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Chapter 424: Balance steps?plateau bat
They are now exploring the second level.
According to the news records in Lin Ran's memory, as well as the tomb robber's article, they all indicate one thing:
Most people's exploration of the Holy Tower stopped at the second level and then chose to give up.
In other words, there will be unimaginable dangers on the way from the second floor to the third floor!
Lin Ran said to everyone: "This floor should be full of people who were buried with them. It's just that they are arranged on different floors based on their status."
"The person with the highest status is at the bottom."
"Only the tomb culture of the Western Regions can produce this strange structure."
There is also a tradition of burials in the Central Plains, but it is rare for so many people to be buried with them.
According to preliminary estimates, there were nearly a thousand people buried with him!
They moved forward along the edge of the floor, but could not find the entrance to the third floor.
"Are we going around again?" Zhenbao asked Lin Ran, looking at the familiar road.
The structure inside the tower is the same as that of the mall, they are always moving around the cliff.
Lin Ran nodded, they had indeed gone around in a circle and unknowingly.
It seems that the entrance to the third floor is relatively secret.
If the archaeological team did not continue digging because of the entrance, it must not be that the tomb chamber was not opened.
Sure enough, Wang Jinpeng asked: "Is the entrance to a certain room?"
In order not to disturb the deceased inside, and because they felt that they had nothing valuable on them, they did not open the remaining stone doors.
Liu Jingfeng nodded and said: "Although we are disrespectful to them, in order to restore the truth of history, we should open all the remaining doors."
"Okay!" Everyone responded in unison.
Lin Ran didn't think that the intersection would be inside the room. The archaeological team gave up after digging to the second floor. What was the reason?
Lin Ran was full of doubts, but he didn't stop them from finding a way.
After all, it's better than doing nothing.
On the second floor, there are four stone doors in total.
With the experience of opening doors, their movements became much more agile, and they opened all four doors in a short time.
But the disappointing thing is that they all have the same structure inside. After digging in the ground for a while, you can find human bones.
The front is also earthy, and there are no effective clues at all.
"Brother Lin, what should we do now?" Liu Jingfeng asked Lin Ran doubtfully.
Lin Ran looked down and saw that the platform on the next level was larger than the one on the previous level.
If you fall with a rope, you should be able to safely land on the third platform.
He put forward his idea, but it was immediately rejected by Lin Ran.
"Let's not talk about what is going on on the third floor. If we miss it, there will be no bones left." Lin Ran believed that such a simple method was impossible for the archaeological team not to have thought of.
The reason why some of them were killed or injured during the archaeological operation was probably because of this situation.
"But we can't find the passage." Liu Jingfeng sighed. This was the first time he had seen such a difficult tomb.
Lin Ran recalled the path they took along the way.
He suddenly remembered something.
Previously on the first floor, they passed the steps of a balancing platform, but that was a dead end.
But on the second floor, he didn't find the step.
"Do you still remember the balancing steps?" Lin Ran asked everyone.
Everyone shook their heads. Unless Lin Ran mentioned it, they had all forgotten about the steps.
Lin Ran closed his eyes and recalled the position of the steps corresponding to the second floor.
It is at the intersection on the second level, one tomb away.
It was next to the first tomb they opened.
No wonder there are no carvings on other stone gates, but this one has obvious markings.
It turns out that he is the entrance to the third floor.
"Wang Jinpeng, try hitting this door hard."
"Ah? Didn't we just go in?"
"Smash it to you." Liu Jingfeng believed that Lin Ran must have discovered something, and gave Wang Jinpeng a death order.
"Okay!" Wang Jinpeng did as he said, picked up the shovel and knocked on the stone door.
After being knocked a few times by him, I heard some strange sounds.
Lin Ran had been observing the wall just now. There was a hole in the wall connected to the stone door, and the vibration was particularly obvious just now.
"This is it." Lin Ran picked up the Luoyang shovel and inserted it into the gap between the stone slabs of the wall.
As expected, he felt a moment of emptiness after inserting it, and then told Wang Jinpeng what he found.
They actually found the entrance to the third floor!
After knocking down the wall, the balancing steps just now are in front of you.
The steps at the back were all made of earth. I threw a shovel over them tentatively, but no signs of collapse were found.
This is the right path!
"Brother Lin, you are so awesome. You can find everything." Zhenbao walked in the middle of the team and had sincere admiration for Lin Ran.
Lin Ran didn't look relaxed at all, because the road ahead was still unclear.
What dangers will you encounter?
Continuing to explore forward, suddenly a dull cry came from the cave. I couldn't tell what the sound was, but it sounded very uncomfortable.
"What??" Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning picked up the shovels.
Because in the tunnel in front of them, there were many red lights.
It looks especially eerie in the dark.
"Is there really a ghost?" Wang Jinpeng was okay, but Xu Ning was so frightened that his face turned pale, and his hand holding the shovel couldn't help trembling.
If they want to move forward, they must pass through this tunnel.
However, those red unknown objects in the tunnel made them fearful.
After Lin Ran saw clearly what was inside, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Brother Wang, this is a plateau bat!"
Because the environment was so dark, the bats had blended into the wall, but the flashlight woke them up and they opened their eyes.
In the mausoleum, the bats were accustomed to living a comfortable life, or they were accustomed to being the boss here, so they did not move.
After learning about the bat, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Ran also understood at this time that maybe this was the truth about the tomb-guarding bug.
The eyes of plateau bats have a unique refractive index. If they are in the sun, they will see light of various colors, such as blue and purple. However, the spectrum of the flashlight is relatively single, so it appears red.
Although bats do not actively attack people, the fleas on their bodies may bring diseases if they land on people.
I couldn't disperse them with the light of a flashlight, so I had to light a fire.
Feeling the energy of the fire, the bats in the cave began to fly around as if they had seen monsters.
They flew to the top of the tower, leaving the tunnel to everyone.
"After driving away the bats, put out the torches quickly." Lin Ran said to Wang Jinpeng.
The air in the mausoleum is originally thin, and lighting a fire will only make it difficult for them to breathe!