After coming to this fork in the road, Chen Ziyang looked in the direction of his memory, hoping to see the trace of the dragon-shaped stone sculpture again.

As he was moving forward, Chen Ziyang thought of a possible loophole in the labyrinth, that is, the dragon-shaped stone sculpture that connected the dragon qi.

According to his previous guess, the dragon-shaped stone sculpture was protruding from the bottom of a mountain range, and it should have directly led the dragon qi to the center of the underground palace.

When I saw the dragon-shaped stone sculpture before, the stone sculpture was suspended in mid-air, protruding from one wall and burrowing into the other.

According to this line of thought, maybe this dragon-shaped stone sculpture runs through the entire labyrinth and reaches the center of the labyrinth directly, as long as you follow the dragon-shaped stone carving, you should be able to find the center of the labyrinth.

After searching for a while, Chen Ziyang saw the dragon-shaped stone sculpture again, but at this time, his heart was cold. Indeed, there is a dragon-shaped stone sculpture sticking out of the wall, and from the direction, this dragon-shaped stone sculpture is the previous one that penetrates the wall.

But here, the dragon-shaped stone sculpture turns at a 90-degree angle and sticks directly into the rock below the labyrinth. And because the density of the stone is too large, and the depth of the dragon-shaped stone carving is too deep, Chen Ziyang can't see the dragon air rotation below the ground.

In other words, it is very likely that the person who built the dungeon had already thought of this loophole before him, so he deliberately designed it this way, so that the dragon-shaped sculpture that connected the dragon qi would go deep into the ground here, leaving no trace of pointing to the center of the dungeon.

"Okay......" Seeing that there was no shortcut to take, Chen Ziyang took out the compass and carefully recorded the direction of this dragon-shaped stone carving, although he couldn't be sure that the stone carving was directly pointing to the center of the maze, maybe the stone carving would bend and change direction halfway, but he finally had a general direction.

The team was still walking cautiously forward, in order to prevent sudden accidents, the distance between the dozen or so members of the whole team was relatively far from each other, and it was pulled into a long line, and only the three Chen Ziyang brothers were relatively close.

Because there are a lot of walls in this labyrinth, and there are also a lot of corners, the air circulation is not very good, so until now, the flame of the dog oil candle hanging on Chen Benzhong's waist is still pale green, and everyone can't take off the gas mask.

At this time, Chen Ziyang was surprised to find that Chen Benzhong's dog oil candle was very resistant to burning. This candle was originally only half a section, only two or three inches long, but it seems that the length of this candle has not decreased much since it was lit until now.

After more than an hour, the team had almost walked four or five kilometers. During this time, the entire labyrinth seemed to be asleep, without any unusual movement, and the people in the group did not touch the mechanism or follow the repeated path.

Although he had already walked so far, Chen Ziyang knew that in fact, the distance between the entire team and the center of the maze had not been shortened much, and most of the four or five kilometers of the road were horizontal paths taken due to the limitations of the maze terrain.

The whole labyrinth is layered on top of each other, and it is often necessary to make a long detour to reach the other end of a wall, and in some cases, even have to walk a long way back.

There is no way to do this, according to this progress, the gate of the original maze is only six or seven kilometers away from the center of the maze in a straight line, and now it may take seventy or eighty kilometers, or even hundreds of kilometers to get there.

"The substitution of the head." After estimating the time in his heart, Chen Benzhong turned his head and said to Liu Cong behind him.

Under Chen Benzhong's arrangement, Liu Cong ordered another team member to go to the front of the team, replaced the team member who had taken the lead before, and let him be the vanguard.

Seeing this seemingly inconsequential decision made by Chen Benzhong, Chen Ziyang admired it, which is the embodiment of many years of experience.

There are many types of tombs and they vary in size, but some of the largest burial complexes are so large that they sometimes need to be searched for days.

There are usually a lot of mechanisms in such places, and the role of the person at the head of the team is very important when conducting a search.

In addition to judging the path of the team's advancement, the person at the head also needs to pay attention to some details such as mechanisms, so this person's spirit has been in a very nervous state.

If this state lasts for a long time, it is easy to get tired and make mistakes, so it is best to replace the person when he is tired.

Other than that, the team has been moving forward for more than an hour now, and it has been relatively safe in the process. At this time, the person at the head of the team is prone to laxity, he will think that there is no mechanism or anything like that for more than an hour, it is very likely that there is no mechanism here, this mentality often leads to the carelessness of the person at the head, so that there are some mistakes that could have been avoided.

Seeing Chen Benzhong's approach, Chen Ziyang knew that although this hundred-year-old man had not been to the tomb for a long time, his experience had not been lost, and his cautious approach was formed after many times of experience.

In this way, after changing three team members one after another, the team has advanced more than ten kilometers. It can be said that up to now, the whole team is confused, they have no idea where the team has gone, how far they still have to go, and even they have some doubts that they have missed the center of the maze.

The whole team was exhausted, and the long hours of concentration made everyone feel dizzy, and if it weren't for the constant breathing of oxygen, maybe they wouldn't have been able to hold on to it at all.

It was at this time that the mutation protruded.

"Be careful!" The team member who opened the road at the front suddenly felt a limp under his feet, as if he had stepped on a moving brick, and he only had time to say these two words before the mechanism was triggered.

There was a loud "boom", and everyone in the team felt their feet tremble, and in the straight walls on both sides, a section of stone wall suddenly moved, bulging at a relatively fast speed.

The moving stone wall was about five or six meters wide, like a thick sharp knife, inserted into the middle of the team, and the people pointed by this sharp knife were precisely Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai behind Chen Ziyang.

At this time, the position of the three people was very awkward, Chen Ziyang was not far from the edge of this protruding stone wall, as long as he took two steps forward, he could easily avoid the stone wall.

But Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai were still a few meters away from him, and they were in a relatively backward position, if Chen Ziyang did this, if this stone wall did not retract after closing, he would be separated from the other two people and blocked on both sides of this stone wall.

And Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai obviously realized this, they didn't want to be separated from Chen Ziyang, but the two of them didn't know if they could avoid the stone wall if they ran in the direction of Chen Ziyang, the time was too urgent, and if the action was slow, the two of them might be sandwiched into meatloaf.

Just when these two people were stunned, Chen Ziyang had already made a decision, he did not choose safety, but chose his brother. After swerving on the spot, he sprinted backwards.

Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai, who understood what Chen Ziyang meant, hurriedly retreated backwards and retreated to a safe place before the stone wall was closed. At the moment when the two stone walls closed, Chen Ziyang flew and drilled out of the crack in the wall. After a loud bang, the dust on the surrounding walls was shaken off a lot.

"Huh." Seeing Chen Ziyang rushing over, Yang Lei smirked. And Chen Ziyang, who had just gotten up, wanted to smile back, but he suddenly saw a gap in the passage under the feet of Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai.

didn't have time to remind, Chen Ziyang, who had just landed, ran forward two more steps, and after a big jump, he pushed away Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai with both hands respectively.

At the same time, the ground where Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai were standing before suddenly collapsed. It turned out that the ground here was actually a trap, and a trapdoor was placed. Under the chain effect of the mechanism, the moment the stone wall was closed, the trapdoor also opened.

After pushing the two people away, Chen Ziyang's speed of rushing forward was greatly reduced, and at the same time, there was no place to borrow strength, and his body fell straight towards the bottom of the trapdoor. Even if you think about it with your heels, you know that it is definitely not a good place to be, and if you fall down, you will be dead.

"Ziyang!" Yang Lei, who was pushed to the ground with his back facing the sky, shouted, and he watched Chen Ziyang fall into the deep well that suddenly appeared. Just when he wanted to get up, he suddenly saw something fly out from where Chen Ziyang fell.

What was thrown out was the Five Emperor Coin with a red thread that had been hanging on Chen Ziyang's left hand. Looking at the direction in which the red line was thrown, Yang Lei hurriedly raised the rifle in his hand with both hands, and after slamming the back of the five emperor coins, the red line behind the copper coins was wrapped around the barrel of the gun.

It turned out that while pushing the two people away, Chen Ziyang knew that he had no way to avoid the trap under his feet at all, so the moment he fell, he had already made a plan and hurriedly threw out the Five Emperor Coin tied with a red line.

Although he didn't know if the Five Emperor Coins could be wrapped around something after they were thrown out, and whether the things that were entangled could be used to borrow power, he threw them out firmly, and he believed that his two brothers must have a way to stop his whereabouts.

This time Yang Lei did not pit his teammates, his reaction can be described as very fast, but although the Five Emperor Money has been wrapped around his rifle, and the rifle is also firmly grasped in his hand, but now Yang Lei is lying on the ground, and there is no place to use it to borrow strength.

And the speed of Chen Ziyang's fall is also very fast, when the red line is straightened, Yang Lei is pulled by Chen Ziyang, sliding forward against the ground, or after a few seconds, Yang Lei will also be taken into the deep well by Chen Ziyang.

Yang Lei, who was sliding forward, kicked his legs desperately, but the ground here was very flat, and there were no steps or anything like that to stop him from sliding forward. Just when Yang Lei was complaining about why he was so useless, Umbrella Shishuai, who had always been very trusted, made a move.

Seeing that Yang Lei was being carried forward, Umbrella Shishuai hurriedly rubbed forward, lay down with Yang Lei, and at the same time stretched out his hands and grabbed the rifle in Yang Lei's hand.

Because of the inertia, coupled with the fact that the ground friction here is very small, the addition of Umbrella Shishuai only temporarily slowed down the speed of Chen Ziyang's fall, and temporarily slowed down the speed of the two people sliding forward, and the two people still slid forward.

"Listen to me, put your feet on the ground, straighten your legs and kick!" After shouting these words loudly, Umbrella Shishuai didn't care if Yang Lei could understand what he meant, he curled up his legs, stepped on the soles of his feet on the ground, and at the same time used all his strength to straighten his legs.

I don't know if it was the moment of life and death that stimulated Yang Lei's potential, he had never been able to comprehend the intentions of his teammates, and this time he did it surprisingly correctly, his movements were almost exactly the same as those of Umbrella Shi Shuai.

With the power of pulling down, as well as the power of the two people kicking their legs at the same time, Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai actually stood up under the pull. At this time, the two of them had been pulled to the edge of the deep well, and their toes were already hanging in the air.

After standing up at the edge of the deep well, with the strength of their feet, they finally stopped Chen Ziyang's fall, but now Chen Ziyang's weight continued to pull the two people, and the two of them involuntarily leaned forward, seeing that they were about to fall into the deep well together.

"Hard!" With the efforts of the two people, their bodies slowly leaned back, and the two of them were like tug-of-war, firmly grasping the rifle in their hands, and finally completely resolved this crisis.

After being pulled suddenly, Chen Ziyang felt his body move sideways, and after a "poof", he hit the side wall of the deep well hard.

After secretly screaming that he was in danger, Chen Ziyang knew that he was saved. This is really too dangerous, if it weren't for his quick reaction, he threw out the red rope at the first time, if it wasn't for the fact that the red rope was relatively strong, if it wasn't for the fast reaction of Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai above, it would be absolutely impossible for him to be rescued.

At this time, the team members behind Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai also gathered, and with their help, Chen Ziyang was pulled upwards little by little.

Lowering his head, with the beam of the flashlight hanging from his waist, Chen Ziyang saw that the depth of this deep well was almost more than 20 meters. At the bottom of the deep well seemed to be a pool of stagnant water, and shiny things reflected flashlights on the surface of the water, which should be some sharp spears or knife tips, if they fell, they would definitely be inserted into a hornet's nest.

Luckily, the people who set up the mechanism didn't place the knives on the walls around the deep well, otherwise the force of the moment he had just hit the side wall would have killed him.

After being pulled up, Chen Ziyang looked around, in addition to the three of them, there were four other people separated by the stone wall.

(End of chapter)