Chapter Fifty-Six: The Old Path
Although Wei Yi couldn't figure out the key to this for a while. But he vaguely guessed that perhaps this was another ability possessed by this plant called the bloodthirsty vine. How did this strange plant, with so many unusual abilities, grow it?
Wei Yi suddenly had the idea of going to the Antarctic continent to see what was going on. This mysterious place has attracted countless people to explore it since centuries ago, but there is still very little information that can be obtained.
But for now, he can only think about it. After all, there are too many things waiting for him to solve them one by one. The matter between Li Mingyu and Nangong Rong, the matter of Shen Cheng, the appointment with Li Xiaohui, and his parents whose life and death are uncertain, no matter what these things are, he can't give up easily.
Wei Yi glanced at the secret door. How could the secret door, tightly closed, with no handle or obvious mechanism to open the door?
He turned his head to look at Nangong Rong and asked, "How can this door be opened?" I don't think there's anything on it. I don't even have a handle, how can I open it? ”
Nangong Rong put down his backpack, rummaged in his pocket for a while, and took out a piece of iron sheet that was only the thickness of a little finger. Wei Yi looked at the piece of iron strangely and asked suspiciously, "This?" What is it? Key? ”
Nangong Rong nodded and said, "Sort of." ”
As he spoke, he walked a few steps to the secret door and wiped the dust and dirt from the center of the secret door. A groove about the size of the iron sheet in his hand immediately appeared.
Nangong Rong gently pressed the piece of iron sheet against the groove. The iron sheet fits perfectly into that groove, no more, no less. As soon as the piece of iron sheet was put down, there was a "click, click" sound of the machine spring, and it sounded instantly.
Wei Yi looked at the iron door, and from the place where the iron sheet was placed, it began to rotate counterclockwise. At the same time, the outside of the iron gate rotated clockwise. After they rotated a few times, there was a crisp sound of opening the door in the center of the iron door.
An oval-shaped gate quietly opened to the inside of the iron gate. Wei Yi looked at the scene in front of him in amazement and sighed, "Wow. What kind of mechanism is this? So advanced? ”
Wei Yi's question was exactly what several other people wanted to ask. Nangong Rong picked up the package and walked into the door first. He turned around and beckoned to a few people who were still stunned, and said, "Don't be stunned, hurry up." ”
Wei Yi and the others hurriedly followed. Wei Yi walked into the door and touched the door frame of the secret door. The door frame was cold, and it was indeed a piece of metalwork. How could such a metallic substance be so cleverly constructed?
Wei Yi looked curiously at the metal door in front of him, and couldn't help but linger for a while. Nangong Rong seemed to have guessed Wei Yi's thoughts. He walked up to Wei Yi and said, "What? Are you curious about these? ”
Wei Yi nodded and said, "Yes, how is this structured?" So ingenious? I just looked at it, and I didn't find anything special. ”
Nangong Rong said with a smile: "If I can know, then I am not me." I have long been called to do research in a special agency. ”
He paused for a moment and continued, "I've heard that this is all the result of the study of the mechanism of antiquity. There's a lot more in there. However, I don't know if it can be used now. ”
Nangong Rong said, walked to the door, and gently buckled the piece of iron on the door. As soon as the iron sheet was removed, the metal door slowly closed outward. After a soft click, the metal door closed tightly again.
Wei Yi stepped forward and touched and touched it carefully. He didn't even notice a single slit. These magical things made Wei Yi feel very curious. But under Nangong Rong's repeated urging, he had to leave here quickly with the team.
Wei Yi followed Nangong Rong and the others and walked quickly in this strange dark passage. The entire tunnel appears to be made of metal. The length and width of the passage as a whole are not much different, and the whole is square. Wei Yi roughly estimated that the distance between the left and right was about three or four meters. They walked side by side in pairs, but they didn't seem crowded.
Wei Yi had wanted to touch the wall to determine what kind of material it was made of. But he was surprised to find that there were many moss-like plants growing on the walls of the dark passage.
Just when Wei Yi was curious and wanted to pick off a little bit to take a closer look, Nangong Rong quickly grabbed Wei Yi's hand.
Wei Yi looked at Nangong Rong in confusion. Nangong Rong hurriedly instructed extremely seriously: "Don't touch any plants here." Unless you don't want to get out of here alive, don't touch these things. ”
Wei Yi asked suspiciously, "Can't you touch it?" Why? Is it poisonous? ”
Wei Yi's doubts were also the things that Situ Nan and Li Mingyu were puzzled about. Since they walked here, they have been repeatedly warned by Nangong Rong to be careful not to touch the plants here at will. But they don't know why.
Nangong Rong pointed to those moss-like plants and said slowly, "Although I don't know what these things are, what is certain is that they must have some kind of connection with the bloodthirsty vines. ”
He beckoned the crowd to continue on their way, and continued, "I was not alone when I escaped from here before. But in the end, I was the only one who escaped alive because I was cautious enough. ”
As he walked, he pointed to the mossy plants that kept appearing on the wall and said, "Many of my former comrades-in-arms have accidentally touched these things. But they all had something wrong without exception. I'm not sure of anything though. But at the scene of their deaths, I found signs of bloodthirsty vine activity. ”
When everyone heard this, they were shocked. Especially Wei Yi, he was secretly glad that he was stopped by Nangong Rong in time, otherwise, maybe something bad would happen. But he had another question in his mind.
Wei Yi looked at Nangong Rong and asked, "It's strange, since the Bloodthirsty Vine is active here, why doesn't it kill all of you?" That's a bit illogical. ”
Nangong Rong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then who knows?" It doesn't make sense for this thing to appear in the first place. Have you ever seen a plant this big before? ”
Wei Yi nodded and said, "That's right. I've never read in a book that plants can grow so big. You say, how big is it? ”
Everyone shook their heads. Obviously, they don't know the answer to this question either. Nangong Rong led the way in front and said casually: "No one really knows about your question." Since its inception, the entire world's information systems have been thrown into chaos. We don't even know what happened to people on other continents. ”
Wei Yi was slightly stunned and asked, "Information confusion? You mean, the signal was cut off in a couple of other places? ”
At this moment, Wei Yi suddenly thought of an unusual thing that he and Li Xiaohui had discovered in the cave. They were in that cave, and they couldn't even receive a signal from the outside world. Shortly after leaving the cave, the signal was received again. But the signals received are also intermittent and sometimes interrupted.
And now, Nangong Rong also mentioned this problem, which made him smell a hint of something unusual. Nangong Rong nodded, and then said, "Yes, after it appeared, the signal began to be confused. I remember when we first fled, we sent dozens of distress signals in a row, but none of them were sent. ”
He paused and continued, "I thought it was only underground. But when I escaped, I found that it was the same on the ground. In many places, there is no signal at all. Our camp is pretty good right now. It is said that in other places, some can only rely on primitive methods to convey information. ”
As they spoke, they walked through a ruined and abandoned area. There was a mess everywhere. In some places, there are still stains of blood, left on the walls and floor.
Nangong Rong led everyone to walk quickly to that place. He glanced back and said to everyone, "That's where the last of my comrades died. They volunteered to stay behind to cover my evacuation. That stay is a farewell. ”
He said, glancing up at the ceiling. There were quite a few fist-sized holes on it, densely distributed. They are hollow and inlaid in the ceiling, which makes them stand out.
Wei Yi followed Nangong Rong's gaze and also looked over. He looked at the holes in the ceiling and asked in surprise, "What's going on with these holes?" How can there be so many? ”
Nangong Rong did not answer Wei Yi's question. He was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "As long as I can find its core, I can destroy it." It killed so many of my comrades, and it had to pay a price. ”
Wei Yi knew that what Nangong Rong was referring to was the bloodthirsty vine. It was an unimaginably large vine plant. It's always been so mysterious. Wei Yi felt powerless when he thought of its huge body.
Manpower is sometimes poor. Faced with such a huge thing that could not be destroyed by human beings, he really didn't know if what Nangong Rong said about destroying it was a blank promise.
But Wei Yi was very curious about the "core" that Nangong Rong said. He hurriedly asked, "Core? I don't think it's the first time I've heard this term. What exactly is this core? ”
Nangong Rong heard Wei Mi's question, and opened his mouth when he was about to solve Wei Mi's doubts. At this time, a sudden change occurred. A tiny vine suddenly stretched out slowly from the top of the wall. When Nangong Rong saw it, he was shocked.
He hurriedly said to the people, "Quick, get out of here." Don't get caught up in these things. ”
As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled Wei Yi beside him and ran into the distance. Situ Nan and Li Mingyu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed.
Not long after they left, a large number of tiny vines suddenly slowly emerged from the holes in the ceiling. They waved around like children playing with each other.
They played for a while, surveyed the passage again, and then slouched back into each other. After a few moments, the entire passage was restored to its original state again. All around was the messy objects and stains of blood, silently telling something.
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