Chapter Twenty-Seven: History Repeats
The eagle-shaped monster hovers above our heads, and because the light in the room is not very bright, this monster will bring us unexpected dangers all the time.
The two giant eyes that flashed out of the darkness stared at us, and we couldn't help but stand on end. Li Yu and the fat man, who were not far from me, seemed to be discussing something, but they saw that the fat man's face was unhappy, his whole face was more ugly than crying, he kept shaking his head, and put his hand in his pocket, but he didn't take it out.
The monster in the air was speeding again, and I don't know what was going on, the camel, which had always looked alert, was accidentally caught by the monster's two thick claws, and "Ah" sounded with a miserable scream, and a burst of blood mist floated down the air.
There was also a hint of hesitation The fat man looked up at the camel that was torn to pieces, swallowed his saliva, and shouted: "Here you are".
I fixed my eyes and saw that it was a lighter, which looked a little old compared to the previous one, and it must be one of the few collectibles of the fat man. The fat man who regretted looked sick, Li Yu picked up the lighter and stood up, and then gave Zhang Yu a look.
Zhang Yu, who knew about it, tied up the golden crow treasure knife, beckoned to the monster, and quickly ran to the side. The monster, who had been snorting angrily for a long time, saw that someone dared to tease him, slapped his giant wings, and went straight down, bringing up a rolling wave of qi.
Seeing that the monster was about to pounce on Zhang Yu, Li Yu handed a gesture to Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu rolled to the ground when he saw the momentum, and fell to the ground suddenly. The time was ripe, and Li Yu saw that there was no ambiguity in the slightest, and threw the lighter straight at the monster, then raised his pistol and shot at it.
There was a loud bang, and there was a burst of sparks.
Monsters burned by the raging fire flickered in the sky, and mournful screams filled the room. This lasted for about five minutes, and the surroundings finally fell silent. The golden key lay safely on the ground, Zhang Yu walked over and picked it up, and went straight to the raised platform.
As soon as the key was inserted, I remembered the rumbling sound, as if some built-in mechanism had activated. The entire platform slowly moved towards the sky, and at the same time, the sides of the platform were exposed, and a long cloud ladder appeared, and the end of the ladder fell to the ground, taking on a trapezoidal shape with the platform.
The remaining seven of us walked along the ladders on both sides of the platform towards the platform, and when we reached the top of the platform, we saw that there were staggered ropes in the sky, and suddenly a huge grid was formed, and it was much easier to climb.
Following the grid of thick ropes, a bright stone chamber suddenly appeared in front of us. The light came from a hole carved out of the wall of the chamber, and in front of the hole was a primitive telescope of the kind made in the West. To our surprise, there are so many antiques here, it looks like a treasure room.
And there is a stone table directly above us, and under the stone table there are six stone tables, three or three, each on either side of the stone table in the center, the size is smaller, and a musical instrument is placed on each of the six stone tables. This is not the end of the matter, there is a large round platform in the middle of the stone table below. On top of the round table was a wooden shelf, on which was placed a bright red dress, which was dusty, but still could not hide its light.
The mute hunter turned into the same way he had been in front of the hut again, and he ran straight to the red dress, knelt on the ground, and caressed the red dress with a pair of big hands, as if he had seen an acquaintance.
"It seems that the ancient books say it well. The red dress is called the Red Rain Fairy Skirt, which was worn by the former Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng's most beloved person, Concubine Zheng. It's a pity that Concubine Zheng is frail and sickly, Li Zicheng died early before he was proclaimed emperor, and his name was added later" Li Yu sighed, and his footsteps couldn't help but slowly move forward.
Everyone was silent, looking unnaturally around, but they were surprised to find that the stone room was the same as the previous design, and there was no obvious exit. The fat man who was not far from me, with a glint in his eyes, walked straight towards Zhang Yu, "Little brother, if the red rain fairy skirt is taken out and sold, it will definitely be expensive." That savage, I can't beat the fat man alone, you see how the two of us are partners, and we sold it in half."
Not interested! Zhang Yu said indifferently, tilted his head, and walked towards the mute hunter.
When the mute hunter who bowed his head and mourned noticed that we were coming, he immediately returned to his previous appearance, and said in a hoarse voice: "As far as I know, the prime minister once revealed that the emperor ordered many beautiful women to dance here because he could not forget Concubine Zheng, so as to cherish nostalgia. If you want to go out, it is very simple, you want a woman to stand on the round platform in the middle, and change into a red rain fairy dress, and we will accompany the music on the stone table next to us, and one person will be in the position where the emperor used to sit, that is, behind the stone table in the middle, and at the end of the song, it will be the time when the secret appears."
If it hadn't come out of the mouth of a mute hunter, I couldn't believe that such a thing could have happened. Among the remaining seven people, only Li Yu is a woman, and the burden naturally falls on her. Somehow, the rest of the people walked towards the stone tables on both sides, and by the time I came over, the six tables under the stage were already full.
"Xiao Ke, sit on it" Li Yu was already wearing a red rain fairy skirt, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned when I saw it, Zhang Yu saw that I didn't move for a long time, and frowned.
I hurriedly ran to the stone table directly above and sat still. Li Yu, who was wearing the red rain fairy dress, glanced at me, and my heart jumped when I saw it, "Is she thinking about the scene of hundreds of years, so that she can enter the state?" I thought of this, holding my breath and concentrating, my eyes shot directly at Li Yu, and the surroundings were like barrenness.
As the mute hunter raised his gesture, Zhang Yu and the six people were able to manipulate the musical instruments in front of them, and Li Yu even danced when he heard the sound, because he knew kung fu, his whole body jumped from time to time, and the two sleeves were even more scattered, everything was like a dream.
Ding, knock, bang.........
The accident really happened, as the mute hunter said, and appeared. A reflection appeared on the wall, and a small figure was seen dancing. Zhang Yu and the others, who put down the musical instruments in their hands, stood quietly aside, but the music did not end because of this. The round platform where Li Yu had stayed before began to shake for a while, and then an iron box was highlighted. I saw that there was a row of not very large chimes on it, brushed by sawtooth, and from time to time unexpected music came out.
At the same time, on the stone wall on the right, the stones began to slowly fall off. Immediately afterwards, lines of handwriting appeared, telling about Li Zicheng's success and fame, and finally his desire to "live forever".
The four words of immortality are different from other dark black words, they are made bright red, and they look special. Thinking of the previous mechanism designed on the extra claw of the six-clawed golden dragon, the fat man laughed and said: "I thought that the prime minister who designed this place was amazing, so it turned out that he would only play haha, look at the fat master me."
As soon as the words fell, the fat man walked up with an arrow step, raised his hand and pressed the four big words "immortality".
No! Zhang Yu shouted, but it was too late.
The fat man turned his head with a smile, only to see the four bright red characters of "immortality" sunken into the wall, and the rumbling sound of gears began to be heard around him, and the surrounding walls began to shake violently, as if they were about to collapse. The fat man, who realized that he had done something wrong, quickly turned back and said angrily: "That guy is really not a good bird, he will bully an honest person like the fat man and me."
Perhaps in order to verify what the fat man said, the violently shaking walls around him subsided, and before we could catch our breath, we saw stone statues with sharp halberds rushing from all sides. The halberd looks very dense and very pointed, and it is not easy to dodge. If we can't stop them, we'll be stabbed into a hornet's nest without question. But what can be done to stop these stone statues with halberds in hand?
My gaze narrowly swept over the iron box that had fallen to the ground. I saw a dented keyhole on the side of the iron box, how did it look familiar? Before I could calm down, Li Yu had already taken it from my hand and inserted the "cross" hanging around my neck into it, just in time. There was another one on the other side of the iron box, and when the two crosses were inserted, a piercing roar sounded from the iron box, and a gray fog suddenly rose up, and the surroundings instantly became blurred.
When the fog lifted, the surrounding stone statues stopped in surprise and began to slowly retreat in all directions. The original iron box had been split in two, and a white cloth and a drawing appeared inside. I saw that the white cloth read: For posterity: I have pursued the avenue and strived for immortality all my life, but I could not achieve it. It must be extraordinary for someone to come here today, and it is only a matter of time before they reach the peak. I hope that when future generations can reach the peak, they will get the gods, and fulfill my wishes.
"Divine object" looked at the words left on the white cloth, and my eyes couldn't help but freeze on the word "divine object", what could it be? So much so that it can be described as a fetish. What is strange is why the person who designed this cave, that is, the prime minister next to Li Zicheng in the past - Ma Yuan, said "strive for immortality, but cannot achieve it", why the mute hunter has survived to this day, and the mute hunter also said that there are a total of three on it, and there are still two left. Could it be that at the same time as Li Zicheng, in addition to Ma Yuan, there were other people who studied the elixir of immortality.
Things don't seem that simple, it feels like you've walked into a labyrinth. The mute hunter looked up and laughed, holding the blueprint, and said, "Finally found." With it, we have a 50% chance of reaching the summit."
Looking along the drawing, I saw that there were a few big characters on it - the design drawing of Wuling Tianpan. It turned out that the mute hunter jumped down for this thing, and looking at the location marked on the drawing, we were not far from where we had entered, and there was only a stone chamber across it. What is surprising is that some of the stone chambers on the drawings are not marked with obvious exits and mechanisms, that is, at that time, Ma Yuan relied entirely on memory to command the construction, and to a certain extent, some secrets were hidden from the "dumb hunters" who supervised the construction of this place.
The location we are in at the moment, marked on the drawings is called the Wind Music Room. The opening of the mechanism is in one of the four walls, and the specific location on the drawing is clearly marked. However, the next stone room was not marked on the drawings, and everyone unconsciously felt a bad feeling.
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