This stone chamber is circular in shape and very large in area. It is probably as big as half a football field. The ground is made up of stone pillars that can only accommodate one foot. It is estimated that there are more than a hundred of them. The distance between stone pillars is nearly two meters.
The gaps between the stone pillars are bottomless, and if they fall, they will definitely end up being shattered to pieces. At the same time, the stone pillars are engraved with ancient characters such as Yin, Mao, Mu, Sheng, and Si.
The top of the stone chamber is like the cone-shaped interior of an umbrella. The stone walls are smooth and extremely difficult to climb. There is also an obscure ancient text engraved on the wall of the stone chamber.
What surprised Zhou Hao and others the most was that they finally saw other "visitors" in this stone chamber.
There were a total of ten people, all standing on the stone pillars with one foot. Judging from their clothing, these people should belong to two camps. Because one of them was wearing black ninja-like clothing, and the other was
It's a camouflage military uniform.
Zhou Hao stared closely at these two people, guessing that one of them should be from Tojo Shunyi, and the other from the Chinese military, presumably the "First Army". Especially the one in black.
Among the group was a stern-faced man in his forties, with piercing eyes and an extraordinary aura. He was probably Tojo Shunichi.
As for the "First Army", most of them are young soldiers in their twenties. One of them has a much more stable temperament than the others, and he is obviously the commander of this unit.
Zhou Hao could see that Tojo Shunichi and "Ichijun" were obviously hostile, but now both sides were standing on the stone pillar, not daring to act rashly, maintaining a temporary confrontation.
Like Zhou Hao, the two groups in the stone room were very surprised by the arrival of Zhou Hao and his group, as if they did not expect anyone to come here.
"Who are you!" Tojo Shunyi and the "First Army" commander shouted to Zhou Hao and the others in unison, but Tojo Shunyi spoke in Japanese, while the "First Army" commander spoke in Chinese.
"Who are you?" Zhou Hao sneered.
At this time, Kanzaki Shogo came close to Zhou Hao's ear and whispered: "Sir, look, some of those stone pillars are broken."
When Zhou Hao heard this, he looked carefully and found that more than ten stone pillars in the stone chamber were broken, and the fractures were old and new. Zhou Hao's heart moved and he couldn't help but think, if someone was standing on these stone pillars at that time, and the stone pillars suddenly broke
If so, those people will naturally fall into the bottomless abyss below.
He immediately guessed that these stone pillars were probably also mechanisms. If they stepped on the wrong ones, they would break immediately, causing the people on them to fall into the abyss. As for those old fractures, they should have been made by people who broke in before, and
Those new ones are probably those that the two parties chose the wrong footing and broke off, thus dying in the abyss below.
From this, Zhou Hao guessed that the ancient characters "Chen Mao Chou Wei" carved on the stone pillars should be the "key" to the mechanism.
Then I heard Yutaka Ishida say: "Sir, the hexagrams engraved on these stone pillars should be the hexagrams of the Book of Changes, and the ancient inscriptions on the stone walls are probably the key to unlocking the hexagrams!"
Zhou Hao nodded, but he had no research on the Book of Changes and was not good at classical Chinese. If he had to rely on metaphysics to solve these problems, it would be useless even if his hair turned gray. And he knew that Ishida Yutaka was very interested in China.
He had done some research on ancient culture, so he asked in a deep voice: "Ishida, are you sure you can decipher that hexagram?"
But Ishida Yutaka quickly shook his head: "I'm afraid not. This hexagram is too profound, and the derived meanings are also varied. Moreover, Chinese metaphysics is extensive and profound. I have only studied a little bit, so there is nothing I can do. These guys probably also want to solve the hexagram.
The author stepped on those stone pillars, but now he is stagnant because his skills are at a loss."
Zhou Hao also guessed that although the two parties were in hostile camps, they did not dare to act rashly because of those stone pillars that were unknown as traps. If the stone chamber was on ordinary flat ground, they would have probably started fighting.
"Who are you?" At this time, the Chinese commander asked Zhou Haohao again.
Zhou Hao's eyes swept around the commander and Tojo Shunyi, without saying a word, he just stood guard at the entrance of the stone chamber.
But he saw Tojo Shunichi, who was standing on the stone pillar, quietly touching his right hand to his trouser leg. Zhou Hao caught this, sneered, and then waved two sword lights at him without saying a word!
Tojo Shun's expression changed, and he jumped up quickly to avoid the sword light swung by Zhou Hao.
After seeing Tojo Shunyi leaping high, the corners of Zhou Hao's mouth turned up. After judging the direction of Tojo Shunyi's movement in the air, he waved two more sharp sword lights.
Tojo Shun's face was gloomy, because he had no way to rely on strength in the air, and it was difficult to avoid Zhou Hao's sword light. Thanks to his strong martial arts, facing the two sword lights flying straight towards him, his body felt strange.
It twisted in an ordinary way, barely avoiding the force of the sword, but a few hairs were cut off. It was a dangerous situation.
However, Zhou Hao never thought of letting him go. He danced his hands one after another and waved out a series of extremely sharp swords, forming a large and airtight net, sweeping towards Tojo Shun in the air like a wave.
And go.
At the same time, when Tojo Shunyi's subordinates saw Zhou Hao suddenly launching an attack on their leader, they also fought back one after another, taking out weapons such as firearms and darts, and shooting at Zhou Hao's group.
But they were in an open stone room, while Zhou Hao and the others were at the narrow entrance. As long as they turned slightly sideways, they could avoid the hidden weapons fired by the other party by relying on the stone wall, which was a great advantage.
Besides, Tojo Shunyi, who was in the air, saw the knife net issued by Zhou Hao coming towards him. He knew that he could not avoid it, so he gritted his teeth and pushed out with both palms at the same time, bursting out two huge waves of true energy.
The sword net of Zhou Hao collided hard, causing the two people's true energy to explode like a shock wave, causing wind to rise on the ground in the stone room, causing other people standing on the stone pillars to sway.
Shaking and unsteady.
It can be seen that Tojo Shunyi is also a martial arts master with profound cultivation, otherwise he would not be able to defeat Zhou Hao's attack with his own strength. However, even in the air, he was knocked upside down by the burst of energy.
, he fell into the abyss between stone pillars before his eyes.
However, he quickly turned around in the air and landed lightly on one of the stone pillars.
But the stone pillar was obviously a trap. As soon as Tojo Shunichi stood on it, the stone pillar immediately broke off, and dozens of sharp arrows were shot out from the surrounding stone walls!
Tojo Shunyi jumped up again and dodged the whizzing swords in the air. Others also had to dodge. Among them, two people belonging to Tojo Shunyi and "Ichijun" were unable to dodge.
He was shot through the arm by a sharp arrow.
After dodging the sharp arrow, Tojo Shunichi landed on another stone pillar. This time, he had better luck. The stone pillar was not broken. Others could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw it.
Zhou Hao and others who were hiding at the entrance gasped. They didn't expect that the mechanism in this stone chamber was not just the stone pillars. If the stone pillars were broken, they would also touch the surrounding stone walls to shoot sharp arrows to attack the people in the stone chamber!
No wonder neither Shunichi Tojo nor the "First Army" dared to act rashly. In such a stone chamber with many traps, it is really not appropriate to be impulsive. And Zhou Hao's purpose is the same as theirs, to pass through this stone chamber and continue moving forward. It's just that Zhou Hao
Hao had more advantages than them. At least they, the "white mice" walking in front, helped Zhou Hao explore the path and let Zhou Hao know the dangers of this stone chamber.
Zhou Hao and his party had not studied Zhouyi metaphysics, so they had no confidence in passing this stone chamber, and Zhou Hao did not want to take risks rashly. He looked at the umbrella-shaped roof of the stone chamber, and said to Ishida Yutaka next to him: "Ishida
, didn’t we bring tools? Can you hang the roof of the cave and let us pass through this stone chamber?”
Yutaka Ishida nodded and took out some tools from his backpack. According to Zhou Hao's idea, he didn't want to touch those stone pillars to avoid touching the mechanism of the stone chamber, so he wanted to drive the steel buckle used for rock climbing into the roof of the cave.
, and then put on the rope, he and his group can pass by hanging. Of course, if Tojo Shunyi and the "First Army" people attack him during the passage, Zhou Hao will never do it.
Show mercy.
"The fourth master, they..."
One of the members of the "First Army" saw Zhou Hao and others taking out tools, and quickly informed his commander. However, the commander was paying attention to every move of Zhou Hao and others, so when Ishida Yutaka took out tools
He had already seen it at that time, and immediately said to Zhou Hao: "Hey, are you trying to climb through this stone chamber?"
Since Zhou Hao only attacked Tojo Shunichi and did not take the initiative to attack the "First Army", although this commander could not be said to be on the same camp as Zhou Hao, he was not in a hostile position either.
Hearing his question, Zhou Hao nodded, and then heard the commander say: "Don't do this, it's useless! We have already tried this method just now, but I don't know what the material of the stone on the top of the cave is.
, it is very brittle and will break if touched even slightly. If it is hit hard, it may collapse completely!"
Zhou Hao was shocked when he heard this, and immediately looked at the roof of the cave. Sure enough, he saw several cracks, which should have been made by "First Army" when they tried to hoist them over with tools.
Ishida Yutaka also stopped and stopped tinkering with the tools. Zhou Hao looked at the commander and asked doubtfully: "Are you the fourth leader of the First Army?"