pappabearbooks Chapter 2554: The changed plot
Chapter 2554: The changed plot
"At that time, a crossbow arrow may protrude from its mouth and shoot directly through the person who takes the key."
Lin Ran explained.
The others looked at each other.
Wang Lei broke the silence and said tremblingly: "You mean, there is a hidden arrow hidden in its throat? As long as you take the thing inside, it will be triggered and shoot people through?"
It sounds like a fantasy.
"Yeah." Lin Ran said as he motioned for the others to step back.
He helped the female corpse up, facing an open space.
After making sure there was no one, Lin Ran lifted its head, then used the knife formed by his hand to slap it hard on the head.
Others turned pale when they saw this behavior. It was simply too cruel and showed no mercy at all. Even if it was a female corpse, she should have been a lady during her lifetime.
But their sympathy didn't last long. With Lin Ran's pat, the mechanism inside the female corpse was indeed triggered.
It opened its mouth and spit out three dart-like substances from it, which pierced directly into the stone wall in the distance.
And it was forcefully inserted into the stone. The people closest to it saw that the dart had been completely painted black. It was obvious that it was covered with poison. If it was hit, it would definitely die!
"What a vicious mechanism!" Meng Xingdu frowned.
It is recorded in his family's books that as early as the Qin Dynasty, the ancients designed a mechanism hidden in the corpse, which was designed for tomb robbers.
This kind of mechanism is often used to protect the real tomb owner, and is usually installed in the body of the victim. To know that this kind of mechanism is installed in the human body, the corpse must be dissected first. The cruelty can be imagined.
Everyone felt extremely uncomfortable just thinking about the process of setting up the institutions.
Lin Ran did not explain further. What was more important for him now was to quickly solve the mystery of the tomb and go back to meet his old friends.
After disabling the mechanism, Lin Ran took out the key from her throat.
Unlike the previous bronze key, which requires a key, the one taken out this time is a jade key!
Moreover, the jade key seemed to have antiseptic properties, because not long after the key was taken out, the female corpse, which was originally relatively intact, quickly decomposed and never looked like before again.
Everyone watched helplessly as the body of the female corpse corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But they didn't pay too much attention, they just looked at the key in Lin Ran's hand.
"Is this the key to the box in his hand?" Meng Xing asked cautiously. At some point, she felt an inexplicable sense of awe towards Lin Ran.
This man knew a lot of things that even she didn't know.
Since the key was taken from the corpse, it was naturally used to open the nearby box.
In the hands of the male corpse, he happened to be holding a purple gold wooden box.
Lin Ran took the key and did not open the wooden box directly. Instead, he checked to see if there were any other mechanisms around him.
After disarming the hidden arrow trap, Lin Ran took down the wooden box. As soon as he took the box away, the man's body began to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye.
These incredible scenes appeared in front of the novices, and they all showed incredible expressions.
Lin Ran originally thought that after taking down the wooden box, the snake cypress would build a bronze coffin from the inside as before, but there was no movement for a long time. Could it be that the steps were wrong?
Lin Ran felt very puzzled. He stood there and looked at Snake Cypress. After waiting for a long time, there was no vibration.
Others have opinions.
Wang Lei asked directly: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you open the box quickly?"
Others also said they had no objections. Only Meng Xing and Fang Yuan stood aside and said nothing.
Lin Ran was not familiar with them, and he was not one of their subordinates. He did not care about their opinions when doing anything.
He originally wanted to explore the bronze coffin directly, but now, he felt that he might need to open the wooden box first, inserted the key in, and turned it a little.
It turned out that the wooden box was not opened directly, but instead there were many holes on the wooden box.
This is a very ancient mechanism, equivalent to a puzzle game.
"It will take a certain amount of time to crack it." Lin Ran said and persuaded the others to retreat.
"You got it anyway, you make your own decision." Meng Xing still respected Lin Ran's thoughts.
Since the young lady said so, other people naturally had a "casual" attitude.
Lin Ran obviously didn't want to open the box at this time, because it was just a piece of paper, which would not be of any help to their current situation.
Not everyone wants to give up this wooden box, because they have heard before that the secret of treasure appraisal is hidden in the ancient tomb.
One of them said a few words with a straight face, but Meng Xing stopped him before choosing to shut up and obediently stepped aside.
The neutral Fang Yuan did not express any objection, and Lin Ran put the wooden box into his backpack.
As for what was in the box, Lin Ran probably knew it, but he didn't expect that there was an extra layer of password lock. Although it took a while, it was not too difficult for him, but he just didn't want to open it now.
After dealing with the threat of the demon fox and the snake cypress, they began to focus on exploring the main tomb chamber.
The cave is very large and seems to be a naturally formed cave.
Nowadays, the two corpses on the jade bed have no research value. The other members of the team have packed all the removable items on the jade bed, and there is nothing special on the entire platform.
It can be seen from their skillful movements that this group of people has definitely participated in tomb robbing work.
In addition to the wooden box, there were also some jewelry that were buried with them. They did not let go of them and put them all into their backpacks.
After confirming that nothing was left on the platform, they began looking for a way out.
Because they had also heard the statement that only one person could escape from the royal mausoleum alive. Of course, they scorned this statement because there had been rumors among the people, but there was no specific information to prove it.
They thought they were experienced and made a lot of money this time.
Now it's time to find a way out.
"Can we continue walking into that cave entrance?" Xu Yun said.
There are many cave entrances on the rock wall behind the snake cypress. This is completely different from before. Lin Ran and the others were in the cave before, and these caves did not exist.
It is also possible that the snake cypress vines covered them all, so they were not seen.
Xu Yun's eyesight is quite good. Some of these caves should lead to the tomb chamber outside.
Otherwise, there is no other way out here.