Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 560 Flop

This figurine is red all over, much taller and stronger than ordinary people, and the outline of the face is more blurred. The only thing that is more delicate is the things in its tray. The sign inside is a bit dark. It is made of silver.

After the tofu finished speaking, Zhuan Rui said calmly: "It is indeed a flop, but if you turn it wrong, you will be lost forever."

What do you mean?
I couldn't help looking at Zhuan Rui, but he didn't say much, he just pointed to the back of the figurines and signaled everyone to look back.We turned around the figurines and looked back, and suddenly found that the tunnel behind the figurines had been hollowed out, forming a hole that could not be seen at a glance. It is a piece of red.I saw that the four walls behind the figurines were wrapped in a layer of oil wax, and inside the oil wax was glowing red kerosene!

Tofu gasped and said, "Fire oil is all around, hiss... If you don't pay attention, you will be burned alive."

I said: "From now on, don't touch open flames, don't make loud noises, and don't touch the surrounding walls."

Tofu blinked, stretched his neck and looked down, and saw the hollowed-out cave behind the figurines. When the light shines, it is also a piece of kerosene. In the whole kerosene pool, there are some square stone pillars like plum blossom piles protruding out. The distance between the stone pillars is about two meters. It seems that if we want to cross this oil belt, we can only pass through these stone pillars.

But what makes people troublesome is that some of these stone pillars are thick enough to allow people to sit on them, while others are so thin that they can only put half a foot down. There is a certain risk in the distance of about two meters between the stone pillars. Now Some of the stone pillars on which they rest are so thin that they can't even stand on one foot. What should I do?
According to the current situation, we can't make it through at all. Even if we have things like the claws in our hands, the walls are surrounded by kerosene, and the claws have no landing point at all. If we want to move forward, the only way is to walk these There are stone pillars like plum blossom piles, but it is obvious that these stone pillars are not for people to walk, and even if monkeys walk, they may not be successful.

Wen Min looked around, picked up a piece of gravel from the corner of the wall, and threw it at one of the very thin stone pillars in the kerosene pit ahead.Hearing a bang, the stone pillar did not move at all, appearing very solid, while the fist-sized stone was bounced away and submerged in the kerosene.

After doing this, Wen Min said: "It seems that these stone pillars are safe and there are no traps. This oil pit is just to prevent the tomb robbers from advancing, otherwise, you have to risk your life."

Tofu asked strangely: "Since it is to stop the tomb robbers, why do they still erect these stone pillars? Even the stone pillars are removed, wouldn't it be better not to give people any hope?"

Hearing the words, Bai Zhanji opened his eyes weakly, and said with a sneer, "Idiot, when building the mechanism of the tomb passage, the workers themselves have to go in and out. Of course, the back road will not be completely cut off, unless there is another secret passage in the underground palace." Zhuan Rui nodded slightly when he heard the words , expressed his agreement with Bai Zhanji's words, and said: "It seems that the structure of the Juer King's tomb is very strict, and there are no secret passages, so there is a glimmer of life left in the fire oil pit." Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, Then he said: "However, this stone pillar is indeed a bit strange. The craftsmen in the past would not have such good skills...There must be other mechanisms that can manipulate these stone pillars."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes focused on the figurines. Apart from this weird figurine, where else is there?

The tofu went around the figurines, seeing the feet from the head, and from the left to the right, and finally came to a conclusion, saying: "This is a poor quality product with too many rough edges, but this layer of paint is quite strange. The 1000 It’s been many years, and I don’t speculate, what is it that is so bright red?”

Zhuan Rui distinguished for a moment, and said, "It's cinnabar."

Cinnabar?

Why should this figurine be painted with cinnabar?While everyone was amazed, the tofu boldly reached out to touch it.This time I didn't let him succeed, so I slapped his paw to tell him to be calm and not to move his feet. This slap of tofu followed him back, but it happened that the man named Shen Hao was standing behind the tofu, with a stick in his waist. A small shovel, the handle of the shovel is facing forward, and when the tofu retreats, its buttocks are pushed against the shovel. Because it was bitten by a strange fish before, it suddenly wailed in pain, and the whole person jumped forward, but directly hit the shovel. To the servant.

I was so shocked that I almost didn't stare my eyes out. Wen Min's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he felt that he was pulling the tofu to his side, but it was too late. The only change is that the layer of red cinnabar on its body began to peel off slowly, like poor-quality paint, forming bubbles, which then cracked one after another and fell to the ground.

I wanted to scold Tofu, but what happened next left me speechless in shock.

After the cinnabar peeled off, the faded figurines were exposed. At this time, everyone discovered that the figurines were not made of mud, but a material similar to glass. include!
Zhuan Rui was surprised, and said: "The organ is indeed here!"

Through the transparent body of the figurines, one can see the tight mechanism inside, and the most striking thing is that there are eight iron-like things in it, one end is connected to the silver medal in the figurine tray, and the other end is Entering the complex body structure of the figurines, they finally got into the ground. Obviously, these eight silver medals are the key to controlling the entire mechanism.

At this moment, if Feng Guishou was here, things would be much easier.

I saw that the eight threads were very tight. It is estimated that as long as the silver medal is moved a little, the threads inside will be pulled. During this process, no one can predict what will happen to the hidden mechanisms.

Everyone was stunned by this transparent figurine for a while. The people who fight against each other know that destroying organs is also a craft. Naturally, they have seen some internal mechanisms, but this is the first time they have seen something like this.Then Zhong Gong said in amazement: "The inside of this figurine is a mechanism? What material is it made of? How does it look like inferior glass to me?" After saying this, he stretched out his hand and touched it lightly, but there was no response from the figurine. .

Zhuan Rui shook his head slightly, and said, "It's not glass, it should be white rammed earth." The so-called white rammed earth is not real soil, but the teeth of a relatively rare animal called 'Shanyu', ground into powder and mixed with it. Mixed in ordinary white clay paste, it will become crystal clear with the passage of time. In ancient times, some people specially hunted this kind of animal to make some precious pearl flowers, but it is extremely rare in modern times.

Tofu held his buttocks and said, "I guessed right, it's just for us to flip the sign."

At this time, Zhong Gong suddenly said: "Brother Dou, you can do it, why are you the first to discover everything?" Puzzled, felt something was wrong.

Once is a coincidence, can't it be a coincidence again and again?

Tofu didn't change his face, and said, "That's because I'm smart, and I'm an artist anyway! You guys, what else can you do besides digging graves and roughing up graves? It's terrible that you're uneducated." Zhuan Rui was lukewarm. Said: "Artist, shut up."

Seeing that Zhuanrui was angry, Tofu shrank his neck and confessed his cowardice. I thought about what Zhong Gong said just now, but due to the crowd, it was difficult to ask Tofu more. I just felt full of doubts: Tofu first discovered the mechanism in advance. He saw through the doorway of this figurine again, is this a coincidence, or does he know something?
Impossible... This is the first time he has come to the tomb of King Juer, how could he know this?
Suddenly, I thought of the corpse fairy, and thought of something that Tofu had been avoiding mentioning, and thought: Is it because of the corpse fairy?

After thinking about it, I felt that the corpse fairy had no wisdom, so how could he tell Tofu something?

Amidst the doubts, several professionals including Zhuan Rui have already started to study the internal mechanism of this figurine, apparently wanting to study this mechanism thoroughly.I knew it was useless to think about it right now, so I secretly paid more attention to the tofu, and then followed Zhuan Rui and others to study the mechanism inside the figurine.

But because the white rammed earth layer on the surface of the figurines is not clear, we can't see the internal structure carefully. Shen Hao said: "How about removing the surface layer?"

Zhong Gong scolded him: "Didn't you see that the thread inside is very tight? You have to finish playing with it once you move it."

We observed this figurine for more than half an hour, but still found nothing. At this moment, my heart moved, thinking of Tofu's performance before, I tried it out, and said to him: "Don't you want to flop? Why don't you Give me a suggestion, how to turn it?"

Tofu looked at me strangely, pointed to his nose and said, "You let me come? When did you trust me so much, didn't you tell me not to cause trouble? I don't dare to guess about this matter of life and death. Let’s do some research.” Then he shrugged his shoulders, lay down on the ground and said, “I’ll sleep for a while, you guys continue.” I really wanted to kick his gauze-covered ass, seeing him like this, I guess I I thought too much before.

In desperation, we had no choice but to keep wasting, and it was a full delay of two or three hours. Everyone was a little anxious. I don't understand it all my life.In the end, I could only grit my teeth and decided to try one by one, and if something unexpected happened, I would withdraw.

After making up our minds, several of us gathered in front of the tray and stared at the silver medal on it.

Wen Min said: "Which one are you looking for?"

I said, "Whatever." Immediately afterwards, I took a deep breath, and stretched out my hand to pinch the silver medal that attracted me at first sight.

(End of this chapter)