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After Cheng Ling finished speaking, Zhong Zhe was slightly stunned. Seeing that the person had reached the entrance of the cave, he fired a tactical flashlight to look around for a while, and then stepped over the short hole that was blasted.

Li Cha Yi immediately instructed two of his subordinates to follow up. After all three entered, there was no sound for a few seconds.

When everyone was in suspense, Cheng Ling's voice soon came, "There is no danger for the time being."

Zhong Zhe was the first to snatch in, followed by Li Cha Yi, Uncle Gao, and Zhang Yu who wanted to stay quietly until the last to see if he could take over his team members, but they were forced to be second to last by the other party pointing at the gun. into the hole.

When Zhong Zhe entered the hall through the hole, he almost stepped on a corpse, Cheng Ling quickly pulled him, and then staggered away.

Sure enough, it was to seal the gate of the palace, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice his life to achieve the goal.The withered corpse was wearing a green robe with a round collar and a pair of egrets embroidered on the patch. In front of him should be a sixth-rank civil servant of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhong Zhe and Cheng Ling moved the body aside to avoid being trampled on by those who came after.

At this time, the whole picture of Xiangdian finally appeared in front of everyone. The tall palace was as magnificent as it was built on the ground, and even wider than the Xiangdian of the emperor's mausoleum when entering.It seems that the golden nanmu pillars reaching the sky are straight to the top, surrounded by carefully carved human-headed snake-bodied beasts. These beasts covered with pillars, the snake body is like a dragon covered with scales, and there are four legs under the body. The five claws are exactly the configuration of the emperor's dragon body.

Going up, with the power of the strong searchlight, the top of the hall swallowed up a lot of light for some reason, making it look hazy, and the beam decoration and other things could not be seen clearly.

As a sacrificial hall, there are four sacrificial seats on each side of the front hall where everyone enters, and eight bronze guis are displayed on the stone carved table, which is the ritual level of the emperor.

When Uncle Gao saw these cultural relics, he couldn't hold back his excitement, so he moved closer to him with a flashlight to examine them carefully, tsk-tsk from time to time.

The crowd continued to move forward, and Zhong Zhe hurriedly stepped forward to pull Uncle Gao up to prevent him from falling behind in the dark.

Passing through the front hall and before entering the main hall, there is a stone cavern as a connection, similar to a tunnel-like transition. The entire length of the hall, the front team enters the cavern, and the rear front hall is completely submerged in darkness. .

When everyone's footsteps went away, a five-member team sneaked in from the entrance of the cave. Because they didn't expect the enemy to appear, the combat night vision goggles were not brought as standard equipment. Only two people in the team were equipped with them. One of them The deputy was left by captain Zhang Yu.

Now, two team members wearing night vision goggles lead the way, and the other stays behind. The whole team approaches the front team without anyone noticing.

In the main hall, the huge stone murals form the upper and lower scrolls, adorning the stone walls on both sides. In the picture, a woman with a human head and a snake body is particularly prominent. The snake-headed clansmen, especially women, are the majority.

Zhong Zhe discerned the content of the murals a little bit, and it was depicted in turn that it was Nuwa who created all living creatures, melted five-color stones to mend the sky, established rituals and rituals, educated the people, and made various musical instruments, etc. .

The lines of the murals are exquisite, and the gold and silver paintings are exquisite, which is not inferior to the "Tisha Brahma Map" of Fahai Temple at the same time.

Now not only Uncle Gao, but even Zhong Zhe couldn't move.

It wasn't until the men sent by Li Cha Yi urged them with guns that the two of them moved forward reluctantly.

In the deepest part of the main hall, there is an uncharacteristically majestic high platform that reaches the sky. The entire high platform is composed of nine steps as high as one person. For the display of the altar, the objects on it are only vague black shadows, and it is impossible to see clearly what is placed on it.

Li Cha Yi used the binoculars to try out, and handed it to Uncle Gao who was nearby. After seeing it, Uncle Gao wondered: "Why is this happening? It seems that it's not just a problem of light." He put down the binoculars and explained to Zhong Zhe and others, "There seems to be a layer of something like a mist on it, blocking the light from coming in."

Everyone put aside their exploration of the top of the high platform for the time being, and looked down. The nine high steps in front of them are like the stairs of heaven and man. The majestic stone has a natural mountain-like momentum, pressing down on the small beings below the mountain.

In the middle of the nine high-level steps, there is a huge bronze tripod placed on each level, a total of nine from bottom to top. People standing under the first high-level step can barely reach the belly of the giant tripod.

There are two narrow walkways on both sides of the nine high-level steps, and each level of high-level steps is divided into nine steps. From the bottom level to the upper three levels, Zhong Zhe has understood that this is strictly in accordance with the The sacrificial ladder set up by the number of nine poles, with a total of nine nine and 81 steps, is for the sacrificial host to climb the altar.

Zhong Zhe and Uncle Gao are still slowly exploring and studying carefully. A bandit walking in the front echelon, out of curiosity or for some other reason, took two steps forward and was about to step on the left side. Narrow walk.

"do not!"

"do not move!"

After all, it was still half a beat late, before Zhong Zhe and Uncle Gao finished shouting, layers of black shadows flashed past, but in the blink of an eye, the whole hall reverberated with shocking screams, and soon and abruptly disappeared. made a sound.

The tactical flashlights in the hands of everyone gathered at the starting steps. The narrow roads on the left and right sides were covered with sharp cone-like triangular stone cones, and several of them fell on the first step of the high platform and the open space in front of the altar.

At a glance, this triangular stone cone is almost the same as what Zhong Zhe and the others dropped when they entered the Xiangdian on the ground. It is certain that this is a mechanism set up deliberately by the ancients.

It took only a second or two for the sudden change to occur, just long enough for everyone to see the scene of the tragedy clearly. Before everyone regained their senses, another stone cone began to fall from the top of the hall. , Everyone struggled to flee for their lives in the dark, and no one had cared to turn on the lights for a long time.

"what!"

It seems that someone was injured because he couldn't escape.

"Be careful plotting!" Someone shouted at this time.

This shout immediately poked a hornet's nest, and the people on both sides were all confused.

Someone shot first with sharp eyesight and quick hands. Before anyone could see who was shot, there was a burst of gunshots all around. The searchlight was the first to be extinguished. Everyone reacted, and then turned off the tactical flashlight in their hands. In the pitch black, each according to his own ability.

The first time after the chaos started, Zhong Zhe didn't squat down with his head in his arms, but rushed towards Zhong Ke's direction. Unfortunately, after only two steps, the surrounding lights went out, and it was difficult for him to distinguish his position. Straight into the blind state.

In the darkness, there was a violent wind blowing from behind him. Zhong Zhe was in a bad mood. The speed of his body's dodging was obviously much slower than the speed of people's attacks. He gritted his teeth and prepared to feel the pain of crying again. It was suddenly torn apart, followed by the sound of a knife piercing the flesh.

Someone beside him uttered the sound of dying struggles, but soon calmed down, and there were various fighting sounds around him. Zhong Zhe didn't dare to move indiscriminately until the familiar breath approached him.

Cheng Ling didn't make a sound, and any sound in the dark might reveal his position. If you are as cautious as Cheng Ling, you will never make such a mistake.

He could feel that Zhong Zhe didn't move to avoid him, he should have discovered his existence, or at least recognized him as one of his own personnel.

To be on the safe side, Cheng Ling still stood beside Zhong Zhe, close enough for Zhong Zhe to clearly feel his presence.

Sure enough, Zhong Zhe instinctively stretched out his hand to grope him first, and then Cheng Ling stretched out his arm to Zhong Zhe, Zhong Zhe grabbed his arm and stretched upwards, Cheng Ling immediately pulled him into his arms.

In the darkness where you can't reach your fingers, there is an action suit full of various equipment in front of you, and the lingering familiar breath is on the tip of your nose. Zhong Zhe is close to Cheng Ling, and you can even clearly feel the heartbeat of the other party through the thick action suit .

Cheng Ling protected him in front of him, and the constant fighting attacks from far and near were isolated from those arms.

Suddenly, the lights turned on again, and Li Cha Yi shouted, "Stop it all! Gao Jianye and Zhong Ke are in my hands!"

Under the strong light, people couldn't open their eyes. Zhong Zhe barely covered his eyes to see, and everything went back to the starting point. Neither Uncle Gao nor Ke Ke escaped.

However, the situation has changed somewhat. At some point, all the rear members of the action team came in. After Li Cha Yi was killed by a stone cone, another person was killed by Cheng Ling in the past melee. Another person was seriously injured by Zhang Yu, and there are currently five fighters left.

On the other hand, although there were casualties on Zhong Zhe's side, one was unfortunately killed, one was seriously injured and was being dealt with urgently, and one was slightly injured and died. Overall, the situation was much better. Cheng Ling and the lightly wounded were at six and a half combat strength.

The number of people situation has been significantly reversed, and the enemy and the enemy have started a new round of planning.