The four of us kept a long snake formation and walked along the right wall of the wall, so that if there was any mechanism, we only needed to pay attention to the wall around us, and the opening device of the mechanism was usually close to the floor or other objects in the middle. We can lean on one side, which can greatly reduce the trigger rate of the trap.

Nothing special happened along the way, Sister Hua asked the fat brother as she walked: "What did you touch in front of you?" Why did the trap suddenly trigger? ”

The fat brother said, "I didn't touch anything." ”

Sister Hua was very suspicious and asked: "You haven't touched anything, why is it an iron ball and a falling rock, if we can't get out, we will roast you and eat it first when we are hungry." ”

The fat brother said: "I really didn't touch anything, I touched the dark and walked forward, the road was very flat, smoother than the asphalt road, walking and walking, I bumped into a big stone monument, the stone monument is bigger than me, I touched it, guess what I touched?" I touched the word 'death' in big letters. ”

It turned out that the fat brother touched the words on the stone tablet, and felt that something was wrong, so he asked us to quickly turn back and run, but I didn't expect to hit the wrong way back on the way, and it just triggered the mechanism. Although the iron ball that fell out of the dragon's mouth did not have any power, the fist-like iron ball was not a joke if it hit anyone's head.

After a while, we walked to the stele that the fat brother said, and with the light of Sister Hua's mobile phone, we saw the whole picture of the stele. The stele is two meters high and one meter wide, and the upper end is not like other steles, with two missing corners, but on the stele, two three-dimensional, human hand bones are carved, like a skeleton behind the stele, holding the stele with both hands.

The stele is also the material of the bluestone slab, and only one word is carved on it, the word "death", the brushwork is strong and powerful, the carved lines are smooth and smooth, and it is also colored with the golden dye of the dragon. The bottom of the stele was deeply embedded in the stone slab, and it did not move.

The four of them looked at the big word and were silent.

I think there is no road behind anyway, there is no stone tablet to block here, I will definitely go forward, there are two possibilities to walk past, life or death, but there is only one possibility to turn back, I can't live. Maybe this is a deliberate attempt by the builder to scare people, true and false.

Lu Shan was the first to speak: "I really can't go forward this time, this dead word is definitely not talking about the previous organ, those who can see this word are all alive, and they must be saying that the road behind the stone tablet will die." ”

The fat brother immediately retorted to her: "Maybe, if you don't trigger the mechanism when you come, and you see the dead word going back, the probability of triggering the mechanism will increase, didn't I just get hit, I haven't figured it out until now, where is there no whole pair, you can trigger the mechanism." This is a little conspiracy of the designers, and I have already seen through it. ”

I agree with Fat Brother's words, if people really have the intention to kill us, then why set up a stone monument to remind us. Then I looked at Sister Hua, from the incident of opening the hydraulic door just now, Sister Hua has become a tall image of a wise man in my heart, the working people are wise, and the wise working people built this underground building, which must be cracked by an older, living person like Sister Hua.

Sister Hua looked at me in the eye, knowing that I was waiting for her to express her opinion, so she cleared her throat and said, "One less dragon head." ”

After hearing this sentence, we were all inexplicable, and we didn't know what Sister Hua was trying to express.

I further asked, "What's missing a faucet?" What's missing? ”

Sister Hua said: "When we came over, I counted it, and there were forty-nine dragon heads on one side, and the two sides were symmetrical, that is, ninety-eight dragon heads, one less." ”

I was once again shocked by Sister Hua's sanity and memory, in this situation of not knowing whether she would be dead or alive in the next second, in this impermeable underground ancient building shrouded in darkness, Sister Hua could still think of counting the dragon's head.

The ancients said that ninety-nine is one, and we have only passed through ninety-eight dragon heads, so there must be one less. But what does this lack of a dragon head have to do with the dead word on this stone tablet, and our decision to move on?

Before I could speak, the fat brother asked Sister Hua: "Where is the ninety-ninth dragon head?" Are we going to look any further? ”

Sister Hua shook her head and said: "You can't go forward, there must be a problem with one less faucet, and the last faucet will appear on the road behind, which must be more powerful than the mechanism of these ninety-eight faucets." ”

Although Sister Hua said it is very reasonable, it can't change our current situation. In fact, no matter what the process of the debate is, the result is the same: moving forward, because there is no zài in the option of turning back.

I said, "The result of turning back now is definitely a dead end, and going forward is unknown, half life and death." "Sister Hua's concerns about the last faucet also lingered in my heart, but I still chose to continue walking.

Sister Hua also nodded helplessly, indicating that there was indeed no turning back. Everyone looked depressed, as if they were about to rush to the execution ground. The pressure in my heart is the greatest, and I have been emphasizing that it is me who goes inside, in case it is a point of no return, and the three of them will have to dislike me on the Huangquan Road.

"Anyway, we have to continue, so don't delay the time, I don't know how long the road ahead is." The fat brother said and walked inside.

Because of the suddenness of the mechanism, the steps of the four of us are very small, and the speed of travel is not fast, but we are still too worried, the stone tablet is about fifteen meters back, and the ground reflects the miserable white light of Sister Hua's mobile phone.

My first thought was that there was water, and sure enough, there was a stretch of water in front of me with no view of the other side. The water is flowing, from our side, all the way to the other side. The water level was level with the height of the slate bank, and the splash that flowed with the water wet the bluestone floor at the edges. This is the underground river, and the previous hydraulic mechanism techniques were all done with this river water.

I look at the edge of the bluestone floor, there is no moss, usually the water level may not be as high as the shore, last night it rained heavily, the water level rose, so the splash splashed on the shore.

The fat brother took off his shoes, tied the two shoelaces together, and then hung them on the back of his neck, and said, "I went into the water first, this body is dirty, just washed." Then he jumped into the water with a thud.

At the moment when the fat brother entered the water, I saw a long black shadow in the water by the light of the mobile phone, which disappeared in a flash, because I didn't see it clearly, I just persuaded myself in my heart that the river is flowing, and the light of the mobile phone is weak, so it is inevitable to be dazzled, in fact, it is the water surface that the light does not shine on, and it looks like it is flowing black.

The fat brother beckoned to us while treading in the water: "Come down, this water is good, it's a little warm, it's too comfortable, the stinky boy will go to the other side in a while, rub my back." ”

Under the call of the fat brother, the three of us also entered the water one after another, I took Sister Hua's bag, put the bag on the top of my head, and swam to the opposite side with a dog planing posture.

In fact, Sister Hua has the best water here, she can't swim since she was a child, Sister Hua swims forward with one hand and feet, and holds her mobile phone with the other hand, giving us a glimpse of the front.

Because we were going downstream, we swam very fast and not very hard. The fatigue of the night of steaming was also washed away by the warm river water, which was refreshing from the inside out.

After a while, the light of the mobile phone could reach the opposite bank, and we stopped at the center point, stepped on the water to rest, and only let the natural flow of the river carry us forward. I looked to both sides, and the distance between the two sides was about fifty meters.

The fat brother said with a smile: "This ancient ancestor will really enjoy it, and there is a private swimming pool built underground, which is simply refreshing." Swim over to their back garden, probably in the back garden. ”

I also happily responded to the fat brother: "Yes, just now this hydraulic mechanism was embarrassing us for a long time, and now it's time to be comfortable and comfortable." ”

As I was talking, I suddenly felt a warm current, slippery against my legs, and it passed in an instant. Then again, this time it felt more obvious, as if there were fish in the water playing around my legs.

I said to Sister Hua, "Sister, if you look at me, there seems to be fish in the water." ”

Sister Hua turned the phone in front of her and turned to me.

I squinted my eyes and looked hard into the water, where my legs were, and I finally saw a black object the size of a bucket and seven or eight meters long in the water, swirling directly below me. My eyes immediately widened and I didn't dare to say anything.

The fat brother saw that I didn't speak anymore, so he asked me, "How is it?" See? Is there a fish? Let's find a way to catch two of them, and go to the other side to find some firewood to burn and eat. ”

I couldn't hold it anymore and shouted, "Swim quickly." So I took the lead and swam frantically to the other side.

Seeing this, the three people next to me also sped up and followed closely behind me.

Lu Shan asked while swimming, "What's wrong?" Is there a mechanism in the water? ”

When I finally figured it out, I said to them, "There is a dragon in the water, and the ninety-ninth dragon, the black dragon." ”