treacherous world

After more than two hours, Bai Yutang finally deciphered all the traps in the crypt. Zhan Zhao saw that he broke through the last barrier, and his stiff shoulders loosened.

Opening the last door, the two of them entered a larger square room with empty walls and only one incense burner in the middle...to be exact, a square tripod.

Zhan Zhao saw such a big tripod for the first time, and immediately thought that if Gongsun was there, he would definitely talk about the provenance of the tripod. The tripods at the door are so rich, so there should be more good things inside, right?It's a pity that Gongsun and the others are not here.

These days, he is a little afraid of digging into the ground. Why does this person like to run underground?For a while, the ancient princess tomb, and for a while, the treasure house of the demon tribe. Isn't it good to stay on the ground?I really hope that this demon city will sink soon, so that he can go back and take a hot bath, bask in the sun, pinch the little four's fleshy cheeks, etc. It's better than being underground!

Bai Yutang walked to the side of the tripod and squatted down, holding one of Ding's legs and turning around lightly.

With a "click", a wall in front made a "squeak" sound.

Zhan Zhao walked over, only to see the wall rising slowly, and two large iron doors appeared behind the wall.

"Behind the door should be the center of the crypt." Bai Yutang took out the blueprint for comparison, and told Zhan Zhao, "The back part of the blueprint is gone. Someone drew a red circle here, which is probably the destination."

"Is that the legendary monster treasure?" Zhan Zhao felt that he was wronged. He drilled a lot of holes, always talking about Takarazuka treasures. Anyway, let him open his eyes by paying homage to the golden and silver Buddhas.

Seeing Zhan Zhao's bright eyes, Bai Yutang suppressed a smile, "Guess what's behind?"

"There are so many people grabbing it, so it must be a good thing." Zhan Zhao saw the dust on Bai Yutang's forehead, probably because he was too concentrated on turning it on, and he didn't even know it got on it by accident, so he stretched out his hand to help him wipe it off.

Bai Yutang looked up at him.

Zhan Zhao saw that he wiped it clean twice, and he was in a good mood. Bai Yutang's face was free of blemishes, so he couldn't help but click his tongue twice, this face looks so good!While thinking, Bian Shun wiped all the dust from his hands onto Bai Yutang's sleeves, this is called returning things to their original owners.Sure enough, Bai Yutang, who was still in a trance just now, immediately turned pale, and looked depressedly at his dirty sleeves.

The two of them were almost ready, so they pushed open the last big iron door on one side.

As the dusty door slowly opened, the two of them unconsciously became nervous. What was hidden in this huge treasure house?

However, after holding the torch and walking through the iron gate, there is indeed a large space in front of him, but there is no legendary treasure, but a... cemetery.

Zhan Zhao looked at the half-exposed coffins and tombstones in front of the rows of mounds, and felt that his life was too miserable. No matter how he touched it, it was all bad luck. He still wanted gold and silver. dead!

"Grave mound?" Bai Yutang looked around, found a torch holder by the wall, and went over to try to light one.Although this kerosene has been through for many years, it is still ready to catch fire.

After the light came on, the situation inside became clearer. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang gasped, feeling that the ground beneath their feet was gloomy. This space was bigger than they had imagined, a large-scale cemetery.

"Are you sure you didn't go wrong?" Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to tug on Bai Yutang, and asked in a low voice, "There are at least a thousand people buried here, right? We can't stop the two of us if the corpse is cheated."

Bai Yutang looked at him helplessly, "Cheating a corpse? You can figure it out."

But as soon as the words fell, the two heard "Hoo...".

A gust of cool wind passed over their necks. Neither of them were timid, but they still felt a little weak for no reason.I don't know if this sound is the swirling wind, or something else, it sounds like the breath of a giant beast.The space here is airtight, where does the wind come from?The two let go of their hearts and raised them again, looking around.

"Meow……"

Just as Chen Jing was in this suffocatingly quiet atmosphere, the black cat let out another sound at the right time, and the two came back to look.The cat had already trotted into the cemetery with brisk steps, and looked back at the two of them in the middle of the walk, as if urging them to leave quickly.

"Did your godmother tell you about such a journey back then?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Cat, look at the walls around you."

Zhan Zhao looked at the wall in the direction of Bai Yutang's finger, and saw a long mural painted on each side.The lines are smooth and the style of painting is strange, unlike what you see in ordinary times, the characters in the picture are strange, and the scene is also very illusory.But the general meaning can be understood.

The general story is: a large group of people from the rivers and lakes slaughtered the members of the Yueyao tribe, took their blood for reference, and tried to get golden eyes.The Moon Monster Clan suffered countless casualties and resisted to the death. After a great battle, there were very few people left.The girl of the Moon Monster Clan took the few surviving teenagers and buried all the dead members of the tribe in the crypt, and lowered the mechanism on the night of the full moon to make the Monster Clan silent in the sea forever.

The entire island sank into the water, and the descendants of the monster clan who survived for a few months sailed away, but encountered a big storm at sea... and scattered in the sea.

This is where the mural ends.

"It's strange." Zhan Zhao was puzzled after reading it, and asked Bai Yutang, "If it is said that these murals were painted before the demon city fell below the sea surface, then the people's distress happened after the demon city descended. The people who painted the murals How do you know?"

Bai Yutang also had the same doubts, could it be that the painter has the ability to predict the future?

"Meow."

At this time, the black cat was urging forward again. It was squatting on the top of a square tombstone and watching the two of them. It didn't move forward, but sat there and licked its fur.

Although Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao went deep into the crypt, they were neither seeking money nor profit, they just wanted to close the trap and let the demon city sink.But what happened before them was far from what they had imagined.Where is the agency?There are no clues at all. Could it be that he tried his best to come in just to see a cemetery?

By the light of the fire, Bai Yutang took out the map and checked it again, but the map only drew a circle here, without mentioning any words related to the tomb... Could it be that the back half was torn away by someone?

At this moment, the two heard hurried footsteps behind them, and the black cat jumped down from the grave with a jerk, and rushed to Zhan Zhao's side.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang immediately understood - the tombstone just now seemed to be the key.

Judging from the sound of footsteps, there were about four people who caught up.

Zhan Zhao frowned inexplicably - he heard his footsteps like an old man!

Bai Yutang suddenly realized that it might be those people, so he grabbed Zhan Zhao and hid in the darkness behind with the black cat, hiding behind a tombstone.

After a while, I saw four people running in from the door, all of them were a bit older, the first one was gray-haired, and the three next to him were also in their 50s and [-]s.

Bai Yutang recognized it at a glance, and said to Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "The four immortals from the Hailong gang."

Zhan Zhao was shocked—they did not die in the fire!So the fire was their escape.Did they also participate in the plan to set fire to it?What kind of ambition made them do such a thing, to kill their fellow disciples!

Seeing the scene in front of them, several dragon kings were also very surprised.

"Eh? Why the fuck did you end up in the cemetery?"

"That's right! Did that kid lie to us? He clearly said that running to the end is a treasure."

"Damn it, bad luck, there are coffins all over the floor." Sea Dragon King, despite his age, was quite irritable, and kicked the coffin away.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—kicked the coffin too?It's too wicked, be careful to be punished by God!

As soon as the thought of "God's punishment" passed in his head, two crossbow arrows flew out from the bottom of the coffin... and shot straight at Sea Dragon King.He lowered his body and wanted to dodge, but it was too late, and an arrow pierced his throat, killing him on the spot.

Zhan Zhao was secretly startled, it turned out that such a powerful mechanism was buried underneath.

The other three dragon kings were also stunned, and when the sea dragon king fell, he brought down several tombstones next to him.For a while, I heard the sound of "clicking".

I saw many tombstones falling down one after another, and countless crossbow arrows were shot from bottom to top.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao quickly dodged to the base of the wall, and at this moment arrows were raining down, and before the dragon kings could figure out what was going on, they were shot like hedgehogs and died.

After a long time, the cemetery calmed down, and the ground was full of crossbow arrows.There is almost no place to step down.In the entire cemetery, there was only the tombstone where the black cat was squatting just now, which had not fallen down and stood there firmly.

Bai Yutang touched his chin, as if he had thought of something.

"How is it?" Seeing his expression, Zhan Zhao leaned over and asked.

Bai Yutang stood up, "Mao'er, this is a death tomb, and it's also a mechanism! The most difficult to break."

"What do you mean?" Zhan Zhao didn't understand.

"I heard from my godmother before that the most difficult mechanism in the world is actually the human heart." Bai Yutang explained to Zhan Zhao, "There is a kind of mechanism that is often installed in the death tomb. To break it, you have to solve it twice. It can be said that killing a person once is the key to breaking the mechanism. At this time, if a group of people crack it together, then it is bound to go through the most severe test - which one to kill!"

"So it's a mechanism that forces people to kill each other! It's really vicious." Zhan Zhao understood, and frowned, "The dragon kings just said that someone let them in, could it be that they are here to be scapegoats? I don't know how to die."

"It should be." Bai Yutang said and stood up. "The last trap must be on that tombstone. There must be traps along the way, but I don't have the map, so I have to take it step by step. Be careful." .”

Zhan Zhao nodded to indicate that he understands and that he will go with him. Bai Yutang waved his hand slightly, signaling Zhan Zhao to stay where he is and wait, "Maybe there are agencies."

Zhan Zhao frowned, took a step forward and followed him closely, telling him to wait where he was, watching Bai Yutang get into danger?no way!

Bai Yutang had no choice but to take him to the tombstone.

I walked around the tombstone and found that there were characters on it, but I couldn't understand what it was written on.

Bai Yutang raised his face and asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you know him?"

Zhan Zhao shrugged - how could he know each other!

Being in a dilemma, the cat jumped onto the top of the tombstone again, and "meowed" at the two of them.

Seeing its appearance, Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly, stretched out his hand, and lightly pressed on the tombstone.

The tombstone actually sank, and then there was a "click".

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang put their weapons on their hands and looked around, lest any crossbow arrows strike.

After waiting for a while, there was no attack, but the tombstone tilted to the side and fell... a round stone pillar appeared below.

This stone pillar is about one hand wide and about one foot high. The surroundings are separated from the ground, and it looks like it can be pressed.

The two looked at each other, and Bai Yutang stepped forward and patted the round stone pillar with his palm.

Then, I felt the ground "rumbling", and the vibration sounded like thunder.

Zhan Zhao staggered, almost bumping into the tombstone beside him, Bai Yutang quickly pulled him back, Zhan Zhao quickly grabbed his arm to stabilize...there were crossbow arrows everywhere under his feet, there was nowhere to land, it was very dangerous .

After the ground trembled for a while, the airtight stone wall in front slowly fell with the muffled sound of thunder.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little dumbfounded by the scene before them.

The front is very bright, because the top is round, and there are many hollows that are evenly distributed, very high.By this time it was already dawn outside, and the daylight was abundant, streaming down through the hollow.Strips of sunlight cast light spots on the ground, and there seems to be a thin layer of mist in the air, which is beautiful.

Behind the stone wall, a golden statue suddenly appeared. The tall golden man made Zhan Zhao open his mouth, and said silently—Bodhisattva, I am satisfied!Sure enough, let me see the golden man once.

With a good wind blowing, the two smelled a salty smell of sea water, and - the smell of gold.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang never felt that gold has a smell, but when a lot of gold is together, they can really smell it.

The golden statue was as tall as three people, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't tell whether it was pure gold or gilded, but it must be very valuable anyway.

The golden statue does not look like ordinary Buddha statues, nor Bodhisattvas or Arhats, but more like ordinary people.It's just that the person's face can't be seen clearly, because he is wearing a golden ghost mask.From Bai Yutang's point of view, this ghost mask is different from the ghost masks worn by Lei Qinglang, the mysterious man and others!

Looking down, the golden man clasped his hands in front of his chest, and there seemed to be a brocade box in his palms.

At the feet of the Golden Buddha, there are piles of gold and silver treasures.It was real gold, silver, pearls, emeralds and agates, which looked a little dazzling when illuminated by the sunlight.

Zhan Zhao stared at it for a long time, touched his chin and sighed, "A lot of money! The treasury doesn't even have such treasures. Where did he get it from a small tribe of fishermen on the water?"

Bai Yutang also shook his head, that Buddha statue seemed to weigh at least a thousand catties, if it was real gold, it would be priceless!How did the Moon Monster Clan get it?Could it be that they really plundered and hijacked merchant ships as in the legend?Otherwise, he couldn't imagine how such a small number of people on an island could create so much wealth.

The two stood in a daze in front of a large pile of gold and silver. The back of the golden statue seemed to be leaning against rocks, and the curved dome above it was full of air holes.

Zhan Zhao immediately thought of the turtle-shaped hill on this island.

"What do you think you're going to put so much effort into?" Zhan Zhao couldn't help asking Bai Yutang, "Didn't you just dig a hole from the mountain and get in? It would take half an hour for stones and scissors to dig through.

Hearing this, Bai Yutang seemed to be touched. He took out the drawing, looked around for a while, raised his face and looked at all the holes above the dome, "Cat, guess these holes are for what for?"

"Hole?" Zhan Zhao was stunned, and looked up to the sky with him, puzzled, "This island was underwater before, if there is a hole, wouldn't it be flooded?

"But these gold, silver, pearls and jade don't seem to have been soaked in water for a long time!" Bai Yutang shook his head, "I've seen this kind of mechanism before, those holes are sealed with special soil. It's the first time to immerse in water , those soil ash swelled and blocked the hole tightly. After sinking into the bottom of the water, the interior will be used as a hollow area. But if it comes out of the water, the wet soil will shrink and fall off after drying, so if it sinks into the sea again, the water will flow from it The hole poured in. Guessing the speed and strength, it is estimated that these treasures, the tomb at the door, and everything will be washed away!.

"This tortoise shell can hold a lot of water, that is to say, the sinking of the demon city won't cause the seawater to rush ashore, will it?" Zhan Zhao happily asked Bai Yutang, "Then where is the mechanism that makes the island sink? "

Bai Yutang looked at the brocade box, "I don't know what's in it."

Just as he was talking, he heard a noise behind him. The black cat beside Zhan Zhao suddenly frowned, meowed, and jumped onto his shoulder.

The two looked at each other, and then heard the sound of wheezing and wheezing in the distance.

Then he turned his head and looked outside the door, only to see a mass of living creatures approaching, and sporadic fires—it should be someone holding a torch.

Before Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang knew how many torches there were, they ran in the black shadow ahead, and their red eyes lit up with a faint light.The two immediately realized, isn't this the group of mad dogs chasing them outside? !