[Tomb Notes bg] Lost Notes

Nanxing opened the bottom valve again and dived the boat into the water.

The bottom is pitch black, making the faint glow of the green insects in the water all the more bright.

Follow the direction in which the insects swam out, and soon after, the river in front of them splits into two.

The insects were all drifting out from the direction of one of the channels.That direction should be the direction of the underground river.

This underground river, after coming out of the Blind Tomb, merged into the Mei River.In the early years, people in the Yi village outside drank the water of the Meihe River, which can detoxify and promote wound healing. The Yi people regard the water of the Meihe River as holy water.

It is estimated that if the Yi people knew that the holy water flowed from an underground river full of corpses, their beliefs would collapse.

Follow the insects into the channel of the underground river, and the further you go, the channel gradually becomes a huge underwater tunnel. At first, the entire tunnel was filled with river water, and it was full of pipe flow.

Later, an air gap gradually appeared at the top of the tunnel, and the gap became larger and larger.In the end, the top gap was big enough to allow their wooden boat to float up.

Drain the water from the bottom cabin of the wooden boat again, and the wooden boat jumped out of the underground river. Everyone returned to the boat, turned on the lights, and looked back and forth at the current environment.

The entire underground space is very tall and wide, with a high dome above it, which looks like an ancient underground palace.

The water flow of the underground river is very deep, and the towering dome has traces of human excavation and construction.

He only heard the fat man say "Hey", and everyone's attention was attracted by him. He pointed the flashlight forward and said, "Is there anyone living in this place?"

There is a deep darkness ahead, where the flashlight sweeps, there are faint outlines of buildings.

"Go and have a look and you'll know." The blind man said.

Nan Xing looked at Zhang Qiling, who nodded.So she started the boat and drove forward.

After docking, everyone turned on their flashlights to shine in the darkness on the shore.This underground space was much larger than imagined, and the light from the flashlight could not reach the head, and was finally swallowed by darkness.

Zhang Qiling set off a cold firework and threw it forward. Under the illumination of the cold firework, the outline of the entire underground space finally appeared. This is an entire underground ancient city, and its layout is actually similar to that of Yunzhu ancient city. Kind of similar.

A group of people jumped off the boat, looking for a way forward in the ancient city, and detoured when they encountered collapsed places. After walking for a long time, they came to the middle of the ancient city. The streets here are quite wide. The veins can still be seen.

There is still some distance from the Blind Tomb here. Although Nan Xing doesn't particularly understand the purpose of exploring this ancient city, but looking at the layout and structure of this ancient city, it is estimated that it is inextricably related to the Blind Tomb just like Yunzhu.

A group of people came to a building that was higher than ordinary houses. This building seemed to be a temple. Although it was a wooden structure, it was very well preserved.

The threshold floor tiles of the temple and the foundation of the load-bearing columns are all made of white marble. The gate of the temple is very large, almost as high as three people and as wide as two people.There is a terrace at the entrance. The terrace is surrounded by stone railings on three sides and copper burners are installed at the four corners.

A group of people came to the door and took a flashlight to shine through the crack of the door. It was empty, and the darkness inside seemed to be able to absorb light.

The fat man turned his head and asked Zhang Qiling: "Brother, take a look first, is there any clever mechanism in this door?"

Zhang Qiling touched the door, looked at the layout of the entire temple, shook his head, and said, "Follow me."

Pushing open the gate of the temple, Zhang Qiling stepped across the knee-high threshold and walked in first.

You must listen to what this person says. It is already the consensus of everyone, and the whole group tacitly followed into the hall.

After entering, I saw that the entire temple was empty, except for a few huge load-bearing columns, there was nothing else.

Nan Xing looked at the pillars, and then at the roof of the temple, feeling that something was wrong.

At this time, the blind man also said: "This temple should be a very important place in the ancient city. It is built in the center of the city. It should be something important that needs to be sacrificed or enshrined. It should not be so empty. There may be secret passages here." kind of, leading to the place that holds the real importance of the temple."

"The space leading to this secret passage should be right under our feet." Nan Xing added,

"I just made a rough estimate. The load of this kind of roof is estimated to be μ=5.2kN/m2, and the area is estimated to be S0=2000m2. There are 6 pillars in sight, and the supporting pillars are all made of wood, which resists compression along the grain. The strength is about fc=35Mpa, then:

G=μgS0=10400kN

F=G/6=1733kN

S=F/fc=0.049m2

Each of the pillars here has a thickness of at least 0.5m2, which obviously exceeds the size required by the frame structure above the load. The only explanation is that this is a part of the entire wooden structure, because the process limit did not make it on the top floor. Points are collected, so the pillars have been so thick to pass up,

So underground... and stuff. "

After everyone was silent for a while, Zhang Haiyan turned around and asked Wu Xie who was beside him: "Our patriarch's wife, has this always been the style of speech?"

"It depends on the opening method." Wu Xie glanced at Zhang Haiyan and replied.Then he knelt down and tapped the floor tiles with a geological hammer, and sure enough there was an empty echo.

I don't know if there are other organs in the underground, so obviously we can't explode it rashly.

At this time, only the sound of the mechanism turning came from the load-bearing column on the side.

Hearing the reputation, Zhang Qiling squatted down and was turning the hexagonal stone seat under the load-bearing column. It turned out that there was a stone trough underneath, which was separated from the column body, and could be rotated as long as he exerted force.

"The rest of the stone seats can also be rotated. Counting clockwise from the one where I am, turn six spaces, one space, seven spaces, two spaces, and ten spaces." Zhang Qiling looked at the crowd, Said.

A group of people also went to the remaining pillars, and turned the stone seats according to Zhang Qiling's instructions.

After turning around, there was a bang bang bang sound, and the stone bricks on the ground sank, revealing a bottomless tunnel.

After everyone rested for a while, Zhang Qiling led them down the secret passage.

After going down to the end of the stone steps, it suddenly became clear that there is indeed a building underneath.

Looking around with a flashlight, although it is an underground building, the surrounding space is huge, and although the carved beams and painted columns have peeled off, you can still see the gorgeous atmosphere of the year.

The floors here are made of jade, and the chains of the lamps on the ceiling are also rotten and broken, falling to the ground, and there are a few gerbils crawling around in the corners. It seems that the air is circulated here. Objects such as furniture, wood, iron, copper, and silk were all severely damaged by air erosion.

The surrounding walls are full of weird and bright murals.Among them, the most common one is an ancient oil lamp, big and small, as vivid as hanging on the wall. The flashlight sweeps across it, and the flames on it seem to be still beating.

"Damn, I'm wearing too much, it's almost like a stove here." The fat man was already sweating profusely from the heat as soon as he came in.

Logically speaking, this kind of underground space is very little affected by the atmospheric environment and has good thermal stability, so it shouldn't be so hot.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? The whole room is full of oil lamps. It's no wonder it's not hot. It's strange to say that, I don't know how long these oil lamps have been burning. This place should be quite old, even if Even the ever-burning lights don’t have such a long standby time.” Nan Xing said, looking around.

At this moment, everyone stopped and looked at her.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something behind me?" Nan Xing looked at the crowd, they looked at her as if they saw countless evil spirits standing behind her and were about to kill her.

"Nan Xing, there are no oil lamps here." Wu Xie said.

"You guys are blind before you enter the Blind Tomb?" Nan Xing turned his head and pointed behind him, "Obviously the whole room is full..."

Feeling that something was wrong, Nan Xing quickly turned around, only to see that everyone who was in front of her just now disappeared suddenly, and she was the only one left in the whole room.

What's the situation? !Could it be that the blind one is actually her?Then how can other things be seen clearly? !

"I can't see you anymore, where are you?" This sudden change made her feel uneasy.

"Nan Xing, look carefully at the oil lamps in the room and find the one that is different from the others." Zhang Qiling's voice came from behind.

This familiar voice was like a tranquilizer that instantly calmed Nan Xing's restless heart. She turned around ecstatically, only to see him standing behind her, staring at her with indifferent eyes.

She rushed over to grab his hand, but found nothing.He who was still in front of his eyes just now disappeared out of thin air in this instant.

"Nan Xing, you are in a hallucination now, and only in the hallucination can you find the Five Elements Fire." Zhang Qiling's voice came from behind again: "Time is running out, you need to find that different oil lamp."

Nan Xing concentrated his energy and began to check the oil lamps one by one, looking for the unique oil lamp along the way.

Along the way, Nan Xing was looking with all his energy, for fear of missing an oil lamp, but after searching for a long time, he did not see the "different" one.

Moreover, this underground room seems to be infinitely wide, and I don't know when it will end.

The oil lamps on both sides began to grow geometrically after walking tens of meters.

At first there were only two narrow rows on the left and right, but the back became endless.

Looking around, there are countless lights, countless flickering.

If you simply look at the appearance of the lamp, then almost every oil lamp here is different, such as the height of the flame, the shape of the lamp, and the amount of lamp oil, all of which are more or less different.

And Zhang Qiling has always been a very rigorous person, and "inaccurate narration" is impossible for him, so the difference of this oil lamp is definitely not in these vastly different details.

I don't know how long I searched, but after I found Nan Xing, she just mechanically looked at the oil lamps one by one. Just when she was about to enter the state of sleepwalking, she saw an oil lamp.

In that moment she realized, she had found it.

Indeed, as long as you pay attention to the oil lamp, this one will never be missed.

This is definitely an oil lamp that feels very unusual.

The lamp of this oil lamp is made of gold, ebony and clay. There is no lamp oil in the lamp, but a whole piece of blue ice, and the flame burns on the ice.

Five elements of fire, take the five elements.One fire is born from metal, one fire is born from wood, one fire is born from water, one fire is born from fire, and one fire is born from earth.

This oil lamp gathers the five elements, and achieves an inner balance between mutual generation and restraint.

Nan Xing took down the lamp, and the moment she took it off, she only felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, followed by a sudden light in her eyes.

I saw Zhang Qiling leaning over to look at her.Seeing her open her eyes, the right hand placed behind her head moved down to her shoulder, helping her to sit up.

Nan Xing turned his head and looked, and saw Wu Xie and the fat man sitting about four or five meters away chatting on one side, Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Qianjun were in the corner on the other side, and Xiao Canglang was squatting farther away with.

The fat man took a look here and found that Nan Xing had woken up, so he immediately said, "Nan Xing is awake."

Everyone turned to look at Nan Xing, she got up from the ground, Zhang Qiling opened a bottle of water and handed it to her.

"Brother, I found the Five Elements Fire in my hallucination, and I heard you talking to me." Nan Xing didn't care about drinking water, and immediately reported the situation to Zhang Qiling.

"I got the Five Elements Fire." Zhang Qiling said, looking at a lamp on the ground beside him.

Nan Xing looked over, it was exactly the one she found in the hallucination.

"It took a lot of effort for the mute to enter your hallucination, and according to the position you found in your hallucination, he got the Five Elements Fire." Hei Xiazi said, "Of course, he was also the one who pulled you back from the hallucination."

"What is the use of this five-element fire?" Since it took so much effort to find it, it should have an indispensable role.

"Only the Five Elements Fire can illuminate the blind grave." Zhang Qiling said while arranging his equipment, "Let's go back to the boat first."