piecing together the soul

Chapter 165 94 Nine Half Rings

"What's the matter, you should say something! This place is about to fail!" Master Xu urged.

If I have more time, I will definitely go back first, and then let him come over to take a look, so that I may be able to find more clues.However, looking at the current situation, it is clear that time does not allow.

So I continued to shake the limited light source in my hand, looking up and down.

It's better to say up and down than to look up and down.Because after squeezing through the crack of the door, there is a dark pit under your feet, and there is no meaning of bottoming out as far as the light can reach, and there is no more place to stay.When I moved a little, stones fell, and I couldn't hear the echo of the falling stones. I really don't know how deep it is and how many bones there are. What's more uncomfortable is that the resentment that made us hesitate just now The air is emitted from below.

Looking up, the top can be seen from above, which made me feel a little more at ease.I began to look around again. The sacrificial pit was a nearly rectangular box. I said it was a "nearly" rectangular box because it had no sharp corners and the walls were not smooth.Speaking of the wall... I looked up and saw a very smooth semi-circular protrusion on the non-smooth wall, which was only half a meter away from me, which was just the right size for one hand to hold.

I reached out and it was cold.

Is it metal?

I broke it hard a few more times, and felt that it was very strong, not as flimsy as it looked.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it grew here naturally.So I put the light farther away, and with the circle as the center, I swept it in a fan shape from bottom to top.Sure enough, I saw a second ring, then a third, and a fourth, diagonally above.

Due to the unevenness of the walls, I can't see clearly any farther away, but I can be sure that these rings must have been deliberately made by someone. As for what it is for, I plan to go up and have a look.

The vibration on the other side was too violent, but fortunately the crack in the door was shaken even bigger, so I was able to turn my head.

"Did you keep the rope?" I asked.

It's useless for me to talk nonsense, Master Xu has already handed over the rope.

"Brother Xiu," I said, "come here and hug me up. Master Xu, I have ghost powder in my bag. Prepare a little bit and apply some on the waist and feet where you can hold it. There is no road here, if it goes well, I still need Brother Xiu to help you."

Master Xu agreed, Brother Xiu had already slipped through the door to the mass grave, looking at the surrounding scene, he was obviously not much calmer than I was just now.

"Where do you want me to carry you?"

"Help me, I'll put my bag on my back first." As he said, he put his arms around my waist, my feet were still stepping on the crack in the door, but my body had already leaned towards the mass grave, and Master Xu had already put my bag on my back. The backpack of Brother Xiu’s skeleton was stuffed in. With the help of Brother Xiu, I carried the bag and hung the rope on my waist.

Brother Xiu picked me up when I was ready, Master Xu also squeezed into the crack of the door after applying the ghost powder, I left a piece of rope here and handed it to Master Xu: "Hold on tight, Don't drop it."

Master Xu hung the rope around his waist while nodding, while I walked along the rope to find the other end, and asked Brother Xiu to go to the first half-ring first, and I passed the rope through the half-ring and then wound it around one more time. This fixed, then found the second one, as well.Continuing upward along this trajectory, I found nine rings in total, and the last ninth ring was at the corner of the wall and the ceiling.On each of the previous half rings, I didn't tie a knot, but when it came to the last half ring, I didn't know why I tied a knot without even thinking about it.

The rope was long, and there was not much distance from below to the top of the pit.The rope that fell down, I sent it back to Master Xu below.

Master Xu saw me coming down and grabbed me: "Master Guo, are there nine half-rings in total?"

I was taken aback: "How do you know?"

"It's great, it's saved, we can get out!"

Seeing Master Xu's joyful expression made me feel a lot better.

Instead Brother Xiu calmed down: "Why are you so sure?"

"Nine half rings are a common method used by craftsmen." Master Xu said, "It is not conspicuous to mix a few half rings on this kind of wall, but the craftsmen made these half rings very strong, so that they can go out .”

"Here, how do I get out?" I still don't understand. After all, if it was me, it would be enough to take a look at the unfathomable sacrificial pit below. Coupled with the transpiration of that kind of resentment, if brother Xiu didn't hold me and fly up Flying down, I dare not leave the crack of the door at all, let alone how to use the nine half ring.

"You, alas, although your skills are better than before, you still can't play this dangerous game. Just wait and see!"

After finishing speaking, Master Xu wrapped the rope I handed over around his waist, untied the rope hanging from his waist, and said, "Is the top knot tied?"

I nodded, and he smiled and said, "Okay."

As he spoke, he yanked hard on the half-looped rope, his body gradually turned sideways, and his feet stepped on the door through the crack of the door. Although he was curled up, he was already almost perpendicular to the wall.

I was so surprised that my eyes and mouth opened wider than ever before, Brother Xiu was no exception.

When Mr. Xu reached the first hoop, he took hold of the top piece of rope, stepped on the hoop with his right foot, leaned all over the wall, and reached for the next hoop.

At this moment, the wall suddenly shook violently!A lot of stones fell down with a clatter, Mr. Xu was already very dangerous, but this one made my heart jump in my throat.

"Master Guo, don't just stand here." Master Xu said, "Go up and see how to open the skylight, I'll be there soon."

sunroof?

"Let's go up." Said Brother Xiu and flew up with me in his arms.

Compared with me, who has an automatic "elevator", the way Master Xu came up was a bit more difficult, but he didn't lie to me. When the wall shook for the second time, he had already appeared on the ninth floor. next to the half ring.I saw him stepping on the eighth ring, his head was just next to the ninth ring, and he even smiled at us.

"Can it really be opened here?" I was still skeptical.

"Look for yourself." Master Xu was still a little tired after all, and there was panting in his voice.

So I aimed the light at the top of the pit, and looked around with the ninth ring as the center.

"Ah, this is..."

(End of this chapter)