There was dead silence in the chamber.

The soldiers clanged their weapons on the surrounding stone walls three times, but still found no clues. The corpse of the golden scorpion lay cold in the corner, and the viciousness and majesty of the past now seemed even more ironic.

"Looks like this guy is going to bury us with us." Maya spat hard.

Her complaint resonated with everyone. Indeed, this dark chamber seemed to have become their tomb in the dark, like a bottomless abyss that constantly devoured their courage and hope.

Lydia was still trying to find the mechanism, looking for any possible clues. It's a pity that his efforts are like stones thrown into a pond, only stirring up the slightest ripple.

Fear and despair crept through the chamber.

"All secret rooms have mechanisms to get out." Lydia was as determined as ever. She took a deep breath and tried to stabilize the morale of the army, "There will always be a way out, no one will build a secret room that cannot be escaped." ”

Hei Ningxue patted Lydia with a little surprise, "I really admire you, how do you maintain this optimistic courage in such a desperate trap?" ”

Lydia said calmly, "There is a course in the priesthood course in the Shendu called 'Funeral Academics', have you heard of it?" ”

Hei Ningxue shook her head blankly, "What kind of subject is that?" How to make up a dead person? ”

"That's just a small part of the whole funeral preparation." Lydia blinked, "There's a lot of space in it that explains how to dig up the tomb. ”

Hei Ningxue didn't quite understand what she said and what it had to do with the current situation.

Lydia finally had a knack for overpowering the black snow, and she was quite proud: "When building a tomb, there is a concept called the 'Mechanism of the Dead'. ”

"I always feel that Her Royal Highness is talking more and more unlucky." Hei Ningxue glanced to the left and right with a little panic, and made sure that no one else heard them, so she asked in a low voice, "It's all like this, and you're still full of 'funerals', 'deceased' or something, aren't you afraid that these people will go crazy?" ”

Lydia was having a good conversation, where could she stop," ...... All the tombs in this world are designed to leave a mechanism for the deceased to open the tomb. This is known as the 'organ of the dead'. ”

"Huh?" Hei Ningxue was surprised, "Everyone is dead, what are you doing with this thing for him?" ”

Lydia nodded, "The doctrine of the Kerbal gods says that virtuous people have a chance to be resurrected by the gods. If it is really resurrected, then there must be a way to get out, right? This is where the 'Dead Institution' comes from. You think, even the catacombs have a mechanism to come out, and of course there will be here. ”

I have to say that this logic is very far-fetched, but it does invisibly give Hei Ningxue a hint of motivation to survive: "Since the princess has said so, then I will also work hard to see if there are any opportunities around here." ”

But the reality is brutal.

Soon, Bard came over and reported, "We've searched many times, and there aren't any hollow mezzanines in the surrounding walls. ”

Maya's heart flickered, "Could it be ...... Is there really no road? ”

"Yes."

The non-smiling man who had been silent suddenly spoke.

A series of happy dopamine flashed through Lydia's anxious nerves, "Really? But there seems to be no road around the walls? ”

"Since there's nothing around, it's underground." Don't laugh and kick the stone at your feet. At this time, everyone noticed that the stone slabs on the ground were actually black and white.

On the floor of the secret room, black and white colors are distinct, like a huge chessboard, waiting for the challenge of the brave.

Lydia frowned, carefully observing the patterns on the floor, the black and white color distinction reminiscent of a chessboard. But the thought only flashed through her mind, and she knew that there was no way anyone would play a game of chess in the secret room.

She lifted one foot slightly, hesitantly stepping onto the white part. Her heart was full of nervousness and unease, but there was also a glimmer of hope beating. However, the floor did not react in any way, and was as quiet as death.

Lydia gritted her teeth, she took a deep breath, and stepped the black part. This time, she visibly felt something strange on the floor, a faint vibration coming from under her feet, and her heart beat instantly faster.

However, she soon fell back into disappointment: despite the reaction of the floor, the stone walls of the chamber did not open as a result. Her heart sank, and a feeling of helplessness welled up in her.

Seeing her appearance, Hei Ningxue helped her step on another stone slab, which was slightly different in color from the surrounding stone slabs, and seemed to look dull.

But nothing has changed.

Lydia's heart sank, and her eyes were filled with despair. Despite all her attempts, the chamber remained closed, as if mocking her powerlessness.

"Could it be a rabbi......" Nacian was about to speak, but Maya covered her mouth.

"What do you want to say?" Maya asked in a low voice.

Nacian whispered in her ear, "This could be the 'Rabbi's Death Steps', and you need to follow the steps of the ritual to take the corresponding trajectory on the floor tiles, and maybe open the mechanism." ”

Maya suddenly felt cold in her hands and feet, and glared at him fiercely, "The Grim Reaper's steps are used by the royal family of the Wild Sand, if you say it now, won't you admit that you are the royal family of the Wild Sand?" ”

"What then?" Nacian said in a deep voice, "We're trapped here, and we're going to die sooner or later." ”

"But if you say it, you'll die too." Maya Road.

"I ......" Nacian suddenly didn't know what to do.

"Lydia," Bu Xiao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, "I remember you mentioned that there was no emperor in your previous world. ”

How could this guy ask such a strange question at such a time? Lydia secretly began to wonder if it was this darkness that drove the genius crazy, or if there was another person as transfigurable as the Thousand-Faced Enchantress who was pretending to be him.

But on second thought, every time he behaves and asks questions, he often has an extraordinary purpose. Lydia had no choice but to gather her thoughts and replied seriously, "Yes, we used a political system similar to the current one of the Red Pavilion to end the imperial system. ”

Buxiao nodded, "The last emperor of that world, what is his fate?" ”

Lydia looked up and tried to remember what was in the book: "That emperor didn't get any real power. It was first used as a puppet by the traitors, and then used by the invaders to split the country. After the end of the war, he was caught and put in a war criminal camp. ”

The others had no interest in it, except for Nacian's ears that had long since pricked up. When Lydia said this, it was as if his heart had fallen into a bottomless cliff in an instant.

Imprisoned in the war criminal camp, there must be only one way to die.

He suddenly remembered Father Shraf, and the little chubby cat waiting for him at home...... Nacian had just been wrapped up in sadness when he suddenly heard Lydia continue, "I gave him an interesting job later. ”

"Interesting job?" Hei Ningxue couldn't help but interject, "You give it to an emperor of a declining dynasty...... Got a job? ”

"That's right." Lydia nodded, "He's lived in the palace since he was a child, so he knows all kinds of artifacts and national treasures. After he was released from prison, because of his specialty, he was assigned a job of cultural relics identification. ”

Hei Ningxue shook her hand again and again, "I didn't mean that, I mean...... Didn't you hang him, or cut off his head? ”

"We are going to execute people who have unforgivable sins, not some kind of identity." Lydia explained, "The Emperor had committed many crimes, but on the whole he was taken advantage of by the invaders. So in the end, although he became a war criminal, he did not commit a crime to death. ”

Hei Ningxue nodded as if she didn't understand.

There was silence in the secret room for a moment, and then he spoke again without smiling, "Now do you understand?" ”

This inexplicable question, asked silly everyone at the same time. Even shrewdness like black condensation snow didn't understand what he was saying without laughing. Or rather, who is he talking to.

The silence continued for another moment.

With a long sigh, Nacian nodded slightly, "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from him." He whispered to Maya, "Help me take care of Daddy and Chubby Kitten." ”

With that, he walked out of the crowd and knelt down on one knee: "Eichna meets the Lord of the Red Pavilion." ”

"Eshina? How can you have such a strange name......" Eggers was about to laugh at him, but was punched in the head by Bard.

"You fool, don't you see that he is practicing royal etiquette?" Bard whispered in her ear.

Only then did Eggers react, "Royal...... Eichner...... Is he ......? ”

Krohn mended the knife beside him, "Even I figured it out, of course he is the third prince Eichner." ”

Eggers only felt dizzy for a while, "This guy ...... It turned out to be ......"

Eichner took a deep breath, "This secret room should be the main hub connecting the seven princely castles and the imperial palace. The black and white grid on the ground must be 'Rabbi's Death Steps'. ”

As soon as the "steps of the rabbi of death" were spoken, Maya covered her face in pain, as if she had seen his body dangling from the gallows.

Buxiao looked at him indifferently, and then looked at everyone present, "Everyone will have some secrets, you can not tell." Lydia believes in you, and I believe in you. ”

Nacian was actually the third prince of the Wild Sand Empire, and this huge amount of information was like a crazy speeding truck, crashing into Lydia's head with a bang. It wasn't until Buxiao mentioned her name that she barely came back to her senses.

"Yes...... Yes......" Lydia said hurriedly as she said without laughing, "Lord No-Laugh is right...... No matter what your background is, you are the 'Second Lieutenant Nasian' who fought side by side with us and performed many miracles...... Right? ”