”

Qi Gang said: "You mean, the key to opening this box is among these eight steel balls?" ”

I nodded: "That's right, even if it's not the key to open the box, it's inextricably linked to it, as long as you unravel it, then all the problems may be solved." But the difficulty is that although the steel balls can move with each other, it is difficult to piece them together into a complete pattern. ”

"The full pattern?" Saying that, Qi Gang took the black box from my hand, and after looking at it for a long time, Qi Gang said: "On the surface, if one more is added to these eight steel balls, then it will become a square composed of nine steel balls." But if you look closely, you find that if these eight steel balls are analyzed in the order of the small arrows above, they should be a wooden word after being pieced together, occupying a total of seven points. That's all for now. ”

I held my chin and said, "It's a wooden word." If you have to spell it, how long will it take to complete it? ”

Qi Gang said: "If you say that you can simply spell one word, then you can do it in ten minutes, but if there are any secrets in it, it is difficult to say." ”

I nodded: "It's okay, anyway, let's spell this word together first, and the rest can only take one step at a time." ”

At this time, Luan Xin and I stared intently at Qi Gang's every move, for fear of missing the moment when the black box was opened, and also sweating for Qi Gang, after all, it is still unknown what is in this box.

As a result, in less than ten minutes, Qi Gang stopped what he was doing, and Luan Xin and I were overjoyed and hurried over. Luan Xin couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, is it already finished?" Before Qi Gang answered, Luan Xin said again: "Hurry up and open it, I can't wait." ”

I saw that Qi Gang's expression was not quite right, so I immediately changed my tone and said, "Is something wrong?" Or is this box not a clue? ”

Qi Gang nodded and shook his head again. Luan Xin said with a tense face: "Why are you so grinding, yes yes, no, no, is it so complicated?" ”

Qi Gang glanced at us, then lowered his head and looked at the box in his hand and said, "It's put together, and it can be opened when you fight, but I can't understand what it means." ”

I took the box from Qi Gang's hand, opened it and looked at it, then closed the lid of the box and looked at it, and then counted the number of people so far, and said, "It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Is it true that you really want to do this? I'm afraid...... I'm afraid it's a little too difficult to choose, right? ”

Luan Xin snatched it up, looked at it for a while, and said, "Why are there only four keys?" What about the other handful? Did it fall to the ground? As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked around. While searching, he urged the two of us to accompany him to search, but after seeing the solemn expressions of the two of us, his movements gradually slowed down, and then he stood up with a puzzled face and asked, "What's wrong with you two?" Why are you so sad, seeing that we are about to succeed, be happy. ”

I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let me ask you first, if one of us is destined to die, who will you let die?" Answer me seriously. ”

Luan Xin was a little dazed and said, "What do you mean by this?" As long as we have the key, we won't die, so if you say anything stupid, let's find it quickly. ”

Luan Xin just wanted to bow his head, but I grabbed his collar, and I shouted: "I'm not joking, and I haven't given up any hope, but for now, this is the case, one of us must die, so tell me, the answer in your heart." "I almost got those last two words out of my mouth.

Luan Xin took a few steps back and said, "Are you crazy, this is impossible, impossible!" Qi Gang, is what he said true? ”

Qi Gang pursed his lips and nodded with difficulty. Luan Xin sneered: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it." It's all come to the end. Seeing that everyone is about to be reunited, but ...... But why is this the case? Play me, right? Luan Xin shouted almost screaming

I blinked a few times, slowly walked towards her, slowly took the box from his hand, and after returning to the position just now, I said slowly: "See, according to the instructions above, face north, and place the wooden characters on the black box in this direction as well." There were nine tiles on the ground, just like the steel balls on it, just one more. We are now in the very center, that is, the point in the middle of the wooden character, except for the point in front of us, and the point under our feet, the remaining five places are called the dark grid.

But we only have four keys in our hands, which means we can only save four people. And in the inner layer of this box, each person's point has everyone's last name written on it. (To be continued.) )