Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 449 Siguniang Mountain ([-])

449 Chapter 449 Siguniang Mountain ([-])
I held my brother's shoulders and floated quietly beside him. After thinking about what "cryptographic module" he was talking about, I said to him: "Is this ancient bronze cryptographic module just a sophisticated mechanism embedded in the middle?" There is also a special-shaped bronze Rubik's Cube with iron chains tied to the key points of the mechanism. I know it is definitely different from the ordinary Rubik's Cube, but at least one thing is definitely the same. It is also pieced together piece by piece, right?"

I tilted my head and looked at my brother's handsome face. My brother maintained his standard quiet and handsome appearance and stood motionless in front of the cryptographic module. From his eyes, I could see that he was thinking deeply, and I also tilted my head. Looking over, he found that his right hand was already on the huge thing. He was sensing the thing, as if there was something inside that was feeding him some information.

As for mechanical things, I have never seen many cryptographic mechanisms like this, but I have seen some works of art in daily life.

A metal machine that feeds back information. I once saw a wind-up tin doll with a simulated humanoid shell made of iron. The shape of the doll is very vivid and cute. After being wound up, it will play music like a music box, and then it will blink. It can move its eyes, shake its head, open its mouth, limbs and body. After installing a special insert in the machine behind its back, the doll can also write and draw by itself, and even dip in ink, just like It's like being given life.

When you open the back cover of the doll, you can see that inside its small body is a super complex movement made of countless extremely small and precise metal parts. The parts inside are constantly rotating one after another, causing mechanical friction and collision. The rhythmic metallic sound and the drawings drawn by the notes written by the doll are the message conveyed by the maker.

The strange thing in front of me is older than the doll. Although it has different shapes and different functions, this purely mechanical thing cannot escape gears, bearings, chains, springs, metal sheets, etc. The principle should be the same.

I think what my brother is sensing is the frequency of the "clack-clack" rotation of the mechanical parts inside. The movement of the parts has a certain pattern. Maybe it can also convey something. Although we don't have a password, the Zhang family's mechanism With just a touch of the long two fingers of their right hand that have been specially trained, no matter how difficult or complex it is, it will instantly become easy to crack, and this time it should be possible too.

After being stunned for a while, I saw that he had no reaction and said to him: "We can't use the password to crack it now, so what if we carefully dismantle it in the opposite direction of the mechanism setting? Anyway, this thing is originally After it is assembled, let's open it up to some points that don't touch the key links inside, so that the mechanism inside won't be touched, and then mark the right points on it, and then give it If you put it all together, it should be possible even without the password, right? Do you think it is reliable?"

After being stunned for a while, he withdrew his hand, but remained motionless while recalling and sorting out the recalled information in his mind. He still ignored me and didn't respond at all like a beautiful statue. Give.

After another period of time passed, I heard Bai Hao wading in the water from the direction of the gap and came to us. I put my head on his shoulder and turned to look at Bai Hao and asked, "How's it going over there?"

Bai Hao said, "Liyue is watching. Is there any progress?"

I pouted and turned to look back at my brother, meaning "Just ask him."

Bai Hao leaned over and looked at Zhang Qiling and asked him, "How are you doing? Do you have a clue?"

But Zhang Qiling still didn't respond. Bai Hao and I looked at each other, and Bai Hao said, "Don't be anxious, take your time."

Not long after, my brother suddenly grabbed my arm and pushed me to Bai Hao. Bai Hao said to him, "Be careful."

Then I saw him plunge into the water, and the surrounding water immediately rippled. I was shaken by the rush. Although the water was clear, he quickly swam into the blind spot under the huge object.

Suddenly, there was a "rattling" sound from some unknown metal part deep under the water, followed by the faint sound of a chain being dragged. The sound came from the water, and it sounded a bit creepy.

Along with this weird and terrifying sound, the water level began to drop suddenly. Bai Hao immediately hooked my arm and said to me with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Xiaoxun, it will be fine in a while."

Just look at the water flowing into the center of the funnel-shaped terrain at an extremely fast speed. The water was suddenly sucked away and formed a huge whirlpool. Bai Hao stood as steady as a mountain in the water, without shaking at all.

When Bai Hao saw my panic, he said something to me. Just because of the rumbling sound of the water, I couldn't hear his words very clearly, but I could guess from his expression that he was trying to comfort me.

How can I control myself if I am afraid of this kind of thing? Brother Bai Hao is my life-saving pillar at the moment. I have been holding his arm tightly for a long time. I feel that as soon as I let go, I will be sucked away by the vortex and rushed away. Go into the bottomless hole in the center.

As the water level dropped, my feet finally landed on the ground again. Although I was still uneasy, it felt really good to at least be able to keep my feet on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he saw his brother walking back quietly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Hao said, "Your drainage system is pretty good. It's so old, but it can still be solved with one click." Then he looked at the cryptographic module and sighed.

Follow him and say: "Look, only one of these chains has the right link. The five iron chains all look the same and can only be pulled one by one. If you choose the right one, the painted wall outside will change, and you will get the password. But if you pull it wrong, those fatal mechanisms will be activated."

Bai Hao looked around again and said: "It doesn't look like there is any mechanism here, but the one on the other side of the gap will probably be activated. By then, those inside will not be able to escape, and those outside will not be able to get in. That's terrible That’s what happened.”

I asked him: "That's the only way. It shouldn't be triggered once by mistake. There may have been people like my brother over the thousands of years who didn't remember anything when they came here. They don't have the same memory." Okay, after all, this is also the Zhang family's own tomb. Don't you leave a way out for your descendants?" Bai Hao said: "It is possible to have another chance, but the number must be limited. We have to open it. There are three sets of passwords, that is fifteen chains, of which three are correct. The remaining twelve are all fatal. Even if you are given three chances to choose again in each set, there will still be a few. It is absolutely unavoidable, and the winning rate of triggering those things is very high, unless you choose right the first time, you may be able to avoid it."

I asked him: "Brother, there are no other dangerous creatures in your house except snakes and bugs, right?"

My brother looked at me slowly and said, "Yes."

I felt like his answer was like a bolt from the blue. I asked him with a wry smile: "Is that a big guy or a little guy?"

He then said slowly: "Both."

I couldn't help but swallow and said: "Forget it, love is whatever it is. Anyway, if there is one thing or there are many kinds, it doesn't seem to make much difference..."

Bai Hao patted me on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Xun, remember, if things get really messy, don't panic, stay calm."

I quickly rummaged through my backpack to see if I had enough emergency supplies. If not, I would need them at some point, so I put them where I could easily reach them.

Bai Hao looked at the cryptographic module and said, "The outer layer of this thing is sealed. How can I open it without damaging the inside and touching the mechanism?"

Zhang Qiling raised his hand and pointed at the lump of bronze and said, "That."

Bai Hao looked at the direction he was pointing and said, "You said those thin chains are breakthroughs?"

Bai Hao immediately counted and said: "A total of 23 thin chains extend from this thing. One end of these 23 thin chains is connected to the grids on the cave painting wall, which is the mechanism we want to trigger in the end.

The thin chain is connected to the bearing, and the bearing pulls three of the thin iron chains, indicating that this is a three-digit password. The other side of the thin chain is connected to the machine inside, and the machine is connected to one of the five thick chains. , the right thick chain will be linked to the right thin iron chains, and the wrong one will only touch the mechanism and the thin chains will not be pulled. It seems that we should spend some time on the thin chain. "

While we were talking, several people from the Nine Sects also came in. Bai Hao pulled me aside and made some talkative gestures to me. We listened to the people from the Nine Sects discussing with their brother how to crack the mechanism.

Their analysis doesn’t sound much different to ours just now, except that they also talked about their subsequent plans.

From what they said, they planned to see what was written in the information taken out of the hole first, so that if there was any decrypted information, there would be no need to take risks.

They also said that if there is still no information that is helpful for decryption, they plan to mark all the thin chains here, then cut them off, and try one by one to see which group can connect the thick and thin chains, and then connect them again. The upper chain pulls it.

Zhang Rishan also said: "If we use this method, we can definitely get the password safely, but just in case, we should still be well prepared." He asked his brother: "Chief, do you want to stop preparing before taking action? "

I saw my brother pause and then slowly nodded. Gou Wuye said, "Did you say that the confidential silk book was not placed outside but inside?"

The elder brother said: "There is still space down there."

I thought to myself, could there be a room inside the black hole that absorbs water...

Zhang Rishan said: "Then I will ask some people to come in and go down together."

So we rested here for a while. After waiting for a long time, many people from the Zhang family and Jiumen came in one after another. This place became a temporary camp. In order to prevent snakes from wandering around our place, they were still there. Some sulfur powder was sprinkled around and a bonfire was lit.

When the preparations were almost complete, it was already the morning of the next day when the two teams from the Zhang family and Jiumen were ready to set off.

(End of this chapter)