Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

Qin Shang clenched the Fallen Cross in his hand and turned his head nervously to look.

It was pitch black, and I didn't see any green eyes in the darkness, or any reflective mannequins. There was nothing behind me and I didn't see anything unusual.

The old mechanical elevator floor display above my head also moved to the third floor.

It is worth mentioning that the floor display of this old-fashioned elevator is not a screen.

Rather, it is a structure similar to the area where the calendar is displayed in a mechanical watch.

As the height of the lift changes, a line of characters embedded in the wooden board will be pulled out. These characters are also ordinary metal plates or rubber strips. Inside is a circular drum mechanism, just like when we adjust the date on a mechanical watch, we only need to turn the adjustment knob next to it to adjust the date and time.

This kind of pointer is also a principle.

"However, the purpose of introducing these elevators in the early days was not to facilitate passengers, but to assist in the transportation and transfer of large furniture. There was a very steampunk mechanical track at the top, and the safety and stability were actually much better than the current electric elevators."

"But it was eliminated and replaced because it ran too slowly and had a complicated installation process."

"Earlier elevators were not called elevators, but freight elevators. They were originally designed to transport and transfer heavy goods. However, one of the main reasons why they were not promoted and popularized in the early days was that this lifting device had a fatal flaw."

"That is, once the conveyor belt breaks, the cargo box will quickly fall to the bottom floor, endangering the safety of customers and goods in the warehouse."

Qin Shang frowned, and quickly reviewed in his mind the knowledge he had learned from reading books in the library during his technical secondary school years;

"Later, a guy named Otis from the United States applied the brake structure at the bottom of the truck to the lifting device, added a spring and brake rod to the lifting device, and connected it to the tracks on both sides of the lift."

"The lifting rope fits the spring so that the weight of the lifting platform alone is enough to pull the spring and avoid contact with the brake. If the rope breaks during operation, the spring will reduce the pulling force and the brake will quickly engage with the bite device next to it to fix the box and prevent it from falling."

"This device was invented in the 19th century and was popularized in the United States. After that, only a few "concessions" occupied by the West in China used this old-fashioned lifting device. Otis is one of the more famous elevator companies now."

"But this old-fashioned lift structure... As far as I can remember, it was the most common in Shanghai, and some old buildings at that time also had such elevators."

"In addition to being a convenient means of transportation, the purpose of building old-fashioned elevators in the country in the early days was also because the colonists had built some secret bases underground and wanted to launch another war of aggression or secretly transfer some assets that the authorities could not notice."

"For example, mineral resources in certain colonies, or private meetings for conspiracy purposes."

"Because we don't want these secret bases or underground buildings to be easily discovered by outsiders, we choose to build elevators. After the elevators dig out the underground floors, we will send people to build the underground floors."

"This generally changes the structure of the original building, so it is difficult to add a path to access the basement from the outside."

"The elevator became the only entrance, but this just happened to fit the thinking of many rich people and those in power at that time. The underground floors were originally a paradise for those people to hide some dirty little secrets..."

While in prison, Qin Shang read a newspaper that mentioned that after an old building from the Republic of China period was demolished, the demolition workers discovered that there was a small basement four or five meters underground of the original building.

The decoration is extremely luxurious, even magnificent, and it is filled with all kinds of gold, silver, jewels and accessories.

Later, someone investigated and found out that many years ago, this place was the home of a colonial warlord, and all the wealth he plundered from the people was thrown into this paradise on the underground floor.

When it was dismantled, the elevator had become seriously aged because it had not been used for a long time.

In addition, the demolition workers did not know that the warlord had once rebuilt the foundation of the building and added a basement.

So no one paid attention to this point at all, and as a result, many cultural relics in the basement were damaged after the demolition.

"This is the core purpose of most buildings with elevators in that era, which were specially designed to be used for elevators!"

Qin Shang said this to himself and narrowed his eyes.

However, he did not look for the so-called underground floor, because even if there was such a floor, people would not be stupid enough to press the entrance button to the underground floor and leave it clearly on the elevator control panel.

Qin Shang saw a v3 logo displayed on the elevator and walked directly out of the elevator.

As soon as I went out, a cold wind blew straight into my face, and there was a strong smell of dust mixed with burnt smell in the air.

It was as if there had been a fire here, causing the entire building to be filled with a strong smell of burnt food.

This smell won't go away even after decades, let alone years.

Qin Shang immediately frowned and leaned against the wall, moving slowly forward step by step along the wall, silently looking at this layer of the wall. He covered his mouth and tried not to make any noise.

After all, the number of mannequins on the first floor is unknown, and God knows their range of activities, whether it is the entire first floor or the entire teaching building.

It would be troublesome if they chased him to the third floor...

The next moment, Qin Shang took only two steps and noticed that the door of a classroom next to him was open.

As for why I judged this to be a classroom, the reason is very simple.

The empty rectangular structure was filled with tables, chairs and benches, and Qin Shang even saw a podium.

Although I have been away from this bookish environment for four or five years.

But when seeing the classroom, Chinese people can't help but feel an innate sense of familiarity.

This sense of familiarity comes from nine years of compulsory education and sixteen years of higher education.

Since the resumption of the college entrance examination in the 1980s, except for a few remote areas, many newborn children have been sent to primary school from the age of six, and then to junior high school, high school, and finally the college entrance examination.

There are still four years of university after the college entrance examination.

In the memories of many young people in their early twenties.

The classroom must be the environment where they spend the longest time in their lives, no doubt about it.