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Chapter 279: A life-or-death trap
Taotie said nothing, staring at the stone brick under Tom's feet, observing it carefully for a while, then looked at several adjacent stone bricks around him, his brows furrowed.

He raised his head and looked around, including the top of his head, the stone walls on both sides, and the tomb passage in front. Taotie's brows were almost twisted into knots.

"Your Highness, the situation is not optimistic."

Taotie turned around and said to Xiaocao.

"What happened? Tell me more about it."

Fang Xiaocao asked in a deep voice with an anxious look on her face.

Fang Xiaocao was getting anxious.

Taotie didn't say anything before, and she didn't dare to disturb him for fear of affecting his judgment. Now that Taotie has spoken, Fang Xiaocao wants to get to the bottom of everything.

"I just followed the old tomb robber's instructions and looked carefully at the mechanism. It's not a hidden arrow or a rolling stone, which are common anti-tomb robbery mechanisms. From my observation, the stone bricks around Tom's feet seem to be alive. I suspect that this is a pit trap."

Taotie had a serious expression and his voice was extremely low.

"What is a trap?"

Fang Xiaocao asked when she didn't understand.

"A pit trap, as the name suggests, is a hole with a large pit underneath the mechanism. Once the mechanism is triggered, it will cause the floor tiles of the tomb passage where the mechanism is located to collapse on a large scale, causing the person who triggered the mechanism to fall into the pit."

"And there are differences between traps and pits. Some are for trapping people, and some are for killing people."

"The pits that trap people are several meters high. If someone falls into them, there is a high probability that they will not be injured. Even if they are injured, it will not be fatal. If there are teammates who do not fall, or if there are two or three people who are physically capable, they can climb up."

"This trap mainly serves as a warning, saying that since I can trap you, I can also kill you. The next trap will not be so simple and will kill you. It is in line with the ancient saying of using courtesy before force, so that tomb robbers will retreat when they see difficulty."

Having said that, Taotie paused.

He glanced at Fang Xiaocao and continued, "The second type of killing trap is aimed at taking one's life directly. Once a person falls into it, there is a high chance of death, or there is no chance of survival. It can be as cruel as possible."

"The killing pits are more than ten meters high. If you fall into them without any preparation, you will be injured or have broken bones if you don't die. You will be trapped to death in the pits because you can't escape. Most of the pits are underground and there are many ways to kill people, such as spikes, spears, upside-down swords, poisonous snakes and insects, or underground rivers."

"Anyway, the main point is that if you fall down, you will die."

After hearing Taotie's story, Fang Xiaocao and the other two felt a chill down their spine.

Our ancestors were so cruel!
But if you put yourself in their shoes, you can understand it.

after all……

You come to dig my grave, making me restless even after death, so what if I can't kill you?

Fang Xiaocao and the other two were silent.

The tiles in the tomb passage collapsed, and I don’t know how much they collapsed.

There are no other mechanisms ahead, and we don’t know what to do. How can we save Taotie?

Fang Xiaocao was silent for a while, then said, "Taotie, based on your experience of going into tombs with the old tomb robber, what type of pit did Tom step on?"

"Is it a trap to trap people, or a pit to kill people?"

Fang Xiaocao asked a very practical question.

This issue is also what Tom, the person involved, is most concerned about.

This concerns his life and property.

If it was a trap to trap people, then with Tom's skills, he wouldn't get hurt even with his eyes closed and could easily climb out, but if it was a pit to kill people...

If it was just high, it would be fine, even if it was injured.

As long as Taotie is around, he has nothing to worry about.

Just carry it on your back. Even Taotie can carry him on its back.

But if it's a pit filled with spikes...

Even if the gods came, they couldn't save him.

After hearing Fang Xiaocao's question, Taotie fell silent. "Ah..."

After a long time, Taotie sighed.

"Your Highness, I can't see that."

"Not to mention me, even if the old tomb robber was still alive, he wouldn't be able to tell."

"I can only speculate based on the traps and mechanisms I've encountered since entering the tomb."

Taotie said helplessly.

Fang Xiaocao's heart sank when he heard Taotie's words.

Tom and Hummingbird's expressions also became ugly.

Because they all have their own judgment.

Even without Taotie saying it explicitly, Fang Xiaocao and the other two knew that the situation in the pit was not optimistic.

Not 100 percent.

There is at least an 80 percent chance that the mechanism Tom stepped on is a murder trap.

The tomb owner had set up a quicksand pit in front of the tomb, which would be a sure death for most tomb robbers. There was no reason for him to be merciful here.

This trap must be a murder trap.

“Is there any way to crack it?”

Fang Xiaocao looked at Taotie expectantly.

Now, Fang Xiaocao can only pin her hopes of saving Tom on Taotie.

After all, Taotie is the only one among the four who understands the mechanisms of the ancient tomb. Taotie has a way to break through the quicksand pit and let them get through safely.

Maybe the old tomb robber also taught Taotie how to break this killing mechanism?

After hearing Fang Xiaocao's words, Taotie fell silent.

The frown became tighter and tighter.

Looking at the Taotie with a constipated expression, Fang Xiaocao was so anxious that sweat broke out on the tip of his nose, but it was difficult to urge the Taotie, so he could only stand there and worry.

Fang Xiaocao was so anxious that she almost became like a donkey.

The circle was rotating, and she was given a stone mill to pull, and she could grind two pounds of beans.

After a long period of contemplation, Taotie came up with a solution that was not a solution.

"Your Highness, I do have a solution that is not a solution. Whether it will work or not depends entirely on luck. If you are lucky, maybe you can save old Tom's life. If you are unlucky, then..."

Although Taotie didn't finish his words, Fang Xiaocao and the other two all understood what Taotie meant.

If luck is bad, Tom will die!

After understanding the subtext of Taotie's words, Fang Xiaocao panicked and cried out of anxiety.

Although Tom was not the first subordinate that Fang Xiaocao conquered using hypnosis, he was the one who spent the longest time with her and saved her the most times.

The first subordinate conquered by Fang Xiaocao was Aquarius, who was on the blacklist, but Aquarius had been sniped and killed by Capricorn in the mountains of the next city.

And after Capricorn, it's Tom.

Tom was originally a killer who was hired by someone to kill her, but because of his carelessness, he was ambushed by her and under the strange hypnosis, he became Fang Xiaocao's subordinate.

It is because of Tom's existence that Taotie and Wan Xiaozhou came into being.

It is precisely because of Tom and Taotie, these two great generals, that Fang Xiaocao has ambitions.

Tom may die at any time now. How can Fang Xiaocao not feel sad?
Fang Xiaocao is an orphan. She has no family since childhood and her only friend is Zhiqi.

This is also the reason why Fang Xiaocao became friends with Han Xue, and besties with Su Wanqing and the other two troublemakers.