Chapter 3: Cracking
Shangguan Yi stayed on the bed with blank eyes, thinking of a way, how to break the situation? The old man must have known that the opening method of the organ was not so simple, but he didn't tell me, didn't this mean that I wanted to find it myself? To put it bluntly, it was his test, and I don't know what the impact would be after it, but if it didn't, it would definitely lower his evaluation of me. So I can ask him, but I can't go, this way, I can't choose. Then I can only rely on myself, Shangguan Yi sat up and clenched his fists, the first challenge in this life, not only can I not lose, but I also have to win beautifully.
Shangguan Yi made up his mind and began to wander around the room again, only this time he did not blindly touch those mechanisms, but emptied himself and thought about the problem from the perspective of a bystander. After all, as long as there is a road, if you can't figure out how to go from an angle, then change your thinking, as long as you don't give up, you can always come up with it.
The organs I know now are vases, lamps, and a few books on the shelves, and there may be anything else, something else? Shangguan Yi groaned for a while, and he checked the floor, and there was nothing abnormal, so there was no possibility that there was a hidden mechanism under the floor, so what about the above? I am a modern person, and I will subconsciously ignore that place, but if this is a martial arts world where happiness and enmity are forbidden, flying cornices and walking on the wall are the basic skills, and it is not impossible for the mechanism to hide on it. Shangguan Yi paced back and forth in the house, it was impossible to go up, he couldn't do light work, and it was impossible to have such a thing as a ladder, so he couldn't go up, the old man knew but still asked me to come over, which means that I can think of it, so this one can also be ignored.
Then all that's left is to combine the switch or keep looking for possible switches. If you change the angle and consider it from the designer's point of view, if I want to design a basement, not to mention what the role is, only to mention the angle of the mechanism, a qualified mechanism, concealment is certain, and then it must not be too complicated, otherwise it is inconvenient to escape and refuge. Assuming that this is a qualified mechanism, then it is unqualified to conceal it, but if you have a little experience, you will search these places first like me, but the complexity is a bit high, and it is not impossible to cover up with high complexity and low concealment, but it is inevitable that the designer is a little incompetent. If you boldly overturn the role of these mechanisms in opening the basement, and find a mechanism that is both hidden and complex, if you can find it, you should be able to find the basement or find key clues, if you can't, you can only accept that the designer of this house is a second-rate mechanism, at least in Shangguan Yi's heart at this time.
Shangguan Yi walked to the bed again, this time not slumped on it, but climbed onto the bed, inch by inch on the bed, groping on the wall, sometimes seeing is not necessarily true, metaphysics, see if there can be any accidental discovery. Suddenly, Shangguan Yi stopped, groped carefully, got up and picked up the paper on the table and pressed it against the wall, and a not-so-obvious bulge could be clearly seen, but it couldn't be pressed. Make a note of the location and keep fumbling. At dawn, Shangguan Yi straightened up and wiped a handful of sweat, and finally groped for it, a total of four such protrusions, two on the wall at the head of the bed, and two on the side wall of the bed near the end of the bed, although they couldn't press it down, and they didn't know how to trigger it, but Shangguan Yi's intuition was the key to this.
Shangguan Yi sat cross-legged on the bed, facing the wall, at a glance, there was nothing abnormal, so he almost ruled out the suspicion on the side of the bed at the beginning, even if it was an investigation, he only focused on searching under the bed, but he didn't expect that there would be this kind of operation, the routine is deep, the routine is deep. Shangguan Yi shook his head and sighed, while thinking about how to turn on this switch and try to touch four buttons at the same time? Then there is a very serious question, let me ask: How can an eight-year-old child touch his feet at the foot of the bed on a two-meter bed and reach the wall at the head of the bed? Shangguan Yi pondered this question, and then went out directly and walked towards the peach forest, looking like he was walking towards the old man. Just when the old man felt that he was coming empty-handed, a little disappointed but about to mention him, Shangguan Yi crossed the chessboard without looking back, went to the depths to pick up two branches, and walked back to the house without saying a word. When the old man saw this, he shook his head and smiled, and he didn't know what he was laughing at.
Shangguan Yi came back with two branches, and there was a little smile on the corner of his mouth, no matter whether the old man was bluffed by him or not, anyway, he was a little trick on him, I can't meditate hard here, racking my brains to solve your test of me, but you are there to enjoy the moon and see the scenery, play chess and drink and think about the old people, hum.
After a little prank (self-thought), Shangguan Yi was in a good mood, continued to solve this test, went to bed, and then kicked two points, one branch in each hand, and stabbed the two positions in the impression with the branch. When the third and fourth points were touched by the branches, the bed began to vibrate, and it was violently moved upwards, and then shifted to the side a distance of a bed. Shangguan Yi was shocked at first, and then knew that he had guessed correctly, hum, it's just that, it's a little meaning~. I completely forgot how I was embarrassed before.
Shangguan Yi just wanted to throw the things in his hand aside, but after thinking about it, wouldn't it be cool if there was any similar design below? For the sake of safety, someone still cowardly held the branch and stuck out his head to see what the open mechanism looked like. A rough staircase leads straight down, and there seem to be a few things like night pearls on both sides of the passage, the brightness is okay, and the test should be over here, right? There shouldn't be any danger, well, there shouldn't be, yes, just die to show him, anyway, I've done my best.
Shangguan Yi thought for a moment, climbed out of bed, walked down the stairs, just walked a few steps, the bed returned to its original position, emmm, it's quite convenient without me closing the entrance, but how should I get out? Or there are other exits ahead, well, eight or nine are not far from ten, if not, I'm afraid that if I don't encounter danger, I can only wait for death if I hide here. Determined, Shangguan Yi continued to walk deeper, and at the end of the day was a small secret room, the fact that there was no frenzy to add a strange lock to the secret room made Shangguan Yi very pleased, pushed the door in, and took a closer look at the furnishings inside, to be honest, Shangguan Yi was a little disappointed, a small shovel, an incense burner, a few handfuls of incense wrapped in oil paper next to it, a delicate box and a few boxes, a sword, and a few jars of wine.
The old man's original words seemed to be: "There is a mechanism in the house that can open the cellar, you go and look for it, there is something in it, I haven't used it for a long time, maybe you can use it, dig up the cheats and cover the soil back." "Now that the cellar is open, and the things have been found, what are the things that I may use? These things, I may use them in the future, but what if he says that they may be used now? Will this be another test? The shovel must be one, the sword, will be used but not now, the box, the contents of the box, it should be similar, right? The box does not dare to move, and I cannot afford to pay for the damage, of course, the main reason is that I am afraid of putting my life into it, in case it is a dangerous thing, the gain outweighs the loss. But the box can still be opened to see, the lock is not on, it looks like it is just an ordinary box, even if the material is not ordinary, look at the ash on it to know that the owner must not care, which is like the box, there is no dust at all.
Shangguan Yi carefully picked open the box with a branch, very good, there was no accident, including the things inside, gold and silver treasures, rare playthings, ancient books and so on. It is normal for the old man not to care about some so-called things outside his body, but as for Shangguan Yi, of course, he doesn't care about it, so it's strange! Shangguan Yi is penniless now, and he is poor, although he can't use these things in the wilderness now, but this does not prevent him from wanting to save a little treasury. But Shangguan Yi didn't touch the contents of it, closed the box and opened the door on the opposite side, holding the incense burner, bringing the shovel, the things wrapped in oiled paper, and the two branches and left.
There are things he wants, and he will take them in his own way. These belong to the old man, he doesn't care, he won't put them here, he cares but ignores their existence, it's nothing more than another story. So Shangguan Yi only took the shovel, incense and incense burner that he felt should be taken away. Existence is reasonable, there must be a person in this place who is worthy of the old man's frequent worship, so he should also worship it.
Shangguan Yi came out of the secret passage, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, because he found that this place was actually halfway up the mountain, although he should not get lost if he walked up the stream, and this mountain was not too high, but the problem was very serious, he was hungry! He didn't know how long he slept before, and when he woke up, he only drank a bowl of medicine that he didn't know what it was, and then went all the way to the present. The question is, where is there anything to eat in the wilderness! Shangguan Yi is a little difficult to hold something, is it possible to escape the catastrophe of life and death, and can still die of hunger? This is also too embarrassing, I should have known that I should have taken a naturalist or something, and it would not be so miserable... Shangguan Yi was walking up the mountain with his things in his arms, thinking nonsense. Suddenly, Shangguan Yi stopped, his nose moved, as if there was a light fruity fragrance? I walked a few steps along the fragrance, and found that it was a fruit that was entangled in the vines on the tree, and the shape was a little strange, like a human hand, but it was purple red, this kind of thing was not a serious fruit at first glance, Shangguan Yi complained helplessly.
"It's so fragrant!" Shangguan Yi picked more than a dozen fruits and put them in his arms, eating while walking, although it looked a little strange, but the taste was still worth affirming, a little sour, but it was mainly sweet, and the taste was OK, in addition to the color, the shape was a little weird, it can be said that it was a very good fruit, well, it was also very full, or it could be that he was now small and had a small appetite, it didn't matter, anyway, the problem of food and clothing was temporarily solved, and he continued to hunt for treasure.
Waiting for Shangguan Yi to eat and walk, when he returned to the peach forest, there was still a half-fruit left. And this scene fell in the eyes of the old man, and the old man's mood was a little complicated. Shangguan Yi not only opened the mechanism, but also took the things he should have taken, and even solved the problem of hunger and satiety, which can be said to be very good. But this thing he ate...
Seeing that the old man was staring directly at the fruit in his hand, his expression was slightly entangled, Shangguan Yi sighed in his heart, it won't be poisonous, right?
The old man pointed to his seat and said, "Sit down, put the things on the table first, and then let's talk about Hades." ”
Seeing him so solemn, Shangguan Yi's expression became a little solemn, put down his things, sat opposite and asked impatiently, "What, this fruit is poisonous?"
The old man shook his head and said, "It's not poisonous to you." This sentence made Shangguan Yi even more confused, it was not poisonous to him, that is, poisonous?
Seeing that he didn't seem to understand, the old man explained: "You are the one who survived the Nine Poisons and the Ninth Yama King Ti, the legend of the Nine Poisons is terrifying, but if you can escape from it, you will get the corresponding benefits." After all, good and bad depend on each other, medicine is poison, poison can also be medicine, that's the truth, ordinary poison and medicine are useless to you, and it can even be said that there is poison in your blood. This fruit is a magic hand, and the taste is okay, but it is a kind of drug, the more you eat, the more obvious the effect of the medicine, the longer you will be delirious, and even go crazy forever, you dare to eat like this, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, a little too reckless!" the old man said, his tone was a little stern, obviously not very satisfied with his casual eating practices. After all, if Shangguan Yi didn't have this kind of immunity to general poison, he would definitely not be able to come back here, he would be delirious halfway, and it was a trivial matter to go the wrong way, but it was very likely that he would die and not know how he died.
Shangguan Yi broke out in a cold sweat, a little afraid, fortunately he was blessed with a great life, otherwise he would have really overturned, this wilderness is inevitably too ferocious, a little wild fruit found casually has this effect, is there any broken intestine grass, seven-step snake or something?
The old man looked at Shangguan Yi and snorted coldly, fortunately, he still knew that he was afraid, he didn't want to do whatever he wanted because he was invincible, and he didn't repent.
After a while, Shangguan Yi, who had calmed down, asked tentatively: "Senior, I brought over the things I needed, do you see?"
The old man nodded and said, "Go dig it, just remember to reset, you can find a few books in the cellar when you go back, martial arts is the capital of walking the world, and experience and knowledge are also essential." ”
Shangguan Yi nodded sincerely: "I've been taught." ”