Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 92 Ready to Enter
092 Chapter 92 Prepare to enter

Everyone was still calm when they didn't find it, but now that they've found it, everyone can't control their excitement.They quickly arranged the equipment, extinguished the smokeless stove, folded the pickaxes and shovels and quickly put them away. Several people were very agile with their hands and feet. It was different when they had a common goal. After a while, they were all packed up, and everyone followed. Concentrated around the dug hole.

But after they stood at the entrance of the cave, they were a little confused again. No one had been to the Imperial Tomb before. This was the first time for the older girl to get on the sedan chair. They were confused and had no idea where to go and how to get there. have become the biggest problems.Although I was thinking that I couldn't let others take the lead, in the end no one moved.

Wu Xie looked at the cave carefully, and now there was a fatal problem. The position they opened the cave was directly above the abyss. There was a drop of more than 100 meters and a lateral distance of more than 20 meters from the fetal hole where the Ling Palace was located. Although there was enough The 100-meter drop in the rope shouldn't be a problem, but how to cross the 20-meter horizontal gap? Depending on the situation, it seems impossible...

While everyone was pondering in confusion, Chen Pi Ah Si behind him saw them like this and sneered: "A bunch of losers." He stood up and said, "Get out of the way."

Wu Xie looked at him and smiled secretly in his heart. Everyone had always regarded him as a follower, but just now the fat man showed his hand and stole the limelight. Chen Pi Ah Si felt that he had been humiliated and felt uncomfortable in his heart. Now he said They always speak harshly and harshly. This is because they want to use their strength to save their status and face.

Seeing him coming, everyone made an opening for him. Monk Hua smiled mockingly and said: "Old man, aren't the young people fainting with joy? We have never seen such a huge formation. How do you think this fight should be defeated?" ?”

Chen Pi Asi squatted down with the help of Ye Cheng, looked inside the hole and said slowly: "Nothing can change from its origin. Be careful first. Let's first find someone to climb up these wooden pillars supporting the ice dome, and follow the The pillars climbed to the top of the cave, and then ropes were used to descend to the tile roof of the elevated building outside.”

In fact, this method is still somewhat risky, but at that time, there was no time to think about it, and I really couldn't think of any better way for a while. Everyone was in a hurry to think about it, so according to Chen Pi Asi's words started to think about it.

Of course, there are concerns. Each of the wooden pillars covered with ice is more than 100 meters long, so they are definitely not logs from a single tree. They should be several logs connected by wooden wedges. Such a structure will not have a problem with bearing pressure. , but I don’t know if it can withstand the pulling force.If it fails to hold it, after a wooden corridor collapses, it will inevitably hit other corridor columns during its fall, and the entire ice dome may collapse.

Wu Xie looked at it and found that the one who said that the conditions here were most suitable for traveling through thunder turned out to be Xiaoxun, but she was still asleep. Out of the big brother's mentality of protecting his sister, even if the girl was awake, she could still do it, and we big brothers could also Can't bear to let her go.Secondly, the only one with the right conditions was Pan Zi. The others were not up to standard in terms of skill or weight, so Pan Zi had no choice but to take the lead.

Pan Zi tied a butterfly buckle rope around his waist and brought some lightweight equipment. Chen Pi Asi gave him a sip of wine to calm him down and said: "Don't get carried away with joy, our goal is not here. , go down and recruit people to show me the highlights."

Pan Zi nodded, took a deep breath, carefully climbed into the ice well, then used the flying tiger claw to wrap around the wooden corridor on one side and swing to the wooden corridor pillar.

As soon as he stepped on it, he heard a series of ice crackling sounds coming from the wooden pillars. Everyone held their breath and looked at him in fear. Pan Zi also looked pale and motionless, fearing that the pillars would disintegrate and break.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the crackling sound of the pillars stopped, and the force returned to balance. Pan Zi continued to move forward cautiously, walking even more carefully. After walking for a while, he finally reached the end of the pillars. On the cliff stone, more than 100 meters below, is where the cave is.

Pan Zi picked up five or six fluorescent sticks and threw them down one by one. Some of them fell more than ten meters and hit the tile roof. They bounced a few times and stopped. Pan Zi dropped the rope and threw it down. It only hung down to the tile roof below, then quickly slid down and landed firmly on the tile roof. Pan Zi made a few gestures to us, which probably meant that this process was safe.

The next one was Monk Hua, who got down to the tile roof without any danger.

Next, the younger brother took me. Because he had to free his hands in the past, the younger brother could only tie me and the knife to himself.

The fat man asked quietly: "Hey, can you do this? Is it a little heavy? Please be careful."

The little brother was very calm, and Wu Xie was a little worried, but judging from the little brother's appearance, he should be confident, but he still said to him: "Be careful."

The little brother looked at them, nodded and took Heijin and me into the ice well.

The fat man was still worried and asked Wu Xie: "Are you sure they can hold back? I took his knife and it was heavy, but I couldn't lift it. He was carrying two people down."

Wu Xie also whispered: "The ice dome above is so heavy, and the pressure between the wooden corridors is very strong. We are like ants on it, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, with my skills, I can control it with force." Speaking of this, Wu Xie glanced at the fat man with a smile and said, "Are you worried about the weight? I'm so skinny, and they don't have much equipment. The total weight is only about 100 to 80 kilograms. According to what you said, his knife weighs , let’s calculate it as [-] kilograms. Is the girl so thin and small that she can weigh [-] kilograms? Adding all of them together is not much heavier than you, no problem."

When the fat man heard this, he said "yes" and said, "You did this on purpose. You are trying to say that I am fat, right? I am not that heavy."

Wu Xie said with a smile: "If they can get there safely, then you will be fine."

The fat man stared: "Oh, I'm missing! You brat, Fatty, I'll lose weight when I get back."

Wu Xie burst out laughing when he heard this: "Forget it, you have said it several times. Whenever you lose weight, take a look at your big belly. It is getting bigger and bigger."

The fat man was so confused that he really wanted to kick him and said, "I really want to kick you."

Wu Xie patted him: "No, you are not that kind of person." The fat man shook his head: "That's right, Fatty, I am kind, huh."

The two of them were talking to each other and looking at the younger brother. The younger brother took me along quite easily. I saw him walking on the wooden pillars full of ice as if he were walking on flat ground. His pace was very steady. When he reached the rope, He adjusted the position of me and the knife, grabbed the rope and slid down quickly. Before landing, he grabbed the rope and paused for a buffer. Then he dropped one foot first, stood up slowly, and finally landed firmly on the tile roof. It was easy to get over it, and Wu Xie and Fatty felt a little more at ease.

They went in one by one, and finally arrived at Wu Xie. He followed their example and passed little by little. Wu Xie really felt that the 100-meter balance beam and the more than 100-meter rope climb were not child's play. His legs could not help but move. He started to feel weak, and he could hardly stand upright after reaching the bottom. He had to be supported by Pan Zi before he could stand still on the glazed tiles.

Everyone used flashlights to look around and found that the slope and cliff here were almost vertical at about 30 degrees.

The cave is very deep, and the palace goes straight into the mountain. The innermost situation cannot be seen clearly. The top of the mountain and the top of the Linggong are almost touching each other.

We are standing on the roof of the outermost elevated hall. The cornices on the eaves are all facing phoenix and dragon heads. On both sides of the roof ridge are the owl kisses of the town house. The yellow tiles and red beams are very royal.

The fat man wanted to lift up a tile to take a look, but the tiles and tile beams were so frozen that he couldn't break them off at all.

Wu Xie said softly: "Don't bother."

The fat man shook his head and sighed, decisively giving up the idea.

Everyone carefully picked up the faucet on the cornice, and used ropes to descend to the porch outside the main entrance of the Spiritual Palace one by one. Every time there was a big move, the little brother would check to see if it woke me up.

This porch is a place similar to a sacrificial altar. The raised and paved floor is made of stone slabs, which make a crunching sound when you step on them. The stone slabs have become brittle due to the constant cold and freezing and may break at any time.

This should be the end of the plank road that was built to enter the mountain. Now the plank road has been demolished. On one side is a pitch-black abyss. On the left and right are a row of Han-style copper tripods, covered with ice chips and filled with black ashes.

On the other side is the gate of the Spiritual Hall. In front of the gate stands a stone tablet with no words. Behind the stone tablet is the white jade stone gate of the palace, which is almost three people high and two wide. There are also many carved strange birds with human faces dancing in the clouds on the stone gate. The brass door roll above the door is shaped like a tiger's head. Water has been poured into the door cracks and door shafts, and the door panels on both sides have frozen as if they were a whole.

Monk Hua wants to take some photos here first, so everyone can take a breather and look around.

Ye Cheng walked around, and when he saw the cliff below, he said with emotion: "I really don't understand why the Emperor Wannu insisted on putting the mausoleum in such a place where no shit, on flat ground Isn't it good? Isn't this tormenting people?"

Wu Xie said: "The idea of ​​being an emperor is different from that of ordinary people. Maybe it has something special to do with their religion. You see, there are many temples in XZ, all of which are built in places that are inaccessible to people. To get close to the heavenly spirit, we ordinary people cannot understand this."

The fat man shook his head and disagreed: "I think the reason for building it here is very simple. I just don't want others to come up. There must be something good in this imperial mausoleum. The old boy Wannuhuang holds it as a treasure and won't give it to anyone even after he dies. , we have to educate him well this time." As he said that, he and Lang Feng took out the pry bar to pry the palace door.

The little brother stood in front of the stone door and stared at the pattern of the strange human-faced bird for a while.

At this moment, Lang Feng and Fatty discovered that there was no tap stone behind the jade stone door. They used a crowbar to clamp it hard, and the ice on the door shafts on both sides burst. They used chisels to smash the ice in the cracks of the door, and the door could barely be pushed open. gap.

Suddenly a burst of black air came out, and we hurried away. Monk Hua said it was okay. It was the moisture-proof paint stuck on the back of the door, and it was now frozen into powder.

The door of the hall was opened a crack, and it could no longer be moved. It seemed that the hinge of the door was rusted to death.I took a flashlight and shone inside, and I couldn't see anything in the empty hall of spirits. The darkness inside seemed to be able to absorb light.

Ye Cheng couldn't wait to go in, but Fatty quickly stopped him, turned around and asked, "Brother, take a look first, is there any clever mechanism here?"

The little brother touched the door and looked at the relief on the door. After looking at it for a long time, he shook his head to express his uncertainty: "Follow me and don't talk."

Wu Xie and Fatty naturally knew that they must listen to what Menyou Ping said.Several people followed and took out self-defense items.

The younger brother took the lead and crossed the knee-high threshold and walked in.They followed closely behind and walked into the dark spiritual hall.

(End of this chapter)