The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Xiao Lou's words made the other five people feel puzzled, and they all leaned over to look at the mirror.

It was also the first time for Yu Hanjiang to hear the term "yin and yang mirror". He looked carefully at the bronze mirror in Xiao Lou's hand, and soon discovered that the reason why his appearance in the mirror was distorted - it was because the bronze mirror made his appearance flipped.

This effect is a bit like a "distorting mirror" in the park. In principle, it should distort and deform the image in the mirror to a certain extent based on the refraction of light and the unevenness of the mirror surface.

Xiao Lou explained: "In legend, the yin-yang mirror has two sides, yin and yang. The yin side is death, and the yang side is life. There is also a saying that the yin-yang mirror can see ghosts from the underworld... However, the mirror we found does not seem to be There is no function of seeing ghosts in the underworld in Xianxia novels? It just reverses the projected portrait."

"Show me." Tang Ci stretched out his hand, and Xiao Lou handed him the bronze mirror.

Tang Ci did not look at his face in the mirror, but carefully studied whether there were any hidden mechanisms in the mirror.

Soon, Tang Ci discovered that there was actually an interlayer in the middle of the bronze mirror, but it was fixed and could not be opened.He frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Xiao Lou and said, "Where's the compass?"

Xiao Lou handed him the compass he had just found in another secret room.

Tang Ci held the yin-yang mirror with one hand, flipped it to the back, and then gently placed the compass on the bronze mirror. To everyone's surprise, the pointer on the compass did not move at all, but at the moment when the compass and the yin-yang mirror lightly touched , the pointer on it suddenly began to spin rapidly.

The pointer turned several times in a row before finally stabilizing.From the bearing of the compass, the downward direction of the steps should be east.

Lao Mo wondered: "Is this yin and yang mirror used to activate the compass?"

Tang Ci returned the mirror and compass to Xiao Lou, saying: "The ancient compass was made by the attraction of the earth's magnetic field, which is the same as the compass. One side of this yin and yang mirror is a mirror, and the other side looks like ancient bronze, but the material In fact, it is not pure copper, I found out that the copper mirror is actually mixed with magnets, because there are also some magnets in the manufacturing materials of my wheelchair, which will react when it is close to the mirror."

Lu Jiuchuan stroked his chin thoughtfully: "In other words, the magnet in the copper mirror can be used to activate the compass and restore its function. The things found in these two secret rooms can be regarded as props for us to help us get out of the maze. ?”

Xiao Lou looked back at the mechanism of the two secret rooms.

Like the stone gate encountered when entering the maze, it is to judge the direction in which the men and women dance in the sacrificial totem, and to rotate the ever-burning lamp to open the gate.

They have experienced so many square secret rooms before, and the opening method of each secret room is different.But now, the opening method of the gate is exactly the same as the opening method of the stone doors of these two small secret rooms. It is impossible for the gatekeepers to be so lazy and set up three organs with the same opening method in a row.

The only explanation is that they haven't really entered the maze yet.

The section of road we just walked is just the entrance to the maze, a "preheating" area leading to the underground maze.The compass and yin and yang mirror have no direct connection with the owner of the ancient tomb, they are just props given to them by the gatekeepers.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lou said: "Brother Jiu is right, what we just walked through should be just the entrance of the maze, just like the props given to players by the boss in the escape room game. Compass and yin and yang mirror, in the next It may be of great use in breaking through the level."

Xiao Lou handed the compass to Lao Mo, and the Yin-Yang mirror was put away by himself.

Lu Jiuchuan had already started to have a headache. He rubbed his temples and said, "After a long time, three doors were opened. Is this a fucking prelude?"

Tang Ci glanced at him, as if he was used to swearing at him, and said calmly: "According to the statistics of the Intelligence Bureau, Fang Zhou is often different from Fang Xiang's secret room. You can walk out of ordinary Fang Fang's secret room in a few hours. , Square pieces are often notoriously time-consuming. Some teams couldn’t find the exit of the maze for days and nights, and starved to death in the maze.”

When Lao Mo heard this, his face turned pale suddenly, and his fists were clenched tightly by his side.

Under the light of the night pearl, Lao Mo's pale face looked like a ghost. Liu Qiao was the closest to him, and found that something was wrong with him, so he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Mo, what's wrong with you?"

Lao Mo's voice was a little hoarse: "My previous team was wiped out in Fang Zhou, and I was the only one left..."

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang also remembered this incident.When we first formed a team with Lao Mo, Lao Mo once mentioned his previous team - his team was just an inconspicuous one among the many challenger teams. Everyone's score for clearing the secret room was not high, and their hands were not so good. There are many S cards, and his strength is very average, so in a square game, a team of more than ten people died until he was the only one left.

In order to survive, Lao Mo started an "intermediary" business in the main city, introducing hotels and renting houses to new challengers, and also joined a design company as a decoration designer for local residents.

After meeting Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, he regained his confidence in clearing the secret room and joined Xiao Lou's team.

Xiao Lou walked up to Lao Mo and said, "Old Mo, the weekly meeting you mentioned, if I remember correctly, it was [Rotating Maze]?"

Mo Xuemin nodded with a sullen face: "I was deeply impressed by that week. Every once in a while, the maze would rotate 90 degrees. Many challengers got dizzy in it and couldn't find the exit. Someone accidentally stepped on the labyrinth." They were shot to death by random arrows when they went to the organ; some people were killed by the hunters after encountering them..."

Hunter!

In the previous fixed square maze, there has never been a hunter.But in the week that Lao Mo experienced, there were indeed hunters.This was also the key reason for the heavy casualties of their team during that week.

Tang Ci said calmly: "The [Rotating Maze] that Mr. Mo said was about a month ago. The death rate of the challengers according to the statistics of the intelligence agency exceeded 30%. The background of the week is a maze contest. Many challengers They are forced to participate, so hunters will mix in and carry out assassinations in the maze."

Lu Jiuchuan frowned: "As far as I know, it's not as easy for hunters to enter the diamond circle than spades. Diamonds are a closed maze, unlike spades, which is an open world. This time Zhou Chang is an underground tomb, and if they want to get in, they have to open the mechanism themselves."

Tang Ci said: "We have done statistics, and the probability of hunters appearing every week on square pieces is about 2%, that is, out of 100 teams, only 2 or so will be unlucky to encounter hunters. Will we be that one? The 2% unlucky team?"

There was a helpless wry smile on the corner of Lu Jiuchuan's mouth: "My identity has been exposed, if they insist on chasing me... maybe they will track my location and follow me to this ancient underground tomb."

In other words, they played a prelude after tossing around for a long time, and got the yin and yang mirror and compass. At present, they don't know how big the underground tomb is, and how many dangerous organs are inside...

What's more frightening is that there may be hunters coming out from behind at critical moments to stab the knife?

It seems that this week is really dangerous like never before.

Without the interference of hunters, Xiao Lou can solve all kinds of mechanism puzzles, Mr. Gui understands history and archaeology, Tang Ci is familiar with various machines, and Lao Mo is a maze guide with a strong sense of direction. The strength of their team , is definitely one of the best in the entire Challenger team.This week, all teams are ranked together. It is impossible for them to fall to the bottom 20% and be eliminated at the end.

But once there are hunters, that's not necessarily the case.

Xiao Lou couldn't help feeling nervous. He pressed the voice headset in his ear and asked, "Senior, how is your side?"

Mr. Gui's voice quickly rang in everyone's ears: "I found two small secret rooms. The mechanism's solution is the same as the stone gate I saw at the beginning. There is a compass and a mirror in the secret room."

Xiao Lou asked, "What color is the back of the mirror?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "There are some white totem patterns painted on the bronze."

Xiao Lou turned over the bronze mirror in his hand, and the back of the bronze was painted with black patterns.

—— Yin and Yang mirror, the positive side is white, and the negative side is black.White is life, black is death.

This time, the yin and yang mirrors in the maze should be divided into two. Xiao Lou got the black yin side, and Mr. Gui got the white yang side.That is to say, the direction Mr. Gui is walking is likely to be the gate of life, and the direction Xiao Lou and the others are walking in is likely to be the gate of death.

Mo Xuemin quickly reacted when he heard this: "Judging from the time when we went down the steps and the props that Guilao and the others got, this maze is likely to have a symmetrical structure. The one on their side will be very similar. But which road leads to the exit of the maze, or whether the maze will rotate after opening a certain mechanism, is currently unknown."

Although Xiao Lou is holding a bronze mirror with a dark side that symbolizes the "door of death", as Lao Mo said, after they touch a certain mechanism, will the maze rotate?Or, the paths of life and death in the maze actually intersect?

It doesn't mean that getting the life door will lead to the exit.

Xiao Lou thought for a moment, and said to Gui Yuanzhang: "Senior, we will continue to act in teams. It is still impossible to judge which way is the correct way between the gate of life and the gate of death. You must be careful. This week, it is not ruled out that you will be hunted and killed." possibility."

Gui Yuanzhang whispered: "Okay."

Xiao Lou asked: "Is the compass activated? What direction are you going down the stairs?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "It has been activated, this side is Xiangxi."

After 24 o'clock in the morning, all card skills have been refreshed.

To be on the safe side, Xiao Lou decided to place a peach blossom garden here. Once he encounters unsolvable troubles, he can at least return to the peach blossom garden for temporary refuge.The Taohuayuan exists for 3 hours, and for the next 3 hours, the entire team is safe.

Xiao Lou summoned Tao Yuanming.

After reading the article for 10 seconds, he set the entrance to Taohuayuan on the landing between the two small secret rooms.

Lu Jiuchuan looked at the ancient man in a long gown in front of him, and asked curiously, "What kind of card is this? Just now, I suddenly pulled me under the peach blossom tree. Is this the skill?"

Xiao Lou said, "Yes, the summoning card Tao Yuanming."

Lu Jiuchuan gave Xiao Lou a strange look: "Can you summon the ancients?"

Yu Hanjiang said lightly: "Xiao Lou can summon many ancient people, including Su Shi, Liu Yong, Li Qingzhao, Qin Guan, Tao Yuanming, Lu Yu, and even Di Renjie who was looking for clues. However, the previous secret room clearance was relatively smooth, and Di Renjie didn't even once came out."

Lu Jiuchuan: "..."

After a moment of silence, he gave Xiao Lou a thumbs up: "Amazing."

Xiao Lou asked curiously, "What brand is Brother Jiu? I haven't seen it yet."

Lu Jiuchuan laughed and said, "I can summon Suzaku. Although it is an ancient beast, Suzaku can't perform in this kind of maze at all. It needs a wide space to fly. There are also some beasts like cheetahs and lions. "

Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "So, all your cards are summoned beasts?"

Lu Jiuchuan helped his forehead helplessly: "Yes, if necessary, I can run on a lion."

Everyone: "..."

Tang Ci calmly brought the topic back: "Since we got the compass, let's move on."

Everyone adjusted their mentality, followed Lao Mo and continued to walk deep into the steps.

Since the compass was handed over to Lao Mo, this time, Lao Mo, who had the best sense of direction, took the lead, Yu Hanjiang protected from the side, and Xiao Lou, Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci and Liu Qiao followed closely.

The steps stretched all the way down, and there was still no change around after walking for a while.

There are endless spiral stairs in front of them, and everyone feels a little uneasy.

The dark passage, the endless, downward spiral steps, it feels like leading everyone to the depths of hell.

After walking for 5 minutes, Ye Qi finally couldn't bear it anymore, pressed the voice headset, and complained to all his teammates: "Why are there endless steps, walking up and down are the same, we must not really meet Hit the wall!"