pappabearbooks Chapter 1276: The trap layout begins
Chapter 1276: The trap layout begins
Xu Ning looked on and nodded slightly, satisfied with his standard climbing movements.
Lao Hei climbed to the top of the city wall in a few steps. He said to the people below: "You can go in directly here."
"Okay, you go down and take a look first." Lin Ran said.
Lao Hei said that there are steps behind the city wall, and there should be no danger in walking down them.
The design of this city does look a bit like an ancient tomb, but it is different from ordinary ancient tombs.
Lin Ran also wanted to go in and find out, but now he could only rely on Lao Hei.
After all, Lao Hei is a senior local master. Even without Lin Ran's exaggerated reasoning ability, ordinary mechanisms still can't defeat him.
He went in and groped for a while, and suddenly, Lao Hei's voice came from inside.
"Jinpeng, come in and help me."
Wang Jinpeng looked confused, "What can I help you with?"
"There is a stone mill-like mechanism here, which should be the way to open the door." Lao Hei said directly.
He waved his hand at the city wall. It was a pity that he didn't bring any equipment with him when he climbed up. Otherwise, he could just throw the climbing rope down and let them climb down easily.
After all, Lao Hei's original idea was to go to the back to find the door switch. Now that he has found the switch, he just can't open it by himself.
Wang Jinpeng was very reluctant. His feet were a little injured, but Lao Hei even asked for help. He was the only one who could do these things now.
So he followed Lao Hei's example and climbed up to the city wall.
He was shrewder than Lao Hei and had a climbing rope tied around his waist.
If neither of them can open the door, then pull Lin Ran up.
After Wang Jinpeng climbed up, after a while, there was a movement in the city wall, which was very jarring in the underground city.
There was the sound of gears turning.
Immediately, Lin Ran saw Shi Men being slowly pulled aside.
It turned out that this stone door was not pushed forward and backward, but actually moved left and right.
In the Shang Dynasty, did people still have this kind of technology?
Although I saw the city gate moving to the right, it was moving very slowly, and at the same time there was a violent friction sound.
It lasted for a full 5 minutes before it was barely wide enough for Lin Ran and Xu Ning to pass through sideways.
Wang Jinpeng's voice came through the crack in the door: "I'm exhausted, Brother Lin, you should be able to come over at this width, right?"
Lin Ran had already passed through the crack in the door and saw Wang Jinpeng and Lao Hei standing in front of a stone turntable.
They were already panting from exhaustion, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Ran entering.
Xu Ning also followed closely and came to the palace.
This place looks like a real palace, and the location where they are located is actually a square-like area.
In the center of the square, there are some bronze inscriptions.
The old black eyes widened when he saw it: "Haha, we really did make the right trip this time."
"One Nuwa Cauldron is enough for us." Wang Jinpeng was almost exhausted. He was not in the mood to think about money now. How to get out of the ancient city was his priority.
Lin Ran took a flashlight and looked around and found that they were now standing in the square area.
The ground is covered with white stone tiles, which is in sharp contrast to the pitted ground outside.
Wang Jinpeng leaned on the stone plate, took out a fan from his backpack, and fanned his forehead.
He was already exhausted and sweating profusely, and Lao Hei was not much better.
Lin Ran smiled at them: "Thank you for your hard work, let's take a rest here first."
"No need." Lao Hei waved his hand and said, "My arms are just tired, it doesn't affect my walking."
They didn't bring much food, just three days' worth of food.
When I first came in, I still considered time, but now I have completely forgotten about it.
However, the feeling of hunger will remind them, and Wang Jinpeng's stomach growls at an inappropriate time.
"Let's eat first." Wang Jinpeng said sheepishly.
A big man like him has good physical strength, but the source of physical strength is also very important. If he cannot supplement food, his strength will inevitably be halved.
"Let's go sit on the front steps." Lin Ran said.
Looking at the plum blossoms to quench his thirst, knowing that he could start eating after crossing the square and reaching the steps, Wang Jinpeng also used a lot of motivation.
When he came to the steps, he sat down directly on them, then took out the bread from his backpack and started to eat it.
Lao Hei and Xu Ning also followed suit and sat on the steps to eat.
Lin Ran tried to turn off the flashlight. For some reason, there seemed to be a light source in this underground city.
Even if you turn off the flashlight, you can still vaguely see the height of the palace.
This palace is nearly 20 meters long. The top of the palace is so close to the top that there seems to be no gap between them.
Could this be the entrance to go up?
Nothing unusual was found in other places.
When they finished their meal, they stood up almost at the same time and walked up the steps.
Wang Jinpeng waved his arm and said confidently: "This door can't stop me."
Lin Ran glanced at Wang Jinpeng and saw that he was about to walk up to him, so he immediately stopped him.
"Jinpeng, wait a moment."
Wang Jinpeng's eagerness to try suddenly stopped and he looked at Lin Ran blankly: "What's wrong?"
Because they were safe along the way, they developed a mentality of slacking off.
Lin Ran would not make such a mistake.
He squatted down and carefully compared the height of the steps.
Then, he took out a stone from his backpack and smashed it on the steps.
crunch.
The entire stone slab on the steps that was hit by the stone sank.
After falling for a while, I heard a sound, and there was the sound of things breaking from underneath.
Wang Jinpeng looked over with a flashlight and saw that the whole floor had fallen.
This depth is at least ten meters high. The most terrifying thing is that there are needle traps below.
If Lin Ran hadn't reminded him, Wang Jinpeng would have gone west by now.
Wang Jinpeng was still in shock, and Lin Ran had already begun to study the next step.
But there was one thing that made Lin Ran feel very regretful.
"From here to the top, all steps are restricted." Lin Ran looked pale.
Even if Wang Jinpeng is a good athlete, he cannot climb six or seven steps with one foot.
And there is a height difference between the steps.
Even Wang Jinpeng can't do it. It's simply too difficult for people like them to do it.
Lin Ran was sure that there were traps under these steps.
It is simply tailor-made for Tufuzi, taking advantage of people's lucky psychology.
Setting up six traps in a row was aimed at killing people.
If they stepped on the trap, not to mention the height difference, the spikes below alone could kill them.
I thought I would make a profit by coming here, but Lao Hei was poured cold water on him.
"Isn't this palace inaccessible?"
Looking at the palace in front of him, Lao Hei felt extremely unwilling.
"We can try another way." Lin Ran comforted.