Chapter 16: The Tomb of the Trap
"This doesn't make sense, where does the water come from?" I swallowed hard, still arguing for the last time, hoping that my guess was wrong, or we would be finished.
"Henan is located in the central and eastern part of China, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, where there are abundant water resources, and there are many dark rivers underneath. Jing Xiu explained beside him, touched the floor tiles, and said again: "There is a lot of gray sand on the ground, this kind of sand is only found in the Yellow River, and it seems that the dark river under the ground is connected to an underground lake and connects to the Yellow River." ”
"Even if there is an underground lake, connected to it by an underground river, what does it mean?" I don't know anything about geography, and no matter how detailed Jingxiu is, I'm still confused.
"Miki, why are you so stupid, to put it simply, this trap tomb is to provide energy through the high and low tides of the underground lake." Xiang Ji on the side still didn't understand the meaning of it, and said with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel.
Combined with the information given by Jingxiu and Xiang Ji, a geographical structure map quickly appeared in my mind: there is an underground lake deep underground, and there is a dark river leading to the organ tomb, and the underground lake will have tides, which will lead to the dark river underneath, generating water energy, driving the gears in the entire organ tomb, so as to maintain the operation of the entire tomb mechanism.
Thinking of this, my cold sweat came out, according to this, when the tide rises, this organ tomb will be submerged, so do we still have a way to live in it? The answer is no, if you don't drown, you will be swept into the underground lake, either of which is a dead end.
But there were still a lot of questions lingering in my mind, such as why Rolling Stone Tepe was activated when we didn't touch anything when we were on the upper floor, and why it was so dry and not a single water stain when it was kept running by water energy.
I also figured it out, since I'm going to die now, let's just die, but before I die, I must solve all the doubts in my heart and be a ghost.
I exhaled, I dare to swear it was the longest exhalation in my life, and asked directly: "Camera, you see that we are all going to die, I have two questions, can you explain it to me?" ”
Jinxiu is a smart woman, when she heard Xiang Ji say that the organ tomb is powered by water energy, she knew our result, her face was full of dead ashes, and now she is gone, she sat directly next to me, leaned her head on my shoulder, maybe it was the true feelings, or she wanted to find someone to rely on before she died, so she listened to our conversation quietly.
I obviously saw a trace of jealousy on Xiang Jide's face, yes, it was envy and jealousy, but now that time is urgent, I didn't show off anything, just looked at him solemnly.
Xiang Ji also figured it out, his face was relaxed, and he seemed to have let go of some knots, so he talked to me. "You basically know what I know about this ancient tomb, but there is another news that you don't know yet."
"Sure enough, he still has a secret." I read it in my heart, but I still asked, "What is it?" ”
"As you said, I know so many secrets because of my ancestors, who were one of the craftsmen who built this tomb, and you know that there is only one ending for the craftsmen who built the tomb." Speaking of this, Xiang Ji's face was full of sadness, and he seemed to be still haunted by the death of his ancestor.
After being sad for a while, Xiang Ji quickly returned to normal and continued: "Back then, my ancestor foresaw his final end, so he wrote down some traps and secrets of this ancient tomb. ”
"But after such a long time, our Xiang family can't rely on our own strength to solve the true thoughts in this ancient tomb, so we united your great-grandfather's group and got into this fight."
"I've guessed this a long time ago, from the time you took out the Bailu copper coin, I guessed it, tell me what I don't know." Although he said so, but faintly, I think Xiang Ji's words are half-truths and half-truths, and sometimes lying has to be half-truths and half-truths to make people unpredictable, so as to be more convincing.
"Well, since you don't want to hear the story, I'll tell you the last secret." Xiang Ji spread his hands out, looking indifferent, as if he didn't care about the impending death at all. I really doubt that he has a way out of it, or if he is not afraid of death.
"Don't talk nonsense, say what I don't know." Because I was about to die, and Xiang Ji always said some nonsense, I was also a little angry, and my tone was very cold.
"Hehe, Miki, you are really a man when you speak." But seeing the unkind look on my face, Xiang Ji also took back what he wanted to say, with a scornful expression. "Do you know how to clear it regularly?"
"What is this, haven't you heard of it?" I wondered.
"Then you always know the alarm clock" I ignored Xiang Ji, this is not a joke, who else does not know the alarm clock now. Seeing that I didn't mean to talk, Xiang Ji frowned, and suddenly burst out of a sentence. "You're so boring"
When Jingxiu heard this, she laughed "poof", as if she thought of something happy, and when she got a little closer to me, she could smell the fragrance of her hair.
Seeing this, Xiang Ji raised a middle finger and continued: "In a word, at a certain moment, the mechanism in the ancient tomb will be activated again, killing everyone in it, and the Rolling Stonehenge we encountered just now is one of the mechanisms. ”
My pupils couldn't help but dilate a few times, and I couldn't believe that Xiang Ji couldn't say a word, if it was really as Xiang Ji said, at that time of the day, the mechanism in the tomb would be activated and cleared once, then how much the owner of this tomb would hate to rob the tomb, in fact, this is also right, which person dies and hopes that his tomb will be dug up.
This also explains why the Rolling Stonehenge was launched for no reason, and the person who designed this timed purge plan could never have imagined that our team had Xiang Ji, a freak, who forced us to survive with a steel knife.
I think this is the most clever anti-theft method I have ever seen, no matter how you toss, when the time comes, they will all kill you, can this still be regarded as an ancient tomb, it is simply a killing art.
Figured out the first question, then the second one arises why this place is so dry, if there is water here to drive the mechanism as Xiang Ji said, then why is there no moss or anything like that in the daily invasion.
I asked in my heart. "So why is it so dry here, it doesn't look like it's soaked every day."
"Huh!?" Xiang Ji hadn't reacted yet, but when he heard my answer, he also observed it carefully, and wondered: "Yes, Sanmu has a point, why is there no water here, no matter how much ventilation you have, it can't dry so quickly." ”
Just when we wondered why it was so dry, we heard the sound of rushing water in the distance, and we knew the tide had begun.