pappabearbooks Chapter 2501: Another trap
Chapter 2501: Another trap
After a short rest, they looked around blankly.
Finally, his eyes rested on Lin Ran, wondering what happened.
As a result, when he looked at Lin Ran, he noticed the male corpse in front of him.
Part of the head had been cut off, and red liquid continued to flow from the incision.
Even so, the fox mask on his face still showed no sign of falling off.
"What's going on?" After coming back to their senses, everyone was shocked and waited for Lin Ran's explanation.
Lin Ran had no choice but to tell everyone about the story he had heard about the Qingqiu Demon Fox. Naturally, he hid the future part and only said that he had read it from an unofficial history.
"As long as he senses a threat, he will create hallucinations?"
"That's amazing, isn't it?"
"Brother Lin, how did you determine that it was the Qingqiu Demon Fox?"
After experiencing the horrific scene just now, everyone asked about the reason.
Lin Ran just shook his head. It was a gamble just now, but he was lucky and the bet was right.
"Thanks to you!" Guan Yun stood up and said, "If it had been any later, I would have been killed by this wooden head."
Xu Ning knew that Guan Yun was talking about him, and seemed a little embarrassed.
This was not the first time he had encountered hallucinations, but it was the first time he had experienced hallucinations like this.
Lin Ran waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to worry about this issue anymore.
His eyes fell on the box held by the male corpse.
This is a wooden box with a simple color and shape. There are some patterns engraved on the surface, but compared to the murals seen outside, the patterns are much simpler.
It looks like a smaller version of the treasure chest.
There is a keyhole right in front of the box. I just wanted to use the key to open the box, but the protection mechanism of the male corpse was triggered.
Lin Ran glanced at Liu Jingfeng, who immediately understood and handed Lin Ran the bronze key he just picked up.
Lin Ran picked up the key and was about to open the box. Everyone was looking forward to it and stopped to watch.
But for some unknown reason, just as the key was about to be inserted into the keyhole, Lin Ran suddenly stopped.
Looking straight ahead, Huang Hao was standing in that position and felt a little frightened by the sight, so he took a step to the side.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Ran frowned, put away the keys, and walked towards that location.
Seeing his appearance, Xu Ning and Guan Yun immediately stepped forward to help him, thinking that Lin Ran had fallen into hallucination again.
Lin Ran waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.
And he had arrived at the place where Huang Hao originally stood. There was a totem-like structure with an open mouth.
They didn't notice it before, it seemed to be hidden by the demon fox's illusion.
The totem is facing the stone bed.
About one meter high, it is made of wood with carved patterns on the bottom. The upper part looks like three wooden heads stacked together, with each head having different expressions.
The one at the top has a ferocious smile, the one in the middle has a fierce look on his face, and the one at the bottom has a face full of back.
They had never seen this style of painting, unlike any Chinese school.
Lin Ran approached the totem cautiously, squatted down, and gently touched the surface of the totem with his hand.
Then closed his eyes.
His behavior confused everyone.
Is there something wrong with this totem?
Lin Ran opened his eyes again and seemed to have discovered something. He gently pointed his finger in the air.
"What's wrong?" Wang Jinpeng asked impatiently.
"Can you see this thing?" Lin Ran seemed to hold something between his index and middle fingers, gesturing for others to look at his fingertips.
Huang Hao is the closest and has the sharpest eyes.
He saw looming filaments.
And this filament has been connected to the top of the cave, and there is no end at all.
Lin Ran was standing on the stone bed just now, and he found such a tiny thread. His observation skills were really keen.
Lin Ran said: "Brother Liu, can you see the silk on the wooden box in the male corpse's hand?"
Liu Jingfeng was reminded and turned his attention to the wooden box.
If you don't look for it intentionally, it is really difficult to find this golden thread.
Because it has the same light color as the flashlight, it blends in with the environment.
The situation is already obvious. This golden thread is very likely to be connected to the mechanism. Once the wooden box is opened rashly, it may trigger the mechanism in the ancient tomb.
No wonder Lin Ran chose to give up halfway through the drive just now.
Liu Jingfeng opened his backpack, took out a knife, and prepared to cut it.
Lin Ran shouted: "Wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?" Liu Jingfeng was confused. He had found the connection point of the mechanism, why not cut it off directly.
Lin Ran explained: "This is connected to the silk and reaches a state of balance."
He raised his head and looked above. It was much higher than the platform they were originally standing on, and there was no way to see clearly what was going on below.
Cutting the golden thread is likely to trigger the trap.
He asked everyone to leave the stone bed, while he hid behind the totem.
After everyone arrived at a safe location, Lin Ran cut off the golden wire with a knife.
"call out"
"call out"
"call out"
Suddenly, Lin Ran felt the sound of cold arrows piercing the sky coming from his ears.
He hid behind the totem, and the others were under the altar.
The sound of breaking the air lasted for nearly 20 seconds and finally stopped.
The sound of whistling arrows and wind makes me shudder when I recall it.
Lin Ran saw several arrows stuck in the wall, and more arrows had bent arrowheads and fell to the ground.
If they had just opened the box directly, from where they were standing, they would have been shot into porcupines.
However, the power of these arrows is really not low, and some arrows are directly inserted into the stone wall.
"It's okay." Lin Ran said to everyone, "Come up quickly."
There were tree roots underneath the altar, and there were snake vines underneath that were ready to attack them at any time. It was safer to be on the platform.
After cutting off the golden wire, Lin Ran checked other situations and confirmed that there were no other mechanisms before letting everyone come up.
Then he explained to everyone: "This ancient tomb is too weird, with mechanisms connected one after another."
"Putting the box in such an obvious place means that you are naturally prepared to take precautions. You are not afraid that others will snatch the box."
"That's why I had doubts when it was turned on."
Liu Jingfeng asked: "Isn't it because the key is hidden very secretly?"
"Even if there is no key, there are many ways to open this kind of wooden box." Lin Ran said, "Of course, if you use violence to open it, it may activate other mechanisms inside, and it may even self-destruct."
Lin Ran explained.
Everyone nodded silently. It seemed that this male corpse was really a thoughtful guy.
Not only did he hide himself in an environment with corpse crickets, carrion insects and snake cypresses, he also set up traps around him.