Indiana Jones

Chapter 514 Going Deeper (03)

The road is right in front of them, just a little more, they don't know how to choose, the situation they encounter along the way is really special enough, either there is no way to go, or they don't know how to go, looking at the dense cobweb, extending in all directions Shiliang and the others were helpless.

"Perhaps the old man didn't expect this place to be so complicated when he came. When he realized it and left a mark for us, he realized that it was too late. Maybe he left the mark not far from the entrance, but we didn't know Forget it, we may have missed the earliest mark." Si Xuanyi said, "If we want to leave this place, we must first find the mark left by the old man, and this place leads in all directions, even if we go back, we may not necessarily Can go the right way, so we might lose some time."

"Just walking like this is not a good way. It's not just a waste of time. Perhaps the purpose of the people who set up here before was to prevent outsiders from finding the right way. If you can rely on time to solve the problem, then what's the point? Is there any meaning for existence?" Ye Feng didn't think it was a good idea.

"That's right!" Si Xuanyi nodded, "But until we figure out a better way, that's all we can do. If we can find it, that's great, if we can't find it..." He didn't continue, because he I don't know what to do if I really can't find the way.

"Brother Yin Lu said that when I was 14 years old, I would draw a big maze. This is a test of whether a person is qualified to be the next generation of ushers. At that time, he said that only those who can pass the test can enter the Holy Land ...Now it seems that it may be to deal with this place." Xiaolu murmured.

"Then do you remember?" Zhao Chenggong seemed to see hope when he heard it.

"I don't know I'm 14 years old..." Xiaolu sighed and said, "If I knew this earlier, it would be better to ask him to teach me earlier."

"It's useless to say these things now, let's find a way out as soon as possible." Si Xuanyi turned on the flashlight. The current situation is worse than expected. If they continue to be trapped here, not only will they not be able to help others, but they may even die can not go out.

"I knew it would be better to leave a mark when I was going this way. Now I don't know how to go back." Zhao Chenggong said.

It is not easy to find a way out in such a complicated place. Ye Feng is right. If this place is so easy to get out of, then there is no need to spend so much effort to make it so complicated. Maybe this is the last barrier in the most mysterious place. They Now I really want to know what is hidden inside, as for using such complicated means to protect the things inside?
The four of them walked back by feeling, basically without a sense of direction, so no matter where they went, they looked the same, and they didn't know where they were.

"Let's fire another flare..." Si Xuanyi said helplessly, it would definitely not work if it went on like this, and there would be no way out if he continued running around like this.

Ye Feng didn't speak, but silently hit a light and popped it out.

The strong white light made them unable to open their eyes. Under the pale flare light, what they saw was still an endless and huge maze-like existence, full of stone beams extending in all directions, similar to those they saw before. There doesn't seem to be much difference.

It can be said that they are facing a huge problem, and they are unknowingly caught in this impossible situation. This person is helpless. Although the difficulty in front of them is not complicated, it is not easy to solve this problem , the setting of this place is to rely on space and darkness to confuse any foreign invaders. In fact, the method is very similar to the setting of organs in other places they have experienced before. It is based on the premise that ancient humans did not have a wide range of lighting tools. And large space, through simple, but choose a lot of settings to make people lose their way, plus some ingenious settings to lead outsiders into the deeper place of the puzzle without knowing it, and finally achieve the purpose of trapping outsiders , in fact, only a large-scale lighting tool is needed, and the direction of progress can be corrected after seeing the overall situation, but their biggest problem now is that they do not have any large-scale lighting tools, and the lighting effect of the flares for a short time cannot be achieved. for this purpose.

"How many flares are there?" Si Xuanyi asked.

"Three..." Ye Feng said, "We're afraid that we haven't even touched one side yet. At least we'll find the edge of this place before we run out of flares, and then we'll explore along the side, so we'll waste a little more time, but Eventually an exit can be found."

"The range of our flashlights is also very limited, especially in this kind of place, it is even difficult to find a focal point, and we must find a way as soon as possible."

"Generally, this kind of maze-like arrangement does not have too delicate mechanisms, it only relies on some laws that are difficult for outsiders to understand. In fact, some laws are not complicated, but it is difficult for people who don't know to find out. After all, this arrangement There are tens of thousands of changes, and it's not so easy to find a rule." Ye Feng shined the flashlight around, but he really couldn't see anything except some stone beams.

"We have to set a direction, we can't continue to be so blind." Si Xuanyi said.

"It's difficult to determine the direction. It looks the same on both sides. The stone beams here just level the upper layer. As for the specific shape, there is no law at all. Maybe they didn't judge how to go based on these. It can’t be figured out in a day or two.” Ye Feng sat aside as he spoke, “Let’s not be too blind and think of a way first.”

Si Xuanyi nodded and felt that what he said made sense, so he also sat down: "Judging from what we saw just now, this place has a relatively large space, even if we light up the flares, we may not be able to see even one side. This shows that we have reached a relatively middle position. If the trap here is just to make outsiders lose their way and finally can't get out, then we are now unknowingly caught in this trap. We are trapped in the middle. From another perspective, the place we are going to is definitely not in the middle, but in a very edge place. Only in this way can we achieve the purpose of protecting the entrance, so we must find a breakthrough direction , the first thing to do is to leave the middle position and find the edge."

"The direction problem is the most difficult to solve at present. I knew I would bring a compass in." Zhao Chenggong said.

"Ours were all searched by the little devil, and after entering this cave, I didn't think it was useful." Si Xuanyi really regretted that he didn't bring a little more when he picked up the equipment from Liu Xiaotian just now.

"I always feel that the old man will not leave us any marks. What is the problem?" Ye Feng was always thinking about this question.

"Maybe we didn't pay attention, maybe we missed some details, and I think the biggest possibility is that we went in the wrong direction from the beginning." Si Xuanyi said.

"How about we keep in touch with each other with ropes separately, and move forward in one direction, and the people behind notice that if the direction of the people in front changes, they will stop immediately, and make sure to walk in a straight line through constant correction?" Zhao Chenggong thought a lot. easy way.

Si Xuanyi shook his head: "This can only ensure that the direction does not change within a small area, but it is basically useless in such a large space, and you will eventually turn the corner unknowingly."

"What if we just walk one stone beam without turning?" Xiaolu asked.

"That's almost impossible... It is impossible for the stone beam to be built into a straight line, there must be a certain arc. Besides, even if it is a straight line, it is impossible to directly build the place we want to go. Maybe there is no way ahead. You Are you still jumping down?" Ye Feng felt that this girl was too whimsical.

Basically, everything they could think of didn’t work, and they couldn’t think of a more suitable solution in the end. In the end, they could only sit there helplessly. Although this would allow them to rest and recover their strength, who would want to be stuck in such a place? ?They would rather get tired and leave this ghost place early than just sit here.

"I think it's better to choose a direction and move forward slowly. Sitting here is not an option." Zhao Chenggong is a man of action, and he doesn't want to be stuck here.

"If you continue to wander around, the biggest possibility is to go deeper into this place, and eventually get trapped in a deeper place and cannot extricate yourself." Ye Feng said.

"How much rope do we have?" Si Xuanyi asked.

"Didn't you say that this method is useless?" Zhao Chenggong asked.

"We're not going to leave." Si Xuanyi said, "pull the rope and search within the reach of the rope with a point as the center, looking for the mark left by the old man. You are right, we can't stay here forever. There is no way."

This is not a solution. After all, doing so can not only expand the search range, but also ensure that it will not deviate too far from the direction. If this range cannot be found, then they will move to the next range, which can maximize the search range. Expanding the search range may be the most stupid and effective method they can think of at present. Perhaps this method cannot avoid getting lost, but it can more effectively complete the search for markers in a certain area.

"The ropes of the three of us together are about 50 meters long." Ye Feng thought about the calculation and said, "If you calculate according to your method, we can probably search an area within a diameter of [-] meters, and the range is not small. "

"Well... just do what you say!" Si Xuanyi nodded, "Two people, one group stay behind and the other search, keep a distance, and don't miss any location and details on the stone beam."

This method seems simple to say, but the workload is very heavy and very dangerous. After all, you have to shuttle back and forth on these stone beams, and there is an abyss where you can't see the bottom under your feet. If you don't pay attention, the consequences will be disastrous.

Xiaolu was still the one staying behind in the search this time, and the other three people acted separately. What they didn't expect was that they soon discovered that Zhao Chenggong found several bullet casings on a stone beam, and walked along the stone beam. Liang Qianqian searched and found some more blood.

"Apart from these, there is nothing else." Zhao Chenggong lay on the side of the stone beam and shone down with a flashlight, but he still couldn't see anything. "If both sides in the exchange of fire are human, it at least proves that they are gone. This way, that is to say, our direction is not too wrong."

"It's human blood." Ye Feng touched a little blood on his fingertips, twirled it, and smelled it again, "Not necessarily, maybe one party was chased and fled and had no sense of direction? So it doesn't matter. As the main clue to judge whether we are going in the right direction, judging from the degree of blood coagulation, it should be within three hours. It may be that some of the old man and his group encountered trouble or encountered scattered Brat."

"It's hard to find something, but after you say this, it seems that this shit is useless." Zhao Chenggong said very discouraged.

"It's not all useless..." Si Xuanyi fiddled with the bullet casing in his hand, and continued, "From the position of the blood and the bullet casing, we can roughly deduce which direction they came from, and we can put that side in the search focus."

"Hey! What I say is nonsense, what you say makes sense." Zhao Chenggong said very unconvinced.

"It's useless to say these things, let's work." Si Xuanyi clapped his hands. This discovery lifted their spirits a lot, and they finally found some direction. It seems that this search method still has a certain effect.

Changing the direction of the search and expanding the scope of the search, the few people are really busy. In order to leave this ghost place, they would rather be tired. As long as there is hope, what is the effort?It’s just that after shifting the direction of the search, there was no new discovery, and it returned to the previous situation. It was the same everywhere, and there was no difference. Things were not as smooth as they expected. They didn’t find any rules here. No mark left by the old man was found either.

In desperation, they had no choice but to continue to use the flares. At this time, they could only be desperate, but despite expanding the range of lighting, they still had no clue in determining the direction.

"There is no way to go on like this. There is only one flare left." Ye Feng said, "This is our last hope, and it cannot be used anymore."

"Why not? Maybe this time we can really find the direction? Maybe we can see even the shadow of a cave wall." Zhao Chenggong felt that there was no need to save it at this time.

"It's really necessary to keep it as the last hope." Si Xuanyi said, "Up to now, we can only continue to search in the current way. Maybe our scope is not expanded enough. As long as we have hope, we can continue to work hard. If the last ray of hope is gone, then we can only face despair..."

(End of this chapter)