The Chosen System: Counterattack with Husband

Half a minute later, everyone looked at the stone platform in the center of the stone chamber that was easily rotated 90 degrees, and looked at Tianlin in shock as he calmly withdrew his hand. Suddenly, they were all speechless.

How come everything seems so easy to accomplish under the guidance of assistant Xu Yiyu...

The round ball in the center of the square stone platform has changed its appearance at this time.

Countless superimposed cloud patterns appeared on the shiny surface of the stone ball. A circle of stone lotus petals extended from the stone platform at the bottom where the sphere met the stone platform. At first glance, it looked like the shape of a lotus platform.

Just when Tianlin was turning the stone platform, many people heard the sound of mechanisms and gears engaging from just below the circular stone chamber, and the ground of the stone chamber also vibrated violently.

Everyone managed to steady themselves with great difficulty under this sudden vibration, and the shaking stopped abruptly.

Tianlin withdrew his hands that were holding the two corners of the stone platform, squatted down expressionlessly, and opened a secret compartment door at the base of the stone platform that had popped open at some unknown time. He reached in with his gloved hand without hesitation and rummaged around a few times, and actually took out an object that looked like a scroll.

Witnessing the appearance of such a thing, even the black cat, who had been sitting in front of the Eight Gates for a long time without making any sound, focused its green eyes on Tianlin.

I don’t know if it was because Tianlin broke through its inherent perception of bipeds, but there was a hint of obvious inquiry in its eyes.

After Xu Yiyu noticed Xuanmao's expression at the moment, he exchanged glances with Tianlin and signaled him to unfold the scroll in front of everyone.

As a qualified and competent assistant, Tianlin naturally had no reason to disobey his master's instructions. He directly placed the scroll on a flat position on the stone platform and ignored the open secret door at the base of the stone platform. In front of the treasure hunting team, he carefully unfolded the scroll on the stone platform.

Everyone's attention immediately fell on the scroll, wanting to see what secrets were recorded in this scroll that was hidden so carefully.

When Jiu's eyes fell on the scroll, his gaze was fixed on a picture that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.

——In the lower left corner of the light yellow scroll, which looks like it has been worn for a long time, there is a map drawn with lines, squares, circles, wavy lines and some simple graphic symbols.

It is almost 90% similar to the route map to this place that Jiu had drawn before based on his memory.

Unlike the map he drew himself, there was no text on this scroll, but the description of the terrain and specific location was obviously more detailed than the one drawn by Jiu. Anyone with a discerning eye could clearly determine the location of the underground palace.

But the content on the scroll is not just this picture.

Except for the map in the lower left corner, the patterns and texts in the other blank spaces of the scroll had been severely weathered and worn, but Xu Yiyu could tell at a glance that it was a familiar pattern.

——The circular space with the Eight Trigrams representing the Eight Gates is the circular stone chamber where the treasure hunting team is located.

After seeing the bird's-eye view of the circular stone chamber, Zhao Dian subconsciously rubbed his arms a few times, and suddenly felt a chill on his back.

That inexplicable feeling of being watched really makes people feel uncomfortable.

Xu Yiyu increasingly felt that he seemed to be pushed forward by a hidden hand, and the sense of disharmony in his heart became more and more obvious.

Although it seemed that she and her teammates discovered this secret compartment by accident, the appearance of the black cat and the content on the scroll were too obvious to point to each other, forcing her to think more about it.

——The builder, or owner, of the underground palace seemed to have been waiting for someone to actually step into this secret underground space.

It's really bad not knowing the identity of the person behind the scenes.

Xu Yiyu suppressed his discomfort and carefully looked through the remaining contents on the scroll.

Through the lines that were weathered and corroded, Xu Yiyu roughly saw that the scroll itself should be a simple design drawing that the builder hid when designing this underground palace.

The location of the circular stone chamber in this design is relatively clear, but the text describing its structure and mechanism seems to have been deliberately erased, and no valuable information can be seen.

Xu Yiyu could only see that this underground palace was a large underground building that integrated countless strange tricks and sophisticated mechanisms, and many spaces were circular in shape.

Not only that, it also secretly fits with the theory of the round earth and square sky believed by the ancient Chinese. Almost every circular space has a corresponding square hidden element nested inside it.

But unfortunately, the design drawing is just a simplified version after all. The scroll does not present in the form of a picture or clearly record in words how to pass through this circular stone chamber to the next space.

There are still some recognizable characters on the scroll, all of which are neat small seal scripts. If you don't have some experience in calligraphy practice, some of the characters with complex strokes cannot be accurately recognized.

However, overall, this underground palace not only covers a large area, but also has a certain space in depth and altitude. The areas that need to be explored and the difficulty are indeed not small.

Rather than saying that this is an underground palace, it would be more accurate to say that it is another comfortable place built by the builders for themselves where they can come and go freely.

After the scroll had been spread out on the stone platform for a long time, Xu Yiyu suddenly heard a cat's meow coming from someone's feet, and he immediately lowered his head to look for it.

Sure enough, the black cat that was sitting calmly in front of the Eight Gates just now was now leaning at the feet of its ancestor Xu Cheng, looking up at Xu Cheng who had not yet noticed its existence, and making a few soft calls from time to time.

It didn't feel afraid when it saw Xu Yiyu approaching, but continued to attract Xu Cheng's attention without disturbing her too much from watching the scroll.

"Ahem, my dear, watch your step. I've been rubbing against you for a long time."

In the end, Xu Yiyu didn't continue watching. He gently poked Xu Cheng's lower back and gestured to her at the position of her feet with his eyes.

Xu Cheng covered his itchy lower back and looked towards his feet, and immediately met a pair of clear dark green eyes.

The black cat meowed again, and tugged at her trouser leg with its claws as if it wanted to lead the way, then turned and ran towards a certain place in the stone chamber.

The attention of the other members of the treasure hunting team was finally drawn back, and they looked at the black cat, whose timing of appearance was intriguing.

Xu Cheng followed the black cat towards one direction of the circular stone chamber. It was not until they got closer and closer to the "Jing Gate" among the eight gates that she noticed something was wrong.

The black cat's action of leading the way seems to be similar to the action of using its fore paws to indicate the four corners of the stone platform just now...

When Xu Cheng walked about eight steps to the front of Jingmen, some noises that could not be ignored were heard from inside Jingmen.

——It was as if someone secretly opened the mechanism of the Jingmen from inside the door. The extremely clear sound of gears turning was transmitted into the stone chamber through the iron door and fell into the ears of all members.

A few seconds later, the Jingmen, which had been motionless just now, opened silently.

The leading black cat just sat by the door with its head tilted, quietly watching Xu Cheng who stopped in front of the door.

One could even detect a hint of urging in its gaze.