Origin

The vibration was very slight. The source of the earthquake was located in the center of the stone chamber. After a few seconds, the two stone slabs in the center of the stone chamber drooped left and right. A rectangular bluestone slowly rose from the ground and stopped after eighty centimeters above the ground. The vibration also followed. disappear.

There is a small square box on the bluestone, only the size of a palm. What is stored in it is undoubtedly the reward for answering the questions correctly.

Since the rewards for the previous two doors were rock candy and kidney-tonifying pills, Wu Zhongyuan didn't think the rewards for this one would be anything good, so he walked over and picked up the stone box and tried to open it.

The lid of the stone box is buckled on the stone box. After pulling it open, I found a gray pill the size of a table tennis ball inside. I picked it up and smelled it. There was a slight medicinal smell. Because it had been stored for too long, the skin of the pill was already a little bit... The dregs are removed after crisping, and the fine dregs that fall out after twisting are fine and smooth. They should be wax.

The practice of sealing pills with wax is still used today. Compared with bottles, wax seals can better preserve the medicine and ensure that the medicinal properties will not evaporate.

This stone box was obviously carved specifically to store the pills. Only a circular hole the size of a table tennis ball was cut out inside the entire stone box, while the rest of the stone was a complete stone surface.

"What kind of pill is this?" Wang Xinran asked with a smile.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer. There were no words engraved on the inside of the stone box, and there was no writing on the bluestone on which the box was placed. The lid of the stone box was also flat with no words engraved on it. What was this pill used for?

Since it is a reward, the purpose must be explained, otherwise it will be of no use even if you get it.

Just when Wu Zhongyuan was about to pinch open the wax seal, he noticed at a glance that there seemed to be words on the inside of the lid of the stone box. When he looked carefully, it was engraved with the words 'can detoxify hundreds of poisons'. ’

Wang Xinran also saw the text inside the lid, "This is of some use, so it's not a waste of time."

"Something doesn't seem right." Wu Zhongyuan frowned and shook his head.

"What's wrong?" Wang Xinran raised an eyebrow and looked at him.

"Why did he put the detoxification pill here?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned.

Wang Xinran didn't know why, "What are you suspecting?"

Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the stone box on the ground to the north, "The seal and golden compass that the man who ran out carried with him should have been stored in that box. Why did he put those things here?"

When Wu Zhongyuan said this, Wang Xinran also felt that something was fishy. "The stone platform we just pieced together had a sentence: 'Retreat when you face difficulties, just take the things in the stone letter and leave.' He left such words and put the things away." Here, we don’t want us to return empty-handed, and we don’t want us to continue walking in.”

"Maybe I just don't want you to go any further," Wu Zhongyuan said.

"What do you mean?" Wang Xinran asked.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "This is his mausoleum after all. No one wants their mausoleum to be touched by idlers. For him, I am the only one who is not idler, you are all."

Wang Xinran vaguely understood, "You mean he left this detoxification pill here not just as a reward for you to answer the questions correctly, but as a pass for entering those stone chambers?"

"Yes," Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly, "This should be a watershed. He doesn't want others to wait for me to continue moving forward."

Lu Jiahui, who seldom spoke, said from the side, "No matter how mysterious Qimen Dunjia is, it can't be so accurate, right? Maybe he is not trying to stop us, but to let those who accidentally enter the tomb or tomb robbers take advantage of it." receive.

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"It is also possible," Wu Zhongyuan did not deny Lu Jiahui's statement, "but no matter which case it is, you can't go any further. There are likely to be mechanisms that release toxic gases in the stone chambers in the back."

"We brought gas masks." Lu Jiahui said.

Seeing the confusion on Wu Zhongyuan's face, Lu Jiahui explained, "We carry gas masks not to prevent poisonous gas, but to filter dirty air. The ancient tomb has been sealed for many years, and the air inside has long been corrupted. There are still many unknown bacteria breeding there before. There is a precedent for archaeologists being poisoned and infected.”

After Lu Jiahui finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan slowly shook his head. Even though he was wearing a gas mask, he was still worried, but now he had no reason not to let Wang Xinran and others follow. He pondered for a moment, pointed to the stone gate to the north and said, "Look what's going on. Son."

This stone door is closed. Like the previous stone doors, this stone door opens inward. Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai tried to push it before, but found that the stone door was blocked from the inside.

This time the four of them worked together and pushed again, but it still couldn't be pushed.

After trying several times, everyone had no choice but to give up. Lu Jiahui touched the seams between the two stone doors, then took out a claw hammer to hit various parts of the stone door, and then came to the conclusion, "The stone door was not blocked with something by them, but There was originally a capstone inside.”

Wu Zhongyuan majored in archeology and was no stranger to things like capstones, but Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai didn't understand. Lu Jiahui explained that there are many styles of capstones, the most common of which are sliding roofs and raised roofs, among which the most common ones are sliding roofs and raised roofs. The most common one is the tilted roof. The principle is similar to that of a seesaw. When the funeral procession leaves the tomb, the stone door is pulled up. After the stone door is closed, the roof stone on the inside of the stone door is tilted up, sealing the tomb door so that it cannot be pushed open from the outside.

As for the sliding roof, there are diagonal supporting stone bars inside the tomb door. As the tomb door moves outward, the stone bars inside gradually tilt. When the tomb door is completely closed, the end of the stone bar just gets stuck in the groove on the inside of the stone door.

After Lu Jiahui finished speaking, Wang Xinran asked, "What is the situation here?"

"It should be the top of the head." Lu Jiahui said.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "There is no point in studying this. No matter which type it is, we can't get in unless the people inside take the initiative to open it."

"If there is a stone door, how did they open the stone door before?" Wang Xinran said.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head.

The four of them didn't speak for a while, and the four of them were probably thinking about the same question, which was whether it was better to wait and wait, or to blast in.

In the end, it was Wu Zhongyuan who spoke first, "They may not be carrying gas masks."

Wang Xinran tilted her head and glanced at him, but did not answer. Zhang Shukai and Lu Jiahui also did not say anything.

After waiting for a moment, Wu Zhongyuan said again, "Why did the dead man take the risk and run out?"

The three still didn't answer the call.

Wu Zhongyuan added, "Did he find that his companions were trapped and ran out to fetch reinforcements? Or was he afraid of death and left his companions to escape alone?"

The three of them still didn't answer, and Wu Zhongyuan didn't prepare for them to answer. He just expressed his thoughts for the three of them to refer to and analyze, "If he went out to move reinforcements, the people inside must have encountered dangers that he could not solve. If Is he greedy for life and afraid of death and escaping alone? Is he not afraid of revenge on his companions after they escape? Since he dares to run, it means that in his opinion, his trapped companions will definitely not be able to escape alive..."

At this point, Wang Xinran raised his hand to interrupt him, and at the same time looked at Zhang Shukai.

Zhang Shukai knew why Wang Xinran was looking at him, "If this stone gate is the same thickness as the stone gates outside, I can definitely blast it accurately without destroying the main body of the stone gate."

Wang Xinran nodded.

Zhang Shukai didn't hesitate, turned around and walked out.

"How long will it take?" Wang Xinran asked.

Zhang Shukai said, "There is no gun here. It needs to be called from elsewhere. It will take seven or eight hours at the fastest. It takes three hours to assemble the gun. It may take six hours to go back and forth on the road. You can go up and get some fresh air first."

Wang Xinran nodded.

After Zhang Shukai left, Wang Xin took a few steps back, overturned the stone box, sat on it and lit a cigarette, "Which of the eight doors is the fourth stone chamber?"

Wu Zhongyuan was distracted and did not hear what Wang Xinran said. Lu Jiahui studied archeology, and everyone who studies archeology understands history, and Yin Yang and Five Elements are part of ancient history. Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan did not answer, he answered on his behalf, "The fourth gate is the injury gate. , the five elements belong to wood, which is an evil door.”

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was absent-minded, Wang Xinran glanced at him dissatisfied, "Your senior brother is not in there, what are you worried about?"

Wu Zhongyuan knew that Wang Xinran was blaming him for caring about Zhao Ying's life and death, and retorted, "Even if she is guilty, she can't be guilty of death, right?"

"You know very well who she is, and you can't be without a stance." Wang Xinran said.

"Why don't I have a stance? Would I be with you if I didn't have a stance?" Wu Zhongyuan was also anxious, "If I have a stance, do I have to engage in class struggle? I don't want her to gnash her teeth, but she doesn't have a stance? Let me tell you the truth. Well, I don’t hate her at all.”

Wang Xinran glared at Wu Zhongyuan, stood up angrily, threw away the cigarette he had just lit, turned and walked out, "Go out and rest for a few days before talking."

"Who the hell are you scaring?" Wu Zhongyuan cursed.

Wang Xinran turned back angrily, "What did you say?"

"Who the hell are you trying to scare?" Wu Zhongyuan shouted.

Seeing Wang Xinran angrily walking towards Wu Zhongyuan, Lv Jiahui hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him. Although Wang Xinran was angry, he couldn't really beat Wu Zhongyuan, so he said "Ghosts are crazy" and turned around to walk out.

After hesitation, Lu Jiahui chose to stay to appease Wu Zhongyuan. Wu Zhongyuan was still angry and complained to Lu Jiahui, "How come everyone in your system is so virtuous? Just because of different positions, the other party is unpardonable and deserves death? Can you?" Be objective and don’t be so fanatical.”

"You misunderstood, we are not who you think we are at all," Lu Jiahui waved her hands repeatedly, "Haven't you noticed yet? Number Nine is not angry because you are not firm in your stance."

"Huh?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned.

"She seems..." Lu Jiahui hesitated, "She seems a little... a little jealous."

Wu Zhongyuan was like an inflated balloon at this time. Lu Jiahui's words would instantly deflate him. Lu Jiahui was from Wang Xinran's side and would not talk nonsense. Why didn't he find out what Lu Jiahui had discovered?

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan's mood had stabilized, Lu Jiahui turned around and walked south, "You calm down first, and I'll go and persuade her."

Lu Jiahui stopped when she reached the door because Zhang Shukai and Wang Xinran came back together.

What the two of them were holding were the diving cylinders placed outside the stone room.

Wu Zhongyuan glanced at Wang Xinran out of the corner of his eye. Wang Xinran knew Wu Zhongyuan was looking at her but ignored him.

"What are you doing with it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked Zhang Shukai.

"The respirators they use are imported CCRs. The cylinder contains oxygen instead of compressed air. You can try to use it to blow open the stone door..."

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