Leaving Hagrid, who had only brute strength and was too strained, to take care of the chests, the rest of the people lit their wands and cautiously walked deeper into the tunnel. The further you went, the more turbid the air became, and the unknown smell of rancid smell and the fishy smell of earth mixed together, making the whole tunnel seem inexplicably depressing, as if the air had stagnated.

The sound of feet clattering on the wet ground, and the sound of the crowd's breathing, was the only sound here, and beyond that, there was a deathly silence that made people feel as if they were walking in a tomb. This reminded Ning Yuan of the two novels he used to like to read, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and thought of the so-called Slytherin Chamber now, which seems to be a magical version of tomb robbery.

Thinking of this, Ning Yuan secretly thought to himself, if he had time, "Notes on Tomb Robbery" would be worth a trip, not that this world would give him much benefit, but that the bronze pillar of this world that could create things in the void made him very curious.

It was so dark in the tunnel that they could only see a small area in front of them. The light of the wand reflected their shadows on the wet walls, looking like fangs and claws.

"Remember," Lupin whispered to Harry as they walked cautiously forward, "close your eyes as soon as there is any movement......

The tunnel was as silent as a tomb, and suddenly, they heard an unexpectedly strange sound, clicking, like the sound of something breaking, and the wands of the crowd pointed to the source of the sound, which turned out to be the bones of a mouse that had been crushed by the prosthetic leg of the mad-eyed man. On the ground around them, many animal skeletons gradually appeared, and the deeper they went, the more they became.

After checking and showing nothing unusual, everyone continued on their way, this time carefully avoiding the bones in the path, not too afraid but in case they made more noise to attract the attention of the basilisk.

Soon everyone turned around a dark bend in the tunnel, and then everyone was on guard for a moment, and Lupin, who was walking with Harry, retreated to the last position with Harry without thinking about it, and then covered Harry's eyes, giving up space for the other people who looked on guard to fight.

Not far in front of them, the silhouette of a coiled behemoth lay motionless on the other side of the tunnel.

"Merlin, he's so big!" Sirius pointed his wand at the shadow, calculating its actual size.

"Asleep?" Seeing the black shadow motionless, Lupin, who was standing behind to protect Harry, asked in a low voice.

"It doesn't look like it!" Mad-Eye Moody said, leaning sideways and slowly moving forward, wand held high in his hand. The light shone on a huge snakeskin, green and bright, and at first glance it was the skin of a poisonous snake, coiled around the ground of the tunnel, and the inside was empty. Apparently, the animal that had just shed this layer of skin was at least twenty feet long.

"It's the basilisk's snake molt!" Seeing that there was no danger, Snape stepped forward to inspect the snakeskin, squinting his eyes and saying. "If this is the basilisk's snake molt, then this guy is even bigger than we thought." Everyone knows that snakes grow bigger after molting.

"Looks like we're pretty close to the basilisk's lair!" Dumbledore said.

Although the value of the snake molt of the thousand-year-old basilisk is very high, but now no one cares about this, and they are all more vigilant, since the snake molt of the basilisk is here, then it can only mean that this is already the field of the basilisk's regular activities.

Everyone paid attention, slowed down, and began to walk deeper into the tunnel, and soon, the shadow of the basilisk quickly sank into the darkness and disappeared, and the tunnel turned and turned, and I don't know how far it had gone. At last, as they carefully turned another bend, they found a sturdy wall in front of them, carved with two intertwined serpents, their eyes studded with large, shining emeralds.

"Looks like this is our last hurdle!" Ning Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, the kind of tunnel that seemed to never end just now made everyone's pressure too great, in that environment, no one dared to relax for a moment, so it was like a taut string, it was too draining, and fortunately, most of the people present had experienced a hard battle and could still hold on.

I really don't know how Harry, a twelve-year-old kid, persevered in the novel, maybe there is a little reason why newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Even after knowing the basilisk and knowing that there is a mysterious Slytherin heir, they are full of enthusiasm and ready to save their friend's sister, and they don't know how terrible the basilisk is, and it's not like they know a lot about the enemy and have a lot of concerns.

"The back should be the core area of the secret room, and the next thing is to face the basilisk, everyone will rest for a while before entering!" Dumbledore said.

Lupin's expression was a little hesitant, "Professor, it's too dangerous next, why don't you let Harry go back first, I think there shouldn't be too many places where you need to use the Parseltongue next." ”

"Remus, I'm not leaving, I can help!" Harry broke free of Lupin's grip and said loudly. A boy of his age is always a little hot-blooded and doesn't want to be underestimated.

"Don't worry, Remus, don't worry, it's just a big snake, so many of us can't protect Harry!" Sirius looked confident, "Besides, Jaime's son is not weak!" ”

Looking at Sirius's nostalgic expression as he looked at Harry, Lupin didn't know how to refute for a while, but Snape, who hadn't said much along the way, sneered, "Arrogant thoughts, if you remember why you locked up Azkaban for so many years, then you should know that it was your arrogance that killed Old Potter, and ...... You look at Potter Jr. with the eyes of old Potter, should you praise you for your brotherhood? ”

Snape's words were hard to hear, but Ning Yuan understood that he didn't want Harry to continue the snake slaying operation, but he was obviously kind, but he had a knife mouth, pretending to be disgusted.

Sure enough, as soon as Snape's words fell, Sirius and Harry glared at Snape angrily, if it weren't for Lupin pulling, it is estimated that Sirius would have rushed up and beat Snape no matter where it was, "What are you talking about, you damn snot, I'm going to ......"

"Enough!" Dumbledore's majestic voice calmed the two of them for a moment, "The place we are in now is not a stage for you to quarrel!" ”

"Sirius, Severus is just concerned about Harry's safety!" He was answered by Sirius' disdain and Snape's snort.

"Severus, Remus, I'm afraid Harry will need to be next, so he must follow us into the Chamber of Secrets, but we are fully prepared, everyone will be safe, and I can guarantee that Harry will not feel harmed!" Dumbledore said with a stern expression, Dumbledore was undoubtedly very convincing like this, so everyone didn't say much.

"Moody, old fellow, send a message to Hagrid to bring the box over, I need to check this door." Dumbledore commanded.

Soon a silver-white Patronus ran towards the tunnel from which they had come, leaving only a small silver starlight behind them.

While everyone else was resting, Ning Yuan and Dumbledore stood in front of the stone gate, carefully inspecting the stone gate.

"The style of more than a thousand years ago!" Dumbledore said, pointing to the carved pattern on the stone door. "It seems highly likely that it was built by Slytherin, and if it wasn't, it was the work of a contemporary wizard with a relationship to Slytherin.

"How's the magic up there?" Ning Yuan didn't pay much attention to these architectural decoration styles, he was more concerned about the ancient magic on the stone gate, which was something more valuable to Ning Yuan.

"It's indeed a lost ancient magic, it's very well preserved, but it's different from the overall style of Hogwarts Castle and it's not a whole, it seems to have been built secretly!" As the headmaster, Dumbledore was naturally very familiar with the entire school castle.

Hogwarts itself is actually a living textbook of ancient magic, alchemy and other lost knowledge, although it has gone through thousands of years of historical changes, but because of the care of each generation of headmasters and professors, the entire Hogwarts castle has mostly maintained basic operation except for a few places where magic has lost its effect or is damaged.

Therefore, in addition to the books in the library during this time, Ning Yuan was also very curious about the entire castle.

Although it is not a mage tower in the world of Dungeons and Dragons, even the Moon World has a magic workshop, and in terms of magic positions, Ning Yuan also intends to build a fortress of his own, and in addition to Hogwarts Castle, how many Ning Yuan in the entire wizarding world feels is worth learning.

However, although Ning Yuan was very interested in the ancient magic used in the construction of the secret room, he also knew that there was still a basilisk inside the door waiting for them to solve it, so he didn't grasp this problem, but started to check it like Dumbledore.

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!