It turns out that the small stone on the tail vertebrae of the stone figurines did indeed activate the mechanism when pressed down, but this mechanism made all their facial features emerge.
Moreover, after the facial features were restored, the stone figurine's eyes seemed to be able to see, and they actually moved towards our location accurately.
What puzzles me is why the facial features of these stone figurines are exactly the same as mine.
Could it be that the craftsmen who carved these stone figurines thousands of years ago were based on my appearance?
However, even if it is carved with reference to my appearance, it is impossible for every stone figurine to be carved exactly the same.
It feels a bit like a modern factory mass-produced by mechanical equipment, so the large number of stone figurines are almost identical.
However, at this moment, I don’t have any time or energy to study these stone figurines that look exactly like me.
Because judging from their facial expressions, they are not that friendly when moving towards us.
"Run quickly."
Before I had time to think about it, I stood up reflexively at Zhou Lan's instruction and ran away.
The other side of the cave was blocked by this square array, so we could only run towards the end we just walked through.
But when we returned to the entrance where I had just crawled in, we found that the entrance was gone, and the stone figurine that had originally blocked the entrance of the cave had also disappeared without a trace.
We didn't press the stone on the tailbone of that stone figurine. How could it be able to move?
"What should we do? There is no way out," Chen Mo said this to Zhou Lan, but there was already a hint of panic in his tone.
"When the soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth, I don't believe that we, the living people, can't deal with these rocks." Zhou Lan's words were somewhat angry, but there was really nothing he could do.
After he finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly feel that he had lost his composure, took a deep breath, and then said: "Wait a minute, if these stone figurines are going to be detrimental to us, then we will split into two groups. Chen Mo and I will stay here." We are dealing with these stone figurines here, Xiao Cang, you protect Xiang Yu and escape from the cave from the other side."
What Zhou Lan said was very artistic. It not only allowed Xiang Yu and me to leave first, but also gave me no reason to reject him.
As soon as Xiangyu said the word "no", a dull "click" sound came from the corner of the cave.
Those stone figurines have already caught up with us.
At this time, Xiangyu seemed to suddenly remember something, and turned to me and said: "Zhou Cang, do you still have the astrolabe you brought out from the ancient temple in Wawushan?"
After Xiangyu prompted me, I immediately knew what she was thinking.
On the fishing boat on Poyang Lake, Lao Li once gave me a reminder: There are things at the bottom of Poyang Lake that may recognize the owner. Later, I did use that astrolabe to drive away the alligators in the lotus pond where the giant Buddha was.
She probably wanted me to take out the astrolabe and look at these stone figurines to see if they were afraid of this dark red stone piece.
Without waiting for her to finish her words, I immediately opened the zipper of the inner bag of my clothes and took out the small piece of dark red stone that was only as big as a palm.
What I didn't expect was that the stone figurines moved so fast. Before I even took out the stone pieces, they were already in front of us.
We had almost no time and space to fight back. Chen Moxiangyu and Zhou Lan were strangled by their necks with both hands, and then they lifted them up. In an instant, the soles of their feet were about half a meter above the ground.
I don’t know if it was because I held this dark red stone piece in my hand that those stone figurines did not attack me.
After they captured Chen Moxiangyu and Zhou Lan, the entire team turned back neatly as if commanded by some command, and then began to move towards the side of the cave.
At this moment, a large door slowly opened on the other side of the cave, which was wide enough to accommodate the entire square formation.
Zhou Lan, who was being strangled by the neck, was dancing around and desperately trying to signal something to me. But in my anxiety, I didn't understand it at all.
I could only hold the dark red astrolabe and shake it in front of the stone figurines, or even hit them with the astrolabe, but it had no effect.
At this time, I suddenly thought that if they didn't attack me, could it be because my appearance was the same as theirs, so they classified me as "one of their own"?
This idea flashed through my head. I had no time to think about anything else. The most important thing at hand was how to rescue Zhou Lan, Chen Mo and Xiang Yu.
Seeing that the square array was about to completely enter the space on one side of the cave, I hurriedly followed it and followed it in.
The stone figurine's hands grasped the width and height of the intruder, as if they had been set in advance.
Although Xiangyu and the others were strangled by the neck and hung high, they were still able to breathe, so their lives were not in danger for the time being.
Zhou Lan was still dancing towards me, and he kept shouting something, but because he was a little far away from me, I didn't hear it clearly, so I walked to the stone figurine that caught him.
"Brother, what are you talking about? I didn't hear it." I raised my head and asked Zhou Lan.
But for some reason, Zhou Lan's mouth opened, but I didn't hear any sound.
Instead, there was a "gurgling" sound coming from the stone figurine's throat.
This is too incredible!
Could it be said that after these stone figurines grab the intruder's neck, whatever the captured person wants to say will be transmitted to his or her throat by its hands?
Zhou Lan seemed to have discovered this problem as well, with a look of surprise mixed with a little despair.
Chen Mo and Xiang Yu were also struggling. After their mouths opened and closed, I noticed that the throat of the stone figurine holding them seemed to be moving.
What kind of design is this? It’s so advanced.
The first thought that flashed through my mind was this.
But what is the purpose of the designer doing this?
Is it to prevent the person being caught from seeking rescue?
Moreover, after these stone figurines caught Zhou Lan and the others, they could have strangled them to death, but they did not do so. Instead, they went to great lengths to take the captured people to another level of the cave.
If the number of people in the expedition team entering the cave exceeds the number of these stone figurines, wouldn't it be counterproductive to expose another layer of the cave and lead the way for intruders?
There is almost absolute darkness inside the cave, and it is very strange. The darkness in the cave seems to be able to swallow up the light emitted by my hernia lamp.
So my visual range is basically limited to the square array.
The stone figurines were moving very fast. I stood there thinking for a short while, and they had already thrown me out of the square array.
I stood behind the square array and was stunned for a moment as I looked at these stone figurines that seemed to be motionless but were actually moving forward.
At this moment, a strange idea suddenly poured into my head.
Could it be that the stone on the tail vertebrae of these stone figurines is actually something similar to the procedures of modern society? If this thing is placed outside the body of the stone figurines, these stone figurines will just be stone sculptures.
And if you press small stones in, these stone sculptures will perform the tasks pre-written by the program as if they were injected into the program.
And since this stone can be pressed in, it should be able to be spit out.
Therefore, in order to rescue Zhou Lan, Chen Mo, Xiang Yu and the others, the first thing to do is to stop the process of injecting these into the stone figurines.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly chased and walked into the square array, following behind a stone figurine, keeping the pace of approaching it, and then started groping on its body.