Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 237 Missing a Pit
Three huge wax corpse oil lamps are enough to illuminate nearly one-third of the entire cave.The flame twirled on the crude lamp burns quietly, like a huge torch.Occasionally, the flame danced, and it always made people feel that the souls of these wax corpses were dancing in the shadows with the beating of the flames.

Strangely, since these oil lamps were lit, even if the flashlight shined on them again, the stomachs of these wax corpses no longer squirmed, as if the things inside felt warm and safe because of the light of the fire.

The more I think about it, the more creepy I feel, which is tantamount to further confirming that the things inside are not only alive, but also sensitive.

"Don't think about it blindly. No movement is better than movement. Let's find a way and get out early."

Seeing the two of them staring blankly at the wax corpse oil lamps, Xiao Ran was afraid that they would be cowardly again, so he quickly drew their attention and courage back together.

Xiao Ran led the two of them to the inner side of the circle of oil pits, carefully circled along the edge.No matter what traps are on the way to the boulder in the middle, there must be no problems at the edges of these oil pits.

If the large circle of ground filled with skulls is counted, the area of ​​this cave is probably at least several thousand square meters.And the distance from the oil pit to the boulder must be more than 20 meters.

The further you go, the darker it gets. Considering the air quality and the possible danger, Xiao Ran didn't let Liu Shengli and Xu Er turn on the wax corpse switches of other oil pits, but just barely lit the road with a torch.As for the battery of the flashlight, you can save as much as you can.

As Xiao Ran walked, he calculated the distance.Counting from the oil pit in front of the slope, there will be an oil pit every fixed distance.Judging from the distance between them, there should be a total of twelve of these oil pits, just like the numbers on the dial, corresponding to each other.

I don’t know if these twelve oil pits really want to be made into a dial. The concept of time of Ling Sanren is too advanced that day.The twelve constellations are even more impossible. Although there was this saying in ancient times, it is a niche thing after all, so the Qin Tianjian will study more.

Or the twelve earthly branches?However, it can also represent the twelve hours of the day. The zodiac is also relatively popular and popular, and it should be the most reliable.

They went all the way around to the other side of the boulder, at the place opposite to Longtou Stone, Xu Er looked around in the distance, and said: "Xiao Gang, it's a bit strange over there, it seems that there are no dead bones."

It is indeed a little strange, not only is there no dead bones, but this is the location corresponding to the oil pit in front of the slope trail. The location of the mountain wall.

Xiao Ran wondered why there was only one missing.It seems that his estimation was wrong again. The arrangement of these oil pits may be just to illuminate the entire space to the maximum extent, without so much deep meaning.

He took Liu Shengli and Xu Er along the stone brick path to the mountain wall, and found a stone door there, with a raised statue of Xia Niangniang engraved on it.

This portrait of Empress Xia seems to have been made out of metal and inlaid on the stone gate.

Her posture is very strange, Xia Niangniang stands with her head held high, her eyes wide open, the upper pair of six hands is in a flying posture, the middle pair is folded in front of her chest, and the lower pair is spread out left and right.As for her four legs, one pair is coiled around her waist, and the other pair is also in a dancing posture with knees bent.

This portrait seems to want to show the gracefulness of Xia Niangniang and the graceful dancing posture.But after seeing those grotesque living corpses and human flies, and seeing the vicious methods of Tianling Sanren, the three of them looked at this fangs and claws Xia Niangniang at this time, as if they were seeing a little ghost on the eighteenth floor of hell, with a hint of fear in their disgust .

"Manager, isn't this the exit? It should be... yes..."

Liu Shengli just got excited, and immediately turned off the fire by himself.He has learned to be smart now, there is an abnormality everywhere in this underground hall, it is better not to be like a normal state, holding on to hope all the time.

Xiao Ran had no choice but to clock in his precious flashlight again, and carefully checked Shimen.Tianling Sanren's mind is not normal, and he is not sure whether this stone gate can be called a gate now.

The only thing that can make him a little bit sure is that on both sides of the stone gate, there is an oil lamp, which is also a human lamp slave who is so ugly that he doesn't want to take a second look.

He asked Liu Shengli and Xu Er to light the oil lamps with torches. The flames of the two oil lamps flickered a few times, and the two lamp panels filled with oil suddenly made two muffled sounds of "beep, beep". In the firelight, white and green smoke rises from the green patina.

"Back off!"

Xiao Ran stretched out his arms like an old hen, protecting Liu Shengli and Xu Er who were behind him and retreated quickly.Since entering this underground hall, the mechanism has been cracked all the way, and this is the first time I have come across someone who intends to kill someone just by lighting a lamp.

He retreated seven or eight meters all the way, and the flashlight nervously shone up, down, left, and right of Shimen, and told Liu Shengli and Xu Er to pay attention to their sides and feet at all times, in case there was any sudden attack of lethal weapons.

After the oil pan rang, Xiao Ran saw the arms of the lamp slaves on both sides of the door move suddenly, he quickly pulled out his knife to shield his chest, and the flashlight kept dangling between the two lamp slaves.

But the lamp slave didn't attack them, but with a dull clicking sound, his arms moved slowly.The oil lamp tray that was originally held above the head became held in front of the forehead.

Immediately afterwards, the statue of Empress Xia protruding from the door also stirred up a burst of stone dust, and then shrank into the stone door.

The surrounding air fell into silence again. After waiting for a long time, no destructive mechanisms such as crossbow arrows, steel thorns, and poisonous sand flow were activated, and no strange creatures were released.

The hearts of the three returned to their stomachs, the mechanism must have been triggered, but it shouldn't be a fatal thing.They went back to the stone gate again, based on previous experience, Xiao Ran took another look at the gaps around the stone gate, and roughly guessed a thing or two.

When the oil lamp is lit, when the lamp slave's arms are heated, the joints will relax, and the oil lamp will be lowered for a few minutes.At the same time, the protruding statue of Xia Niang on the stone gate will also retract into the stone gate, making the surface of the stone gate a flat surface, so that when it is opened, it can rise and fall smoothly, or retract left and right.

Therefore, the function of these two oil lamps is equivalent to closing the insurance for Shimen.Only in this way can the stone gate be opened smoothly.But the problem now is that Shimen has not moved at all.

"Xiao Gang, is this door broken? Just let us hear two noises, which startled us, and it's over?"

After the catastrophe of the female ghost guarding the gate of the tomb, Xu Er had learned to behave well, and kept a distance of more than half a meter from Shimen, just standing on tiptoe to look at the ugly and disgusting lamp slave.

Xiao Ran shook his head, this posture doesn't look like the mechanism is stuck.Either the mechanism has already been operated, or it has been partially operated, and the other part may be behind the door, or under the feet, or...

"Manager! Listen, there seems to be something behind..."

Xiao Ran turned his head and listened carefully with his ears pricked up. There were bursts of muffled sounds that were not too obvious, coming from a distance.

(End of this chapter)