A group of people walked slowly along the secret passage. Not only was this secret passage not straight, it could even be described as circuitous. Almost every three or five meters we walked, we had to turn. In this way, our field of vision was greatly affected.
Due to the influence of the situation, it was impossible to judge what exactly would be encountered at the next corner, so everyone seemed to be very careful and did not dare to go too fast.
Regarding the design of such a curve, I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "Why do we have to make this passage so circuitous? Isn't it much simpler to have a straight path?"
Wen Qingshan frowned and said, "This should be intentional. There are several benefits to building the passage in such a twisty way."
"What's the benefit?" I asked.
Wen Qingshan replied: "First, it can prevent the Yin Qi in the tomb from leaking to a certain extent. Second, if there are any traps set up here, it will be difficult for us to respond."
"You mean the reason why the passage was built with such twists and turns was to set up traps?"
As soon as I finished speaking, there was a sudden "crunch" sound, and before we could realize what was going on, several hidden weapons were shot from the wall directly in front of us.
Just a few muffled sounds of "Pah! Pah!" were heard, and all the hidden weapons were fired at Chen Biao, who was walking in the front.
Everyone was startled, but when they looked at Chen Biao again, he was fine. It turned out that all the hidden weapons had hit him in the chest, but he was wearing a bulletproof vest, which could block the AK47 at close range.
Shooting, not to mention the hidden weapons of the Qing Dynasty.
Chen Biao reached out and carefully took down the hidden weapon that was shot on his vest. It turned out to be several pentagonal darts about the size of his palm.
The dart was made of iron and was already rusty. Long Yi, who was standing behind Chen Biao, took a look and said, "It's a pentagonal meteor dart! These things are often soaked with poison. Captain Chen, you'd better be careful.
Don’t get hurt on your hands.”
Chen Biao threw several meteor darts on the ground disapprovingly. What surprised me was that the expression on his face looked quite calm, as if the meteor darts did not hit him.
Wen Qingshan asked: "Who stepped on the mechanism just now?"
Chen Biao replied calmly: "It's me. I felt my feet loosen just now, and then this thing shot out from the opposite side." After saying that, he continued to walk forward with the gun in hand, as if he was not hit by the meteor dart at all.
influence.
I couldn't help but think to myself: It seems that this guy is not only indifferent and arrogant, but also has some brain problems. If he hadn't been wearing a bulletproof vest just now, he would have died. He didn't learn any lessons. I really don't know how he became
It's the captain of the Red Dragon Special Agents. That's okay. The key is that now we have to follow him into the tomb. As the saying goes, we are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but we are afraid of teammates who are like pigs. I don't know if we will be implicated by this guy.
The group continued to walk forward. Although Chen Biao seemed nonchalant on the surface, he was actually a lot more cautious. He took every step he took and always weighed it on his toes a few times before stepping on it.
This made me feel a little relieved. Fortunately, he was not as reckless as he seemed.
Because they were worried about stepping on the mechanism, others did not dare to be careless at all. Everyone basically walked forward according to the footsteps of the person in front. In this way, the chance of triggering the mechanism trap could be greatly reduced.
While walking, Chen Biao suddenly stopped and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.
"What's wrong with Captain Chen?" Ouyang Yi asked softly.
"There is a mechanism! I stepped on it." Chen Biao replied.
"What!?" Ouyang Yi was startled, and Wei Zi at the back of the team asked: "Captain, since you stepped on the mechanism, why didn't you react at all?"
Chen Biao said: "I don't know either, but I did step on the mechanism, and it felt almost the same as the one I stepped on just now."
Everyone waited quietly for a while, but still no response.
In order to prove that he had indeed stepped on the mechanism, Chen Biao stepped aside, squatted down and groped on the floor for a while, pointed to one of the rocks with an irregular shape and said, "That's it!"
Wen Qingshan squatted down, carefully reached out and pressed, and actually pressed the stone in about one centimeter deep. As soon as he let go, the stone immediately bounced back to its original position, without any abnormality.
This is a typical feature of the mechanism, but there are no hidden weapons like darts.
Ouyang Yi thought for a moment and said: "In my opinion, this mechanism should be rusted to death. I see that the meteor darts just now are already rusty."
What he said was not unreasonable. After hearing this, everyone relaxed a little. Only Wen Qingshan still frowned, seeming to be thinking about something.
I couldn't help but asked curiously: "Boss Wen, what's wrong?"
Wen Qingshan glanced at me and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little strange."
"Mr. Wen, if you think there is any problem, you might as well speak up!" Ouyang Yi seemed to care about Wen Qingshan's opinion.
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "I just think this matter is a bit strange, maybe I'm just overly concerned."
As soon as he finished speaking, I suddenly seemed to hear a rustling sound. It sounded like something was approaching us.
I couldn't help but feel anxious, and quickly pulled out the dragon's tooth, and whispered: "Did you hear it? There seems to be something!"
The others looked at each other, but they all had blank expressions on their faces. It seemed that they didn't hear anything.
Wei Zi smiled and joked: "Brother Shi Yu, could it be that he was too nervous and had auditory hallucinations?"
They didn't know that after inhaling the dragon soul energy, my hearing was much better than ordinary people. I didn't bother to explain to them, so I just said coldly: "Everyone had better be careful, I really heard something!"
Chen Biao hummed, "Huh! No matter what it is, if it dares to come over, I'll make it explode." As he spoke, he put his finger on the trigger of the silver gun.
We waited in place for a while, but nothing appeared, so we continued to move forward. After making a few more turns, we finally reached the end of the curve. Directly in front, a stone gate blocked our way. This stone gate
There is a green-faced and fanged animal head carved in the center. However, the eye sockets of this animal head are empty, and it looks like the eyeballs have been gouged out.
"Why is there a door here!" Weizi stepped forward and pushed hard, but the stone door didn't move at all.
Wen Qingshan looked around and said, "The mechanism that opens the door should be nearby. Let's look for it."
So everyone immediately split up and started exploring around the stone gate.
After a while, Long Yi discovered something unusual. He found that a stone brick on the wall was actually empty, because it would make a "dong, dong" sound when knocked, but the stone brick could not be pressed.
Wen Qingshan came over and observed it. He soon understood. He reached out and grabbed the stone brick and pulled it out. The stone brick was pulled out. Everyone hurriedly came over to take a look. It turned out that the stone brick was actually
It’s a “drawer”!
There were two stone beads the size of table tennis balls placed in the "drawer". Wen Qingshan took out the beads, weighed them in his hand for a few times, and then took a look at the animal head on the stone door. He immediately understood.
, said: "These two beads should be the eyes of the beast head on the door!"
"Why are the monster's eyes hidden here?" I asked in confusion.
Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "This should be the mechanism that opens the stone door. I think as long as these eyeballs are put into the eye sockets of the beast's head, the stone door can be opened."
"Is it that simple?" I couldn't believe it.
"You'll know after you try it!" Wen Qingshan took two stone beads and walked towards the stone door.
However, he had just taken a few steps forward when a rustling sound suddenly came from behind us. This time, everyone else heard it too, and everyone quickly turned their heads and looked at the curve behind them.
The rustling sound was getting closer and closer, and it was also mixed with a squeaking sound, which sounded like the cry of a mouse.
I couldn't help but be slightly startled. What's going on? Is it a mouse?
As soon as this idea came into my mind, something black and dense poured out from the curve.
I took a closer look and broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out to be rats! However, the number of rats was a bit too many. At a glance, they looked like a swarming tide.
The rats squealed and rushed towards us. Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, Weizi picked up the automatic rifle in his hand and fired a shuttle towards the rats. The gunshots were extremely loud in this small space. My gun
My ears were so shaken that they hurt.
Perhaps affected by the sound of gunfire, or perhaps afraid of the strong light from the hat lamp above our heads, the group of rats stopped about three or four meters away from us. Countless rats looked up at us with their pointed heads and shouted.
There were bursts of squeaking sounds.
Only then did I see clearly that these mice were quite big, more than twice as big as ordinary house mice, and each one was as skinny as a stick, as if they had not eaten for a long time. Also, their eyes were bloody.
Red, it looks like blood-red gems.
Everyone was shocked. In order not to disturb the rats, they did not dare to move or speak. They faced off against the rats for a full minute.
Wen Qingshan whispered: "Don't panic, everyone. These rats live underground all year round and cannot adapt to strong light, so we are not in danger for the time being."
"Then we can't keep confronting such a group of rats. I think these things are almost starving. Once they pounce on us, they will probably tear us into a pile of bones in less than a minute." Long Yi said.
His words are not unreasonable. Although generally speaking, rats do not bite humans, but the group of rats in front of them all have fierce looks on their faces. They look very fierce, and judging from their thin bodies, they must have not eaten for a long time.