mtl008 Chapter 352: Green Between the Tiles
Chapter 352: Green Between the Tiles
After everyone emerged safely from the Thousand Coffin Cave, they carefully examined the box they had taken out from underground in the light. The box, like the banyan tree, was made of iron and could not be opened. There were four indentations around the box.
A faint light flickered inside the gap under the illumination of the fire.
After looking at it, Qingchuan's eyes narrowed slightly and he said, "Ah Xu, is the size and shape of this gap consistent with what you and Lezhi saw in the tree hole?"
"Ah."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yunhe's eyes flashed with surprise and he said, "Doesn't that mean I need to collect all four seals to open this box? Otherwise... how about just using external force to break it open?"
"That's not right." Qingchuan's eyes were calm as he spoke, "We still don't know what's inside. If we rashly force it open, destroying the contents wouldn't be a big deal. We're worried that this box has a self-destruct mechanism. If it's forcibly destroyed by outside forces, it would trigger the trap inside and put our lives in danger."
Upon hearing this, Guan Ziheng immediately tensed up and said in a tone of agreement that could not be more agreeable: "I think Brother Qingchuan is right. We should not force it open. I've seen that in those martial arts novels. If we want to open it, we should wait until we leave this place safely."
After saying that, Guan Ziheng looked at Lin Lezhi and said, "Lezhi, what do you think?"
"Lezhi?"
From just now on, Lin Lezhi didn't say anything. He stared at one spot and remained silent. Everyone noticed Lin Lezhi's abnormality and looked in the direction of his gaze.
Lin Lezhi's gaze was directed towards a snake-carved stone pillar in a certain direction.
Guan Ziheng swallowed his saliva and asked anxiously, "...Lezhi, why are you staring at that stone pillar? Is it... moving?"
Lin Lezhi's eyes grew more solemn as he turned to look at the nearby incense burner and said, "When we went in, these snakes didn't seem to be heading in this direction."
Guan Ziheng's eyes widened and he asked in horror, "Really?"
After hearing what Lin Lezhi said, Qingchuan also realized something was wrong. He once again confirmed the snakes on the four-cornered snake pillar and the incense burner, his eyes darkening as he said, "Lezhi is right. When we entered the cave just now, I remember these snakes were all heading towards the underground cave, but now they are all heading in the other direction."
Qingchuan glanced at the direction of the moon and deduced, "The snake's head has moved from the west to the north."
Regardless of what he usually did, the fear in Guan Ziheng's heart had already made him give up thinking. He looked at Lin Lezhi and said, "Lezhi, this place is too weird. I think we should go back quickly and not stay here anymore."
"Yeah. But before we go back, we have to go to the tree cave again."
"You want to take the seal? But isn't the seal locked?"
"Since that seal is one of the keys to this box, anyone holding the other three keys will likely be able to open the underground caverns. Now that the entrance to the caverns is closed, the mechanism locking the seal should also be unlocked. We'll know if we can retrieve it once we try. Wait for me, I'll be back soon."
There was determination in Lin Lezhi's eyes, but his tightly-locked eyes and the complex emotions intertwined in his eyes did not show that he was worried about not being able to take out the seal, but rather that he was eager to confirm something.
Xiao Yihuo: "I'll go with you."
The two returned to the cave, and the three followed closely behind, guarding outside the tree hole.
"Ah."
"I'll go open the mechanism."
The two returned to the banyan tree cave. Xiao Yihuo grabbed Lin Lezhi and stepped forward to open the mechanism. Then, with the help of the wall, he retreated outside the tree cave before the mechanism opened.
The whole process was smooth and flowing.
But when he looked at Xiao Yihuo, his expression no longer contained the surprise and excitement he had previously felt after witnessing Xiao Yihuo's kung fu. Instead, it was rather solemn, as if he had something to ask.
but……
Before Xiao Yihuo turned his gaze over, he suppressed the expression in his eyes.
With Xiao Yihuo around, he wouldn't be caught off guard like before and could slowly go down the slope.
Back to the bottom of the tree.
The seal had returned to its original position as expected, and could be easily taken out of the mechanism, and then the keyhole into which the seal had been inserted closed.
Lin Lezhi's eyes were fixed, and he turned the mechanism again.
When the last eighteen snakes were moved back to their correct positions, the eighteen snakes on the mechanism once again displayed their ferocious attacking posture.
Then it returned to its resting state, and with a buzzing sound, the entrance opened again.
But this time.
The keyhole did not open again.
really.
There was no trace of surprise on Lin Lezhi's face, as if he had anticipated such an outcome.
The entrance to the Thousand Coffin Cave can no longer be opened again.
I thought of this when I saw that the snakes on the four corner stone pillars and the incense burner did not return to their original positions but changed direction.
It seems.
Whoever takes the box from the Thousand Coffin Cave will completely seal the mechanism.
This is like a double lock.
Even if someone without the seal accidentally finds this tree hole and cracks the mechanism, he can only get out of the tree hole safely, but cannot open the entrance to the Thousand Coffin Cave.
Even those who open the treasure chest in the basement to look for clues or who covet the treasure will be attracted by the smell of the powder scattered in the treasure chest and die here.
Doing so can ensure to the greatest extent that the person who takes the box is a member of their tribe. After obtaining the box through the given clues, it will trigger the second mechanism and close the entrance.
Just as Lin Lezhi had thought, Xiao Yihuo had also thought of this after seeing that the mechanism had no further reaction. He looked at Lin Lezhi with a serious look and said, "It seems that the underground entrance can no longer be opened. At this point, we should leave here first."
"Ah."
The two of them returned along the cave passage.
at this time.
At the entrance, the slope changed into a staircase again.
Obviously, those who can enter this place are most likely people of their tribe, not to mention that they have lived in seclusion in this canyon for a long time.
It is really hard to understand how the mechanism is designed this way.
As the two men came out of the cave, they found that the three people who were originally guarding outside the cave entrance had returned to the incense burner again.
Liu Yunhe saw the two men coming out and ran over with a panicked look on his face, shouting as he ran, "Master, there's something in the incense burner!"
Listen and.
The two men's eyes suddenly darkened, and after looking at each other, they immediately set off.
Seeing the two people coming over, Qingchuan said, "After you two left, about half a cup of tea later, there was a movement from the incense burner."
The two of them looked into the incense burner at the same time.
The eaves on top of the incense burner open to both sides. The opening is not left and right, but front and back. The position of the opening is just hidden between the gaps between the bricks and tiles with a verdigris color.
The design is so ingenious and concealed that it is amazing.
And in the opening, there was a piece of sheepskin placed in the shape of a package.